Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?hb sbmtkr w atchman KartbiLh?! Aprii, iS5o. "I.e Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends tBiWi AHtts-t at. be thy Conntrys, thy God's add truth's" _ the tbck sobtbkon. e.t?t>Usbed'Me, lie* Consolidated Ans. 2, 1881.1 S?MTEB, S. d.< WEDNESDAY, AUGUST S, 18921. ?etr Serfes-Toi. ML Ko;h -??- ??? m _mm ._;m?___ mm - ^ ^ 1^ gaMlihed every Wednesday, w N. GK OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. tkrms: Tiro Dollars per annum?in advance. ADV?B'? I3SK1HT8 . ' 0a? ?quare, first insertion.......$1 00 Jfrery subs?quent insertion... 50 Coo tracts for thr?* months, or longer will b? made at reduced rate*. AH communication* which subserve private - nterests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. TIE SO01IDS NATIONAL BAM, OF S?MTKR. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI TORY, SOMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital . . . . . $75,000 00 Surplus Fund ...... 10,600 00 j Transacts a General Banking? B ttt?iness. Careful attention given to collections.; j SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. j Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In- j tsrast allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per ! - eauam. Payable quarterly, on Srst days of January, April, July and Octo'ner. R. M. WALLACE, President. L. S. Caasov, - Aug. T _Cashing_ ifi BM (IP MIR, StJMTER, S 0. % ^TT AHO COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Traasacts a general Banking business. . Also bas ? Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. ! merest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent. ?8r annum, payable q aar (er iy. W. F. B. HA. NSW ORTH, W. F. Rhaxs, President. Cashier. AegSH._ _ M l M SOLOMONS, DENTIST. Office ?TK& BROWNS ? P?RDY'S Sf?RE. Entrance on Main Street, Between* Browns & Purdy and Durant & Son. OFFICE HOURS; 9 to 1.30 5 2 to 5 oTc?oci. Sumter, S. C , April 29._ G. W. DICK, D. D. S. Office over Bogin's New Stofe, arrsfaeu os sIaih sTasrr SUMTER, S. C. Office HotffS.?9 ta I;30 ; 2:30 to 5. Srpt 8 1 MACHINE SHOP All ?f?cds cf , JKACpINE WORK REFAIS* caa be had in Sum ter, at short notice, and in fbe wtrjrb?ii class 6T w?fk, at the shop re cently opened by the undersigned on Liberty Street, near the C. S. & N. D~pot. ? J?Eers Patched* and Mill and Gin * Work a Spot?altv. Protnpt attention given to wor* in the country, and first class workmen sent ib at tend to same. Call at the shop or address through Sumter Post office Aug 13 E?MAft SKlNNflR, ItfW LI?MBERT?BBi IBEG-TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND tb* public generally that my Saw Mil! located ou the C. S <fe N. R. R., just back of tay -residence, is now ia full operation, and 1 mm prepared to furnish all grades of Yfllow Piae Lumber from nnbled timber, at prices according te grades. Yard accessible ou North side of residence. J. B. ROACH. F?bl8. _ l d. johnston, SUMTER, S. C, -THE Practical Carpenter, Contractor AND BUILDER, TCTOULD RESPECTFULLY inform the If citizens of Sumter and surrounding country that he is prepared to furnish pians, tnd estimates on brick and wooden buildings All work entrusted to him will be done first class. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. - Aug 12 o Whj Rea?>Land When You Can Buy & Home on ?asy Terms ? FOR SALE. ATRACT OF GOOD FARMING AND Timber land, containing 900 acres with good dwelling and outbuildings, w?M located half mile from Beid's station on the Manches ter and Augusta R. R., 9 miles from Sumter Will sell as a whole or in tots to suit pur chasers. Terms?One-third cash, balance easy pay ments and low interest. See or address W. O. CAIN, Ramsey, P. ?., S. C. OR E. W. Dabbs, Agt. Ramsey P. O., i>. C. Dec. 39.?tf. trwt??nt INHALATION! 1529 Arch S?.. Phila. Penn. For Consumption, Astbma, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Catarrh, Hay Fever, Headache, Debility, Rheu matism, Neuralgia, And all Chronic ami Nervous JiHsordci's. * It has been in use for mor0 than twenty years: thousands of patients have been treat ed, and over one tbcasand physicians 'ihtc used it and recommend it?a very significant fact. It is agreeable. Thf re is no nanseoas taste, nor after-taste, nor stciening smell. "Compound Gsyges? It Mode of Action and Results," is the title of a book of 200 pages, published by Drs. Starkey & Palm, which gives to all inquirers.full information as to this remarkable curative r.genr. *r.d a record of surprising cures in a wide raupe of -chronic cases?nmnj of t?vro afte- being abandoned to die by oT'.rer physician*. W:!l be mailed free to any address on application, j :-?S. ufAEISY & PALEN, j 1529 ?rcfc St., Philadelphto, Perju 120 Setter St., San Francisco, Cal Please mention this piper. Dee. ft.?. > Highest of all in Leavening P?tt ABSOU/1 folSePobfic.] I AM STILL SELLING First Class Goods AT LIVING PRICES. It takes too much room to enumerate all the bargains J have to offer, but I must call your attention to our HAMME CHAMBER SETS Both in China and tin. BIS DRIVES IN GLASSWARE SHOES That are solid and will wear. HAVE YOU TRIED MY Coffee at 20c. pr. lb AND Tea at 25c. pr. lb.? If not, you are missing a genuine bar* gain It has long been a household word that yon get nothing but good goods, and full value at ALTAMONT MOSES'. Oct. 6. -1 Cover everything in Insu rance. If it is your life, I s give you a policy in the Mutual Life Mm CoipyJ OF NEW YORK, The oldest, richest and in 4 liberal Company in the U- '6. If on your Gin House, Dwelling, Stores, Barns, Furniture or Produce j in the following companies, ?03 of which are stroug and reliable 3 THE NORWICH UNION, of England. THE Q?EEN, of E?gbnd. PHOENIX ASSURANCE, of England, THE CONTINENTAL, of New York. THE NIAGARA, c??Tc?w Yotfc THE NORTH AMERICAN. of Philadelphia, THE GillAR?, of Philadelphia. the Merchants, of Newark, N. J. MECHANICS ? TRADERS, Of New Orleans. My companies are as good aud my rates ss low as any cue. ALTAMONT MOSES. For Infant and Children. Castoria r*v jmotes Digestion, and overcomes .Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishnoss. Thus the chiid is rendered healthy and its sleep natural. Castoria ccutu?ia no Morphine or other narcotic property. ** Castoria is ko weil adapted to children that 1 recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me/' H. A. Archsr, M. t>.. Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. **I use Castoria lr: my practice, and find it specially adapted to affections of childien." Alex. TtoBBftTsoN, M. D.. 1057 2d A ve., New York. "From personal knowledge and observation I can say that Castoria is an excellent medicine for ciiiklren, acting as a laxative and relieving the pent up bowels and peneral system very muco. Many motliers bave told me of itsex oeiieot offert Upon their children." Da. G. C. OsGOon, Lowell, Mags. Tax Oestaur CoMrArY, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. ???$???? ) ? T?TTS ? i W? MW? nil? aa an cn'I-'hsiSom arid antf-malarial ? <3 ?remedy are irondcrfol In tbeir effects la freeing tlio eystoca, o2 bHion&nesa and a?arfa. ?toonelivfag in ? Malarial Regions should bo without the^n. Their rtso ?prevents attacks of chills and fever, dumb ague, bilious colic, and gives the system strengt h to rcF?st all tb.3 ?evils of an unhealthy and ?mpnre at-* mogphere. jfc/lejrentlv t-^ar-coat^d. ' Price, 25c Office, 301'ark Plaeo?, N. Y, ? ? ? ? 0 ? ? 9 ?j MACHINERY FOR S41E. One 12-horse engine Rnd ' ?er. Ors 45 Saw Gin and Condtiistr 0::? Boss Cotton Press. One 20-inch Grist Mill, i?eltinp, Shafting snd Fixtures* The Gin, Press and Mill ;ire almost tfew l ami ill hi good running order. T:te entire outfit will be Bold cherp. Per particulars apply to O. M. Best, BROSDON'S. S. C. Or at this o&ce. rerv-? tatest tfc S. Gov't Report rELY PURS "CAST OUT BUT NOT FORSAKEN. J . BERNARD BIGSBY. Author of the Cotai of toe fourth," and Other Successful Stories. ^ CHAPTER XV. a deathbed rbpentancb. When Arthur Dunbar recovorcd con sciousness it was to find himself in a small apartment, whose Interior was so remarkable that for the moment he felt that he must bo the victim of some de lirium, which peopled his fancy with strange shapes and unusual objects. The walls were of solid rock, the roof was oval, and on its rounded sides stalactites glittered like precious stones. He was lying on a couch hewn out of the virgin stone and covered with pan TIIERE ENTERED A VO?N? G OIL. fcher skins. Fron an iron dn;r in the ceiling hung an oil In nip which, gave a "flickering light. By the side of his bed the dog lay apparently sound asleep. But what caused him the greatest sur prise was another couch, the fac-simil? of the one upon which lie was lying, on which was stretched the figure of a man whose waxen face showed that be was cither very sick or even dead, for his eyes were closed and his hands were crossed on his breast In vain he lis tened for a sound, but a?l was as silent as a tomb. When he tried to call out his tongue ek>ve to the roof of his mouth and words refused utterance; but, the effort, slight as it was. aroused the faithful dog, which sprang to his side and began to lick his hands and face with every man ifestation of joy. Suddenly the entrance to the place was darkened, and there entered a young girl lightly clad in na tive costume who uttered a glad excla mation and ran to his side. How ten derly she bathed his brow, and with a great lotus-leaf fanned the flush back mto bis wan cheek. "Where am I? Who are you?" ho managed to gasp, but she only put her finger to her pre tty lips, and motioned him to Silence. Then she gare him food, a sweet cereal broth in a yellow earthen cup, which she held to his iipa, mutter ing the while a low sonorous chant in the tone of a mother soothing a child to sloorv By degrees tl?c vision' faded before his imagination, and he feil intoograte ful slumber. When he awoke, the so roe sight pre3 son tod itself: The room unchanged, the silent figure in its pta***, the girl and the doj? still there Thus the time passed, ft hceracd to him that he otrly opened fife eyes to gaee upon his strange surroundings, to receive sustenance at. the hands of bis young nurse, and to; dozo off again* Into a dreamless7 sleep. But by degrees be noticed that tho' wakeful periods grew longer, that he had even vigor enough to raise his head and gaze around him. The figure on the other couch sorely perplexed him. Who was this strange person who lay so still that ho did not Seem' even to breathe? It was hot Capt.; Cam pignon?that he wus certain?A or the captain's locks were raven black, while this men's hair was a dull yellow, and not all the disease which ever af flicted humanity could cause the sail or's bronze chock to fade to such a ghastly hue.. Tt could not to a dead body which was lying there0 The j thought was lw>rrible. and he dismissed it, for he well knew that in tropical | countries :k. very few hmirs occasion the I putrefaction of all dead animal sub- i stances. Once when he awoke it was night. | The lamp swung from its pendent ring, j but the girl an.l the do^ were gone Ho glanced nervously at the other couch and shivered as he sa*v that its cu- j pant was still in its place. It was. he felt, horrible to he alone with this silent effigy of manhood. lie cried for assist ance. His voice sounded strangely hol lo- \ but his heart 1 'aped with joy as he found thai lie could attor articulate ; pounds w3 ich v,\ tkness had hitherto rendered imp.*.; siblc. But there uns no 1 response to his caiL A ?'in h" uttered alow, pitiful 1 i-. Would no one hear it? Yes, the sick man on the other bed heard it, und as he heard it he raised his wasted form upon his hands and glared at Arthur Dun bar'with cycslike , living jewels set in the face of marble*. ! "Who caUs me?" he said, hi ft voice so feeble that it was little more than a whisper. Arthur Dunbar, terrified at the ghast ly f-rcctac!-- . made no reply "Who call }" wailed the man, implor ir fly. "Oh. for .1 3d? Hsh .-ar *o li en to my guilty story! Tf ? eon M only spealc to a fcUow-countryman, Sir Harry Grahame might yet be rescued an-i my sor.l saved from eternal punish ment; but no one here can understand, a word I say and I must die nneon-: fessed!" As the poor wretch breathed tho whispered words he fell back on his couch senseless. And now a strange vitality seemed to pxfcsess the /raine oi the young Amcricdd. He raised him-: self froni bis rough bed, and with tot-, tering- steps stumbled fic*rbss the room to the bedside of the tohappy man. * : "Speak out, man,** he hoarsely cried. '"What bare you to say about Sir Barry Grahame?** It was a sickening1 eight?one, g ghost, of bis former self, 60 weak that he could with difficulty stand, even though bis thin hands nervously clutched the sldo of the conch?the other, exhausted to the very verge of death, yet startled from prostration by the Unexpected appeal. "Who are you?** gasped the fe enmbent ?gure. "Ono who seeks Sir Harry Qrabame. Oh, 6peak quickly, or It mr^ be too late. What have von done with him?" But though the white lips rxoved, no sound came from them, ??k?, Arthur Dunbar, feeling that his strength was spent, reeled back to his ?ouch, on which he fell, quivering with the re action oi 0>Q effort which ha? nearly copt hhn Ms life. Presently his little nnrse ind the ?og returned, the former fitted with re-; morse at having left ber charge for the brief time that It took ber and her four footed friend to indulge In a scamper through the wood in the moonlight Thus a week passed. Every day the American gained strength and at last was in a condition to assist the girl In her ministrations of mercy, tending the dying man with a solicitude instigated by the burning desire to secure his secret as much as by human sympathy for his afflictions. But their efforts seemed futile. Uls was a life in death. The heart beat feebly, the breath lingered on his lips, occasionally the eyes opened and the Hps parted as though he were about to speak, but be yond this ho gave no signs of anima tion. From the girl Arthur could learn I nothing. She made him understand by I gestures that she was to wait on him I hand and foot with tho docility of a slave and that when he was well enough she would conduct him. to a place of safety?at least so ho under stood her. One mystery to Arthur was where the food came from that his active nurse alwaj's had in preparation, and a still greater surprise was how quickly he regained his strength when once tho fever had left him, for each morning he arose with a renewed energy, which promised soon to restore him to his pristine vigor. But ho argued with himself if he recovered too quickly lie would be called upon to leave the spot before he had scoured the sick man's confession. This would never do, so he feigned weakness and allowed his gen tle attendant to minister to his wants. Iiis patience met with its reward at last One night the sick man raised himself on his bed, as he bad done once before, and ia a weak voice begged Dunbar to come to him. In a minute Arthur was by his side, supporting the trembiiny frame on his arm and bending his I ad over him. "Have you strer-.rrth enough to tell me your story?" he said, geu'Jy. "Yes," came tho faint reply. "My brain is strangely clear and my tongue is loosened.** **Then tell me all you can, for It is sad to see you die with this ?nconfesse? guilt upon your souL" "Then, listen. Ah, how clearly I enn think now, how easy talking seems to me. I have heard that the last hour of a man's life who is dying of swamp fever is always like this?a sudden and mysterious strength, and then?" Uc shuddered. "If these moments are so precious, do not waste them," Arthur urged. "I will not. First, promise nffe thai you will do your best to repair the mis chief I have wrought, even at your own personal danger." "Does it refer to the rescue of Sir Harry Grahame?" Arthur asked. "14 docs." "Then I most solemnly promise you ! that I will do all man can bo carry out your wishes.** I "Ah, sir, you have taken ? load oil* I my mind. Now hear my story. My j name is Aaron Gore. ? was born on I Sir Harry's estate, played with him when a boy, served him as a man, and traitorously sold him to his enemies, when he had none near him but my self in' whom to put his trust.'* Beads of agony stood on the man*s brow, as he uttered these words. "You see, sir,** be continued, "It all came about of the domger of Cspt. Frank Archer.** "Frank Archer! Who fs be7* "Sometimes I think he te only a mat? like tim rest of us, but ai other times 1 believe he is & devil in human shape, for surely no Bend could hnve wroufbl more mischief than he baa done. He AAEON GORE'S STATElfi"NT. has been at the bottom of all ra? misery- If he were to show himself in this room I do not know that 1 dare tell you what has happened." "Well, he is not hero ami should not harm you if he were. Speak out, man," Arthur said, impatiently. "Yes, I must bo quick," the man groaned. ''I foci already weaker," then, evidently nerving himself for the supreme effort, he poured forth his story of crime in hurried worths, some times unintelligible, but conveying to his breathless listener it? full meaning. "T must, write this down, if 1 can only (lud means to do so, and you must sign it," Arthur said,- when he had finished. Aaron Gore's reply was to tho point: "You will find several lead pencils with the package of papers under my pillow, sir." "Ali, yCsv here they arc Now you He Lack and --est. wh? t 1 write your deposition." And this i* what Arther Dunbar wroto,-casting evefr atow and then on anxious glance at the sick man, who lay watching his pencil as it moved rapidly over the' paper': "I, Aaron Gore, believing nry?elf on the point of death,- do make the follow ing statement, which I solemnly de clare to be true: That I was in the serv ice of Sir Carry Graharae as valet when that gentleman was taken sick of the fever at Kisttnuo, in ?zxi?ftV daring th? early part of January of last f??r, that there was also la attendance on the Sick baronet his Mend, Capt. Frank Archer; that Sif Barry Grahams had prepared a wffl having the greater Part of Ms fortune to Miss Kate Gra bame, his adopted daughter, that 2 entered into conspiracy with Capt Frank Archer to prevent the accom plishment of this act; that Capt Afcbet induced me to aid hits is this fraud by a bribe of one hundred pounds and a 1 promise of a thousand pounds if Our scheme proved successful; that* in ; pursuance of this plan, a groom in Sir Uarry's service who lay on the point of death stricken with a fever contracted at the same time as his master, on a hunting' expedition In the jungles, was palmed o? on the doctor of the Forty-seventh regiment as the j baronet; that this doctor gave the cer tificate of cause of death and burial per? mit, fully believing that the dead tnoa was Sir Harry Grabau** that the sick baronet was carried by us to the em Coast and shipped in charge of Capt. Archer to Catomho, whence be Was re* moved to the interior of Cay loo; that I, acting under orders of CaoL Archer? re* mained at Klstmuu in charge of the supposed deceased baronet's effects; that I received a telegram from John Colburn, an attorney in London, who was also in the conspiracy, ordering me to proceed at once to Colombo, where I i should find instructions how to reach Capt. Archer in his retreat; that I was to make my way to him and warn him that two men had left England with the purpose of discovering the whereabouts of the baronet, whom they believed to be still alive; that 1 sailed for Colombo, found a sealed packet of instructions there, prepared for such an emergency; ! that I started on my journey in charge I of Ashnu Ghooli, son of the chief of a j village under whose protection Archer ! was living; that we reached the end of ! our passage along the Quagla river, and sent a war-canoe down the stream with instructions to take prisoners any Eu ropeans they might meet, and remain on guard at a given spot until they were notified to return; that on under I taking the journey across the wilder j ncss I was seized with the jungle fever, ef which I am now dying; and that I ; heartily repent of my wickedness, and implore the forgiveness of my wronged master, whose release, I humbly pray God. may be speedily accomplished/' The dying man signed this irregular document with feeble hand, for the cur ; rent#of his life was fast ebbing. "You quite understand that I am go ing to use your papers and charts?" i Dunbar asked. [TO BE CO??TIN?KI) ] ; How They Manage in Abbe ville. We hear that Gideon's Band, orsome } other organization assuming to control the people, have issued orders to (heir loyal subjects, directing them for whom they mast vote in ibe primaries for the ! House of Representatives and for Sheriff land Clerk, leaving the people the pri ; vilege of casting thoir own votes for County Commissioner, School Ccrmmis j mod er and Corcnef. The plan is supposed to be a profound beeret, maoaged in somewhat alter this fashion : I The chosen ticket is to be brought out j one at a time, and iu addition, decoy I duoka for the legislature are also* to be brought out, one at a time, for the pur pose of deceiving the antis and for the further purpose of getting the strings better fastened in the noses of those brethren who are supposed to have oo mind of their own. j Id case the secret tewn tfo?&f who ; may assume to control the people should get scared, the plan also includes the right to call in the decoy ducks just on the eve of the election. The plan provides against the charge that the Court Houso ts to get the iron's share of the Legislative tic&et, in the cutting off of the heads of the Sheriff and the Clerk of the Ootrrf. The d?cres whisk directs how foyal mhjeefs ?&?lr vot? for ?/eg'udators is supposed to ioclude the names of four persons from Abbeville, and an o" her favorite wfro is not a farmer and does not reside in town. If the bo nurse is : oorrect the plain country gudgeon will I likely see tbart there h ?i rient ott)j a town farmer or two* on the troket, and that the town will actually gobble tip ; j all that is desirable. I We fraftf rVofking to urge ?potr those citizens who will allow a few cross roads j managers and a select committee of j town bosses to either divide out the o& ; ces amoftg themselves or are wilHng for ' them to deprive them of the fight to vote foT Whom they please", but, if we are not mistaken there are at few free [ born whrte citizens who will not be.?*i- s tato to kick off the sbachles and refuse [ to be dictated to on any ?uhjeot, much less their right to vote as they please, [ ? Abbeville Press and l*an!?ef. iimrr i r rw An Eiarnplo of Tariff Taxa tion; _?? There arc four COnipttirree that form the trust known as (he "United; .Stales Cutlery Company," with capi tal stock of $i,600,.U0U "They u>$ ! lifted before the Congressional C??rr- f mittee in the' last Congress that then- ; total capital and investment was hut $400,000 ami in' very ''bad shape,, owing to foreign cwirpvfitior?.M They ? got all lbs help from .McKinley and his g3iig that they asked for, and lo! the result. The tapiuA ?tnch r> frmr time?greater in July, lS?ri, than ihrey declared it amounted to with all the | investment only two years ago or less. That is the way they go.t rich. McKinley gave Iffeui double the Increase in protection they asked for, and in two years they quadruple the i valuation of their combination. But this is not all they have dfone. iFhey arc 7?ot satisfied with tire h'irge pro \ ihe I bey have secured rrr less than two1 years They have $1,'JOG, 000* more capital slock rraw !hai* they had before the huge tax was levied ?potr tire whore people For the?r bcirefit. They have taken steps to rbrm a Corrf trmatiort tfr.it will shut, out ?Ii hofsre* competition. Tiiis is the HaTi?sow KcifJ-Kcr*in?ey idea of -'protecting infant industries." Ii is a misnomer artogethrer. It is ft scheme of down right robbery and for the format Km of combines to p?t ?p prices ami plftek the bfpyers of their wares. I vVc get our fact*and figures for?? the I New York hvcnittij Post. ' MB CLYDE'S VIEWS OF THE SOUTH. Mr. W. P. G\y?e of N. Y., for many years largely interested ic steamship Hoes running to Southern ports, has been appointed Receiver of the Rich mond Terminal Railroad System. Tbe following, from tbe Wall Street Jour nal of July 22d, will be read with inter' est: At the Richmond Terminal advisory committee meeting yesterday Mr. Clyde gare bis views of tbe condition of tbe South wbicb were considered very important. Mr. Clyde stated that tbe organiza tion of his office gave htm daily reports from nearly every place in the Sooth that bad 500 inhabitants. It was his business to understand the situation there and hence when he made a state ment about the condition of the Sooth he did it from bis own knowledge. He said he was now certain that the womt times the Sooth had seen or would see was in tbe month of May of this year. He added ; "The South not only promised now one of the best cotton crops ever known, bat it would becotton grown at the lowest prices at which this staple was ever produced/' The fact is, that the Sonth-bas been compelled to learn how to produce not only the cheapest cotton crop ever grown, bat has also, in the same school of adversity, been compelled to learn bow tc produce as good pig iron as is made anywhere else in this country, at a cost far below what has been or is possible in any portion of the country. This statement means that the South is not only undergoing, but has undergone an economical revolution which is full of meaning and suggestion not only to the future of the South, but for the future of the whole country. The importance of these facts is readily apparent when their bearing upon the railroad problem iu tbe South is con sidered.'' Mr. Clyde explained that the exten sion of the Richmond & Danville floating debt for two years, which has been practically accomplished, would relive both the Terminal and Danville compa nies from all cutside pressing financial difficulty and thus afford an opportunity to avail of the very great improvement which had been wrought in the condition of the South above described. It would also have the result of so increasing tbe value of the securities held in the treasuries of tbe companies and upon which the floating debt is now being carried that by the sale of a portion of these securities at reasonable prices within the next two yaars the floating debt can be paid off and several million dollars of these securities remain in the treasury of the companies. Gen. Thomas confirmed the state ments made by Mr. Clyde and added that he had made bis own investigations of the condition in the South and that Mr. Clyde had not overstated the Situa tion. While he did not expect any great boom there such as we ffavc* seen in other part* of tbe country he believed there was a period of long and steady improvement to be found there. The fast is, be claimed, that people are so demoralized and have been made so by the discussion* ta newspapers and the internal wrangles in Terminal affairs that peopie havs begun to believe that 1 these securities' nave no value. But in s pi to of this there are lots of underlying securities io these systems of great vak.e, but they cannot he sold/ toe tendency of the South nfew, however, is getttarg more hopeful and which will sooner or later change this condition of things. The Sangir Calamity, AtfsTKRpAM, July 27.?Tbe Ihtar ddsbiad publishes a detailed and author itative account at tfife recent volcanic eruption on Sangir island. The erup tion came with slight warning. The volcano Ouoona Awa,- near Tarvena, the capital city, bad been rumbling dur ing the morning of June 7\ and small clouds of sfitfofee and steam had issued from it At 6 o'clock the eruption Came like a clap of thunder. Tons of ashes and j immense boulders were thrown out upon 1 the ?etdi round the fffty, bringing with j them darkness and suffocating heat. Hundreds of natives were harvesting at tbe time, and were knocked down and buried where the? feff. The boul ders and great heaps of ashes crushed and covered, almost instantly, all the houses on the mountain side. Not a person on the part of the volcano fac ing Tarvena l?ved to tell the story. At the foot of the volcano were the finest farms on the ieland. They all are now bidden from srght under ten or twelvo feet on hardeued lata. The owners, their famalies and their labor ers were covered with them. Tarvena was two-thirds destroyed by the eruption. Scores of houses were in frimes a fetf minutes after the eruption began ; two or three hundred were burned to death. Iu the wildest con sternation of the night nobody tried to stay tbe fiUtffes, 8ud the fire burned itself out. The people of TarVe?a who were not killed or injured have left tbe city, a?d fof fear of another erupt ?on refuse to return. They are homeless and utterly without means of subsistence. The de struction of all tho farms near Tarvena Iras left them without food : famine and ! fever are among &bem, aud they are ; dying by dozens. Tbe exact number of deaths is not yet known. Probably the estimate of ?,&)0 made in the dispatches several days ago" is too small 1,51)0 would be s low estimate, and the number is n*erc ! likely to prove 2.000. ?i ' f ? The'Sensational killing of Miss- Freda Ward by Miss Alice Mitchell is oovr on trial at SI em phis. The theory rjfon whicb the defence rests is that the young la.Ij was insane; that the ?'u- i natural affection existing between the f two git!*, a-b well a? the wi !e :;5e of J Alice t?litchcrl beat ? o\:i tha in.-.-rah y j theory. Tbe ^ate on the other hand, j will ebow tbat MiscJ Bitclfcl wtr; not j averse to tI>c attentions of gentlemen; j that, sire corresponded freely with the boy's a'?d had numerous love a'ffarrs. ?f the jury adjudges the girl insane, she will go to' the asylum until she is cured *trd thet? answer the charge of murder. ' flonsst' Bsc's 'Straight Goods.1 No Exca<e for Governor Tittman not Knowing that his Story About the Deds Circular was Untrue. News and Courier. In his speech at Darlington Governor Till man read a circular letter, which he said had been sent om by the Republi can managers in the 6th Congressional district daring the campaign of 13?i}. j Following is the text of the letter : "You are hereby instructed and urged to see that Straightouts or Has kell Democrats carry oat their obliga tion to vote for our Congressional can didate, the Hon. K. H. Deas, as was promised by them ai a condition of our support of their county and State ticket. Republican supervisors are axpected to ascertain early in the morning whether or not Straightouts are redeeming their prom ires by voting for onr standard bearer for Congress, if they are not information must be ftvea to tbe pres ent chairman and other prominent Re publicans, who mast at once give Straightout leaders to understand that unless they vote for Mr. Deas the Re publicans will not vote for Mr. Has kell." In hi* speech at Bencettsville Gover nor Till man, according to tbe Colombia Register, "proved that tbe document j was straight goods." The following j letter published in The News and Con- j rier on Novenber 7, 1890, show3 how j little reliance can be placed upon any of Governor Till man 's campaign utter ances : no bargain in the 8iiiti?. Florence, November 6, 1890.? Special : There appeared ia the corre? pondence from this place, in a Charles ton daily of !o-day's issue, a copy of a circular claimed to be issued and dis tributed by the Republican executive committee of the 6<h Congressional district, in which it is claimed that a ccmpact had been entered into by the Straightout Democrats and- the Repub licans to the effect that the former would support Deas for Congress if the latter would support ??askcll for Governor Capt. VVm. Qairk, chairman of the Straightout Democratic committee of the Gth Congressional district, denies that any compact or understanding whatever had been made with tbe Re publican party with the above stated ob ject in view, and requested the publi cation of the following affidavit from the Republican chairman : "State of South Carolina, Florence County : Personally appeared before me S. W. Williams, chairman of tho executive committee of the Gth Congres sioual district of the Republican party who makes oath that be was called on to-day by Capr.. Wm. Quirk, chairman of the Democratic committee of the 6*h Congressional district, and asked-if he had seen a circular published ra to-day's issue of the Charleston WoiKi over his signature as chairman ? He satid, yes, the said circular had been sent to brnsr, .deponent, from frarlingren, but as far iafsC^t. Q-iirk is concerned, according I to deponents knowledge and belief, it was the first be bad seen of it, and that no compact or u'ndcfstanding of any leert had been made between Capt. Wil I liam Qiiofc and myself io regard to the Cong e?s ion ai election or any other election on tbe 4th instant. Sf. W. tfihiiASis. "Chairman (hh Coogreasrooal Dis trict."' ' Sworn to before me this 6th cfoy of November. ft W. Lloyd, f rial Just?e** J W. D Dei?oeraey and Tillma?ism. Gov. T illman is the most thorough I autocrat now before tbe public, j Not only must his will be law* but nobody be permitte<f to have an opinion Contrary to his Here are some instances by way of if! tfst ration i \ Senator Sloan, of Richiand voted j fen* Tillman at fhc general election although opposed to him before his nomination Because Senator Sloan | is not a Tillmanite, tbe Governor re fuses to consult him with reference to appointments for Richtend! Oonntv. Because Samuel Dibble, afn hon orable and honored citizen, who has served bis State faithfully In peace and war, (lares fo oppose Go v. t?H man now?though p'edging himself to abide the nomination?he spoaks of Dibble in pnbHc speechce as a "hypocritical Jesuit." Because nembers of the Legisla ture voted according to tlreir own ecu-science arnd judgment and against the Governor's dictation, they are denounced as "driftwood" and ae not 5t to c>eot anybody. because most of the papers are op posed to his re-election and Tire Reg ister is for H therefore he says accord /ng to the Register's own report 'it's* the only Democratic paper in South Carolina.' Because newspaper editors dare to advocate the cause of Sbeppard and C : they arc publicly denounced by Gov {Til I man as "hired l?essiarrs, who write for i?oirey and trot from prin c?p?e." ?ecarrac a* citcuif Jrft?ge deciMed, in a case brought regularly before him that one o-f tFrc Governor's ap pointments Was islcgal, he attacked the J licite in his message to the Leg islature, denouncing him as a Usurper. Because a judgment ot the Su preme Court oi the State is not what he wanted it to be, therefore he says | "it ain't law." Tilhcairism has been sot up in South' Carolina, and the decree lias gone forth rlrat every Democrat shall bow down before it. How many win stand up for D'cno crscy and refuse lo bow down before Tillmanism 'I?Ncwberry Observer. If Gen. Farley will take a friends advice lie will cease making a specta cle of himself. If be bad gone alo^? and told bis-little fai>bit stotiej and hsft? :iot taken the tu> ;i of the lido so' much to heart we h*ve no doubt Mr. Dixon would give him the office Co?. Gary Watts now holds. Gen Farley neods ?C. A man who ban spent his lifo seeking- officeongtit to be reward ed?Spat tau burg Herald* His Kati?ve Beatfc &A. L W. Yuicmcfn* EnJ?r&d fy et Meeting in the ?ou'nlf of lSit Birtli. At a Meeting feKr at Manor* camp ground on the afternoon*of July" I, Dr. W. M. O'Neal w%_ made chairman The record and services* of ilon. L. W. Youmana were dis cussed, as also were the preamble and resolutions offered1 by Mr. J.- F. Murdaogh and adopted- by She Varnville club on tbte 2&h of J une. A motion was offered and adopted that a committee of tliree be appoint ai by the cha'r to draft resolutions5 in accord with information received/ and expressing the high esteem4 in* which Col. L W. Youmans is held,, and the pride felt by frieuds in hicf native comity m- his record as air able ana conscientious gen?emaii|. honoring every fvsf?vi? iff whicte heir has been placed The committee offered' the ioftbw'? ?ng, which were unanimously adop" ted: Resolved, that we exjyress fo C'olV Youmans our approval of his course' and our great a^eciwlion- of his aMe services to the Sta$e. Kesolvcd, That from- information received* we are constrained to believer that the resolutions oftred by Mr. M urdaugh do not express the' senti ments of the good people of Varnville/ as it seems so few of them were at the meeting and as they are so raair ifcst'y unjust. KVsoived,- "That from a thor?uglf acquaintance of L. VV. Youmans (who was lu>rn and raised in this* county)," and *rom informatiofp received from a member of the nominating committee of the cotiser! vative convention, stating that Colfl L VV. Youmans, after being not* fied: of Iris nomination*, sent in request to see the cha:rm*srf. a*rrd ;o?<r him he could not accept ;: tfhes'rue chairman made this statement known to the committee a resolution was" unanimously adopfed, urging Col. Youmans to accept the notmnatrorfy and appealing to his patriotism and his love for his State to come to her" aid; when Col. Yonmans was informed by a" committee sent fir.m the nominating conmittee of its actio? he said : "When my patriotism and my love for my uative State are ap pealed to I can no longer refuse my . services"?^e know he is m this* campaign orrly from a sense o?dutyt and is not "hiffuenced" by ''eou?id* ! eratTons of personal interest. ! Resolved, That the charge, etatirfg that "t\te braves aid fishes of office have great attraction for him,'' requires no further answer than to call attention to the receipt held by , Col. Youmans, and read by hint to* the Hampton audience on the 8th 'of June. After felling the people thai; ."they heard nothing of tire Govern ; or's salary of $#,50t) behrg too. high rafter Governor Tillman came mlor joSrce;' he took every dollar of it,'9 Governor Tillman replied to Cot Youcians ; "You? would have don-sr ; the same?taken all that was given !you/' whereupon Col. Youmani* ! produced the ^receipt from Slater I Treasurer Lcapfet, sho\v mg that b# I ?rr 18r7 when a member of tire l-^gia fattfre, retittnod his per d"iem and nrleage fo hi? plundered tad lately .redeemed State. ?s to "aystenratitf a&tfse of Governor , Tillman/' Col. Youmana has simply weighed him itt Jhis own lulances, judgeiihim by hfo own standard nnasured lmn by tire' rftle he applied to others and out of bis1 own month condemned him.' " The comfffittec was iirstrafcteef t<v send copies of these resolutions te Tire Hampton Guardian. The News5 and Courier, tire State and the Colon*' bia Register will please copy. I I>. I. Peep les, Rev J. hi. B:stiCE, VV. S, 31 asox, Committee*. - ! n I - 'The Carolina Spartan says that ac cording to TiMman and his imftators our State will soon be scares of DeotQ era ta. Tillmao declares feat at! Who opposed him two years ago are nof Democrats. He says they are ''dogs/' nmx>c<!asra8,'' ' Haakelftes/* Worss than negroes. . His Adjutant-General, Far* ley, declares thai sH who suppsrted Tillman two years ago and who ara now Opposed to Mm are traitors and cowards. According to therr way of thinking the only Democrats in the i State worthy of the name are TiHmatf land these who think and act as he does. U that the way to bring about fuses' i and harmony ? .Will that course keep the white people together and insure white supremacy ? About one-?ftb of rail the voters of the State are Tilrarao ttes. Shall thoy dictate to sad tynrf nize over all the others ? A free pee-* pie will protest.?Anderson foteHr gencer. Tho Cotton Fiant is perpetrating atf immense straddle. 4 Editor" ?r. <!. Wo. Smokes is giving a half-hearted1 support to the Domocratic presideotiaf ticket while" ''Managing Editor" J. W. R)wden is whooping it up for theThirdf parry and a number of contributors- are' doing the same ->*n a?"-? there was a railroad aecidenf frf Colorado roccutiy. Fourteen cfrcua horses and a negro band were in at couple of the ears which were tumbled down at: eirrbankment, and all the horses killed, but none of the co?orerf hem blowers seriocsly hntt. The* circus man cant understand yet why .'fourteen of his best horses were* hilled and ail tiicm niggers escaped'.''' -.^r^- ? ? mm* s*e??rYing 1 rarse. \t*o desire t<? s*y t?? ?-?r citizens, thaf fir yovrs We h:?\ro been ?t:Hm*- Dr. K'njr"? Kewf b?>c<>very f?r C?>csuiiij r*i??n, Dr. King'* Ken' bife r?l?, Bticklon'.-'Arnica tialve nnd KleC?' nie Bitter*, anil have nerer linm?tcd remedies' lhat sell ;i5 wo!l. or tint bave given Shch uni versai s?iti^facti'Ui. We do not bceitate to' guarantee tticm every niao, and we statid ready' to refund rtie j.::rchn5? price, if ?atisfactor/ rc-irlts :<> not follow ttefrase. Tbe^e'-renae. dies have w-.n theirgreM l^ptefarJt-^ i??fte4y o?* (bcir mcrit-s, J. P. \V. D'eLol-me. Druggirt. I - .Mg -, -, mmm Bri-ht peopie ?re ???e qitic&eSt lo rfcx>gniz?*. a good thing ntid bify it. We setHots ?f bright ptx>pi*? ?he Little Bnrty Ri?era. Ff you1 " are Dot bright ilx*se ;m!!? will taak?' yo?;?rV J. S. t?i?gbsoo & Co. . Ripni?s tabuk s : ?rver troubfeaV J.