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THE CONVICT QUESTION. ! TESTIMONY WHICH GOES TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE BADLY TREATED | C. E. Wheeler, "Who Elad Charge of the j Convicts, Gives Some Testimony Which iiefiects Gravel j on the Penitentiary Authorities?An Investigation In Order, Columbia, S. C, June 13.?The State of this morning publishes the following letter: As the convict question is up, please give space in your valuable columns to a few words 1 have to say about the treatment of convicts at my different railroad camps under Superintendent Lipscomb and under Superintendent Talbert. I have had charge of convicts camps under both of them. I hope The State's correspondent at Sumter will not implicate me with Su * ? j oo /iflniolc r*f hie ptriii Leuuciiu laiuciu utuiuw v*. u.v . .-port. They only point I corrected was that of the dead convict, and what, I had to say was to the Board of Directors. I never denied that the convicts were barefooted. 1 never disputed the fact that the convicts starved all day at Sumter. After starving all day in Sumter,1 was almost certain;that they would be offered something to eat that night after arriving at the penitentiary. But it was not so. They were locked up without a morsel of bread till the next morning. What hour they were fed the next morning, I can't say?about 6:30 o'clock, T sntroose. I have managed convict camps under j Col. Lipscomb on the Georgia, Coroiina and ^Northern {Railroad, in Chester County; on the Wilson short Cut. in Marion County; and on the Eutawville Railroad, in Clarendon County. I managed 215 convicts in the phosphate fields of Colleton County. On August 13.1890,1 left Columbia in charge of 103 convicts; got off the cars at Mayesville and marched out to the stockade on the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad. While my T Tins camp was zocateu unium, wi. comb turned over the penitentiary to W. J. Talbert. Under Col. Lipscomb's management I say, unhesitatingly, the convicts at my camps were always given just what each of them could, eat, and that they were Bay never rationed, like under Superintenr dent Talbert. Under Col. Lipscomb, my convicts in camp were fed on bacon, meal, grits, "half-rice," Irish potatoes by the barrel, cabbege and onions by the barrel, and crates every two weeks. 1 also got about 350 pounds of beef a week fc j convicts, and several times 1 remember they got pork, while the guards got everything they wanted to eat.- Talbert gave me orders to stop the beef, Irish potatoes, cabbage, onions,pork and ''half-rise." About two months Superintendent Talbert had the rations sent from Columbia. The small sack of small rice that he would send for the guards was of the very same quality that I fed my convicts with under Col. Lipscomb, and would not last the guards more than eighteen or twenty days, though it was sent as a months' ration. Sugar and coffee were L" kewise. Under Superintendent Talbert my convicts got no change of diet .at all. The small amount of beef allowed by him the guards would nearly consume. Col. Lipscomb would leave some money with rce in case of any mishaps. I remember once 1 was moving with a detail of convicts. My cooked ration gave out on account of not making connec tions as expected. jl uau luuuey iw mcidental purposes from Col. Lipscomb, and things moved on with the usual smoothness. W.J. Talbert has never furnished a cent ahead for incidentals. /Xow, as to the dead convict. I pulled my own money out of my pocket and advanced it for Mr. Talbert. Suppose I had rerused to advance the 84 to have this offensive dead body buried. I could not stop my convicts to do the work, because" it would put -us too long after dark going into Darlington, and con victs snouid oe wen secureu ueivre dark. Xow, right here, will Superintendent Talbert answer what preparation, if any, did he make for anything of the kind? I will suggest the only place Superintendent Talbert nad for the poor dead convict was an open stump hole, to be filled in with straw or other stuff that would not cost anything. "Economy!" If this is what Supt. Talbert means for economy, I say, God have mercy upon South Carolina convicts as human beings. If Superintendent Talbert had sent me money, as Col. Lipscomb did, the sixty-seven convicts I had at Sumter on June 2 would not have any occasion to say anything about something to eat. I wired Talbert twice relative to the condition of the detail at Sumter, and, he being absent from his post of dutv, I %# % - rn t_ ^ aid not get an answer, jll ne uau uccu at his office he could have wired some store in Sumter to furnish me with enough to feed the convicts. One of the guards, A. Ulman, called me to him while on duty, at Sumter, and said that if he could not get something to eat he would starve. I have good reason to believe that the young man was telling the truth. I remarked that I was sorry for the condition of affairs, but that I had done all that I could do. Ulman, however, soon got hold of a bucket, belonging to some lucky convict who had happened up on it, and the last seen of the bucket of rice and bacon the guard was carefully putting it into his mouth. During the month of May, 1891, there were lost in hospital 533 days. I fully believe that the large number being in the hospital is due to Talbert's taking away the changes of diet, as I have al ready slated rhysicians are powerless i where changes of diet can't be had. My sick convicts in the hospital under Col. .Lipscomb, were fed far'better than the guards were under Superintendent Talbert. Mr. Rowland Hill, my sergeant, spent ?I in Sumter for something for some of the guards to eat. 1 was standing present when Mr. Hill stepped in the superintendent's ofiice and claimed that the otlice owed him the money, and fully explained the matter, I thought, to Superintendent Talbert, but he refused to pay-it?a just claim. 1 give, as proof of all that I have said about the detail of convicts taken away *' *> ~~~a tt icon irum luc ucmicuuaif aujjuob iu, and returned June 2.185)1, the following names, who have guarded and should know about the detail: E. L. Gandy, A. C. Andrews, II. Ii. Carter, R. E. Mims, A. Cook, A. Ulman, JarvasScar bcro, J. F. Barrier, Rowland Hill, B. B. Gibson, II. C. Rowe, R. J. Beard. C. E. Wheeler. Indicted for Forgery. Sumter. S. C., June 10.?In the Court ot Genera] Sessions this morning indictments were issued against John R. Keels for iorgery in two cases. Bail was grafted iu the sum of $500 in each case. In the Common Pleas this afternoon W. F. B. Ilaynsworth, acting for the Bar of Sumter made a motion that a rule be issued against J. R. Keels to show cause why he should not be disbar red from the practice oflaw iu the Courts of General Sessions, Common Pleas, and the inferior Courts of the State. Judge Jx.lar issued the rule, and made it returnble on Wednesday, June 17.?News and Courier. The Georcia Editors. Atlanta. Ga., June 17.?The Evening Journal has made a poll of the members of the Georgia Press Association, now iu session here, as to their choice lor the Democratic nominee for Presi dent and their opinion as to what should be the leading issue in the next campaign, The results are as follows. Of eighteen editors interviewed, eleven were for Cleveland, two .or Hill, and five noncommitai. ZS'ine favored tariff reform its the issue, two preferred free silver, and seven regarded them of e<iual importance. THE STATE OF THE CROPSElecta of The Week's Weather on The Growitc Plants. Washington*, June 13?The sirnal servicc weather crop bulletia for the week siy?: Tcmtscratures have been below normal in all districts, except in the lake region. New England and Gulf States. where it has been normal or slightly above. The greatest departure from normal has been G decrees in Virginia, Iowa, Kansas and on the Xorth Pacific coast. There have been no marked extremes of temperature during the week and tiie general temperature conditions have been favorable to piant life. As anticipated last week copious rains ? *- .1 Hrj broke the drought in me j&ast auu ^uiu- i ale Gulf States. The maximum rainfalls | are reported as fJ lows: Waynesboro, Ga, 5.1 inches: Gainesville and Tocooa, Ga, 4.2inches; Augusta, Ga, 3.83 inchcs. The only portions of the country where no rain has fallen are Middle New England, the middle plateau region and iu South California. Rainfall was one inch below normal in Wisconsin Iowa and two inches above normal in Tennessee and in northern portions of Alabama and Georgia. Arkansas : Crop prospects materially improved during the week. Corn delayed bvlate planting. Cotton looks well. Oats and wheat now being harvested show better results than expected. Texas: Cotton and corn very promising. Wheat crop best ever grown. Other crops good, except sutt?riog from lack of rain on the Gulf coast. Louisiana: Drought broken. Cotton, corn and sugar cane backward, but now growing rapidly. Rains too late for gradens. Rice crop small on account of dry weather. Mississippi: As anticipated last week the drought has been broken by copious rains. All conditions are more favorable than for a month. The crops are small and late, but taking rapid growth. Alabama: The rains hpve been beneficial to corn, cotton and oats, Gardens are doicg well. Tennessee: Crops are greatly improved. Wheat harvesting is delayed by rain and wind. Cotton prospects improved, but still are poor. Tobacco is promis'ug. South Carolina: Plentiful rain well distributed lias been beneficial to all crops. Lack of sunshine has been slightly injurious to cotton. In some localities hail has damaged crops, compelling replanting. Xurth Carolina?Weather decidedly cool and unfavorable to cotton, which is reported poor. An abundant wheat harvest has begun and many crops are overrun with weeds. Virginia?Crop conditions are good. Corn is in excellent condition. Ilust is reported in some wheat fields. Fruit is in good condition. Throughout the winter grain section and western corn belt conditions are reported variably. Thp wither is too drv in Penosvl vania, Ne>v Jersey, New York, and New England for anything but winter grain, which promises well. Corn is also suffering some, but the average is good. The Weather and the Crops. The weekly weather ana crop bulletin of the South Carolina weather service, in co-operation with the United States Signal Service, for the week ending Saturday is as follows and is not very encouragingtofarmers: The rainfall for the past week has been above the normal and generally benefi cial to all crops. The temperature has been about the average and has hastened the growth of all crops, whilst the sunshine has been below the average and has been injurious to most of the crops. Rain has fallen more or less every day for the past week, and little or no work has been perfomed on most of the farms between the constant showers. The rain that brought up the cotton brought up the grass and have continued, with but slight intermission, to the present time; so mat ine urups mo uemg mjiucu vj grass, and if there be no cessation of rain for the next day or tv:o the crops will be badly injured. The corn crop has greatly improved and an average yield may be looked for. Many sections of the State have been visited by the destructive hail storms, and great injury done to the growing crops. Some farmers have been compelled to plow up and replant their cotton. Upon the whole the outlook for the cotton crop is very discouraging ar>a iarmers are becoming despondent. Fifteen Heads Chopped OfT. San Francisco, June 15.?The steamer which arrived from China last night brings details of the beheading of 15 Chinese at Xowloon City, opposte Hong Kong, among whom were the three leaders of the pirates who looted the steamer Naomi five months ago, killed the captain and mate and secured over $30,000 worth of corn and goods. A great crowd witnessed the barbaric . spectacle, which was made more repulsive by the cynical jesting of the pirate chief. The pirates were among the first lot of prisoners who arrived, and a howl of execration from the crowd greeted i 9nnparfinfp ''We'll hecin with I - - -o? you," said the chief executioner, layiDg his hand on the shoulder of a tail, thin man, with piercing eyes. "All right" responded the pirate leader, "I'm number one." fJe was placed at one end of the square, and all the others knelt in line with him, and the slaughter began. The chief continued to speak as if he wished the spectators to know he was not afraid. "You may kill me now," he said, "but I'll revive again." Ashe uttered this sentence the sword fell, and he was no more. The others, miserable looking wretches, shuddered,but they had not long to wait, for tne brawny butcher finished his work with great celerity. xae waoie uiouuy wuik only occupied a few minutes. Disastrous Cloud-burst. Cincinnati, June 17.?A Knoxville, Tenn., special says: At New Manvilie, Green county, Saturday, a cloud-burst did great damage. The place is remote from railroad and telegraph communication, but information comes today of the calamity. The fall of water was something terrific, and a small creek beramf a ravins' river. 100 Yards wide. The storehouse, residence and outbuildings of T. 2s*. Xing were swept away, the Hood coming so quickly lie did not even have time to close his store doors. The postollice was kept in his store, and everything was lost. An iron sate weighing 1500 pounds was carried onefourth of a mile by the force of the water. A number of other houses were carried away, and all the crops along the creek bottom lands were destroyed. The water came down so fast that t he people barely had time to tlee to the ridge, and if this had not bern ne*r. there would have been serious loss of life. Considerable stock was drowued, but no life was lost so lar ai reported. The property damage will amount to a large sum. Killed While Out Drlviu;. W ashing ton", J une 12.?Capt Robert S. Widdtcombes, formerly chief of the foreign mails division PostJtlice Department, and a prominent G. A. II. man. was killed, this evening while out driving. Capt. Widdecombes' horse became frightened at The cable cars, throwing the Capt.-tin from his buggy, his head striking the step of the cable car, fracturing his skull and almost completely scalping him. He was taken to the hospital, where he died several hours later. The Philadelphia Times says that as the watermelon season advances the eighth commandment suffers. When it comes to an issue between Cuffy and the commandment, the commandment is most apt to be the sufferer. A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. ! SHOT TO DEATH IN THE POSTOFFICE | AT WARRENTON GA. Captain William J. Magratii. of! Charleston, the Victim?He Wrote Love ' X.etters to the Wife of the Man Who Kill- | ed Him. Augusta. Ga., June 11.?Another i terrible tragedy has been added to War- ! renton's bloody record. Capt. W. J. j Magrath, a prominent merchant there, i was shot and instantly killed by Mr. A. V. Ilowell. who recently removed from Warrentonto Atlanta. Howell lired five shots at Magrath, four of which took effect in the latter's head and body. The two men were standing in the postotfice at Warrenton, and when Ilowell lired the fatal shots were not more than four feet apart. Magrath fell to the floor and died in a few minutes in great pain. lie spoke only a few words after being shot. One" of these was an invocation to God to have mercy on his soul, and to a friend who cautioned him to keep still, he sa'd: 4 I will be stiil in a few moments." There was only one witness to the shooting. That was Judge II. H. Fi*zpatrick, the postmaster at Warrenton, who was tilling out a money oraer DianK for Magrath at the time. It is stated that Howell went into the postoflice, and seeing Magrath, said: "Capt. Magrath, you have been writing letters to my wile." With this, Howell drew his pistol and began firing at Magrath, who offered no resistance. There are sensational features connected with tils case, and place Magrath in the attitude of writing love letters to Howell's wife. Magrath is a married man, with a family of four children, and came to Warrenton from Charleston, S. C. four years ago. Howell's wife is the daughter of ,J. W. DeBeaugrine,an ex-Charlestonian, who has been residing in Warrenton several years. She and Howell were married about two mouths ago. It is reported that Magrath wrote her several notes before her marriage, making improper advances, one of which fell into her father's hands. This led to an altercation, in which Magrath's life was threatened. The mutter dropped, However, and nothing more was heard until last Tuesday, when Mr. Howell came to Warrenton. Then it was learned that he had taken a letter from the postoilice at Atlanta addressed to hi3 wife and containing eight pages. The letter had no name signed to it, but was postmarked from Warrenton, and mentioned an express packaee which the writer had forwarded to Mrs. Howell. It was claimed to be Magrath's handwriting. Howell demanded an explanation of his wife, but she protested her innocence and gave her husband to understand that she had long been the victim of such persecutions at the hands of Magrath. This is what brought about the shooting. Howell was brought to Augusta tonight and committed to jail to await the action of the Warren County grand inrv The coroner's jury which satin inquest oq Masrrath's body, refused to say whether the killing was justifiable homicide or murder. Warrenton is greatly excited over the affair, as Capt. Magrath has many strong friends among the citizens. Howell is a carriage builder by trade, and his wife is notning more than a child. Magrath's relatives at Charleston have been telegraphed tor, and will reach "Warrenton tomorrow.?The Stale. The Melon Growers. A called meeting of the Fruit and, Melon Growers Association was held in Aiken on Monday week. In the absence of the President J. B. Black, and at the request of Vice-President J. D. Copeland, Captain G. W. Groft presided. Mr. F. M. Mixson. of Blackville, the Secretary of the Association, read the call for the meeting, after which the following delegates were enrolled: T. S. Sease, Lexington; D. L. Copeland and E. R. llayes, Bamberg; J. G. Baynham, Trenton; J. B. Bonnett, Windsor; P. Q. McCreary, Whits Pond; L. Bradwell, W. M.Jordan, M. T. Holley, Sr. and A. S. Courtney, AiKen. The Chair stated that the object of the meeting was to get the Association to co-operate with P. H. Loud, Jr., and his attorneys iu the suit brought before the Inter-State Commerce Commission against railroad lines running east for overcharging and discriminating against melon shippers, and also to transact any other business that might come up before the Association. Considerable discussion took place in reference to the exorbitant rates charged by the roads running east for the transportation of melons. In the discussion we gleaned the following: Last year the rouds charged 3103.92 for a car load of melons weighing 24,000 pounds to Xew York, and additional cnarges were maue iuj. cvw^ puuuu over and above that number. These charges were considered excessive, being within a fraction of 11 mills per mile, short measurement. The Georgia Association has secured a rate of 8 mills per mile on all roads running west, and it was the opinion of the melon men at this meeting that 8 mills would be a fair charge for the roaas running East, <nd that the minimum ' carload should be fixed at 32,000 pounds. Fixed at these figures, the co*t of a carload of melons to New York?a distance of about SCO miles?would be $7680. The following resolutions were adopted. Kesolved, That the Secretary ask of the initial, and if need be, connecting railway noes ior t&rm ot rates ior me coming Season on melons. Resolved, That it is th3 sense of this meeting that the present rates are ex- ; cessive and a reduction of them is requested. Resolved, That the information de- ] rived as to rates be submitted to the ; Executive Committee, and they are re- < quested at their discretion to commu i nicate or have a conference with the railway authorities upon the matter. Resuived, That through bills of laden h be issued from starting points, and that i no pre-payn>/nt of freight be required 1 from shippe; at connections with other 1 lines, as iu e.. .e of the Blackville, Alston Sc Xew'.erry and Barnwell roads as of last swijjn. A resolution was also adopted pled r j ing the moral support o?. the Associa | tiou to Mr. i'. II. Loud, .J r., in his fight 1 for a reduction in th3 freight rate on ! J melons and fniit. The meeting then I. ' *T^1 - I IlGjOumeu. me auuve iiuuuuuu ui mo i meeting we >;lip from the Aiken Jour- , nal and ] lev tew. I iaiiou ami Organ*. j ; N. W. Trump, 134 Main .Street Co-1 < lurabia, S. C., sells Piauos aud Organs, I direct from factory. No agents' com- 1 missions. The celebrated Chickering !: Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated i for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch ana lasting qualities. Mason & ; Hamlin Upright Piano, sterling Up- ! right Pianos, from $225 up. Mason & ' Hamlin Organs surpassed by none.Ster- j ling Organs, 850 up. Every instrument guaranteed lor six years, fifteen days' ! trial, expenses both ways, if not satis- ; facto rv. Sold on Instalments. A Druuken Man's Folly. Pittstox, Pa., June 17?Jennie Knerr, aged 10, and Frank Bixbce, aged 2S years, were drowned in the Schuyl- < kill "Kiver, near Parker's Ford, last ; night. Miss Knerr and several companions were wading in the water near the bank when Bixbee came along and said that he was goinar to teach them how to swim. He carried Jennie into the river beyond her depth and both | sank. It is lelieved Bixbee was in* | toxicated. I . JUDGE HUDSON'S REFORMS. Ho\r Justice mar be More Economically and Effectively Obtained. Lancaster, S. C.. June 15.?The Court of General Sessions convened here at 10 o'clock this morning, with Judge Hudson presiding. The session will be a short one. There is no homicide case for this term and the criminal business will be light. The Court will likely adjourn early to morrow morning. The Judge, after enlightening the grand jury as to their oaths and the duties to be performed, made an elaborate charge as to much needed retorms in trie I practice of the Courts, civil and trim -1 inal. He recommends that the Circuit Court for the spring term, instead of opening on the second Monday in February as now, be commenced on the second Monday in January. His reasons f^r this change were very strong, and appeared to be convincing to his large auditory. He recommends that the summer term for the circuit commence on the first or second Monday in May, instead of June. And the fall term he recommends should commence on the first Monday in September, instead of the time now fixed by law. fie showed, in a most powerful and impressive argument, that this change would be most advantageous to the planting interest of the country and to the general welfare. A very important recommendation winph would be conducive to economy. efficiency, and the satisfactory administration of the law, was that the Court lor the transaction of civil business should precere the Court of General Sessions. I wish I had the time and could take of the space in your paper to give his reasons for this last mentioned change. Suffice it to say that his reasons for this change are unanswerable. Another important change that he recommends is that the law should be changed so as to authorize instead of a unanimous verdict three-fourths of the members of t'ie jurvtolind a verdict. He was elaborate and thorough on this point of his argument. Another change, on the line of economy, he recommends that the Court of Probate, which bits monthly given juria/ liMinn tn hparflrvl trv small CaS63. civil as well as criminal* He 'contends that this would do away with the necessity of iocreasing the number of Judges in the State. It strikes your correspondent that the Administration now iH authority in this State (were they to avail themselves of these suggestions) might organize a more efficient system of administering justice, and a system that would be much more economic and better adapted to the public wants. These changes certainly address themselves to the thoughtful consideration of our lawmakers. Judge Hudson, like Judge O'Neal?, who was always ready to suggest improvements in the laws, is entitled to the thanks of the people m nis mougnt- i fal efforts to improve the condition of the whole people. Xo class of our people are so capable of making wise suggestions in this line as our Judges, who have learning and experience in these things. When a Judse takes these pains he is entitled to the favor of our people and his suggestions to the consideration of our legislators.?News and Courier. A SUICIDE CLUBA Oueer and Morbid Organization in Connectlcat. n t,,?^ ir J)ltlUU?t'UltX, VjUUU., ouuc xi. Awvert Louis Stevenson, when he wrote his famous romance, entitled "The Suicide Club," and included in his series stories entitled "Modern Arabian lights," never dreamed tlxat anj set of morbidly inclined misanthropes wouid put his schemes into operation, but, as is well Known, the famous suicide club of this city was the result, and self-murder of E. F. Smith at Birmingham, by blowing out his brains with a shotgun, makes the list of ten victims to this horrible passion. The club was originally formed with six members six years ago, and was intended to be limited as formed, but new members were added from time to time despites the protest ot the original members. jno less tnan seven appucauuus ?vcic received from abroad lor membership last year. The suicides so tar are: August Heiserhagan, suicide in bed with a revolver; J. Kaipp, shot himself while in bed; George Leavenwoth, died in Case's hotel, laudanum self-administered; William Meckel cut his throat with a razor in his room; John Kinzy shot himself through the heart with a rifle in the cellar of his saloon; J. C. Schneider threw himself in lront of an express train at the depot before a dozen friends; John Hattern hanged him- 1 self in his shop; Wendell Baur cut his i throat with a jack-knife in an open lot, New York city; W. H. Moby blew out ] his brains with a revolver! E. F. Schmidt blew out his brains with a 3 - 4. M SUUb-gUU. j The president of the club now is j Wiiliam Zeggs, a saloon keeper on Gold street, and the club meets in a room in his house. Loester is financial and corresponding secretary. Fatal Balloon Ascension. ,< Paris, June 18.?A fatal balloon trip, < resulting almost to a certainty in the loss of three lives, occurred at Lavil lette yesterday afternoon. A billoon j containing a professional aeronaut and two other persons made an ascent about * midday from Lavillette, the aerial ven- ( ture being watched by crowds of peo- , pie. When the balloon had reached a , height not more than sixty feet from | rhe orrnnmi the aeronaut, who had been ' busily engaged about outside the car, 1 was seen to suddenly lose his balance. 1 lie made a desperate offort to regain it J and then fell whirling to the earth. He ] was picked up so terribly injured that ] it is said there is no prospect of saving his life. In the meantime the balloon i and its two remaining occupants, both . of whom were utterly ignorant of the j manner in which a balloon is handled, ( mounted up higher and higher into the air, growing to the sight smaller and smaller until it was finally lost sight of entirely among the clcuds. The balirtnn r?p<5f>Anr!p.ri at Versaille. and the two men were saved. She Kefused to Kaceive Him. Shamokin, Pa., June 17.?A strange romance has come to light in this town, by the return of Charles Cameron, a uousin of United States Senator Don Cameron, who was supposed to have been murdered in a gambling den at Richmond, Va, soon after the battle of Bull Hud. In 1860 Cameron left his liomein Pottsville, Schuylkill County, and went to Richmond, where he in formed his wife he had secured the contract for building a church. He never returned, and Mrs. Cameron, bearing that he had been murdered; married William Madden ten years af icivtaiu. j Madden was killed on the railroad, ] and Mrs. Madden removed to this place. Saturday morning', while standing at the door of her home, a stranger approached and announced himself as Charles Cameron, the long lost husband. Mrs. Madden refused to receive him and ordered him to leave, and he did so. At present he is stopping with his son, Simon. Diphtheria's Deadly Work j Raleigh, X. C., June 19.?Mrs. T. 11 i Glennan, wife of Fast Assistant Sur , geon Glennan, United States Navy, ar , rived at Raleigh Thursday evening from , Washington with four children. Rosa, | 5 years old, had a case of diphtheria and died Monday evening. Pansy, 3 years old, died of the name disease this i afternoon. Kenneth is now at death's , door and the remaining child has the ; disease. _ 1 I ~ ~ i TO THE ALLIANCE. THE TARIFF THE CAUSE OF ALL j THESE WOES. i Pratic?l Illustrations by an Kxptni- ; j eDcctl Reformer Which Shouhl bo K.t?ily I Understood by the Horay-ilamlcd bona | ol Toll. I am not egotistical enough to Relieve i that my name or signature is not entirely : unknown to you. For more than twent} - | nve years I have labored to lree the mil- ! lions or consumers ot.this ^reat and tree : country from a most outrageous t, x j robbery that has no paralled either in j the present or past history of a civilized j people. Alas! my friends, I share the j lot of many and greater reformers who I lived before me. I have achieved little indeed. Of course, truth and reason will iu the end prevail, but in the meantime the accumulation of immense wealth wrung from the hard working classes is the main lorce in rivlting the chains ot j dire taxation on the people. Xow, my goood friends ot the Alii-1 ance, you have only one enemy in this j country to deal with, and that is ex- j cessivc taxation. All the rest is sen-1 timent and opinion. Your, grievance j is that you are in debt, and that \our incessant hard labor is not sufficient to make two ends meet. The created curse that economy has to encounter is the false belief of the multitude that high wages n r high prices for what we produce is the sole remedy for all evil. Now, my good friends only consider it, if, under present prices of your products, you could procure those articlles you do not produce and must have, say 40 per cent, cheaper than you are obliged to pay for them on account of the villainous tariff or protection swindle, would such a policy not be the same as if the commodities you produce would be 40 per cent higher in price? Just let me give you a little illustrarv> yr O fO lovmorv! tlUU. X UJJ Ui v miuiv&wi Well, you do not raise silver or paper dollars. Your money is wheat, corn, or any other product. You go through the ceremonv o: converting these products into money, and you buy the necessaries that you do not produce and must have. Well, then, the price of your wheat, corn and oilier licld products is made in the great markets of the world, and chiefly abroad, say in Loudon, Liverpool. Paris. Hamburg, and even in Berlin. In other words, if the price of wheat goes up 2s or 3s a quarter, you will find the price in Chicago, Duluth, or any other great centre going up in the same proportion, and if the pi ices go down abroad, you feel it the same way. In fact, >ou are not in the least beholden to the policy of protection for the price of your breacistulls. The syndicate of protection lions may assert the contrary until they are black in their faces, but they cannot alter this nure and simple fact, which is eneyitable a law of trade as gravitation is a law of nature. Well, then, do you not think that it is a hardship, iu fact a swindle, if a bushel of American wheat should buy iu Xew York Irom 40 to 50 per cent, less necesiary woolen mixed dress goods than in London, especially as the 3ame price of wheat prevails in both places? Just let tne show you. Suppose ten bushels of wheat at $1 per bushel in London will buv fifty yards of woolen mixed dress goods at 20 cents per jard. This same kind of dress goods that is chiefly used in every farmer's family, and is of as much a necessity as any thing in the wearing apparel can possible be, is subject under the McKinley bill to a tax of 110^ per cest. In other words what costs in London 20 cents a yard is enhanced to the following: Original cost, 20 cents a yard; 110J per cent, duty, 22* cents; total, 421 cents. Now, suppose we leave out expenses and profits and say that this cheap dress goods, costing 20 centc in London, is en ' 1- v.. rtlnnn fr, nancea nere uui) uj tuc uuiu awut w forty-two cents a yard; your ten bushels of wheat would only buy less than twenty-four yards, or twenty-six yards less than in London. Suppose you are not groaning under such an insane outrageous tax, does it occur to you that, ifyour fnmilv needed onlv fifty yards of such kind of goods, you would need exactly twelve dollars less meney? And if you multiply those articles that are subject to this tax swindle you will Gad that there are hundreds of dollars every year most shamefully taken out of your hard earnings for the benefit of some mill bosses, who are anxious to uphold this tax robbery, ostensibly for the benefit of J (Via dflor loh/vriner Hflssps whinh means ' (silts UUUi .. sickly pestilential tenements lor the miserable operatives, and palatial castles in Scotland or elsewhere and four-iuhand for the bosses. If, my good friends, you really mean relief, and have the real welfare of the J masses at heart, then break this infernal power of the tax oppressors of the people. Then will you really become wise, good and a blessing to mankind. But if ycu are on some Utopian butterfly chase, then you will simply become some adjunct to political schemers and ] designing politicians. You seem to have < the power; the future will reveal whether 1 70U have the will and the ability to make 1 *ood use ot it. In the meantime, I rejoice to see that the spirit of true rel'or u : is bestirring itself. For if even nothing :loes come of it, there is a chance that " - - ^ -t J *- mAi-n I t LUCSC UIU Ul-V Siiiucis Luay ?uviv< ; tieedful and not go still further rougK I shod over the people. Nevertheless, it 1 must be admitted that the new move- } ment of the Farmers' Alliance has iwakened an interest in the minds of ihe j people which is as gratifying as it is im- ' x>rtant. Personally I wish you God speed in rour laudable undertaking of reform, ind hv apnninn reform I mean the ame- , ioration of the present tax robbery un]er which the people are groaning. J. S. Moore. 1 New York, May 28th, 1891. South Carolina Tobacco. Washington, D. C.. Jane 17.?The ( jensus office to-day made public tha to- J )acco statistic of South Carolina. The .otal number of planters in the State ' luriDg the census year was 5S5; the foal area devoted to "tobacco 394 acre: to ,al product 222,S98 pounds, and value of ;rop to producers, estimated on basis of : ictual sales, 833,883. The following are . .he figures bv couDties, excluding those | >roducing less than 2,000 pounds each. The groups of figures represent acres, jounas and value respectively: j Lnderson 6 2,104 ? 277 ? tJerieley 27 14,800 l,4.so * Jlarendon 30 12,000 1,500 1 Darlington 5 :J,1S0 423 ; riorencft 144 llti.550 20.5U0 , Greenville 18 y,4ii 1,440 5 lorry 58 21,530 1,910 Marion 15 9,000 1,601 Dconee 34 11,508 2,140 -> 1 , - Add lilK) ^raugeuuiK Pickens 9 4,4iu 6S5 Spartanburg 10 3.8G5 425 Union 10 3.9G0 400 Dther counties 13 4,40S 440 Total 394 222^898 33,883 Sam Small Leaven the Church. Denver, lune 12.?The Colorado Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Jhurch met here to-day. The "case of jx-Evangelist Sam Small came up for jonslderation, and upon his own request he was allowed to withdraw from the church. Mrs. Nancy Witherspoon Thoinwell relict of the distinguished divine, Dr. Jas. II. Thorn well, died last week at Morgantoo, N. C, where she was living svith one of her daughters. V EVERY !NCH A SOLDIER. T!;o fJruvo TrXj.n Who I)kd Ju DtftDce of j Huliorn. XE'.vBEi:nY. >. C? June 12.?The mon- J uniont to Calvin Crozier has been placed ] in Ilusemoiit Cemelary. Crozier was I the* brave yyjng Texan who lost his j life here in def< ne-? of a woman on the I night of September o, lSoo. lie was on ; his way home from Lee's surrender and had a young lady under his charge. A regiment of negro troops reached ! Xt:\vbf-rry on that day and camped here for the ni^ht. The train from Alston, on which Crozier was travelling, was ! thrown off the track at the depot by j obstructions placed thereon by the ne- j gro soldiers. One of the negroes went into the | coach and insulted the young Jady. Crozier promptly protected her and cut | the negro wirh his knife. In the confusion tluit ensued Mr. Jacob Bowers, { the railroad supervisor, who was get-1 tinjr the train back on the track, was j accused of cutting the negro, -and, being seized by the negro soluiers, Crozier came forward and said that he had cut the n(;gro. The negro roldiers then took him to their camp, a short distance from the depot, and, without trial, condemned him to death. lie was shot to death at daylight on the morning of September i>, lb05, as he knelt in a shallow grave they had dug fur him. There they mutilated his body and left it, as irvtmwliAtplv marfthed down the railroad and took the first train i'or Columbia. The bodv ef Crozier was given decent burial in the village graveyard by the citizens of Newberry, where it has rested until to-dav. when the remains were ivmoved to the llosemont Cemetery. The movement to erect a monument to liis memory began one year ago and S278 was soon raised in the town, to- . gether with subscriptions from the county. The monument is of white marble, about ten feet high, and rests : on a base of Newberry granite. The shaft is six feet high, and on its front face is the "Lone Star" of Texas. On the marble base resting 011 the granite block in raised letters is inscribed the word: CUOZIEIi. On another side is the following verse from the celebrated elegy by Col"Theodore O'llara, C. S. A: "liest on, embalmed and sainted dead, Dear as the blood you gave, No impious footsteps here shall tread The herbage of your grave; Nor shall jx,ar glory be forgot While fame her record keeps, Or honor guard the hallowed spot Where valor proudly sleeps." / in t V, o ta Mn/>L- ic tho inc^ri nf inn Uu LilU ujr, wivvft -r Calvin Croziek, Born At Brandon, Miss. August, 1840 .Murdered at Newberry, ?>. C., September ?, 1865. Then on three seperate faces the following account of his death is inscribed: "After the surrender of the Confederate armies, while on the way to his home in Texas from a federal prison, he was called npon at the railroad station at Newberry. S. C? on the nieht of September 7,18?>5, to protect a young white woman, temporarily under his charge, from grob>s insults, offered by a negro Federal soldier of the garrison stationed here. 4,A difficulty ensued; in which the negro was slightly cut. The infuriated soldiers .<eized a citizen of Newberry, upon whom they were about to execute savage vengeance, when Crozier came promptly forward and avowed himself the author of-the deed, thus refusing to accept safety from allowing a stranger to receive the violence intended himself. "lie was hurried in the night time to the bivouac of the regiment to which the soldiers belonged, "was kept under guard all night, was not allowed communication with any citizen and without even the torm of a trial was condemned to die, and was shot to death about daylight the following morning and the body mutilated." The monument was erected by Leavell & Speers, c" Xewberry. It stands in a conspicuou position near the entrance to Roserr.ont Cemetery. It is a , fitting memorial to a noble life which ( perished in defence of woman.?Xews ( and Courier. ( Katcu by Sharks. Xokfolk, Ya., 'Tune 12?Information was received here today of the fearful death of a colored cook of the schooner Silver Queen while in the bay. , TrtKn 11 ntTi rrl w h i le m ak i n<y rJXJllLX 11VMUIU, f*v?M ry a net to capture a shark, accidentally grot tangled in the twine and fell overboard. In a few seconds, and before ' he could bs rescued, he was pulled under and was seen no more, A small school of sharks has been reported in Hampton Roads by an incoming steam- r er. The importance of purifying the t blood cannot be over-estimated, for ^ without pure blood you cannot enjoy ?ood healh. 1'. P. "P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Pottassium) is a miraculous blood purifier, performing more cures in six months than all the sarsaparillas and so-called blood purifiers put together. Ix five Maine counties, where the I population is nearly all "native Americans," the Maine" Bible Society has found 10,413 families who confess that r, :hey never go to church and 982 fami- ' lies who do not own a JJiuie. -v saa stute of affairs indeed. Rheumatism.?James Paxton, of .Savannah, Ga., says he had Rheumatism >o bad that he could not move from Lhe bed or dress without help, and that le tried many remedies, but received 30 rtiliei; until he began the use of XJ. P. L\ (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium), and two bottles restored him to lealth. Rheumatism is cured by P. P. P. Pains and aches in the back, shoulders, kuees, ankles, hips, and wrists are all i attacked and conquered by 1'. P. P. { This sreat medicine, by its blood cleansing' properties, builds up and ? _ i- _ j .. strengthens uie wtioie uouy. A complete liedroom Suit far Sit) 50 t freight paid t) your depot. Send for Catalogue. Address L. Y. l'adgett, rYugusta. Ga. Young Wives ! Who are for the first time to u; iergo woman's severest trial we offer MOTHER'S FRIEND t remedy which if used as directed for ^ ^ T- - A?viAr?f i iew weeKs uc-uxe cunuueixicjavj i \J>jj t of its Pain, Horror and Risk to Ufs >f both mother and child, as thou ands who have used it testify. A Blessing to Expectant Mothers. Motheb's Fbiesd is worth its weight in ;rold. My wift- suffered more in ten minutes with either of Jior first two children than she did all-gether with her iast. having previously ii-oil four bottles of MotheIt's Fkisnd. It a !>lo-dngr to mothers. Carmi. Iil.. Jan.. ' G. F. Lock wood. Sent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt of price. SI JW per bottle. Sold by all drusrsrists. Book to Mothers mailed free. Beadfield Eegclaiob Co.. Atlanta. Ga. 1 :p(z i&WSi f NOTICE!! Before assuring your life, or investing your money, examine the TwentyYear Tontine Policies of THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE United States, Policies maturing in 1891 realize cash returns to the owners, of amounts varying from 120 to 176 per cent, of the money paid in, besides the advantages of the Assurance during the whole period of twenty years. ^ ... - The following is one *'? of the nianv actual cases maturing this year: Endowment Policy No. 64.925. Issued in 1871, at age 27. Amount, $5,000. Premium, ?239.90. Total Premiums Paid, 54,798. ResultS at end of Tontine Period in 1891: . CASH SURRENDER VALUE, $8,449.45, (Equal to 5176*10 for each ?100 paid in premiums, which is equivalent to a return of all premiums paid, with interest at 1% per cent, per annum.) Or, in lieuo cash, A PAID-UP LIFE POLICY FOR$19,470. (Equal to 5405.80 for each 5100 paid in premiums.) OR. A LIFE ANNUITY of $633.55 One fact is worth a thousand theories There is no Assurance extant in any company which ccirpares with this; The Equitable is the strongest company in the world and transacts the largest business. For fuither information address or apply to the nearest agent of the Society, or write A ; 4>a UiIC<JC l/V W. J. RODDEY, GENERAL. A?E.\T, April 8-3m ROCK HILL, S. C. BO~YWwiSE~fb BE KOSS OF 1'OFR OW.V I. n HOUSE. THEN BUY" THE THOMAS STEAM PRESS AND SEED COTTON ELEYATOR. It is the most perfect system in use, unloading cotton from wagons, cleaning and ielivering it into gins or stalls. Cotton ioes not pass through fan and press retires no pulley nor belts. It saves time md monoy. TALBOTT & SONS' uvPTvro *7Tr? -nmnrPQ STATTO'V. ART AND PORTABLE. OLD DOMINION CORN MILLS $125 to 300 rALBOTTS SAW MILLS, IMPROVED FRICTION AND ROPE FEED ?200 TO $600 LUMMUS AND VAN WINKLE COTrON GINS AND COTTON PRESSES. We offer Saw Mill Men and Ginners he most complete outfits that can be >ought and at bottom prices. V. C. BADHAM, GENERAL AGENT, l^UAjUiUiSiA, O. VV. the talbott engine is the 3est Feb 19-ly. "he largest stock, most skilled workmen. lowest prices; Sontk Carolina Me forts, F. H. HYATT, PROPRIETOR. Is the best place in South Carolina 01 southern States to secure satisfaction in American and Italian Marble Work. A1J ciuus of Cemetery Work i speciality. TABLETS, HEADSTONES, MONUMENTS, &c. Send for prices and full information. F. H. HYATT April8 ly COLUMBIA. S. C. VICTORY FOR THE SAILOR MACHINERY. Exhibited side by side with its leading competitors at the State Fair, 1890. The Superintendent and Committee of the Mechanical Department, in inspecting those features not included in the Premium List, deem worthy of special mention the Sailor Seed Cotton Elevator, Distributor and Cleaner exhibited by W. H. Gibbes, Jr., & Co. The system operates most efficiently, and much improves the sample, facilitates the ginning of wet cotton, and saves largely Id labor and cost of handling, The Committee recommend to the farmers of the State an investigation into thfmerits of these devices. [Signed.] D. P. DUNCAN, for Committer. W. E. GiBBKS, Jb.. & CO.. Columbia, S. C. State Agents and Dealers in first class Machinery, Euggies, Wagons, &c. Special.?To test the advertising value of The State, we will sell to any farmer referring to that paper one of the best Dow Law Cotton Planters mude for 4.25, cash. The usual price is 55.00. W. H. GLBBES, Jb.. & CO. !j PaW Pais tiie Mgif | - .1 gr?at oeker tb \t mat not at'ain -4 ? 3 EE Repeated, so do not del.'.v, r! s 5 "Strike yfhilk the lp.or is Hot." H -mm ? Write for Catalogue row, and say wha; < fpaper yoa saw this advertisement in. % y | Remember that 1 sell everything that j fsoes to furnishing a home?nianufactur-3 d gicg some things and buying others in the 3 ilargest possible iota, which enables me to* " iwioe out all competition. j? " * H * :i 1 B?? .?v-? ? nr?T*7 f\ u* if V CP A U'P 3 ("iliiKJli A.ti.fc A r iu ? vr jaj. jiauj-j m LING BARGAINS | c* A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove. luJij size, 15x17 inch oven, fitted with 21 pieces:* of ware, delivered at your own aepot,^ | all freight charges paid by rue, tor;! | only Twelve Dollars. ^ Again. 1 will sell you a 5 hole Cookie) ! | Range 13x13 inch oven, 18x26 inch top, ut ; I tted with 21 pieces of ware, tor THIR- ? ^fl I gTEEN DOLLARS, and pay the i reiyht to : i Syour depot. IDO NOT PAY TWO PRICES FOR \ i YOUR GOODS. * | I will send you a nice plush Parlor suit, j r^alnut frame, either in combination or j I i handed, the most stylish colors tor 33.50,} i j^vour jailroad station, freight paid. ' ] j I will also sell you a nice Bodromoa u?.t' J [(consisting of Bureau with glass, 1 high 5 head Bedstead, 1 Washstand, 1 UuUc (table, 4 cane seat chairs, 1 cane seat and ? back rocker alitor 16.50, and pay f rei?fc j wAnr lipnnt.. ^ ?)r I will send you an elegant Dedroom f t with large glass, full marble top, toj 5 , and pay freight. | * !8 window shade on soring roller * 401 I giiiegant large walnut s day clock, 4.uua gWalnut lounge, 7.oo| j BLace curtains per window, l.COg | I cannot describe everything in a small| I ^advertisement, but have an Immense storeg | geontaining 22,(500 feet of floor room, with! i J ware houses and factory- bufldingsin otheig gparts of Augusta, making in all the lar-8 ggest business of this kind under one man-i gagement in the Southern States. TheseS "toes^esand warehouses are crowded withg -|the cESle^ productions of the best facto-3 Jries. My caflBsj^ftgantai illustrationig jof goods will be kindly 3 ^ [say where you saw this advertising!. il Ipay freight. Address, L. F. PA8GETT, ?r~ IProprietor JL'adgett's Furniture, Stove! | g and- Carpet Store, a . i | Jino-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA.g ? * %n3g ?*4m i | *\'}[J$*li | j ~m m worn. | m ?! : ! ' v-il: purify ft-'d vitalize your & (. V>i-f.tl..p<'di<-&s?.u>da!.'f4-t;te&Kdcivdyour ?{ J vvhi4ir-ys.tc:ri"oiittaf.-i M s A j?n?r?m?-jit miiroau ?:!,?*rirt?indentHi f? Si'A'unii-iii.susfcriug with >sv<rep v f j.o, ass.! K!:i*i?iuatism sa; . ?.?. \ y 1". !? is??v??r felt RO\v?s:t in his i:fo t>. - '? t- I.. Is :;j .1 lie live forever. > h- ..:.i - ? V nlways A'C J*. I -1*." L i ^1 *: i?* "jr. cios*? ColiIiUcS'licUt, t&k<3 S .1 p p p I 1 F 4 Z ? I i g 'V ? If you are feeliH? b^'Jy in the spring S . ;| p.iid out of sorts, take N | P. P. P. ? - If your dative organs need toning up, *3 j| tako | P. P. P. 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