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111 p ' f1 ^ ^ 'jjjfy ^ |j|j| "*" . "- jsu@? . . 0M r?^.-SlSS VOL. XLVI. WINNSBOMO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1890. NO. 42. 4-Jj i ?? ?? ??B?MP?bmpb > >? w>-n ww l ??^ GORDON ENDORSES 7HE fAIMiRS- AlUAtlCI -'JLLY AND An L.<-' ir-i- >V!iich Ai>;>??ml in tlie S >;i. ii.Tn, Alliance t';tiniur?Living Edi; i>rown, of the Southern Alliance :*ir:uer. recently wrote to Governor ?iui\lou, .'.skiug his views upon the in.ui.vrs in which the Alliance is inteiv:>u d. and also asking his upproval and endorsement" of the order. Governor Gordon replied as follows: Atlanta. G i.. Ma}*, Z'i. 1890.? Mr. H 0. i>:\nvn. Editor of the Southern JJliariCv: Farmer?My Deiir Sir: llepl resenting as you do, so large and honorable a body of our best citizens your riglit cannot be questioned, to r my opinion of the great movement to wliich you refer in your letter of yesterday. My answer will be given with entire frankness. although the exacting nature of my duties absolutely forbids any elaboitite di scussion. I appreciate most sensibly your fn invjwlf "as a friend JVXi-iVi. lUUUUVJa./ v w of the toilinur millions who are but seeking. justice/* This testimonial from one in your position will justify the statement, I trust, that as a life member of the State Agricultural Society from early manhood ;uitl identified in every possible way with the j farming- interests of the country, mv j liighest concern in public and private I life has naturally ;been to protect j {iiiu promote iuy u^nviuunm industry of our country; not only as the leailing. primal and principal calling 01 our people; but the one most essential to Southern and national prosperity and yet least favored by the government or protected by its own votaries. Hence for lii'teen years or more. I have labored in conventions, on the public rostrum and in private station to induce the farmers of the country to organize. For lii'teen years or more I have urged a close, compact union?an all-embracing agm ricuitural brotherhood, defensive in oTN-1 / *-!r- oxwfrp^sivfi in 1 i/?> uijum v/J-4*^7 ~ ?. F protecting that industry from un[ friendly legistation, unjust exactions ^ and hurtful discriminations. In view of these efforts to secure organization dining so many years of my pxst life, it is scarcely necessary for me to say that i hailed the advent or the Farmers" Allianco as the possible, iiuai realization of a long cherished hope, nor is it necssarv with my past record oefore you +!>o+ T on.l.iiNf wir.iio'iL. reserve CV/ OlfcJ bmH A ruicl 'with unabated emphasis the It policy of the Alliance for :m increase of the circulating medium of the r^- country. As to the best medium of obtaining that increase, I frankly ad mit, I am not fully prepared to advise; but 1 repeat "what I said in another place, more than twelve years ago, that I do not believe a more dismal chapter, nor one more inconsistent with real statemanship, nor more incompatible with the true interests of its citizens, has ever been written in ail}- country where the ballot was free than that which records the action of this government in the forced and rapid contraction of the currency. In the teeth of overwhelming evit denceof the country's growth and prosperity and on the groundless assertion and bald assumption that all the boundless prosperity in the country at the time was the merest sham, Congress proceeded to rush through i one measure of contraction aiter another until it had checked enterprise, quadrupled the difficulty of paying debts, blasted the hopes and paralyzed the industries of the people and reduced all these inspiring prospects and productive energies to on? va.st uneral pile. Unsatisfied with these dismal results, the contraction cormorants gave the screw another turn in the deinonitization of silver and cramped ** * ' ' *"? f -Lt and crushed the toners 01 me sou ^ and toilers for bread until the black ruins from their mad policy were seen on every hand in shattered fortunes, popular dismay and deadly universal bliglit. I regret that I cannot in this lottor discuss the reasons, or rather excuse. offered for this neeiUess and cruel policy. What ought to be said | of the folly raid madness that "would j enforce in this country a policy which' everywhere, hi all countries and con-1 ditions. is reeking with the indiscri- i initiate murder of every interest that | makes a country rich and great. 1 ft shall hope at an early day more fully to analyze this subject, and discuss ^ the other problems to which you ;dhide in your very courteous letter. You arc aware, however, that my time is taxed to the utmost, and you will pardon me for now closing with one word to tho -great brotherhood in which you now hold so responsible a position. I3y CCUK'lItXUUi* Ht'iu m> > vuiu U|/? by personal interest. and by every consideration for the welfare of our people, ni3* sympathies are deeply enlisted in all the [high purposes sought to be accomplished by the Farmers' Alliance. I rejoice that the genius of the age?the genius of or?:mized. co-operative eiTort?has at last possessed.aroused, and impelled to action the great body ox the toilers of the soil. Witu wise counsels w <4aide thein to conservative action: with full recognition of the rights of k others. but uncompromising resistanee to wrongs upon themselves: relentless oppositionto legislative fftii or congressional discrimination in * n . AT ~A I every phase or lorrn. "nueiuer il;h discrimination be against landed interests through pet banking systems r&gaiiist the masses of the people Kvou<;h unequal taxation, uneontrolcorporations and monopolies or Biquitous financial policies?by uni Iental partialities and special priviges. tho success of this great movetent by the brotherhood o: fanners fcjli be doubly assured and that sucks will biing not only to the farmHkrlasse.s. but to the toiling mass*.* people speedy and substantial H and inaugurate an era of prosK~ never known before in the his Ipr.f this republic. K F ratemally yours. 1| J. B. Goudox. Hk h?tCmu:; BOOTH'S SHOT RECALLED' A C?ri<>3* aiul XewStorj'Trom n Montreal M;in. [ A dispatch iVoni Detroit to tho { New York Times says: "An echo of the j shot fired by J. Wilkes Booth in ! Ford's Theatre, Washington, about ' * ^?? - ' ^ 1ao4- ATA^^.1 or ! twoiity-ii vt: > t;iii? u .huum ?,> I>3* which Abraham Lin cox: received his mortal wound, was heard Thursday in Detroit. Thomas Casey, a typical Irishman of sixty years or more stood in front of the opera house intently studying the show bill that bore the name oi Edwin Booth, who is playing an engagement here. He asked a man standing near him if Edwin Booth was any relation to J. Wilkes Booth. Being assured that ho was. Mr. Casey repaired to the hotel to tell Mr. Booth the following remarkable story, now repeated l'or the first time: "In Jane. 18G5, while Mr. Casey was an auctioner iii Quebec a schooner called thw Emma loaded at Mon Iireal loaded with oil lor Nassau. In the cargo wore seven large trunks marked J. W. B., Nassau; to be called j for.* The schooner passed Quebec, but a short distance below that city a storm struck her and she was wrecked. The crew and officers were seen, but the derelict was picked up by some Quebec sailor, who churned salvage. The goods recovered were put into the Admiralty Court to be sold, and Thomas Casey was the auctioneer to whom the sale was intrusted. He opened the seven truks and found them rilled with rich velvet suits, jeweled daggers, armors, helmets, plumes and various other theatrical accessories. Old letters beiuing the address "J. "Wilkes Booth." and hundreds of tickets with initials * J. "W. B." were also found." "The goods were much damaged I by water. For some of them there ' was no cail, and Mr. Casey kept I them. Tho sailors realized $800, and S300 was deposited to the credit of 4. Wilkes Booth or liis heirs. Mr. 1 Casev had never heard of J. Willw 4 .1 . X>OOlli. uuv, u m took but little interest in tiie that were then interesting the Am iean mind, <uul he made no effort to find the owner, who, he then supposed, was drowned on the Emma, nor had he any interest in inquiring for Booth's relatives. In the lapse of time the affair escaped his memory, and he did not think of it again until today. Casey's endeavor to see Edwin Booth was futile. He was not in his room and no reply was deigned to a 11UIA7 IXi vrnivx that he might be able to impart some information o!' interest about J. Wilkes Booth. A subsequent interview with Mr. Arthur Chase. Mr. Booth s manager, was equally fruitless, Mr. Chase informing Casey that the great tragedian would tolerate 110 allusions to, or conversations about his brother from any source whatever. The fact that the trunks were consigned to Nassau, leads to the belief that J. Wilkes Booth evidently hoped to escape to the Bakunia Islands and there resume his profession, believing, no doubt, that His oncnsc* would be considered a political one and that lie would be safe in a foreign country. Casey is a resident of Montreal who happens to be visiting this city. A HOAROR OF THF OCEAN. A Vessel with 110 Chinamen und -1" "White Most Wrecked in :i Foj;. Captain Anderson of tLo ship "Oneida." has anived at San Francisco 07i the schoonor "May Kimball." He reports that his ship was wrecked April 20th 02 Hemlines' Hock, Lanck Island, in Belning's Strait, and seventy seven Chinamen lost. The "Oneida" had on board 110 Chinese and forty-five white men. nearly all on their way to a salmon cannery on .LancJi island. vn uio ancmoon ox April 20tli. when the "Oneida" had nearly reached her destination, Captain Anderson staled, he made a run of about thirty miles to clear the southwest point oi' the island. At 9 p. m. he supposed he was a long distance from the island. He could not : see on account of a heavy fog. He ; put back about three miles, expecting to pass on the opposite side of the point. Instead the vessel struck on Kennines" rock in the southwest end oi ti-e isianu. .v ueavy se;i was oji and in a short time the "Oneida" was a total wreck. The white men and txiirty-three Chinese escaped in boats and floated ashore on pieces of wiceL Seventy-seven Chinese were undoubtedly drowned as they have never since been heard of. The Oneida" had on board material for building and running a salmon canV..-.VA -vt-Iiw;i? -tn hiivp been erected on the island. Mr. KSkins's Nincty-lloom House. The ninety-room house thatStcphen B. Elkins is building near the town of Elkins, Kiaidolpii county. "\V. Ya., -vvili be finished the first of June. It is one of the finest country residences in the South, and is at the rtf ?r hill?Mb.niiitfn minutes' walk from the railroad station. In front is an extensive lawn. Around the building is a wall three feet higher than the first iloor. At a distance the house, with its towers, does not look unlike a European castle. It is an extensive three-story structure, with shingled sides and slate roo?? On the lirst lioor is a large hall that will be lighted with six ornamental torches, which will cost about >>200 apiece The parlor, dining-room, and library all about same size, are on the same lloor and will be titled j up luxuriously. The children's room1 is also on the same floor, but it is smaller than the other three. All the rooms are finished in hard wood The lire-places are massive. The walls of some of the rooms are adorned with handsome paintings. On the second lioor are the sleeping apart incuts and about naif a dozen bathrooms. The bathtubs are of solid porcelain. The kitchen extension is a two-story building. The iirst floor contains the kitchen proper and : servants' dining-room, and the iioor :ibove their sleeping and bath rooms. | Ex-Senator H. It. Davis is preparing -110 build a house seventy-live yards ! from that of Mr. Elkins. The f-ov.n of ! Elkins is the terminus of the West ' Virginia Central Railway. J s FIGURES FOR FARMERS. THE EXPENDITURES !N THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREI A 3Ionil>f*r of the Hoard Collects Some Important Data from tho Public Kocords. ! To the Editor of The News and Cornier: There may be some earnest seekers after the truth, to whom the figures relating to the expenditure of its funds by the dep;;;: nent of agri1 culture, as given by Capt- 'iMl-uan, in liis speech at Anderson House, may need explanation. Ac- i coming to your report m me .News and Courier, lie said: Tlie board oi' agriculture had spent $325,000 since 1SS0, and this year they will receive $45,000 from the privilege tax on fertilizers. A Voice: "What do they spend it for, beer or champagne?*1 Capt. Tillman: "Well, you will have to ask Col. Butler." The privilege tax was a special tax on the farmers and ought to be used for their benefit, etc. This means to charge extravagance, corruption and misappropriation of this fund. A report, itemized, with vouchers, is made annually to the Legislature. There is, therefore, no excuse for Capt. Tillman to plead ignorance and say UI don't know/' Aspirants for public favor should not make charges they cannot prove, nor plead ignorance. To say the least, it has the look of iu sincerity, for where the figures were obtained there follows the full information of expenditures. To understand this seemingly large expenditure one must know with ...I,-i li - ."l- i l _i? : il \\ju:a [iic ucrKiriment 01 agncmuu'e is charged. It pays the salaries of the commissioner of agriculture, chemists and clerks; it prints privilege tax tags, monthly reports and other matter; it draws samples of guanos, buys chemicals and fixtures, and analyses the fertilizers, issuing bulletins of receipts; it has charge of the weather service, State exhibits, as at New Orleans, Augusta and at Spartanburg. of the veterinary department. farmers* institutes, experimental stations. the fish commission, the collection of the phosphate royalty, and of agricultural affairs generally. It also has charge of immigration, and pays the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society $2,500 per year by legislative enactment. Now. to do ail this requires a good large sum; how much will be best seen by reference to the commissioner s report for 1889, the last one, by T\'ir rvF Incfvof t/yvi tlin ? ivj V* <LJLX U'>11 (11 I'.'IJ < UiiV VA/JLAVA UiV'UO and disbursements being as follows, viz: Collections. Privilege tax on commercial fertilizer ?32.988,05 Heed from J.if.McBryde, proceeds sale of farm products. Spartanburg Station 581.68 Balance in State treasury, df?r>a.vtmpnt, funds T.fiSfi 77 Balance in State treasury. Station funds 313 56 Reed irom A. T. Smytlie, the amount disbursed by the department of agriculture in phosphate litigation, being part of damages recovered 12,162 26 Rec'd from A. T. Smythe. damages recovered in . phosphate litigation, bal an co after deducting amount paid out by the department of agriculture 31,390 79 Total $85,129 11 Disbursements. SALARIES. A. P. Butler, Com. of Ag., 12 mos., at ?175 $2,100 00 P. E. Chazal, chemist, 1 _ month, at ?175 175 00 L. A. iiansom, clerk, 10 months, at >jl25 1,250 00 A. E. Gonzales, clerk, 2 months, at ?125 250 00 Total $3,775 00 AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. Laboratory expenses??2,081 11 Salary clu-mi st and two assistants. 11 months, at SU1.00.' 1,558 2G Accounted for ill chemist's report 487 47 Paid by commission for P. E.jChazal for Nov 33 3S Privilege tax tags 1.105 72 Publishing and mailing monthly reports 780 -10 Printing annual reports.. 744 67 Printing. 489 77 Clerical assistance 1,300 00 Expenses drawing guano samples 987 85 Prize corn contest G 50 State weather service? 251 58 t? ?-i i?:i 1 iUjpilus uu uiumiiij;?) iuu alterations 1.227 69 Stationery and books 170 27 Telegrams ?87.01, express charges $51.35 13ft 30> State Representative at Paris Exposition 500 00 Insurance premiums 349 98 Postage 295 28 Travelling expenses commissioner of agriculture 92 80 Freight and hauling j ?19.32, porter $229.65.. 248 97 t Gas $52.00, ice $14.25, fuel ?32.15 '.... 98 46 ! State exhibit Augusta Exposition 1,513 38 Veterinary department... 312 89 Department'museum 518 20 Oirice fixtures ami sundries 110 78 Farmers' institutes 391 05 Hall and office furniture. 130 ;>(> Library cases 271 75 Total ?14.181 11 W^PERIMEXTAL STATIONS. ETC. ?tnfirvns S" fi-if) D.^ agriculture 8??7 70 Fisli commission 596 63 Patrol at Georgetown *351 65 Patrol on Eiiisto 200 00 Patrol in Marion County... 30 00 Patrol in EJgefiel J County. 15 00 PHOSPHATE DEPARTMENT. Salary special assistant. 12 | months ?1,800 00 1 Offid^ent, travelling ex ^^^^ynceial assistant 150 00 Printing 7 ."() .LitlgatlOli 1, , ;>;> Annual inspection of phosphate territory by board 11G 80 Total ?2,800 90 OTIIEi: EXl'ENIilTUUES. State Agricultural and Mechanical Society .S2.r>00 00 ! Paid State Treasurer balance damages recovered in phosphate litigation... 31,300 70 j Total disbursements..$(51,824 13 Cash ia Siato Tresury October 31, 18S9 23,304 98 Grand total *85.120 11 j THE COMMISSIONERS REPORT. In tlie commissioner's report fol-1 low ten pages of disbursements in ! detail, witli number of voucher and ! amount, covering the above expendi-1 lures. ! I call especial attention to receipts j from litigation, since the attempt has I been made to throw discredit upon I the board because nobody was ever | prosecuted. Ever since i have been j connected with the board it has been : in constant litigation, and besides the above large sum which has been turned over to the State Tree jurer, only last year another important question was settled, which will be worth thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, to the State. The point in this case was, whether the State owned ir\ VtiorVi mv Irm-. wafen* movlr firlol wv vi. AV ?? 11 uuv-i. luiuu. AJA VXXV 1/AVHV.A. swamps, some parties claiming the right to mine to high-water mark. As regards the pay of chemists and clerks, about which the department has been criticised, (and it does seem that the salaries are very Lirga ones.) I have this to say, that the late chemist, Dr. P. E. Chazal, demanded higher wages, which the board declined to grant, and that therefore he resigned and accepted another position which paied him better. And so, too, with Mr. L. A. Ransom, who had been connected with the department for years as its eHicient clerk. The pay of the ten members of the board of agriculture is S3 per day and 10 cents mileage. Tlicy can only charge for fifteen days service each. I do not suppose that any member of the board has ever been paid for that number of days. The usual custom has been to put in a less number of clays than is actually served. Two days has been the average, but sometimes three were actually served in gomgandcoming. Mr.Tillman and his croakers may do it more efficiently and economically, but I have great doubts about it. Having shown all that was proposed, that is, how the department expended its funds, I remain, yours truly, T. J. Mooee. A NORTH CAROLINA LYNCHINGJohn Starliiijr, a Hard Citizen, Shot to Doatli. Raleigh, N. C., I\Iay 27.?John Starling, living near Solma in Johnston county, was surrouuded by a party of masked men while on the way home last Saturday night, tied to a tree and shot to death. Twenty bullets were put into his body. He had made some threats against a peaceable citizen and was returning home from a magistrate's trial. His wife was in the wagon with inrn. ine mob tnrewa rope over ms head, dragged liim out and earned him far enough in the woods to prevent her from being an eye-witness to his fate. Some time ago an old lady named Cenia Brown and her grandson were foully murdered in Johnston county. Mrs. Brown was Starlings motherin-law, and there was well founded suspicion that Starling murdered her that he might get possession of TY?wi-\ovfv flivrmorli liic wifr* TTo was tried on the charge of murder, but he had so terrorized the community it was impossible to get any one to testify against him, and he was acquitted. Later the houses of two persons who made themselves conspicuous in the trial against him where burned. The people of this community thought this Starling's work of vengeance. hence the lynching. Accident on the Coast Line. Columbia, S. C., May 27.?Passenger train No. 51, which left here on the Atlantic Coast Line last night at 1 "fVvr* W-ilTviinrrf rvn woe lvi/TIv wrecked, fourteen miles from Columbia. The heavy rain undermined the track. The engine went over safely but the tender left the track, and the rest of the train piled upon it. The only person seriously hurt was Conductor G. W. Gruber, whose leg was broken and head cut. Albert Gary a drummer from Dalton, Ga., had his knee crushed, and Sam Bunting, the Pullman car conductor, was cut about the head. The injuries of nono are regarded as serious. The derailed train was a total wreck, and until the track is cleared passengers will be transferred at the scene of the accident. The Clemson College. Greenville, S. C., May 22.?At a meeting of the Clemson College trustees, held at Pendleton on Tuesday and "Wednesday, a large amount of detail work in connection with the beginning of operations on the Col lege built lings at r ori ?1111 was disposed of. Tiic contract for throe million bricks was given to Poole & Co.. of dewberry, and a contract for sawing the lumber, to be secured on the place, was let to Griffin & Co., of Pickens. Bruce & Morgan, of Atlanta, were chosen architects for the College buildings. Arrangements were imiut; iui u iuiw ui twenty convicts just received from the Penitentiary. The first work will be done on the experiment station and laboratory buildings, the intention being to have the station ready for operations by October. ?The Rev. J. Cleveland Hall, late r.<ietnv nf +1ir? l5vr>clwf<vi"i?ir? /tlnwlt of Manchester. Ya.. -was one of the class continued by Bishop A\~hit tie on his recent visit to that city. Mr. Hall will probably enter the Episcopal ministry. ?The Grand Army of the Republic has bought the land where the Andersonville prison stood, and will tun it into a pleasure park. . w THE MEMORY OF LEE. ! I THE CEREMONIES AT THE UNVEILING ! OF THE MONUMENT ! Si:i-< a::<l ftirs and Stars and Stripes Over ! i'so Streets?Richmond's Seven Hills , Shaken by the Trump of Thousands. Richmond, Va., May 29.?With blare of trumpet, beat of drum, and the booming of cannon, the monument to Gen. Iiobt. E. Lee, erected by the ladies of tlie South, was unveiled today in the presence of a great multitude of people. The early trains from North and youth brought many additions to the enormous crowd winch filled tlie city lust night. Tl;o streets of the city had been decoraicd very elaborately and tastefully .ixv occasion. From all the business buildings were swung stream ers in which the colors of the Confederacy blended with the national emblem. The State colors of Maryland and Virginia were liberally dis?i - i piiiyeu. TilF. GATHERING OF MILITIA. The gathering of the militia began at an early hour in preparation for the parade. The head of the procession formed on Broad street, facing north, the left resting on Adams street. First came a squad of mounted police, then the Stonewall Bind, and folio whig was the Chief Marshal, Ex-Gov. Fitzhugh Lee, weaving a broad yellow sash as his badge of office; his Chief of Staff, Gen. Jno. R. Cooke, wearing a white 1 i SUSii, I mil u iu uuiui iiiui aiiiu a timoj among whom were Senator Bate, of Tenuessee, Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, Senator Hampton, of South Carolina, Senator Ransom, of North Carolina. Col. Basil W. Duke, of Kentucky. Gov. Eppa Hunton, o: Virginia, Ex-Gov. Scales, of North Carolina, Gen. Joe Wheeler, of Alabama, and many other distinguished Southern soldiers. Folio whig the marshals were the carriages containing the invited ; cruests, in charge of Capt. A. AY. : Garber: the Veteran cavalry, under command of Gen. "Wade Hampton, and th? Fanners' Alliance mounted. ' On the other side of Broad street i under commaud of Gen. Heath, were 1 the Veterans of North Carolina, fol- < lowed by the Society of the Army i and Navy in Maryland; the Freder- i ick county, Maryland, Vteerans of the District of Columbia. Before them and on the side streets were , formed the other militia, and civil organizations, which were to follow in the parade. Among them were . veterans from Louisiana and Virginia. and other Southern States; militia < companies from every State in the South.stu'lents from the universities ( of Virginia, Catholic Union societies, , the city lire department of Rich- , raoiul, and the firemen from New 1 Berne. X. C. ] J THE PROCESSION 3IOVES. ] It was nearly 1:30 when tlie word : was brought General Lee that the parade was ready to move. Turning to marshals, he gave the command to ' move, and the head of the procession * moved down B^oad street. As the veteran cavalry passed, the ] volunteer troops, infantry, artillery and cavalry, fell into line behind f flimn. fnllnwfid hv t,ho Fanners' Alii anee. The State stroops were arranged IN THE OliDEK OF THE SECESSION of the Southern States, South Caro- j lina being in the lead, and Virginia bringing up the rear. Each of the < State contingents earned a distinc- : tive banner, but of far more interest to flie throng which tilled the streets 1 and looked down from the windows 1 and house tops, wore the tattered and smoke begrimmed Hags earned ' by the veterans. Waving handker- ' chiefs and ringing cheers from thou- 1 sands of throats greeted them as l/UVJ MUlOOl. V.LAT THE HEAD 01' THE COLUMN. At the head of the procession rode : Ex-Gov. Lee, mounted 011 a spirited iron-gray horse. In the first camage were Gov. McKiimey, Col. Archer Anderson, the orator 01" the day? Gen. J. A. Early and Gen. -Joseph E. : Johnston. In some ol' the other carriages were Capt. R. E. Leo, Aliss ; Mildred Lee. Miss ilary Lee. Sena- : tor lveagan, of Texas. PostmasterGeneral of the Confederacy? Gen. H. "Walker, of Morristown, N. J., Sena- 1 tors Butler, Barbour, Daniel. Kemia and Pasco: Governor Fowle, of North Carolina, Fleming of Florida, Fleming of A Vest Virginia, Richardson of South Carolina, Gen. AY. H. F. Lee. wife and sons, Capt. Dan Lee,wife and children. As the leading carriage passed down Broad street, it was greeted with wild demonstrations by the enormous crowd. IMPEDED BY THE CROWDS. The nassasre of the processional column through the principal streets of the city was a continued ovation. Its progress was much impeded by the crowd that Tilled the streets, and it was nearly two o'clock when the monument was reached. AT THE MONOIEN'T. An enormous crowd was in waiting there. A large stand erected in front of the monument had been reserved for the distinguished guests, the orator of tlie day and ladies. It was well filled when the procession arrived, and the Grand Marshal, disI IV It.*.. ? _ /1 .... mourning. ojicveu xiis unu iv vron. Jolmston, to escort him to the seat reserved for him. "When Gov. McKinney, Col. Anderson, and the other distinguished guests and officers of the occasion had taken position on the front of the stand, the procession I passed in review before them, the veteran infantry leading, and the veteran cavalry and volunteer infantry bringing up the rear. The infantry U1 5^4lLLL/.ULlUlir> iuanafu itO i UtpiVLXJ as possible in front of the grand stand, the mounted veterans on the left of the monument. The artillery took'position in line west of tlie infantry. and facing the statue. Tlie volunteer cavalry formed facing the grand stand. Tlie arrangement of the mass of people Occupied full half an liour. CALLED TO OEDZK. Wlien the organization was comtand something like quiet could : t be had. Gov. McKinney as President of the Monument Association arose find called the assemblage to cvder. After a brief invocation by Rev. Chas. ilnmegerode, of the Episcopal church, Gov. McKinney introduced Gen. Early as chairman of the meet iug. lie was greeted with prolonged applause and ciieeiing. Taking tlie giVel from G?-ov. McKhuiey's hand, Gen. Early announced in a few well chosen words the orator of the occasion,Col. Archer Anderson. Every point hi Col. Anderson's address wfi.s o-vApfp/l with wfirra at) plause. ;md several times lie was obliged to suspend his remarks while the crowd cheered again and again. At the conclusion of his address, a wave of applause swept o7er the crowd and rippled out again and again, until hands were tired and tln*oats were hoarse. TIIE STATUE UNVEILED. "When iii a measure silence had been restored. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston arose from his seat behind the orator's stand, and. leaving the platform, walked toward the monument. On the other side walked a veteran ex-Confederate from the Soldiers* Home. Joe Marion "White, and J. J. O'Neal. His progress was gi eeted with continuous cheering. Reaching the foot of the in muinent, lie took in his hand the end of the rope wliich held the great white veil about the statue. A gentle pressure and ; the veil parted, and falling on either side disclosed the beautiful OUTLINES OF TIIE STATUE. As they came into view a shout ! went up from the assemblage in volume so great that it almost drowned the boom of the cannon. In a min- : ute. the who'c assemblage had broken from the ranks, and was flocking ; to the base of the statue, cheering 1 and tossirg hats,canes?anything? : into the air. The crowd 011 the plat- : form responded with cheers and way- ; mg of handkerchiefs and flags. It was a long time before the 1 crowd quieted down, and allowed * Grow McKiimey and the other distin- 1 ?uished people on the platform to re grain their seats in the carriages which ivere to bear them back to the city. j AT NIGHT. Tonight the city is celebrating the j unveiling of the Lee monument with 7 banquets, receptions and pyrotechnic . lispiays. At the Governor's Man- . < Ion a reception is being given to dis- j anguished guests from other States, j INTERESTING TO FARMERS. l rh? Liberal Premium Off?rs of the South < Carolina Agricultural Society. j Attention is directed to the follow- 1 ng circular letter from Colonel Thos. J ft*. Eolloway, Secretary of the South 1 Carolina Agricultural and Mechani- * jal Society: * "On page 10 of the premium list < :his Society for the nresent year, will * oe found the offer of premiums 1 amounting in the aggregate to $500, < :or the counties making the best display of county products, to be < shown at the Fair. November 10th. < 1890. * "The requirements are: To the < county making the best and largest 1 display of products grown or produ- ] ^ed by residents of the count}-, pre- J niums will be awarded as follows: * TSvef nvamitim ^ i. J-O.OU" ]JX V"vv Second premium 150 . Third premium 100 j In all $500 j "All grain must be shown in quan- , cities not less than one half bushel. \ rhe judges making the award in this , contest, v,'ill consider first, quality; ( second, quanity: .third. variety; and j fourth, aiTangement. Articles for . the county display will not count in the individual premium. ''I beg that you call special attention to this feature, and urge your county to be a competitor in the contest. Aside from the money invol- , red, county pride should stimulate our fanners to enter heartily into the matter, and thus show the progress , of agriculture in our State. "I take J it that the most effective plan would ; be for the several County Alliances ; from the sub-Alliances to canvass ; llie matter at an early day, and thus become organized, so that by the first ox November each county will be able to know what will be shown and at what railroad station shipment will be made. , -Railroads require the prepayment of freight, but upon its return to the original point of shipment, with the certificate of the secretary that the same had been on exhibition, the amount paid will be refunded. **I will be pleased to furnish a copy of the Premium List to all who may apply." In a Balloon Over London. London. May 29.?During the past 11-..1 Kr**vnppt war bnllnmi has made several ascents from tlie grounds of the Royal Military Exhibition at Chelsea. On each of these occasions the company included a New York Herald correspondent, and his expediences f>.000 feet in the clouds have attracted great attention. Today the famous balloon made another ascent and again the correspondent had a seat in the basket. Leaflets had been prepared with reprints of the Herald man's experience. and these were today taken up instead of the usual sand ballast, and when the balloon was far up in the clouds the strings of the packa gcs were cut and the contents sent ibiug nil over London. These many thousands of sheets of paper in the air created great curiosity, and as they fell they were eagerly caught at by persons on the street. "When the balloon started out a high wind was blowing, and after traveling several miles the whole concern became unmanageable, and was finally driven against a stupendous tree at Henley, on the Thames, where the balloon was torn to pieces and the occupants narrowly escaped sudden dcatli. Tiicy had to slide down the trail rope at a distance of eighty feet from the ground, after having been knocked and tossed about in space for several minutes. j ?Superintendent x'orter has in[ structed the census enumerators not to proceed against persons wiio de- j cline to answer questions, but simply report such persons to the department at Washington. 15 RATION IN TITE RACE. FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS lie I'rupoMeit to Canvas* the State for itic Democratic Nomination?A Cnlm and I)lN|>a4?lonatc l)lncn*slon Called lor?4 2tecognltlon cf Diflereucen iu the (,'niiip* Faemixgtox, ilay 26, 1890.?Be kind enough to allow me the use of your columns to reply to those of my fellow citizens who have expressed a desire for me to be a candidate for the gubernatorial nomination of our party. In the expression of these wishes as they reach me. along with the high personal compliment conveyed,there is a ling ot a call to duty. I accept both, and will give my best efiorts to deserve the one and meet the demands of the other. This is perhaps enough. But that there may be no misapprehension so far as I am concerned, premit a word as to the pesent status, as I see it I trust and believe that we are all still a unit as to a common sentiment and desire for the best interests of the State and its people, and thG great common purpose to guard and promote them, and all agree that our Democratic organization is the only agency through which this sentiment can be practically operated and this purpose effected by us. Our differences of opinion are confined to the ways and means to be used by our party for their accomplishment. When such differences exist some of us are certainly in error and possibly none of us are absolutely right. In this emergency, our Democratic authorities have arranged for the canvass of the State; certainly not to foment a family quarrel or that partisan strife and personal scramble for office, which is alleged to prevail in conventions of politicians, but ?or the fail* and square submission of our iffierences freely and frankly stated to the people themselves for final adjudication and adjustment If they can be submitted calmly md dispassionately and the people bring to bear upon their public business that practical business discretion which they exercise in their private affairs the decision reached, while it must necessarily overrule ii > 0 ^ tne news oi some 01 us, win De worthy of a free people and command ;he respect and cordial support of ill But should it be otherwise,and we b^:ome involved in partisan strife and illow passion and prejudice to take possession of our reason and judgment, the decision will still be the jest that we as a people are for th ;ime capable of,and it must be sus ;ained with unanimity. Any clean ;ut division of us will surely result n far graver consequences than inanimity in even error for a season jan bring upon us. Hedged about by unprecedented lancers and difficulties,we must sink )r swim together. We must stick to ;ke ship, for it requires us all to even lontrol her steering gear; and as ong as we do that we retain the sower, if we will exercise it, to rescue ler from dangers to which we ourselves may inadvertently or recklessly subject her. I shall attend as many of the meeings appointed by our committee as practicable, and direct my efforts to the discussion of the situation in its Dealings on our common interests, md in the hope that 1 may contribx ii-.i ?j-i 1 i,: ate 10 uiat rauuiiiu ugiuiuuu wuiuu trill tend to throw the light of truth up dii it and enable us to perform intelligently our duty as sovereign citizens. Yours respectfully, John Brattox. A BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ASSURED. rho Money Nocossary to Rocuto*. Mr.Rockofellor'a Gift now Talsed. Chicago. Mav *29.?Chicago is to have a great million dollar university. About one year ago John D. Rockefeller, the standard oil magnate, offered to give ?600,000 toward a university projected by the Baptists of Chicago provided the latter would raise the $400,000 necessary to complete an endowment of 1,000.000. He named June 2 as the date by which the total sum must be subscribed. This meant that an average of over ?33,000 must be subscribed during each one of the twelve months in which the work was to be accomplished. The task was a herculean one, particularly as the people of this city and in fact all over the country, had lost faith in Any educational enterprise which the Baptists of Chicago nil?4LLC put iUl til* Vli 6iv.wiuiu VI vuv inglorious failure of the Chicago University. Three-fourths of the amount, $300,000. was raised by the business men of this city irrespective of creed or denomination. A board of directors, twenty-one in number, will be chosen on or about June 1st; fourteen of them will be Baptists and seven of them will belong to other denominations. "While the institution will be under Baptist control, it is intended to i -J > x.j ? j 1 nave in conciuciea on a roiui, iiuujlju basis, and students of all creeds can obtain a thorough education therein. For buildings. ?250,000 will be expended within tlie next four or five years. Other buildings will be added as they are needed, llarshall Field has given to the university a tract of ten acres of land on Ellis Avenue, south of Fitfieth Street. In addition to this he has given the projectors of the university an option on a ten acre tract of land adjoining. This property will be purchased, thus making a splended campus, twenty acres in extent Physicians Nonplused. A dispatch of Wednesday from Hamilton, 0., reports: "Henry Inglehart, a Cincinnati, Hamilton ?!t Dayton conductor, fell dead, apparently, yesterday. He was put on ice. Srmipt.hms? susreested ho was alive. but tlie physicians declared lie was dead, and to convince the family they opened a vein at the back of his neck. The man instantly got up and appears to be as well as usual. The physicians are astonished and say they nerer heard of anything like it." ~ : i NEW METHODIST OFFICIALSThe Editors of tlie Church Paprr?The New Missionary Secretary. The General Conference in its session at St. Louis on last Friday elec ted an editor for tne>< ash ville Christian Advocate, the central organ of the Southern Methodist church. The Rev. E. E. Hoss. D. D., professor in the theological department of Yanderbilt University, was elected editor by a very flattering vote, and the Rev. E. JI. Bounds, D. D., of St. Louis, was elected assistant editor. For both these positions some votes were cast for the Rev. W. D. Kirkland. D. D.. editor of the Southern m A z J.~ \_/LU.i&LUlll .3.U. YUCU.lt'. South Carolina Methodism was honored by securing one of the three missionary secretaries. On the first ballot Dr. I. G. Johns, of Texas, was elected, and next to him came the Rev. A. Coke Smith, D. D., lacking but a few votes of the nomination. On the second ballot Dr. Smith went in like a flash. Dr. K. C. Morrison. of Atlanta, was elected for the third place. This is a most decided com- . p pliment to Dr. Smith, as the position of missionary secretary is regarded as one of the most important within the gift of the Church. Dr. Smith's elevation was not at all unexpected, as his hosts of friends and admirers in South Carolina were prepared to see his ability and executive capacity recognized by the highest tribunal of the Church. He received a flattering vote in the election for Bishop, and at the next General Conference many will be surprised if he is not chosen Bishop. THE XJSW AII55IO.NAKY StUUJSTASX. Dr. Smith "was bom on September 16,1819, in Sumter County, S. C., picked up wliat little "schooling" was to be had during and immediately after the war: but managed somehow ? to prepare himself for college, which he entered in October, 1S68. He was graduated from Wofford College in June, 1872, and joined the ranks of the Methodist itinerancy at the session of the Conference following. *j~. ?\A "UAnW-Ar\ VAil ?JL . 01111 Li-L JLO ilU XixLli.-XA.UOiX 11111 n. and water man. He is a very- Boanerges?whole-souled, zealous, active and earnest. "Whatever he undertakes he does it with all his might. He has served circuits, stations and presiding elders" districts, and he has for nearly five years filled an important professional chair in "Wofford College, and he has been uniformly acceptable. * Dr. Smith has a rare combination of talents for his work. He has a fine presence, a genial manner, a melodious and highly flexible voice, and graceful and natural gestures. He is an orator bom; and he has diligently improved the opportunities that his life calling daily affords for the further cultivation of these oratorical sifts. He is at perfect ease in the pulpit. TVhether or not he is entirely free from what is known as "stage fright," it is imposible to say. . ^ But few public speakers are more entirely self-possessed r than he seems to be. One great secret of Dr. Smitlrs success is that in his sermons or public addresses there is an entire absence of effort, strain or art. He speaks naturally and succeeds in making every one before him believe that the \? _! preacner is speainng to nun specially. He thus never fails to win the undivided attention of his entire con- ^ gregation. Dr. Smith has done a noble work for Wofford. His popularity, his enthusiasm and his energy have infused new life into his alma mater. The Fitting School, a thriving and prosperous nursery for the College, is entirely his creation. Dr. Smith is still a young man, and Vioc nnf vof. flip r.lllmilLfttni?r point of his carecr. There is more work for him, and if life and health are spared the Church will hear further of him.?News and Courier. i A Ilich South Carolina Baby. New York, May 29.?Two lawyers, three laymen and a referee appointed ^ by the Supreme Court put their heads together to-day to find out - '|j. whether an allowance of $5,000 a year should be granted to a 2-yearold baby for his proper support. The little chap is heir to ?000.000. but, oddly enough, his father is a poor man. unable, through business re verses, to look after bis son's maintenance. The boy is Francis Marion TTJbtaley, only son of Lawyer "William "Whaley and Louisine McCready TVhaley of Edisto, S. C. His grandfather was Nathaniel L. McCready. He left a large fortune to his daughter with power to use the income from it during her life, and to apy-v-P Vir>iT In it js/kSJLLJ. L CtiAJ- n. upon her death, and she made baby ; Francis her heir. j Stung to Death by Bees. The death of Samuel Salter occurred at his home near Trenton. S. C.,kon Monday night, after a brief illness. He died from the effects of the sting of bees inflicted two weeks ago. His horse had knocked orer a gum. when the bees covered him, and Mr. Salter, in attempting to rescue I the horse, was fatally stang himself. The horse died a clay or two afterwards. Mr. Salter was seventy-two yeai*s old and a good man. -Aiken llecorder. Destroyed by an Eawhqnakt*. Cokstaxt:n*o?l2, May 20.?The village of llepahie, in Amiedia. has been destroyed by an earthquake. A number of mineral springs snouted from the crevices made in the. earth by the shocks, and the How of water was so " great that adjacent fields rere flooded! The earthquake was preceded by rumblings, which caused the inhabitants to flee from the village, and they thus escaped death from the falling houses. No lives were lost. The Methodist Coulercncc. St. Louis, May 27.?The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, at its session last night, cleared off the calendar, closcd up all its business and after three weeks continuous aud arduous labor. adjourned sine die. The next gener al conference will convened on the first Tuesday hi May, ISOi, the place j of meeting to be determined by a | committoc appointed for that purpose.