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~"'?*~ ' ' '- ^ ^ ' ^ J ?i-?tm???M I- ^ lg^riM?IJ??a^^^*^'^-3a=^>J-a**TgaTegJCC3 ?3ir-' *n * nr? 'I " ' a I' I 'II - JL..T I II ll?ll?^l I aM^WKIW ^ ^ "" ~ : "~* " , VOL. XLVI. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL *, 1890. :NQ- 33? .? "iin~ Mi'iMwawn?-" I I ?.wii.?-m- -rr..?i *-i twvtrafatt** "'" I"? L-tillmax axd : oorr. W THE FARMERS' CONVENTION NAME! THE NEXT HEADS OF A TICKET. The Motion to Nominate Carried by ?>ar row Majority?Tlie Nominees Seleetet l Without Opposition?A Full Account o: K the Proceedings*. iGre*uvi:!e Columbia, S. C., March 27.?It wasf about twenty minutes after twelve , o'clock when the Farmers" State Con vention was called to order by Ciniir!man G. "Wash Shell, of Laurens. The hum of conversation in the hall ceased and hats were doffed while the proceedings began with prayer by the Rev. D. "W. Hiott of Anderson. Chair man Shell presented to the convenrtion a gavel sent for its use by four waixgebuig boys now attending the Alabama Agricultural College. Having read the call for the convention. Cnairinaii Shell delivered his opening address. Captain Shell said that there were three things clear. 1st. That this convention was composed of Democrats true and loyal. 2d. That it was not a farmers* convention unless it was because other classes naci reiusea to nave ;m\ luhito do with electing delegates. 3rd. That this was a convention of sympathizers with the sentiment of the c:ill as issued and that any not in sympathy therewith were here as obstructionists. The Executive Committee of the Farmers' Association \ had ordered liim to issue the call for f the convention. Remembering how they had been treated in the last campaign it w as necessary to begin early to get an early start. From the ho .vi that had been raised, he behoved they had got it. and he urged on the convention to keep what they had got. They wanted a fair discussion of the issues on the hustings, and by the eternal gods they would have it. All talk about dividing the party was bosh. The will of the people had P been defeated by unfair means, and they now demanded fair play. He was willing to compare records with any of the meu who had been slandering him and so was Captain Tiilmaa. They were simply trying to rid the State from ring rule. Captain " 1 1 1 :~.i: ? i.:? i.; " E>neii Cioseu ov Viuiuraimj; uis re -ord and with a brief eulogy of C iptain Tillman. to whom he said the b. ate owed a heavy debt of gratitude. As for himself he would not accept any State office at the hands of the convention. I W. -J. Talbert, of Edgefield, was i made temporary Chairman, and John i T. Duncan* of Newberry. and J. Y\~. ; Hoker, of Orangeburg, temporary | Secretaries. Ti:e delegates present were enroll- j ?.- 1 -til,! ? on credentials! f v.-fts appointed, consisting oi' one from e;teh of the twenty counties represented. as follows: Abbeville. J. D. I Bradley; Aiken. \Y. X. Merchants; I Anderson, W. A. Xealy; Barnwell. Yv\ D. i\ice: Beaufort, J. G. Verdier; Berkeley. J. A. Hoovey; Charleston. J. Francis Brit ton: Chester. H. P. Waaler; Chesterfield, "W. -J. Hannon: CI a. endon. D. W.Brailsford: Colleton. M. it. Cooper: Darlington. E. L. Gray: Edgefield. W. H. Timinerman; Fairfield. II. Y. Lemnion; Florence. L. S. Bingham: Greenville, H. B. Buist: T . T p.vnna. T.onvonc .T T, . v. j-'i , juuiuvuu) v. ? M. L*by? Lexington, A. L. Nuueinann: Newberry, J. A. Sligh: Marion, T. 13. Sttwkhouse: Marlboro. J. ). Lane: Oconee, S. J. Stribling: Orangeburg, W. T. C. Bates: Pickens, I>. J. -Johnson; Richland, Wrn. Wallace; Union. J. S. Welch; Williamsburg. Win. Cooper: York, G. H. Edwards; Sumter, I>. F. Cooper. Spartanburg was not called. A hriff but confused and and noisy discussion was provoked by a resolu-1 tion offered by J. A. Sligh, of Newberry, instructing tlie committee on credentials to rule out any delegations who were not willing to agree to abide by the decision of the majority of the convention. It was finally decided that such delegations should be illlowed to remiin 011 the tioor imtil the committee on credentials reported. On motion of Mr. Irby. of Laurens, the temporary organization was made _ ...,,.1 r"noi .in T-llKovf ~ail'.J. vnauiuwu jLiuum proceeded to deliver Lis inruigaral address. J. D. Brown was made Serg?\ant-at-Ar:as of the convention and J. E. AVannaniaker, o? Oi'angeburg, Vice-President. At this hour. 1.15 o'clock, a recess was taken until three o'clock The iirst business on re-assembling after the afternoon recess was the cL-ieat 01 a motion 10 miuve xiuxmjuu,tions immediately upon the report of fee committee on credentials and the adopts n of a motion that the platform oe taken up at that time. A motion of AVannamaker. of Orangeburg. that a committee on resolu-i tions of one member from each county represented be appointed was adopted and the committee was so appointed. spartanburg's delegation. The report of the committee on credentials was made by J. L. M. Irby. The committee recommended 11- -J.- c til:It tile Qeiej^:iciuus imin aim I>:irn\vell be seated :ind -lint two of one of the contesting Spartanburg delegations. !. W. Stnbling and J. AY. \Vofford. and eight of the other delegation, be seated as follows: George B. Dean. James AV. Foster. \Y. C. S. "Wood. J. B. O. Landiaun, M. P. Patton. H. L. Farley. Ii 31. i t 1." Oil: 1 HI iiLLki. -A-I. JL.. J. The report of the commit roe 011 platform was submitted by J. E. Tindal. of Clarendon. THE PLATFORM. The pint form opens with a preamble reciting the inalienable right of citizens to meet and discuss measures and adopt a platform of principles and declares the intention of this convention of Democrats to strive for i."1--- .4.,- .1 supremacy in uie p;ut\ iwu '.u.uv the accompanying platform. Section I recognizes the necessity ox AngloSaxon unity and pledges fealty to the decision of tlie Democratic party as fairly expressed through the regular channels. Section 2 demands that nominations of all officers except State officers be made by primary elections fonducted under the law of 188S. Section 3 demands that represents tion in the State Democratic Conven tioa be reapportioned on the basis o: the census of 1880, to go into efted this year, and that delegates to I Ik State Convention be elected b\ primary election to be held in eaci: > county oil the last Tuesday in August i of each election year. j Section i calls tor tlic abolition oi * j the Board of Agriculture and that all 11 matters pertaining to agricultural i?:" i terests exeewt the control of the State's phosphate interests be placed in the . hands of the trustees of the Ciemson ; coikst. Section 5 demands that the South Carolina College shall be liberally supported as a classical and literary insti: tution. Section C demands that school uis. trices in the various comities be as , nearly square as possible of an area to allow only one white and one colored school in each district, and that school trustees bo dec ted instead of appointed. Section 7 calls for rigid economy in public expenditures, the abolition of useless officers, reduction of salaries and fees of all officers. State and county. Section 3 demands the railroad commission be given all needed power to protect the rights and interests of the people and that the commissioners be elected by the people after nominafiivn Kv t"l>o rimnnfOMlic cnriVMifiAii It is declared as the sense of the convention that salaried attorneys oi' railroad and phosphate companies be ineligible to seats in the Legislature. Section 9 demands a survey of the' State's phosphate beds and their eias OJL^VUil<iV/JU IXiCV *<.11*1 flUll li commission composed of the Governor, Comptroller General and Attorney General shall control t lie mining, and that the beds shall be let at publicauction for a term of years ai'ier a! minimum royalty has been iixed by the commission. Section ten demands thv call of :i constitutional convention. Section eleven demands that candidates for Governor and LieutenantGovernor shall and all other aspirants for State otiices are invited to canvass the State. liie uocument closes with a warn- ] ing to the people not to be forestalled j as they were two years ago in some j counties and the injunction to let no delegates to the State Convention be appointed before the joint discussion is heard. The platform was read and adopted by sections and then adopted as a whole. There were several feeble enorts to amenu out tney all signally failed. A motion by AVhitmire. of Greenville, to strike out tlie constitutional convention provision was snowed under. A. E. Padgett, of Edgefield, offered a resolution that for the purpose of educating and arousing tiie masses of the people the convention proceed to suggest candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor who favor the mea-^ares advocated in the platform, and rhat those who differ with those v:r-\v< >ir? fr? <lo hVc*wi<A t i that there may be a free una full discussion iuoi.de ilie party lines. This whs the signal for the opening of the great fight for nomination and the convention quickly worked its til into a stir. The ilrst gun of tlie nomination wing ?vas met by John It. Harrison, of Greenville, who moved to amend Padgett's resolution so as to state that it was the sense of the meeting that no nominations be made by this convention. This i'airly opened the battle, and the next moment half a dozen men were striving for thf chairman's eye. Harrison supported his amendments in a short, ringing speech. Irby. of Laurens, moved to lay the amendment on the table, but the motion was lost by a viva voice vote. This discussion opened was lengthy and tedious, and went out in a roar. Tillman making the closing speech. A. McGiven. oi' Chesterfield. H. C. Bums, of Darlington. Theo. Holhouser, of Lexington. 13. W. Beatty. of Darlington. J. J. Dargan, of Sumter. E. K. Waters, of Orangeburg, and H. D. Padgett, of Clarendon, spoke against i ' s \ j * 11 *i j ? nominations, un tne otnor siue, iiio speakers were L. E. Porter, of Colleton. A. E. Padgett, of Edgefield. "W. X. Merchant, of Aiken. J. A. Sligh, of Newberry, and Ben Tillman. Tillman took the iioor in response to loud calls for liim from different parts oi the house. Tillman said that in the history of South Carolina politics 110 public man had ever occupied j a more rmbarrasing position than he did. Whatever he might say he would be charged with talking for himself. Without any Active movement 011 his part his name has been brought fonvard for Governor. The convenx: .... ? i 1 ,.n ...i 1.. U'jii jj:ui iuta iLuutu a c*uii wiiicn nr was accused of having written and he had been charged with attempting to entangle the Farmers' [Movement : with himself. lie had had something to do with that as the Governor was witness. Ke did not do it for his own interests. The convention had j adopted a platform which would i astonish its opponents with its con-1 servatism. Just here occurred AN EXCITED PERSONAL DEBATE between J. J. Dargan.of Sumter, and Mr. Tillman. Tillman called for any man on the floor to define him and to tell what Tillmanism was. . 4.'..,.+ 1 /!,. JL/iUyUil > j'J. illl'ri IU ill."* il L'l UUVl V.4V" clared that if the reference was to him he could explain. He had used the tenu Tillmanism before the Sumter mass meeting, and by ii he meant departure from the regular methods of the Democratic party. rr:n .1 <-1.^,. n., JL ULJ.X-LUl.I-i Iliicmr; impugned liis democracy. Dargan answered that Iris democracy had been more than once impugned in the mass meeting, but thai: he. Dargan. had defended him against tiie charge oi' disloyalty to the party. The colloquy was continued for several minutes in an outwardly smiling manner. Tillman concluding by-saying that he simply wanted it understood that whatever el-e he was. he was a simon pure Edgefield Democrat, and declaring that if he ever went to Sumter County ho wanted to meet the Sumter game cock on his own dung hill. Resuming his speech he said that tlie platform adopted ii:ul oecn i. brought here in liis pocket :md thr.t not ;i dozen lines of it were the work - of any other man. "You have swal lowed Till'.uanisui whole." lie said. "I don t usk you to swallow Tilib man." m ^rn a?at ttWMg^??oo?woja^x?a<aaLeoegai j Tillman denied that there was di | vision in the party hut urijcd the m ! i cessif y of purilleaiion inside the par } ty iine>. He proceeded to renew liiI own record. !Jy some,. said he. he ' I was ivvarded as a oure patriot. hy Jot] icrs :.s :i dynamiter. red Ilepublij <-:iu :ms: anything else1lint was bad. , i He Lad begun this tight alone four or live1 years ago at Bonnettsville. He reviewed the reasons why he should not seek the office of Govemor. If nominated he would face the bitter opposition among Lis own friends and the opposition of tin- many Democrats who believed his m --hods revolutionary. He would put !:'"-'iself single and alone against the v.r.. brain of the ring. Besides, lie woukt have to rent.out his farm and bear the expenses of ;i campaign, lint whether he was x?onsinsitoct or not iie ursred that, the Farmers' Movement had come to the iiubicon and if ii was not crossed then lie had better never liave come .it all. Men v.iio sent delegates to this Convention would ])? disgusted ii tliev did not act now. ii" he was asked to lead tliis tiu'bt iie would vriravd it as leading ;i r.>rlom hope. He was the only man who had had the courage and brains to jaiay tlie common people against the aristocratic rin^ whieh liad been oppressing them. Without ?'andidatcs the platform adopted by the convention would not be worth the paper it was written on. Candidates were now tvif hi f no <h-hl in nnt iiiV? hif.o ir. to explain and (.It-fond its principle's. Ke referred to the election of delegates to the State convention in the last campaign, before the canvass, and said thai the Greenville delegation had pat their principles in their pockets to elect their candidate. He in-j i'erivd that the Greenville delegation in this convention ha I a eaudidate fro a; tin ir county. ? As to what he had done he wanted it understood that he wanted no re- j ! ward for that. He did not care a \ snap whether he was nominated or j not. Tillman was frequently and vociferously applauded. As the speaker toSh his scut John! 11. Harrison. o!' Greenville, rose1 and declared his wish, to recent the insinuation that Greenville County had cand" - for Governor at this time, j Ho declared that he liad not oilered j his amendment against nominations i in the interest of Greenville or any i other county. This caused the debate j proper, but contrary to all parliamentary precedents the chairman proceeded to deliver a warm address in favor of nominations, and Captain Shell briefly explained that suggestions, not nominations, were contemplated. ~i a' i -Li-- ' x;__ -j? i.i.* i._ i.l aiiu iir.ii me :tcuou ui iius uuuy j would bo submitted to tlic regular; Democratic. Convention. Tins was a crisis which Tillman's lieutonant did not fiiii to seize. Somebody shouted: "I move we nominate Ben Tillman for Governor !";;ind Ctipr. T. D. Crews, of Laurens. called for a vote. The lxdiot was taksii by ayes and noes and was extremely tedious. When the call of counties was ended there was a whisper that the nominations wore defeated. A scene of tenitic conn uotioit followed. Irby. of Laurens, hurried here :md j there seeking to stive the pro-nomina- i tion cause. i>y the olhcial count of | the secretaries Harrison's motion was deieateu by 03 ic vote, the count standing 117 to 118. but before this result was announced four votes were changed. and the result as announced stood 121 to lit. Dr. W. P. Addison, ox Greenville, was the lirst man io change his vote i'rom aye to no. and three other changes followed. A protest was madv- by J. H. Stribling and others of the Spartanburg delegation, against the vote of L. E. Farley, who lived in Laurens, but had been grafted on to Spartanburg's delegation. Farley's vote was withdrawn, leaving f.lir* vnl.i 10fi it ) 11-1 THE VOTE IN DETAIL is as follows: Abbeville, ayes 8. Aiken, ayes 1, nays 7. Anderson, ayes 1. nays 9. Jxunwell. ayes 12. Berkelcv, ayes 3. nays 0. Charleston, nays y. Chester, ayes (">. nays 2. j Clarendon, ayes 4. nays 2. Colleton, ayes -1. nays 7. IvJ.geiieM. ayes 1. nays 10. Fairfield. nays 7. Florence, ayes 1, nays 2. Greenville, ayes s. nays 2. .Laurens. nays s. Lexington. ayes 2. nays !. Marion. nays 3. Marlboro. nays Newberry. nays 0. Oconee. ;tyes 5. Orangeburg. ayes 12. Pickens, nays -i. Itichland. ayes 12. Spartanburg, ayes 3. nays 7. Sumter. :iyes 7. Union, ayt-s I. nays ij. Williamsburg. ayes i. nays York. aye-. 0. Lancaster, ayes 3. | Darlington, ayes*;!. ; Deaufort. nays 2. : Cliesterriel'l. ay 2. i (hi tin' ;i'lfintim tiOil | for nomination of Governor ami i Lieutenant Governor the convention : adjourned until lialf-piisteijrlit o'clock. On re-assembling Mr. Siigrji. of Newborn*. attempted Lo amend the nomination scheme 1 >y providing for namiiiir an entire State riekei. but was j defeated. | J. L. M. Irby. of Laurens, took the tloov ais l nominated. ! SEX TILLMAN AS A CANDIDATE FOE <JOVEliNOi:. The nomination was seconded by Mr. Padireth of Ed^ciielu. and Hugh L. r 1 ivlcy. of Spartanburg. Thenomi' IV.OjIa 1 v\" .W./.1 *?"%?%.\"f 1 0? : KSJ *-\K XtUJ iltl VXV/Xi? v-iij ; one or two dissenting votes bemir heard. livery mention of Tillman's ; n;;i:ie y.-;;k irveeied will? tremendous avians| J. C. Coil, of Chivs? vrlieLI. was placed Hi nomiiKtlion :ts erindiuate lor Lif-r.ienant Governor. and hc>^ nominated by acclamation pxrfioiri wr-vt placed iu nomination ipr Governor c>r Lieutenant Govern^'/. Tillman was eseoited into the liall ; and made a speeeli tliankinjr flic convention for the honor co^i'errcd on liim and declaring-" '^afc lie was impressed by Ins sense of deep re^po: ;>ibU:-*>y an L determination to lead th~ i aimers" ^Movement to victory ,-? August convention. r-i maaamaaz a maawi Mcapjqutwg^-<Avr>* ;{ T!KiS"SA.\l)S KILLKIK ; | A GREAT STORM RNAACE3 MANY ,'i CITIES IK THE WEST| . ! !\5<'lr?>jx?lis, :t i?;? ; rt royeil---LouNv ;51<*. My.. S?amr?l :i??I i \i ASIIIXGTON. .HaiVn ? i.- --5.il ii ii jjrapliir co!?imu?iit*;aioi] "with Louisville. Ky.. ccased roniirlit shortly after o'clock. and lias not sine.- been resumed. A report comes by way < ; JelltTsonvillc, Iml.. that the cvclonc lias done much damage io Louisville, particularly in the "western portion oi" . . . "ity. Viii&rv many building ai\ in ru;j. . and there has been a great loss of lii'e. Tiit si* reports come from i - T.l | people who crossed j i\>-r va! iV-rsouville toni^it. but as i- *<. .urapiiic communication witli Jeilcrsonviiie is confined 10 railroad companies ires used in moving trains, particulars i cannot so i'ar be had. the i.u.ss of life appai.hnu. Kkw Yo=;k. jLircli '27.?Tin- ter;\.'iei storms West appear to have Imh of fatal force in the vicinity of Louisville. Ivy.. although tiii'i't' are no positive or tie finite reports noon which to base any estimate <>f tii<- damage. There is not at this hour?:) a.m.? nor has there been for several hours, any informatics!. whatever. from the city of Louisville or vicinity. Til ere have been rumors of alarming loss of life by the force of the cyclone, but | everything needs eoniirmaiion. The absolute breakdown of v.'J teu??:r?iu! facilities causes ijival ap,<.- aention and suspense. The ciu.y of Lioui.-vlile is beyond all reach o\' telegraph. a:;;! i.-. a dead city so iaras wive commai"* cations is conce; ned. The i*.yc? i. must have spent its jfivatest i'*rcthere. A report just received hero, says Cliiei' Operator Breed, of ihe Western j C nion. at Louisville, had irvived at j Jefferson ville, lnd.. across the river I t He iT-noris terrible! destruction there. Almost the entire ! western portion of Louisville being in j ruins, ami S1.0U0 to iJ>00 supposed to be killed. This information is said to have , come over a railroad wire between <1 e?t ersonville and Indianapolis. This must only be taken as a rumor, as j there are no means of continuing the j report at present, and the statement j ? I i is only given m tne aoseiiee o-. | thentie information. i tglv nv an eye-v.'itness. Cincinnati. March 28.-2 a. m.? Information just received here is that <*\*clone struck Louisville in the southwestern portion, and tool: a northeasterly direction. An eye-witness mxitutc's: ' I only saw the course oi it irom * Fourteenth and "Walnut to Eleventh j and [Market streets. From this latter I point it followed its course to Seventh and Biver. where it left the city, and, striking across the river, reached Jeffersonville at the foot of Spring slreet. Little damage was done in Jefferson- ] TELKIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. However, in Louisville the devastation is terriiic, and the loss of life will certainly reach in tno hundreds, if not thousands. In one building. :it Twelfth and Market, two lodges and a dancing school were hi session, there being in the building perhaps one hundred people, not one of whom itis thought escaped. I stood and watched tiicni working in tlie ruins. siiKi saw six or eight bodies taken out in fifteen minutes." A PILE or RUBBISH. There is scarcely anything left that would indicate this heap of rubbish h:>i] evi-r been a buildbig, and ii' any body escaped, it was bv nothing less than a miracle. The path of the cyclone was about ; a square and a lialt' in width. ! Louisville. Ivy:. March 2<s.?3 a.m. ?Shortly after 9 o'clock a tornado swept over this city, wrecking two or three hundred houses, and killing two hundred people. The wind came from iVom the southwest. The union depot at the foot of seventh j street, was lifted from its foundation and tinned over into tls" raging torrent oi' the Ohio river. A train of i ears making up for the Louisville j Southern road went over with the I building. Falls City hall, on West j Market street, was wrecked. | In the hall were over a Mii'ulrcd j people, and but few oi' them escaped I alive. MANY LUP.XEn TO DEATH. ' Many buildings, after falling, caught: ! fin* and the inmates were burned.! I .VII the streets arc blockaded with ) debris of Milieu buildiiiirs or telegraph anu eicehic wires. This dispatch is ciiricd around. the I city to the bridge and sent by raili road wires. EIGHT HUXHiiED LIVES LOST. i "Washington. March '> .? ~> m.? j : The loss oi' life by the cyclone hi j r Louisville is now estimated at 800. j ? St. Louis, March -7.?At ) o'clock ; this afternoon it rained :i deluge. j ; lasting ton minutes. but being snlH-j i eient to transfer ills guttersJi*?o ; miniature rivers. DolingJJfrtyrici j deluge the darkness Avp^oppressivi' and there were niajj^v.'ho exprescd the belief at tl^pi'ospects of a sec! ond visky>f^u by a cyclone. The j skies *^ared as quickly as they dark\^yf-and ir turned cold with a high -..-ill,! lil.vii * X-ci.V4* > ii Miv ? VIVM? il i?l?UO U.*v?. , '. wredkeil a iV-w chimneys. From va-! ; rious points in the state come reports ] j of the storm. ! At Oiney. III., the storm was very j ; wry severe, unroofing' houses. over4-....,.;..,, i ? aiia *.> ixlv.LV/ -> niitl clxiiaufys. A two-story frame building, occupied by 3 Irs. !>L Sponsler as ;i millinery shop. v?*as crushed like an egg shell and 7ilrs? .Sponsier ' buried in the nuns, She was quick* 1 y extrieai*. u and found to be serious- j 3y inhned. Siie may not rei-over. > ]*::! : i 's building was unroofed ; ; ; To:ill G-oldy's residence wrecked. A -]; -A\\ Jioju Xasliville. III. says that ill" ?.U:un there was ierriiic. Two personr- were killed by a falling tree. as they rushed out of their house. Two young Lulu s io.sfc their lives. The ;ri;i v.ms severe at Coulterville. ( ,: ooii'l:;le. MurpLysboro anil '.ova-r. Ills.. but no lives were lost. Ku1: :>;?: (Jiiv. ?-Io.. Detroit. Mh-h.. Omaha, Nob., had similar experiences, ivoiuiu Lincoln Neb.. the suov.* was eight inches deep. . loiu: los.-, or ufk. A .-iuaii villas* in Illinois, about tldrh'-hve miles from Cairo, was destroyed by the storm. ami several I liimdrcii people we;> IgILkT in- j ! des7rv;7;on .of t;e forests- i j <irav?* ? >i >(.*{ cu'iK'fs V.'!:;.!: 3?u;.' Jesuit j iin-ir It. | 'j.'ii'' r.-scrvr.iioii ; wiiicii haw bevii J ! cecUHs.!tiift (Jhij ?>: v. s :u tins State to i!u- i: j'.vntmi'iic .:;ibi:u ihi* lierlM, one v.'iiii o piiii' iort'.iis ] ?>?'. available as a so: wee o/ Jnm'x ;*ii s>?>1 y. These : i'v sis are largely < ~-al::i>ur -vy to the retention of the moisture ?.;*'iieii jeisls the streams ami lakes ;ha- make tin* sources of the Mississippi river. Alreadv i lit-rc is ::i:uv. t about the gTJV.t coinniervi.a va!n<'oi these pino lantis. ail'I there is the slightest doubt tii.tr. us soon . ilit* ve.uion j is opened bv the >\\~ut. the u*ork of construction v.iii eosumeure which will speedily hi.-.- bare iL:- s>?il alio. subjc-ct it to ilio di-yin*; 'nihteiiee of the sun and v.*inu. o? to th-.* "oresi iiivs. which will i-ii eT-ery young ^'vowiii wliieh apjv.'.-trs anu destroys even trc seed whicL imve Ikvii borne tliex'c by tiie \w.x-. Tiie result 02 this wail be tiio (.U'ninuiioi: of the # mves o:' the supply ol ::nv Jlissjssippi. wLieh v."ill l.v i'elt by every water power compar;- /rom Xtuzva to Port hinelim^. Tiieso a:v very jjraw in-nres, ami the question i-:.: Shall the Civjui dai'iojt or ibis hoy.* 3 virion be all ore J to go 011 without some je^uLiiioj's ys to cutting ami renewal' There would sec; a r<? oe ;l :.;i;uu <>:>-< poitunity to brim? :o i Jiv world's 1 experienee b? Jbresirv. X!;i'< reckless 1 uei'or. station will . :omjn-i:-. y ! ^ .iiu to tiie lumber::!.-n: bui: it will j ultimately rain water power interest along the river. Tiiia is inevitable. In France whole eoji^imnities were ruined by tiic destru- lion <>i i'o"esrs. autl the govemiiien; iias /omul it nece.-;s;ay to enter upon the v/eri: of restocking about SOO.OW) acres v. khj trees, and over $4,000,000 has been sj):'iit remedying the . v.:\i;us vols resultant* i'rom reeldes:; I ion .?!' land. Thv. .government Is > nearly 151,0''- j 0iii> u year to r ?. lite? good wo,"'?. 1. should - ^gotten. in tiiis connection, that instruction of the forests will ;.I-o remove a sheltering iniiuenc?- .u:?l ch;nge our eiimaie to one of and sudden variation oi' tomperats'i < . rausing siueessions of sikttivji tlnv. s mid sudden freezings. I::,i. ; ::il a? id j vegetation. levers' rescrvo of timber in this country ought to be s:u*redly guavuet.1 In* the government. and timber eutiing be put under stringent regulations, looking to tbe eontinued protection oi' the streams. Unless this is done the Mississippi river will surely d lanjjo i ts character. It will become?a shallow, sluirirish stream. unable to carry oil' imp initios, and useless for navigation ami for water power. It will not take very Ion 14; to elicet ihis change. either, if the forests are destroyed ..j the iiortliein part of the State. A present gain in lumber will mean \cvy great injury . to all other maieral interests. Jlcr Death Foretold. \Vatj:i:bvky. Colin., March *27.?At the recent masquerade ball of the Turnverei.il in this city, which, occurred less than a month ago. Miss .Liz- . i;:e O'Connor, then an attractive and , pretty employee of the YV.iU rbury ' Mnnufactiuing Company, was the ' belle. Upon re'i iriug after the bail she had ;i peculiar dream. in which . she saw at her i:eet an opeu wave. on . the bottom of which was a light. and in the distance. appi\oacliing the .wave, was a procession of mourners, some of whom carried the remains of a youii.c be-attiful girl. robed in white. i'Yk iuis of the young1 wo^uai at the factory interpreted the ci.eani . to be a sure si?.ru of marriage and happin: ss for Lizzie: but .uiss O'Connor would no; be consoled by their reading of lier fortune, and j-apitlly gave herself nn to sorrow and silence. i "It ' : I I.' ' . \\ ii!if s:!ii :ii jvvi'ii' JUiii :>ixv si-- | lected four of her gentleman friends as pall-besirers iijiu picked oat the robe wluchs'l< was in be lsii : out in sifter death. The saiuc day she made these .arran^emeitcs sue was taken with :i severe eo'd, ivliicli ivsnlrod * pnoumoiiia ?>i;cl lie:- <> : l!i lusiFnui y. Ssitimlsiv {he yoir>:.v m< n whom she had selected i.) i>- her pali-bearers carried her hotly to liie last resting i>lacr'. ai;?l maiiv of her shoDinatos went with the I'unsral to New Haven, which was the young woman's iV?rmer home. liai! ^ Aeepviimgjjjg^iic ni'Jithly s{";t-C liieiii of&^jP?iuroa? i commission the | rivlruafi^v: .South Carolina earned ,!'Ji!K > net in January, an j ^i'Toase <?]' about ?l-ii>.0i?n over the ! convspoiulurg mouth <>i ia-.t year. I _\ot omy i.s the- total increase very i.ULr: but ii is share* 1 i>y nearly nil of Ibo ro:uts. roily liv lims out of tliirryfour showbm* a decrease. Tbe increase in pa s3< it-.:, reatilings is tvrenty( ic'li: : rent.: in froighr earnings thirteen per cent.: in total tninio^s seventeen and one-hali: per eeni. and f'M.i. ><< /. i ?fv.u-.v..n :v*? ff'Tti TI'C i I net increase in the total earnings of tlii' iiichnioii'.l and Danville >ystem in the Stated s.'Jw.sr.T.Gn<a-22.83 percent. ? The Aiiiiisloij Evening News is 1 ;/'."cp.'ivija trade edition which will j be issued April 1st. It will contain1 ; the story of Annision: her railroads, I | chin ches, increa-e in growth, sur- j ; rounding towns. future prospects, and ' 5 a large mass of valuable infomation.' Till- LODGE BILL. MR. CARLISLE DISCUSSES PROPOSED REPUBLICAN LEGISLATION! It Will Cost over Ten Trillion- livery Two Year* to Operate It?Other Objections <:> Hie Sehenie. Tiio V?~:isliiiigfcoii Guzett publishes :m interview will: ex-SjV.ikfV Carlisle upon tlie :ittituu" oi' Democratic representatives townnls several important measures p-. ruling; >ei'ore Congress. In ilic interview 'Sir. Cariisle^iirst ttttae i LoJ^jv bill, providing i'or lY:Ieral regulation cf election tor repiv ^ntatives. He said: "Tlie Demo oerats in Hit- nous." are a unit oi opposition *.;> the lirst clause, which in practice would make the bill operate only in ciri'tiviii sections of the country. Tf we .are to 'liave such a it luioul-L opt rat." everywhere .dike aa-'L not to b..- loir. us the Lodge bill Jeaves if. to operate here and there as may be requested by a given- number of voters i)i such a Congressional district. The intention is. in other words, to control the machinery oi elections for representatives in Congress from Southern Concessional districts. from a tew Northern districts oaly. TIua we shall op pose." Continuing. Mr: Carlisle aex'v estimate?! that to cany out the provi si on* oil tlii* hill would require the employment oi' iJSO.OOO officers of elections. ;it ?ii> expense of ironi 000 ! ; in? every two years, which would have to be met by the UuiL?I Slates Treasury. Tin. e.-.unite ImisccI upon ii:e present nuia' a oi' polli::^ places. bat lie iionls thaii ho sysi -in: Australian) proposed would prove so slow and citiaorou.-is to necessitate a vast increase in the iriv.li'.;' n: TIimi. (no. lie :1V irii'.-s. the ]>iil is so complex that its r'^iireiucnis could not be made clear to illiterate voters < < to ignorant Kcpublic;i3: eleetion officers in the Howfu and a legal election would be impossible. Said he. "The bill is full o 1 requir-inents difficult ?>i* execution by officials. ;ind not easily t? ]/.; un uTstood !>y voters. "Ii would be a proiiilc source of mr.injcrabl" contest*." continued Mr. Carlisk'-spcaking v,*ith great <mplia:;i-:. and "trat is just vrnat they want. Tiicy could l::k" advantage <>:' every iir^uUrity thai might and would ar;:w- under .Lis multifarious law. and additional machinery of the lav,* provides hov." this may be done." Hp j--: .ijtviiiled that the bill did uotj fOJJHr v.'iiliur tiio meaning of the i-Iause of tli;- constitution conferring uyou C.vii^v's-; lite right to prescribe tiio maimer v'i election*. Jt deprived .irovcnio] ;-;*iie right to issue certilieates of clf'?:tioii.s: in i'acr. took away all controls election. ?>Lr. Carlisle i'nr{;:irr sai-3 that the 3icComas bill. pi-ovit^Bg i!;nt eleci iojis ior representatives' i** next engross shrill bo helu ii* /usificts as', ! !uev were constituted at the histelocwas oj.'oii co rLit- same obj^-tioa., Said no. "It the bill bo not iinci^ttbti rational, at least i: is certainly luiw. ^fc- j It puts too much power in tiie hant'te j of the canva-'.sing board in cenjunc Ion tlie clerk of rlic House-?always partisan?ami would provoke contests and lead i<> innumerable frauds." In conclusion Mr. Carlisle said that while tin* extravagant expenditures of the party hi power and its proposed partisan laws were important questions they would not be the overtopping is.aies of the fall campaign, but that the great question would continue to Ik- the relief of the people J i_* "! ' 'IV lvoin unnecessary taxation oy uuia Itl'.VS. "')on'( Give up the Sliip." Don't surrender, although tlxe light 1)0 long and bitter, and. results thus far hut dismal failures. Old Bad LJiood may yet be conquered and dis- , case driven from the citadel oi' life, ! You have not used the proper reme- f ay. or long ago you would have felt a ; /MI ^i'in/1 4-lnc* or\ ILLiili^C. JLUU liillC llivu ILlin ClXiVi that. a hundred bottles of this specific liiicI rifty bottles of that sarsaparilla. aucl feel you might- :is well have used so niucli rain water for all the good effect they had. "Why have you not tried 13. 13. 13. (Botanic Blood Balm) made in Augusta. Ga? Because it isn't advertised so conspicuously* as other medicines: "Well, that's a poor reason. The greatest humbugs can afford tho largest advertisements. As for B. 23. I>. isy it. and if six bottles don't do you more good than all the {.flier blood niodiciiu* vou have ever taken. call it :i 3iiunbug. ;i name that has never yet been applied to it by any one. Walter Bridges. Athens. Tenn.. writes: "For six years I luid been afi!i<*i:ed v.'itii rtJJiiiiiiLi" sores and an enlargement of the bone in my le?r. 1 tried ewryihinir I heard of without any permanent heneiii until Botanic 'Jlood Bahii was recommended to me. After itsiiiij six bottles the sores heal ** ? j I li.1 e<l. ana i am now ju oezzer j'.eami than I have ever been. I scud this testimonial unsolicited. because I v;ant others to be beneiitte<T." An Outrageous Crime Congressman L?>dgc*snational election bill is simply a bill to tax the 1- ,W,1 ...i.... people cjlv.uwu.uw cxua -uj congressional fleet ion for the double purpose of squandering the public money am* >ii^r characterless partisans and violently assailing: the rights oi" iltc.- por.pl .> in sections where might i-. <xpected to defy the popular will. It is a dual repetition of the old Federal sedition i;tv? and of the old Demoeratic Leeompton poliey. with a gift of Sio.ooo.'K'O every two years to political debauchery.?Philadelphia Times. .Jofi'erson Davis's Widow. It may have been noticed that the ! widow of Jetii'i'soii Davis. since his death. signs lic-r name "Y. Jefferson, Davis.'" 3Iany persons, doubtless.1 suppose she has added the name Jefferson to her Christian name Vavina. But this is not the proper explanation. V. is the abbreviation 01 veuve, the French for widow, and it is the <;u.-:to:n. in Louisiana, and perhaps in other parts of the .South, j'or wido ws to place that letter before the Christian names of .then- deceased husbands. V. Jefferson Davis simply means the "widow of Jefferson Davis. FUN EVEN iM A CNSUS. ( As: l?> Ooiono i'iU'-o::-. hi tin' J'roduces Aim:-;ins: IIe.-u!t>. j "'The funniest lias turned ; up in connection witii pivjjaration for | the teniii census." said l>Lr. King. of ' the census buiv;:n. to :i "WnsLin^rttci ! rStur reporter, "iias come aoout I through the sending of v/init iiiiirlit be called ininiaiTiro registers ui' biiihs ;uiil deaths to colored cWgyiiitn all over the South. v'in request that tlie little si-hed^v blank books should be iiilcil in vriili lii.'inoraiida, concerning all the blacks in their parishes - t , vviio cliaiiceci to oe >>om or to cue duriii.tr the census year. You sec. from that part oi tlii country it is very cliiliealt to obtain accurate contributions to oi.li* dial statistics re garding the ntgioes?information, that is 10 say. us to the ages at \vliich they die. the diseases to which they succumb, and all such things from which we derive valuable knowledge as to the relations between disease andra.e. iougevli.- and occupation and so on. Dov.n there many colored infanis i.re bom without any such attendant fo: nudities as registration, and many colored people die without medical attendance, or legal cognisance oi' the fact. So we thought it a good iciea to asi-: Tuese parsons, wno M:e always men of Large influence amoug tueir people, to put down in the- blank books wo sent iliem memoranda upou'sueli matters in their own parishes." "A novel idea. "M-.uie Alse we thought a good on*-. Buv tlie immediate results oJ: its application have been a trifle .' vtj'pviHUiir. v;\ i old the ci-srgvmen whom we addre-sea that we were merely :> v.ideli would, j be entirely voluntary on their party, j uiid that v.*o should :jo- wrv glad ii tliev would assist us in our cliorts to 1 . /... .... . . . L 1\AL'L'l liitii'-c; li.v MIillsJ 4.D jyv/ooxbio. About ti-iVL- weei.s ago answers began to po;r into tlie eniee Lore, and some Ci them are remarkably comic. <Ls u rule tho v. ply r-L-nt us is a'x -vometLiiiig l;>ie lii; ' lorm: | "'Dfi/u: Sis: I accept your appointnxtnt'i .'Hi! would like to know wiien the appropriation ;'or my work will be sent me. Ai*o inform mo as to Iiow i 7?1;>>lV -1 ssisifI hr-cl Iifl*.: ' <n?,;l!2V. I'ours respectfully.' cU:. -Jiul the quaintes: smfftYer nil." said Mr, K.i: )? ;1: rOn<'iU;-ion. ''Vras one that y/e p.;" iVoin :t rcvcix-nd ^uitleman whose postciSce address is Skunk Hollow. .VLis.-'issippl. :aid v.'lio remarked that tliC* ciiiei question in his region was what should b-3 <;oue witli the white folks, and not at ail to the existence and propagation &i tbe negroes." '.-"akin . ihe Census. Xiit taking '.'i* the census of IS90 will bc^in the ilrsr ol' Jim;: and must be completed by the first of Jul;/. The compensation to be* paid to enumerators is fixed, by section . of the census Act of March I. 188'J.and provides u miiiimuitt j^tc-of tvo cento for tnch living inhabitant, two cents for each death, fifteen cents /or each farm, twenty cents for each tstablis-hment of productive industry, and live teat- for each surviving soldier, ; sailor. ,or marine, enumerated and 'returned. for all subdivisions where s *ieh ullowtUKre shall be deemed suiiiIn all other subdivisions. wiicVe higher v^:v-s are to h-- paid, accorcli^s to tile d&iejilty of enumeration. ii}? maximum rates.not be more tii;"" throe- ;:ents for i-n-jL living inhabitants _ twenty cents tor oach farm. and t.'urty cexiis lor each establishment of p>i>duc:ive industry: nor shah they be les* than three nor more than .six d?"'liars per day oi' ten hoiirs actual lie^l-work each, in case a per tliem compensation is established. Except L*i extreme eases, no claim for mileage o\' traveling' expenses v.-ili be allowed to any enumerator. and then only *;vhen authority has been granted by .the .Superintendent of the Census. . The law provides that the number inhabitants included hi an cntfsneration district shall not in any case exceed four thousand.and h; only very exceptional cases should this liuxit be reached. * TJ M ^ AuVAVW.n _'V ,7i.>i:A/iVy\;uu jn/iui t\n 3Ir. Isaac Taylor. :i leading StLouis architect, kft that city on Friday lust for the city of Hexico to superintend the construction of a liotcl at that point to cost ^,000.000. -Jr. Taylor vas the builder of the Southern Hot-:.] and Hotel Beers in St. Louis, the Crescent at Eureka Snrimrs. Ark., flu- Orifiiiiil :tr. Dal las, unci oilier iiu? structures. Tlie hotel in tlic city oi ;>ioxieo is to be a magnificent aftair. with 400 iruest*" rooms. It is to be built of native stone aadwui l>o absolutel* iiivproof. The main diuinsr room will be Gu.\:300 feet. 40 feet in the clear, and -vili be the banquet, hail ui the city. Thereof of all the halls' will be of opjn trust work iii carved v;oo?l - and on one end there will bo a gallery for Kpectators at balls ami banquets. and another for the orchestra. which will play at dinner each evening. The walls will be wainscoted ten i'cet high in jlexican onyx, anjd the iioor will be a mosaic of 3Iex:cau marble. The walls are to be i'utiier decorated with frescoes in oil and mosaic panels. The subjects illustrated will be taken from Mexican history, and artists will be exproisly employed j'or the pui pose by the ^ov:.inniei:t. Tiic r. smnllor uiiiiiiLr rotcus will ] >c jjiuslu-d in onyx ;tnd ;u;irbl". with <rer.<.: -d finish oi' jrfoss. white nn<l ;-roid. The largo dining room will acoouinuxLite l.r,6() peopio :it :i sittbiir.?X<-v Orlea-is Ti!iist> i)c-11loci*:tt. Tl.., "'iv.Ail.' ^ ilvff.V!! <ll!r(>VS hiixc 1 .-oiiipl- tftl ;is jar west :is W;ishii!irt(>]i c.>m;iv. Y:t. The road begins at poiut near Jjiu-IiiiDan. Botetourt county ;;i-d n^ji.s parallel w'tn Hie-Norfolk ana v.Ysiem and Clinch Valley division from Xc-n- river xYC'St. It is bi tended to connect v.'ith the Tennessee ? !!(Hand, now under construction :i" or near Bristol. and from a ihrou.irhlme via the ITieinnond and Alleghany division of the Chesapeake and Ohio between Iiiehmond. Lynchbarjr :vml Memphis. Colonel A. S. Buford. of ^Richmond. is at the ' head of the enterprise. ( OL XTIXG THE PEOPLE. j SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH THEY I WILL BE ASKED. j The Kind <>1" l\I<*u Wlxo arc "Wanted for Ifoau| inerators?When they are to Start and Fin ish Their Work. Everything is now read}- at the census department to begin counting the people of the United States. The manner of getting at the numI ber of people will be very simple. A supervisor lias charge of each district. He appoints the enumerators, subdivides the districts, and is responsible for then* zeal and accuracy. No enumerator is to look after a subdivision of more than 4,000, and he must be a resident of the subdivision and personally familiar with a great number of the people. 1 T1! I /\ AT\inviQrflfrt?*c > I'C- +A ryiTf. J.J.-V tUUI"" " " oil lLonday, June 2. Those in cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants must finish in two weeks, while those in the country are .given a month. These men will make from ?50 to ?100 each. TTTf ATTTT STTnV^ TO TSF. ' ASTTFT). Here is the list of questions to be asked. With these the enumerators must go to each family and get an swers to all r.he questions: 1. Give christian name in full, and initial of middle name, surname. 2. "Whether a soldier, sailor or marine during the civil war (United Stares or Confederate) or widow of such person. 3. Relationship to head of family. i. "Whether white or black, mulatto, quadroon, octoroon,Chinese, Japanese or Indian, 5. S ex. i i x ,1 T# {>. jig-e at nearest oirtuua>. jj. under one year give age in months. 7. . "Whether single, married, widi owed or divorced. J 8. "Whether married during the i census year (June 1, 1889. to May 31, j j 590.) j ?. Mother of how many children, N j and number of these children livI ing. i 10. Place of birth. j 11, Place of birth of father. I 1*) /\t' r.i w/vfrli/av 13. Number of years in the United States. 14. "Whether naturalized. 15. "Whether naturalizationpapers hnve been taken out. 1G. Profession, trade or occupation. 17. Months unemployed during the census year (June 1,1S89, to May 31.1800.) ' IS. Attendance at school (in months) during the census year (June 1.1889. to May 31. 1890.) 19. Able to read. 20. Able to write. " 21. Able to speak English. If not, the lancruacre or dialect stx>ken. 22. "Whether suffering from acute or chronic disease, with name of disease and length of time afflicted. 23. "Whether defective in mind, sight, healing or speech, or whether crippled, maimed or deformed, with name of defect. 2i. "Whether a prisoner, convict. homeless child or pauper. 2-j and 2G. Is the home you live in hired, or is it owned by the head or a x: member of the family? 27. If owned by head or member ~^--v-ti^!-?arkia -fr/ia "ftvmyi j L>i jLIliilllJt ? 19 CX1V/ "\;nn. iiv.v ] mortgage incumbrance? * .: 28. If tlie head of the family is a farmer, is the farm which he culti- .- < vates hired, or is it owned by him or by a member of his family? 23. If owned by head or member of family, is the farm free trom mortgage incumbrance* 30. If the home or farm is owned by head or member of family, and I mortgaged, give the postoffice address . ? --n of owner. If any one refuses to answer these ; questions, czcept. perhaps, as to age in case of fenxales. they are liable to a fine of ?100. ^Superintendent Porter expects to liave a fairly correct estimate of the population of the States and Territo- . ?lies ready in August. He will comt plete the tables necessary for the re,, apportionment of Representatives in ' Congress in time for use in the short session. ? ' ? ~ Okcofenokcc Swamp. Colonel I1 rank Coxe and General P. 21. 13. Young. two of the syndicate who recently were the successful bid ders lor me UKeeieiioixee swamp in Georgia, arrived in the city yesterday. Colonel Coxe will remain a few days before leaving Lis home. and General Young will be liere some. time and will busy himself looking 4 after liis paving contract with the Their purchase consists of a half million acres of land, at present in a > dense swamp covered with cypress timber. -Jj "Inside of ten days." said Colonel 'vUAv ILl^L t? \ CL11JL1??* ? C* ? iJJL HU.>tr OUIvcyors on the ground to find out the exact number of acres in the tract and the probable cost of dealing it. There is ?500.000 in cypress in the swamp, and we will perhaps clear it for that. Then it is thought that " beds of phosphate underlie it and we will put experts on to find if there is. it' we do decide to do the work, after n-.<. 1?ova it will hp irtnrlp intn <4 sugar plantations and sold." The swamp lies at the southern boundary oi' Georgia and part of it lies in Florida. The same piice as wo paid to the former State will be offered the latter for that portion lying iu it. and it is probable that the offer will be accepted. At present it is absolutely worthless and it will lake an immense amount of monfcy to clean it out. Directly after the giiliv Uilll IA-LC Li_ie out owners had an opportunity to dispose of it to an English syndicate arufttl-o to a party of Americans. They v.'ill. however, hold it until they know more of its resources, ana their ! Oj 'UIIOJl IS llliil UiOV hiiUCJvll UU" nctnza.?AsIxeviHe Citizen. ? 4 ? V\ itliin the last three months there have been from eight to ten wilful homicides; among thene groes in ^Laurens county. S. C. . 1 A