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Bjp'r' - ' ??1? Tie Fairfield Newsaod Herald. C'v'v TUZLIAKMD JSVSRT WMDNM3DAT -BTNeWo - and - Herald - Co. TEBHS, IX ADVANCE ; f: I??r. .... SI.50, ?lx M?>tks, 75. I" W. D. DOUGLASS, ) } Editors. J AS. ^ DATIS, ^ -* IABVERTISING RATES, CASH: - * 2". ^ On? dollar a square ior uib nrs? insertion and fifty cento for each subsequent Insertion Special rates for contract advertisers. Marriags and death notices free. l.egular rat?s caar^ed for obituaries. Orders for Job Work solicited. WINNSBORO, S. C. Wednesday. April 9. : : 1890 Xtjor Colt Declines. In & very dignified and polite letter to Mr. Shell, Major J. C. Coit, the nominee for Lieutenent Governor by the Shell convention, declines the nomination. He is iu sympathy with the agricultural interest, hut he cannot endorse all of the platform which "Tillman wrote and brought in liis breeches pocket." Mr. Coit could not have consistently accepted the nomination after having strongly condemned the Shell Manifesto at the farmers' meeting in Chesterfield. Sot True Representative* Iu another column will be found a letter from Frank D. Fuller to Mr. "W". S. Durham, of tlris county. Mr. " | Fuller is secretary and treasurer of j the Fuller Brothers' Manufacturing I Company. The letter is written in a _ ? style that shows that the author i$ aj man of sense with liberal views. We ! don't know what are Mr. Fuller's j politics, bur, we believe, he hits thei nail square on the head when he says that John Sherman and John J. Iugalls abuse the South to accumulate political capital. It is gratifying, too, to know that Sherman and Ingalls do not repreient either the majority or the better element of the North, and that northern capitalist are not in sympathy with the braying of these loud mouth politicians and will make investments in the S?.?uth regardless of the abuse of men of tlieir stamp. ^ A Solution. As will be seen br a published report of the meeting called at the request of Mount Zion Society a msolu- ; tion was passed as the sense of the meeting recommending to the council j a scheme whereby the funds for Mount Zion may be so supplemented F without an increase of taxation suffi * -l'- - -e? n i c:euc to run me iuu stuwiajm, , of ten months. It is sincerely hoped j that the council will see its way to j carry out the plan suggested bv the j meeting. Of the many questions now agitated, perhaps, the most vital and important oae to the people of AViinis boro is that of keeping the school open for the full term. "VVinnsboro has -1 ~ OO (1 With ?11W U> UCCli AliV?? 14 ?vo M K.??vv .. ?.. , good educational facilities, and this I has attracted people here from., the j ?- country, ana no\V~siKr -cannot^ afford i to retrograde in this respect; indeed it would be a severer blow to the town than a faiiure of its recent business enterprises. Other places are spending money freely and making strenuous efforts to establish what we have in awv^aafnl oneratiou. It has COStteil thousand dollars to do this, and now shall the lack of a few hundred dollars annually render it unavailable? There is difference and honest difference of opinion as to the policy of supporting schools by public appropriations, but this scarcely enters into the present discussion. It is the stablished policy, and the people of Winnsboro have it not in their j power to change it; therefore they ^ must accept the present conditions and trv to ?ret as much out of them as ? possible. The present scheme seems to offer the most practical solution of the difficulty* and its Laws. In order to conduct properly the com- j plex system of business operations that. ^ _exist in a highly organized and pro-' v '"jprssiveeralnrellon, a prime essential iR that there should be a souud cur-1 reucy in volume just sufficient to do iU work and no more. In primitive society men carry on a yeteui of barter. But by decrees it is discovered that some oue thing is more in demand than anything else, and therefore men began to take this freely, eveu to a greater extent than they TiPAri it themselves, since thev kuow they can readily exchange it for anything else they want. This specially favored thing may be salt in Africa, wampum among the Indian*, tea in Tartary, or gold and silver elsewhere. As goon as a thing is taken with a view to getting rid ?f it again instead of consuming it, the idea of money arises. It becomes a medium of exchange and a standard of value. Money brings no benefit as long as it is neia. rut a aoiiar in your pocKut auu keep it there. IIow much good will It do you? Since money is taken only to be gotten rid of, it follows that nothing can properly be considered money if there is any aoaot aooiu us oemg neciy accepted. Let one person refuse it, and its value begins to fall. When it is generally avoided it loses its character of money. There are two ways in which a thing may become money. First, if it con taius in itself ns much value as it calls for if is a na.ural tender. Secondly, it may not contaiu its lace value in itielf; but if the law declares that it mu*t be taken in payment of debt*, it Is a legal tender. The Greenbackers held that there is no difference between Pure Mfta^ce of ?. ^iwww sell their g?ods, but they will all be glad to get the gold whieh carries its aloe in itself. The Government may in certain cases give fictitious value to ( either metal or paper, but to this there , is a limit, before going very far. The primary reason why the government undertakes the coinage is because it can certify as to the weight and fiitieness of the coin, aud ?avc the people from testing each piece of money pre- , tented. It follows that the government should make good money. If there is doubt about it, ?o that the value fluctuates, it can easily be seen that all the advantage will accru* tj speculators and professional financiers, while plain citizens will suffer all the loss and vexation of spirit. This shows that the average every day citizen is more interested than anybody else in a sonnd currency. Gold and silver have proven them- j selves me imtki kiuniuu4(a UJVUVJ 7 i yet silver at present i? depreciated in comparison with gold. Much diversity of opinion exists whether there should be one or two metals but we caunot discuss the point here. Paper money may be used but only as based on gold or silver. Our experience with Confederate money should teach us what to think of paper money that is not covertable into gold or silver. llow Much Mouey Is YeeHed ? The next question is, "How much j money is need?" This is a rery complicatcd problem, and it cannot be ! expressed in absolute numbers. A j general l*w, however, can be laid down. Money facilitates exchange, j It is like the grease on the ax'e, or the i Macadamized highway, or it may be j compared to the hacks that carry pas- j sender# about. Enough is needed te ; perform its exchange work and no more. Scarcity of money makes general iow prices while inflation of money makes genera! higl- prices. The value of money is measured by its volume or flow?that is by its quantity, multiplied by its rapidity of circulation. The more rapid its cir ! latiou the smaller the quantity needed. { Facilities are being much improved. Money can be shipped from New York to Winii-boro in one day, whereas a month was once nece?sarv. Ayain, ( these are .several importuut devices for j taking tlie plaee oi money, ?uch as bills oi exchange, book accounts and bank checks. A farmer may make an arrangement j with a merchant for advance* of j ?1,000, and tii^v hnn $i.,uuu or cotton in the tail. 11 ore ii is po??ible for slit: whole trau?ac:ion t > bo com- j plet?*d without the u>r ??t a dollar in j monev. M..?*h <.f tin- bu^ii-cs ?>f" the j South i? done in this wav. The vol- j dine of the cnrrei.cr need not be ?o j large as in FYaucc where people gen-! erally use hnrd cash, which they hoard ! away till they need it. t - - ? - o r..ci.i ...% i | ir cverYuouj hi ruiruviu, ?m* oci j- j body he trades with, had *n account in brink, it would lie possible to move an entire crop by the use of checks tdotie. The siller of cotton would receive a check and deposit il, the bauk merely making two entries, one crediting I he seller and the other debiting the buyer. On this, she fanner could issue check? which ?onld again be depO>ited ami the i-jrcuit n 1'nirrim.ur"' 4Ut*VIVs ?v* This use of ci edit, ami checks is ba^.ed upou confidence, \vh:ch is even a more important factor ii. bu^ines* than the roittiue ol iisotjty. Confidence is greatest when ;i.;iv i* *I-r> most highly organized 6\>;?. :? of t r..d<: h:k1 where men are most t?> j-n->eive their individual credit. When* confidence is general the voin . in tu .1 c.y in a country bears a ver> -?n-sl: j.:-;.portion to the amount of bu^i.it-s. In Great | Britain it i9 said I lie daii;. r'e ranees 011 its banks are nearly ow-ji/,!. .?f all i>1 gold in the couuirv. In leM near!) 2,000 national .banks made iep:?r:f. on | the day, and it \ra-< seen tha; Do per | cent ol their receipts wore hi forms of credit outside yf money; while for New York the percentage was 98.7 per cent. All this show's that the amount of money necessary docs not depend on * -- -- A ttie population, as many uuiu. thousand New York bankers would need much more than a thousand Comanche Indians. Nor is it always prepoitional to the volume of fcusi ness; because those centres that have most trade have the most perfect substitutes for money. Primitive communities require hard cash for every transaction, because they know nothing of confidence or of money substitutes; while it would be impossible for Londou to transact all its business if actual money had to be passed around. The conclusions reached by this discussion are: 1. That money is value only to be gotten rid of, and that whatever docs not pass with absolute certaiuty is not really money. That if it has not full stable ^alue it will not always pass. 2. That price, or the value of money, depends on its volarne, multiplied byrapidity of circulation, where nothing but money is used. 3. That the adoption of substitutes for money takes the place of an increased volume of money. i. Tbat it is wrong to say that the amount of money must be ko much per capita of population or depend on the volume of business, regardless of the use of credits and substitute?. 5. That the problem requires for its solution the consideration of the population, the trade, and the business methods of a country, and is very j comph'X. 6. That therefore any one rho professes to say off hand whether we have io?? much or too little money in the United States is rery apt to be wrong. ADVICIf TO MOTHERS. Mks. WIXSLOWS Soothing ST HUH suould always be used when children *ie outtin-j teeth. It relieves the little sun erei a; once; it produces natural, quiet slrep by relieving the child from paii^ and the little cherub awakes as "blight as a hutton." It is very pleasanl tv taste It soothes ths child, softens the sums, allays ( all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the kntAyn prffTTta foi^ ^ diarrhoea, whether-rtnsiug from teething or i other causes. Twenty-five centos a bottle. ; i Jur.e2r?fxly * ; B: \ I ir?n?i - .-...,.CAPITAL XEWS. Columbia, April 7.?After eight years of service as mayor of Columbia > 1. Jno. T. Rbett retire* to-dar and Col. F. W. Mciiaster assumes control ' of municipal affair?. ' Col. McMaster's administration is 1 regarded critically by many of thoae who seek to do evil. Mayor Rhett has made Colnmbia a remarkably orderly city, and the mention of his name in parts of the city has been sufficient to anA m?nv h row. Those who have been given the option at his hands ?f ten dollars or ten days are hopiug for more leneney from Col. ilcMaster. But in this they will be mistaken, and there is the assurance that the city will be as orderly in the future as in the past. Col. Rhett retires from the control of affairs with the respect of "ii AS a nnl an vi mo iviivn v*vi?- ?_7 ? prit remarked before him this morning, "Ile'll give you justice if nothing else." taster was a beautiful day in Columbia and wan daly celebrated at the churches. The Episcopal, Methodist, Catholic and Baptist churches were all decorated and fitting services for the day were held at these churches. Flowers are nut as plentiful in Columbia at thi? reason as thev *ere last year, but the chinches were very prettily decorated. What was lacking in o ? _.s, Jiowcrs wj.s uisuc iiy in iijc wngui spring-bonnets and dresses worn by the Judies yesterday. Easter is the day for showing such things in Columbia and large numbers of them were shown yesterday. About the only deed of violence that has happened* in Columbia in the la!?t week was the killing of Dr. Kershaw at the lunatic asylum by Stephen Denaro, a crazy Italian inmate. Dr. IT i % o C? Iwi^n OM of JVU* | liV MttO u?au ca ?4 iui;?k*wv v* the asylum for a number of years, but who has never been violent, was bitting quietly reading when Denaro jumped on him and knocking him to the floor stamped him to death before a guard could interfere. Dr. Kershaw died several days after the attack. Ex-Detective McUartha, who has: been figuring very prominently in police circles #f late and who wa? convicted ureek before la?t of forgery wnd sentenced to pay a tine and imprisonrnent, has been pardoned by the Governor. The Judge, Solicitor and jury recommended the pardon, and it ii Loped that McCartha, who is a young man anu uie??eu wiiii ;i uctu;ci v.uu, will reforau. The jjreteudetf desire of a party of ncgrot-s to attack Mr. Thomas Davi*, a white gentleman, on the streets ot Columbia one night last week, caused some commem at the time; but it was dealt with very summarily by Miyor Hhett the next morning, and ii is hardly probable that Mich a demonstration will ba made soon again. Columbia is now troubled with railroad discrimination as w?# Winuyboro I a few \ears ago. The Board o 1 Trade j has taken the matier in hand and a | committee h.-ts bena appointed to meet with the Kailroad Comiuissioncis. The lites are much more favorable to Charleston and Aiigtuta than Columbia and our business men arw dctertuiued to correct ihi?. During t!ii.- last week ei^ht young doctors hare been licenstd to practice by the medical examiners of the State. Mo<t of ?hem are from the lower Counties. An amatiicr company will plav j Alcestis, a yieat play, at the opera i house, c-ti Wednesday evening. It is for the benefit of the Y. M. C- A. building fm.d. This fund has now reached about $1G,0C0 and the work of j putting" up the buildup ] menwrrotiir.- TOCTT3I. U. A. IS ishing i:i Columbia aiul is doiuji eome good work. A lar^e number <f delegates will be sent to the Y. M. C. A. Convention at Orangeburg il;e last part of this week. The trees are buddiug rapidly and the grass on the sidewalks is looking very green. In one week more Columbia will be arrayed in all her beauty. f. H. M'M. ALL FOR POLITICAL CAPITAL. Office ofFlt.lek Bros., M'f'g Co., \ Kalamazoo, Mich., Mar.^y, i?yu. S W. S. Durham, Esg., Wintwboro, S. C.: Dear Sir?I have just this moment read your letter to the New York Voicei published in their issue of March 27. I hare long wished for some medium by which the people of the South could truly see the exact feelings of the majority of Northern people towards them. I think that you represent a large sentiment in the South, that think that the North is bitterly hostile to the South, and that John Sherman and John J. Ingalls are true representatives of Northern leeliug. ou mi us i nui nuuruicu, iuis is au entire' mistaken idea. There are still . any peeple in the North who participated in the late war, and who cannot divest their minds of the prejudice and bitterness engendered by the conflict. But ikey are in the very small minority. The younger northern blood, and very much of the older, entertain no such feelings as you imagine. The speeches of the gentlemen above referred to are made simply for effect, for "campaign thunder", aud to | create a sensation ami to keep those gentlemen prominently before the public. They know of no more exciting theme upon which to speak, and hence they sacrifice truth and the harmony of the conntr\ lor selfish and personal motives. If you ask why the Northern press applaud such sentiments I reply that those gontlemen are ieaders of the Republican part) ; they hare, in the past, done noble work for that party, and championed the right side of the 1*\4A. VifitlAa llQ WY*?^^Q iatc n u piuuroan vnw pvw of the Republican party endorse them, although way clown in their hearts they know it were better had it been left unsaid. I believe that there are Southern outrages against the negro, but I do not believe s-uch outrages are by any means general or that they are upheld by the better sentiment of that section. Northern men and capital are going ? V*./-* f?AW or^!* before. The two sections are amalgamating; and God hasten tbe day when each wind as the utterances of Mr. Ingalls will i.o n?ro one ear aud out of the other, and no attention paid to it. I believe there is much los-; sectional feeling in the Norm sliau there ever was, and less than Shore is in the South. In fact, I think there is so little and it is dying so fa=t tiiatitis hardly worth noticing. Pardon me for thus writing, but I feel that you entirely misapprehend "Vrtt-thnvn (>A!inor fhf> Smith. as it now exists., ami I could not resist the impulse to write you. For myself I feel as kindly towards you ?nd every other man in your State, or sister 1 States, who tries to be a man, and do right, as I do towards any man in any 1 State north of the Ohio River. And ! I think vou will not find one man in a J ? v _ j 1 il. vr?it \ nun area inrou^uoui cue nurui tvuu Joes not feel tbe same way. 1 you will excuse this 1 intrusion ~[T^S4? remain, very truly 1 pours, FkjP'k D. Fuller, Sec. and Treas. Filler Kros. M'f'g Co. v * v \ % McxxBnaaoKKaMMflBHMBdHi A B USA WA Y'S DESCRIPTIOS OF j TEX A S. Pettt, Tex., April 1.?Perhaps a letter from this part of Texas would prove of interest to some of your readers, if so I will give thein a correct description of this part of the State. Lamar County is situated in the extreme northern part of Texas, on the line of the Texas and Pacific Railroad which runs through the center of the county from east to west The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe road runs through from north to south. Red River bounds Lamar County 011 the nnrtli. The soil here is the rery best that i can be found in Texas;, it is a black j waxy soil, and produces a bale of cot- J ton to the acre; corn is no object at all, j it sells iu the fall at from 10 cents to 15 cents, and can be bought now for 25 cents per bu6hel; oats yield from sixty to seventy-five bushels to the acre, and sell at 20 cents per bushel. Wheat does well in some parts of the county, but as a general rule ii is not planted much. Cotton is king here as well as in Fairfield. The majority of the farmers are through planting- corn no w, and are! busily engaged Jixing for cotton. A ] good many of thein planted corn very I early, but we had a pretty hard freeze in February and it was frozen out; I they have all planted over now. I have always heard of the people of i Texas as being rough beyond reason; that is a mistake; the people here are j more hospitable ihan any place 1 ever { 6aw in my life. The population of j this county is near 35,000 and ii com- j posed of emmigrants from nearly j everv state in the Union. I have seen j people from twenty-five different states j since my sojourn here. Of course*, i there are some who are pretty rough, j but the majority are far ahead of | South Carolina because they have plenty of money. There has" been a failure in the cotton crop in north Texas for the last three years; notwithstanding that fact, there is more money in circulation here to-day than has been in some placei, in'South Carolina, 6ince the war. The laws of Oinift A MA AM f A iV A IflTt*? I till* OL?xLC aic iai supenvi i\? LUC lan n of South Carolina in some reBpects, in others however, they are decidedly inferior. As for school*, there is a system of schools in this State that can't be beaten anywhere in South Carolina. As a general thing- the county schools run six month3 in a year, and in towua they run from eight to ten months. The teachers are paid according to the certificate thty hold, first grade $75, second $>ou, unra ana mey nave | good schools til over the country, j There are about 125 schools in this > county and a very intelligent set of i teachers, nearly all white. There are a great many churches in this countr. Methodists, (both branches) Baptists, Presbyterians, Campbellites and any otlier you want. There is not quite as much attention paid to churches here as in South Carolina, but they go to church any way, if it is a little log house. The denominations are divided by the timber, the Methodists have the majority on the prairie, and the Baptist on the timber. There are not very many negroes in this part of the State. You find a family only here and there. Now and then you will come across a good ?ize settlement, almost as large as a bi<r Fairfield plantation. Labor is pretty eigh here, it runs from $15 to $20 per month and board, but one hand can do a great deal more work here than in South Carolina. They all use double teams, and work their cotton and corn both with cultivators; on the black lands they chop out the cotton with a hoe and then throw it aside till the next year. Now on tie sand^ lnnfl tVia'jr Vulva Msli orraca Irt prnt^nd iUllU liiV/ v iilfcf V V*"?/ t,v with and have to use a hoe more, here fFieyTiave"nothing Tmfc cuckle burrs. One man can cultivate twenty acres of land by himself, and they never fail to make more than they can gather. Cotton pickers come here from all parts to gather it. Perhaps some will ask what such land is worth, well the price of land on or near a railroad is worth from 25 to 40 dollari au acre, but when it is off the railroad it sells for 8 to 15 dollars. Red River bottom land can be bought for 10 dollars an acre, but that is sixteen or eighteen miles from the railroad. There is the river though, and one can ship down it on boats for twenty miles to the railroad and on the river. You can live on the ridge and work in the bottom. The health of this country is, as a general tiling, good, but in some sections it is "chilly." There are children in parts of this country that have never been eutirely rid of "a chill or fever iu their lives. In summing up let me assure you, if vou want to live, and live easy. iv xjauiai VUUIIIY . xvsuug iucu7 come; rent is cheap and land is plentiful. If you don't beliove me come and see. * Runaway. NOT A CANDIDATE. (Iiidgeicay Advertiser.) JDeak Sir?I am very grateful and feel highly complimented to have been spoken of by you in connection with the gubernatorial contest now pending. Various reasons combine however, to prevent my entering the list. Iam still due the country two years service in the Senate whither I was sent by ray people under circumstances of peculiar confidence, and I feel it is due them that I shall stand to my post to the end of my term serving them faithfully and to the best of my feeble ability, thereby manifesting my greatest appreciations of the high trust imposed upon me. Again, there will be VA^AmA A O Av.A^n mailers t?x xegisjauuu ltcjlvic LUC ocuaic pertaining to railroad and other iniquitous oppressions of our people, in the disposition of which, I feel tliat I would be of more service to the couutry in ray position in the Senate than in* the Governor's chair. But there is another reason if the above were not deemed sufficient; the name of another sou of Fairfield has been mentioned in the same connection. This_ gentleman commands my personal afl'ection and highest admiration. He is by long- odds the most distinguished citizen of the county, and earned his reputation and promotion in an arena where none but the good and brave were allowed to compete. In the private walks of life a.s a plain, unostentatious, retiring tiller of the soil Gen. Bratton has lost none of his renown, but stands to-day first amongst the foremost as an able thinker and accomplished writer. Being a fanner pure and unadulterated, with enlarged and liberal views of State polity, and endowed with a vast fund of patriotism and goud practical plantation horse sense. I consider him pre-eminently the man for Governor in this peculiar juncture, and I shall urge his claims with all the ability I can bring to bear. In conclusion I desire to return thanks sincere, and heartfelt, to all ti-Vn-k ennlrAii fcnullv <vf nw in thic connection, especially to "farmers wife" that glorious woman who with one stroke of her pen brushed away the little Jlics who were attempting to blow democracy and buzz themselves into notoriety "by vainly endeavoring to lower the "brain standard to a position which themselves were competent to occupy. Very truly yours, i ' T. W. TVoomvAKP. j THE PRESS ON THE SITUATION. ! The Credit Given to Irby. Edgefield Adverti*ir. Capt. J. L. M. Irbv, ??t" L-tiuens, as the Ketcs and Conri-r -ays, "marshalled the forces on ih?* lloW" to victory. At the bla-t of h.-; bugle the cohorts fell into line, and the battle vras won. Hurrah for Liu reus! Hurrah for Irbr! 1 Dangerous Precedent. Lancaster llevieic. It may be that no harm will result from the action of the Convention, in making nominations, so far as this year's campaign is concerned, but in our judgement the time will come when the precedent thus established 1 will prove a great stumbling block to 1 unity in the Democratic ranks. Uellowsed Before August. Carolina Spartan. WIipii it in ji Innor nnll and a * ' "v" " * ? ? strong pull, you can couut Ben Tillman in. F?>r four years he has been "deadening limber" in order to have a clear field for ihe rac-i for Governor, lie is : uovt in (he field with his head in the air and his tail curled. The proba'oili- ' ty is that he will get bellowsed before . August. No Need for It. Wateree Mmengsr. "We thought the calling of this con vention an unwise step, and have had < 110 reason to change our mind. But 011 the contrary, the nominations which were made serve to confirm our 1 opinion as previously expressed. ; There was no necessity for this con- < entioii, and we think it exceedingly ; doubtful if any good will result from it. ( Will They Give Him a Chance? Prosperity Press and Reporter. < Who knows but what plain Farmer Ben Tillman, if elected to the office of governor, may make the best governo:* South Carolina has had in many a long year, lie will make a good governor. If the people give him a '.rial for one term, they will he con- nnced that he is not the kind of man that the organs of the politicians Tould have them believe him to be. The "Suggestion" Unwise. Chester Reporter. The Reporter behoves that the nomination or "suggestion" of a ticket by t?ie Farmers' Conventioa is unwise. It further believes that putting forvard Captain Tillman for Governor Z ~i:*- 11 ^ ^ 1 t n ail ijii[;uuu<j step. u c ic mat uy reason of his imprudence, impetuosity slid rashness the reforms asked for ii the Farmers' Movement, with the nam features of which we are in full sympathy, will be much retarded: lossiblv altogether defeated. An Attempt of a Faction. Xttcberry Obnercer. It cannot be claimed, with any show cf reason, that Tillman is the candicate of the farmers. His nomination is the attempt of a faction to force Hm down the throats of other farmers tnd all other citizens forming the Democratic party of the State. It is ; in attempt to make a man Governor vhom the people do not want for , Governor. Ana, as we said before, ve do not believe the people will stand j i. A Good Man to Beat. Chcrawjitportcr. 1 Had some more conservative man leen nominated for governor his i (fiances for confirmation in August 1 vould have been better?but Ben Tillman is a good man to defeat, and i vhcn the Democratic Convention neets it will De composed 01 amereui \; nen from those who attended the Shell Convention. Tillman will find tiat he has 6truck the wron<c crowd, aad will not, as he hopes to do, occupy the governor's mansion. Good, But Unwiits Men. Edgefield Chronicle. - Already-?and unhappily the Democracy 0f South Carolina is divided into two^vingg) which the dailv papers are dubbfcjg the "Shell Dem ocrats ana tne "Ori hn? Democrats." Iu the so-called Sheli Manifesto there was neither wisdom, nor moderation, dignity, nor hope, ^ud in the action of the Convention wht>|j grown out of it, there is neither ^flora nor moderation, nor dignity nn. i10pe. Four honored citizens of Etf^field were supremely prominent in ?^js Convention: Capt. B. II. Tillman, thel Hon. W. J. Talbert, the Hon. W. H. Timmerman and Mr. A. E. Padgett. We do not impugn their sincerity, but we doubt their wisdom very seriously. Forestalled Indeed. EdGefield Monitor. The platform warns the people against, being forestalled. Forestalled indeed! What was th? action of this convention in nominating candidates I for Governor and Lieutenant Governor j but forestalling the action of the 3)em! ocratic Convention? This beats anything in the forestalling line we have ever heard of. But it is our bull that is doing the goring this time and it is all right. That gubernatorial plum must be plucked. It is a very pretty plum and Mr. Tillman has evidently I been viewing it with longing eyes. But he couldn't trim the Democratic I party to give it to him at the proper time, lie must ^et the "under hold," must forestall its action. But "the people" may heed his warning and as a consequence the pretty plum may be WUftnvu IUI.V ?VM. ... | knows? Tlio Methods Stamp it a Hing. Laurens Advertiser. Mr. Tillman says he is only the candidate of a caucus. The term ' ring"," which, according to the highest English authority means a combination of persons for acomplishing some selfish end or effecting some political purpose, is entirely more onnlioahl<?. Hud the members of the March Convention simply formulated a bill of grievances or platform and allowed the Democratic party in August to pass upon this document and to select from the field men most competent men to carry out their views, they might claim to have met preliminary to the election in the interest of the party, and thus be entitled to recognition as a caucus. But the methods by which Tillman secured the endorsement of his own convention, forever stamp that convention, a "ring," second only in the history of politics to the great Tweed ring of New York- < Our Hinge of Civilization. Rock nut Herald. Let those who oppose Tillman's ! candidacy make the fight against him iu the precinct elections. If he should be defeated there, he is pledged to submission. If victorious, as loyal ( and true democrats it will become" us j < to pull off our coats aud go to work to , make his election sure. . The civilization of this State hinges . upon the continued supremacy of the IJ democratic p and we cannot afford!. to jeopardize our dearest interest by j engaging in a bitter contest with our , friends and party associates to gratify , personal, professional or social preju- j dices. At this juncture in our affairs, j the only safe position for a South Carolina democrat is the middle j ground between the partisan who j swears by Tillman at all hazards and r the bourbon who declares against , Tillman under any circumstances. s "Wanting Office All the Time." * t Marion Star. t TTnrioi* thp Wflpishin aud absolute 1 control of a man whoJhas repeatedly 11 and emphatically declared that ho was a neither seeking, nor -would accept office, this so-called "movement" has been gradual !y gaining strength for the past four years, until it culminated on Thursday" in precisely what its opponents had all along* predicted, and what its friends, and, particularly its creator, had most strenously denied?the nomination of the soul of khis agitation to the governorship. Tliis accomplished, nothing more was done, and the Convention adjourned. Lyidently, tins was the sole object 01 the meeting. With this single end in view, party harmony lias been interrupted, a" feeling of discontent deliberately incited, the public service of the State impugned, and the seed of dissension sown that is apt to produce no little discord and apprehension . A Strong Phase. Aiken Journal and Rev inc. What seems strange to us is, why was not the original plan adhered to, r%/> TVirt WVfcA/1 Allf flirt Qlml 1 Afoill-focfA lia VUV KfJ IMV VrtVii viz: "To nominate a ticket for every State office from Governor down?" Why did the Convention stop with only the Governor and Lieutenant Governor? Is it not this, that when Mr. Tillman <rot himself nominated he was satisfied and was not particular as to the rest of the ticket? It has been charged time and again that Mr. Tillman was working for an office for himself and now by his own acts he confirms this charge. He plead his cause successfully, when in the Convention he said: "You have adopted a platform. What is the use of having a platform unless you put a man before the people who knows it, endorses it, has slept over it, and can explain it to the people and liifht for it and give it life and force? I don't ask to be your leader. But if you put me there you may be sure that I'll fight for it." A Dangerous InOTation. Columbia Jiecord. It cannot be denied but that the action of the Farmer's convention is a departure from the usual Democratic methods and is a dangerous inovation by so much. In itself it may not result in harm, for the first plank in its platform pledges itself to submit to fhp flocisimi of the reonlar Democratic convention. But its effects may be bad, and a? a precedent it may prove harmful. Because of this, that the people may show that they heartily disapprove of any such dangerous steps, many claim that the Democratic convention will reject the recommendations made. This remains to be seen. By so much, however, the minds of the people will be detracted from the issue that gave rise to the socalled farmers' movement, that of extravagance on the part of those in whose care the State has been for the past fourteen years. Thereby so much, the nomination was wrong and bad for the movement. The "Work Must be Done Properly. Jfanning Times. Hut what does the nomination mean? Does it insure Tillman's election? We do nor so regard it. 'i h-; convention has pledged itself to abide the decision of the Democratic Convention; and to insure his election he must receive the endorsement or' the Democratic Convention. To elect him, tne work must be done properly. Clubs niuct elect Tillman delegates to the county conventions; county conventions must elect Tillman delegates to the State Convention; and the State Convention must nominate Tillman. The March Reinvention could do uothin<r more than sityyesU and did du nothing more, and it is pledged to abida the repair ot the Democratic State Convention. But will they do it? is the ques-tion we hear r.sktri hv the opposition. Of course ;V.ey will. Tilltnan and the other leaders are all Democrats, and whiln they will make a strong light, and we believe will succeed in their fight, yet should defeat blast their hopes, fhev will like true Democrats * - -J ?t ? x. i yield to tne majority, anu mat is whm is asked of their opponent*. The Climax of Antagonism. Sumter Watch uian and Sw/thron. The t'oiivanti-m held i:i Colnmt i? on T}uirfJa\ Sa*t, c<?niuioiiJ> called the FM*uieri' Conwiiiiou, ma te a serious aiad (lar.jfesoii- s.k?? in nominating, o:, as iliry wiii imve it, "suggesting" 2ixr. Tiilman for Governor. This action has injured the cause of the farmer* inorcserioa.*lv than all the opposi^?U of its enemies oou'd po:sihlv have doiit., jr. has lilted Oapi. Tillman above cause, which is a ju*t and meriforioiivone, and concentrates die lire ot his entries upon lain, lie is move vulnerable \Uan the cause he leads, ot* thinks he leads. This action of the Convention is regarded everywhere in the Stale br the more conservative element of the Democratic party as the climax of a bitter, unreasoning class antagonism. The farmers' movement is now become concrete, substantive personality ?Ben Tillman. It forces a bitterness of personal leeiing wucrein lies me danger of a split in our ranks. When the movement in Virginia some years ago degeneratrd into the mere tool of Mahone, the party in that State was rent asunder and history will repeat itself. "Wanting OJtice ajl tlie Time." News and Courier. . Tapt. Tillman struck the nail squarely on the head last nijjht when, in accepting his nomination for Governor, he said: "Men plenty of them, will preach from the house tops and say, 'There, I told yon so; he has been Affin/1 .ill ihll tillip!'" Hnw Y7UIllll!?? UAXIV/T; U.I UIV .. can Capt. Tilliuau expect plenty of men to say or believe anything- else in view of his own confession which be made In bis address to the convention last night? "Ifvouaskme to lead this fight," said Capt. Tiilman, "y?u call upon me to lead a forlorn hope, but yon will have at your head the only man wno has th? brain and the nerve and the ability to organize the common people against the aristocracy." "Yon have adopted a platform," continued ('apt. Tillu.au; -'what is the use of putting out a platform unless rou put a man before the people who knows it, endorses it, has slept over if, and can explain it to the peopie and fight for it and ?ive it lite and force." Of course, men, plenty of them, will preacii from the house top* and <*y:\ ''There, I told vou so; he has been wanting office all the tnno!" wnat el$c can they say? What would Capt. rillman say? BohoM! the reform movement has degenerated into a Tillman scramble ior oflico. A (irwit Mist'lkr. Chester Bulletin We must confess that we arc greatly surprised at me action ot uic -uarcu i Convention held in Columbia last ivoet. In the first place we ate surprised that nominations were made, nidi(i the second place we are surprised thaf. Tillman was nominated md accepted the nomination. In onr opinion it was a mistake to make loniinations because it shows an acknowledged weakness on the part of the larmcrs to make the light in the reguob nniiviinh/Mi m 11 lirkiiirli thf?v f.Ifliiri SOI Ul -- , ,%er cent, of the vote. It' the convt-n- j ion had been more unanimous for lominations there would have been nore excuse for nomination?, but:? it vas the vole was almost a tie, which ihovfed at least one-half of the farmers hemselves were opposed to nominaions. Although it was a mistake to nake nominations, it was a greater nistake to nominate Cap*. Tillman iud it was still a greater mistake for ' i / \ ! him to accept the nomination. It will! ! cause many w ho have been with him ! : in bis agitation, disappointment and j ; mistrust, and they will no longer be-' | lieve that his agitation was not for his i own selfish purpose, bin on the conj trary, they will believe that he has i been scheming all the time for it. In ! accepting the-nomination Capt. Tillj man has done himself and this class a j aerioas wrong-. An Independent Movement. York cilia Enterprise. The die is cast, the Rubicon is; j crossed and Capt. Ben Tillman is i i marching to the Executive chair of j , South Carolina as the nominee of an j I indepeudent movement in South j i Carolina politics. We use the term j ! advisedly, since a thorough exaraina- i i frnn of fh*? inntivns which uromoted I | the desire for making nominations ! outside of the Democratic party force lis to call the convention an independent movement. However, we desire not to be misunderstood when we characterize it as such. In a previous editorial we attempted to state exactly our position upon this question, and if our readers* will remember we said that there was 110tiling to prevent, or we say 110 harm which could result from a meeting of the character of the recent convention, provided it did not go too far. To j i formulate in the shape of resolutions 1 * " I or piatiorm uic giievauucs ua mvsu who were dissatisfied with our present government, is a right guaranteed under the constitution, and would not he put out of place if presented to a regular Democratic Convention, but when it is attempted to force a nominee upon the Democratic party in advance, when the party, as such as not represented, we think that no other words < can be used which will more forcibly ' express the meaning than to character^ize it as an independent movement. ""?< i i - t : ? i. i uapt. Tinman aim nis ajujulciuuii., Mr. G. V. Shell, were the masters of the situation since they had a chairman who -would make Tom Reed blush as a parlimentarian, and they used it to the best advantage. Kind of Statemamhiji'Needed. Newberry Herald arul Nacs. A LMAftl /IAAI Kop COl/1 Miwl L Ill u^ai iiao oaiu twivi H a it,- r ten lately about retrenchment and re- j i form, and extravagance in the inan| agement of affairs in South Carolina j lias been repeatedly charged. Now it {is a very easy matter to make wholet sale cHarges of extravagance, and to cry reform, and to deal in generalities. Our people are in a state of unrest and seem to want something, and it is a popular thing to preach extravagance and to talk about the reforms that are needed in a general way", and many pretended friends of the farmers are riding this hobby because the mass of the people are pleased and tickled with such stump oratory. We svant to see this matter brought down to facts and figures. What reforms are needed? VUooo T.?f 11C I'lKtW JL OjyVVlJ.1 JUVV U.^ *kt?v f> T* ?wav there has beenextravagance, and where there can be retrenchment and reform. The edi or of the Herald and Xeics claims to be a reasonably reasonable man, and he is sure {hat lie favors the slrickest economy in the management of the affairs of State, that jwill secure to the peoole an honest and efficient administration. It is thought that the State debt can be funded for four per cent, if wise counsels prevail. But if we tlu-ow 1 our State in confusion and shake tlie | confidence of the financial world in the j stability of our State government, it |! will be difficult to fund the debt at a ; low rate of interest. , We need financial statesmanship 1 now. This is a big question and oue that should receive the attention of our statesman. ! "We shall expect Mr. Tillman in liis j canvass of the State to specify what re- j forms can be made and what he pro- < poses to make. : | J A >ew "King." Columbia Reg inter. Picsiilcnt Siieit hitells us "the { Executive ('om nittec of th~e F^rnie^' Association, composed or one frour^ each county." calls th'a convention, which lie u- "is u convention of those wi.o ?>u:paihize will) the views aud purpo.-ts set Jerih in the address ii'vAMiiivu (Vitninitfpp. and if VI IJ lis l^AVUUli ? V ? ? there be any celegate- here who are opposed to ihe Fanueis' Movement, or the reforms demanded by it, ihey are here either under misapprehension or they have come as obstructionists or marplots," and then it was very plainly intimated dial the convention should not allow such .'^legates to sit as member* of the body. It is not enough thatihese delegates are members of the Farmers' Association, they must toe the u.ark. that has been laid down lor them, or v?c set aside. Here is autocracy with a vengeance. Ii is not enough tint fcuch a delegate has been Mint here as a Dem ue a I aaiI c!H7(>n (1 i j (19 <l lii lllvl ^ t?n u ^ vww* v> w??* wm ^ heisioid: Yoa tnn-t d> as we call you lo do or s..-uid aside. And yet these are tl.e very ineu, as Farmer Shell tells us, who are trying to "redeem the Suite from ring rue, and make the Democratic party carry out its pledges to the people/' They are not acting outside ol'tbe parly, not they. They are not dictating to the Democratic party, not xhey- They are men of a splendid record, they are all patriots, as are not oiner*, ana mey come here to stop this "l&vnritism in dispending the offices," to check that policy by which ua man must belong to a certain 'set' before he can expect to gain preferment." They have come to put a stop to that condition of things, as President Shell expresses it, when "men once elected to office are kept there, often to the public injury, provided their social and family relations are aristocratic." It docs not matter, of course, if Farmer Shell himself has held office tor six ycir?. lie has been the choice of the people. He is a favorite, it is true, according to his own showing; but he is no aristocrat, not lie. lie ha6 deserved the office, and the people have said so. Other men, hem vcrf who like him hare contiuucd to enjoy popular confidence, must come to taw. The Shell Executive Committee have said so, and it auv ueiegates ut me here to say anything for these favorites, and aristocrats, and these legislator?, who have "created a suspicion of sinister inflnences" in the minds of , Presideu Shell and his reformers, they J must staud aside, that's all. They are not going to put up with this sort of f-hinas nnv lnn?rer. Thev are not to "be cajoled or intimidated" any longer. 'They have got it," as the so-called "ring'" think, and President Shell says to his confreres, "in all earnestness": "If we have sot it. let us keep it, aud when the Democratic Convention meets next August vre will give tliese gentlemen a rest." Tlra?s the milk in thec-'icoanur, i-. it? They htve not come here to dictate to the D. mocratic party, not they. They just want to 'oivi! ;he-f iren:!emen a res'." and walk in a::d hany ni> tM-ir own hats . They I, ivc bee:: 1' rord ? ? flu this thing i against their own lender natures. ? When they "give these gentlemen a J rest" ami come in themselves, it does ' not matter then how long those ?i their set shall ?tay in. That will be all right. They will come in as the favo- * ?! ?< ? C liia nomOn 911.? ktiv iti !li Sl!fth ~! lltUO UJ tuv [/VVj/IV MUV* %mmw 4.1 W??VM- r They won't claim any "aristocratic J family relations," not they. 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