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. 1 T?? ALEXASDER9IATTER. | CORRESPONDENCE 3ETWEEN THE! OVERNOR AND PROFESSOR. fcTmpatby With a Sear<;h After Truth - j Xne Dropping of tho Frofessjr not Re- j ious Persecution?a Much T:i!kccl of ; - * I Isocameut With Hot Much in it. following is the correspondence between Governor Tillman and Professor Alexander, in regard to which so mucn curiosity has been manifested: THE GOVERNOR'S FIRST LETTER. (Private.) April 22, *91. juEAK Sir: In to-day's Xews ar:d j Courier I nna mention raaueoi mesuujr" -natter of your talk with tbe Trustees yesterday and prominence given to a question propounded by me. 1 desire to disclaim all knowledge of this publicity, and 1 regret thai your earnest ana frank statement, which strongly excited the admiration and sympathies of many of the Trustees, should have gone lorth in such a way and at such a time. i cannot refrain from giving expres?i"'i mv ntvn fAplirurs in the matter. ana to say that while I fear your open avowal of such doubts will inevitably sevei your connection with the college that i do not share in the slightest in the leeling which will cause men to cry our. against you and demand your dismissal. The seeker after truth, the man who in this vale of tears honestly strives to know and to do what is right witnout pandering to the prejudices or surrendering to the clamor of the ignorant multitude, must, like the meek and lowiy Jesus, e.xpeci persecution and sorrow as his lot. To few is given the ability or will to swim against the current or' popular ideas or attack old customs. The masses of mankind inherit their reiigion and have no well defined op!n:on on this subject. In proportion as tney are ignorant are they bigoted? but I must not trespass further on your time or patience. 1 only desire to let you Know that I do not share such feelings With assurance of the highest rcspect I am very truly yours. -?- 13. 11. Tillman. To jur. W. J. Alexander. kepjfv to dil alexanders request. ? . c afoir 1q ifcqi ,\J?A u l-A, o. v., ^XCkJ l? . -Ct/x. Prof. W. J. Alexander, Columbia, S. C. IXkaii Sik: Your letter oi' yesterday, asking; permission to publish a private letter i wrote you on April 22, concerning: Your statement before the Trustees, is at nand. The letter in question was not vrritten with a view to its being maat> public, and it may place me in a false position unless it couid be elaborated. which I hardly know how to do. This you can readily understand that as 1 am not a nrofessor of religion of any kind I would not like to appear before xne public in the role of a critic. I wroie with my usual frankness and there :s nothing in my letter which I woulu not avow if necessary, but I do not think the circumstances at present require it. Just as you refnse to give your religious views at iirst on the grouna of "private property," I don't think mine ihould be brought out in this way. And I therefore cannot consent to your request lor leave to publish my letter. - If you are very anxious that I should give "an expression of opinion on your leavingthe college, I will give my hontst nTMninn in a ctafptnpnt Tr> the nress or vi r in a letter to yourself. In this event will be glad to see you as scon as may be convenient. Yours truly, &c., B. E. Tillman. dr. alexander accepts. Columbia, S. C., May 19, 1891. Governor B. R. Tillman, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir.: In your letter of to-day, v*hic-h I have just received, you decline v to allow me to publish your letter written to me on April 22ci. The publica? - tion of this letter could not, so far as I can see, do you any harm, and would settle the question "in the minds of uost persons as 10 iae ca.usc ua iuy iciuukii from the University. Unfortunately, most of the evidence in my possession is under the seal of privacy; that seal I hoped you would break and let the truth come forth. I regret, therefore, that you decline to allow me to publish your lettsr. You offer, however, to furnish me a statement on the subject with the understanding teat I may publish it if I see fit. 1 accept this offer, and will thank you to forward me such a statement at your earliest convenience. -*r y cry respcuwiuij, W. J. Alexander. governor tillman's statement. May 20.1891. Prof. W. J. Alexander, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Your letter of May 19, asking me to furnish a statement of ??? the causes which occasioned your re tirement as professor from the S. C. College comes duly to hand, and I reply at my earliest convenience. And I , do so more readily because I have seen erroneous statements going the rounds of the press charging that 1 had written you a letter to the ellect that your religious views were the cause of your not Demg re-elected. I win oe as oner as I can be making the matter clear. And of course it is understood that I speak for myself alone and not for the Board of Trustees. When the Trustees'met on April 21. , a majority and minority report had , been prepared suggesting a plan of reorganization. In "both of these the : chans which you liold were abolished, and the studies divided and added to - other classes. At the first meeting the whole facul ty, one by one, were invited before us 1 and asktd to give their views on the . \ proposed reorganization. During the ^ hearing your religious vie'vs became a 1 matter"of discussion. The question of : Mr. S'oan as to Bain's skepticism caus- 1 ing you very frankly and broadly to avow your own skepticism. After it had lasted a long while, to bring mat- : ters to an end, I asked as to ycur belief 1 xy <r'hT*ict? 00 T?r\n ^?.c?]ino/l tn onctrpr 4U CiO J Vit Ul cw uwu II v* the Board was left in ignorance of ^ _ what you did believe. Isothin^ was said by yr>u at that meeting about your ' being a Unitarian. > 2sext day I wrote you a private letter expressing my admiration and sym- ; pathy, but expressing the opinion that such views would inevitably cause a severance of your connection with the institution. I did not speak for ! any one but myself, and gave my own opinion only. At the meeting of fi rst of May the college was reorganized, your chair abol isnea, ana tms wouiu nave nappeneu 11 you had never given any information as to religious views, because it was one which could be naturally and easily divided. You again appeared before the Board and read your protest, which has been published, claiming to be a Unitarian Christian. In the election which followed you were not put in nomination for any chair and, of course, it is left to conjecture whether you would have been elected had your name been presented. These are"l'acts, and I will ? oniy aaa mar lcai.noi see any grouna ior the cry of religious intolerauce which has been raised. You and your co-religionists have no cause for complaint that I see. Theie is a vast dill'erence between allowing a man perfect religious freedom and putting hin in a position to teach bis dogmas. Speaking for myself 1 can say that fitness and high moral character will govern my vote in choosing a faculty for the college, as 1 believe it will the other Trus+OOC or?r) T'nit.,i-;or. ifill I i_i nctM. WV.C, UV V. UiKUlUil tt 4kl *.'V. V.J k. * ?. cised for conscience sake. Yours respectfully. V>. K. Tillman. the statement not satisfactory. Columbia, S. C.. May 25, IS1U. Governor 1J. 11. Tillman. C jlumbia, 6. C. Dear Sir: Your communication of May 21 caine duly to hand, but as it was published that jou would be absent from the city lor a few days I have deferred writing to you until to-day. I regret to have to say that your "state i ? ^ ,^^n. "*** Z ' *''* "I ? uiftn is not satisfactory, and that X cannot have it published. I shall, therefore, be obliged if you will make your own statementr to the public on the subject of my retirement from the University. Yours respectfully. W. J. Alexander. alexander's rejoinder. Prof. Alexander Wednesday gave to the press the following reply to the statement of Governor Tillman in letters, but more especially to the second the one submitted for publication, but as unsatisfactory: As Governor Tillman has at last published the entire correspondence between us it is due to him and to the public that I should explain why }the statement that be submitted to me for publication in lieu of the letter that he refused to allow me to publish wa? not satisfactory. One has only to compare the two papers to see why the one "last written was unsatisfactory, but it will not be amiss to set forth the principal reasons explicitly. This I shall do as briefly as possible. First. Governor Tillmbn in order to make out a case has manufactured His facts. By such a process any case whatever could be made out. He says: "When the trustees met on April 21, 1891, a majority report and minority report had been prepared suggesting a plan of reorganization." This is true. He proceeds. "In both of these the chairs which you hold icere abolished and the studies divided and added to other classes." This is not true, and no one ought to know better that it is not true than Governor Tillman himself. Both these reports were published, both were submi ited to every member of the board for their careiul consideration, both were (lououess cioseiy examuiea aim deeply pondered by Governor Tillman, both are now accessible. Let Governor Tillman show that the majority report, which is the real report of the executive committee, abolished my chair; on the contrary, it r as proposed to that committoe (as the minority report necessarily implies) to abolish my chair, as well "as to do a number of unwise things, aod the proposal was deliberately r -jected by four out of a committee of five. Mr. JIaytield, in presenting the report of the executive committee, spoke for every member of that committee but one when he reported that the chair of logic and rhetoric should be retained in its integrity. That Mr. Clark's impracticable scheme embodied in the minori ty report had very little influence with the board is evident from the fact that nearly every one of his characteristic recommendations was rejected. During both conferences and the ten days that intervened my religious opinions are the things, and the only things, that will '-eventually sever my connection with the college;" that will ' cause men to cry out for my dismissal," etc., etc. After the whole thing is over it turns out that both reports of the executive committee recommended the abolition of my chair, and that such aoonuoa was a ioregouo cuuuiusiuu from the beginning! Are Governor Tiilman and Mr. Jones so put to it to make out a case for themselves that the Speaker ot the House of Representatives mast distort and caricature facts until they do not know themselves. and that the Governor of the State must manufacture them out of the whole cloth ? Second, as the editor the State has already pointed out, there is a flat contradiction between the whole spirit of the first paper and that of the second. "Looking here upon this picture and on that." In the first "the frank avowal of my religious views will inevitably sever ~iy connection with the college;" in t second those views have numiug LO UU WIi,U LU.V remUVcU. Iii the first my views "will cause men to cry out for my dismissal;" in the second Governor Tillman "cannot see any ground for the cry of religious intolerance which has been raised." In the first I am warned to "expect r>r? enrrntr oo ro\7 1 r?i" " TT> Uti U ULV/14 (iUU OV/liVlf IW *VWJ the second "you and your co-religionists have no cause for complaint that I can see." JJud enough; no vender of patent medicines could get up a more striking contrast of ''before" and "after" taking than our Governor has done in these two papers. Such evasion is unworthy of him. Had I received his second paper before I penned my letter of May 211 could not have written "you have been frank and straightforward in your whole course in the matter." For while I was writing these very words, and rejoicing that I could write them, the Governor was utterly changing his policv. W. J. Alexander. I The Third Party in Kansas. Chicago, May 27.?A special dis- : patch from Topeka, Kas, savs: Prohibition leaders are delighted at the result of the Supreme Court decision in the t>- i ? i iwiuer uj. Ji^iuai c y; wc uuiuuig uug Wilson bill constitutional. County Attorney Welch, who had dropped his prosecutions of men charged with con- ( tinumg to sell liquor after the passage ; of the Wilson bill, will now continue them and the war will be waged with de- | termination. It is difficult to tell the political effect ; of the decision. Secretary of State Hig- : ijins said that he hoped the questiom would now be taken out of politics. "It : is no longer a political question," said : !ir> fhp r1or>i*mn nf thp hifrhpRt tri- I buual in the land settles the matter so : far as the approaching campaign is con- ' certied." Many of the Democratic and Eepub- ; lican leaders have become sick and tired ' of a campaign over a local issue, and ! since the People's party has ignored the i question altogether it will give the new < party a distinct advantage in the ap- i [poaching campaign if the old parties di- ( vide on the liquor question. ! Uuaiut Religions Rights. Heading,Fa., May 22.?The two days' love feast of the Dunkards adjourned iu Mohler's meeting house, near Kphrata, this afternoon. Four tbous- ] and people were present to-day. An i unusual feature of this love feast was 1 the baptism of two young married pairs j living in me neiguuornoou vj uumer- ; si on in the Coealico creek at lluben < Fahnestock's mill, over half a mile ] away from the meeting house. Meals ? were served to the entire multitude free ] of charge. j Alter dinner the brethren washed each other's feet, the women doing likewise with those of their own sex, while ] hymns were being sung. "The Lord's supper was then celebrated, every set of four brethren and every set of four sisters eating out of 1 rvTi^> Tin dish hrpuri hpinc riinnpd into i soup made of rice and lamb. The sa- I lutation of the holy kiss followed, the 1 men kissing each other and the women ; kissing each other at the same time. 3 < His Last Wish Denied. . Tukix, May 22.?In consequence of ( the refusal of the French Government to grant the request of the executors of the" will of the late Prince Xapoleonthe Italian Government has ordered the 4-1?. ??? k a f ? o cnrvn^r?n in tUliiU ill LiiC VUUltU UA XJCb uu^Cifta, iu which the Prince's body lies, to be , closed. The executors requested the French Government to grant the Frince's last desire, which was that his body should be buried in Il?s San Guinaires, near Ajaccio the capital of Corsica. A Military Train Wrecked. Columbus, Texas., May 22.?This morning a train on the Southern Pacific, containing three companies of the Fifth Infantry, on route to Alabama, was wrecked.* Charles Carter, a private from Santa Fe, was killed outright and four others were fatally injured. me wrecK occurred six muesirum uric. All the soldiers were badly sbaken up. J POISONED HER FATHER, j A SENSATIONAL STORY COMES FROM j JEFFERSON. GA. A Beautiful Youi?s Girl Kcdents a P.tti,r- I aal Thrashing?Her Father Objected to J Her Favorite Suitor?Sho Tearfully Confe ises. Athens, Ga., May 23.?Jim Jarrett, who lives in Tackson county about fourteen miles from Athens, and near Jefferson, is a prosperous and contented farmer who has a lovely daughter, Fannier, much admired by all the young men of the neighborhood. Among ner aamirers is a juuug i<nraer, Bob McRae, who had' been particularly attentive to her, and who is very obnoxious to her father. The daughter, however, was fond of Bob, and was determined to see him whenever the opportunity offered, no matter how much opposed her father might be to their meeting. Last Tuesday Mr. Jarrett told his daughter that she must stop seeing the fascinating Bob, and if she disobeyed him he would whip her. This threat did not, however, deter the daughter from carrying out her plans, and she met Mc.Hae and took a long walk with him. This angered her father beyond endurance, and when she returned to her home he gave her, as be had prom lseu, a severe wmppiug. After the whipping kad been adnoinist8red, the daughter went olf for a lew hours, but returned, seemingly as happy as she had been. The next day JUr. Jarrett had soup for dinner, which was made by his daughter. He was taken violently sick soon after eating, and when the physicians arrived, they saw at once that he had been poisoned." The poison was discovered to be in the soup, and was rough on rats. The daughter when shesaw her father apparently dying, broke down and confessed her crime amid tears and protestations of future obedience. Sue had Y?m/-nrPfi nnison and nut it in the v/v-vw r * soup intending to kill her father because he had whipped her. Fortunately for the life of Mr. Jarrett, too much poison was administered and he was not instantly killed and now in fact, he may recover. Every effort is being made to save his life and these efforts may succeed. The story is sickening in the extreme and although the daughter is pretty and attractive she will in all probability be made an example of.?Augusta Chronicle. The People's Party. Cincinnati, May 21.?Since ibe ad journment of the Xatnonal Union ConvAntinn last, niphfc. scores of dispatches expressing approval of the outcome ot the gathering and oflcrring congratulations h ve poured in upon the delegates from all over the country. Both factions to the third party controversy are satisfied with the result and each claims the victory. An eil'ort will be made to brinsr the industrial conference that assembles in February next into the fold, but whether successful or not, a People's Party Presidential ticket will be placed in the field next year. 'The national committee of the Peo"* * -A 1 ? *- TTa^aI T7 rv> r\r* xr 4 A_ I pie'8 rarty met at tuc nuici day and installed H. E. X. Taubeneck of Illinois as chairman, and Robert Schilling of Wisconsin, secretary, and informally discussed a plan for a vigorous campaign all over the country. Ohio will be the first point of attack. A State ticket is to be placed in the field next month, and Congressman Simpson, Gen. Weaver and others will stump the State from one end to the other. A national campaign fund of $100,000 is also to be raised. The War is Not Over. Washington*, May 20.?The plan proposed for the providing of a pavilion at Chicago to be called '-The Blue and *1? ^ ~ ? '' ***% t?a<amnc r\p hn(:h i lilts UrTcl,y, 1U1 LUC^ tgiuau>j vst wv?M armies, in which war relics could be stored, the veterans to camp in tents io be furnished by the War Department, has received a set-back by the adoption of resolutions at a recent meeting of Post No. 3 of the department of the Potomac, G. A. li? setting forth that its members were opposed to the p'.an; that the causeof the Union soldiers was right from 1861 to 18G5, and that their opponents were wrong; that, therefore, if any honor was due to anyone it was due to only Ihose who saved the nation. It was furtner resolved that there was room for only one flag within the confines of the United States, and that flag was the stars and stripes?the emblem o! freedom and right. These resolutions were subsequently endorsed by the Department of the Potomac. An Important Decision. Washington, May 25?The United States Supreme Court to-day rendered, through Chief J ustice Fuller, an opinion on the liquor question, which is of great importance to all the States. The importance of the decision is that it upholds the State authority as against national authority, and that it settles beyond all controversy that the police i-egulations of a State prohibitihg the introduction of intoxicating liquors can be enforced despite the original package decision of the Supreme Court. The case came up on habeas corpus from Kansas. Justices Gray, Harlan and Brewer, while assenting to the genoral nuroose of the oDinion. differed in 3ome minor particulars. The decision is gratifying to the prohibitionists. They regard it as entirely upsetting the 'original package" decision of about two years ago, and sustaining in their entirety the police powers of the several States to regulate the liquor traffic within their respective borders. A i'iendlsh Crime. Louisville, Ky., May 22?One of the most fiendish crimes ever known in Kentucky is reported from Sandy Ilook, the county seat of Elliott. A young school teacher, Miss Maud Fleenor, was thrown from a horse, lrigmeneu oy iwo Wilcox brothers, each of whom the girl had refused to marry. With a leg and arm broken she was chained in a deserted cabin, where she was kept a prisoner since the middle of April, and slowly dying, was made the victim of her captors' lust. Last Tuesday a posse, headed by her brother, found the gir), who died fifteen minutes later. The Wilcox brothers were captured, confessed, and were promptly shot to death. Couldn't Endorse the Platform. St. Paul, May 25.?Sidney M. Owen, the Minnesota Alliance candidate for yovernor. although an enthusiastic third party man, said last evening that ae could not endorse the Cincinnati platform. Briefly, he said: "1 am in favor of government ownership and operation of the railroads. I am also a believer in bimetallic currency, but I 3o not believe in fiat money on the subtreasury scheme." An U2I7 Affair. Ninety-Six, S. C., May 27.?The dead body of a white baby was found in Saluda River, near this place, on Sunday last. At the inquest yesterday the testimony developed facts which resulted in the arrest of a prominent young lady. Quite a prominent gentleman here is thought to know something about it, and further developments are watched for eagerly. Kills Two Officers. Birmingham, Ala., May 25.?At Clements, Tuskaloosa county, last night, two officers, names unknown, surrounded the house of Jim Morrison, a notorious outlaw, and attempted to arrest him. Morrison opened fire, killing both officers, and was himself dangerously wounded, but escaped. FAILED FOR A MILLION. Tho Dry Goods House in the South j Closed. Atjlata. May 27.?Stephen 11 van, j Atlanta's cry yoods kin-", iias fa.ile-1. Mortgage* against him amounting to i about $450,000 have been liled in the clerk's oCice, one for $111.704.20 in favor of II. B, Ciallin cf Xe'.v York was foreclosed at 11 o'clock this morning, i At that hour the Sheriff closed the /\f AT.? lnr.'C rTrrr o-nnHs P?5 | v. ? ~ = tablishmeut and took charge of the goods. This is 01.e of t!:e largest failures that has ever occurred iti the South and lias caused great excitement iu business and commercial circles. A few years ago Mr John Ryan, who had acquired a large fortune in the dry oods business, sold out to his two eldest sons, Steven A. llyan and John F. Ryan, and the business was continued under the style of John Ryan's Sons. Some time ago John F. Ryan sold his interest to his brother Steven. Stephen llyan has made himself famous by antagonizing other merchants by selling ^roods at far below their cost value. Ilis liabilities are about $250,000, and just what his assets are nobody knows at this time. The failure here lias caused the biggest kind of a sensation, though people have for a long time been suspecting it. Steve Hyatt's fail her is one of ihe wealthiest men in Atlanta, and he, too, has a mortgage nga'mst his sou for $85,000, as well as his brother for $70,000. A few .weeks ago Steve llyan insti4nfo/I enif- nrroinsf n "Vow "Vnrk IlOUSe for $100,000* "=" kyan's liabilities ano.visa. 1L novr turns out that Steve llyan's liabilities aru about $1,000,000. lie says he cannot estimate what his ssets are, as they consist of his books and store. He gives as his reasons for failure the heavy rains in the spring and having to meet a number of heavy payments all at once. Several months ago the gossips had it : hat Steve Ryan was said to be (inaucially embarassed. About that time some Xew York merchant jumped on him with proceedings calculated to throw doubt on his financial standing, but Ryan, in the law suits, whipped them all, and later took personal satisfaction out of "the hide" of one of them in New York. Every assurance was given at H--1 J.: 1I..4 K? ?11 II1UL IIUJU bllitt !1C Htto a.] It has been Steve Iiyau's ambitioa to be the merchant prince of the South, and he has been well,on the road toward the fulfillment of that ambition. His store here has been a great emporium on the line of Sterns' and other big Xew York establishments, where it was possible to obtain practically everything, from a needle to a thrashing machine. Ryan has earned the enmity of merchants in other lines by cutting into tiioif o-noi.iol fiptds wifli hi* flenartmenls. and his sacrifice sales in all these departments have spread consternation. They have also led older merchants to shake their heads and predict that such business couldn't last long. SCENES IN THE STOKE. When the Sheriff closed up the big dry goods establishment there were some exciting scenes. The hundreds of clerks were du&bfouuded and were loth to believe the news. I It took the Shenll some time to get the store, which was packed with cusI tomcrs, cleared of the crowd. It was ! some time before all the clerks could be made to stop selling goods. | "Xot another bundle mu <t leave this store," yelled the Sheriff, as he walked , about from counter to counter. One old lady picked up a pair of shoes and started for the door, saying: '"I've | paid for these shoes aud I'll just take'em home." An old man had just given a check, $7.50, for a suit of clothes, and he carried them off on his arm. Finally the great store was cleared of the mass of customers, the clerk put on their hats and coats and quietly tooK their departure. The doors were closed and locked and the Sheriff put the keys in his pockets. A ]>a<l Wreck. Cummixg, Ga.. May 18.?Thursday while Postmaster J. E. 1'uett and Mr. Ebb Barrett, of this place, were returning from Buford, the mule Lbey were driving became frightened at an ox team and ran away. In endeavoring to pull it to one side in order to pass a buggy in U'ULLL Ui LllClll.UJli; liiii; Wiuav;?ita? 1115 cnw** at the mercy of the mule, which lost no time in turning the buggy over. Both gentlemen were caught in the top and dragged a considerable distance. It seems almost a miracle that they escaped with only a few bruises. The buggy was demolished, but the mule came out all right, of course. A Tragedy at a Picnic. Xewberky, fc>. C., May 13.?A picnic party lrom the Sunday-school of the Associate Reform Presbyterian Church had a sad occurrence to day. The party left here this morning for Little Mountain, on the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens RojvJ. Just after getting off the traiu at Little Mountain Mrs. C}nthia Mower, one of the party, died very suddenly of apoplexly. Death came before medical assistance could be rendered. 6he was about (30 years old and one of the most prominent and successful m<-rchants of Newberry. Her death will be a loss to the town. She was a prominent and earnest worker in the temperance cause.?News and Courier. Filled his Body With Bullets. Evansvillk, lud., May 21.?Xews was received here late last night of the waylaying and asaaultmg ofa little white girf 13 years old. the daughter of George Bowles, by a negro uamed Jennings. The negro was captured in a strip of woods a few miles from the scene of the assault, and, while on the way to jail, a party of Leighbors took the "brute from the guards, put a rope around his neck and drajnred him into the air, filling his body with bullets. Jennings, before beinsr hanged. Acknowledged his crime and pleaded for mercy. Pianos and Organs. N. \V. Trump, 134 Main Street Columbia, S. C., sells Pianos and Organs, direct from factory. No agents' commissions. The celebrated Chickering Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason & Hamiin Upright Piano. Sterling Upright Piauos, from S225 up. Mason & Hamlin Organs surpassed by none.Sterling Organs, SuO up. Every Instrument guaranteed lor six years. Fifteen days' trial, expenses both ways, if not satisfactory. Sold on instalments. IIan?lc? in the Collar. IIahlan, la., May 27.?Mrs. Christen Pedrrson, a Spanish woman, and four children, aged from 3 to 10 years, were found han?in?r in the cellar of their house, three miles northwest of this town. It is thought they have bean hanging since Wednesday night, the 20th inst. The husband was sent to t.he insane asylum about a week ago, and this series oS' murders and suicide show that the wile should have accompanied him. as slie must have bten violently insane. 4. Xesro HurUerer Lynched. Columbia, Tenn., }Iay 27.?Green Weils, the negro who on Saturday last shot and killed John Fly, a farmer, in this county, was last night taken from the Lawrenceburg jail by a mob, hanged to a tr^e and his body riddled with bullets. J WHAT THE WOULD OWES.| INTERESTING FIGURES FURNISHED j EY THE CENSUS OFFICE. The I'artie)! Heavtfr ?"; ?>n tii.: ; i tents uf the Priuc:;>rtl ? '<>Cwu:i- j tries Ti?:m Ui>?:u tl;e lY:>i?V of t!sej t'uited Siiitfi. \V ASlU.M_iI.U-N. < I.iu ..i ! ent Porter, ot the Census OHice. has is- j sued advance copies oi' an in: port ant! bulletin, on foreign, national, State I and county indebtedness. The infor-J mation concerning ?!;;* indebtedness of foreign countries w:>s inrriLsned to the Census oflice by the proper administrative oilicers ot* the Several nations. Only the totals oi* foreign Kid'btedness are given,but a gn at amount of interest- j ing details concerning the dates oi issue and maturity of the several loans, the purposes and rates lor which they wore issued, their present commercial value ' and the kind and value of money in f which they were negotiated, has been | n.-\mnilpi! and will be onblished iu tiie I final report of the eleventh census. The indebtedness of the world for 1890 and 1880, as far u-j it h.is been possible to collect the data tor the present bulletin, wvith the amount of iiicre.ise or decrease, is as follows: Total, 820,917,0%,080 in 1S90; in 1SS0, 825.818,521,219; increase, 81,09S.575,40l. Foreign nations, in 1890. 825,030,075,840: in IbiSO. 823.481,572,185; increase, 82,154,503,055. The United States, in 1890,8915,902, 114; in 1880, 81,922.517.304; di-crease, | 181,000,535,252. States and Territories, in 1890, 8223,107,883; in 1S80, 8290.320,013; decrease, i 807,218,7t?0. Counties, in 1890, 8141,950,845; in .rmn <i:17 fcJn SlVi 108U, ( , lUViVuot, I ,viw,u From the summary published it will be seen that the relative burden of debt falls far heavier upon the inhabitants of principal foreign countries, except those of Germany, than upon hose of this country. France, in lbbS'J. had a debt per capita of Sll<>.3o, and, it io understood thai this sloes not include certain annuities of an unstated, but large amount; Great iiritaiu, though slowly decreasing its debt, had a bur- [ den at that time of ??8T.Ti> per capita; J Russia, .$30.71); Austria-Hungary, I S70.84; Italy S?7?>.0?>: Jjelgium, The Netherlands, while that of } the United States was but 614.c>3, and | of its indebtedness, ne.irly one-halt was made up of non-interest-bearing notes. While individual lluctuations in the amounts of the indebtedness of the seventy-nine nations reported have been considerable during the decade, the aggregate indebtedness shows relatively bus little change, especially if compared with the increase 01 population. The public debt of the United States shows a decrease within the hist t*-n years, the burden per capita having been reduced from .11 in lSSu to \ S14 63 in 18'JO. The indebtedness of the States and j Territories has also decreased ?137,218.- J 7G0 during the decade, reducing the! ! per capita from $y.71> in 1SVJ to ?850 in | I lb'JO. It should be remvmben d. how-1 I ever, that of the total decrease or State debt as reported there has been scaled by refunding, in some of the Southern States, about ?28,500,000. ! The indebtedness ol' the counti^, though increasing somewhat within the decade, has not kept pace with the lacrease of population, and Ihe per capita has bee reduced from $2.47 in 1SS0 to $2.27 in 18U0. Aggregating the nationa', state and county indebtedness, the per capita shows"a decrease from *40 ylJ in 1SSU to $20.46 in 18'JO, or more tiiua one half; and this decrease ha? been brought about mainly by voluntary taxation. The aggregate surplue receipts of another decade like the one just passed would relieve the country from nearly all national, state and coaniy indebtedness, could they be distributed l'cr the purpose. Where Did You Gtt That Hat? Chicago, May 22.?Leading Western Republicans have linally decided that ir. would be love's labor lost to support President Harrison lor a second nomination, and they have determined to Jw from (Irsf. to hist. This OCCillVA Kt ? comes trooi Senator Wolcott, of Colorado. who is here. \V'hiie conversing in the hotel rotunda to-night a reporter for a Harrison paper asked thfi Senator to say, for publication, that President Harrison was one of the greatest men in the United States. "President Harrison," spoke up Mr. Wolcott. "is one 01" the greatest men in the United States?that is, for his size. But all that class of men conic in small sizes." "Didn't Colorado go wild when the President visited the Stale V" ?<nr.,u t'ii +,,11 1 visit. V> Wl, AH Ull j uu When Harrison came to Denver we tossed him a key to the city, raised every Hag, turned out all the bright band wagons and'had the bauds play 'Where did you get that hat?' We were quite elated to think that the President of the United states had stopped at Colorado, and we couldn't do enough for him. jJur. we didn'c do this tor Harrison. It his name h:d i been Johnson or Jackson there would have been just as many fireworks. We entertained the ollict* and not the man. Whenever the President of the I'nited States comes to honor the Centennial State with a visit you can r^t assured j that no premium will !>: put upon red ; paint. We will always give him the!, best in the house. I'll* when the President is an unsatisfactory person, trav- ' elling about looking lor a rcnomina- ' tion, we forget the person and cheer the office." "Will Mr. Harrison be .nominated "Not on this earth. If he should i come into the Convention with Wall ] street in a shawl s'np, ir.s friends i would find such opposition from the . South aud West that he would have Lo < be dropped." ] "lias the WVst decided up.-n a man i i ' Of course, 1 don't assume to !:nmv what the bi^ West will do, but in my humble judgment I believe that the 1 man has been selected. I can teil this j much without violating a conliuence, and that is that the entire West is pray- ? ing day and ni?*ht 1'or the speedy recov ery of.James G. JJlaine." Snak? s unci Kain. ' 1 Washington, Ga., May ilO.?The ( saying is thai if you kill a suake and hang it up it will bring rain. It is an : old tradition among the country folk, and has been verified m many instances. Meriwether IIill is one of our wisest and best city furthers, and he succeeds at whatever he undertakes, lie thought the I drought had lasted long enough, and he determined to have a rain if it took ail the snakes in Wilkes county to bring it. So a few days ago he set out to killing cnalrps .ind hntiL'inf them un. lie drst wont down back of his house, where, a week or two since, a snake had bitten the Colonel of the Ninth Georgia Regiment on the ankle. It wasn't long before he had his snake, and iie hung him up high and dry: and then it wasn't twenty-four hours be lore we had as pretty a rain as you could wish to see. The only trouble about it is that Meriwether oujht to have done this thititr several weeks before he di<i. Killed in .1 1'isf Kicls* Hammond, Wis., May ill.? Wm. IV.less and Charles Chapman, en:ployed by Thos. Murtagh and Thos. Fitzgerald, two farmer.? Jiving t-ix units north of here, had a list light last night, in which I'ecless was killed. The men took this mode of settling a dispute. They had not fought more than a lew s-.conds when i'eeless tell to the ground, dying ia lii'teen minutes. Several bystanders attempted to part them, but not until it was too late. Chapmaa escaped. / ? . ' ' I.I ? T~-~' 1 'f THE TH1R ./ PARTY. What Gov. Tillmau aud Consve&suistn Livin?Kt.?u Savs. Columbia, S. C., May 23.?Gov. Tilllakes no stock in the "People's Party,*' the nesv political aggregation that was formed at Cincinnati y<;steri.lav. lie was seen by a Record representative to-day and asked for an expression of opinion in reference to the third party question. He at first stated that 4-,-v n/1.1 fa J?ia riri\rc Lfiere was IIiJUliUK tu auu w me jivtiw | already announced, but when questioned as io the meeting at Cincinnati, lie s ii(': "I ar.; a Democrat. I was born a Democrat and 1 expect to die a Democrat. "It would be idocy as well as suicide for the Southern people to follow such leadership. "The ulti matum as to the negro shows what we may expect irom any such affiliation." tal1jeut has nothing TOSAY. State Alliance Lecturer Talbert was likewise requested to give liis views for publication, but he declined, saying ihat he had fully expressed them time and time again, that he had announced his platform and that he stood squarely on it. Captain Talbert added that he expected to do a great deal of stump speaking on tho issues of the day. lie had received a cartload of invitations to speak ?Record, wiiat congressman livingston thinks. Atlanta, Ga., May 21.?Congressman Livingston reached Atlanta this afternoon from Cincinnati. The Northwest, says, is cutting loose from both the old parties. This is largely due, so far as the Democrats are concerned, to the letter of Mr. Cleveland against free silver and the effort now being made <.1111 h unci F!nsf-, tn force his nomination. The free silver action of the Kentucky convention has done the Democratic eause son: gcod. .< Xo nominee of the Democratic party, said he. need expect the support of a single Western State unless he is thoroughly committed to the free and unlimited coinage of silver and tariff reform. They want a Western man for President, and are more than willing thac a Southern mm should get the Vice-Presidency. The action of the convention will crystalize the third party movement in thi? Northwest. The success of the third party movement rests just now upon the disaffection towards both the ni/i nnrtif'S Onnnsition to free silver, tarill' reform and increased currency in ihe next. Congress will precipitate a successful third party movement. Ileits in Two Graves. Xkw York. May 28.?When Margaret Mulhaney used to wobble through the East Side streets everybody stopped aud stared at her. Margaret weighed 050 pounds and lived with a cousin at No. 43 Hamilton street. Three months ajjo ilie small boys in the viciuity beean to notice the stout woman's absence. Iler llesh was accumulated at such a rate that sue was uuable to move about. Heart failure set in and Dr. Campbell, of the New York Dispensary, who prescribed for her, saw that death was not far off. rtn nr/jfiv mnrninor Mrs. Mill J-aiijr uoiuiuttj * n I hauey died. She was fifty-five years old. Undertaker JUcCallum found it impossi- i blc to properly care tor the body except ( by embalming. The funeral took place at 2 o'clock this afternoon. A crowd gathered in the street expecting serious difficulty iu getting the casket out of the house, and they were not mistaken. An ordinary colliu is sixteen inches wide and thirteen inches nigh. A plain cloth covered box thirty-seven iuches wide and twenty inches high, enclosed Mis. Mulhaney's body. Tue hallway of the house being only thirty-five inches wide the box bad to be tipped sideways, while twelve brawny men strained every muscle to carry it through. This required venty minutes of hard work. -v- ' - - ~ \ '~ /,wAiirtk 4*A or?r?Am_ o uearse was cuuu^: ^ modate the coffin, and an undertaker's wagon was in readiness, which carried the remain* to Calvary Cemetery. A grave is du<j ordinarily twenty-four inches wide. Ground had been brought for lwo graves, giving a width of fortyeight inches. Sixteen of the cemetery employes laid hold of and lowered the gigantic box into the double jjravc. nauclreds Dead aud Dyins. Baltimore, May 25?The steamship Klvaston, Cape. Steel, of the Maryland Line, Baltimore and Brazil, arrived in port this evening on her first trip from Santos. The captain and crew report a terrible yellow fever scourge as prevailing in Brazil at the time of their departure from Santos, April 2<3th. Hundreds are reported as dead and dying in and about the port from which the vessel sailed, while the statements then receiv- i ed from other localities by Capt. Steel would indicate great suffering and loss of life. Soon after leaving Santos the em A ""attf r\-P fKo "KMtrnctrm wprp UUJLJUliil clliU. Vi .. w. w prostrated by fever and the ship -was hove to ten days, until other engineers . and help could be secured. Second Officer Howe and Fireman Wardle died of the disease soon after sailing. t The iinportaac* of purifying the ] Idood cannot be over-estimated, for j without pure blood you cannot eDjoy j ?P P P fPrir-Ulv Ash J i;wuu nuuiat JL . JL , % Poke Hoot and Pottassium) is a miractiious olood purifier, performing more i L'ures in six months than ail thesarsa- E parillas and so-called biood purifiers 1 i!!j together. Rheumatism.?James Paxton, of .Sa- E vannah, Ga., sajs he had llheumatism >o bad that he could not move l'rom Lhe bid or dress without help, and that he tried many remedies, but received no relief until h? began the use of P. P. j P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Hoot and Potassium;, aud two bottles restored him to o lioiiith. r 1 liheumatism is cured by P. P. P. 1 Pains and aches in the back, shoulders, knees, ankles, hips, and wrists are all ' iliacked and conquered by P. P. P. 1 This ireat medicine, by its blood- J r>rAnartib? hnilrta nn and *icc? noiiJ? v v. ? x- ?? ? strengthens the whole body. A complete Bedroom Suit for $16 50 freight paid t> your depot. Send for Catalogue. Address L. F. Padgett, Augusta, Ga. CHILD BiRTH * MADE EASY! , " Mothers' Friend " is a scientifically prepared Liniment, every ingredient of recognized value and in constant use by the medical pro- 0 fession. These ingredients are com- p bined in a manner hitherto unknown "MOTHERS' i FRIEND" . WILL DO all that is claimed for it AND MORE. It Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to Life of Mother and Child. Book to " Mothers "mailed FREE, containing valuable information and voluntary testimonials. ~ ?i r/i icatsv czprcssuii rettipiui .w?. ? t,?. ? BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. Ga, SOLD BV ALL DRUGGISTS. > ; Tsxr^HPT PTT ?! X ^ _J 'Jt ; . Before assuring your life, or investing your money, examine the TwentyTear Tontine Policies of I THE EQUITABLE I LIFE ASSUKANCE SOCIETY OF THE United States. x oiicies maiuxiuj; iu 1891 realize cash returns to the owners, of amounts varying from 120 to 176 per cent, of the money paid in, besides the advantages of the Assurance during the whole period of twenty years. The following Is one of the manv actual cases maturing this year: Endowment Policy No. 04,925. Issued in 1871, at age 27."Amount, $5,000. Premium, ?239.90. Total Premiums Paid, ?4,798. RssultS at end of 1 ontine Period in 1891: CASH SURRENDER VALUE, ?8,449.45, (Equal to ?17G-10 for each ?100 paid in premiums, which is equivalent to a return of all premiums paid, with interest at 7% per cent, per annum.) Or. in lieuo. cash, A PAID-UP LIFE POLICY FOR ?19,470. (Eciual to 8405.80 for each ?100 paid in premiums.) OR, A LIFE ANNUITY of ?633.55 . One fact is worth a thousand theories There is no Assurance extant in any company which compares with this. The Equitable is the strongest company in the world and transacts the largest business. For further information address or apply to the nearest aeentof the Society, or write direct to W. J. RODDEY, GENERAL AGEXT, April 8-3m ROCK HILL, S. C. THE LARGEST STOCK, MOST SKILLED WOKKMEN, LOWEST PRICES Soitk Carolina larile Ms, F. E. HYATT, PROPRIETORS. Is the best place in South Carolina 01 Southern States to secure satisfaction in American and Italian Marble Work. AH sinus of Cemetery Work \ speciality. TABLETS, HEADSTONES, A MONUMENTS, &c. Send for prices and full information. F. H. HYATT, April 8 ly COLUMBIA. S. C. fictory for the sailor machinery. Exhibited side by side with its leading competitors at the State Fair, 1820. The Superintendent and Committee of he Mechanical Department, in inspecting hose features not included in the Premium -list, aeem wormy 01 special meuuuu ure Sailor Seed Cotton Elevator, Distributor md Cleaner exhibited by "VV. H. Gibbes, rr., & Co. The system operates most efficiently, and such improves the sample, facilitates the tfnning of wet cotton, and saves largely in abor and cost of handling. The Committee recommend to the farmrs of the State an investigation into the nerits of these devices. [Signed.] D. P. DUNCAN, for Committee. W. H. GiBBKS, Jb.. & CO.. Columbia, S. C. State Agents and Dealers in first class fachinery, Buggies, Wagons, &c. Special.?To test the advertising value >f The State, we will sell to any farmer eferring to that paper one of the best Dow >aw Cotton Planters made for 4.25, cash. r<u? 1 k x An LilU uouai fv.VVi W. H. GIBBES. JlU & CO. First Class "Work. V ery Low Prices. Buygies, Carriages, Road Carts, Wagons, +/> warranted Second to none. v>/., II ? Inquire of nearest dealer in these goods, ir send for Catalogue?Mentioning thi? >aper. I 10LLER & ANDERSON BUGGY CO.. ROCK IIILL, S. 0. ' I- '>~fa V rM r iip?ri ii^<iT. ?. w i r w?< rwiwo lr FINE SHOW mU. fe^-Ask for catalogue. TERRY M'F'G CO.. Nashville. Tcvn | laiptt Fayslsliffi'l J H.\ Gbeat Of.kek that may sot AgaesI fl | be Repeated, so do not del at 1 | "Strike Whils teeIeoij is Hot."' g Write Tor Catalogue now, and say whata ^ Spacer you->a*A- t:;i> advertisement In. ?" Remember thai I sell everything that! g^oes to furnishing a home?manufactur-S M King some things and buying others in tiiejj glargest possible lots, which enables me tog ?wipe out all competition. | J SHERE ARE A FEW OF MY STABT-1 Jk LING BARGAINS jl a A No. 7 Flat top Coding Stove, full ' j gsize, 15x17 inch oven, fitted with 21 pieces A |of vrare, delivered at your own depot; Fall freight charges paid by me, for ^ only Twelve Dollars. " -; Again, 1 will sell you a 5 hole Oookin A r RaDge 13x13 inch oven, 3 #x2S inch top, fit - M jted with 21 pieces of ware, for THIS- flB |TEEN DOLLARS, and pay the freight tc MBM gvour depot. 2DO NOT PAY TWO PRICES FOE 91 TOUR GOODS. | I will send you a nice plush Parlor suit, gwalnut frame, either In combination or Khsnripri rho most stvlish colors for 33.50, our jailroad station, freight paid. I H will also sell you a nice Bedromoa mil 9 ;isting of Bureau with glass, 1 higbl head Bedstead, 1 Washstand, 1 Centre! J table, 4 cane seat chairs, 1 cane seat and A back rocker all for 16.50, and pay freigk ?hB to your depot. Or i will send you an elegant Bedroom ?| suit with large glass, lull marble top, for -S $30, and pay freight. Nice window shade on spring roller 9 4G| SElegant large walnuts day clock, 4.00a E Walnut lounge, 7.00 v, |Lace curtains per window, L00 s 1 cannot describe everything in a small ? I advertisement, but have an immense store j containing 22,600 feet of floor room, with ware houses and factory buildings in otbei Darts of Augusta, making in all the iar-f ^ Igest business of this kind under one n*&-f * m agement in the Southern States These ;:1 ^ storesand warehouses are crowded with Che choicest productions of the best t&ctd- " ries. My catalogue containing illustrations of goods will De mailed if you will kindlj say where you saw this advertisement. 1 pay freight. Address, '?" L. F. 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C. i THE TALUOTT ENGINE IS THE M BEST m Feb 19-ly. "TOY IT USE OURS? " j mUKKATo IKUW miAIUISt IS A GENUINE BLOOD TONIC! MURRAY'S SARSA.PARILLA is a Blood Purifier and Spring Medicine! v We are the Manufactures and Sole Proprietors of both. This is the time of the year the system requires a tonic and the blood a purifier. Our stock of Drugs. Medicines, ChemIcals and Druggists Sundries is complete. 1 Our facilities for filling your orders cannot be excelled, We solicit your patronage. The Murray Drug Co., i S. C UPF9UK BROS., wtolcwlc Sole Proprietors, Uppsun'g Block, SiTttttktfk H . . - - -: ' '