The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, July 30, 1890, Image 1

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XLVI. ' ^ . ^ WINNSBORO, S. ^^DNESDAY, JULY 30, 18m NO. 50. ? ??? ?M-MTw^Tr?n??tt??inrirffT"Tn?^ r*vorg-_- -are^ert?? ; HOYT AND POPE. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE iN DEFENCEDr. Sampson Pope's Charge Against its Action.?The Cass Scinaicd L'p :ts it Stands I and Presented to the I'nblic. i Tlieiollo-.ving correspondence be Dween Col. James A. Kovt. chairman fof the Dc-:uc."-v it:c State Executive Coininiltee. an J. Dr. Sampson Pope, of Newberry. C., explains itself: Gksexyille, S. C. July 7,1890. Dr. Sampson Pope. Newberry, S. C.: Dear Sir?In the proceedings of the Democratic County Convention of Newberry County, I find the follow-1 in the preamble ana ] Produced by you: "Said I nmittee did meet, and J ihirteen to one did reus a State primaiy." directly t) the meeieExec-ative Committee, j 1890. I respectfully I vrill furnish me with for making the state matter of simple jus7 cutive Committee that statement, purporting :ise action at a definite upon good authority, it the statement be reinr?m*tpd bv such au I -.. l me assure you that no was taken, and that your is entirely incorrect. The :>mmittee has never voquestion of a State pri-1 j I hope you will recog- j ortance ana propriety of | I gross an error, which-j kit injustice to gentle- i Rg a responsible posi nocratic party of this nif i there can be no dif|Dn as to the obvious fcart to rectify this Fas obtained the sancFy Convention through utality. I jr truly yours, 1 jAilES A. Hoyt, Ifce Democratic ExeBc., July Sth, 1S90. resolution referred B the committee in bo after the RidgeW1 a convention ^iii i I i in Mil n ' My recollecas, and is now, tfcter published the News and Lecutive ComLnd stated, I secret" If you [i, by examinr not I was ?opy of it. tfully, .aipson POPE. [ July li. 1S90. 8 Kewberry, S. C. B ^p^!^3rn^^!rHvo*l"-of tlie 8th HP Hst, has been received, and answer B Belayed hy my absence from home. B Bs I have already assured you that B Hie State Executive Committee did m Hot vote upon the question of a priB Biary at the meeting held May 8th B Hie reply you make is quite unsatisHbctory. You have based an attack ^Fupon the Executive Committee cn inW fonnation that is totally incorrect, BP and your statement in reference to Vvhat X. G. G. said the next morning ir> fVic Xetrs and Courier is equally Iwide of the mark. He referred to the Executive Committee as being 13 against and one for Tillman, but this is very different from refusing "to give us a State primary" as you allege was done. I will be very glad to know whether you propose to make the correction, and in case you decline to do so, I will print this correspondence in justice to the Executive Committee. Yours respectfully, James A. Hoyt, Chairman State Executive Committee. Newberby, S. C., July 16, 1890. Dear Sir: Your letter of the 14th was received, and in reply I have this to sav: Mr. Gonzales obtained infor mation from some member of your committee upon which he based his 9 letters of the 9th and 10th of May to W the News and Courier. I have been W unable to get a copy of that of the : -10th. the one of the 9th being short on accout of the lateness of the hour of adjournment of your committee. He stated, if I recollect correctly; that the question of a primary was acted on. and further stated that the I committee stood 13 against Tillman to 1 for him. If I recollect properly this last statement was italicized and in figures. Your committee met again on the 25th of June. Our convention met on the 28th of June. During all of this time that elapsed between May 8th and June 25th no ' " ' *- x-J. * COrreCUOH OI jJLT. "or. 5 sxmeiueuu >>u.o I made by your committee, nor was any action taken upon it at your ^ meeting of June 25th. You allowed ? it to stand that 13 of the 11 members |* ^present were against 3Ir. Tillman. r" and it was only after the publication i of our proceedings had on the 28th of June that we hear of any denial. VVe had a right to infer from that I statement that a vote on calling a [ convention for primary had been tai ken, and that it stood 13 against and * '? n/i vnfo wns - kl IOI". XUU uv ken: you say no action was taken on the primary. Is it not possible, then that an outside agreement was had on the question, and decided so as to avoid the question coming up in the meeting? If you will give me the Qames of one or more of the 13 who Worcd a convention for primary putside or inside of the meeting on the 8th of 3Iay, I wil] i?heerfully correct to that extent, i You go so far in your iirst letter tc pe as to say, "the Executivq Com initw never voted upon the ISpestion of a primary at all," anc ?at. too, after they had called a con 'ention for that purpose to meet or .ngust 13th. I am not a member o: our committee, and do no; of coin's: now how you decide matters com " v-rii-! {-jut I do know voi 1-0 ^ v ? acided to call and did cuil a conven pn by some means known to your fives to meet on August loth to tab [bo consideration a primary. Thesi b not days for quibbling or hai lit ting. I am willing that the pub Ishail decide whether or not I hav< i | misrepresented your committee. You are at liberty to publish this correspondence from beginning to end and die letter of Mr. Gonzales, published in the Xews and Courier of May 10th j Mi'rl. if mncf "h? nil nnlVHsliprl. Very respectfully, Sampson Pope, j Gkeznville, S. C., July 17, 1S90. Dr. Sampson Pope, Newberry, S. C. Dear Sir: I am just ill receipt of your iavor ot tiie mm mst. ? regret J that you did riot see proper to inform yourself as to the facts before introuucing tiie resolutions into the County Convention. You seem unfortunate also in not being able to procure a copy of the News and Courier of May 10th. as that seems to be your authority for making the positive statement to which your attention has been called, namely, that the State Executive Committee by a vote of thirteen to o1 refused to order a State primary. Iu order that you may learn, at this late day, what N. G. Gr. said in his correspondence on the 10th of May, I will quote the paragraph in full: "The members of Sfa.fr-> rVrnimittee left for their homes today. "While they have taken no official action in the matter, and have endeavored to make no discrimination in favor of either tli2 Tillmanites or the Anti- Tillman- J ites, it is an open secret that the members of the committee regard the Tillman movement, as organized and pressed, a serious menace to the solidity of the Democratic party,: and that none of the fourteen who I gathered here last night are support- j ers of Tillman, except 3Ir. Gary, of ; Abbeville." I do not know the source from ! which Mr. Gonzales received the in- j formation, and which was evidently obtuined after the members had left the city, but I do not doubt the correctness of his statement. Yet what is the relevancy between his statement and the declaration you made, deliberately and without qualification, that t?e State Executive* Committee had refused by a vote of thirteen "? ciL.j. : 9 to one to orcier a otate primar\: iuu are obliged to admit that there is no connection whatever between the statement of Mir. Gonzales and the declaration contained in your resolutions. Because thirteen oat of fourteen were opposed to Mr. Tillman, as a matter of fact, is no justification whatever for an absolute declaration that is utterly groundless and without the shadow of foundation. The thirteen members who are thus misrepresented by you have just as much right to oppose Mr. Tillman as you have to support him, and to distort their opposition to him as being against a primary is one of the very queer features of this campaign. I repeat again that no such action was taken on the question of a primary election on the 8th of May/ or anything akir to it, and-?he statement coutainr i in yom- resolutions is entirely baseless and gratuitous. Therefore, you had no right to infer from the correspondence of N. G. G. "that * vhIa on callimr a convention for primary had been taken, and that it stood 13 against and 1 for." It fol lows that there could be no denial o thing which never existed, and it isf plain enough that your authority disproves your own assertion. The only vote by yeas and nays on that occasion was upon the date for holding the nominating Convention. Some- favored September 3rd and others September 10th, which was offered as a substitute, and the vote was upon a motion to lay on the table?ayes 5 and nays 8. The substitute (September 10th) was then adopted. I am not writing at random, but with an exact copy of the minutes before me, nor am I taking so much pains to correct your egregious en-won account of any personal reasons, but because you succeeded in getting the endorsement of tlie Newberry Democratic Convention, thereby giving the declaration an importance in did otherwise possess. I cannot close without giving a moment to the extraordinary query contained in your last lavor, wueitm i you say: '-Is it not possible, then, that an outside agreement was had on the question, and decided so as to avoid the question coming up in the meeting?" The members of the State Executive Committee have always shown the courage andmanliness to act openly and in accordance with their convictions, and the insinuation you make is only another injustice added to the injury already done. ' -Li - .1^... mere is not tne sngmesi/ s.u.uu.v? w pretext for this violent supposition on your part, which is in keeping with the spirit of your resolutions. I will furnish this correspondence to the newspapers, so that the public may judge as to your course in this matter. Respectfully. James A. Hoyt, Chm'n State Dem. Ex. Com. Two Birds With One Gnn. Savannah, Ga., July 19.?A special to the -.lorning News says: "At Gayton to-day R. G. Norton. Jr.. son of a physician of this place, shot and killed two brothers named Willie and John Bird. Yesterday young Norton av>/l "Willi/i Rirrl fvjulpd mules. To day "Willie Bird, accompanied by his brother John, went to Norton's place to get him to trade back. Norton refused, and -John Bird, drawing his pistol, told his brother to open the stable door and recover his mule, i At this point young Norton shot the, Birds dead. Norton fled." .KisFaee AVas Clean. A rather precocious infant had its ' christening unfortunately deferred . 4-n if woe ol>1r> +a fnllr find at the i font was lifted in its father s arms ' for the ceremony. After the minis' tor had dipped his lingers in the wa ter, and made the sign of the cross 1 on her forehead, the unawed child ' leaned down, and catching up the ; i long sleeve of his white gown, wiped [ i the water away, calmyl remarking: ? j "Baby' face llean. Don't want wa?* j sin: dot it wassed fore us tuaimed i out! -; ?"While trying to stop a tight at - , Bakersville, X. C.. on Friday, Stokes -, Burlinson. a prominent citizen, was ~ j stabbed to death by Mitchell Green, -, a notorious rough, Green is in jail 2' and may be lynched. imammt IWII IIB BIIIMBI iwiti m THE SOLDIER WAS A FATHER| A Rowaniic and Thrilling Story of-the Civil War-How a Letter From Home Caused ! a IJe-ertion. (From the Baltimore sun.) New Yor.K, July 23.?There was buried at Greenwood yesterday a man with a curious history. He had been a Confederate soldier, as brave as any of his comrades, but be deserted his army during the war and was tried bv court-martial for doing so. Edward Cooper was Li-; name. For the past year he has been Lviu:: at No. 355 Fourth avenue. One bleiik December morning in 1SG2 he was before a court-martial of the Army of Northern Virginia. The 1 prisoner was told to introduce his witnesses. He replied, ''I have no ! witnesses." Astonished at the calm-' i ness '-'itli which he seemed to be i submitting to his inevitable fate, Gen. Battle said to him: "Have you no ' defense? Is it possible tliat you : abandoned your comrades and deserted your colors in the presence of ; the enemy without reason?*7 i "There was a reason," replied Cooper, "but it will not avail me be- 1 fore a military tribunal." < "Perhaps you are mistaken/' said i the General; "you are charged with < the highest crime known to military < law. aud it is your duty to make < known the cause that influenced your < actions." 1 Approaching the president of the ] court Cooper presented a letter, say- : ing as he did so: "There General, is < what did it!" j The letter was offered as the pris- i oner's defence. It was in these J words: 1 -Deal- Edward: Since your con- I; nectioii with the Confederate army i I have been prouder of you than ever ] before. I would not have 'you do anything wrong for the world, but j before God, Edward, unless you corae < home we must die! Last night I i was aroused by little Eddie crying, j I called to him and said: "What is i the matter, Eddie"? He replied: Oh, 1 mamma, I am so hungry. And Lucy i your darling Lucy. She never com- i plains. But she grows thinner and i thinner every day. Before God, Ed- 1 ward unless you come home we must i die. Your Mast. i Turning to the prisoner, General 1 Battle asked: "What did you do i when you received that letter. i Cooper replied: "I made applica- i tion for a furlough. It was rejected. Again I made application and it was ] rejected. That night as I wandered t about our camp thinking of my home i the wild eyes of Lucy looking up to 1 me and the burning words of Mary sinking in my brain, I was no longer ; the Confedeiate soldier, but i was J the father of Lucy and the husband i of Mary. i "If every gun in the battery had i been fired upon me I would have i passed those lines. When I reached ( home Mary flung her arms around ? my neck and sobbed: "Oh, my Ed- 1 ward! I am so glad you got your 1 furlough." She must have felt me 1 shudder, for she turned as pale as 1 death, and catching her breath at < every word, she said. "Have you ( come without your furlough? Go ( back! Ed.vard, go back! Let me and the children go down to the grave, but for Heaven's sake, save the honor of our naine!v There was not an officer on that i court-martial who did not feel the i force of the prisoner's words, but each in turn pronounced the verdict guilty. The proceedings of the court were reviewed by General Lee, j and upon the record was written: "Headquarters A.- N. Y.?The find- J ing of the court is approved. The pris- c oner is pardoned and "will report to J his company. "R. E. Lee, General."' ^ i A NEGROES SHOCKINC CRIME- ? His Wife Burned to Death?The Evidence t Points to Slow Torture at the Hands of t Her Husband and a Female Paramour? ^ His Suicide. j One of the most horrible crimes on ? record is reported from Colleton c county. i The crime was committed on Mar3T's f island, an unfrequented spot in the ( county mentioned. s Poady Grant lived there with his s wife, Phoebe. Another woman, sup- i nnccr? t.~>. 1->a ton intimate with Grant, i v ~ ~ 7 " frequently visited his wife. On Wed- i nesday last. Grant mounted his mule 1 and proceeded to the relations of his 1 wife. He told them that Phcebe had : been severely hurt the week before 1 by an explosion of a kerosene lamp ] and was in a bad condition. The relatives found her burnt from * her knees up, in front only, terribly j i.i ?? < Cillirreu tuiu. speeumeaa. wnc mcu > when an attempt was made to remove her. During the whole week the < other woman passed backward and ' forward between the place she lived J and Clary's island, and said nothing ! of the accident, nor did Poady, until < the unfortunate woman could not ; speak. No traces of oil could be found on j the floor, no traces of burning below : LJJ.C 1V.LHJVO Ui liXXC WKJJHUdJ-L* -I_ C4.JULV*. tlic contradictory statements, caused tlie an-est of Poady, but lie escaped from liis guards. It is supposed that the poor wretch was deliberately saturated with kerosene and set on fire by her husband and his accomplice. Bin the tale is not yet told. Poady having been run to earth after his escape, requested permission to return to his room for a short while. Almost immediately the report of a gun was heard, and it was found that he had placed the muzzle of his musket against his stomach, exploded it by some means, blowing a hole clear through himself, thus proving almost conclusively liis guilt. His female accomplice is in hiding, but when captured will meet the severest punishment. Killed by a Crow Bar. L'xiox, S. C., July IS.?A Mr. Cox, superintendent of Messrs. Jones & Co's. works on the Georgia, Carolina cc Northern railroad, was killed Wednesday evening, near Fisn Dam in '*? - ? j--- it. lius county, xx'j \>its tiuv.ii while some negroes were at work building an arclraod while some very heavy rocks were being moved a crow bar slipped and struck him on the head. He died almost instantly. He is said to have been very wealthy. ?wmmmmm? ? h?it ii ? wx*m i in iiiifi ivy *r WHITES AND BLACKSEffect of the Lod^e Bill...The Measure, if Enacted and Enforced, Will Cause Trouble in the South. New York. Jul}' 2-i.?"When asked /N-p tVl/5 WIvVKftlVlft nfiPipr-f ATI XKJX ilid U0?0 Ui.x\s W v??.?. the industries of the South of ibe passage of the Lodge bill, General Roger A. Pryor said: My opinion is that the enforcement of the bill, if enacted, will invitably provoke collisions of violence in the Southern States, and consequently capital will be withdrawn from the South, or at all events it will no longer be sont thither. ReLtilons between the races in the South are present perfectly pacific and satisfactory to both, buc any attempt -'ii-- '-J?i ? 4. 4-^ ox me ieuerm. ?uvcx.:i!uv-.uu LU UIUUence the electoral franchise in the j South and so to disturb the equilbrium of the races will provoke resentment and inilame passions inconsistent with public order and tranquility. No man, whatever his political opinions, can travel in the South without being favorably impressed 1)3* the contentment and prosperity pervading colored communities. ' It is to the peaceful relations between the races and their cordial co' vnovofirm in inrhtcf-.nnl (Ipvplfynmpnt, that the present extraordinary progress is attributable. To set the two classes in hostility, as this bill would 30, would infallibly arrest the course of Southern prosperity. It is a notable fact that collisions between the i-aces in the South have invariably ind exclusively been caused by political controversies. On every other sublect the harmony between the races .s complete. At present there is nothing in the political contests of :he South to exasperate one race xgainst the other. But this bill will indoubtedly array the factions in implacable antagonism. It may as well be understood, once :or all, that the whites of the South lo not intend that the blacks shall icquire the ascendency, and in so fails this bill tends to the accomplishnent of that ascendency it will chalenge resistance. If the races be left :ree from Federal intervention, they ;vill work out their pacific and in ear lest co-operation, not only to the jenefit of the South, but to the welfare of the entire country. It is lanentable at this juncture, when everv;liing is so quiet and prosperous in ;he South, that a measure should be ntroduced which cannot but result n discord and disaster."' non. o. aimms, president, 01 me Fourth National Bank, took a different view. He thought the South vould acquiesce in the operation of :he bill if it was made a law. "The ante-bellum days," he said, 'are not the days we live in. The South is law-abiding; so that wliile ;here may be some resentment it vill not occasion any serious disturb>r>/->oc T rlrvn'f. VioTipva in bill. X im not apprehensive of any violence )n the part of the South in case it should be enforced. Of course milions and millions of Northern money lave gone South for investment in the ast few years, and that very connec;ion will be an influence tending to ;ontrol any outbreak that would enlanger the enterprises that Northern capital has built up." President of Clemson College. The trustees of the new State agicultural college to be established on ;he Clemson bequest at Fort Hill lave elected J. H. Strode, of Amherst :ounty, Ya., as president. Mr. Strode vas at one time piincipal of Ivenn-1 nore High School, of Amherst, a ;raining and industrial institution, ind was very successful. From there le went to the University of jVIissisiipsi to accept the professorship of nathematics and chemistry. He esigned there, it is said, because of nsufficient salary. He was not an ipplicant for the presidency of Cle- i;on College, but was recommende d ;o the trustees by a gentleman of vhom they made inquiries. When hey proceeded to inquire concernng him they found universally favorLble reports from all who knew him >r with whom he had been associated, ecommending him as the very man j or the place?a finished scholar and sompetent instructor with the usual share of executive ability and,, hard sense. The decision of the trustees n Mr. Strode's favor was unanimous md he has been notified of his elec;ion. His answer-has been received, jut he has accepted. He is a lative Virginian, about forty-five reai-s old, and was a medalist of the University of Virginia.?Greenville Sews. _ \ Meteor Dropped into Hfs "Wagon. Versailles (Ky.) correspondence 5t Louis Globe-Democrat: John Whittaker, of near Oregon Bend this county, was driving home last night, ivhen a meteov flashed across the lieavens, and the next instant a huge stone, measuring about eight feet in diameter, came through the air, and with terrific force crashed into the bed of the wagon directly behind " J- T Lum, grazing me seat ue wuupicu ^ it fell. The horses were wild with fright, but the heavy stone pinned the wagon to the earth, and as they could not break the heavy chain traces they were unable to run oft'. Mr. Whittaker says he heard the meteor whizzing through the air, but had no idea what it was until he was jolted out of his seat by the crash. A number of sightseers visited the spot today and inspected the wonderful rock. Corpulency Cured toy Fasting. Poughkeepsie, July 24.?Dr. Chas. K. Barlow, one of the leading dentists of this city, has taken no food of any kind except a glass of milk or a cup of coffee each day for forty-five days. When he began fasting he weighed 245 pounds and measured 4A nv/Min/1 +V1/1 1-snrlv TTo nrvw *?V C40. v/LVJ-LV4. UUV.' WV.*J AAV T. weighs 201 pounds and measures 35 inches around the body. "When the forty-five days were up he was ready to eat something substantial, but his appetite failed him and has not yet returned. His board bill for fifty-three days has been less than $2. He says he feels good and has worked hard every day during his fast. His entire food today consisted of a glass of milk and a plate of ice cream. He is about forty years of age. His eyes are blight and his movements sprightly. i . / 1 iTHIi STATE ALLIANCE, f | THE PROCEEDiNOS OF THE ANNUAL SESSION AT GREENVILLE. I The Annual Address Shows the Order to be in a Flourishing Condition?A Plan for a Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Company to be Uiscussed?The Election of OfHcers. Greenville, -July 23.?The South Carolina State Farmers" Alliance met here to-day?most every county being represented. The morning session was devoted chiefly to organization. The -annual address of President 4-1-i/r* mA-rr.l"*?wcliTr* UU?.^AH VUOV ,-JXWU VU IJLLls OJLLA.?S to have increased to 17,500 in the last two years. Thpre are 1,052 sub-alliances in the State. Colonel F. I?. Polk, President of the National Fanners' Alliance, addressed the alliance in the morning, and tonight delivered a public address in the opera house to a lage audience. The most important action was the appointment of a committee to consider plans for v mutual fire and life insurance company to be operated by the Alliance. Dr. J. William Stokes, of Orangeburg, editor of the Cotton Plant, was elected president by acclamation together with all the old officers. Spartanburg was selected as the next place of meeting and following delegates were elected to the National Alliance: J. William Stokes, VfT T , i /-I T TV.. O. icuudi b, jjjillillul di-iVwl -l/jl. Eugene Jarnigan. second day. Greenville. July 24.?The Farmers' Alliance of South Carolina met in the Opera Souse at 9 o'clock this morning. The proceedings during the day were largely devoted to discussions on various topics. The committee which was appointed to prepare the reports to be given 'out to the press gave out the following: The committee on ' legislative demands made a number of recommendations in lirip wif-.li t.hft demnriils rvf fhfi "NT3 tional Alliance. The importance of pushing these demands was set forth, and it was urged that no candidate be supported who is not in full sympathy with the demands made. The Secretaries of the State and County Alliances were forbidden from hereafter giving out a full directory of the County and sub-Alliance officers except by permission of the president and chairman of the executive committee. . An appeal was made to the Alliance members in the North and Northwest to unite wjth the South Carolina Ailian.ce in condemning the Lodge bill, and requesting tliem to come to our aid in preventing the passage of said bill, the intent and effect of which, we believe, will be not to benefit any class of citizens, but will serve to break the force of our united brotherhood in our demand for financial reform. Several amendments to the constitution were adopted. The sub-treasury bill was endorsed, and it is the sense of the body that no candidate for Congress should receive our support unless he favors fli o f meaenve The Alliance was positive in its opposition to national banks, and demanded the removal of all taxes on all State banks. , Sub and County Alliances were enjoined to take more active interest in the schools of the country. The President urged upon the County and sub-Alliances the importance of having their individual seal. The secretaries of sub-Alliances rtrp nropfl to rvrpqq flip claims of Da pers that have pressed and will press the demands of our order. The President's Address. Brethren of the State ; Alliance?In turning over to you the high trust which I have endeavored to execute for you during the two years since your organization, I congratulate you on the growth of the order within the State, on tho good your organization has already accomplished and on the open prospect for future accomplishment. The report of your State organizer shows that the organization Jbtas now been planted in every county in the State. Your secretary reports that we now have 1,052 sub-Alliances in the State, an increase of 298 since your last meeting, and an increase of 17,500 members during the year now closing. BENEFITS OF THE ORDER. The improved business methods introduced by the order have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars to the farmers of the State, but important as is this money saving to the farmers of the State, the gain in information and manhood is vastly more important. The Alliance has not only demonstrated the practical benefits of unit}*, but that it has si imulated and has given direction to individual i efforts, is the testimony of observers, both in and out of the order. The farmers of the State are more cheer ful and liopelul tlian tiiey nave oecn for many years, and it will not be denied by those who have observed and studied the fanners condition, that it is mainly due to the benelicient teaching? and operations of your noble organization. OUIDZD BY NOBLE PURPOSES. In looking to and arranging for future operations, we must be guided by the same declaration of noble purposes that has enabled us to start so well. They are founded on truth and equity. Let us study them and ?>e guided by them. The safety and success of our organization is dependent on our fidelity and devotion to these noble purposes. ECONOMICAL EDUCATION. /> * i - r v ?ne nrst declaration 01 purpose Dy our order &ho\vs that it looked to the education of the "Agricultural class" ?that they might be prepared to grapple with organized and entrenched monopoly. I respectfully recommend a careful study of this entire r\ P TMIVnAO.O fr* f a JLLl?bU Uj Lii/J-i. V/JL jy CCA JI;V>JV cw CAJ-Vbrotherhood in South Carolina. The education of the "Agricultural class" is the most important work of the Alliance, not only in South Carolina, but in every State of this great nation. I recommend that you consider carefully the best methods for the accomplishment of this great educational work. Monopoly?intrenched monopoly. A j with its mighty influence and power j ?must be met and defeated. This is a task worthy ?f the supremest efforts of the toiling masses of the people of the United .States. It is no escape if we would perpetuate free institutions and enlightened Christian j_ mi.. ?, goverumieao. jl iie LUiiuiy jlluissco ui j the people of this great nation are girding themselves for the accomplishment of this task. The agricultural States of this Union are uniting for the accomplishment of this grand task. The great Northwest and the Cotton States will stand together in the coming battle with the powers of monopoly. The assaults of the first skirmish will be recorded in the election results of the National elections for 1890. But the monster?Monopoly ?is too firmly established for to be defeated in a skirmish. It will require the great battle of 1S92 to decide whether the people or whether monopoly shall rule this great nation. POLITICAL DANGER. The charge of our oponents tliat we have abandoned agriculture and gone into politics is sufficiently answered by tKe statistical fact of increased area and superior condition of the growing crops. Whence this fear of the fanner in politics? But we must ever remember that our poli tics are to be "strictly non partisan." Any departure from the rule will be ?to tlie extent of the departure? fatal to the success of the reforms sought. The Alliance is in no sense a political party, nor does it look to the destruction of either of the great political parties, but it is a "strictly non partisan" organization for the defence and protection of the "agricul*? * i 1. 1?^ turai classes against legauzeu spoiiation, and will wait for no change of administration to present its demands. The national demands formulated by the Supreme Council at St. Louis have been considered and passed upon by the Sub and County Alliances. I recommend that these demands with the action taken thereon by Sub and County Alliances be referred to a special committee on legislative demands and that all matters in reference to legislation, State or national, be referred to this committee. The great consolidation effected' at St. Louis since your last meeting, and the unprecedented growth of the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Unabn inspires the hope that the demands of that grand organization, will?at no distant day?receive respectful consideration by the Congress of the United States. THE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE. I congratulate the farming and inj 1 f<i.i _ j.t austnai Classes 01 me otaie on me j fact, that since your last meeting, the State has made provision for the establishment of an Agricultural and Mechanical College at Fort Hill, and that the work of construction is now progressing. The report of your Executive Committee shows good and safe financial management. They have enabled your State organizer, State lecturer and State president to meet, to the extent of then ability to do so, all demands made for their services. I recommend that the committees continue the same equitable and wise arrangement in reference to the work of the State lecturer, and that he be required to give liis whole time to the work under their direction should it be demanded. And I suggest further, now that]! the work of organization is so nearly completed, that the committee impose the work of State or-' ganizer on the State lecturer. CONSTITUTION. The State Secretary, who has made your State's constitution a special study, has, by request, prepared for submission to your body a new or a vAtncnrl /wnsfifaifcion. with theounoose to make it mors systematic in arrangement, less doubtful of interpretation and easier of reference. I recommend that you take such action as will best secure a careful consideration of this new or revised constitution. alliance exchange. The plan adopted at your last meeting for the establishment of ';an Alliance Exchange" has been earned into active and successful operation. This report, submitted to this body as information,'will sufficiently explain its operations. Its continued success is directly dependent on the patronage of the Alliance brotherhood of the State. "When the business -world comes to understand that it has "come to stay." that the Alliance people of the State will support it to the extent of their abilitp, it will surely prove a grand success and benefit the * " 1 1--- 1 ,1 Alliance meruuersmp uevunu oucu most sanguine expectations. YOUR ORGANS. The Cotton Plant, your State organ. is worthy of and should receive the support of the brotherhood throughout the State. It should make its weekly visits to every Alliance home in the State. The fact that most of the State press is opposed to the demands of the Alliance makes it imperative that our people should read our State and national organs. The National Economist, your national organ, is combatting with commendable fairness and great ability the evils and dangers of monopoly. I recommend that the brotherhood 01 South Carolina, give it liberal patronage. SALARIES. I respectfully suggest the propriety and justice of increasing tho salaries of your President and Secretary, as the salaries, as now fixed by your constitution, are not fair compensation for the services rendered by those officers. T tim 11 o in it) C^QQIHTI JL ti.Ua t JUU ijj ?? long enough to give careful consideration to all matters of interest to the order in this State. In conclusion. I want to say that the effort to serve you has been, to me. a labor of love. I have brought to the discharge of the duties imposed, my best efforts for the well being of the order. I have been conscious of my inability to measure up to the responsibilities imposed upon me. I invoke your indulgence to the deli-! ciencies and errors in my official administration. I want to record my A grateful appreciation of the prompt and generous aid given me in their several departments, by those who have been associated with me in the discharge of my official duties, and I congratulate the brotherhood in the State on the wisdom of their selection. 11 ttVii) ur ir*n cnca i. ?The State Farmers' Institute will be held at Ridge Spring., 28th and 29th inst. ?Henry M.. Stanley's manuscript is very legible, and scarcely an alteration is made in a folio. ?A woman buried at New Madrid, Mo., a few days ago, weighed 750 t mi * + ^ ? n pounds. xnere were 10 active pitnbearers. ?One of California's pretty heiresses is Miss Grace McDonough, who will inherit a fortune of S3.000.000 from her mother. ?Senator "Wade Hampton has at last shaved off the sidq, whiskers which he has so assiduously culti: vated for lo! these many years. r **" " ?The estimated expenditure in the British navy for the year will be, from all sources, ?19,263,633, while that of the army will be ?19,047,800. ?A. new model school in Germany, which has been built at a cost of $225,000, contains a large diningroom where 700 poor children can be fed in winter. ?The Emperor of Rassia, Alexander II, has just had 1,000 pheasants sent from England to his shooting place, on the Gulf of Bothnia, at an expense of a guinea each. ?A report having reached the ears of P. T. Bamum that the grave of Jenny Lind is forgotten, he indig-1 nantly denied it, and addend that it is strewn with flowers every day. ?Great fears prevail all over England that the harvest will 1>3 a total failure, and the archbishop of Canterbury has ordered prayers for fine weather to be offered in all the churches. ?Experiments prove that the At-! lantic breakers have a force of three1 tons to the square foot; thus a surface of only two square yards sustain a J blew from a heavy Atlantic breaker j equal to fifty-four tons. ?TVip French government has ' stopped all expeditions from Algiers! and Tunis this year, the pilgrimages to Mecca indulged in by inhabitants of those countries being a fruitful means of spreading disease, especially cholera. ?According to the statistics gathered by Mr. E. Payson Porter, statistical secretary of the international Sunday School convention, there are in the Unite ! States 109,252 Sunday Schools, with 8,643.255 scholars and 1,143,190 teachers and officers. ?In the course of his successful career, Capt. McMickan, at present the commander of the Cunarder Umbria, has ms.de 478 passages across the Atlantic, carrying 165,570 pas sengers, and sailing on all voyages over a distance of 2,129,800 miles. ?The Rev. John Prince, a Methodist clergyman, aged 80, and Mrs. Cynthia "Wood, aged 84, were married recently in Montreal. They were lovers in childhood and would have been married sixty years ago, but their parents prevented the match. ?James Melvin, of Concord, Mass. lias for 12 ye*irs lain upoa a bed witnout changing- his position. The osseous portions of his body have united into one piece, and from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet there is not a joint responsive to his will. ?A German of Detroit tried to figure the height of 100,000,000 silver dollars if placed one oh top of the j other, and because he couldn't get it j within a foot or two he jumped off a 1 wharf with suicidal intent. Although he never had a pile a foot high he j wanted to be exact about other people's money. ?The Yorkville Enquirer publishes-j what purports to be the true story of Captain Tillman's losing one eye. The Captain gave an account of the : mishap at Tirzah, in York county, in 1886, saying that in a game of ball he was accidentally struck with a bat in the hands of a playmate, and was confined to bed for a long time, ultimately losing liis eye. ?John Merriman, of Rhode Island called himself a humanitarian and brought up a lot of old horses and turned them out to pasture to end their days in peace. He had got about thirty and the papers were eulogizing him, when his wife got a " ?- Arfromfl divorce UUL LUC ^lUlUlun ui ui. cruelty. She proved that he almost starved her to death. ?In speaking of Sam Jones's sermon at Oxford, Justice Lamar said: "It was striking in many senses. Parts of it were like a Pullman palace sleeping car?capable of being hitched' to any train, going in any direci-" ~-n-wy fi+flTirP O Tl TTv1> ?>T P biUJLI} H L (t II J' ulluvj acting automatically, and capable of emanating from no brain other than that of the original Sam Jones."' ?In an interview with the Rochester Union (Dem.) Bob Ingersoll says: "I believe in protecting what are called the infant industries, but after these 'infants' get to be six feet high and wear No. 12 boots it is about time to stop rocking the cradle, especially when the 'infant' tells you that if you stop rocking he will get - ? " * t i t- 1 J out of tne cracue ana kick your nmu off." ?The British government has never granted amnesty to John Boyle O'Reilly, his escape from a convict's doom in -western Australia having apparently placed him outside the pale of forgiveness. Meanwhile Mr. O'Reilly, who is 46 years old, pursues the even tenor of his way, displaying in his poems and lectures a sympathy for humanity which prejudice of party, race or creed cannot narrow. ?The English love of dancing still puzzles lazy Orientals. At a recent of T?or>cr/->r?n f.Tcn nnfivp ornnms Ui-hl L U.U xvuiiQWii. V .. v ^ v?? were watching the festivities from a verandah and one of the observers asked his companion why the couples walked about after each dance. The other groom described the reason in stable phraseology: .'The sahibs run the mems and missies round to make them hot and then walk them round to cool them down/' \ f '~-H FROM AFFLUENCE TO POVERTY. The "Widow of Millionaire Alden Askiug Aid of Her Former Colored Servant. Noewale, July 22.?Mrs. Caroline Miller, colored, of Westport, well known in that little village of her honesty and thrift, received from Manhaset, L. I., one day this week, _ j? ' nf... (1J a letter jurom itixs. creoz'giaua ^jiu.exi, the contents of which show to what depths of poverty those in opulence may fall. The writer is the widow of the late Stephen Alden, who for years was one of the wealthiest men in the country. She is now without money or friends, is suffering from hunger and want of proper shelter, and, reduced to the lowest depths of poverty, begs this poor woman, who was once employed in her household, for aid. So reduced liad she become that only three cents were in her purse, and two of them were used to buy the stamp for her letter. Mrs. Miller sent $2 of her earnings, all she had left fromher w,&ges of the .week previous. "Before doing so, however, she showed the letter to persons who had associated with Mrs. Alden at a time when fortune smiled upon her, thinking that they were better able than herself to answer the appeal. They offered no assistance. One of the parties to whom the letter was shown is the wife of a i ' well-known citizen, who, when the. unfortunate lady was sinning in society there, borrowed her diamonds, valued at many hundreds of dollars, ' to wear at an evening reception. Twenty years ago Mrs. Alden's husband was feputed to be worth * from three to five millions of dollars. He had previous to that time been president of one of the banks in Albany, and was also a prominent resident and politician of that city. Sub- v sequently he married, removed to New York, and became a broker in the Stock Exchange. By a series of daring manipulations he made the major portion of his great wealthHe spent his summers in "Westpcrt, and at an expense of many thousands * f " i i 2. oi dollars erectea an euegaiiu mansion, -with spacious lawns and parks, and lived in princely style. His home was filled with servants, a small army of workmen kept the house and grounds in the best possible order, and a stable full of thoroughbreds with drivers and footmen, were always ready at a moment's notice. The quiet, easy going citizens of the j _ i j.T. ;_i. piace were overaweu uiuix bor's lavish expenditures. 2s o society was quite complete unless Sir. and Mrs. Alden were pix-sent. At length business reverses set in, heavy losses followed, and in a surprisingly short time money and property were swept away to satisfy the' claims of creditors. ill-. Alden died under the weight of his obligations, and his widow, shattered in health, started westward. For several years she remained on the Pacific coast, but latterly returned east. She is now poverty stricken and aid is now refused her, even by those who at one time were her warmest friends. A.GR'TAT FIRETwenty-Six Hundred People Rendered . He melons at Kirin. Meagre details have been received of a great fire at Kirin, which destroyed about $4,000.000 worth of property and rendered 2.t>uu ramines homeless. A ^correspondent of the North China Daily Neves writes: 'Signals were made about 2 o'clock p. m., on May 13, and, as usuaL the governor-general left his yamen for the scene of the fire and to conduct operations in the work of extinguishing, etc. The soldiers carried some ten engines, but no one seemed to anticipate anything very serious. I saw that the governor-general's yamen would soon be in danger,- so "I proceeded as quickly as possible to save all the property - that could be got at, and having sealed a large ivt-nlr <4+ tnTTOV ViOTlL" "T fill mV - U-LUX ttl UU\J AiTVA A MM ' yT > things carried to it from my house before the latter caught fire. The yamen station is a large square with streets on all sides. All the houses caught fire and some 60,000 cartridges for Martini-Henry rifles exploded. The noise was like half a dozen regiments firing volleys in quick time. The servants had to be dragged into the house to carry out the packages. They had no sense left. The cook prayed that I might fly. Thnnsflnris of neorVle fled to the river with such things as they could pick up in a hurry. Large timber rafts crowded -with people also were burned. and the only safety was in the water itself. My junk crossed to the other side of the^river, where we remained during the night. By 8 o'clock p. m., the conflagration extended for more than a mile along the bank. All the large stores of timber were consumed, the flames shooting uphundreds of feet?a sight never to be forgotten. Fortunately the wind lessened, and the fire was nearly extinguished during the night, but it smoldered in places for days, and only gave way entirely to a heavy down pour of rain, which occurred May 20. The sufferers are chieflv well-to-do people, and the loss supposed to be from 2,500,000 3,000,000 taels. some ten lives were sacrified. The exact estimate of the loss is difficult to get. but some 2,600 families were made homeless, and the misery is more easily imagined than described." Preparing to Kidnap Burke. The Louisiana Legislature at its 0? session recently closed appropriated J $15,000 as a reward for the capture of ex-State Treasurer Burke, now engaged in mining in Honduras. A crAnfiemnn Lit el v arrived from there says a number of detectives have gone to Honduras recently, presumably with the intention of kidnapping Major Burke and returning him to Louisiana in the hope of securing the reward offered by the State. Major Burke is aware of their mission, and seems to be very much worried and nervous. The ex-treasurer is very ? ?4-I-v via/WNIA TTAriilnroc pupuiiu VVAWU LlAAC JreUUK Ui iiUUUU^Kf, and his raining operations seem to be fairly successful. He is said to be suffering from a very severe case of catarrh, and has had an operation performed for his relief. His health otherwise is good.