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ESTABLIShED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. Co, WEDN-iESDAY, SEPTEBR1,8I..---- PIE$.0AYA ONCE MORE TO THE BREACH. DIC. SAMPSON POPE WILL IUN FOR GOVERNOR IN NOVEMBE'R. He is Sick and Tired of Kossisin and Kelieves the People are With H3in-He Will Run "As an Anti- Dispentary Candidate and in Favor of True De-mnoc racy " [Special to News and Courier.] NEWEERRY, September 7 -Another chunk of discontent has been added to the political tire in South Carolina. What has been expected for some time has come to pass. Dr. Sampson Pope, an original "Reformer," has an nounced his candidacy as a candidate for Governor at the general election. He bas taken his stand against the dis pensary and against the "Ring" and for '-true Democracy." With these thiee "demands" be expects to make a winning fight. He announces that he is now in the race to the finish and that he will worry his opponents a great deal more than they anticipate. At the outset he wants it to be distinct ly and empbatieally understood that he is no one's candidate and that he has no idea of appealing to the colored voters. Dr. Pope telegraphed the News and Courier correspondent that he would like to see him in Newberry. and in response to this invitation a flying visit was made to that busy town. After greetings had been t-xebanged Dr Pope settled down to business. "I have been devilled and worriea until I have determined to show them that I can fight and win. .I am sick and tired of the bossism that we have and have had, and I believe the people are with me," and with this he drew out of his pocket his latest pronunciamento and read it aloud as follows: POPE To THE PEOPLE To the Democratic voters of South Carolina:. I understand thatoneof the Ring said to a gentleman a few days ago, speak-ing of me, "He shall never hold office again." Chagrined at my exposure of ring methods by refusing to go into his trap at the first and sec ond primary, he thus vents his spleen. I believe th ,t the'olices belong to the peopf and not tan..uy individual or set of individuals. I shall therefore be a candidate for Governor at the general election. The last killing at Blackville has con vinced me that we can never have peace in this State so long as the dis pensary law is upon the statute books. I shall, therefore, run as an anti-dispen sary candidate and in favor of true Democracy. Let the people decide at this election whether or not a few men shall dictate who shall hold the offices, and let the.n decide for themselves whether or not laws sball be passed in ine interest of peace and harmony and good government at this election. A ballot can be cast directly for the man of the people's choice. Let the people rise up as one man and see to it that there shall be a fair count. Respect fully, SAMPSON POPZ. Newberry, S.C., September 7, 1894, HE WILL WIN OR LOSE. Dr. Pope read his address with em phasis and earnestness, and when be tinished he remarked: "1I expect to win or lose on that platform, ,ecause I be lieve it-is right." When asked if he bad been asked by any set of men to make the race he re S plied: "I am making the race on my own hook. I have not been tied on to any one's coat-tail and I do not know whether any one will run with me." When asked about his plan of cam paign he remarked that it would per haps be best not to say very much on that subject. He, however, indicated that he would make as active a canvas *of the State as possible, not by tmaking speeebes, but by personal work. He wished all voters to remember that at the general election no electors were run and that he could be voted for without re (erence to electors or 'other candidates. "What about the negro, Doctor?" "Well, the cry of 'stop thief' has gone out by the ring on the subject, and yet the newspapers say that Gov ernor Tillman had a three hours' chat with Murray, the negro Congressman. This looks as if they had gone to the negro." "Do you believe that Evans has a majority of the white vote?" "No In the last primary 58,000 votes were cast, according to the news paper estimates, though I do not admit their correctness except for the sake of argument. Fifteen thousand of them did not vote for Governor and a large number of those who did, did so be e ause there was no other candidate, and do not feel bound thereby. This would leave 43,000 as voting for Evans, and as there were 88,000 votes at the primary in 1892, you will see by adding the 15,000 above set forth to those not voting that a majority of the white voters are against Evans. To this number add at least 10,000 who did not vote in 1892, and who have come of age since, and you will see that the negro vote is not necessary to carry the election. "I suspect a deal with Murray, but he can not deliver the goods as the negroes refused to vote in 1890. I have some information on the latter point wh :E-n not at liberty to give, but eoloom%ay be given later on. Murray y3stem ne'fromn Sumt(er to Charleston, you 'iknow, soon after the passage of the redistricting bill, thus putting himself in the new district." HOW HE MAKEs IT OUT. Dr. Pope has been doing a little figuring himself. Taking The News and Cour.ier's figures as a basis he estimates that out of the 58,000 who voted at the last primary 15,570 were opuosed to Evans, "ringism" and such things. He has, he thinks, gotten it down to a mathematic as well as a - political fact that the maximum vote is 43,000); again taking The News and Courier's figures, he argues that if 88, 000 were east. in 1892 Evans lxasn't a majority of the voters in the State, and that Evans will not be elected. He thin ks that by-the time of the elec tion sonme of these 43,000 will desert the "Movemer.t." When I suggested that it would no doubt oeeharged by his opponents that he would go to the negro voter-that is a general in)slnuation-he did not like the possi bility. "Trhey have gone to the negro them selves," he said, "and if th-ey want proof of it I w.ill give it. They need not holler 'stop thief,' for they have already gone to the negroes. I know what I am talking about, and a thing or t wo about some -lans that are going on." NFVER BEATEN BEFORE THE PEOPLE. Dr. Pope, who will make the race seainst Mr. Evans, is well known in South Carolina polities. He is 58 years of age, and boasts of the fact that i.e has gotten every offiee for which he of Representatives from I884-1887, and his last position was that of clerk of the Senate. For the present Dr. Pope expects to conduct hi campaign from Newberry. Later in the fight be way go to Co lumbia. He has a free fight and an open field. It remains to be seen what strength he will develop in the fight he bas undertaken A. K. GILLIAM-BLAKE. A Beautiful Wedding Ceremony in Spartan burg. [Special to The State.1 SPARTANBuRr,Sept.,5.-Dr. William C. Gilliam and Miss Fannie Jones Blake were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents last night. Their wedding was without a doubt the prettiest home wedding ever cele brated in this city. Owing to the ill health of the bride's mother, only the most intimate friends of the couple were invited to be present. As the clock struck 9, Mr. Harold Doubleday, of Tryon, N. C., rendered a delightful flute solo, wh.-,se sweet strains drifted into Mendlessohn's wed ding march, Mrs. Warren DuPre ac companying him on the piano. In the meantime. ten bridesmaids, gowned in pink satin and each bearing a pink laolder formed in line in the dining room, and at the first chord of the in spiring march, passed through the sit trg room into the parlor. They en tered in the following order and as each couple reached the center of-the room they separated, one going to the right, the other to the left oi the bay window: Misses Bessie Jones, of Edge field and Carrie Speights, of Greenville; Misses Margaret Cotield and Louise Heuneman; Misses Rhetta Leftwich and Eva Petty; Misses Kiaie Duncan, of Union, and Margaret Law; Misses Fay Twitty and Myra Whitney, of Tryon. Miss May Lillie Blake, the maid of honor and sister of the bride, -entered next, alone. She was gowned very daintily in white silk and car-ied a bouquet of white lillies. The bride, upoa,whoin all eyes were turned, cane next leaning on the arm of her father. She is a very handsome woman and looked regal in her wedding robes. The groom met her in the center of the room and together they walked to the bay window, where Bishop Duncan stood. The scene was almost bewitch ing. Soft pink lights from countless waxen tapers lent a brightness to the scene that seemed a good omen. Bishop Duncan pronounced the cere moLy assisted by Rev. W. W. Rogers. After congratulations were extended a sumptuous supper was served. Miss Blake has a mulitude of friends here, for she possetses those womanly qualities thac endear her to young and ld. She has been very active in charity and church work and will be much missed. Dr. Gilliam is a native of Newberry. He graduated at Wofford College and at the University of Virginia and then went to New York, where he graduated in mediciie. After spending several years there be went abroad where he reniained for five years. Returning home he settled in Ocala, Fla., where he now engages in the practice of his profession during the winter. He pends his summers at Saluda, where he owns a beautiful cottage. The happy pair left on the midnight train for the West. They will be ab sent several weeks and will visit the National Park before returning home. TO PUT IT TO TH E TEST. A New Phase of the Dispensary Litigation. An Order to Enjoin the State Treas arer fromn Paying out M.cney. [Special to News and Courier.] CoLUMBIA, Septi mber 8.-There was a new turn in the dispensary litigation to-day. State Treasurer Bates was served .with an order restraining him from further payment of any claims in favor, of the dispensary. The order was signed by Chief Justice Mclver and is made returnable at the special session of thbe Court which will be held ext Wednesday. The application for the injunction against Treasurer Bates was gotten out by Mitchell & Smith, and J. P. K. Bryan, representing Capt. Mechers and others. As the, case will be heard at the same time with the one from Aiken, it is expected that Messrs. Mitchell & Smith and Mr. Bryan will appear in the case, especialJ as the State is anxious to have the con stiutonality of the law thoroughly ventilated. A similar paper was sent here for Comnmissioner Traxler, but he was out of the city. Dr. Bates to-nigh t said 'to e that he had been payingr out money upon the written opinion of Attorney General Buchanan and the opinion of one Judge and one Justice. All of the papers were turned over to the Attor ney General, who left the city this afternoon. Thbe idea of getting out an injunction against thbe State Treastrer against pay ing out any money on account of the dispensary is not new. It was contem plated prior to the closing down of the establishments. The present action was, however, unexpected, as it was thought that the lawyers who were going to participate in the fight would come in on the Aiken case. The in junction proceedings are expected to bring forth an early decision. A copy,4 of the petitiou for an injunction was left at thbe State dispensary for Comn missioner Traxier. Superintendent Misson turned the batch of papers over to Attorney Gen eral Buchanan without reading the contents. He, however, managed to get the money for thbe weekly pay roll to-day. The petition, which is return able next Wednesday, is quite a long paper. Copies of it were nyt to be bad in Columbia, and Mr. Bryan, who it was understood would be in the city to-night, did not mare his appearance. Unless an immediate decision is reached t he dispensary funds will be very much tied up, as it is not likely that a Jus tice would issue a "stay" in such a case. A Barkee,per Burns his Licenses and Liquors. MARKET, TEXAS, September 5.-A great revival under the auspices of the Methodit church has been goinig on here. Among the converts was J. WV. R~rooks, a saloon keeper. To prove that he was sincere in his professions Brooks took his entire stock of liquor out into the-public square, poured the liquor out and set fire to the boxes and barrels. He also consigned all his licenses to the flames. A crowd of five undred witnessed the performance, which was conducted with impressive religious exercises and singing. The stock of goods was valued at$1,000. Thousands of new pa trons have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla this season and re aized its benefit in blood purified and strnth restored. A SUMMONS TO THE DEMOCRACY Arraignment of the Ring and a Call for a Convention at Columbia, on Sep tember 17. ISpecial to News and Courier.1 COLUMBIA, September 7.-The die has been cast and the battle is on. "True" Democrats have been called upon to rally to the support of the party. A convention has been called to take such action "as their collective wisdom may suggest for tt-e public wel fare." That very probably will devel op into a first-cless. aggressive fight. The men who are behind the move went to oust the "so-called Democrats who have control of the party machin ery" are determined. They mean to make a winning fight for what they regard as true Democratic pr;nciples, a a tight which they think will provoke the hearty support of the masses of the white people of the State. The con vention .has been called for the 15th, a few days prior to the regular conven. tion. Its work will have to be cut out by its members. No one can with any authority speak for the convention. But the reasonable presumption is that the men who have at this time under taken the fight against the "Machine" are in earnest. They aro going to th.e general election, unless something un foreseen occurs. They mean business, and the Reform forces may as well rea lize it. Perhaps it souldi he more cor rect bereafter in this fight not to use the word Reformers, in contradistine tion to the new and aggressive ele ment in the contest. Tue committee and those they represent are, they say, sick and tired and disgusted., with the Reform style of Democracy' and believe that the rest of the "Dem ocrats" are. The call, however, speaks for itself. Here it is: To the Democrats of South Carolina: The following preamble and resolutions having been adopted by a representa tive body of Democrats coming from a large majority of the counties of the State, and having since been approved by many Democrats in all of the coun ties of the State, it becomes my duty as chairman of the Democratic confe rence committee of South Carolina to publish them to the State, and to ear nestly urge all true Democrats to take active part in the mass meetings pro posed to be held, and to send represen tative delegations to the Democratic State Convention therein recommend ed. THOMAS W. CARWILE. Chairman Democratic Conference Committee. To the Democrats of South Carolina: Whereas, under the guidance of those so-called Democrats, a majority of them, who have control of the party machi nery in this State, the leaders of the rank and file of the party havp at tempted to commit them to the-Tbird Party and to Populist doctrines; have alienated us from our fellow-Demo crats of the Union and have brought the party in South Carolina into re proach as to its alignment with the National Democracy, adopted false and undemocratic principles and promul gated them in the name and under the banner of Democracy; and Whereas, the Democratic masses of the State have been grossly betrayed by men charged with the party man agement, who have usurped the rights and-used the machinery of - the party for selfish ends a majority of the so called State Democratic executive coin mittee actually permitting another self constituted committee, (only claiming to represent a faction of a faction,) to assume control of the party manage ment, and in the most flagrant and offnsive manner to disfranchise thou sands of true Democrats; and Whereas, a Ring has been organized and is exercising most arbitrary and tyrannical power, to the utter subver sion otEbe will of the people, and there by depriving them of their political rights: Now therefore be it Resolved, That we, as true, loyal and uncompromising Democrats, repudiate the Third Party platform repeatedly (and at the recent August State Con vention of the .faction now in power) forced upon our party, and hereby pledge our continued allegiance to true Democratic principles as enunciated at the last National Democratic Conven tion. We feel the absolute necessity of a complete reorganization of the party in this State, and invite all true Demo rats to assist us in its rehabilitation and in thbe organization of Democracy in South Carolina squarely in line with sound Democratic doctrines: Be it F-irther resolved, that we hereby in vit the Democrats of the State of South Carolina to assemble at the Court House of their respective coun ies on Saturday, the 15th day of Sep tember, 1894, or at such other place. and manner as they may determine, for the purpose of selecting delegates (two for every representative for the lower House and the Senate, to which the county is entitled) to meet in Columbia at a convention to be held on the 17th of September at 8 P. M., for the pur pose of reorganizing the Democratic partyin South Carolina, considering the political situation of the. State and iakiLg such action as their collective wisdom may suggest for the public welfare. Naturally the cry will be raised that the fight means an appeal tothe negro. May be it does; but the committee say and insist that a majority of the white voters will sustain their position. Natu rally thbo main question will be, will the convention nominate a full State ticket? That will be the fight in the convention. There are a great many, the most of these in the present fight, wo favor auch a plan of campaign, but they are open to argument. Altogether there is a very interest ing aad lively fight ahead, with John Gary Evans and Dr. Pope, and possi bly another candidate, in the field. The political outlook is somewhat stormy. ________ Origin of the Word Honeymo. It was formerly a custom among Teutnic nations to drink a liquor made from honey, and called hydro mel, for a moving age (a month) after the wedding feast. Hence the name "honeymoon." The Teutons knew very little about treacle, as we learn that th bename Teutoni was given, 2530 n. c., to a race of people whbo had long been settled in the country, and in the provices which are now known re spectively as Denmark and Schleswig Holstein, but which were then known collectively as the Chersonesus Cuim brica. The Teutons may even have brought the custom to England with thenm when they came over the Kim merian Bosporus, about 680) B. C. Aver's Hair Vigor tones up the weak hair-roots, stimulates the vessels and tissues whbich supply the hair with nu trition, strengthens the hair .itself, and adds the oil which keeps the shafts soft, lustrous and silky. The most popular and valuable toilet preparation in ihe world. - THE NEW SOUTHER2q. The Good Fortune of the South-AuspicIous Opening of a Gigantic Railroad Enter prise and an Improved Business. [New York Sun.J On Saturday, the Ist inst., the reor ganization of the Richmond Terminal systen was definitely and formally completed, and the last of the many properties which under the plan of re organizetion have lost their unhappy and unfortunate identities and become merged in a new and propitious enter prise, passed into the possession of the Southern Railway Company. Last Saturday, therefore, marks, forallprac tical purposes, the completion 6f the organization; and a consideration of the situation is, 'therefore, opportune, particularly when it is borne in mind that the event is the most notable that has takea place in the history of Ameri can railroads, and that its bearing upon every Southern business interest is of vital importance. The Southern Railway Company operates 4,500 miles of railroad and about 1,50 miles water ine. With the exception of 491 miles (Goldsboro, N.C., to Atlanta, Ga.), which is leased, all the system is owned by the cempany, and the heretoft re complicited and expensive plan of control by majorities, wholly impracticable and unfortunate in its operation and sure to make ene mies among the minorities, is done away with. The old Richmond Ter minal Conpany did not own any rail.. road at all, and the much vaunted (but intrinsically worthless) Richmond and Dauville owned only 145 miles. The rest of the Richmond and Danville sys tem was made up of some thirty com panies, ranging in length 'from six to 552 miles. Efficiency and economy were impossible on this basis, wbich also afforded good opportunity for ob jectionable methods of accounting. 'he organization of the East Tennes see was more compact, but it, too, left much to be desired. As a result of the reorganization over thirty corporations, whose affairs and securities were interlocked in every conceivable way, and in almost hope less confusion, are united in one com pany. Thirty Boards of Directors and thirty/sets of separate accounts dis appear simultaneously. The original plan was dated May 1, 1893; it was issued on May 23, 1893, and the response of security holders was prompt, and by the middle of Juue, 1893, success was assured so far as their co-operation was concerned. The summer and autumn of 1893 paralyzed the South, in common with the rest of the country, and railroad earnings shrunk greatly. New condi tions and new complications were pre sented, and the problem became one of. dealing with bankrupt receivers as well as bankrupt corporations. By strenu ous efforts everything was held to gether, and as soon as possible some amendments to the original plan were promulgated, mainly to solve the finan cial problems of the receiverships, and also to cut down the interest charges of the reorganized company pending a re turn to normal conditions. These amendments were made public on March 1, 1894, and they were so reasonable in character that they were quickly accepted by the security holders, and the reorganization was at once pushed forward with such rapidity that within four months the new coin pany was formed, and now, within two months more, the last of the property comes into its possession-4,500 miles of railroad which, exactly six months ago, had almost dropped to pieces, and which but for the strong hands chat held the properties together during all the financial troubles, would have dropped to pieces, are now brought into onc compact and efficient com pany. 'The new company is organized under a charter granted by the Legislature of Virginia, supplemented by its conform ity to the laws of all the other States in which it owns property. The reorganization has involved two trustees' sales, viz: Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company. Trustee's sale under 6 per cent colla teral mortgage. Trustee's sale under 5 per cent, colla ter al mortgage. One receiver's sale, viz: Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company. Ten foreclosure sales, viz., covering. Richmond and Danville and its leased lines. East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia' (under two mortgages.) Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta. Columbia and Greenville. Louisville Southern. Georgia Pacific. Western North Carolina. Northwestern North Carolina. Oxford and Clarksville. Clarksville and North Carolina. Six conveyances without foreclosure, viz: Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio. . Richmond, York River, and Chesa We~ashington, Ohio and Western. Piedmont. Statesville and Western. Oxford and Henderson. And we understand that some half dozen minor sales and as many more conveyances of other kinds are now in progress in order to perfect the minor det4ils of the work. Prior to the re organization, the properties now mler ged into the Southern Railway Com pany were covered by about seventy separate mortgages. A bout for ty of these mortgages have been eliminated in one way or another. - Described briefly, and ignoring many small branch lines,,the Southern Rail way Company extends from Washing ton, or more properly, from Alexandria. Va., and from West Point and Rich mond, Va., via Salisbury, N. ., to Augusta and Atlanta, Ga.; and thepce to the Mississippi River at Greenville. A t Salisbury another main line crosses the State of North Carolina by way of Asheville; thence over to Knoxville and Cbattanooga, Tenn., and from there to Rome,' a. where it <livides, one line going to Brunswick and the other to Meridian, Miss. Another line runs from Louisville to Lexington and Bar gin, Ky , there connecting with the Cincinnati Southern. Tbe Cincinnati Southern and Memn pbis and Charleston were inclutted in the plau-of reorganization as originally promulgated, bu.t were dropped from the amended plan, as the security holders failed to accept the terms offered. They have not bettered their condition by. their refusal, and the general impression is that,4ooner or later, these lines will be acqu;.t. The Southern Company is also expected t.) control the Georgia Central when re organized. Among the most important cities reached by the Southern Railway are Washington, D. C., Alexandria, Va., Charlottesville, . Va., Richm~ODd, Va., Lynchburg, Va., Danville,Va.,Raleigh, AT C. Dnrham, N. C. G renenro N. C., Stateaville, N. C., Asbeville, N. C., Salem-Winston, N. C., Charlotte, N. C., Columbia, S. C.. Spartandurg, S. C., Greenville, S. C., Augusta, Ga.. Atlanta. Ga., Macon, Ga., Brunswick, Ga., Bristol, Tenn., Louisville, Ky., Lexington, Ky., Knoxville, Tenn., Chattanooga, Tenn., Rome, Ga., Bir mingham, Ala., Anniston, Ala., Co lumbus, Miss., and Selma, Ala. The lines of -the company, located as thev are, reach and serve all of the di versified interest: of the South. In the way of mineral, tbey penetrate its two great coal fields, viz., the Kentucky and Tennessee coal fields on the north and the Alabama coal fields on the south, and from these are able to sup ply all the States traversed by them. They also reach the great iron ;ndus tries of the South at Knoxville, Cleve land, Chattanooga, Anniston, Birming ham, and intermediate points. Iron is made cheaper at Birmingham than at any ot her place in the United States, or, for that matter, 'n the world. On the western division of the system there are over thirty iron furnaces. Through innumerable small branches the company goes into the very heart of the lumber territory in the States through which it runs. It is able, of course, to draw cotton from every di rection, not only on its own lines, but from its connections, and it penetrates the sections of North and South Caro lina and Georgia which are occupied by cottou mills. The growth of cotton mills along the line is, perhaps, one of its most remarkable features. Right through the hard times new mills have been going up, especially in North Carolina. Its lines in Kentucky ena ble it to control its full share of the to bacco business at Louisville, and, in addition to this, it penetrates in every direction the country in which tobacco is grown, especially in the neighbor hood of Oxford and-Durham, in North Carolina, and along almost the entire length of the former Western North Carolina Railroad, which is now a part of its system. By way of Augusta and its connections tA) Florida it does a very large share of the garden truck business in the Southeastern States. It is the most direct passenger line from Wash ington to Atlanta and all the interie diate points, and also as short as any line to Florida. The old Piedmont Air Line, which is a part of the system, has long been famous. The properties embraced in the reor ganization had bonded and floating debts of about $135,000,000. This is now reduced to a bonded debt of $94,000,000, including sufficient bonds (which are reserved) to take up all un derlying bonds and all the bonds and stocks of the 491 miles of leased rail road. The company will also issue about $6,000,000 more bonds during the next two yeai s, to purchase additional equipment and improve the properties, wnich will make the total bonded debt of all kinds J100,000,000. The plan of reorganization wisely provides that $20,000,000 of bobds additional (to be strung out through a series of years) may be issued hereafter only-for the further development of the property. The interest charges before the reor ganization were about $7,500,000 per annum, and sinking funds were about $600,000 to ,700,000 per annum addi tional.. The new company's charges are $4,100,000 for 1894, $4,700,000 for 1895. and $5,400.000 for 1893. The old company was always in sact flnatwial straits and had such large fixed uharges that it could not aftord to spend a cent ow the property where such expenditures could possibly be avoided, and in this way it really lost business. Furthermore, its financial necessities led it to litigate all claims of shippers for lost or damaged goods. such litigations in nine cases out of ten having for its object simply to procras tinate and delay payment. The new company, organized as it now is, can, of course, follow a different policy, and by fair treatment of shippers is sure to enlarge its business. Another interesting feature is that, notwithstanding the nominal control of the former East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia and Richmond and Dan ville systems by the now defunct Ter minal Company, there was no actual control, and the two companies did not coop-rate even in the ordinary inter cange of husiness. The jealousy he tweeun the t wo was so great that they preferred to turn business over to some outside connection rather than give it to each other. Another feature is the consolidation of the business organizations and the red u'tion of expenses at junction points where the Danville and East Tennes see have each maintained separate or ganizations heretofore. In several of tbe Southern States, legislation has been bitterly hostile, and it must be admitted that the way these companiPs were conducted provoked legislation. As a result of the reorgani zation there is already a much better feeling in this respect, and it is certain to grow as the community is better served. One of senator Irby's Jokes. COLUMBIA, September -5.-Senator Irby is reported to have gotten off the following joke in Senator John Gary Evans' room iast night in the hotel Jerome, in the presence of a large num ber of politicians: "Boys, let me tell you something. I have a darky on my place who told me a few days ago that he would catch me some possums. The next morning he came to the house and told me that he had caught fifteen the night before. I told him that I did not believe him, when he asked me to go to his cabin, and he would show them to me. I did so, and there I fou~nd that he had caught fifteen for sure, an old one and fourteen young ones, which clung to her at different points. I never had anything to remind me so munch of TilIman before in my life. He was represented by the old possum, while the politicians, clinging all over him, were represented by the young ones. I just made up my mind that Iwould put te whole family on exhibition, with ribbons around their necks, labelling each one. There was a good-sized little fellow right on the neck of his mother, which 1 intend to label 'John Gary Evans,' and a little short tail fellow right between the old one's legs.which I call 'Joh n Gary Watts.' " The appropriateness of the joke was appreciated by all present, as was evinced by the applause which follow. cd it. The only question was, which one of the small possums was Irby? Senator Evans suggested mildly that Irby was the mate to the mother pos sum. Then She Falnte d. [The Indianapolis Journal] Looking up suddenly she beheld the earded face of a man, with a gleaming knife between his teeth. Then she fainted. It was no wonder, for she bad been carefully reared, and had riever seen yo ne e at pie in that manner. MAKES A HOT REPLY. General Butler Answers an Anonymous Card Writer in the Register. "Ring stera" Come in for Some Vicious Rapping by the Senator. [Special to Atlanta Constitution.1 COLUMBIA, S. C., September 1.-An open letter to Senator M. C. Butler and signed "Citizen" was published in The Columbia Register yesterday. In it "Citizen" accused Senator Butler of in tending to appeal to the negro vote to secure his election to the Senate. "Citizen's" letter contained the follow ing: "Or, is it that you are poor and feel that you need the salary that you may support your family and maintain your loved ones? If the latter, general, you have friends who will do a similar act of kindness for you, as did General Mart Gary and your other friends when you were elected to Congress. I believe he and other friends raised a purse for you of $3.000, which was presented to aid you in your impecunious days. You acceptedf their kindness and afterwards rewarded General Gary."1 Senator Butler answers the letter to-day and of the above paragraph he says: "It has been whispered for years that General Mart Gary had loaned me $I, 000 to make wy contest for the Senate. 'Citizen's' imagination increases it to $3,000, as coming from 'kindness of General Mart Gary and your (my) other friends.' One is about as true as the other, and both as false as the man r woman who originated the story is alignant and untruthful. General Mart Gary never loaned me $1,000 or t3,000 or any sum whatever, to make .my contest or for any purpose. The statement is a lie made of the whole cloth. I never have been under obl ga tions of any kind to him, either perso nal, political or pecuniary. I never did him an act of unkindness in my life. He has been dead a good many years, and I sball not invade the sanctity .f the grave to vindicate myself against the most glaring misrppresentations. His survi ving friends and relatives are not doing him a kindness when they undertake to elevate his virtues and achievements at my expense, and I trust in the future they will let 'the dead past bury its dead."' Of the accusation that he intends to appeal to the negro vote, General Butler says: "Of course 'Citizen's' the h;ired scrib bler of the corrupt ring, now disgracing and degrading the politics of this State, or one of the cheif xingsters himself. His rodomontade about my invoking the aid of th- negro in the approaching election is in keeping with the habit of the rinsters to raise the cry of 'stop thief!' to divert attention from their own purposes. They intend to appeai to the negro, have done so, and will do so again. They encourage blood shed, fraud, cheating in elections, any thing, everything,. to perpetuate their power." "Citizen" also charged that the whiskey trust stood ready to furnish General Butler with all the funds necessary to continue his campaign. Of this General Butler says: "The charge that the whiskey trust would furnish me money to run .a cor ruption campaign is the stale slander uttered by the master of 'Citizen' on the stump, and then and there de nounced by me as an 'infamous lie.' I can add nothing tothestrangth of that langu -ge in replying to 'Citizen.' And so with the other charges or insinua tions or suggestions of this veracious correspondent. They are inspired by thbe boss of the ring, and are without foundation.". At a meeting of General Butler's friends held in this city last night it was determined to run an independent Democratic ticket against the regular Democracy, whbich is known as the Tillmanites. Legislative tickets favor able to Butler will be nominated in every county and it is probable that a convention will be held to nominate a full State ticket from Governor down. This action is aroueing much bitterness and the Democratic Executive Com mittee, of which-Senator Irby is chair man hs been called to meet on Tuesday next to consider the political situation. WVhen the independent convention will be called has not beeni decided. Republicans will take advantage of the divided Democracy and run candidates in most of the congressional districts. "WHITE SUPREMACY." Gen. Butler Uses Very Plain English, Which is Hard on Dernagogues, Who Would Deceive the'Masses. Gen. M. C. Butler has written the following letter, addressed to the ed itor of the Register, which, if it is pub lished in that paper, will appear this morning. The letter is one of the most interesting documents that has made its appearance during the cam paign of this year, and the Senator speaks fro.m the shoulder in a way that cannot be mistaken: To the Register: Judging from the tenor of your correspondence and your own comments there are quite a num ber of "anxious patriots" who appear deeply interested in my welfare, and concerned about my future action. I drop this line to reassure all "enquir ing friends" that Ilam not after re-elec tion to the United States Senate, but am after the corrupt ring now disgrac ing the politics of tbe State. You dwell with some emphasis on the importance of "white supremacy." You do not exaggerate its importance, but "white supremacy" does not mean ring rule and the disfranchisement of white tax paying voters! the destruction, under the forms of law, of their rights and liberties and property. These wrongs do not acquire sanctity because the per petrators of them have white skins. I did more in one day to establish "white supremacy" in South Carolina, than this entire gang of corrupt rings ters in their whole lives, and would do more now to preserve it, but this ring has prepared the way to destroy "white supremacy." It has severed the rela tions of the white people, and will not permit of a reunion because when the people get together again and look into their affairs dispassionately, some of these ringsters wilt go to the peniten tiary. Hence they villify and slander every mian who exposes their villainies and corruptlon. "White supermacy" is a very pre cious thing in this country, and I w ould lament the day when it is lost, if it ever should be, but if we are to be robbed and plundered as we now are, I do not know that the color of tile skin of the robber makes it more bearable or palliates the offence. So "you can say to your people," I am not after the United States Senate, but the ring and its villainies and that I am in for the war. M. C. BUTL ER. By using Hall's Hair Renewer, gray, faded, or discolored hair assumes the natural color of youth, and grows lux-, u,-int and strong, npleing everybody. THE MINNESOTA FIRES. Duluth's Great Work of Relief-People Heing Sent Back to the Burned Towns -Danger of Further Fires. DULULH, Mion, September 5.-Re ports still come in from towns to the Southward reporting fresh fires spring ing up. Early this morning it was re ported from the railway junction anc saw mill town of Carlton, twenty miles South of here, that fire menaced tht town, but later, after strenuous work it was beaten back. Brief messages from surrounding towns are as fol, lows: "CLoQUET, 10 A. M.-The smoke is so dense th.at it is impossible to see clearly twenty feet. Even buildings are indistinguishable across the street. The smoke is so deNse that the pair resulting to the eyes is almost unbear. able." "KERaicK--Fires surround the town, but there is no wind at present and so long as quiet continues the town is safe. Moitof the people have left." "SOUTH SUPERIoR.-The fires near this town last night were all put out.' Rumors are current here that Iron Rover, Wisconsin, is burning, but they are probably not correct. In this city the smoke is more dense and pugent, showing it to be from nearer fires than any time yet. It is utterly impossible to distinguish even faint outlines of buildings four hundred feet away. The appearance is that of the densest fog, and vessels arriving from down the lake report navigation a very serious matter and collisions narrowly avoided. This smoke is be. lieved to be from fires in brush and dead timber in the immediate vicinity of Duluth. In all about six hundred refugees are now listed here by relief committees and the lists are not complete as yet, Nearly two hundred people have al ready been sent back to Hinckley and Sandstone, who are not included in the above lists. More will be sent down to-day. The temporary reliel fund subscribed here grows and now reaches over $10,000, of which all but $400 from Two Harbors, a little village near here, comes from Duluth people. It is es,timated that not less than $350, Du to $400.000 will be required to keep the poor people until they esn get some returns from their own labor on farms next summer. Many are going to work here in this vicinity on railroads and in the woodsand mills. With the arrival of a train over the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic at noon to-day came the statement that t twe village of Marengo, ninety miles ast of Duluth, the bodies of six per. sous were found who had been burned to death during the night. Offers of aid to sufferers, both in cash and goods, are coming in from distant States. Tacoma, Washington, telegraphed this morning asking if aia was needed, but was answered by the mayor that Min nesota would be able to care for all and to rehabilitate them. END OE THE MICHIGAN FIRES. DETROIT, MICH., September 4. Diispatches from the upper penintula of Michigan show that the rainfall in that region yesterday and last night has effectually put a stop to the forest fires and will be the means of saving millions of pine and many homesteaders' crops and houses. The damage already done, however,' is immense and in many localities total loss can only be avoided by the immediate cutting of timber. There is considerable evidence that many of the fires are of incendiary origin and were set by men who knew~ that the scorehed pine would have tc beeut-at once, thus giving them work. The fires will also force into market much pine th'at was held by non log. ging capitalists for the purpose ot peculation. At any rate hundreds ol men will be given immediate employ. ment. It is thought~nearly every foot o1 standing pine in Onitanogon County is burned, fully 500,000,000 feet. The Nester estate has lost 90,000,00 feet: rout Creek Lumber Company, 30, D00,000; Diamond Match Company, 150,000,000. *The balance is owned by bomesteadiers, at Paynesville and Bruce's Crossing. Many cattle and horses were burned, but no human lives were lost, though there have been many perilous situa. ions and narrow escapes. The rail roads have large gangs 'at work repair. ing roadbeds and bridges and are rapidly getting in shape to resume brafic. THE REV. S. B. JONEs. Els Death at Spartanburg-Christian, Scholar and Educator. SPARTANBURG, September 8.-Dr. Samuel Barksdale J>nes died this morning at sunrise. He will be buried to-morrow at 11 o'clock in Oakland Cemetery. The Rev. Samuel B. Jones, D. D., was born in Obarleston December 29, 1828. He attended some of the schools f the city and graduate'i at the Citadei A~cademny in 1847. Sixty entered the 3ass, but only four underwent the duty and discipline necessary to a 3opetion of the course. They were Johnson Hagood, S. B. Jones, L. E. Eriot and John P. Sothern. .After graduation Mr. Jones secured a posi :ion on the engineer eorps of the Green ville and Columbia Railroad. He re amied there three years. He was then elected president of the Anderson "emale College, and held that position antil 18.54, when he joined the South Darolina Conference. For forty years be has been a useful, honorable and nfluential member of that body. He was engaged in active, effective work until the day of his death. His ast work was closing the session of the olumbia Female College in June. During the war the people of A bbeville leced him to" the Legislature for two :erms. This did not interfere with his ministerial duties. After the war be was president of the Spartanbu'rg Eemale College and his management was quite successful, n'otwithstanding the devastated and demoralized condi tion of the country. He served as president of the Columbia Female Col lege several years and handed in his resignation at the close of the last ession hecause his health was failing. He represented ..th~ conference four or fve times at the G.eneral Con ference. Since 1877 he has been one of thbe board of visitors of the Citadel Academy. The degree of doctor of divinity was conferred on him by Wofford College in 1874. He showed marked ability in the mana,ement of the Columbia Female College. He looked carefully and wise ly after every department from the pantry to the paying oft the debt which hung over that institution. His discip line was systamatic compining parenta care and tenderness~ with a rigid obser. vance of all necessary regulations. Dur ing all his years of teaching there ws: Sneve annnleaant fritin reported As a preacher he was always acpt - able to the people.- -enever seemed to go about his srmons in a careless way. He preached ti instruct and edify the people, and i.e thoughtful ones were always benc-litt-d by his sermons. As stld. m, busiess man, preacher, college roesidetit, husband and father he always was faithful in the perform ance of every duty. His life, his work and his charac:er are a rich heritage lett fax_his surviving wife and childrea. DEATH OF JUDGE PRESSLEY. The Close Of of a Long, Fare and Useful Life-Judge Pressley's Career at the Bar and on the Bench. [News and Courier, Sept. 7.1 The announcement of the death of Judge B. C. Pressley early yesterday morning, while not a surprise, was nevertheless a shock to the community and was heard with deep regret by all classes in this city, in which he had labored so long, so uprightly and hon orably, doing what he believed to be right and speaking what he believed to be true, jugdging not harshly an_ lov-..... ing much, gaining for himself tl.e highest respect and con~fidence from his fellow citizens and warmest affec tion from his friends. Judge Pressley was born nearly eigh ty years ago at the old Long Cane set tlement, in Abbeville County, of good parentage, a family of sturdy farmers and husbandmen, who had been noted always for their unusual individuality. His legal education was acquired under the supervision of the late Attorney General Bailey, one of the most distin guished legal lights of the day. In an almost incredible short time after be ing called to the Bar he 'had achieved an enviable position, which year by year became higher and yet more high. His first parner was a Mr. Lee, with whom he was associated until the year 1872, from which date until 1857 he practiced alone. In 1867 he organized the well-known firm of Pressley, Lord & Inglesby, Mr. Samuel Lord and Mr. C. H. Inglesby being his associates. This firm existed as one of the most eminent in Broad street until its dissolution in 1877, when Judge Pressley was elected Judge of the 1st circuit. For fifteen years he sat uVon the Bench as one of its brightest ornaments,being exactly what a Judge should be. His character was unimpeachable, his mind brilliant and his learning profound. His resignation of his high office, caused by ill health, was greatly regretted, and at the time a most eloquent and glowing tribute was paid him in behalf of the Bar by -the mouth of one of its most eloquent - members. In ante-bellum days Judge Pressley for years held the office of sub-treasurer of the United States for South Carolina. His discharge of the duties -of this office were so faithful and so satis factory that at the end of the war, without any solicitAtion whatso ever and to his own intense amaze ment, be was reappointed to the office, which he held until he resigned it on account of the exactions of his J0 practice. As quite a young man Judge Pressley distinguished himself by reducing an immense mass of crude matter into that concise and valuable work, "Press ley's Laws of Magistrates," ever since invaluable to both BenUi and Bar. His accomplishments as a writer were not confined, however, to works on the law, but extended to the lighter and more congenial field of iournalism, and many cld Charlestoniats will re member his brilliant contributions to the Charleston newspapers of before the war. It was on account of failing health that Judge Pressley, after a residence of nearly forty years in Charleston, re moved to health-giving Summerville. In his religious faith Judge Pressley was a Baptist, and was warmly at tached to the First Baptist Church of this city, where he used ..ften to lec ture. Simplicity, modesty and purity were his chief characteristics, and when the summons came, in the conscious ness of a well spent and noble life and firm in the faith of his f.'bers, he en tered gladly the life eternal, leaving Carolina to mourn the loss of his ge nius and worth. There is nothing to prevent anyone concocting a mixture and -calling it "sarsapa'rilla," and there is nothing to prevent anyone spending good money testing the stuff; but prudent people, who wish to be sure of their remedy, take only Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and so get cured. ERSKINE COLLEGE, DUE WEST, 8- C. O PENS FIRST MONDAY IN OC tober next. Offers Classical and Scientific Courses. Large an~d hand some building completed. Delightful climate. Now in the 56th year of its existence. Total expernes for board and tuition $135. Write for Catalogue. W. M. 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