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S1BRR JHe D J STABLISHED 1865. NWER,SC HRDY AUR 5 81 RC "THE PEOPLES PARTY." The Manifesto to be Issued Soon-Th Present State Government a Failure and a Disappointment. [Greenville News.] Innediately after the adjournmen of the recer:t session of the Legislatur a conferen ce was held by several patriot ic gentlemen who are not members c that body, and among whom a leadin, rail road official and an ex-State office were prominent, and it was decided t organize immediately a new party, t be known as "The Peoples' Party." The new organization will be com posed entirelyof our own people and c those who are "with us." The foundation principle of its plat form will be more wages and less work but there will be incorporated in it nanifestoes, proclamations and decla rations a large number of general anc local demands, in addition to that nobi sentiment. The chief purpose of the new part will be a general readjustment of th offices. It is felt that the people hav not heretofore been given the voice an( power in the distribution of emolu ments which are honestly their's unde a real republican form of government that there has been oppression, robbery leprosy, oligarchy and a variety o other severe complaints under th tyranny of avaricious office seekers an( the manipulations of cunning politi clans and their soulless minions. The charter members of the new par ty will consist entirely of patriotic citi zens who have as unsuccessful candi dates for office had practical experienco of the grinding, debasing, debauching and generally demoralizing power o those who have with iron hand an< cruel despotism repressed the hopes anc aspirations of the plain people an< their natural leaders and true represen tatives. A readjustment of our affair on true Democratic and honest prin ciples will be held to involve the be stowal of all the offices in the gift o the people upon the charter members whose claims will have precedencE according to the length of standing o the claimant as a candidate and the number and severity of his defeat, under the old and iniquitous order o things. Members of the new party will bE composed of three classes: The firs will be the charter members, whos4 function it will be to sacrifice them selves on the sacred alter of patriotisn by accepting all offices with salaries o $1,200 a year and over. The ~umber o these will be limited by the number o such offices. The second class will con sist of contributing members who will be accepted as advisers and near friend, of charter members and who will enjoy the luxury of being allowed to believe that they have much influence; they will also be given the privilege of con tribudnag funds, endorsements an< advice. The third class will consist o voters who will be expected to believi all things hope all things and swallo" all things and be given the privilege o supporting any nominees the part: may present and opposing any and al persons not sworn twice to obey th4 suggestions and maintain the interesth of charter miemb.ers who have come it on the ground floor. No measure 0: incapacity or untitness, no personal re cord and no previous political affilia ties will be regarded as operatini against the claims of charter members nor shall any length or value of publi' service or degree of intelligence or ele vation of charncter be considered ii favi r of persons not charter member o- endorsed by them. The first general session of the nev party will be held, for luck, at Colm bia oni March :7th next. A ghost danci in honor of the newv object of adoratioi will be held on the evening of that da; in the State House yard, the use of th capitol building for social entertain meats having been forbidden by joini resolu tion of the last General Assembly All per'sons5 in symp)athy with the nei party and dletermuined to sustain th high and holy aspirations of the charte members are affectionately invited t be present. The forces of Charleston an Beaufort Counties will be held in re serve against possible emergencies. The new organization was annountce( just in time to avert serious diaster t its prospects. Notice of it sent by grap vine telegrra ph fromi President "Bunch' McB&es speial car en route from Co lumbia to the Piedmont section bared; intercepted a p)arty of patriots fron Union County who were starting fo the l'ad. Lands of the extreme North wes hoping to find vacancies in oflic among the several tribes of aborigine now engaged in a campaign work for fake deliverer and false prophet wh has proised much and is doing noth ing now that the pinch has come. Th situation there had a certaiu aspect o familiarity to the Union County br:ave which would have prevented homi sickness. It is learned also that som4 of the young unmarried bucks thern had beeu captured by the Mormons or representarians of pending vacancies ii the stair of b'ishop, hut the new part; has capturedl the entire outfit and al wvill rem:ainu n their present reserva Zion to atie::l the March Conventior and participate in the succeeding dividi A\ssurzU:ecs of earrkst eupport anm cordi d cooperationl in the new part have been received fronm many countie and tihe list of charter members is nlo' aearvy tilled. Those wvho desire to b i I OUt of the wet should hasten. Thve newv 'prtyv will demand Stat and Federal legislation to make si hours a day's work. In the event tht that amount of labor fadls to produc thorized to assess the phosphate com panies and cotton factories and other grinding monopolies sufficient to coni pensate the farmer for the difference between what his crop is and what it ought to have been. The party will t also advocate a financial system by which the working man of any pursuit will be enabled to hypothecate the f value of his labor for loans at a flexible rate of interest, diminishing from two r per cent. per annum when money is abundant to nothing at all when it is scarce, thus preventing the hoarding of money by capitalists. The notes issued by working men are to have their rate of interest expressed on their faces and will be payable when funds sufficient to meet them have been earned and ac cumulated and will be legal tender for al:debts. It is believed this will sup ply an abundant volume of currency baed on the -best of all security, the good faith and honest toil of the people, accomplishing the long cherished pur pose of all statesmen by making each man his own bank of issue and supply ing each citizen with a flexible volume of currency varying according to his needs. r Scatterwood alliance No. 1,000,056 of Columbia and Charleston has an nounced that it will come into the new f party in a body and other similar or ganizations are expected to follow. For campaign purposes explosive bev erages and bird will be banished and spring water and collards will be adopt ed as the theoretical diet of the mem bers. To be in plenty of time the manifesto for 1892, to be signed by a leading char ter member, will probably be issued in a few days. It will charge that the present State government has done no thing. That the only one of the thousands of useless offices it has abolished is that of Master in Laurens County. That salaries have not been reduced. That none of the corruption and lep rosy alleged to exist in the old State government has been revealed. That the clerks in the State House are as many and as well paid as ever. That the Farmers- Alliance and sub treasury candidate for the United States Senate was defeated along with Wade Hampton, who led the people in peace and in war and who has never been accused of violating any of the laws of his State. That of the Legislatures prior to 1S90 were bamboozed and debauched that of 1890 underwent the same process as it defeated the separate car bill and the administration railroad bill. That one member of the present Leg islature holds a clerkship in the Comp troller General's office while another is private secretary to Senator Irby, for whom he voted. That the present Attorney General is trying to abandon the position to which he was called by the people and become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. That, with the exception of the change of the mechanical department of the South Carolina University to the Clemson College, not one recommenda tion of the Farmers' Movement plat form has been ecomplied with, even the constitutional convention and the re arrangement of the school districts having been neglected. That if there was any extravagance in the old State governments the new one has failed to detect or amend it, the small reduction in the State levy having been secured by suspension of work on the State House. That the present Governor is trying to get into his keeping more power than any man has ever claimed in South Carolina. That so far from making the Rail Road Commissioners elective by the people there has been an attempt to make them the appointees and depend ents of the Governor. That on the whole the people appear to have no rather less say in the man agement of their aflhirs than ever be fore and if there was need or room for reform it should have been applied now instead of waiting until two years hence. That there appears to be a tendency just now to regard and treat the people as a vast assembly of imibeeiles and there is no good reason why The Peo ple's Party should not imitate the il lustrious example put before it. It is believed that with these weapons of attack on the present order and the new issues and dazzling developments of statesmanship it will present, The People's Party is the coming party and will achieve a glorious success in secur ing excellent places for all its chartr members and making things so that hereafter when any able and ambitious young man desires an office he will not have to go to consult any big or little boss, but will simply have to get on the People's Party and ride in-if he can find any place not previously bespoken. Members of the Press who will aid the new party will be taken care of, in imitation of the great Reform Move ment the leaders of which so vigorous ly denounced the subsidized press of the opposition and so generously recog nized the self sacrificing support of the pure patriots whose pens were em ployed in thec.sacred cause of reform. Scrofuia cured, even in its worst forms, by P. P. P., and you will be strong and healthy in a short time by the use of P. P. P. You cannot accomplish any work or business unless you feel well. If you feel used up--tired out-take Dr. J. H. SMcLean's $arsaparilla. It will give you health, strength and vitality. t For weak back, chest pains, use Dr. e J. H. MkLean's Wonderful Healing AS TOLD BY A SOLDIER. A Greenville Man's Story of the Fight at t Wounded Knee. [Greenville News.] The Southern oflicers in the recent fights and skirmishes with the Indians 1 have been conspicuously brought to j notice by their bravery and also by < the number that have been struck. t The South Carolinians have fared the ] worst in the encounters, Capt. Wallace a having been killed and Lieut. Gar lington dangerously wounded. Ano ther South Carolinian who was slight- t wounded in the Wounded Knee Creek c fight was Lieut. T. Q. Donaldson, a f Greenville boy and a son of Col. T. Q. N Donaldson. Lieut. Donaldson is sec- j ond lieutenant of Company C. Seventh r cavalry, the regiment which was en- I gaged in the bloody fight with the In- I dians on Wounded Knee creek. Lieut. ' Donaldson, in a long letter to his mo- f ther, graphically describes the fight, a and gives the positions of the soldiers I and Indians. The following, relating N to the battle and the later skirmishes, t is taken from the letter : "Late in the afternoon of the 2Sth au I officer of the First battalion came gal- I loping in and stated that the First bat- a talion had found the Indians (Big < Foot's and Hump's band combined,) a c number of children and squaws, mak- t ing the total number about 400. The c officer stated that the Indians were f then camped with the troops, but the i Second battalion was wanted because r the Indians were to be disarmed and i was feared trouble might result if only t one battalion was there. We were or- a dered to saddle up and carry one day's rations with us. In twenty minutes a after receiving the order we were on a the march, starting at 4:45 p. m. We came in sight of the First battalion c and Indian camps about 8:15 p. m. I We halted for a short time and were I then marched by a circuitous route of t about four miles (to keep the Indians t from seeing us) to the north of the I First battalion's camp and dirictly in i its rear. As soon as we got in camp r we learned that the First battalion N had placed a cordon of sentinels around the Indians to prevent any of them I from slipping away during the night. Our two battalions numbered about 460 men, besides a detachment of ar tillery with four breach-loading Hotch kiss guns. No trouble was expected in disarming the Indians. On the morn ing of the 29th the Second battalion marched out, mounted, and sur rounded the camp, as indicated on the rough sketch below." The sketch drawn by Lieut. Donald- t son gives the exact positions of the In dians and soldiers. The redmen were I surrounded on all sides by soldiers. The Indian camp- was near a deep ravine and there were soldiers on each side of the ravine, the battery being on a hill-i side in the rear of the troops. Thet First battalion was dismounted and was placed around the Indians, C troop, Lieut. Donaldsod's company, was deployed as skirmishers, just in front of a wire fence-. "As soon as the troops were in posi tion," says the letter, "the Indians< came out to have a council, just in the edge of their camp. They formed a circle and began their pow-wow, and while this was going on their tepeest were searched for arms. The soldiers found a lot of rifles laid away in thet tepees and took them to the First Bat talion's camps, or on the edge of it. The next task was to disarm the bucks, who were in the council ring. I could seeI that the Indians were getting very much excited, but I did not think they would attempt to resist. There was one medicine man who kept up a continual yelling. He went out into1 the circle and around it gesticulating and raising his hands. This, I learned afterward, was for the purpose of in yoking the aid of the Great Spirit. At the same time he told the bucks to have no fear, that bullets could have no affect on them as long as they had on their ghost shirts. There was one of1 the chiefs who kept piping on some kind of a shrill reed instrument. This, I learn, was to warn the bucks and squaws that fighting was soon to be gin. "A few of the bucks had been dis armed, when suddenly the leading chief threw off his blanket, fired his re volver at the soldiers around him, and then made a break for the ravine. As quick as a flash all the bucks followed his example, and began to work their Winichesters with remarkable rapipity.1 Of course, as the first shot was fired the soldiers open up on them. From the position we were in we were in as nmuch1 danger from our own men as from the Indians. Bullets were whistling in every direction and ploughing up the ground around us. As soon as the firing commenced C troop became divided on account of the wire fence. I moved my platoon around the fence to the right, dismounted it and placed the horses in a pocket of the ravine and opened fire on the Indians attempting to escape across the hill. All of them going in that direction were soon killed, but the majority took to the ravine. C troop was ordered to round up the herd of horses which had es caped, and we had to make a long detour to do this. As we headed a large ravine one of our men caught sight of an Indian. We dismounted and began to hunt for him. We soon found where he was and a few more of his party. They had scooped out a place under a pine tree, who'se roots overhung the edge of the ravine, and cracked at us with their Winchesters whenever they got a chance. Our men soon surrounded this den and poured bullets into it from every di ection. One of our men, exposing iimself too much, was shot through he heart. This was the only man we ost. After a while some of the Indian couts, under command of Lieut. Tay or, induced the Indians to surrender. Ye found that there had been twelve >ucks in the lot, six of whom we had :illed. There were also two or three ld men, and the rest, numbering about hirty, were women and children. ,very one of the bucks were wounded ,nd nearly every one of the women ,nd children. We were ordered to re nain with the prisoners and tring hem in when the wagon could be sent ut from camp for them. We waited or about an ;hour and a half for the ragon, and in the meantime D troop :ined us. While our men were di. nounted and resting, we were sudden y attacked by a party of Indians who eft the agency to join the hostiles. 'hese we soon made scamper, but they ormed a skirmish line and gave us an nnoying fire. We had to abandon our risoners, however, for they couldn't valk and there was no way of carrying hem. As we were moving back from the Lead of the ravine, I was struck in the Lip by a ball. Fortunately, it was pent, and struck my field belt; so I lid not receive any injury from it, ex ept a bruise. The ball went through he belt and stuck between it and the vercoat. I have it as a souvenir of the ight. As soon as all the troops came nto camp we nacked everything and narched back to the agency. Our troop was the rear guard, and it was our duty o march in the rear of the last wagon ,nd keep everything closed up. There vere five or six wagons full of squaws ,nd children, and the children kept up continual crying. "We reached the agency about 11 >'clock, and found everything quiet, ut learned that all of Two Strike's and, which had recently come in from he Bad Lands, had packed up every hing and left the Agency. I don't :now how many Indians were killed n the fight, but there weren't very nany that got away. At the place vhere the fight started the dead bodies vere lying so thick that you could ardly walk without stepping on them. Jil the hills and ravines near the amp were covered with dead bucks, quaws, children and ponies. -'It was a horrible sight, but it showed vhat faith the Indians had in their ;host shirts, for they should have :nown what would happen if they esisted. "We suffered a heavy loss, too. We iad twenty-seven men killed and hirty-one wounded. Four of the woun led have since died. Capt. Wallace was :illed. He was in the Indian camp vhen the fight commenced, and was truck twice across the forehead with a attle-axe. He must have been killed nstantly. Lieut. Garlington was shot brough the right arm and Licnt Haw horne through the right groin. Both nIl recover. "Yesterday morning just after re 'eille, a scout came in with the news hat the Indians had attacked the sinth cavalry wagon team, which was in its way to the agency, and of course, ve had to saddle up and go to its rescue Ye found the teams about two miles rom the agency in good:condition, hough one of the men had been killed .nd another wounded. We came back o camp and had just unsaddled when ve had to saddle up and move out again, this time to protect the Mission hurch which, it was reported, had >een fired by the Indians. When we eached the mission we found it all .ight, but we were marched some dis ance beyond for some reason and about .wo miles from the mission we struck he Indians-that is, we knew they vere in front of us by the way the >ullets whistled, but we saw very little >f them. An Indian never exposes 1imself to view and he knows how to ake advantage of every break in the ~round to screen himself. 'We were rawn into a bad place before we got hrough, as the Indians were allowed to >zcupy the crests surrounding us and o pour in a fire from three sides. At >ne time we came very near having a tfampede, but we managed to avoid it. 'he Ninth cavalry came in just as natters began to look serious, and we ot cut of the scrape in good order. For itime, though, we were in a very warm >lace. We had very few casualWes :onsidering the situation we were in. )ne man was killed and six wounded. "I haven't taken my clothes off for hree days. We sleep on our arms ~very night ready to turn out at a ninute's notice. Last night it was re >orted that the Indians would attack >ur camp, but the old Indian fighters on't believe it, for the reason that it sn't the Indian's custom to fight at iight." Spring medicine is now wanted, for, f you are out of sorts and feel badly, P. P~. P. is the remedy to take and get itrong and invigorated. If you suffer from any affection aused by impure blood, such as scrof la, salt rheum, sores, boils, pimples, :etter, ringwvorm, take Dr. J. H. Mc Lean's Sarsaparilla. To allay pains, subdue intlammation, ieal foul sores and ulcers the most prompt and satisfactory results are ob ained by using that old reliable reme ly, Dr. J1. H. McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment. Success at Last. le had tried reformation every New Year's for years ; But each promise left him, and van ished with tears ; Now this year he conquers, to the wind with fears ; He resolves to quit quitting--"Here, wnar two beers !" THE CODE DUELI.O. Mr. James I. Tiinan Pretends that He Wants to Fight Mr. N. G. Gonzale. No Challenae and no l;looi. Yet. [Special to News and Cour,r.] AUGUSTA, G.A., January 7.-Rumors reached here to-day of a duel which was on the tapis yesterday in Cu.n: bia. No positive information coulu he obtained from Columbia until this afternoon, when the following state ment was obtained from trustworthy sources: Yesterday afternoon _Mr. George Du pre, who is a clerk to the committee on privileges and elect ions of the South Carolina Legislature, called on Mr. N. G. Gonzales, former correspondent of the News and Courier at C'olumbia, and said to him that Mr. J. H. Tillman. son of Congressman Tillnan and nephew of Governor Tillman, de=ircd to fight a duel with Mr. Gonzales. Mr. Gonzales, so the story goes, in formed Mr. Dupre that the celallenge was not in writing and that he could not accept, and it is said assigned as other reason5 that he did not regard the message as a challenge under the Code. It was stated further that Mr. J. H. Tillman and Mr. Dupr:- had left Co lumbia and that a written challenge would be mailed to Mr. Gonzales. No cause is assigned for the desire to fhllt. but it is supposed that it refers back to the writings of Mr. Gonzales against the Tillman party in the recent cam paign. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. AuoSTA, January 7.-Rumors to the expected duel between N. G. (Gon zales, former correspondent to the News and Courier, and James Till;nan, son of Congressman George D. Tillman, to be fought at Sandy l,ar Ferry, on the Georgia side of the river. are afloat here to-night. Mr. Tilln,t is here in Augusta, but Mr. Gonzales has not been seen here. It is said that the trouble between these gentlemen is caused by Mr. Till man learning that Mr. Gonzales would blackball him if his name was pre sented for membership of the South Carolina Club at a meeting held dur ing the last State Fair. Nothing further is heard of the unpleasantness, and if a duel does occur your corre spondent will be on the spot. .J. J. II. MR. GONZALES SHOWS UP i. TILL MAN'S TAcTrIS. [Special to News and Courier.j - COLUMBIA, S. C., January S.-Ir. N. G. Gonzales, whose name is men tioned in the News and Courier-tc-day in relation to a prospective duel with Mr. J. H. Tillman, has prepared a statement of the facts in the case. The statement appears this evening in the Columbia Record. The part of the in terview referring to the "duel" as it was developed here recently is as fol lows: THE CLUB MATTER. "On the afternoon of the annual meeting of the South Caro&ina Club, the organization which gives the yearly State ball, I was informed by a friend that Tillman's name would be pre sented to the club for election to men bership to it. I told my friend that I considered Tillman unfit for associa tion with gentlemen, and if he at tempted to join the club he would certainly be blackballed upon that ground., A report to this effect reached the young men who prop)osed to pre~ sent Tillman for mnembership and he came to see me about it, saying that lhe did not wish to nominate any candi date who would be rejected, and that if I were cert ain that Tillmnan would be blackballed lhe would withdraw his name. I told him that on account of my pleasant relations with him I would inform him that Tilnman would certainly be rejected if his name was kept before the club, and gave hinm my reasons, to wvhich he did not demur. I told several friends, members of the club, of the fact, and showved them the letter I have given to you. They agreed with me that a man who would make a false and seurrilous attack upon a gentleman and RIDE iREHiiND HIS 1 NC'itNITU was not a fit person to become a mem ber of the club. Accordingly when the club met there were at least half a dozen members present wvho would have voted against young Ti!man. One blackball would have suficed tc. reject him, there being less than forty members at the meeting. "Tillman's name, which had beer presented, was withdrawn and so thE matter ended. I made no secret at oi after the time of my responsihility for this result. When publications~ wer< made intimating that Till man hiad been opposed because of political rea sonsI oflered to p)ublish a statenment of the facts, but abstained from doing sc at the request of members of the club. "I have never suIpposed that therE was an atom of doub.t on the: patrt o: Tillman's friends or Tillmian n,i mself au to my complete .responsibiiity fur th4 practical rejection of the man by the South Carolina Club. 'rHl is : : "D)ay before yesterdlay r. Georgi Legare met me on t1:'- stree't and toke me that Tillman had been informee that I had stated t bat i proposed black balling him because I hadl demandet satisfaction of him fo his at tackR on nu in the Winnsboro paper, and he hai refused to meet me antd tender tha satisfaction. I told him that I had no made such an assertion. because it .va not true; that I had not had any coml munication with Tillman, and thal while I avowed my- entire reron-i her of the South Carolina Club, I had pursued the course I did upon the broad ground that an ananymous slanderer was not fit to enter an association of ;gentlemen. Mr. Legare then inquired whether I would NEET TILLMAN OUT OF THE STATE io settle the matter. I replied that I had once before allowed myself to be pia-ecd in a fz'lse position by stating in advance whether I would or would not accept a challenge, and that I did not intend to be caught in a trap again. I said to him: 'If Mr. Jim Tillman wants to challenge me let him go ahead and do it, and I will take whatever course I may deem proper.' Mr. Legare an swered that TI LLMAN DID NOT WISH to send a formal challenge because it was against the law. I told him that it was against the law to fight a duel. He thon said that it was proposed to light outside of the State, and that this invitation was to be taken in lieu of a challenge. To this I said: "Tell Mr. .Jim Tillman that if he proposes to ap peal to the Code Duello he will have to conform to the requirements of the Code, and the Code prescribes very deliaitely the methods by which a challenge is to be made and presented. I do dot propose to post him in advance as to my intentions. Let him make bis challenge according to the Code if he is so anxious to fight, and I will make my reply according to the Code.' With this I left him and have been since expecting a genuine challenge, but have, so far, received none. From the announcements made in Augusta, whither, I am informed, young Till man went after leaving Columbia, it is evident to me that HI IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPORTS there set afloat. I cannot conceive that Mr. Legare could have lent him self knowingly to so paltry a trick as that which this fellow Tillman seems disposed to play at my expense. Cer tainly I do not consider that he has challenged me, and yet it seems that he is posing as a challenger whose gauntlet has not been accepted. "If he had had any real ideaof fight ing, it seems to me that he would have sent a definite challenge, would have kept his brother-in-law, 0. W. Buch anan, from circulating in Columbia the report that a challenge had been given, and would himself have refrained from gaseonading to the same effect in Au gusta. People who want to fight don't -run to -newspaperfices-arrd n'otlfy the public and police that they are going to have a deadly encounter at Sand Bar Ferry, so that the officers can ef fectually prevent the possibility of a meeting. I regret having to make so long a statement about so contemptible an object as this callow braggart." The whole affair seems to be now at rest. M. F. F. A Matter or Taxation. Comptroller General Ellerbe has is sued the following important circular, which will exp)lain itself: ExEcUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Ovm:es CO.\PTROLLER GENERAL, COL UMBIA, January 6, 1891. Circular No. 1. Mr. --, Auditor County: In refer ence to the questions submitted for the considieration of Comptroller-General, are moneys, credits, investments, etc., of citizems of this State invested or held outside of the State liable to taxation under the laws of this State," auditors are referred, first, to Section 183 of the General Statutes, whic-h reads: "Every person of full age and sound mind shall annually list for taxation the following personal property to-wit: "First. All the tangible personal property in the State owned or con trolled by him. "Second. All the tangible property owned by him or other resident of South Carolina, and under his control, which may be temporarily out of the State, 'but is intended to be brought into the State. "Third. All tangible personal pro. perty owned or controlled by him which may have been sent out of the State for sale and not yet sold; and "Fourth. All moneys, credits, invest mnents in bond s, stock, joint stock com panies or otherwise owned or centrolled by him, whether in or out of this State." For the pu:'pose of enforcing full re. turns for the present fiscal year audi to'rs amre further referred to sections 23t 240 and :-li, and are requested to pro ceed as therein directed whenever, it thmeirjudgmnt, any of the provisiom of thbe tax laws arc violated. ReMjpectfully, W. H. ELLERBE, Comptroller-General. The Defaulters of Last Year. LA Chicago paper has complied soma very interest ing statistics, showing hov much money the defaulters of the coun try uppropriatted to their own use th last year. The total amount stolen b: bank oflicials, administrators, clerke 1et c., was $8,02 ,05t. Pennsylvania sul fered most from defalcations, losin; $2, :;2,837, and Newv York made a goo second with $1,929,270. The India: ITerritory had very few defaulters, an< they emibezzled only .$500. Georgia an< South Carolina lost very little, th former State losing only $16,100, an South Carolina only S15,000. Missis sippi headed the list of the Souther States with .$:15,812. November wa the me't di&ionest month of the year During that month the defaulter scoo(pedd$,5,800. June was serenel; r mvrnl. with defalcations amounting t THE CLEMSON COLLEGE. The Agricultural Department to beBrought Closer to the People. [From the Anderson People's Advo cate.] In the course of a personal interview with Col. R. W. Simpson, the Presi dent of the Board of Trustees of the Clemson College, he said that it is the purpose of the board to bring the Agri cultural Department in more direct contact with the people, and make it a medium of communication with the _people, in keeping them posted on all matters pertaining to agriculture and Ilie experiments of that nature con ducted at the college, and that it will be the aim of this department to put it celf in close touch with the people by holding farmers' institutes during the summer vacation. It is a well known fact that the items of board and tuition is what debars many a poor youth of ability from en tering college, and it is on this line that Clemson proposes to offer'ouperior ad vantages to the sons of poor men by reason of its handsome income of about $70,000, not a dollar of which is raised by taxation, and the handsome real estate property which it owns, consist ing of an immense body of the finest lands in the Piedmont belt, upon which it is proposed to raise the larger part of the supplies of the mess hall table and thus furnish board to the students at a minimum cost, it is thought not to ex ceed $3 or $4 per month. In addition to this,'provision will be made for students to pay a part of this by laboring a certain num6er of hours daily in the field, and furthermore it is proposed to keep a large number of sheep on the farm, from the sale of the wool of which it is proposed to furnish a clothing fund to aid poor young men in supplying themselves with clothing. N. young man who wishes to acquire a technological training will be per mitted to leave the college without having his education developed along other lines which go to make up a well rounded, praetical man. Notwithstanding the fact that the Board is somewhat embarrassed, by reason of the failure of the Legislature to appropriate the $60,000 asked for to complete the building at once, it is con templated to fill the faculty in June and open the college for students on the first of October,. usingasclassrooms and dormitories such' buildings as will then be completediand erect the main building during the following year. Col. Simpson also stated to us that despite certain publications to the con trary not a single member of the board has received or will receive a single 'cent as compensation for services ren dered, they being entirely gratuitous, and It is a matter of great surprise that the statement should have been made in certain papers that the Board of Trustees had voted to- pay the three members of the Board of Control a salary of $3,000 each. There is not a syllable of truth in the entire statement, as they give their services to the col lege. HOOSIEE REPUBLICANS. They are Told that Boodle Carried Indma= for H arrison. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 7.-The Repub lican conference here was a very lively affair. It was intended to be secret, but the secrets are out. The meeting composed of the district committeemen, together with advisory- members and prominent Republicans from all over the State, was the largest one held here for years, but it was the most dismal affair that ever took place in the city. The object of this assembly was to choose a chairman in place of Mich ener and to agree upon some plan of campaign. The Gresham nien had the power to name the chairman, but they could not find a prominent man to ac cept the place. The Harrison element were in a worse predicament. They had an enemy inside their own camp. Michener, although not present, showed his hostility to the Harrison Administration. C. W. Fairbanks of this city made an earnest appeal for harmony, which was well received. He was followed by Al Wishard, who said that Harrison was the cause of the whole trouble. Stan ton J. Peele said there were too many issues in the Republican party. The G. 0. P. had been conducted in Pres byterianism lines long enough. More liberalism was what the party wanted. Judge Chapin of Fort Wayne there upon jumped up and stopped Mr. Peele from abusing his church. When the Eighth district was called for views on the deplorable state of the party, W. T. Brush, a lawyer of Craw fordsville, created a sensation. He said: "Gentlemen you can talk about har mony and more cheap newspapers and organization, but that will not restore us to power in Indiana. It is no use to deceive ourselves. There are more SDemocrats in this State than Republi cans. The only wa.y we can win is by inducing Democrats to vote our ticket. Can we induce them to vote the Re Spublican ticket with Republican news Spapers and lots of harmony? No. But Sboodle will do it! Boodle did it in 1880 Sand 1888 and boodie can do it in 1892. SGentlemen, if you can, devise some scheme to evade the Australian elec t ion law which the Democrats adopted to protect themselves against our effec t ive inethods." S"Ain't you givin' it to us pretty raw?" interrupted a Gresham man. S"Oh, what is the use of denying it, ~gentlemen. You all know that In. cdiana was carried for Harrison by boo ble," ar.serd Brush. This was received with great ap plause. "Yes, gentlemen, if we can't beat this new ILustralian law we cannot expect'. to win," he continued. "I do not know how it can be done. I admit that it is - more than I can do. Now, for Chair- ' man, I want a man who is smart enough to find some way to use boodle in 1892, notwithstanding the election law. Who is the man for the emer gency?" Several small fry members concurred in Mr. Brush's view. A member from the natural gas belt then roasted the Journal, John C. New's paper, in a five-minute speech. He said the Sentinel had been raising hades with the Republican party, and some new thing ought to be done to counteract it. A number of speeches - were made by pronounced .Michener. men, showing that the late C a was hostile to the Administration Gov. Steele of Oklahoma and Russei B. Harrison tried to restore harmony. but without success. Crumpacker of Laporte was made to use a mild ex pression. He denounced Harrison an' the whole gang supporting him. POOR BLIND TOM. The Colored Musical Prpdigy Inianw aa4 Sinking Fast. Poor "Blind Tom," the erratic musi cal genius of a decade ago, is driveling:. away the remaining months of sa eventful life at a private retreat in St Mark's place. He has been there for some time an idiot, and now ronsump tion has set its iron grasp upon his: once tough frame, and his days a numbered. "Blind Tom" earned in his day sotie thing like $500,000. To-day he is aorn paratively a pauper and the wonder fs what has become of the fortune he made, as he was always in charge ofa guardian, and was never allowed to spend it. Judge Andrews of the SupremeCourth yesterday confirmed a report of Referee. Jerome Buck, allowing the estate ofd Daniel P. Holland $3,000 for services rendered and necessaries furnished -h mad musician during the lifetimed Holland. The Judge observed that it was sad=w ly apparent that there would be noth ing left for the maintenance of the poor idiot after all claims were paid. When Col. Bethune died a few yeas' ago he left Tom to the care. of his wif Elsie. She in time was appointe" committee by the court to maintuln Tom. Soon, however, he broke dowa in health, became dangerously insn? and was placed under restraint. frame has shrunken to a mere shadow his fingers have become palsied and-e.. cannot evolve the sweet strains which have enchanted thousands. The wonder is what has become of the money which CoL. Bethune was~ obliged, by mandate of the court, fWa deposit for Tom's mainteniance. Itas supposed to be 25per cent.of the'e. proceeds of the entertainments given. That would give Tom at least $125,000 in his own right. There is now, it is authoritatively stated, less than $5,000 in the exche quer. The $3,000 judgment entered yes' terday will make an awful gash in th fund. Present indications are that Blind Tom, who earned over a haifa-7 million dollars, will die in the poor house and be buried in the potter's field. Assignment of H. D. A. Blemann. Mr. H. D. A. Biemann, one of the leading and wealthiest citizens of Wal halla, made an assignment to Mr. J.W.i~ Holleman for the benefit of his credid tors on the 8th instant. A meeting of-.f the creditors to elect an agent to e. operate with the assignee will be hela at Walhalla on the 13th of January at the court house at 10 o'clock. Mr. Bie man has been considered one of the wealthiest men in upper Carolina, ~ owner of a hotel, distillery and other - enterprises in and about Walhalla. An Astigmanec senator. LBaltimore Herald.] Mr. Hoar, the venerable but most 1 jaundiced and atribilious Senator fronm S Massachusetts, views the Southern. horizon through red, red spectacles. 3 Everywhere there is blood. Mr. Hoar should remove his spectacles. The South is at peace with itself and all the world. That "Tired FeeUng." The newspapers are having a good?i deal of fun nowadays over that "tired feeling," so much spoken of in medical advertisements, in connection with the ill-health of females. It may be a source of hilarity to witty paragraphers, but not s to suffering women, who by overwork, and a disregard of the laws7 of health, have lapsed into a condition 4 bordering on invalidism. What most women need is to be relieved of some.. of the slavish work that is piled on them, and a free, but judicious use of strenghtening tonics, such as P. P. P.-' (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potas sium), the greatest blood purifier and4j invigorator in use. Superb as a buid~ up of women, bringing back lostenergy. to the body,and cotor to faded cheeks,re-& storing the appetite, and thus renewin -g in her that healthy vitality long lost. P. P. P. cures all blood diseases, such' as Rheumatism, Syphilis, Gout Scro fula, and all ulcerous affections, even - vanquishing that melancholy enemy of man, Dysr epsia. All dragists ej it. A For rheumatic and neura1gic painls. br in Dr. J. B. McLean's V91iSn oil Liniment, and take DraC. H. tean's Sarsaparilla. You willotu long, will be gained with a pej effective cure.