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VOL. XLVI. WINNSBOMO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1890. NO. 42. 4-Jj
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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.
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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.
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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.
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THE MEMORY OF LEE. !
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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
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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. ]
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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.