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1%lyir' R65.,_ NEW BERRY , S. C., W EDNESDAY, FEBRURI, 8 4 RI E $ .0 A Y A ' ' A RT,sTqAFD 1865 Tg HS$OISM OF WOMAN. ho Story of Eminy Geiger Becans Other Aets of Bravery-An Interesting Letter from Mr. David Jones. To the Editor of The Herald and News:- In your paper of January 10th ou refer to an article in the Columbia State concerning Emily Geiger, a Younglady of Newberry District, whose heroiefeat of carrying a despatch from General Greene to General Sumter aang the most dark and dangerous penod of the revolutiorn is hardly equalled by any I have seen recorded In'bistory. Suce reading that marvelous narra tive in the -Annals of Newberry, I have bothread and rehearsedit in my Itinera 3onsto diferent families calling the attention of young ladies to its super lative skill, patriotism and heroism, facetiously telling them that quadruped Minks went for their prey or game onlyat night, but that the biped Bill Mink followed his game both day and < .ight without catching It. Wonder has been expressi concerning what Lord Bawdon must have said kfter fnding how completely Miss Geiger aboutwitted him. History through the different ages infoims us that when emergencies have risen requiring great Individual efiortor service, that individual has not been wanting: When the great army of Holifernes-encompassed Jeru salem Judith comr% deliverer; when the decree of Haman (obtained from a confiding king) went forth for the de on of all.tbe Jews residing in.thel dombiAos, the beautiful Ha comes to their rescue; ts;=almost in despair.for obaining help from the oarope to enable him to sail on an unknown-ocean in his proposed e age of discovefy, applies to queen r , " se becomes =ba patrOness, ewels to obtain he ne ; c unds:- So ardent were his per -N ^' sup thar' the poet represents him, 1 . to er for dtoaniaden's sade, r- fiia vonan made; e'at a woman's cost. " o ithe'countryw ahave lost; Then future ages oft shaUl tell. And stag t4 praise of IsabeL" Coming to our country history tells that the aider,,Pocahontas. not -onl helife of Captain mn neioe a saved the livsof jiy warn ,,r:~Jlu them of intended massacres; of ' LIiydia Darrow, the P iladelphia Qua 0.4haassi much tn getting >aaow3ege4 a projected night Shtbhupon Washing; y nd giving him the oc. We can hardly t valne of this information, the cooaequences averted by it. rr~whose house was in part bBeiraHoe and his offi - . r rders one night to put Hjee Etan eai-ly hour. edthe oeders ab~out her chil b e sinspi4iis of intended ~ #i~l&he$cedher ear to-th.e key. hoe&aU beard reashe order concern Intended attack. Returning Ashe feigned sleep until thrice the British General, when S she arose, opened the outer door and extinguished the candles. She had a great secred that slle dared confide te -. none, not even her husband. Getting hdr pass, she put grain into a sack and went to -mill; being beyond sentinels, she left the sack at the mill, then has a gdted Whitemarsh-to inform: of hisA.danger- Meeting die fhzs officers, she gave' the nees on;iangIgot his promse ~toberay her,. *suspecten the demure Quaker msofthavingsnatched anticipated vic. ~tory from ,ber country's foes. Aftei the return of the British a loud knock ~~~'~at her door by the Adjutant Gene. ral caused her some alarm. He sum m~soned her to his apartment, locket .- the door with a mysterious air, and motioned her to a seat. We may wel suppose that she felt somewhat like -. Miss Geiger did when locked up by the orders .of Lord- Rawdon; her goom geniuiweveirdid not forake her After aport Mience the officer said 'Wen any ofyour family up, Lydia * -n'thenight I .received company ir ~~nwere asleep, Lydia, were kaleep dfedenocked three times at your doo before you heard me, yet it is certail that we were betrayed. I am altc jether at a losa to conceive who-. coult have given the in formation of our in~ tended attack to General. Washingtor * On arriving near his camp we found his canrion mounted, his troops unde arms, and so prepared at. every poin to receive us, that we have been conm peiled to march back without injurini our enemy, like a pack of fools." Ma; we not well believe that Lycia chuckled to herself on hearing these declara -tions, about like Miss Geiger did whel Lord Rawdon offered to send an escor with her to her friend's house. Il both these eases of grand deceptioi -practiced upon British officers no false b oods appear to have been told, but al - was effected by female shrewdness thus evincing their great capabilitie and powers for good or evil. I deem it not necessary to mentio: the exploits of men in tbis article bu - sill6give to the readers of The Heral -ad News some of the results of th union of General Greene and Genera sumter with their forces which wi blrought about by the message of Mit Geiger. At the time of its transmil sion Green'~s forces were in Newberr District, while Sumpter, whom th British General Tarleton called "TI so arolna game cock," was moi than an hundred miles distant on the Wateree. Soon after the evacuation of Ninety-Six, Lord Bawdon, whom Greene (with the aid of Sumter) was so desirous of attacking, retired to Charleston, leaving Colonel Stewart in command of his forces then encamped near the confluence of the Santee and Congaree. Here be, in conjunction with General Patterson, stained the British name by the execution of Isaac Hayne, -o American officer, as the his torian says, "under circumstances that offered no justification even for harsh ness of treatment." The particulars I've not room to give, but such was their cruelty that after granting- 48 hours respite after his condemnation (without a trial), they told him that "should Greene offer to expostulate in his favor he would be ordered to im mediate execution." Colonel Hayne promised to show his friends how an American could die; he ascended the cart unsuppcrted: commended his in fant family to the protection of his friends, took an affectionate leave of all, and then drew the cap over his eyes. His execution caused intense in dignation with Greene and his army. A prpclamation was issued, in which Greene declared "he would retaliate the murder of Hayne and. all such enorn,ities on 'British officers that should fall into his hands." Mean time Sumter, in obedience to Miss Geiger's message had joined him; he left iis laet encampment on the Santee and sought the enemy. Crossing the Wateree and Congaree his forces were further increased by Marion and others which made his numbers equal to the British; but inferior in discipline. What was lacking in discipline was made up in determination. He met the foe at Eutaw Springs, where, after nearly four hours desperate fighting he fell back to his watering place, having taken one thousand stand of arms, and killed, wounded and c aptured about one thousand of Stewart's army. The British General, well knowing his own loss, and the character of Greene, who, though he had fallen back, was far from being whipped, dared not risk another battle, but retreated to Char leston leaving many of his wounded and destroying what stores he could not take. Thus was South Carolina. relieved fr6m British and Tory oppression which, for two years or more, had made her Whig inhabitants. most miserable; and leaving fourteen hun dred mourning widows, besides the death' of many not married.. G,reene bad vowed to drive.out the enemy or perish in the attempt, and the Quakei General had fulfilled his vow, for nc fighting of consequence took place there afterwards, the Tories being awed into submission. In conclusion, I leave to the inhavitants of South Carolina to determine what credit ii dueto Emily Geiger and General Sum ter for this great deliverance. DAVID JoNES.. West Milton, Ohio, Jan. 18, 1894. PLAIN TALK TO TILLIAN. The -Iayor of Darlington Tenls Him thai No Law of the state Authorizes the Gov ernor or any of his Minions to Exact Promises of Good Behavior from Manicipal Ofacers. [Special to News and Courier.J DALINGTON, January 31.-Whel Governor Tillman's letter in referenc< to the dispensary law was received bi Mayor Dargan a mneeting of the cit; council was promptly called. Mayo Dargan at this meeting submitted thi following letter to Governor Tillman which met with the approval of counci and was ordered to be forwarded a once: DABLINGTON, S. C., January 30, l894 Hon. B. R. Tillmian, Governor ani Chairman State Board of Control Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Your communicationa 29th inst., has been received and con tents noted. I have carefully read th Dispensary Act and am familiar witi its several provisions relating to th powers of mayors and policemen, an< especially with the section to whici you have invited my attention. I fini nothing~ in the Act in question, ora il any othe' Act of the Legislature, rg quiring the mayor or the town counc> of Darlington to give you or Mr. J. I Kirven satisfactory or other assurane 1 that we will obey thiq or any other la, SAs there is nothing in the Act givin either of you authority to require sucl assurance, and as I amn not awarec any other law requiring me to give, r you or Mr. J. P. Kirven to exaca promises as to my contemplated, off e ial or unofficial intentions, it appeat singular that either or both of yo should allow your respective boards t - delegate you to exact promise from o ficials with whose business you hav Sno concern whatever. I am not awai of the fact, which you have announce r to me by implicaxtion, thbat the may< t and town council of Darlington hav . violated this particular law or an] other. As to the information you say tl I State board of control has received know nothing of its source or reliabi . Ity, as you failed to enlighten me, bi assert thxat it is incorrect, though I doing so I am fully conscious of tI t fact that it is not worth my whilei cisay so to you at this time, as it is yer Seasy to believe what one wishes to b lieve. Yours respectfully, W. F. DAEGAN, i Mayor of Darlington, S. C. 4 This letter was mailed to Govern< Tillman this morning and leaves doubt as to where Darlington's cil C council stands, I t may be interestir t to add just here that the total amoui d received by the town treasurer sin< e the opening of the dispensary aggr i gates $382 82. ' "My case is just bere," said a citize to a lawyer. "The plaintiff willP swe that I hit him. I will swear that I d * not. Now, what can you lawye e make out of that if we go to trial?"" * hundred dollars easy," was thePply =Ik SARGE PLUNKETT.f The Old Man Ia Hilarious Over the Out look for the Year-Everything is Brighter and Better. [From the Atlanta Corstitution.( The wind is chilly and the day is wet and gloomy, but I feel like clapping my hands and singing: "Praise God from whom all blessings flow !" The sight of better times is brighten- - ing, Everywhere you look and every thing you hear points to a returning of t old time methods and of the old-time t brotherly feeling. I can count twenty f families who have moved away from the towns to the country within the last two months. I know of three young women who have returned to housekeeping and gave their situations in the stores to their loafing brothers. These girls should have a monument built to them for their good sense in this matter, and other girls should, and I feel sure will, follow their example. It has taken but little experiment to show that if the girls turn to and take men's places in business pursuits the household affairs will go to the eternal bow-wows. Ninety-five per cent of the young brothers who have been crowded out of positions by their sisters have turned to be loafers and tramps-you may make good clerks and bookkeepers e out of girls, but you can't make cooks and housekeepers out of boys. This is going to get right. The pendulum is t starting back and mighty soon you will hear of more marrying, less divor ces and fewer suicides. The disposition to have less of the sensational in relig- I ious matters and of mixing religion with "isms" can be discovered in every person you will talk to on the line. There was one time in the, past Jew years when I began to think that we would have to depend upon the lawyers t of the country to hold up the purity of our institutions,"but the good preachers 1 are getting right and I feel safe. ; With a the "Sermon on the Mount" for their guide they can mold the masses to a 'healthy condition and save the land from anarchy and infidelity. There is no more harping of "the poor man against the rich man," but a brotherly feeling and a helping hand is what you see by watching them. Only one complaint is prominent now, as you pass among the working people-the negro. The negro laborer is hard to compete with, is what is claimed. I feel as if this will be settled in God's own way. I used to believe in slavery and I thought the country would be ruined to free them, but I am as big an abolitionist now as ever old Horace Greeley was. I think that p'ltting them into slavery was God's work . It was only God's great plan To Christianize the African. God anchored them among the Southern people, who advanced them In civilization and turned them from cannibalism. I don't think that the climate had a thing to dowith settling slavery in the South. I feel like saying to'the Yankees that The Lord soon saw it would not do 'To anchor slavery among you; The contact made the negro worse And it was moved to save the curse. God's hand is plain, It seems to me,1 i the negro's history. The way they stayed at home and worked during the war was what no other race of people would have done. The negro was docile to the last, and even when Sher man's guns were lumbering in his ears he was faithful to his old master. They were the very best of hands to hide the provisions from the Yankees and they hid- horses and cattle in the swamps away from them and seldom betrayed. This is what made it possible for them to live among us after the war-the people remembered and appreciated these kindly traits, and it still stands in their favor. But there is much cogn -plaint against the young generation of them as competitors in the mechanics, and I feel that tbe Lord will take themi away in his own good time. It may be that the Hawaii muddle will result in the negro going there. I am in for ~their going, because he will grow more and more to be a bone of contention as ~the older generations who used to feel e so kindly to each other pass away. The . younger sets have no ties to bind them, no memories to temper .the 'passions ~and, all in all, I think it about time for r the Lord to move them from among us. I am always reconciled to- the good ' Lord's movements, but if He will hurry up a little in this matter I1 will r throw up my hat and so will Brown. - But I am cheerful anyhow. Every e thing is brighter this year than it was with the old year. The faces of the r exposition offcers in last Sunday's e Constitution threw a halo of sunshine into many a household. When the.peo e pIe look upon such faces united in one I grand effort all thought of failure passes away. The interviews from the it ladies were cheering and it gave me a e chance to tell my old 'oman that I o did not see anything from Mrs. Plun kett. It gave her the grins, but I am not near even with her, for very often she finds opportunity to remark that she don't see Plunkett mentioned in so r and so. o I don't know of any class but one y who should not feel hopeful and cheer ig ful over the prospects. The exception 3t is the class who are making for Florida e to se'e the big fight. They have got e- these fellows to guessing. Me and Brown run upon an old fellow yester day who has struck camp and says he n is going to lay up till the thing is ar settled. This old man left his home d over two months ago and is taking it rs a-foot to be at the fight. He says that A the governor of Florida don't know how much sorrow he will cause if the ight has to move over to some island vhere the footman cannot follow or hould suddenly jump to Texas or ,alifornia. The old fellow says he had topped where he is to see where it will o, and if it should happen to jump >ack this way he would be tickled near y to death, because he has saved such tramp as to Florida and back. Strange, ut this old fellow says that if the fight vas changed to California to-morrow ie would try to make it there in time -he would walk day and night to do o. People living out of the course ave no idea of how many men have ramped hundreds of miles to be at this Ight. This is not very cheerful, from moral standpoint, but when we may te sure that a great number of these ols will die from the trip, it should heer us and make us feel that every hing is working together for good. The most cheerful thing of all the rear is to watch with what vim the far uers are going to work. If the weather ill allow, from the outlook now, the rop of 1894 will be planted in the best repared ground that has happened ince the war. Every fellow is hustling o get a pig and all the talk is that we re to raise our own bread and meat at tome. I may be a little too hilarious on the beerfulness that the new year has rought, but I hope it is all right; verything seems to warrant it. Just a ew moments ago the old 'oman came a and took a seat by me. We began o talk of our young days and of the fay we used to coo over each other 6on she slipped her hand in mine, Just why I cannot say, 3ut sure it woul4 have been unkind If I had taken mine away. She soon drew closer up to me, And leaning over on my knee, She brushed away the gathering tear And asked: "And am Ijust as dear?" "Just as dear," I answered, and ogether we have started on the new rear in cheerful mood and with high lopes. May the Good Lord prosper II. SARGE PLUNKETT. The New Year's Novelties for Ladles.' With the beginning of the year ap ear noveltities of Russian effects and nodern adoptions of the first Empire; he latter being undoubtedly suggested )y a recent revival of the Napoleonic tudies which makes its influence felt to literature, on the stage and even in irt. Thus elegalt opera wraps are fre iuently made with Empire yokes and roluminous Renaissance sleeves. The raperes-already announced are being leveloped into many original effects, ndoor gowns being influenced by those )f the peplum description. The dress ikirt is becoming wider at the bottom, Ind the sleeve also more voluminous. Bodices at the present moment, are tax ing all the inventive genius of the rtist dressmaker by being susceptible af every conceivable novelty in trim ing and material. There has never, lso, exisied such a rage as the present yne for for and ermine above all. Some riginal ,designs of collarettes in real Lois XIII style--drooping *at the shoulders and very fist--are becoming popular among the new modes. These various movements indicated in the oilettes of the mothers are closeiy opied by the fashions in girls dresses ad even in the costumes of very little nes themselves.. In extracting these instructive -items from the latest Mc Dowell Fashion Journals we notice that the handsome publications still maintain the high standard of their former excellence and contain besides new features of special interest. They are invaluable for their practical ad vice to Dress-makers and Amateurs. "La Mode de Paris" and "Paris Album of Fashion" cost only $3.50 each for a yearly subscription, or 35 cts. a copy. "The French Dresmsmaker" is $3.00 per annum or 30 cts. a copy. As for "La Mode,".it only comes to $1.50 a year or 15 ts. a copy, which makes it the most eonomical family fashion journal in existence. If you are unable to pro. cure any of these publications at your newdealer do not take any substitute fron him but apply by mail to Messrs A. McDowell & Co., 4 West 14th St., New York. Mr. Latimer to His Constituents. Editor Register : I desire to state through yo.ur paper to my constituents in the Third Congressional District t bat I have a few garden seed and some literature for distribution, and would be glad to distribute it to those whc need and would appreciate the same. Therefore, I requet that the county papers in the Third District will call the attention of my constituents to the fact that I would be glad to have their names and postoffice address on a postal card, so that I might be.; able to send them such literature arud seeds that]3 may have for distributign. I desire to say now .that my quota will not supply one-third-of the veteri In the Third District, and if any one4 should fail to get seed or literature wet applies to me, I hope they will realizi that failure is on account of insuffi ciency of supply, and on no othe ground. I would be glad, however, to havy the names of all my constituents an( will do the best I can in supplying eaci name. I have already made quite an eff'orl to obtain the names of my constitu. ents, and have quite a list, but I an satisfied it is not a complete list. A. C. LATIMER. Washington, D. C., January 20,1l894 Scrofula eradicated and all kindre4 diseases cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla which by its vitalizing and alterative THE TROUBLE AT CLEMSON. Prof. J. S. Newman Tells why He Resigns from the Faculty and Makes Some Charges Against Governor Till man. [Atlanta Constitution.] Professor J. S. Newman, a former resident of this city and one of the best known educators in the South, has re signed the chair of agriculture in Clemson College, S. C., and will again take up his residence in this city. . Clemson College is the outgrowth of the old Calhoun estate. The planta tion was donated for this specific pur pose by Mr. Clemson, who married the daughter of the great nullifier, and who has sought in this way to pre serve the memory of Mr. Calhoun. The circumstances of Professor New man's resignation will be of interest. It appears that, on account of a lack of harmony on the part of the faculty of the iistitution, the resignation of Pro fessor Newman was requested. Acting on this information, and 'knowing that Professor Newman had just reached the city, a representative of The Constitution called to see him at lis country home near Edgewood. He was found in the neighborhood of the residence, where he was super intending the adjustment of his fur niture and agricultural implements. He invited the reporter into the house, where seats were provided in the front room. The interview throughout was cordial and pleasant, and thdugh every now and then interrupted. by the car penters at work, was in the highest degree full and satisfactory. "I went to South Carolina," said Pro fessor Newman, beginning his account of the circumstances leading'up to his resignation, "several months before the opening of the college as superintend ent of the farm and experimental sta tion. When the college opened on the 6th of last July I was called to the pro fessorship of agriculture, in addition to my other work. The college opened under the most favorable auspices, 440 students being enrolled. An able fac ulty, in spite of a very incompetent president, succeeded in organiztng a thorough collegiate department. Lieu tenant Donaldson, of the United States army, organized the military depart ment. "The President, Mr. Craighead, hav ing had no experience, was dependent upon the faculty for organizing and carrying on the affairs of the institu tion. In addition to his office as pres ident he was also made director of the station in order that $1,500 of his salary might be drawn from the Hatch fund. The business of the college and station was at first entrusted to an executive committee appointed from the board of trustees and the board of control of the experimental station. The president, however, cor trived by working through Governor Tillman to secure in his own right thebe functions of the board, which he succeeded in doing last Sep tember. The board failed to define the duties of the president in regard to the directorship of the station, and, having had no acquaintance with the work, he entirely misappreh'ended his relations to the station and assumed all the details of the farm and experi mental work without the least defer ence to the head of that department. HIS DEPARTMENT WAS INVADED. "I protested against this invasion and told Mr. Craighead his policy was calculated to injure, if not to complete ly disorganize, the departmentof whbich I was the head. . It was not the busi ness of the director to interfere with the details of the different departments of the station, such as agriculture, hor ticulture, chemistry and biology. His. business was that of a general super vision of the whole work and to co ordinate the iseveral departments of the institution. His relations to the differ ent~ departments were similar to those of an ordinary college president, re ferred to the different professorships represented in the faculty." "Did he interfere with other depart ments?" the question was asked. "No other one except the military. He caused the commandant a great deal of annoyance and hampered him in various ways while in the discharge of his duty. His invasion of the agri cultural department was no doubt *prompted by a personal grudge which he entertained towards myself. I had given him no cause for animosity be yond the proper discharge of my duty and the good reputation which I en joyed throughout the State in connec tion with the college, much to his re gret and private jealousy. GOVERNOR TILLMAN SCORED. "Finally, as a result of this feeling of prejudice entertained towards me, Craighead goes to a meeting of the board at Columbia, S. C. "There, in a secret session, and pro tected by closed doors, he brings charges against me, claiming that I had caused a breach of harmony in the faculty. Governor Tillman, being a member of the board, and. for politi cal reasons, wishing to apply the hatchet to my head, acquiesced in the spirit entertained by the president. The matter was discussed, in the Igravest secrecy, and as a result of these Ideliberations, without the slightest op. portunity given to present my own side of the case, I was notified that my resignation would be accepted." I"Have you any reason for supposing tha.t South Carolina politics had any thing to do with the action of the board?" "I do. You will perhaps remember, as the matter was given some publicity, that Mr. Tillman blackmailed Hon. SM. L. Donaldson, at that time presi dent of the State Farmers' Alliance. Col. Donaldson was chairman of the board of control of the experimental station, and I was thrown much with him in an official capacity. It was re ported to me, in consequence of several speeches which I made by invitation, that Governor Tillman had threatened to use his little political hatchet upon my head. HOW PROF. NEWMAN WAS TREATED. "Seven members of the board are life members and six are elected by the leg islature. Two of these latter, not in accord with Governor Tillman in poli tics, and my friends, were not re-elect ed. It was necessary to drop these two members in order to secure .a ma jority of the board, and prevent an ex amination of the charges as I wished. When the board met, on the 10th of last January, I addressed them a let ter, stating that their secret meeting had done me a great injustice and ask ing for a thorough investigation. I was assured by the board that no fault had been found with my work, either as professor of agriculture, or as agri culturist of the experimental station, but I was not satisfied. Later on, see ing that I was determined, a few silly reasons were hatched out, showing the mean. spirit of opposition which was inspired by prejudice and envy. When I was finally admitted to the board I answered their charges in a full and thorough manner. I charged them with having acted in a very unbecom ing manner, and without according me the commonest courtesy due an American citizen." In speaking of the president of the college Prof. Newman went on to say that be secured the office by election eering, and his policy was fraught with great disaster to the institution. As a proissor in the college he himself refused to say anything of the treat ment which had been accorded him, and would not allow himself to be inter viewed. The president was absolutely incompetent; he had no idea of discip line and knew more about the flavor of his cigar, whlich he puffed in his office, than' he did of the college over. which he presided, and the sole cause of the crusade which the-president bad made against him, was the desire to get him out of the way, and thus rid himself of one whose identification with the col lege and the station was a matter of pure jealousy. Professor Newman, having returned to Atlanta, where several years of his past life were spent, will devote him self to agricultural employment, and a large part of his time will be occupied in literary work. He'left'Atlanta in 1883, and since that time, for nearly eleven years, he has resided in the States of Alabama and South Carolina. He says that he has now come back to Georgia to live. He will make his home in Edgewood, where he will be 1urrounded by a large tract of land, and will cultivate fruits and flowers and other products of the field. Has CUent's Gratitude. [From the Utica Observer-1 A good story about a lawyer is going the rounds. The occurrence took place so long ago that it is iot within the recollection of any but the older disciples of Blackstone, so it will pae muster, even though it is a chestnut. It seems that a tramp was indicted for stealing a Watch. He was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Having no counsel and being without funds and a total stranger, the Court assigned his defence to the attorney in question. The tramp was as guilty as a man ever was, but as the attorney was young in practice and desirous of grinding off some of his wire edges against the Dis trict Attorney, he accepted the task and entered upon its discharge with all thbe zeal at his command. He had ab solutely no defence. His client prac tically admitted the theft, and sat tbrough the trial in an attitude of de jection and despair.. Nothing daunted, the young attor ney rose before the jury to sum up his case. Providence had endowed him with a tongue capable of almost any thiug. He had his address~ at his tongue's end, and the manner in which he reeled it off' established bis name in the community in characters as ineffaceable as the rock-ribs on old Gibraltar. He held the "twelve men tried and true" spell-bound. They gazed at him in open-mouthed won der. Alternately they laughed aid cried, and people in the audience fol lowed their example. He pleaded the hopeless case of the guilty tramp with all the eloquence of a Burke, and when he had finished the enthusiasm of the spectators seemed to know no bounds. It is said that it took the jury just. eight minutes to whitewash the tramp and provide him with wings and a halo. The verdict was for acquittal The, tramp-so thoroughly surprised and overcome with emotion that he could hardly speak-rose from his seat, the tears streaming down his cheeks. Tbere was stillness in the court room. "Mister lawyer," he exa claimed brokenly, "you don't know me-an' I don't know you. I-I-want to thank you. I-I-ain't got no money but-but-here's that wartch." The way she looks troubles the wo man who is delicate, run down, or over worked. She's hollow-cheeked, dull eyed, tbin, and pale, and it worries her. Now, the way to look well is to be well. And the way to be well, if you're any I ;ch woman, is to faithfully use Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescripti"n. That is the only medicine that's guaranteed to build up woman's strength and to cure woman's ailments. In every "fe male complaint," irregularity, or weak es,and in every exhausted condition of the female syste2 -if it ever fails to benefit or cure, you have your money back. MARCH CONVENTION SVE. Alliance Leaders Unshaken in Their Deter mination-Tilman's Argument Not Considered Good. [From The State.J The Alliance faction of the Reform party have not the slightest idea of abandoning their intention of holding an early convention to make nomina tions for State officers. The leaders on their side are displaying their determi nation in a calm and deliberate manner. Their talk indicates that they are ab solutely sure oftheir ground and seems to show that they have not the slightest fear of Senator Irby's combination.' From what can now be ascertained there seems to be no doubt whatever that the early conventien to be called by Mr. Shell and his committee, will be held, and.it is believed that the call will very soon be issued. The men who are leading this faction know in advance what each Alliance in the State is go iog to say, and thus it is that they are so sure of their ground. The following leading article along this line will ,appear in the Cotton Plant, the recognized organ of the Alliance-Reformers to-day. While it is calm it means a great deal and dur ing the next week it will be heard from: "As time passes and the ambitions of men begin to come to the surface. we see the necessity of an early convention of Reformers clearer than ever. As this matter, the greatest danger to our cause, comes when the ambitions of men clash-and when their friends take sides and turn harmony into dis cord, the personality of the men be come paramount to all else and meas ures are obscured by the excitement of a personal fight. "To prevent all this and to.have the will of the people supreme in our State we have urged the calling of a March convention, in which the people could speak their will-and their voice would be obeyed by all cheerfully. Letters received from all parts of the State convince us that we were right in our interpretation of the wishes of our peo pie and the reasons we gave were satis factory to them, and all that remains to be done is for the people to speak their wishes through mass meetings in each community. "The only reason given yet against holding a preliminary convention of Reformers worthy of notice is the one given by Governor Timan in his interview in the daily papers of the 25th inst. He takes the position that one of dur demands in 1890 was the holding of a State primary in which our people could vote for Governorand other State officers, after a campaign in which the candidates, discussed the :issues before the people, and that to hold a March or apring convention would be inconsistent on our part. Others agree with the Governor in this view. At first blush it looks plausible enough, but those holding that evident ly fail to see the actual situation. "We have no direct primary now, and the people, when voting, can only vote for delegates representing a candi date. Take a county that has twelve delegates in the State convention, and suppose there will be five Reform.can didates for Governor; there would be just sixty Reform. candidates for dele gates. -And then would come in,the comiplications-with the nuinerous can didates for State office:s which would open the way for ena endless-amount of trading and log-rolling that would be certiin to leave us In the soup. "We believe in a primary where the citizen can vote directly for his choice, but until we get that we must take the course from irreparable Injury. ~"The interest we take in the matter is impersonal and solely because we are satisdl that it is our duty to ad vocate the policy that will prevent the Alliance demands being side-tracked, as they would be insa general scramble for office under the circumstances out lined above. We, as allothers, are anx ious to obey the people's wishes. Five counties have spbken in favor of an early convention, and one opposed, and all the other counties should hold mass meetings at -an early a day as possi ble and let their views be known. "Our views as to who should call the convention, Is generally concurred in. The executive committee of the Far mers' Association is the only body that has been chosen by-the Reformers and they could not be accused of partiality to any candidate. Objection on that ground would be made to any volunta ry committee. "Call a mass meeting in your county at once, and speak out." Elilbom S. Keitt ox Tinitan. [C'tton Plant.] He is not working to Improve the morale of the people and to raise them in Christian virtues. If he is, why is he forcing his whiskey saloons on dry cunties and dry towns? He is not solicitous about the morals of the peo ple. He wants the money that is In the whiskey. He wants it to employ dispensers at large salaries and to fill the State with constables and spies. He wrants it as a corrupt fund to extend his power over and make sure his grip on the people of the State. He is not working for the good of the people. His every act is conclusive that he is working for B. B. ,Tillman's advance ment, for that and nothing else. The short time he has been In office he has done more to destroy the peace, har mony and prosperity of the people of the State than all the men who have ocnpied the position he now holds from the foundation of the government to the present time, including Scott and Moses of ihfamous memory. Farmers of the State, I am talking to you in frankness and candor. It behooves you to think well on these things and cease to give further aid to Tillman in his efforts to destroy your liberties and the peace of the State. T To deprive any one of the right to eat, drink and wear what he desires and pays for and does not use to the injury of any one else in the issue of tyranny not to be tolerated by free born men. It will do for serfs and slaves, heid w down at the point of bayonet. BLOoDSHED IN COLUMBIA. L FIght Results from a Dispensary Pros cation-The Capital of the StaseIn a Condition of Intense Excite ment O;er the Trial of. the Liquor Cases. (Special to News and Courier.] COLUMBie.S. C., February2.-Blood marks the streets of Columbia as a re salt of the first case under the dispen sary dispensation. That no one was killed was purely accidental. The wonder is that several deaths were note the result of the hearing. It is the be ginning of the end. During the hear. Ing of the case against Win. Seal bad blood was evident, and had it not beea- T forthe cooluess of Sergt. Moorehead' there would have been serious trouble. As it is William B. Meetze now lies at his home'suffering from the effects of one of nine bullets, andDavisMiHier,~ with a slight wound, is in jail, think= lng that he.wll beheld on the char of killing Meetze. This has been aday ; of intense excitement in Columbia, and everyone wason the qul vivefor some trouble. The Seal ese wasget ting along very smoothly until Witness = Davis Miller took 'the stand, ab 6 did a deai'ot "circu mventing" whiahf was unsatisfactory :all. around. evidence speaks for itself. - It was a few minutes before 4o' when the hearing was adjouioed dinner. Miller went out.therbal and a row between im andMr. Brennan was narrowlyavoided 'Whe& they got out in thestreets.Burt' who was a witness in thecase, Milier and said:'"Look here, Mfler understand you say I lied .or.e_ dtand." Milerreplied bysying "Idl, not,'and whoeversays sosibe ai a - -" Meete, whowas tbera.. and wbo had been speelinagt struck at Miller.- Trial J i8M, who -was at hand, caught1"lold-' ler and tried toseparatethe en was gettingalong very wen wh QM-; [er saidz. "Let me.go,.I don' c ,. gethot." shTeen estie "sd your pistol if you:want to" whilethe two1men were backing ;;', t" each ether, Mllere going_ to " !ancke's corner and. e ze= t street. Miller drew out-two '1t -' from his overcoat pockedandlMeet/ with his right hand behind- body getting his pistol -and gsgdts with his left-hand,:waked towards Ifiler. Who started the firis dis. N puted. Some 'say Miller -fired *ist with the pistol in his right&harid;thea ketta fired; and thenr ,Mmle's seeodd fire from~ the istol In the right hside struck Meetze. Thes k op. Mmlles pistol showed nlnio pts' thambers, whichBSergt. MoorehIedUaid bad-been recently discharged."Meets|ir it ls said, fired twice. Meetse-fiie p . In the middle of Washingtp~et~ and those who went up toshim .thosgtt be was mortaliy wounded. Hewas taken home in a.crrige andjhies Drs.Talley and Folk-probed and fond that It was not a fatal woundAhatthe bullet -had entered athe fleshy? east '' above the groin and that he would-e sover. He talked freely during the mramination by the-surgeons and did not seem at all alarmed. Just as- Miller had ;finisbed fiing Bergt. Moorehead, who had arrested Charles Hendrix for dx'awing his pisto --' and turned him over to a watehman, eame running up and arrested Minler. A. few of Meetze's friends rush4d-up after Miller, when Moorehead prcmpt ly and emphatically said: "The first man who touches this man Ul ill" and went off with the prisoner. Ml ker's coat was cut by a-bullet on the left arm.' Meetze several years. ago killed Clark, and is the same man whoa figured i~n the recent State Farlc1 dent. Mmler' is a,.young NorthCaro lnian, and was recently up on a charges of breach of trust. It was evident that Miller's testimony had no weight, as the jury promptly brought in a verdic of not guilty. INVADING TEE HAMLETS. * Liquor Wins at Little .Mountain-The Church and the Bar.4 [Special to The State.] LnrrLE MOUNTAIN, Jan. 31.-An election was held here,.yesterday for "dispensary" or "no dispensary." The dispensary people won by avote of25 /* to10. This is a religions community and nearly all the people are good church members and a good church member like Mr. Traxier, who would rather quit his church than the dispen sary, is to be chief bartender. A Financial Transaction. His son (just returned from Africa) -"I bought a silver mine down there, father, for $5,000.1 His Father-"I knew they'd swin die you. 8o you were fool enoogh'to- -- buy a mine?' His son-"Yes; I formed a comppany and sold half the stock to an Atnerlean for $10,000." His father .(Breathing heavily)- :; "You did; I'l bet I'm the one who bought it." His sori (trying to appear at home)-. "r know you are."