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THE SUMTER LIGHT IN 5 F?KTBY, History of ifs Exploits in the Late Campaign. - The following is the report of Cap-. tain Phelps to Go?. Tillman, ?3? spon8e to which the Governor wrote the" letter which was published io last issue reinstating the S. L. I. to its place io the State militia : ~ Salway &C^%ril 24. m& Tb-Etel$*m?cy% & R. ??fcwo, (?rovefoor abd Commaoder-ia-Chief, ?ofo?bta, B. C. : Sir : Herewith I beg to reportto you the movements of my command from the 28th to the 31st of March, as also all orders received by me daring that period. On the 28th of March, the fol? lowing telegram was received : -CaptaifcSei??r light Infantry; "Can your company be relied on to uphold the law ? A mob has possession of the town of Darlington. B. R. Tillman, Governor." To which I replied as follows : *^^ol B.^B?pan, ColsmV?*: "The Samter Light Infantry will up? hold the law. A. C. Phelps, Captain." At ^^^^if?.?ifi^^6 following telegram was received : .4Captain A. C. Phelps: "Later advices report things now quiet at Darlington. If I need you? will wire voa. *3fc K. Tillman, Gaveraer." On Thursday, the 29tb, the following telegram was received at 1 zlO p. m., dated Alston, S, C. : .'Captain A. C. Phelps, Sumter, S. C. : ''Take ; yosir company to Darlington as soon ss possible and report to Sheriff Scarborough. Get special train from Delgar. Preserve the peace hat op- j hold ' the law, and arrest all who resist j legal process. Bi R. tillman, Governor." : j In obedience to the above order I im? mediately issued orders to my com? mand to assemble at armory armed and equipped for active duty, and arranged for special train over the C. S. & N., for transportation of company, and at 3:20 o'clock left -with forty-two non commissioned officers . and privates, making, with the commissioned officers, a total of forty-six, rank and file Arriving at Darlington.- (at the in? vitation of Captain Thompson, qf the Darlington Guards) I marched my com? mand to the armory of the Guards and immediately reported to the sheriff, who stated to me that he was not aware that 1 we had. been ordered to Darlington : that he had not requested the aid of the military, and that he had no instructions from yon io reference to my company T then returned to armory, informing the sheriff that he would find ms there if he had any orders for me. After leaving, the sheriffs office I conversed with some of the citizens of the town< sad also made inquiries as to the situa? tion, and from all that I could bear from personal investigation and observa? tion, I was led to believe that there was really no need for taeeompany remain? ing, and at about 7 :30 p. m. wired you SS folioW8 : '-Governor B. R. Tillman, Columbia, S.C.: "I hayer reported io sheriff. Every thing qajefc See no reason for keeping us here. Sheriff says he bas no orders for oar command. A. C. Phelps, Captain." At about 8 p. m. I was requested to go ?own to the sheriff's office and did so, and the sheriff asked me a great many qaestious about my command, bnt the only demand that was made on me by the sheriff was for a guard of twenty meo and an officer to. be placed at his residence to protect the constables who were quartered there, be fearing that they would be attacked. I advised the sheriff against this ; that I did not think that there would be any need for it, but said that if be ordered it I would take my entire command to his bouse and go into camp, as I desired to keep them all together in case of trouble. The sheriff then informed me that be would not need us for this purpose and pre? sumed tbat he was only testing the com? mand. Returning to the armory I was requested to go to the law office of Messrs. Boyd & Brown where I found in consolation the Attorney General, Mr. Buchanan, Sheriff Scarborough, Mayor Dargan, Chief Constable Gail Hard, and two or there others. Mr. Buchanan wanted to know bow soon I could take my command home, and also if I would return to Sumter on ? bis orders, to which I replied that I had been ordered there by you and would j only return on your orders Returning i to armory the following telegram was j received at ll p, m. dated at Cal bouD, S. C. : "Capt. A. C. Phelps. Darlington, S. C. : "Take your command back to Sum-, ter, if sheriff is through with you. B. R. Tillman, Governor." j I then reported to the sheriff at hisresi dence about 12,(midnight) showing bim j your telegram, wheo he again informed j me that he had no need of my command, j At 7 a. m. on the 30th. I took my command back to Sumter over the Coast Line, reaching Sumter at 9 :45, and dismissed the meo. At 5:56 p. m. the same day I received the following j telegram from you : ..Capt. A. C. Phelps: ..Order your company under arms and be ready togo to Darlington. Spe-j cial train from here under Adjutant Gen? eral. Answer. B. R. Tillman, Governor." j To which I* immediately replied as j follows : ' "B. R. Tillman, Governor, Columbi S. C. : '.Have ordered out company. Wi when special will arrive. A. & Phelps, Captain." Io answer to which I received tl followiog at 6 &0 p. m. : "A. C. phelps Captain Sumter, S. C "If you get special oo the C. S. & 1 proceed to Darlington at once and r port to the sheriff. Answer. B. R. Tillman." la pursuance of the above order called on the superintendent of the ( S. & .N. for a spedaUrain, bat he cou not furnish it? waving no engine, thereupon wired yoe as follows : .?fr R. Tillman' Governor/ Columbi S.C: ?.C. S. & N. cannot furnish speci train. What shall we do ? A. C. Phelps, Captain." At 7 p. m. I received the folio win order: . 44A. C. Phelps, Captain : "Watt for special train from her? Will wire you when it leaves. B R. Tillman, Governor." My men were kept ander arms froi foeetpt of your first order.op to 10 ] m., when the following telegram wa received ; "Captain A- C. Phelps: * 'Special leaves here at once. Th Coombia military have dunked. I di pent on your command to sustain il reputation. Gen Farley goes on th special aed will take commad. Y B. R. Tillman." Prior to the receipt of your telegrai ike information .that the Columbi troops had refused to go to Darliogto had been wired to citizens here, a o this together with the influe nee an* outside pressa re brought to bear upo the members of the company, c use* them to hesitate and finally refuse t go also. I immediately wired you a follows : "B. R: Tillman, Governor, Columbi: S. C.: My command have refused to go t< Darlington. A. C. Phelps, Captain Sumter Light Infantry." I then dismissed the company anc went to the depot and met Geo. Far ley, reporting to him the action of th? oompaoy and after a conversation witl bim, be left with the understanding that if my command would reconsidei their action I would wire bim to Dar lington the next morning, and bf would instruct us how to get there. At 12 o'clock OD the 31st I wired Gen. Farley at Darlington as follows : "My command will go to Darlington. Advise bow to get there. A. C. Phelps, Captain." This telegram was not delivered thal day, Geo. Farley not being in Darling? ton. Wheo notified by the telegraph company of this, at about 1:30 I at once wired you as follows : "Governor; B. R. Tillman, Colombia, S.C.: , "My command will go to Darlington. Wire orders immediately. ?. C. Phelps; Captain." And a few minutes . later wired you as follows : "Governor' B. R. Tillman, Colombia, S. C.: "We can get special on C. S. & N.if ordered quick. A. C. Phelps, Captain." I then issued orders for my company to assemble at- armory at 2 o-clock and hold themselves io readiness for marching orders, and then 1 went to dinner. Returning to the armory about 2 :30 p. m. I found io and around a restaurant opposite our armory about thirty of my men, under command of Lieut. Wilder, uoder the orders of the sheriff, guarding three constables, who had claimed the protection of the sher? iff, they having great fear for their lives. Quite a crowd surrounded the place, bot no demonstrations of force or violence were offered. On my ar? rival the sheriff immediately called on me to aid him in protecting the consta? bles, and I replied that I would aid him to the very fullest extent. About this time, 3:10 p. m., I received the follow? ing telegram : '.Capt. A. C. Phelps: "Yon are not needed in Darlington. Repress disorder aud protect life aod property in Sumter. B. R Tillman, Governor." Acting on this telegram I advised the sheriff to take the constables to the jail for safekeeping, and further that I would escort them there and protect them at all hazards as it was theo ru? mored that the crowd of men were coming over from Darlington and the surrounding country to lynch them. I then wired you at 3:20 as follows : "Goveruor B. R. Tillman, Columbia, S.C: "fbree constables here from Darling? ton under protection of my company. We will protect them to the last. Wire me full instructions and powers. A. C. Phelps, Captain." Thc constables were then taken to the jail ander protection of my com? mand and guards were stationed in and around the jail. About this time the rumors were very alarming it be? ing reported that two or three hun? dred men were on their i?ay to Sumter over the Charleston, Sumter and Nor? thern to take the constables by force if necessary. As soon as I heard of these rumors I gave fair warning to j the citizens, so that there could be no misunderstanding that if an attempt was made to take the constables, that we would protect them to the last, and would certainly fire if such action wa., necessary. Later, OD the advice of the mayor, Mr. B. G. Pearson, who bad been aiding and advising us, and on tbe advice of some of the bes: citizens who were watcbiug the situation very closely, the followiog telegram'was eeoc you : "Gov. B. R. Tillman, Columbia, S. C : Give us orders to take constables away from Sumter to safe place imme? diately. We fear great trouble. Can get special on Charleston, Sumter aud Northern. .*A. C. Phelps, Captain, Marion Sanders, Sheriff." In the meantime Mayor Pearson had come to tbe Coast Line depot, and af? ter considerable time arranged to get an engine and coach to take the con? stables to Columbia, and it was agreed upon that- we send them immediately to the penitentiary, where they would be safe and no one would know any? thing of their destination. Jost as we decided upon this course the following telegram was receivod a 6:30. "A. C. Phelps and M. Sanders. Hold you responsible for safety of constables. Act as your judgment best dictates. B. R. Tillman, Governor." Immediately on receipt of this the constables were taken from tbe jail under the escort of my command, and with the sheriff and marched to the depot and placed on train. And with the sheriff bis deputies and a guard of five men from tbe company sent to Columbia where they arrived in safe? ty. My command was marched back to the armory and kept on duty until 9 p. m., when everything being quiet I dismissed them. I am satisfied that had it not been for the great excite? ment and tbe causes leading up to the trouble on tbe 30th of March, and also the outside influence and pressure that was brought to bear upon the compa? ny that your order of the 30th to go to Darlington would have been obeyed as promptly as the first. Our action on Saturday in reporting for duty and also our action in protecting the con? stables certainly shows that the com? pany had determined to obey orders. Looking at tbe matter from a purely military point of view the action of the company in failing to obey orders was inexcusable, but when you take into consideration the circumstances leading up to our action your excel? lency cannot but admit that there was some excuse for such action. All of which is respectfully submitted. Very respectfully yours, A. C. Phelps. Commanding Sumter Light Infantry, Fourth Regiment, S. C. V. T. STRONG AND TRUE WORDS. Ex-Governor Chamberlain's High Tribute to the Heroic Kershaw. On reading a private letter from ex Governor Chamberlain on the charac? ter of tbe late Gen. Kershaw, Col. J: D. Blanding, of Sumter, was so im? pressed by its truth and felicity of expression that be wrote Mr. Chamber? lain asking permission to publish it. His reply, consenting, is given below, and is followed by the letter on Gen. Kershaw. . CHARLESTON, S. C., April 27, 1894. DEAR COL. BLANDING : I cannot help being deeply gratified by your favor of the 26th instant. The letter in question was written with some care, but with no thought of publication. Reading it again in tbe light of your request, and with what I understand co be Rev. Mr. Kersbaw's consent, I see no reason why I should oot accede to your wishes. If What I have written shall be recognized as in any degree a faithful portraiture of Gen. Kershaw, and have any possible good influence such as you auggest, it will add much to the satisfaction I bad in writing to the son of Gen. Kershaw, for whom, without any personal ac? quaintance, I have the highest respecr. Yours very truly, D H. CHAMBERLAIN. \ Col. J. D. Blanding, Sumter, S. C. ? AN OLD OPPONENT'S TRIBUTE. CHARLESTON, S. C., April 25, 1894. Rev John Kershaw. Sumter, S. C. : My Dear Sir : My acqaaintance with \ your fathher, the late Gen. Kershaw, and my estimate of him in his large relations to the best interests of the people of this State impel me-seeing at present no other appropriate way- ? to write you a few words. My point of view of Gen. Kershaw I was so different from that of most of those who may cbaraterize bim, that j my judgment of him may have some special interest for you aud his friends. In August last, I bad the honor to meet him in his own house. Tne high ; courtesy and evident respect with ? which he received me touched me deep j ly and left with me a fresh impression of the man which I would nor. : willingly lose. No one whom I have known has illustrated for me more ' strongly the power of character-sim- i pie character-character without refer- j ence to abilities or deeds. His abilities i were large, his life was full of many noble, and not a few heroic, deeds, but one felt when marking his personality, that the secret of the power he wielded lay in a high, firm, genuine, pure char? acter-a type and habit of thought, feeling and life which would have borne him safely through any possible perils or trials. Of the strength and soundness of this j persou?l and moral outfit he gav) the final proofs and stood the sternest j tests. He was tried by thc widest changes of circumstances and reverses I of fortune-changes and reverses which touched every interest of his life, as ? well as every aspect of the social and public life which surrounded him. j Who that knew bim can forget how calmly, patiently and cheerfully he j bore himself amidst all this wreck of fortunes and of hopes ? "Mens aequa io ardais" might have been his lofty motto, but he lived by a loftier than aoy stoic or Roman precept. A sim? ple sense of duty-duty to family, to friends, to fellow citizens-nerved and upheld him-the sentiment of the great commander whom he followed so hero? ically in war-"Haman virtue should be equal to haman calamity." There is no mortal achievement or felicity greater than this. And he was not without his reward even here. Instinctively and universal? ly his fellow-citizens saw. and honored his spirit and rendered him their love and confidence. To posts of unofficial duty and trust, to offices of chief honor and confidence they repeatedly called him, and when failing health compell? ed him to drop the robes of office and cease from public labors, the great love and veneration of the whole State attended bim in his retirement and to the last moment. He was, however, one of a group of bis contemporaries here-a group now sadly thinned by death-who won wide influence by no overshadowing abilities or subtle arts, bat only by deserving under all the dire strains and crises of peace and war, of prosperity and success as well as of disaster and defeat, the perfect confidence of their fellow men. Not by brilliant parts nor by dazzling deeds, not by eloquence so powerful and so prized here, not by high birth or station, or the power of wealth so nearly omni? potent io the minds of the foolish, but by a clear faith in things essen? Hally high and noble, these men prevailed and will prevail. They have met Burke's test-"It is laid in the unalterable constitution of things, they only cao aspire to act greatly who are of force greatly to suffer. " Of these Geo. Kershaw was confessedly ooe. Maoy Hoes of Wordsworth's "Charac? ter of the Happy Warrior" 6eem to me to draw the picture of his life aod nature : "But makes bis monti being bis prime care." ******** "He who, though thus endued as with a sense "And faculty for storm aw? turbulence, "Is yet a soul whose master bias leaos "To home-felt pleasures and te gentle scenes ; "Sweet images ! which, wbereso'er he be, "Are at bis beart; and such fidelity "I*, is bi9 darling passion to approve, "More brave for this, tbat be bath much to ! love." ******** "Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, "Nor thought of tender happiness betray." ID thinking of him Burke's phrase, "a finished man," at once occurs to me -finished not only by the exposition of the highest qualities and phases of char? acter during a long and rounded career, but now, alas ! finished by the calm closing of the chapter of life itself. So long as courtesy, gentleness, modesty, cheerful patieoce io adversity, unselfish and devoted service to the public, sober and unfaltering Christian faith, are adjudged the highest and sweetest human virtues, we cannot doubt that Gen. Kershaw will be ranked by the judicious among the noblest men of his geoeratioo. By you, dear Mr. Kershaw, and by all who DOW claim or may hereafter claim lineage from him. may bis life and character be more highly valued than aoy other earthly legacy. Yours faithfully, D. H. CHAMBERLAIN. SURVIVORS MEETING. Camp Dick Anderson Confederate j Survivors, met in the Court House on ! Monday at 12 M. Minutes of last meet-j ing were read and approved. Com? mittee on Memorial to Col. John S. Richardson reported and resolution adopted. Col. Blanding offered the following resolution relating to Gen. J. B. Kershaw which was also adopt? ed: Whereas, lt has pleased God in His ; infinite wisdom to call that noble vete- j ran, Joseph B. Kershaw, from his earth- j ly labors and honors, to his eternal re? ward, for duties faithfully done to j his God, his country, his fellow- ! men and truth, and although not a j member of Camp Dick Anderson, yet so many of us served with and under him through the long years j of the Civil War and association | with him have since been so close ! in times of peace, it well becomes us as a camp to. express some suitable! tribute to his memory; therefore, Resolved. That a committee of three ? of whom Comrade T. B. Fraser shall be Chairman, be appointed by the com- j mander of this Camp to report to the i next meeting such memorial as they I shall deem befitting the citizen, the veteran and the man. The committee appointed to attend ? re-union at Birmingham was called | upon for a report. Messrs. G. Perry > Moses and H. C, Moses gave a brief re- j port of the proceedings, etc. The camp agreed to meet again on : the first Monday in July. Following is the memorial to Col. ? Richardson : In compliance with the resolution adopted at the last meeting of Camp ? Dick Anderson, the memorial commit tee would submit the following tribute. Our late comrade John Smythe Richardson was a member of one of the largest families of the old District of Sumter, with many distinguished representatives in the highest offices of the State; descended from Revolu? tionary ancestry which made their, mark under Marion and the grandson of one, after whom he was named, who was eminent as a lawyer, Attorney General of the State, and still more so as one of her Circuit Judges. Our comrade was born near Man- j chester, 29th February, 1828, received his academic education at the Cokes bury Hiil School in Abbeville County, in which so many distinguished men received their early training, thence entering the South Carolina College in 1847 and graduated with honor in the class of 1S5U. He studied law un? der his relative the late James S. G. Richardson, (one of the profoundest lawyers the State has ever produced) and was admitted to the Bar in 1852. Practicing for several years alone, 1856 he became a member of the fi of Blanding & Richardson and so c< tinued in a lucrative practice ur 1876, except during the civil war. the lir.st election after the war he v sent to the Legislature, but after c term was, with all other true m ousted by Radical Reconstructs He devoted all bis energies of bo and mind in the revolution of Den cracy and decency against carpet b rule in 1876, and was elected to C< gress, but was not allowed by the ra cals to take tbe seat though bavin; favorable committee report. He w however again elected in 1878 an< third time in 1880 and served to t general satisfaction of his constituei four years, and until Sumter Coun was thrown into another Congn sional District. He then returned the practice of law in copartnersl] with James S. G. Richardson. He w appointed Master in Equity in IS and served acceptably until 1893. 1 connected himself with the Presbyl rian Church of Sumter in early ma hood and served her faithfully as Deacon for the last-years of 1 life. Such is a brief epitome of his ch record, which gives abundant eviden of his mental ability, and the bij esteem in which he was held by h fellow citizens. His military record was from tl beginning to the end of the civil W? When the State called for volunte companies in the fall of 1860 and t< regiments were organized and equi ped for service in anticipation secession, he volunteered and w; elected Captain of the first compai raised in Sumter District, which b came Company D of the 2nd Reg ment of which one distinguished coe rade, Joseph B. Kershaw, was Colone This was the first of the 10 Regimen to rendezvous on Morris Island i March 1861 and aided in the attac and fall of Fort Sumter. ?t was tl first Regiment that answered the ca for aid from Virginia by entering inl Confederate service and was marche in April 1S61 to Manassas, where ot comrade, at the head of bis compan was severely wounded in the leg. H served with his company through thi campaign and on the Yorktow peninsular until the expiration of ii years service in the spring of 186 when it was re-organized. He the went into the Artilliry service, an subsequently was assigned to sta: duty, with the 23rd Reg't. South Can lina and with the army under Gen' Joe Johnson fell back before Sherma from Columbia to North Carolina, an after Appomatox surrendered a Greensboro. Our comrade ther sheathed his sword, and retired to th walks of private life and such was hi war record. Having fought bravely life's lon battle for more than three score year on the 24th February, 1894, he answei ed the last long roll, gave up his mot tal arms and achieved the final victor over death and the grave. ' Resolved, That in the death of Com rade John Smythe Richardson, "Die Anderson" Camp has lost one of it oldest and most active members who devoted much of his time sine the war to the good of old veterans. That our sympathies are hereby ten dered to the family of our decease? comrade; and a copy of this memoria be transmitted by the adjutant to them That these proceedings be entere? in the minutes of the Camp; and th? city papers be requested to publish th same. J. D. BLANDING, Chairman Committee May 7, 1894. Free Coinage of Silver. BlSHOPVlLLE, S. C. Editor IF. and S. .--Would the free mint age of silver prove to be a fraud and a de iusioD? Prof. R. Means Davis bas thu characterized it in an article copied by yoi from tbe Christian Advocate. We atk the above question to-day, amie languishing churches, crippled missions, de caving brotherhood societies, decreasing o railroad earnings, merflantile failures un? paralleled, closed manufactories, closed mines, laborers begging bread, the circulation of 3 millions of tramps, agriculturists realiz? ing no more than two-thirds of the cost ol production for their produce and the reigning of bigotry in national authority. Follow me and ponder our answer. lu a day like this, in the which no thoughtful man can see aught of encouragement in the future, we are gravely told by one of our national educators that a return, after years of deviation, to the original design of the constitution ?a fraudulent and delusive, equiv? alent to the prayer, "God bless the rich, the poor can beg." His defacing illustration is apt and telling, but how could it be otherwise, after silver had been discriminated against, oui-lawed and hounded down for year?, simply because its volume was too great to oe trusted up, while on the oilier band gold is trusted up by a syndicate aud through their influence and because "a good many people have never bad an opportunity to study the financial problem," the gold standard has become almost universal. The weight agreed upon was 25 S-10 grains of standard gold to the dollar, hence thai is its artificial or value as a money metal. Now the free and unlimited coinage of gold obtains in this nation. The official figures on the output of gold during the year 1893 for the State of Colo? rado tn round numbers were 10 millions of dollars at u cost of production or mining of ?2,200,000 or just 22 cents on the dollar. That cheap bullion was brought by the cart load to the U. S Mints and by law the image and superscription of 70 millions of people were impressed upon it, and every 25 8-10 graius was declared a legal tender for one dollar, and that too in tbe face of the fact that the first cost was only 22 cents on the coiued dollar, and further the miner sim? ply pays his hired help, pockets the balance and "divides not with a single soul." In South Africa, English capitalists own a mine which produces annually gold to the amount of 24 millions of dollars, * jal value at a cost of 7 millions of dollars. After the war the couutry was flooded with exception clause greenbacks. The govern? ment offered interest bearing bonds in ex? change for same fer the purpose of destroy? ing that class of currency. Instantly the hoarders or' money-the masses do not board money, they use it to facilitate exchange gathered in the greenbacks and made the ex? change at par and sat down and drew their interest, until the government offered to store or keep safe their bonds and allow them for pocket money 90 cents on each dollar's worth of'bonds, said bonds to continue, as before, to draw tbe same interest; which proposition they eagerly accepted, and it is further written that they pocketed that 90 per cent., and walked off without "dividiug with a soul." Now, is there any "fiat" or artificial when j mixed in such transactions as the foregoing ? only 78 cents io each gold dollar and 99 cents j in each paper dollar. Now, if the Professor's argument demol? ishes the theory of free silver what effect will it have on our present practice of free gold coinage and bank note exchange? He says we are blindly fighting against the gold kings as a benefit measure for tbe silver kings, while our interests stand unprotected. Well, let us stop and see as to tbe soundness or falsity of that assertion. At the first I will remind the reader that it is conceded by all that supply has nothing to do with fixing prices on tbe world's staple commodities, such as wheat, corn and cotton. For instance, men starve and lose their homes raising wheat or corn for market, and we down South go almost naked and deprive ourselves most aw* fully, io attempting to famish the world with J cotton at 6 cents per pound. I Now, why is this the case? simply because J tbe Sbolocke bave decreed that nothing but I 25 8-10 grains of gold shall be a legal tender J for a dollar. Now, who owns the world's w gold? Why the creditor of the world. And 1 how conservative be seems and benign, j when we come and own np that we have no j gold to pay with-but we have silver, cotton, corn and wheat. Well, says be, India, Mex? ico, Russia and South America are offering the same, and at less than you desire ; how aboutit? well we will have to take a little less, aod when we come again the competition is fiercer, and we take a little less, and so will we continue to do, until jost such as Prof. Means will in time advise us to take 3 cents for our cotton instead of risking a war with England, for you know tbe English collect their interest if necessary at the muzzle of the cannon. How different would oar conditions be if our government woald com silver as well as gold. Instead of languishing in the confines of a single market, we woald be free to trade direct with a thousand ; the power of geld would be equalled by the resurrection of silver; it would bid strongly for our busi? ness against the silver people, who, by the way, comprise three-fourths of the earth's population. Prices would double, we would soon be free from entangling debts, the torch of liberty would soon blaze fortb, and this great nation of sincere workers and trae pa? triots woald again be free. The South alone would have 250 millions of silver annually to coin or for ase in exchange form to settle foreign balances or other debts. He, the Professor, says the silver men de- ' sire nothing more or less than to sell 40 cents worth of silver for $1.29. Now, as a matter of fact, it costs more than 60 cents per ounce to mine silver, and at that price two-thirds of the si Iyer mines in the United States have been compelled to shat down. And farther, if that is tbe only motive which actuates them why do they stand by the South for free and unlimited coinage of silver and not demand what they can easily get, tbecoioage of America's product. The professor offers as a panacea for all car woes, an issue of bank notes. Bight here let me ask, was the condition of the slave bettered by the return of his master from the springs? Not one whit, neither will oar condition be meliorated by bringing closer to our doors that fell destroy? er of human liberty-banks of issue. The only effect would be to hasten dissolution. The Banks own the world to-day and tbe in- ' crease thereof, just as absolutely as the Romish Priests did during the dark ages. We want no more banks of issue, but the crying need of tbe boar is to broaden the basis of exchange with foreign natioos, so that our export producers can realize a profit on labor expended and capitai invested. Local currency issued to the depth of three fret throughout the South would not add one-eighth of a cent per pound to the price of our cotton, we would still be under the necessity of going to England and buying a gold dollar in order to handle one local dol? lar. Time checks never have to my knowl? edge, increased tbe wages of mill bands. Extend this bank feature no farther, but* rather let bank and state be at once divorced. W. A. JAMES, Ja. Christian Advocate please copy. t^m? ? ? - Tbe Earlier symptoms of dyspepsia, such as distress after eating, heartburn, and occa? sional headaches, should not be neglected. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla if you wish to be cured. * $100 In Gold Premiums. We will allow a commission of 15 per cent, on all cash subscriptions obtained for The Columbia Weekly Register, the money in all cases to accompany tbe order. And we will also give Three Gash Premiums ot $50.00 $30.00 and $20.00 io Gold to tbe persoos sending as tbe three greatest number of cash subscriptions at $1.00 each by tbe 1st of September, 1894; the subscriptions may be forwarded as taken and an account will be kept, giving due credit for all names received. Io tbe contest for the three cash prizes no commissions will be allowed. In sending in subscriptions in competition for tbe cash prizes, state that fact. For ooe dollar a year (money, not stamps,) you may get The Columbia Weekly Register, , published every Monday and Thursday. It contains the latest telegraphic news, full market reports, all tbe news of tbe State capital city and correspondence from all parts of South Carolina. This is a fresh : and original paper-no plate matter. The Register stands squarely by the interest of the farmers. When yon conclude to take a weekly just remember that you can, if your mails will admit of it, get in The Register a first class prtper twice a week for the same price you would have to pay for a paper coming to you only once a week, and very likely containing more news of another State than of your own. The Register ought to have thirty thousand farmers and their dollars at its back-won't you be one of them, and at once? Remit to Charles A. Calvo, Jr., Proprietor, Columbia, S. C., by P. 0. money order, registered letter or Express draft. 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