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A LETrER 70" HAMPTON.! MESSERS- EVANS AND STCKES ANSWERS THE GENERAL'S LASTThf y Cialtu that Mcst cf the Ai]tau<e I>d macdit &r?j Kn<lor**tl i>y a .?i?j>r:iy n xh? Demccra?K in C??r?ret?8 *?i<i Atikf Further Hon. Wade II?.mpton5 J). C. Dear Sir: Your letter addressed to as and published in The State and Register ot the 9ih instant tias had our carelul attention, and candor compels us io say that as a reply '.o the questions we propounded it isa^reat disappointment, it will prove a disappointment to the great organization of farmers we represent, whom \cu attempted to read out of the Democratic parly. Ii wilt prove a 2rievcu3 disappointment to the ^reat mass ot our people who honestly believe that the principles underlying the Ooaia platform are identical with the Pemcc j racy of Jeflerson aDd the party he rcunded; yet, moved by memories of fast association and coniidt-nce, were willing even to hold conviction itself in abeyance until the man they had trusted in the past might at least give reason for the bull ot excommunication he had issued against them. It will be a di-nppoiutmeut because you distinctly decline to answer the questions asked?perfectly plain questions?that embody every principle involved in the Ooala platform and that might have been answered in much lets space than }ou have actually used. It is a disappointment all around and more than all because )tur remarks are not characterized by ^ our accus tomed straight forwardness and courtesy. D^mAmWmir tViof iVio r\er>i\1p nf fhia XlCtUCLU^ti. *^r> bL>MU fuv ^/vvpv ,-w State bad repeatedly honored ycu tor your reputed liberality and statesmanlike cast of mind, we purposely discarded verbiage about which more or lees prejudice bad collected and asked jou to discuss great principles that lie behind that verbiage. You decline to discuss principles and taik about platforms. Since you have chosen after a month of deliberation to briDg the discussion down from the broad plane of i statesmanship upon which our questions put it and place it apparently upon the low place of narrow factional politics in this State, why. perforce we must to seme - - -.1?11 fxisni try 10 piay me puuutaiau, iw. i 1. la the tir^t place, then, you dls-1 pose of the first Ocala demand, against the national banks, thus: "Xo such demand is made by the Democratic party. It may have escaped your memory, if you ever knew the fact, that these banks hold charters which do not expire until 1907, so that there will be some difficulty in th6 immediate abolition of the national banks." Indeed, and, because, forsooth, there is difficulty in the way it is undemocratic (that is what ycu were to show), to agitate it, however righteous the principle. Is that the position, General, to which you would commit yourself and m? Wrath are honorable men of spirit to do with difficulty where principle is involved? But are you sure, General, that no such demand is made by the Democratic part}? To borrow your own choice phraseology toward us (whicn The State assures us is studiously courteous) liIf mop hovp Moaned vour memorv if you I ever knew the fact" that the Democratic platform 185G contains the following plank: "Congress has no power to charter a national bank. We believe ? ch an institution one of deadly hosUiii\ to the best interests of the country, dangerous to our Republican institutions and the liberties of the people, and calculated to place the business ol the country within the controll of a concentrated money power and above the laws and the will of the people." Moreover, "it may have escaped your memory, if you ever knew the fact," that this plank was reaffirmed in the platform 1860, coupled with the declaration that "Democratic principles are unchangeable in their nature when applied to the same subject matters." "it may have escaped your memory," too, "if you ever knew the fact," every ?>emocrauc ? platform ever uttered by tbe party (save the lirs.) down to 18G4, container precisely that same strong language against national banks. If, then, as the party has more than once declared its ^principles are unchangeable," it is a little difficult to find justification for your charge of political heresy asalnst those of us who in 1893 held to the principle that from 1840 to 18G4 wa3 the height of Democratic virtue. 2. You say the sub-treasury idea is unconstitutional. Well, really, honored sir, we thought it rather beneath your dignity to go cracking political chestnuts like that. Your reading must have been exceedingly limited if you did not know that as prominent a Democratic lawver as Judge Norwood of Georgia an.I others of equal prominence had expressed a contrary opinion. But suppose we admit that the scheme is unconstitutional, dees that nmnDBBM^^^debar us from agitating it? If it be a ^hfi^Jtbirg for the masses under the l@fiEroBI^?l^*^?anged conditions and progress ot the nineteenth century, why should the Constitution forever stand between the people and its enjoyment? Are you serious, General, when you teach by implication that it is undemocratic to seek any change in the Constitution however righteous and desirable that change may be? And mark you, it was _ the Democracy of this demand you were to discuss. %3. You dismiss our demand for free coinage of silver with the simple question: "Is this demand in accordance with the Demccratic platform? And is this the best thai can be done? You set out to show that it did not cDDlorm to the Democratic platform. You only ask us if it does. Assuming that you ask in good faith, we, at least, will not evade a direct question, so we answer unhesitatingly, yes, it does; and was so held by the brain:e?t and best Democrats m the United States Senate?such men a: Morgan anu Daniel, and Irby and Butler and a host ot others. To borrow another choice phrase directed to us (and which we are assured is studiously courteous), "you have, we suppose,read the Democratic platform, and if you compared it" with the Ocala you will see that both condemn the Sherman act. Thus far they are identical. The Ocala then demands ''in lieu thereof the free and unlimited coinage of-'silver." The Democratic goes on to- say: "We hoid to the use of both golrt and silver as the standard money f the country and to the coinage of ^othgold and silver without dis crinr'nation against either metal or charge for mintage." The meaning is precisely the same. Tne reading public will note how signally ycu have failed not only to justify your charge that "no man'who upholds the Ocala i platform can properly claim to be a Democrat," but even to show that the | platforms are whoily antagonistic. 4. You think it a sufficient answer to our demand for the ownership of I railroad and telegraph lines, in certain & contingencies, that it would ccst several times as much as the civil war. Supposing this were true, that dees not prove it is undemocratic?and that Hi is what you set out to show, mark you. Iiouwereto prove mat ao u'au wuu 1 upholds this can properly claim to be i a Democrat" and you simply argue I that it is costly! Again we ask?what j have honorable and spirited men to do i with cash where principle is involved ? Away with such sordid standards of i expediency! Let us probe these ques-1 tions to the core, and if the principle i be correct and best for the masses of1 the people, let us maintain them tho"gh they co?t myriads of money , and men. That was the spirit tbat ; animated the Democratic party in i 1800. They did not stop to count up : costs when the rights of the people were threatened. The rights of the peoj tion whs'.her the people shall own the I railroads or be owned by them. A1 ; ready m this State insolvent rauroaas | refuse to pay taxes and boldlv bid dej fiance to the people But are we shut i into buying these roads already built j at the fraudulently miiated valuation I of watered stock? it'the fraudulent water were squeezed out of them the act ual cost would probably not exceed a fourth of the amount claimed. What is to hinder the government from building its own lines? Certainly sucii an enterprise would be a Godsend to the three million men who are today moneyless and homeless, with starving wives and children among th*m, simply because the national bank er's panic I has slopped the wheels of iadustry and dammed up misery upon the people. * TX .'i/Jwrtininf ?o A JLSc?lllUU? cl'v-li; dUUiiU/iOLi auuu 10 ^\.uu ing millions a year in permament structhres sor the safety and distribution of the mails. What would be the difference in principle between doing (.his and constructing lines for the transmission of those mails? A measure that at the same time protectt the invadtd rights of the people and furnishes a general relief from an overshaoowing menace, looks very distinct democratic to us, and it will take something more, General, than an exaggerated estimate of cost to frighten the people from it. 5. You say in regard to our demand tor the election of United States Senators by the people, that it will require a change of'the Constitution to effect this. There is no news in that. "You have, we suppose, read the demand" as printed in the body of your article, and you must have seen that it is distinctly a demand to change the Constitution. You fail utterly in this, as in previous instances, to adduce a single argument why is it undemocratic to propose,a needed change in the Con stitutioD. You say you "hardly think that the change will be made in time to allow any of the present vr?ung aspirants of the Alliance to test their strength before the people." Just what bearing this little iling at the "young aspirants of the Alliance" has upon the undemocracy of the demand (ttiat is what you were to prove, is not apparent Yousayyou "have never denounced the Alliance." Perhaps not ;but covert flings at its leaders has been a favorite way of trying to injure it among people who for political reasons dare not denounce it openly. 6. Yes, as a rule we as individuals oppose the State bank proposition of the Democratic platform. But what has that to do with the Ocala platform I which you set out to prove inconsist! eat with the Democratic'? "You have I we suppose, read" the Ocala platform, and if you did you must have seen that i it makes no reference whatever to State banks. What bearing then has our individual opinions upon your thof ?nn man whn nnhnlds I UlW^VsJiWlVU wuw j UV * <1 ? ? (the Ocaia platform), can properly claim to be a Democrat ?" But if we are to be kicked out of the Democratic party because we as individuals oppose one plank in the party platform, we will have a goodly contingent in our company. We will have a majority of the Democrats in the United States Senate, who opposed the administration view of the silver plank of thai platform and we will have with us the great masses of the American people. What constitutes the test of a Democrat any way m this degenerate day ? Is it unquestioning adhesion to every plank of the Democratic platform ? Is it fidelity to principles V Certainly not if we are to judge Dy tne practice 01 the party. We have gold bug Democrats and greenback Democrats, free trade Democrats and protection Dam ocrats and tariff for revenue Democrats. The party of free trade elected more than once a high protectionist to the highest position in the gift of a Democratic Cungress; and even now a former Republican candidate for the Presidency occupies the highest place in the cabinet by appointment of a Democratic President who had behind him a Democratic Congress and the whole machinery of government. If adherence to every plank of the platform were necessary to constitute a man a Democrat, then Samuel J. Randall, a pronounced protectionist, could never have been speaker of a Democratic Congress, and Walter Q. Gresham, former Republican candidate for the 1 ) i -v-v T-\ ATTnr hQ 9 H . X I CftlUCLLUy, JJUU1U. ucioi vuiv*. viser of a Democratic President. What then is the sole test of a man's Democracy under the practice of the party? Evidently it is his support of th9 nominee in the general election. Finally, after all your somewhat lengthy discussion, you find only live out of twelve points upon whic.i you take issue with the Ocala platform. You distinctly agreed with two, as does "every Democrat," you say. To that extent you yourself uphold the Ocala platform, and under your own ruling you cannot "properly claim to be a Democrat." The most casual readine of our letter will show that we made no objection to your organizing what, in the last analysis, would be Democratic duos independent 01 our oiaie jjewv cratic organization. Bat we had no concern about that. AVe simply askea you to explain your statement that '"no man who upholds the Ocala platform can properly claim to be a Democrat." You refused point blank to answer the questions we asked, and proceeded to compare platforms, with the result shown above, that not even {on that ground could you defend your charge against us. This effort to make it appear that we objected to your organizing Democratic clubs is entirely apart from the question you yourself raised, and is not warranted by anything we wrote, It appears to be in line with your other efforts to read Alliancemen out of the Democratic party and discredit the "young Alliance" leaders, while professing great respect for the organization. W. D. Evans, President South Carolina State Alii ance. J. W.Stokes. Lecturer South Carolina State Alliance Success In the Sauth. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 27.?The Chronicle will siy editorially tomorrow: "la a vear of uaexempled depression in cotton manufacturing in the eastern States the mills of Georgia and South Carolina have been running on full time. With climatic advantages, cheap water power and raw material at first cost all large factories have made money and paid dividends. The mills in and around Augusta make a splendid showing for the year just closed. Augusta factory, capital $000,000, G per cent, riividenc?; Enterprise manufacturing company, capital $750,000, C per cent; Sibley manufacturing company, capital ?1,000,000,0 per cent; King manufacturing company, capital $1,000,000 6 per cent; Graniteville manufacturing com A A A AAA 1 A r\o?? o r? 4" pSiuj, 9'jWjWU] J.U The Langley manufacturing company has incareased its capital curing the year from $400,000 to tiOO.OOO and will pay a scui annual dividend of three per cent. on] the increased capital. The records of these mills show tbat the South is the most inviting tield lor cotton manufacturing and the indications are that in the near future new factories will be started in this section. In 1SS0 the South consumed two hundred thousand bales of cotton. In 1S93 the southern mills con?nmpr? (',00.000 bales. There could be no stronger evidence oi the South's sup-, erioritv over the Xorthinits advantages for cotton manufacturing than during the past year nothern mill3 have been shut down while mills in the Souih have been running on full time and have paid eood dividends." THE CLOSING SCENtS THE LEGESLATURE GETS THROUGH WIT H BUSINESS AND ALJDURNS | ! i Thfl County Bill P<i?nsd - A. St ite PrlLtar | EircteJ?The Dispensary Auj ended?Tlie , S+laHoy 10 l>>? P.*ld to CiMicty Snpe;v|- | sors. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 23,?The Legislature closed its work last night and adjourned. The most important feature of yesterday's session wa3 the election o' a Slate Printer and the final passage of t?e County Governrueat Bill. The two houses met in joint session for ths election of a Slate Printer and Mr. Thomas, of llichland nominated the Bryon Printing Company for the position. He stated that that company had offered to do the work required by Iiw at prces varying from 6 percent, to 00 per cent, less than the prices named iu the bill ander consideration, and moved that the Secretary oi state transmit to the House for its Information '-all proposals for public printing" filed with hiru in pursuance of law. Mr. Thomas said that a3 the bill to elec1; a printer had been oassed this resolution was offered in order that the members might ha?e inform at ion laid before them. After some discussion the motion was voted dowQ as follows: Yeas?Ashler, Bacot, Blease, Carroll, E^an, Early, Eoster, Glover, Hammet*, Hardin, Hou^h, Hoo^he*, Johuson, Knotls, Ki'kland, Lofton, Low ranee, Mann'mg, Moses, llivera, ltowlaud, Sullivan, Taylor, Thomas, Yon Kolniiz?25. Nays?Breszeale, Baist, Chandler, Cox, Crum, Davis, Dendv. DuBose, J. T. UunciD, Edwards, Eider. Eelder, Garris, Gary, Graham, Gunter, Hardy, Harvey, Harper, Henderson, Hiil Jefferies, Jordan, Kennedy, J. D. and H. J. Ktnard, Lancaster, L^mon, Lesesne, Magill, L. and VV. H. Mauldin, McLauria, McWhite, Mishoe, Mitchell, Nettles, Oliver, Parks, Pearman, Phillips, llast, S'auman, Siagletary, A. J. nnrf .T. T, Smith. Stackbouse. Sialvey, Stokes, Sturkie, Tindal, Vaughao, Waters, Watson, Whitman, Wilborn, Williamson, Wolfe, Wolff, Woodwa d, Yeldell, Youmaas?63. Senator John Gary Evans said that he thought the remarks that had been made were not pertinent to the occasion, a3 the Assembly had met to elect a printer under an act, which act fixed the scale ol prices, which prices could not be deviated from. He nominated Mr. Charles A. Calvor, Jr. lie thought it an insult to the House to bring up such discussions as had been indulged in. Senator Saiythe declared that the As sembly was not OLly there under the act, but the members were also there under their constitutional oaths to discharge their duty, which in thi3 case was to let out the printing by contract. I fail to see, said he, where the insult to to the General Assembly can be when a responsible person announces himself as a candidate for public printer and quotes prices that will save the Stale about $3,000 annually. This :s a pure matter of business. We come here as trustees of the State to deal with the people's money, and we are bound by our oaths t) get the work done as cbeapiy as we can. We must be prepared to say to the people that what we have done is the best we could do. It is true we have passed an act stipulating prices, but we have a candidate who comes here and say3 he is willing to do the work for less, and if the time has come when it is an insult for a candidate other than the one that was wanted to come to the Legislature and oay he would do the work cheaper and would save the State money, ihen God save the times to which we have come. If this scheme is consummated we may rest assured tba!, there will be a day of accounting. We cannot sii, here as intelligent men and disregard these facts. Senator W. i). Evans iu seconding the nomination of Mr. Calvo said he did so, because having been a member ot both Houses ior a number ot years he knew that Mr. Calvo had done the work most efficiently and he had the word cf the Senator from Charleston (Mr. Smyth^ ayhrt ha/? staled nn the floor of the Senate that the printing done by Mr. Calvo was as weli done and us cheap as it had been done ior twenty years. Besides this he had the evidence of it before his eyes every day. Mr. Nettles staled that the com niitee had had a representative ot the Bryan Company before them and from his own statement he knew that the State could not save $10,000 a year as has been stated. The contract onl? required $20,000 and no one would contend that half could be saved. Ssnator Wilson made a specch. He said that the speeches made had covered the same old ground and were utterly uselesi as bringing out any new argument. What does the Bryan offer amount to? Where is the element of contract in it? They simply place a pa per ou our desks saying they will do su and so but that is not t/mding nor is it a contract. There are no provisions in ttiis act for any such bid. If in ^ campaign a man makes an ofl'er to give so much ot his pur diem and mileage to the county if elected there is no con'.racL and he rr y break it. This circular wa3 a bid for votes aud nothing else. The State had for years been in a position of battledoor and shuttlecock in reference to this printing business and she should be independent. The law as en? acted having flxed the rates any man elected wil get them no matter what bids he maks under them. Mr. Weston asked him didn't the present law of North Carolina, from which his side loved to quote, provide that in letting the contract it should be done to the lowest bidder. Mr. Wilson replied that he knew nothing about that, but that this thing was all politics and no business in it. Oa motion of Mr. Hardin, of Chester the nominations were closed, and the vote resulted as follows: For Cab o?Senators JBartor, lieaseley, Price, Brown, Evans, (W. D.)i Evans, (.John Gary), Fuiier, Jtiarri3on, Hemphill, Magili, Mayfield, McDauiel, Ragin, Redfearn, Sanders, Stribling, Tim merman, WiHiams, Wilson; Representatives Jone3, Barry, Rreazeale, Buist, Carpenter, Carroll, Cbandler, Cos, Covington, Cruoi, I)3ndy, DuBose Duncan, (J. T.), Edsvards, Elder, E3triige, Felder, Foster, Garri3, Gary (*\ B.), Graham. Gunter. Hammett, Hardy, Harvey. Harper, IIill, Jeffries, Jordan, Kennedy, Kinard (J. D.), Kinard (H. J.), Lancaster, Lemmon, L2sesne, Magili, Laban, Mauldin, McWhite, MIshoe, Mitchell, Nettles, Oliver, Parks, Pearman, Philips, Rowland. Rogers, Shuman Singletary, SaaiLh (A.. J.). Smith (J. L.), SlurKie, Tatum, Tindal, Vaughan. Watson, Whitmire, Wilborn, Wolfe (W. C.)> Wolff (J. S.), Yeldell?81. For the Bryan Priming Company? Senators Bu;st, Finley, Jenkins, Miller, Moore, Mower, O'Dell, Sloan, Smythe, Verdier; Representatives Ashlev, Bacot, Biease, Glover, Hardin, Hough, Hughes, Kelley. Lofton, Lowiauce, Manning, Moses, Rhodes. Sullivan, Taylor, Thomas, Weston?27. Mr. Calvo was accordingly declared elected Slate i'rmier. The county government bill discussion was resumed after some preliminary business, whereupon Mr. Johnson offered an amendment providing that it should not be required of the County Supervisor to publish a financial stitemest or expenditures and revenues of the conntv. Messrs. Moses, Wilborn and Jordan opposed the amendment and c-n a vote bsini; takeu ii was lost. The bill was l!ioi read to Us end an:i ! the amendment offered lo different j sections were unanimous, bnt the bill: passed i'.s third reading without brinz | materially amended. > The salaries of tbe Supervisors in the j rriiir.fipR arp* Abbeville. $800; Aiken, $1,000; Anderson, $600; Barnwell, $800; Beaufort, $800; Berkeley. $300. Cnarlesioc, $1.- j 000; Chester. $^00; C'&esicrfield. $ 100; Clarendon. $800; olieion, $80o; j).*riinmon, $000; E ige5e!d, $800; i-Virfwld, $050; Florence, $500; Grometnwn, $750; Gisenville, $000: Ilanijiion, $f>00; Horry, $500; Kershaw, $000; Lancaster. $300; Laurens, $GO0; Lexington $000; Mariou, $800; Marlboro. $700; Xe - hor rv, $750; Oconce, $500; Oranuebur*,', $800, Pickens, $300; U:chlaud,~ $900; Spartanburg, $1,000; Sumter, $1,000: Union, $000: Williamsburg, $GOO; York, I $500. They take cil'ect 1805. l'alins-tto Trail? ."Uaik Washington, Dec. 28.?The appeal J v?-w.r ..i - - / >- : - -tti ! UiiCi Ui tlie ^UUlIlilSMUUCI. t. i l d'.CUVS iLk the c-'se of the application of the State ol South Caroiiua ior the use of the word 'Palmetto" as a trade mirk fjr dispensary whiskey 13 ready to be liled. The document covers forty printed pages and 13 an able presentation of fie government's side of the case. The Supreme Court oi the District oi Columbia issued a mandamus commanding the Commissioner ot Pulenis 10 issue the trade maik \ petitioned for uy the Slate of South J Carolina, or iii cuse he was in default to j appear before the court and show cause why he refused to do so. The appeal sets out three causes of error. Taro alleged errors by the Supreme Court 01 the District in taking jurisdiction ot the case, because (1) the duties of the Commissioner of Patents in the matter of the application lor t-.ie registratiou of alleged trade mark are discretionary and not ministerial, and (2) because the Commissioner had decided the presumptive lavytulnesa of the r lator's claim adversely, without fraud or abuse of bis authority. The court in also held to err in Gadiug from the Commissioner's acswer to the petition as a fact that the relator was lawfully engaged in a foreign trade iu the sale of liquor. After au exhaustive discussion of the case, the bri?f continues as follows: "The theory that there i3 no power under the trade mark law to prevent an applicant from swearing his application through to registration over every obstacle of ownership or validity of the alleged trade mark, or its lawful use, seems to be so unjust to the public as t3 be inadmissible. The Commissioner cannot believe it to have t;een the intention of Congress, nor so expressed in the letter or spirit of the trade mark law that certiljcates of registration should be issued in deiian:e of notorious facts, proving the applicant to be act? * .... /\f I\>\ -V 'YTCiyo I ILli^ UUw Wl?uiu but; ou vi uw or proving him cot to be the onwer of a trade mark. The Commissioner cannot believe that the lav/ requires him to issued void certificates of registration in order to have the courts declare them void pro forma. The allocates of a certilicate under^such circumstances seems to be wholly irreconcilable with the mandatory requirements of the trade mark law. ikAs the Commissioner reads the statutes creating his cilice and defining his daties a3 to trade marks, it .seems to hiai that these positive words require him to decide the presumptive lawfulness of the claim of the Staie of South Carolina to the alleged trade mark 'Palmetto.' It is a strange theory and construction ot the law, he says, to require him to issue a certiucaLe establishing a prima facie ownership of a trade mark and guaranteeing piotectiun of the mark neon a state oI tacts which when made apparent to a court of law or equity would compel the court to pronounce the certificate utterly void. It is said that the law never exacts vain things to be done, but to command the Commissioner of Patents to issue a worthless and void certificate in this case would be worse than vain. It would be to direct that Benjamin 11. Tillman should be armed with a, warrant in the name and under the seal of 'he United States to ^o into all the Federal courts in tiie land and hunt down "and criminally prosecute his fellow citizens with oppressive, vexatious litigation, in order to carry out a dispensary law of the S'.afe of South Carolina." The Testlinooyof Graduates. The quiet testimony of graduates of the Keeley Treatment by their life of sobriety among neighbors and companions who knew them formerly as helpless habitues of inebriety, is a factor which we may not always appreciate, but which operates constantly nevertheless. This is the chief among1 the quiet forces which have been at work gradually but surely to transform the popular skepticism into a practical faith in the Keely Treatment snd full acceptance of it as an (stablished institution in medical practice. It has been a great source of satisfaction to notice this progress here in the metropolis of the country. Only a year or two ago New York was convulsed .by the very thought of a cure for drunkenness. I3at the spectacle of well-known "men about town," formerly marked for their convivial habits, but now abstaining altogether and unable to be tempted, has been working a remarkable change of conviction on this subject in this city.?Golden News, Nov. 20,1893. The same may be said of Columbia, a number of our brightest and gayest citizens who were cured a year or two since have given proof of the enicacy of theKesley treatment to entirely eradicate the old habit. They have the profound respect and bast wishes of many sincere triends. MJa& \'earcln'd liady Found. Itiiica, X. Y., Dec. 26.?The body of Miss Yeargin, who was drowned in Cayuga lake several weeLs ago, was washed ashore last night near the depot at McKinney's Station, oc the Auburn branch of the Lehigh Valley road. Miss Yeargin went rowing with Instructor Merrlam ot Cornell College some six weeks ago, and failed to return. They were undoubtedly drowned together by the capsizing of their boat. Great interest has* been taken In the aooa nr> 'innnil m t r\ f thd II mm j fl PT1 CP pf UflSD UU C4VOWUUU k vuv ^/4 the young people. At one time a report was circulated to the effect that Mr. Merriam and Miss Yeargin had been seen together in New York city alter the date of their appearance from Ithica. The finding of Miss Yeargin s body disproves that story and no doubt remains but that they met their death by the accidental overturning of thenboat. Miss Yeargin was one cf the prominent young women at Sage College. Iler home was in Laurens, S.C. Dr. Merriam s home was at Chattanooga, Xenn. liacrults lor lirazll. Boston, Dec. 2S.?An American in the role of recruiting cilicer tor the Brazilian army is circulating apnp.ala lor meu to iro lo the front at It.o Janeiro immediately and last evening he succeeded in enrolling in that service three noncommissioned c tli:ers and two privates cf the First Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. I,is understood that ihe recruiting agent will receive a second lieutenant's commission it he succeeds in raising tweutv-tive men. His salary was Oxed at per month and that of the enlisted men $50 ... ~?i-a Th#> nipn who II> 5CL VC Ci-v ujvubio I bave agreed to enlist, in the .Brazilian army are: Serszeant Fox, Corporals V. D. Brown and C. F. Peterson, Bugler F. It. Brown and Private.Spitz. in in'mm I ??a?mm MITCHELL AND C0FBE7T Arr. *Tftf 'or Contemplation a M*c-tln& lo Florid*. i . . V - 1^!-. n_i/? 9V .l-\? rv^u.> > i 1, ui-, X la., JLsisK,. Charles Mitchell and James J. Corbett were arrested today according to a prearranged programme of the Duval Athletic Club to test the law in the State in reference to glove contests. Mitchell was arrested just after Me linished breakfast at the Everett ilotei this morniner, but Corbett did not appear in Ci>urt until i his afternoon, as he could not reach tire city from his training quarters at Mayport at an earlier hour. The Miii.lav: t was issued this morning by C-ountv .Judge iiiker. 1- says that Charlie Mitchell and .Tames J. Corhett did, on the 27th inst, agree to commit an offence prohibited by law, to wit: Did attempt, unlawfully by a prtvious appointment, to meet each other with ; the intent ion of engaging in a :ighi. The warrant recr.es the 3ubstance of the ftfliuavio including the articles of Afrrff-ment allesed to have been signed by the principals. These articles of agreement call lor a scientiiic glove contest with gloves allowed bylaw and also empower the referee oi' the contest to stop it when, in his ODiaicm it endangers life or limb ol'the principals The warrant concludes with the allegation that Corbett and Mitchell are now trying to get together and carry out their intention to light under the agreement. The judge commanded the arrest of both, lie did not, however, issue the warrant or affidavit until County Solicitor J. I>. Christie passed upon them. Judge Christie passed upon both and aavised the sheriff to cd ahead and have the warrants served. lie first amended the allidavit before approving it. Mitchell, accompanied by his party, the members of the Duval Athletic Club and.a number of local sports, o^nt- tn fhor>onrt-. rnnm It. snnn crof. noised about what was up, and the result was that, the county judge's room and the corridors ol the court house were filled with humanity, from busi ness men and gentlemenly sports, to the rag-tag and bob-tail of the town. The lirst thing that Mitchell did was to louk around over the room for Corbet!:. Not seeing him, a shade of disappointment spread over his face, and he asked where he was. The members of the club said: "Oh, he'll be here later 011." lie evidently did not like it a bit, and said that the arrest of him lirst looked as if he were oeing made a monkey ol. He would not have minded, had he been arrested at the same time as the other man. lie was told, though ?and found more consolation in the f ?fhov fho iniirrsint\ a ininf. flf. fair, ia which both he and Corbett were ordered to be arrested and brought before the 20urt. Oace in the court room, the formal reading of the warrant was gone through with. Deputy Sheriff Yinzaat did the reading. He stood on the inside and read, while Mitchell looked over his shoulder and followed him. The legal part of the warrant did not seem to interest Mitchell half as much as the articles of agreement which they incorporated. When the deputy got down to, "Said gloves to be furnished by James J. JorUett," Mitchell said: ''Hold on." lie put his linger on the place and was about to make an objection, but Bowden told him that was all right, so he simply smileJ, and the reading continued. "After the formalities of the arrest were gone through with, a bond was made out. Mitchell binds himselt in the sum of 31,500 to appear before the criminal court on January 2. His sureties are Messrs. Richardson and Bowden, both of the Athletic Club. The Englishman pondered over the I bond for some time, and asked if it was going to cost him anything. He [ said he would not put his name to it, i ll intre w&s uuc uuuai ui capcuac. jlic I would go to jail lirst and light his own case, lie didn't wish to appear as if I he invited this arrest. A. W. Cockreli, Jr., of the iirm of Cockreli & Son, who was present, asj sured him that the club was bearing the expense, and that it had retained ample counsel to conduct the whole affair; also that Corbett had to go through the same programme. Then Mitchell sat down and put his name on the bond. Daring the afternoon, Corbett and his party reached the eiiy from Hayport. Corbett immediately proceeded to the court house and went through the same formalities regarding the bond as Mitchell did in the morning. During the Corbett hearing, Solicitor Christie expressed a doubt whether the articles of agreement, which were in! corporated in the warrant on which the'men were arrested, were identical with the original articles. Tiie solicitor seemed to think the clause giving the referee power to stop the contest | when, in his (the referee's) opinion, it | endangers life or limb was an afterI thought. Corbett explained to the solicitor that tven if ihis clause had been added to the original articles of agreement it cut no ligure, as it was impossible for the proposed contest to become brutal so long as the rules governing such contests were enforced. Corbett then ailixed his name to the bond requiring him under penalty of 81,500 to appear mcriminal court, January 2, and answer the charges set forth in the warrant. His sureties, as in the case of Mitchell, were Messrs. JJowdeu and iiichardson or the Athletic Club. Friends of both Corbett and Mitchell, especially of the latter, treated tbe wLole proceeding as a huge iito Thai- i.-illiori him ftbOilt the prospect of being locked up and one of the party asked him how he would like to be locked up in the same cell with Corbett. That seemed to tickle him immensely. A big smile spread over his face and he said with emphasis: "Fine,and I think that programme would take all the tight out of the gentleman, don't you ?" Defore January 2, when the principals are named to appear before the criminal court of record, another pro-1 cedureis to be taken, which will, in a measure, test the law. This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus which will be made before Judge Call probably next Monday. Corbett and Mitchell are practically in custody, and the argument will be that they are unlawfully detained and that the arrest was illegal because there is no law against glove contests. If Judge Cail holds that the arrest was illegal, Mitchell and Corbett will both be released and will engage in a glove contest if they please. If, on the other hand, Judge Call decides that the arrest was legal, then the principals will be compelled to appear before the criminal court on the day named and then their case goes ber TKu nnininn ia that iineiijuij. iusi vnjM.mvu.~~ is do jury in this county who would lied them guilty. There is another contingency which may put a new phase on the affair and that is the possibility of the Governor instructing the county solicitor to quash these proceedings and institute such new proceedings as he and the Attorney General may agree upon. Shortly after the arrest of Corbett ana Mitchell Solicitor Christie wired Governor Mitchell and Attorney General Lamar, informing them of the action that had been taken. Th? arrests were made under two sections of the Florida statutes. Solicitor Christie has wired Attorney General Lamar to be present at the habeas corpus proceedings Monday. The members of the Duval Athletic Club feel conlident that the court will decide that glove contests are not illegal in Florida, and assert more positively than ever that the contest will occur. The i'resident is very urcij tiincised for his appointment of Wayne MacYeign to the post of embassador f.o it;iiy. All the Republicans who voted ior Mr. Cleveland will have to be provided for, notwithstanding the fact that there are thousands of Democrats who are still out in the cold. I i f The Sparracbarg Tragedy. Columbia, S. C. Dec. 29.?Governor Tillman received a number of tele-1 grams yesterday about tne shooting- in J Spartanburg the night before in which I a negro was killed by Dispensary Constable Dladon and'in which ttieconstabl" was dangerously wounded. The tirsT rpWr&m ?ave the fact?, and stat ed that the orlicer had acted in self-de- J ftnse. Another telegram was received later that the tnree constables who had I attempted to arrest tiie negro had been j arrested for murder. After 2 o'clock in the afternoon he received a telegram lhat Constable Biadon would recover, lie immediately transmitted this information to the wife of the corn-table, whose home is at Johnston, in Edgeheld County li was good news for he*:, as she iiad been iu a terrible stale of grief and anxiety all day. ( Governor Tillman will stand by the I officers, no matter what happens, and I will spp tliar r,h<^v are uDhald in doins: their duty. The facts of the affair were brought to the city yesterday by a gentleman who knows as much i about it as any one. lie said that Constables Bladon, Jackson and Pearson went to the house of Henry Palmer, the negro who was killed, to arrest him. They had proper warrants l'or the ari rest and for making a search. Before I they went in they sent a man to the | house and he bought a bottle of whis[ key from Palmer. t Oilicer Pearson went to the rear of ' the house while the two others went in the front dcor. They fouad Palmer and his wile and their 13-year-old hoy. The man and woman each had a gun in their hands aud immediately made demonstrations to use them. Constable Jackson seized the weapon in the hands of the woman. Constable J : *- " rrr K n jLjJHQOU triSU lu cuicsu lailuci, nuu tarned the gun upon the officer and iireel, the contents entering the right side of the back. Although dangerously wounded, Biadon Gred on the negro as the latter started to run out ot the house. The builet took effect in the back of Palmer's head, killing him almost instantly. Palmer was a tall, powerful negro and bore a bad reputation. The wounded man was taken to a factory hotel and a physician called. Mr Bladon is said to be a man whose courage is known wherever he is known and who is cool in every emergency. There were threats of lynching the constables in Spartanburg yesterday, but no sane man has any idea that an attempt will be made to carry these threats out. The following telegram was received from Spartanburg last night, givibg additional facts: Spartanburg, S.C.Dec. 28? Special: All clay witnesses have beeQ examined in the Palmer killing case and the evidence is conllicticg. There is no doubt however that Constable. Bladon was shot by a negro boy about 13 years old. The testimony of the negroes is condieting. The court house where the inquest is held is crowdad with whites and blacks. Everything is quiet this evening. A negro named Mitz began to mase incendiarv threats about the killing, but Sheriff Dean quickly silenced him. The condition of Constable Bladon is still critical, bat he is receiving the best of attention. The negroes this morning swore cut warrants against Constables Bladon and Jackson, cuarging tnem witn murder. They had already surrendered to ihe Sheriff and are not; conlined. Andrew E. Moore, Esq., represent the prosecution of the constables and there was quite a spat between him and Coroner JL'ollard today in the court house. The city is lillea with Reformers from the country and to a man they are on the side of the constables- With one exception the Coroner's jury is composed of Reformers. At 9:30 a verdict had not been rendered, but there is no doubt about the officers being exonerated.?Register. Two Kansas Criminals. Jacksov, Miss., Dec. 28?It developed today that the murderer of Ingram of Tine Bluff, Ark., and the murderers of C. A. Chapman, an express messenger, at Mound Valley, Kan., are coniined in the penitentiary here under ? sen ranee of five vears each, as com moil burglars. Sherill A. G. Thompson and Deputy Sheriff W. A. Clay of Jefferson county, Arkansas, are here after the famous prisoners. The requisition will be received tonight, and as Governor Stone has agreed to surrender the prisoners, thev will leave with theu tomorrow for Kansas. Their iirst appearance in this State was when thty robbed a jewelry, store and cracked a safe at Columbus, Miss., last October. They escaped but a few days later were arrested at Jasper, Ala., and were returned to this Stat* as Greenhall and Curtis. A few days later they were tried under those names at Coiambus and sentenced to live years. Deputy Clay has been steadily after them for two months. lie located them in Alabama through means of Claude SheDherd's kin folks, who are respectable people. Afterwards he tracked them into the penitentiary here. The correct names of the two men, wanted in Kansas and Arkansas for murder and train robbery, are Ilans Hydrick and Claude Shepherd. The other, known only as Curtis, is believed to have been with them when they robbed the train at Mound Valley, and Killed Express Messenger C. A. ChapmaD, September 15 last. About a year ago, Ilans Ilydrick killed a Mr. Ingram at Tine Bluff, Ark. lie was jailed at Fine Bluff and about the same time Claude Shepherd was committed for burglary. Shortly afterwards both escaped. The next heard of them was at Buckner, Ark., where they blew open a safe. September 15 las't, they, in company with another man believed to 1? /y ?-~v>Kn,r3 fho troin of Utf VyUiiia. IUUUCU tut jl nuw uw Mound Valley, killing Express Messenger Chapman and going through the pockets of the passengers. Shepherd ilred the fatal shot. The next heard of them was when they committed the Columbus safe cracking. Deputy Clay obtained information that Shepherd s kin folk lived in Alabama. It took two months to get this clew. With it he went to Alabama and learned of their extradition to Mississippi. He and Sheriff Thompson today recognized ilydrick and shepherd as the notorious criminals, and believe Curtis to be the third man engaged in the Mound Valley robbery. They say iiydrick and Shepherd have criminal records that would compare favorably ?4-U..4- ontt nnfaH Tv" vl T1 - YYACLL luauui UUJ UWCoU wwwtam. sas will be given the first chance at them. There is a big reward for them, but the two ollicers did not know the amount. Each man has several aliases. A Fight to the Finish, A unique feature of the Keeley Treatment is the fairness with which it treats the enemy. "Do your worst," it seems to say to "the whiskev bottle, ' and we are ready lor you!" If the patient craves Lhe intoxicant to which he has so long been accustomed, he is not put oil with a substitute, but given the very stuff itself, and the best of its kind. There is not even any attempt made to taper him oil alter the oldtime fashion with the poor wretch who "had been mortgaging miserable morrows for nights or madness." There is no restric tion when stimulant is demand ed, neither is there that overdosing which has often been suggested, and perhaps tried a time or two, by enterprising reformers?putting whiskey in the patient's soup, coffee, beef gravy, etc." On the contrary bis dram is nor. only readily furnished, but made as palatable as he is used to having it leaving lirst-rate whiskey and the Double Chloride oi Cold to light it out between them for the possession of the inebeiate's body. Which 13 the stronger ia h^inc f*v?-rv dav nroved b? the usual result oi' the battle at the now! famous Keeley Institute, Columbia I 8. C, I Mast Back up the Law. Columbia, S. C , Dec, 29.?Se:tion I 10 of the new disnens-iry law has a provision of vital interest to the towns and cities of the State. The last portion of it contains the iollowin<? for the guidance ol the State Board of Control: "All profit paying all expenses of the County Dispensary, shall be paid onehall to the county treasury and one halt to the municipal corporation in which it may be lcc.Ued, such settlements to be made quarterly: Provided, That it the authorities of any to*n or city which in the judgment of tbe State Iioard of Control do not enforce this law, tbe S'ate Board may withhold the part 20in? to the said town or city and use it to pay S'.ate constables." Governor Tillman intends to pay particular attention to the enforcement of this provision of the new law. Through thia danger to the pocketbooks ot the cities ai>d towns, he hopes to receive some assistance in carrying out the dispensary lav. It is not thought that there ate many municipalities which will care to forfeit their portions of the profits. I1!"! fl.-wrz-rnivr U7;l' Kocrirv rm fVllll.TI . JL UV/ uui * I VM W ? - He had a talk with Mayor Fisher yesterday and the matter may te brought up before the meeting of the City Couacil tonight. The city fathers will then he cailed upon to decide between aiding in the enforcement of the law and in losing the profits. It is understood to be Governor Tillman's intention, ia caae the ciiies and towns dcciine to leui a helping hand to the officers of the State, to take the protits which shculd haye gone to those corporations and use it In establishing a constabulary force whose business it will be to watch for violations m those places and to make the arrests wfcici It should have been the duty of the police officers to make This is authorized by the law. Ia talking in geueral of the Dispensary law yesterday, the Governor was told that there are many resorts ol fraud perpetrated by Dispensers, such as watering w'aiskey, etc., and selling the additional quantity thus made at their ( own profit. The Governor said tbat be would see that no such same as this is worked by anybody. Tbe man who tries it will soon wiod up in the Penitentiary. Tae Governor further said that the new law allowed him some discretion in the selection of Dispensers in the future and that he wcuid see that only men who are known to be honorable and above aDy suspicion shall receive the appointments. Governor Tillman has never been so hopeful of the success of this law as now. He will devote a great deal of his time to looking after its operation, aad will show the people lhat if the law is given hall a show it will be a brilliant i success.?Re2ister. An Assasala'd Act. Bkistol, Tenn., Dec. 27.?A special tonight from Double Tunnel, Ya., on the Louisviile and Nashville Railrcad, William TTerulrJ shnf; and killed a young man named Finley there this afternoon. They both worked for a lumberman named Taylor. They quarreled over their work yesterday. Herald told Finioy that he would kill him. Finley paid very little attention to the threat, thinking Herald was trying to bluff him. As Fiolev was walking past Herald's house this afternoon the latter stepped to the door and shot the former with a shotgun loaded with rifle balls. Herald has fled. It is thought that he is on his way to Norton, Ya. A posse of ten men started in pursuit of him. Finley was about 22 years of age and single. He seems to have been a stranger, no one knowing where *- ~ ~TT1A io q marriari Q6 came num. xiciaiu ? a man and is said to be from near Abingdon, Va. Robbed. Birmingham, Ala., Dec.. 28.?This afternoon at 3 o'clock in an alley one block from the court house, and In the centre of the city, C. L. Bell, a white man recently from Cnattanooga, was knocked in the head by footpads and robbed of $275 in money. Bell, it seems, was going up the alley for a short cut when two men slipped up bebmd him and struck bim on the head with a heavy rock. He fell insensible and thef weni through his pockets, taking from an inside vest pocket the roll of bills. Then they escaped unnoticed and as yet have not been caught. An examination or lien s wounds show that they are not serious, lie has entirely recovered consciousness and will be well in a day or two, lie was until two weeks ago a merchant in Chattanooga, and has beun prospecting here With a view of engaging m business. Rsatoreg tha Whluksy. ' Charleston, S. C., Dec. 27?Constable Swan goes to Barnweil jail in charge of a Deputy UnitedStates Marshal at 7 o'clock to-morrow morning. This afternoon Swan appeared at the jail here, where wa3 stored the barrel of whiskey which got him in trouble, and showed an order from Governor Tillman directing the Sheriff to deliver the barrel to him. Swan then, in company with the other constables, put the barrel on a wagon, stamped it with the Dispensary stamp and carried it back to the Warehouse of the South Carolina Railway, whence he took it, and delivered it to the otlicers of ihe company. Swan's sentence is three months and until the costs in the case are paid, ft is believed here that Governor Tillman will pay the costs and also pay Swan's wages, $2 a day, during his incarceration. Piaaos and Organs. Now is the time to buy summer plan S25 cash balance November 15th 1893. Will buy a Fiano at spot cash price $10 cash, balance November 15rn 1893 Will buy a organ at spot cash price. See the list to choose from. Steinway, Mason <s Jtiatnim, jaauiusuea. ClUU OOI1 ling Pianos, Mason & Hamlin and Stirling Organs. Fifteen days test trial and freight both ways if nst satisfactory. A large lot of nearly new and second hand Pianos and Organs at bargains. Good as new. Write for prices W.N".Trump. Columbia. S. C. ISre&ks Jail. Savantnaii,Ga., Dac.28? A special to the Eveaing Press from Arcadia, Fla., states that C. Qua Biss aQd James Xoth broke jail last night, both convicted of murder. BiS3 had baea sentenced to life imprisonmeat aad Noth to be hanged. Both are white and very desperate. Bedford Branch, who was convicted with Bas3 and received the same sentence, refused to escape with the men. DENS] "THF WnRr.TVS GREA' THE IIACHIN: The O n 1 FOR TVPEWRITERS AT THE S' "NO MACHINE COULD Hfegj 13E AXY KETTE R. IT W privave statement of ont - Responsible Oounl J. W. Grib GENERAL AGENTS, I Goes Mad. Xew York, Dac. 28 ?A. special disj patch from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to the J Mail and Express says: '-Oliver Curtis Perry, the noted train robber and desperado, was today transferred frora the Auburn State prison to tbo criminal irsane asylum at Mattoawan. He is I insaue. _ ADCETT PAYS THE FREIGH1 | V hj 3aj extreme Prices for Goods! JimA esd^r^.^^^and Ses^ WhatYinCuSMi W, $69 ?r,ff?$37 ^ 'iTS Just to introduce thi-m. .j; g| No freight paid on tins Or!$*" ? . j-.v' ?^| ?an. Guaranteed to be a -? Jfood organ or ?noaey reKl-<snt PJtMh PARLOR SUITS, constatinj J ot sofa. Arm Chair, Rocking Chair, Divan, ^ Atul 2 *iJe Chairs -worth $45. WI" delivei ^ it to your depot for S33> ' ^ This No.: ~ > - - . MflVllfP S&& A m. a;-? ra,c i ITvL-^v.\V ,r 2 edtoyooi fl g V-:;-;: t- depot for ^r >?p?r-.i-ra ?m??a 1 W\ ?? regular ^ ^ig price $15? A $SS STW1SB HiCEOl Jj with all attachments, for Lcmm J ONLY $1 S.50 t&SS&f delivered to your depot. ^SfiSWp j \*The regular price of this BUGGY is65to <5dollars. nSk?\ The manufacturer pays all the expenses and I sel! them m J to you for ^42.75- Cr . J3F ana guarantee every one a ^Jg^sjsgffiV Bargain. No freight paid S^Tr^g^fflSgr oq this Buggy- - J a $6so pianc ' \mS n^=rar -^1 delivered at your depot ^ ffiT -g| ^Ijr all freight p:i"i() fnr$19?) ;? Send for catalogues of Furniture. 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(JOBS SA..V MIL.LS: QRice Planters and Rice Milters can buy a single maehiae thit will clean, hull and polish rice reiiy for mirket for 8350.00. Corn Millers can buy the b ist French burr mill, in iron frame, f illy guaranteed, capacity ten busieli anal per hour, for 8115.00. Saw Millers cai biy the vtriable fliction feed - D;Loach Mill from 8190.00 up to the largest sizj. Also Gang Rip Saws, Elmers, SwiT* Saws, Pjaniag Ma:hiae3, and all ;kini* of wood working machinery, "Talbott" Engines ani Boilers. Special discouuts made for cash. V. C. BADHAM, COLUMBIA. S. C. nZobST munrTTntTPn n JLLM I Ift-Yvniic.r\. ? E THAT TOOK y Award rATE FAIR, NOVEMBER 8, 1893. ?S8s?k_THE ONLY AWARD ALSO MADE TO US F0R TYPEWRITER'S S?PT'.SUPPLIES. j y.Agents^Wanted. ^ 7 bes & Co., ^ COLOMBIA S.:CJ 7* ->55338 * - -v v?y*5S "^3