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11^ u?un _! ibmwim mil It nil' ! -j " 111 l ** ^-mui jjiiimjj-jin.il. ~irrtT^,p"> u- i it v - jiimi u-i i i i 11 i n.iuiuitjljii > e mwbw ii I '. j L. XLVL WiNNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1890. NOi 47. I IUtes continue toadss tne people. npr *?t 1Vir.a>b'jr.i tn General mi. y Some Account of the s. >a were present, nyneg-ioes. The .meetd to order by County A. Gaillard, who made order a!nd a respectful all the speakers. As 1 _ _1 XI nrsiieu uiyiu 1 ft for Bratton and TillBpsos were opened with Hp Rev. Herbert Jones. Hpratton was the first e day. He spoke very His remarks were pun.ctuKigh with vociferous apHbpeated his former warnHhasized thein. He also H attack on the present ^ oc nnnvc.ccivn I I_?lij I u g interests. He begged a courteous hearing for s, saying they only mainself-respect by being others. rle, who was the next greeted .with loud cheers >ut nis ppeech was iisrespeet and attention two attempted interwas very aggressive. Itate Government had ?j- j M~vvim anu : He said the Jl-eport was Hi man only jAid $43 in acres of land and other Hd that was State taxes, the report said all. Hd it was a lie. Hrfe said the railroads in . Hull in; returned at a i and Tillman was a e board of equalization, were compelled to make ir oath, though Gary j not. die didn't think the L of equalization had do with railroad raaid under the law they ; ' I^-le defended the agriKu and cited the benefits j She establishment. He * K Abbeville proposition, 1 is to examine the affairs rtment. Tillman' had ( Bed Butler was ah ;hon- <L thanke'4 God he; had ' Knowledge the honesty against ^flhow A had ? Bs and all 2 n^fcjy^ek ^SMbvass I r.o.fo lio.-l r>nf. KpVtB^Wn > ' Earle accused Tillman of^Juder- 8 < ing the State and read from' an ar- c j ticle published in The Cotton Plant. 1 Tillman had in this slandered every . officer the State has had since :76. ^ ; He went chrougn the institutions of * t the Shell, manifesto and platform k , and assailed the objectionable points. 1 He asked Gary how he got on the : f ticket. * Gary said he was tendered the c I nomination by Shell. s ^ ; Colonel Earle spoke of the pri- ( mary and alluded to tiie rejected v |P proposition at Unio^. He closed amid ( W rousing cheers. When Captain Tillman was pre- 3 - sented there was perfect pandemon- ( ium. Tillman said it was the most impartial crowd he had seen except 1 in ColiynUL All the candidatesiad G been receimd so warmly. He said it was the ffprteenth county he had ? been in ami there were more Brat toil and Earle men here than all the s others put together. ? Tillman was continually interrupted ^ by tne noisy wrangling of the crowd. The spirit of the anti s seemed to s l, be to listen, but the two sides wran< gled so among themselves that it was F almost impossible to hear. * ^ Finally Tillman said he had twenty- s A. ^wo more speeches to make and he not be howled down by a|mob. E I Anf /3/vrcm " Raid, "all right, sir, I'll get * lad took his seat. v Itensest excitement followed pent and anything like order possible. One man walked fe stand, shook hands with 'and said he was a Bratton 3rst bat now he u Till- ^ 'froc^ hell to breakfast." ^ rmne'nt Bratton man said it ly righteous indignation for ^ tmorvt nf "Rn>ff.nrt of T.ftnrPT)? If five minutes of confusion I confounded Tillman a?ain a feed and vras heard with re el attention till the close of Ms c r i [rehearsed the charges of the 1 cgn and endeavored to defend r llion of the March Convention. t id he was the head of the ticket le only man suggested by the v ? j .? T? z? Ieuzauon anu. xi ne was eieuwsu al : t K be one time the head would i the dog. He would not allow i ftwyers on his ticket to dictate his ftx fe said he would carry all the ] Ities in the State except hve or j fend the people were going to have [ Ivernor Tillman in spite of them- < Ls, +n alluclmg to Ms prospects, laid he knew of only one thing ph could beat him. It would be , the News and Cornier to turn t u; J IHi'CI* aiici auvouute uim ?{j? \jru \ t"i. Vi'-<4. -j lie people would the^ say he had Bolil out. He charged many imposi- ! lituis and extravagances of the State government naming the cost of the penitentiary, the experiment stations 1 and agricultural bureau, an d giv- { ' ing the figures of the reports of j * r\f flio A crvifnltnra] T)prmrT.- ! i Hff Vil^ vv^v rtv' ?i-? , meat. j< WS ' Earle renewed the proposition to ! V have an expert to examine the de j W partment. j S Tillman said he would make no in-; I vestigations till ho was Governor. ; ' Tillman read a letter of Senator ' Woodward accusing him of assaulting ! ' i v the State Government. j j ! Woodward denied the chiirge em V phatcially. Another episode seemed I' 1 . imminent. Woodward said there j3 j were Tillmanites on the stand with"!{ their hands on their pistols. James-! I Tillman, son of Congressman Tillman,; l& : . . 2 ' construed tlie remark as applying to ' himself and some hot words passed but all was quieted in a few moments and Tillman closed his speech. Pope, Gary and Crawford, Farley. Hice and Townscnd followed with brief speeches. The meeting showed a decided Tillman sentiment. There were two | or three fisticuffs. Beyond that and the vociferations of the crowd, generally the meeting rvas good natured hi tne extreme. u. v. ?. York. (Special to the Register.) Yobkville, July 2.?About 1,500 people were present at the campaign meeting today. General Bratton was the first speaker, and made a short but earnest plea for the unity of the Democratic party, pointing out the dangers of divisions. TT-" ? T-> ?-v 4- irt A JdlS spctfcii ^Vitb auuuu on- ocbiixc cto that delivered at other places. He was loudly cheered and made a good impression. Colonel Earle followed and was vociferously cheered. He demanded that Tillman prove his charges against the State governmentHe proceeded to dissect the Tillman platform, but' when in the most interesting part the stand gave way by too many crowding upon it, and the speaking had to cease till it could be repaired. Resuming, Colonel Earle pinned Tillman to the wall on his charges, interrogating him frequently, and in each instance Tillman either evasively or indirectly replied. Colonel Earle was listened to with marked attention and concluded his speech amid cheers. Colonel J. C. Haskell v as next introduced, but it was fully half an hour before he could get to speak. The crowd shouted and yelled that he should not speak as he was not a candidate and had no business here. Colonel Haskell boldly stood his ground and vowed he would stand there till the sun went down but what he would speak. Here Captain lillman advanced and asked for Colonel Haskell to have a hearing, but the crowd continued to yell, when Major Hart, the County chairman, said that Colonel Haskell should speak or he would adjourn the meeting^ Finally quiet was restored and Colonel Haskeli made a briet but hot speech, scoring Tillman and the Shell manifesto. Right here let it be stated that lere was a preconcerted plan to lowl Haskell down. But it signally !ailed. Captain Tillman was then intro luced and made a speech, covering Lbout the same ground as it his ipeeches elsewhere. Ee repeated his charges of perjury, ind harped on the italicized fertili:ers and the tax the farmers had to >ay. ^ Here Colonel Earle made him acknowledge that he once said: "Put >n an additional 50 cents tax, the :armers would never know it." Referring to the charge of perjury, Colonel Earle asked him if he was aade Governor would he open the South Carolina College to blacks and whites alike. Captain Tiilr. in replied: "No."' Colonel Earle: "Would you"not be committing perjury under the Contittftion not?to do it? Captain Till ma a: "I'll stick to the Constitution as you fellows have been loing." Colonel Earle: "Then you would do ust what you are abusing others for ioing." Colonel E. B. Gary next spoke, his emarks being directed to the famirs to rise and assert their rights. General Y. J. Pope followed in the ;ame strain. Hon. E. G. Graydon made a good ^? /-3 -fVio Rf.fi XU, uuv www, bowed where every dollar of the >tate:s money went. Hon. K. L. Farley closed the peaking with a humorous speech. As the time had arrived for the departure of the train for Lancaster Icssrs. Crawford, Mayfield and Marhall were deprived of speaking. The crowd seemed to be for Tillaan, but by a close majority. With the exception of Colonel Has:elTs interruption the crowd was ery orderly. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ?C;d Robert Aldrich of Barnwell contradicts the statement that he vants to be Attorney General. ?The board of visitors of the Citadel ,cademy has ^deteriorated to omit his year's encampment, on account he recent sickness among the cadets nd the nossibilitv of exnosure. ?Albert Ithett, tlie twelve-year?ld soil of Col. Jno. T. Phett of Coumbia died on Tuesday, of lockjaw )rought on by a wound in the foot, riven in climbing. A tree a jagged wig entered the sole. ?On Monday an ox which belong?d to J. Land Scruggs of Greenville :ounty, whicl"\ vs'as tied up to a tree n the horse lot, was struck by lighting and killed instantly. ?On Sunday night, during a very severe thunder storm, the store of A. VF X- .T Ti T rivkc v of. flnneaw \v<ic struck by lightning and set on lire. Che entire store and the stock were destroyed. ?James Fortner> living near Marietta in Greenville county, commit;ed suicide early Monday morning riy cutting his tln-oat with a razor, j Efe had been insane for three days md killed himself a few minutes ai:er his attendants left him. ?A pro^iinent member of the Co- j umhia bar, who has investigated! inoHov Invniclios 'flic* \mvc ! ri?kV X-iACv JL W*JL V'i?j UXA\.V. | Courier vrith. the following information: "The Supreme Court of South j Carolina presents a most remarkable : *ecoi\i For thirteen years Justice Mclver has not been absent a single j iiour from his seat upon the bench. ! [n eleven years Justice IvLcGow in iias been absent one day by reason f jf personal indisposition. Chief Justice Simpson in ten years has been absent one-half of one day by reason : ?f sickness in his family. Except 1 where a case has been ordered to be reargued, no case has gone over an-' Dther term, but the decree has been j pronounced before the- next term i promptly." t i i HOW IT FEELS TO 3c SHOT. An Old Soldier Tolls His Experience with A Confederate Ball. A Rhode Island soldier. Lieut. Geo. B. Peck Jr.. in his story of a "Recruit Before Petersburg," describes the ex-, j periences and observations when lirst . _ i it r- ii unuer me. ne leu curious, ne says, 10 see how men behaved i;i such circumstances. They took all manner of positions. and was especially amused to observe how some of them bobbed their heads as the bullets ih-w nast. But ail at once "whit" sped a bulioi ' ;* his own ear. down went his own head, and he laughed no more at his comrades. The enemy proved to be too strong for them and a retreat was ordered. I had reached the foot of the hill when I felt a dull blow in the neighborhood of my left hip. I realized that I was shot, aud was at once curious as to the amount of damage. I looked down and saw that the hole was too far to one side to implica:e the groin. Forgetting a possible severed artery, I threw my weight on my left leg and, finding no bones broken, began to laugh as the ludicrousncss of the affair flashed upon me. "You're never hit till you run/' was my first reflection, and" my second: "Three weeks, lacking one day, and in the hospital! Such is glory." Do }"ou want to know how it feels to be shot? Ask your brother to step in+ r\ ror.l Vnl^morr rlor when the water is running freely in the streets, scoop a handful of snow from the top of the nearest bank, spat it once only with the hand at right angles, anil hurl with ordinary force from a distance of twelve fee't. The dull, spreading sensation will be sufficiently accurate. I got across the creek, and after trudging on a spell, using my sword for a cane, I found myself directly in front of Capt. Allen's battery. At the rear of this I be<ran to inquire for the hospital, and finally had a little farm-house pointed out to me. Twenty rods this side I met a couple of the ambulance corps. "Let us assist you,1' they said. "No, I can walk." 1 'But let one of us take your arm." I couscnted and started; but the two men had to hold me up for the rest of the way. Near the house thev laid me on the grass, and one of them went for a surgeon. "Where areyou wounded?" he asked. I showed him. "Let me examine it." "What for?" "To see if a bone is broken." "Well let some one hold my hands." An attendant held them, and the Burgeon explored the wound with his anger?at least he said he did; I felt nothing. "Lieutenant, you have had a very narrow escape."" "I am perfectly well aware of it." He took my silk handkerchief, rinsed it thoroughly in cold water, and laid it on the double wound. That was all the dressing it received for three days. The next thing I knew I didn't know much of anything. I was winking and trying to open my eyes. Soon I dis- ! covered tree branches and men wearing caps, I opened my eyes a little wider; heai'ing returned to my ears, and the cannon's roar restored mo to i myself again. Thus it was I scraped acquaintance with the, dogs of war. A Talking (Jrow. The family or Air. William scarborough, who live at Randolph's grove, have had in their possession for some time a very curious, and, it might have been, a valuable pet. It was a common crow, as black as any of its fellows, and just as noisy, but it had this distinguishing feature, it could talk. The crow was captured while yet in its infancy from the nest by the Scarboroughs and raised by them. It was taught to sing a more civilized song than the mere cawing of the crow ana could speak several words very distinctly. Its common habit was to percn itseu in a tree not xar iroui tue house and offer passers by the unceremonious salutation of "Get out, dogs," and other sayings equally startling. Its articulation was remarkably distinct, and at first notice could not be distinguished from the human voice. The crow was a great pet, as pet crows are, and, though it lived near the woods, never staid from its adopted home longer than a few hours at a time. It would sometimes go visiting to the neighbors but always returned home in line coo con v*?v WVWWVM* The death of the crow happened recently, and it was remarkable as it's life. It had been missed from the place two or three days and, although search was made for it, it could not be found. At Last it was discovered in a well, where it had fallen. In its attempt to get out it would strike the windlass, and so be forced down again. Mr. Scarborough's family mourn the loss of their pet very much, as it was a very sociable companion, and, as it was very well known throughout thl io rmccn/1 liv fliA nPIOYlhnrS fLft well. ?Blooming Ion Fanlagrapli. Two Instances of Luck. "Speaking of luck," said Senator Ycst to a \V ashington Post writer, "I will tell you a story to which another man in this company can bear witness. One day, while 1 was in Richmond as o momW nf rhr> Confederate Congress. I lost a roll of money, my pay for the month, somewhere in the street on my way from the War Office to the hotel. I called a few fellows together and went on what seemed to lie a hopeless quest through the dimly-lighted and snow-covered streets. The chances were a thousand to one against success; but we hadn't been out fifteen minutes before a %'ouug Lieutenant who who was in our party stooped down and pick up the money. We all talked about our friend's good luck?but see how quickly fortune can turn another face. 1 was in high glee and wanted to treat. The searching party now went iu search ox a place of refreshment, but it was after midnight and it was a good while before we found a place open. At length, however, we were piloted to a saloon to which, pending some repairs, access was had from the street only by a ladder of about a dozen rungs. We all climbed up, considering it a lark (I was a good deal younger in those days), and after having some refreshment climbed out Would you believe it? The i lucky fellow w ho had found my money j missed his footing, fell, and in that fall , of ten or twelve feet broke his neck i and was instantly killed. Miss Pauncefote, the eldest daughter S of the British Minister at Washington, j has done much, by her personal exam- j pie, to make walking*a fashionable, as well as a Capital pastime among th* j girls of that city. . j i j * t STATE EXPENDITURES. STATEMENTS CONCERNINC THE COST OF THE GOVERNMENTJohn C. Haskell's Speech m Columbia?The Farmers' Aetual Proportion of the Offices :??;! Legislative Power, Population and Taxable Values. Mirl mv fr-11 n w-cif.ir/pr? T come before you to-day asking no office at your hands. I am liere in r.nswer to a call made against our ll; .?:* State, to tell you the upon the matters under discussion in this momentous canvass. I came here to-day though my business called me away, to meet face to face this man who claims to be the Moses of the farmers; to question him as to the truth of the charges he has made against this State and her r>eor>le: to Drove to him to his face that liis charges are false, and now I 2nd that he has gone. (Laughter and applar.se.) I gave Imn notice, for I called on hint to staj" here to answer and to make good his charges against the people of this State, or here, in the face of South Carolinas, to acknowledge that he had spoken falsely. But he answered that he would not stay, and in fact he has gone. (Derisive cheers.) There can be no denial about the fact tnat he has arrayed class against class,and men who have stood side by side in the war, and who lived under and redeemed themselves from the worst government the world ever saw, up to the redemption of 187G. His claim to the governorship is based solely upon the [grave charges agaidst men who have striven to support us and our State since that redemptipn. He has arraigned the Legislature and indicted it for extravagance and corruption and for the suppression of the rights of the people. I propose to give him and you some figures to sustain my position and as a complete answer to his charges against our people and government. Thev mav be tedious but they are necessary. From 1876 until the present day there has been no Legislative Assembly which had less than 12 majority of farmers over all other classes of representatives from " the State. The largest majority of farmers was 28 in 1878 and the smallest was 12 in 18S4. Now, I challenge any man in his senses to answer me how could the farmers have been wronged or ruled by rings when they had a clear majority in every Assembly since 1876? Now, as to the oppression by lawyers. Of the Governors elected since '76 but a single one was a lawyer. There were Hampton, Hagood, Jeter, Richardson and Thompson, and not one of them a lawyer. Of the State offices a majority of them were filled outside of the profession of the law, ; there being no lawyers except in the ! Attorney General's office. Now then, what does the charge amount to if it does not amount to this?that .the Legislature being in the hands of the farmers since 1876, that they have ! been false to their trust, and that the white people, the white farmers, have proven themselves unfit for self government? (Great applause and cheering.) That is the charge, my friends, that he has made against the i good name and fair fame of this State, < and that is the charge that you must rebuke by your verdict at the polls. (Tremendous applause and cheering.) There has been a very common clamor that the farmers have never had a fair share of the representation, ! and although he is not here it has been repeated by men upon his ticket, ; but, by the way, let us first look at the ticket and see how it represents the farmers. Who are they? There is the candidate for Attorney Gen- ; eral, Y. J. Pope. He is a lawyer. . There is the candidate for Lieutenr ; 1 ir "I "l_ _ * ant Governor, Mr. uary, ana ne is a lawyer, and there is the candidate ; for Superintendent of Education, Mr. : Mavfield, and he is a lawyer,- and I believe the rest of the ticket has not ; yet been filled out, and there is Mr. J. E. Tindall, who is a farmer and : whom I believe to be a good soldier, for we stood together for three years, and I know him to be a brave and ; true man. < Let me call your attention now to : the other claims made by this reformer. If we look at the tenth census ; we will find, on page 785, that there are in this State farmers and planters 89,000? members of other professions 60,000, or in other words four-sev- : enths of the white voting population are farmers and the three-sevenths belong to other professions. The farmers, however, pay ?319,000 of the taxes. The figures cannot be doubted, they are from the records of the tax books of the State. Now, gentlemen, if you have only foursevenths of the white voting popula tion and pay only tnree-seventns 01 the taxes, how can the farmers complain when they have five-sevenths of the representation"? If a ring has done this, then they are the ring, for they have done it to themselves. But I say there is no ring and the charge that there is, is false. But some people can never be satisfied. There is a gentleman in this State, my friend, Mr. Hemphill, of Abbeville, who is a most vociferous supporter of Tillman. He was continually making the charge of extravaJ - 1- ? gaiice against uue ouiie gyv eminent, and I tried an experiment with him. I gave liim a blank bill and asked him to till it out in the most economical way, and to put down what he thought should be the State's expenses. He did so, and when we footed it up the total was one hundred thousand dollars more than the appropriation bill. (Laughter and applause.) I intended to ask this new Moses, self-appointed and self-called, to tell us what he proposed to do if he should 02 elected Governor, and where he intended to cut. off the expenses, but he has gone. Well, the heaviest appropriations made in this State were made last year and by a Legislature over n 1 j 1 iV wJieimmgiy elected in uie iarmery, i interest. Tlie}* claimed t"!:at tliey were pledged to give the people the J Clemson College. They appropriated t $340,000(and this was done by men pledged to Tillman's cause, ard, as I said, it was the heaviest expenditure ever made in South Carolina.) How was j it done? ' -V ... j | Since the judicial and election and executive and other departments were the same, and the interest on the public debt of $383,000 must be paid every year, how could it be done otherwise unless we had repudiated our public debt and made ~ * J. X ? J. TT I no appropriation 10 meet us nere are some of the items: $100,000 was appropriated for the Lunatic Asylum, and 1 da not believe there is a man in the State who would begrudge this assistance and more to those poor afflicted, God-smitten creatures. So far as this item is concerned, we simply appropriated the amount necessary to conduct that institution. The increase came because of the pension bill, which called for $50,000, and was introduced by Mr. Sampson Pope. rm. ^ m A : ?u. l /^n xue v^ieuisuu .eigne luiuraj. college took $43,000, and the State House $60,000, which, by the way, was recommended by a committee, threefourths of whose members wefe fanners, and I voted against it. But that is a sufficient answer to the charge of extravagance. I had tnisted that Tillman would have been here so that I could make him admit, item by item, that he could not take off a single dollar without repudiating' the State's honest debt, or striking at the nohle charities of our State. He has elected to leave this meeting, but let him answer me when he will, and u/h <vn 1^/3 mncf. orlm-i-f error. v But, gentlemen, in addition to this, what has this Legislature done1? When did it ever fail to pass an act called for by the farmers? They demanded the lien law and it was enacted. They demanded the seed cotton law, and it was enacted. They demanded the creditors' preference law, and it was enacted. They demanded an agricultural department in the College. Some of us objected to it, but they said "stand aside/' and they got it, because they had a maioritv. and it. ise.ven now a snlvient of attack bj this self-appointed candidate for Governor. He has charged directly, if not by inuendo, a high official in that department with corruption, but brought face to face with him he retracted his charge. He alleged that he could not \ jderstand the accounts of the department. I don't know how that may be, but only ten days ago Governor Hagood said that there was not an old butter and egg woman in the State who could not understand that expense account, and he denounced as false any charge of the misappropriation cf a single dollar of the agrirtiilfnvol rionfoin HPillmo-n l"?oc V-/ C4JLU Ui-i. C*U XV4X1XX# VWij7L(AllJ. JU * J. * A* k I* JUL, been reduced at last to one charge which he has not withdrawn, and that is the retailing of the slander of the half idiot who charged Governor Thompson with taking the State's property from the Governors Mansion. Tillman has fetalltu the ?to*v of this half-witted creature, which any man would blush to repeat. He has attacked the Legislature about the reapportionment matter. Let me give 3rou the history of it. In 18S4 the bill was passed to take the census, but the farmers' vote was heavily aga&st an appropriation to pay for it. .^ailing in this the Constitution amended by the resolution brought in by Senator Munro to adopt the census of 1880. It was a crying injustice, against which all exclaimed and the best lawyers declared it unconstitutional, and this was done by men who had not sought political office, and among them was one who is now on the bench. He, too, lias been assailed, and for the first time in tlie history of South Carolina we find the judiciary of the State attacked by more than innuendo. (Interruption of "Hurrah for Izlar,:' applause and cheers.) Well, that is a sufficient answer. Gentlemen, is there one of you who believed Tillman when he got up today and made his labored effort to show that leprosy meant greed of office? Neither you nor I have ever heard greed and the desire for office described before as leprosy. But that is not what he meant. He mtended to charge and did charge depravity, moral depravity iust as he meant it when he said there was something rotten in Denmark. (Cheers.) But, whatever he said he has come out of it all himself as the chief of lepers. (Applause and cheering.) Ah. gentlemen, this constant making of charges behind a man's back, anct retracting them face to face, is sickening and disheartening. ANOTHER CONFERENCE CALLED* Men Who Oppose Tillman Invited to Gather at Columbia. The following circular has been received with permission for publication: Columbia, S. C., June 30th, 1890. Dear Sir:?I have been instructed by the Executive Committee of the Democratic Campaign Club, of this county, and have been requested by representative men from different sections of the State, to invite a conference to assemble in the State House at Columbia, at eight p. m. on 10th July prox. The conference is to be composed of Democrats opposed to the "Tillman" party and methods, and it is suggested, as largely as practicable of farmers and mechanics to represent the class vrhose interests, it is alleged, have been disregarded by our State government since 1876. Similar letters have been addressed to several persons in each county of the State, with the earnest i. ?n request/ tiiito Cciuu sncui ray u.v>vxi tu-L other work for the short time that is before us, and gather together all patriotic men, who recognizing the peril now pending over our State, will apply their faithful and devoted energy, and by organization, save her. There is no restriction of number. The larger the representation the lipf.fpv wp will be able to ascertain what is for the common good. You are urged to attend the conference in person and to secure the attendance of other true men. It is requested that, as soon as possible, you indicate what will be the representation from your county. Very respectfully, A. C. Haseell. President Democratic Campaign Club Richland County. ?Three earthquake shocks were felt at Santa Rosa, California, on Tuesday. WASHWOMEN OF MADRID. Ten Thousand Who Daily Ply Their Trade on the Banks of the Maxtzanares. Madrid's river of high-sounding name, the Mazanares, is a spatter of wet from the Guadarrama Mountains in winter, a muddy torrent in spring, a sand-blown ditch in the summer, ana i Ji? ~ naxuiy it uupauie scwci at auj liiuc ux the year. It comes down from the cold, gray heights to the north of Madrid, and winds half way around the city from the northwest to the southeast. What water flows through it breaks in sandy shallows, forming innumerable little islands and curiously bounded strips cf land, all accessible by any barefoot boy or girl. Ten thousand women soak and splash and souse and beat the linen of Madrid within ife cnonf trrofnro fitrnrtr Hov "NJVvf vtjlvuxu. itc o^/auu tt akv/i o v * v* j \twj ? a< vi an article of clothing is elsewhere washed. No other than these Mazanares lavanderas are permitted to labor as laundresses; and for three miles up and down the stream, from opposite the infantry and artillery barracks, upon the heights of Montana del Principe, past the windows of the Queen Regent's apartments in the royal palace, and circling around away beyond Toledo Gate, the moving dots of red and blue, yellow and gray, comprise this great army of Amazons, with arms and legs on them like tree trunks; with voluptuous breasts and shapely necks; hardmuscled and bronzed as Turks;the most arduous toilers, the wickedest black guards, ana wiinai toe suumeit tempered souls in Spain. There are three grades in this labor. They are the mistresses, or araas, the overseers or ayudantas, and the lavanderas themselves. All are women. The first are the agents who receive the work from the hotels, great houses, and the city agencies, in huge lots, and are responsible for its safe rieturn. The ayudantas or overseers are really the forewomen of from a dozen to a score of lavanderas each; and they are responsible for work placed' in theii hands by the amas. At 6 in the morning, winter and summer, the lavanderas will be seen, many of them with children trundling beside them, creeping along from the barrios abajos or lower quarters of the city toward the Manzanares. Near the river is an asilo or asylum, a refuge for their children. By 6 o'clock you might count from K Ann tn 8 nnn nf thp ttranm <vrp.fltmv?s at work. The entire sloping, sandy banks are covered with drying poles. At this time of the year the water from the mountains is of icy temperature. But it seems to make no difference with their labors. Here and there huge cauldrons contain boiling water. From time to time a trifle of this is poured in the little hollow where each one toils in j the sand and water; but this seems tc i be done more from habit than necessity. Each lavendera brings her own huge roll of bread, perhaps a bit of cheese, a claspknife to prevent undue liberties from the straggling soldiery near as well as to use in cutting bread, and, just before noon, they breakfast in huge wooden sheds on salt fish, potato, and coffee, with a measure of red wine provided by the am a, duplicating this meal at a dinner at 4 in the afternoon. They eat like animals, and the moment their food is disposed of the tinkle of the guitar is heard, and you or any kindly disposed'passer may dance with them as I did, until the thirty minutes allowed them for food and refresco have expired. On these occasions every one dances, gir.ls of 18 and women o"f 80, and the scenes along the Manzanares are very picturesque and interesting. But when I^ell you that one of these iron-framed weiNches must wash and dry ready for tfiC-J.'starching,'1 which is done by the criauss in the city,pieces of linen equalling the cleansing of seventy sheets, in oraer to earn 25 cents per day, the poetical sense fn it all is with the interested onlooker rather than with the drudging lavandftriis of the Manzanares.?Pittsbura Dispatch. Murdered in Masailand. The Revue Francaise of Paris had a letter from Zanzibar which says that over a year ago a caravan of 300 Arabs left the east coast to go into the interior to trade. They have now returned, and one of the chiefs relates their adventures. Arriving at Kavirondo, on the northest shores of Victoria Nyanza, the Arabs saw that the natives had a good deal of ivory and that they had no guns. They attacked the tribe, and before the shooting had gone od long the natives were wSling to do anything to make peace. After a long palaver with the ohiefs the Arabs agreed to leave the country upon the payment to them of 200 tusfcs of ivory and 200 young women. The natives were glad to get rid of the enemy even on these hard conditions. As soon as they received the ivory and the women the Arabs started for the coast. They had a terrible time in the Masia country. There was a drought, and they almost perished from thirst. Then provisions became scarcer and scarcer, and the whole party was in danger of starvation. Finally the Arab chiefs decided that in order to save themselves and their ivory it would be necessary to sacrifice their female slaves, who were very weak from their deprivations and could march no further. Tkat night all of these 200 young women were shot to death, and their bodies were left in the camp for beasts of prey- The victims happily had not a moment's warning of their impending fate. Each murderer selected his victim, and the horrible crime was accomplished so speedily that few of the women made any outcry. With their forces thus reduced the Arabs were able to pull through the desert region, obtaining little more food than barely enough to sustain life. The chief who related these facts in Zanzibar showed no compunctions whatever for the terrible crime in which he had assisted, but mentioned the massacre only to give an idea of the great loss they had sustained by the necessary sacrifice of their 200 slaves. It is a curious fact that some of the murderers were greatly troubled in mind because their necessities had " > *-? J compelled men] iu vm, i au> <luu. unclean food, whick is prohibited $q Mohammedans, on the march. Cnred After Being Given Up. At Ansonia, Conn., some old women got together and cured 3 child of mem rl rt/*+ATfl Vl 55 r? orsiious uruup unci tav given it up. The patient was thoroughly -wrapped up in flannels, and his head' and throat were rubbed with goose grease. A dose of the stuff,mixed with vinegar, was with with difficulty forced down the child's throat In a short time he vomited up a large portion of mucus, and broke up the clogging matter in the throat Being placed in bed he soon went to sleep, and the next day was playing about the house, and appeared to be far fflo? *** < T c" k [the south growing. FIGURES OF THREE MONTHS' MARVELOUS PROCRESS. Nearly 1,500 New Enterprises Organized Against GOO for the Same Time Last Year, and Brighter Prospects Ahead. The Chattanooga Tradesman reports for the second quarter of 1890 the organization of 1,493 enterprises in the Southern states, against, 690 in /wrrAftnnn<3fn p> mmrter of 1889 and 719 in the corresponding quarter of 1888. These reports are compiled from carefully prepared statistical reports sent the Tradesman from accurate sources from every point in the Southern States. During the quarter just ended three agricultural implements factories were established, five barrel factories and five breweries. Fortyone brick works were commenced against eiguueen jlu uuc same 14u.su. tcx last year, and one new bridge worts was established in Kentucky. Six boot and shoe factories were established, and ten car works, five in Alar barna, three in Georgia and two in South Carolina. UTILIZING SMALL FBUITS. The disposition of the South to utilize small fruits is evidenced by the establishment of fifty-six canning factories, thirteen in Georgia, ten in Florida, nine in South Carolina and the balance equally distributed in the South. Nine new cigar and tobacco factories were started. The textile industries received their share r\t o fftfol nf ciy'f.t'-qty Viavincr \yj. aivwuuvu) u> wvvt?* V* . ^ been organized during three months, twenty of which were organized in Georgia, nine in Alabama, nine in Texas, seven in Louisiana and six in South Carolina. Twelve new cotton compress companies were formed and six new distilleries organized, four in the State of North Carolina, Forty nine electric light works were formed, and fiftyone flour and grist mills. Seventy foundries were organized, Alabama leading with twenty. MA2TT NEW BLAST FUEKACES. * An evidence that the South s increasing its product of raw metals is furnished by the fact that twenty new blast furnace companies were organized in three months, against seventeen in the corresponding quarter of last year. Eleven were organized in Alabama, three in Virginia, three each in Texas, Tennessee, North Cai olina and Georgia, and one each in Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia: Forty-four ice factories were established. One hundred and seven min ing companies were formed. Fortyseven new oil mills were established, against sixteen in the corresponding quarier last year, twelve of which were in Georgia, eleven in South Carolina, nine in Texas, and five in West Virginia. GREAT ACTIVITY IX RAILROADS. One hundred and seventy-eight new railroad corporations organized. All of these of course win not oe built, but the fact that the companies were formed is a substantial proof of the interest in that direction. Nine rolling mills were established in the Soutli, and twelve stamp mills, and smellers. Fifty-five new street railway companies were formed in the quarter and and fifty-two new works, and in addition 225 wood working establishments and 225 miscellaneous establishments. The Tradesman says there is greater activity in the formation of new enterprises to-day than ever-before and tHe~ prospects for the coming year were never more favorable. \ Death of Dr. Meynrrdie. Rpv "R. ,T. Mavnardie. D. D.. died in this city yesterday of apeplexy. He was well known in South Carolina as an able minister of the M. E. Church, South, having filled most of the prominent charges in the State At the time of his death he was pastor of the Methodist Church in Camden. Dr. Meynardie was a native of the city of Charleston. The news of his death will cause sadness in many hearts. He was a consecrated preacher of the gospel and a patriotic citizen.?Columbia Register. The Lodge Bill Passed. Washington, July 2.?At 8:20 the reading of the engrossed copy pf the Lodge bill was concluded- two hours and five minutes having been consumed thereby. The question was then put on the passage of the bill, the vote resulting yeas 155; nays 149. Messrs. Lehlback, of New Jersey, and Coleman, of Louisana, voted against the bill with the Democrats. "With this exception it was a strict party vote. A few years ago the Democrats of the Sixth Kentucky District grew indifferent and supposed that, there was no need for exertion. The result was a still hunt by the opposition, and though Mr. Carlisle defeated his opponent by over 1,500 majority, the contest was carried into the House and the Republicans|voted almost solidly to unseat him. Fortunately the Democrats of that district are attending to businessVnow. They have just elected Hon. "W. Dickerson as Mr. Carlisle's successor by 9,800 majority. Democratic or* ganiz&tion should be kept strong .and active in every district in the United States. It must be regretted on all sides that there ha.s been so much disorder at the Democratic campaign meetings. Surely there ought to be some way to stop this. If no other device will accomplish the result, it might be well for all the candidates to enter into an agreement to quit speaking as j soon as there should be any bad behavior?such conduct for examples, as was seeu at Laurens, Aiken, Edgefield, Columbia and "Winnsboro Judging from the doings at these places, we apprehend that the rougher elements rather took posession of the meetings. The sober people on *> --LI 1.-1? _T bom siaes ougnt 10 um-e ciuixgc ui things?the sooner the better. Corns, warts and bunions removed quickly and surely by using Abott's East Indian Com Paint V fe. BATTLINC ON BROADWAYStriking and Working Cloak Makers Strike Sure Enough?An Exci njj Scene in New York's Chief Thorough are. New York, July 3.?A crowd of fl about 200 striking cloak makers gathered on Broadway . between Leonard and White streets this morningat the hour when the hands in the Meyer & Jannassen shops at 334 and the Mercantile Cloak Company's place at 394 Broadway were V going to work. These firms are two ^1 of the largest in the trade and are battling in the front row of the Employers' Association against the strikers' demands. When their employees tried to en^er the shops they were surrounded by strikers who forbade them with vehement gesticulations to enter. Some were frightened away by the crowd and escaped while those who persisted in the effort to enter the shops were seized and hustled away by force. In a few minutes Broadway for two blocks was the scene of a dozen running fights. For a short time the strikers had it their own way bift soon the assailed men pluckily fought back. As a consequence damaged heads amorfg the strikers were plentiful. The working cloak makers, however, /-v generally got the worst of it. Around / . Meyer & Janassen's shops the war ' / raged the most fiercely. A dozen ~i~:i -U.L m 1? s>uliters cuugui kju.oj.lko juliulci, clerk, and dragged him backward off the steps and maltreated him. Jos. Lerberger, buyer for the house, was beaten. An old operator named Quincy was set upon and so badly beaten that he had to be driven home in a cab. William Wisner, another operator, received several scalp wounds. He was taken to the Chambers Street hospital for treatment. Neither pistols nor knives were used in the melee, the only weapons being firsis and clubbed umbrellas. When the police arrived in force they had no difficulty in dispersing the mob. They used their clubs freely. Mr. Moorcroft, of the cloak firm, said he hadno idea that violence would be used. He had supplied the places of the strikers, he said, and work was progressing as usual. THE NEW FORCE BILL. ' How the Extraordinary Measure Is Received by Southern Republicans. Mr. John R. Lynch, the colored ex-Representative from Mississippi, and now fourth auditor"of the treas -\L? ? my, writes !U1 eA.vxrciuugx.7 it communication to the Post in favor ef the proposed federal election law*. Sir. Lynch is one oC the ablest of the colored politicians of the South, or rather he was, for practically Washington has been his abiding place for a number of years, and the only in- t he appears to take in his race is when he writes an occasional letter or makes an occasional speech on Southem affairs. He is a thorough politician, and a professional colored politician can not be expected to give good advice to his people. Tfi.ere are no strong points in his argument in favor of another force bilL It proceeds on the old assumption that the mfiiTc nf Snnf.Vi .ire never Wivyx^vt. ?VVVi.W VA ? to have any liberty of opinion, but are to be forever chained to the hind wheel of the Republican party. , opposition to Mr. Lynck^kfcJwkce of a great many of.^e-ifeal representatiyes^ of j^-race have been raised? "men who have not come to Washington to look for office, but have stayecl at home and cast their lot with their own people. But the most significant circumstance about this whole matter of new federal election machinery is to be found in the strong objections raised by many of the prominent white Republicans of the Southern States. The most sagacious and the most respectable of these questions very seriously the wisdom ^**<3 iVi/% aTrnA^iaTif>r nf fVl?> mftlfillTP. auu bUC CAJ^VVUV^U.VJ V* Mr. Thomas B. Keogh, of South Carolina, for many years the most influen- / tial Republican of that State, while in the office of the San Bureau today, expressed decided dissent to the policy of any more legislation to regulate elections in the South. He said the caucus bill now pending in the House was needless, that it was plainly unconstitutional, and if enacted would entirely fail to accomplish the purposes for which intended. Its only effect would be to j? v. custuxo Harmony iuiu. px uluu lc u-l- n j h.. ? He said there was a time years ago when the Kepublican party in Congress, if it had had the courage, could have settled the negro question. and settled it permanently. ^ That time was passed, and no legislation which the Republican party may ever be able to enact can suffice to repair the errors which it has committed.?Baltimore Sun. ?The Cans Souci Driving Park Association of Greenville are making great preparations for the races to begin there on the 30th and to last three days. Crack horses from all rktror fhp State and other States have been entered. ?The following statement shows the salaries of the Presidential postoffices in South Carolina as they are arranged under the present adjustment for the fiscal year beginning on the 1st of July: Allien, Si,500, Beaufort, ?1,500, Camden, $1,300, Chester Si,500, Darlington C. H., ?1,300, ~ * /~i TT Georgetown. 551,201). -Laurens o. xj.., $1,300, Newberry C. H., $1,500, Rock Hill, $1,400, Sumter C. EL, $1,700, Winnsboro, ?1,100, Anderson C. H. $1,600, Bennettsville, $1,200, Charleston, $3,200, Columbia, $2,600, Florence, f1,500, Greenville C. EL $2,500, J Clarion, ?1,100, Orangeburg C. H. Si,500, Spartanburg, $1,800, Union. $1,200, Yorkville, $1,200. 1 ' " *- T.aa'O ?AC tne recent uiivcnuj. c statue in Richmond the veterans of the Stuart horse artillery held a meeting and effected an organization for the purpose of preserving the record and history of the gallant old command. Col. R. P. Chew, of Virginia, was elected president and Col B. CardwelL of Columbia, secretary. Hart's battery was attached to this command, and those of its members who desire to aiu m uua their names upon the roll are requested to wiite to CoL D. Cardwell (of McGregor's battery) at Columbia. " j|j