The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, June 13, 1894, Image 4
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Only a banch of withered flowers,
Faded and brown and old,
Bat memory makes them gay once more
With pnrple, white and gold.
The pink spring beauty greets us first,
Fed by the meltin? snow.
And ground nut blossoms show the place
Of hidden stores below.
The pure wake-robin on the hill
Greets the first bird again,
The starry blood root in the dell
Still leaves its crimson stain,
Jack-in the-pulpit preaches yet
TY? little wnriH land fnllr.
And liverworts ar, 3 violets grow
At the feet of the hollow oak.
The dainty waxen Irdian pipe
Beneath the beach tree springs,
And the golden bell of the adder tongue
Still lightly sways and swings.
It tolls the knell?that fairy bell?
Of childhood's hopes and fears
r And ushers in the toil and sin
Of later, sadder years,
And so I kept the faded flowers
My old time playmate gave,
With grasses sweet that grow above
A lonely western grave.
SONG OF THE SHIRT.
R-v, Dr. Talmsge'g Elcqnont Sermon ? 11
Wornau'a Work.
Brooklyn, June 3 - -IIdv. T. De
Witt Talmage, who is now on hi3 roucd
the world journev, has chosen as the subject
for today "Martyrs cf the Neeclr,"
the text being Matthew s:s, 24, "It ia
easier for a camel to go through the eye
of a needle."
Whether this ':eje of the needle" be
?k? orr\oll crof? Qt. fhft of the b)ST fell
WO ?"*?" fa-? ? - V
trarcs of the wall of tbe ancient city, us
is generally interpreted, or the eye of a
needle such as is now handled in sewicg
a garment I do not say. In either case
it would be a tight thing for a catcel to
go through the eye of a needle. But
there are whole caravas s of fatigues and
hardships going through tbe eye of tbe
sewing woman's needle.
Very Icng ago the needle was busy.
It was considered honorable for women
to toil in olden time. Alexander the
Great stood in his palace showing garments
made by his ow n mother. Ttie
finest tapestries at JBajeux were m-ide
h by the qaeen of William the Conqueror.
Augustus, the emperor, would noL wear
any garment except those that were
fashioned by some member of his royal
family. So let the toiler eyery wuere be
reepectec!
The greatest blessing that coald have
fe " happened to our first parents was
being turned cut of Eden after
they had done wrong. Adam
and Eve, in their perfect state,
might have got along withe ut work, or
only euch slight employ m;nt as a perfect
. garden, with no weeds in it, demanded.
But as soon as they had shinned the test
thinor fnr them was to he turned sut
where they weald have to woik We
know what a withering thing it is for a
man to have nothing to do. Good oW
Ashtel Green, at fourscore years, waen
asked why he kept on working, said, "I
do so to beep out oi mischief." We see
that a man who bas a largs amcunt of
i| money to start with has no chance. 01
thft thnnsnnd nrosDercns and honorable
men that you know, 999 had towoik
vigorously at the biginaing.
Bat I am now tell jou that indu3iry
is }08t as important for a woman's safely.
ty and happiness. The moat unhappy
women in our communities today are
those who have no eDgasemeats to call
them op in the mornin?, who, once having
risen and breakfasted, louche through
the duli forenoon in slippers dorrn at the
heel and with disheveled ba.f, reading
the last novel, and who, having dragged
through a wretched forenoon and taken
their afternoon sleep, and having spent
an hour and a half at their toilet, pick
up their cardcase anil go out to make
i-?^ ? calls, and who pass their evenioirs wait
ing for somebody to come in and break
i up tbp monotony. Arabella Stuart never
was imprisoned in eo dark a dungeon
' as that.
r There is no happiness in an idle woman.
It may be with hand, it may be with
brain, it may be with foot, but work she
most or be wretched forever. The little
girls of our families must be started wilh
that idea. The curse ct oui American
society is that cur young women are
taught that the first, second, third, lourth
fifth. RTJtth. seventh. tenth, fiftieth.
thousandth thing in their life is to get
somebody to take care of theu). Instead
of that, the first lesson should be how
under God, they may take care of themselves.
The simple fact 13 that a majority
of tbem do have to take care of
themselves, and that, too, after having,
through the false notions cf their parents,
wasted the years in which they
ought to have learned how successfi0*?
to maintain themselves. We now and
here declare the inhumanity, ciusity and
outrage of that father and mother who
pass their daughters into womanhcod,
p?r having given them no facility for earning
their livelihood. Mme. de Stael said,
"It is not these writings that I am pioud
of, but the fact that I have facility in 10
occupations, in 3ny one of whic.i I could
mak a livelihood."
You say you have a fortune to leave
them. O man and woman, have you cot
learned that, like vultures, like hawks,
like eagles, riches have wings and
flyaway? Though jou should be successful
in leaving a competency behind
~ you, the trickery of executors may
swamp it in a night, or some elders or
deacons of our churches may get np a
fictitious company and induce ycur orphans
to put their money into it and if it
be lost nrove to them that it was eternal
ly decreed that that was the way they
were to lose it, and that it went ia the
moat orthodox and heavenly style.
Oh, the damnable schemes that professed
Christians will engage in?until
>;.' God puts his fingers into the collar of the
hypocrite's robe and rips it clear down
to the bottom! Yon have no right, be
J; , cause you aie well ofi, to conclude that
your children are going to be as well c3. i
A man died, leaving a large fortune.
His son fell dead in a Thiladelphia grogshop.
His old comrades came in and
said as they bent over his corpse, "What
is the matter with you, Boggse}?" The
surgeon, standing over him, ?aid, "Hash
^ up; he is dead!" "Ah, he is dead!" they
gjg^_ sai?. * "Come, boys, let U3 go and take
a drink in memory of poor Boggsey!" Have
you nothing better than money
to leave your children? I' you have not
batsend your daughters into the world
with empty brain and unskilled hand, :
you are guilty of assassination, homicide
regicide, infanticide. There are women
toiling in our cities for $3 and $4 per
week who were the daughters cf merchant
princes. These suffering ones now
would be glad to have the crumbs that
nnc* t?ll trnm fhwr faWhftrs' fa hip That
wornout, broken shoe that she we?r3 is :
1 the lineal descendant of the $12 gaiters
in which her mother walked, and that
torn and faded calico had ancestry of
magnificent brocade that swept Broad- ;
way clean without any expense to ihe
street commissioners. Though you live :
in an elegant residence and fare suraptu>
ously every day, let tou- daughters feel
[ . it is a disgrace to them not to know how
I to work. I denounce the idea prevalent i
m society that, though ou: jcung wo- !
men may embroider simpers and crouhet
and make mats for Iamp3 to stand on :
without disgrace, the idea of doing any- ;
thing tor a livelihood is dishonorable. It i
is a shame for a young woman belongi
, ing to a large family to bs inefficient
I when the father toiis his life away tor
p. her support. It is a shame for a daugh
ter to fce idie wbiie ner motner tons at
th* washtub. It is as honorable to I
sweep house, make beds cr trim hats as i
r it is to twist a watch chain. '
* . r . - r ~ .% . A -AiAr/^ 1 V?o lino l ?
Jar US A Ci*u UUUClOiauu, luv
of resrjfciabiUty lies between thai wlsich
is u3e'ut and and ihit which is usele.-s
If women du tbat which is o' ncvalne,
their vroik is honorable. It they do
prac'ical work, u is dishonorable. Tnat
our ycuns women mav escape ihe censure
of doing dishonorable work I shall
particularize Ycu may knit a tidy
for iLe bsck of an armchair, but
by co mraes m<ike the money,
wh*re*ith to * av the cbair. You may,
with delicate rra-h, beautify a mantle
ornament, but d.e rather tbaa e*rn
enoc2h to buv a m&rble miajle. Ycu
may lesrn artistic mu^lc until you can
squall Itab*n, tut never g-io? k 0:ton71116"
or " Old Hundred." Do D0tbiD2
practbaU if 5 c u would, ia the eyes of re?
fined sotie'5, preserve\oar re? pec (a oil ix
? T nn*\r\T\Q f tfr}]
IV i luvcg UUiVJi
ycu no woman, any more tbau a man,
has a right :.o occupy a place in this
rrorld unlesa she pay3 a rem for it.
In tbe course (f a lifetime you codsume
wbo'e harvests and droves of cattle,
and every day you liva breathe 40
bogheads ct ^ood pure ai\ You must
by some kind of usefulness, pay for all
this. Oar race was the last thing creased?the
birdi and l]sbe3 oa the fourth
day, the cattle and lizArds on the liUh
? -* %/! t\r\ iha oivfK f I f frftOl
L & y U uiau VU buv giAvM ? - p - ?
oaiels are rikbt, the e2rth was a million
of years ia the possession of iheiusects,
beasts and birds, before cur race came
upon it. Ia cue sense, we were inno
valors. Tee cattle, the lizards and tbo
hawks bad preemption right. The question
is not what we are to do with the
lizards and summer insects, but wtat
the l zirda -and summer insects are to
do with us.
If wo want a place in this world, we
must earn it. The patridge makes its
own nest before it cccupics it. Tbo lark
by its inoruicg socij. earns its ? reakfast
before it eais it. The Bible gives an
intimation that the first duty of an idler
is to starve when it says if he "will not
work c either shall be eat." Idleness
ruins tae health, and very soon nature
? - -e. j
says: "mis man nas reiuseu iv yay mo
rent. Oat with him!"
Society is lo be reconstructed on the
subjec: of woman's toil. A vast majority
of ;hoee who would have woman industrious
shut her up to a feff kiuds of
work. My judgment iu this matter ss
that a woman has a right to do anything
she can do well. There shculd
be no department cf merchandise, mechanism,
art or science barred against
her. If Miss Eosmer has geniu? for
sculpture, give her a chisel. If Rosa
Bonhtur has a fondness for delineating
animals, let her make "The Horse
Fair " Tf Miss Mitchell will study as
tronomy let her mcuat the starry ladder.
IfLydia will tea merchant let
her sell purple. If Lucrccla Mott will
preach the gcspel let her thrill ??ith her
womanly eloquence the Quaker meeting
house.
It is said it woman is given such opportunities
she wili occupy such places
that might be taken by men. Isa>,if
she have more skill and adaptedne* s for
1 4. K av*
any position man a mau ubs, uw |
have i! She has as much right to her
bread, to her apparel and to her home
a3 men have.
Bat it is said that her nature is so del'
icate that she is unfitted for exhausting
toil. I ask in the name of all pa3t history
what toil on earth is more severe,
exhau3tins and tremendous than that
of the needle, to which for ages sbe has
been subjected? The battering ram,
the swor<), the carbine, the battleas,
have made no such havoc as the needle.
I wcnld that these living sepulchers in
which women have tor ages been buried
might be opened, and tha: seme resurjwmno!'
miohf. hrintr nr? tfcftSft
IV.L'biVU UULU^VU v. ? 3 -r
liviog corpses to the fresh air andsualight.
Go with me, and I will show you a
woman who, by hardest toil, supports
her children, her drunken husband
her old father and mother, pays her
bouse rent, always has wholesome iooa
on the table, and when she can get
some neighbor on the Sabbath to come
in and take care of her family appears
in cburch with hat and cloak that are
far from indicating the toil to which she
is subjected.
Stich a woman as that has body and
soul enough to fit her for any position.
She cculd staid beside the majority of
vnrn- snlesmfin end disoose of more
goods. She could go into yoar wheelwright
shops ?.nd beat one half of your
workmen at iraking carriages. We talk
about woman a3 though we had resigned
to her all the light work, aDd ourselves
had shouldered the heavier. Bu c the day
of judgment, which will reveal the sufferings
of the 3take and inquisition, will
marshal before the throne of God and
the hierarchs <>f heaven the martyrs ci
wa3htub and needle.
Now, I say, ii there be any preference
in occupation, let soman have il. God
knows her truls are the severest. By
heracuter sensitiveness to misfortune,
by her hour of anguish, I demand that
no one hedge up her pathway to a livelihood.
Oh, the meanness, the despica- '
biiity ot men who begrudge a woman the
light to work anywhere in any honorable
calling! ]
I go still furtbsr and sav that women !
QhnhM h?vp> rnnal r.nmnensation with
men. By whas principle of justice is it
that women in many of cur cities get (
only two thirds as much pay as men, and
in many cases only half? Here is the si*
^ an tic iniustice?that for work equally ,
well if not be-.ter done woman receives
far less than man. Start with the na- ;
tional government. For a long while
women clerk3 in Washington got $900
for doing th it for which men received
$1,800." 1
To thcu3amls of young women ia our 1
cities today there is only "this alternative ;
?starvation or dishonor. Many of the :
i *:i
largest LuerotMiuio Ui uui
cities are accessory to th03e abomina- ,
tions, and frc-m their large establish- \
mcnts there ure scores of soul? being ;
pitched off inuo death, and their employ- i
ers snow it. i
13 there a Goc? Will there be a jadg I
mem? I tel\ yoa, if God rises up to re- j
dress woman's wrongs, many of our
iar^e establishments will be swallowed ]
up quicker than a South American !
earthquake ever took down a city. Gcd 1
will catch th'i'.se oppressors between the
two mill3tones of his wrath and grind ]
them to powder! 1
I hear frora all this laod the wail of
womanhood. Man has nothing to an- !
swer to that wail bat flatteries, Ee says ]
3he is an an^el. She is not. She koows ,
shaisnol. She is'a huaan being, who <
gets hungry when she has no food, and ]
cold when she has no fire. Give her no \
mere flatteries; give her iastice! I
There are about 50,000 sewing girls in '
New York and Brooklyn. Across the .
darkness of this night I hear their death '
groan. It is not sucti a cry as comes ;
from those who are suddenly hurled out j
of life, but a slow, grinding, horrible ]
wasting away. Gather them before jou j
and look into their faces, pinched, ghast- j
ly, hunger struck. Look at their fiosers j
Deedie pricked and blood tipped! See .
Lhat premature stoop in the shoulders, j
tlear that dry, hacking, merciless cough! j
At a large meeting of these women i
held in a hall in Philadelphia, grand ;
3peeches were delivered, bat a needle 1
socman took the stand, threw aside her f
faded shawl, andwita her shriveled area 1
hurled a very thunderbolt of eloquence,
speakiug oat the horrors oi her own es- j
perience.
Siaad at the corner of a street in New '
York in the vsry early morniDg as the \
women ?o ro their work. Many of them (
had no r-resKfast except the crumbs that ,
were left over from the night before or a ]
crust they cbew on their way through j
the street. Here they come the working 1
??B?BBB??WMl MM If' 7 ilf
"iris of the ciij! These entra^ed in
beadwoik, tleae in fl )wer makics. in
milicerj. tciaQielice, cigar makicsi, bo^k
bindics, labeling, feat'.er picking, friat
coloring, paper box naakiDg, but, mis'
overwoiked of all and least compensated
me 36^VlCi^ WOQJiia. ** uy uu l ,ey livji,
Ukj the c:tv cars on Ihcir way
op? They cannot * fiord the five
cents. If, concluding 10 den?
herself so-Eethics the. she gels into
the car, give her a seat! You want to
s?e how Latimer and Ridley appeared
in the fire. Look at that woman and
behold more horrible martydom, a hotter
fire, a more agonizing death!
One SnHhftt.h rncrhf: in fhfi VP.Stibule
VUV VJWVVWww* ??*& ,
of xay church, alter service, a woman
fe!l in convulsions- The doctor said
she needed medicine not so much as
something to eat. As she began to revive,
in her delirium she said gaspingly:
"Eight cents! Eight cents! Eight
cents! 1 wish I could get it done! I am
so tired! I wish I could get some sleep,
but I must get it done." We found
afteward that she was making gar
meats at 8 cents apiece, and that she
could make but thre9 of them in a day.
Hear it! Three times eight are twenty-four!
Hear it, men and women who
have comfortable homes!
Some of the worst viiliacs of the city
are the employers of these women.
They beat them down to the last penny
and try to cheat them out of that.
The woman must deposit a dollar or
two before she ge's the garments to
work on. When the work is done, it
is sharply inspected, the most insignificant
"flaws picked out, and the
wages refused, and sometime the dollar
deposited not given back. The
Women's Protective union reports a
case where one of these poor souls,
finding a place where she could get
more wages, resolved to change employers
and went to get her pay for
work done:. The employer says, "I hear
you are goiDg to leave me?" "Yes,"
she said, "and I have come to get what
you owe me." He made no answer.
She said, "Are you not going to pay
me?" "Fes," he said, ;,I will pay you,"
and he kicked her down the stairs.
How are these evils to be eradicated ?
What have you to answer, yoi who sell
coats and have shoes made and contract
for the southern and western
markets? What help is there, what
panacea, what redemption ? Some say,
"Give women the ballot." What effect
such ballot might have on other questions
I am not here to discuss, but
what would be the effect of female
suffrage upon woman's wages ? I do
not believe that woman will ever get
justice by woman's ballotIndeed,
women oppress women as
much as men do. Do not women, as
much as meD, beat down to the lowest
figure the woman who sews for them ?
Are not women as sharp as men on
washerwomen and milliners and mantua
makers ? If a woman asks a dollar
for her work, does not her female employer
ask her If she will not take 90
cents ? You say, "Only 10 cents difference,"
but that is sometimes the difference
between heaven and hell.
Women have often less commiseration
for women than men. If a woman
steps aside from the path of virtue,
man may forgive?woman, never!
Woman will never get justice done her
from woman's ballot.
Never will she get it from man's ballot.
How, then ? God will rise up for
ner. ixoa hbs more rwauuiuca uuau >vc
know of. The flaming sword that
hung at Eden's gate when woman was
driven out will cleave with its terrible
edge her oppressors.
But there is something for our women
to do. Let our youns: people prepare
to excel in spheres of work, and they
will be able after awhile to get larger
wages. If it be shown that, a woman
can in a store sell more goods id a year
than a man, she will soon be able not
only to ask but to demand more warrac
oni9 tnilomonil them 9T1/>ftP.4afnllV
Unskilled and incompetent labor must
take what is given. Skilled and competent
labor will eventually make its
own standard. Admitting that the
law of supply and demand regulates
these things, 1 contend that the demand
for skilled labsr i3 very great and
the supply very small.
Start with the idea that work is honable,
and that you can do some one
thing better than anyone else. Resolve
that, God helping,you will take care of
yourself. If you are after awhile called
into anotner relation, you will all the
better be qualified for it by your spirit
of self reliance, or if you are called to
stay as you are you can be happy and
self supporting.
Poets are fond of talking about man
as an oak, and woman the vine that
climbs it, but I have seen many a tree
fall that not only went down itself, but
took all the vines with it. X can tell
you of something stronger than an oak
for an ivy tc climb on, and that is the
throne of the great Jehovah. Single
or affianced, that woman is stronger
who leans on God and does her best.
Che needle may break,the factory band
may slip, the wages may fall, bat over
everv good woman's head there are
spread the two great,gentle, stupendous
wings of the Almighty.
Many of you will go single handed
throagh life, and you will have to
choose between two characters. Ycung
monian, 1 am sure you will turn your
back upon the useless, giggling, painted
nonentity wbich society ignominiously
acknowledges to be a woman and
ask God to make you an humble,active,
earnest Christian.
What will become of that godles3
disciple of fashion V What an insult to
ber sex! Her manners are an outrage
nnnn dpfienev. She is more thoughtful
of the attitude she strikes upon the carpet
than how she will look in the judgment;
more worried about her freckles
than her sins; more interested in her
bonnet strings than in her redemptions
Her apparel is the poorest part of a
Christian woman, however magnificently
dressed, and no one has so much
right to dress well as a Christian. Not
30 with the godless disciple of fashion,
rake her robes, and you take everything.
Death will come down on her
some day and rub the bistre off her
syelids and the rogue off her cheeks,
- - "? ? *
ana WlUi LWU ruugu, uuuy uauua oi/air
ter spangles and glas3 beads and rings
and ribbons and lace and brooches and
buckles and sashes and frisettes and
?oiden clasps.
The dying actress, *hose lire had
been vicious, said: "The scene closes ,
Draw the curtain." Generally the
tragedy comes first and the farce after- ,
ward, but in her life it was first the
Earc^ a useless life and then the j
tragedy of a wretched eternity.
Compare the life and death of such a j
3ne with that of some Christam aunt
Lhat was once a blessing to your house- i
aoia. I ao not Know cnat sno was eyer
offered a hand in marriage. She lived ,
jingle, that untrammeled she might
oe everybody's blessing. Whenever
Lhe sick were to be visited or the poor J
:o be provided wit^. bread; she went
with a blessiQg. She couM-pray or sing
Rock of Ages for any sick p^ipsr who
asked her. As she got older there were
lavs when she was a little sharp, but
for the most part auntie was asuh- beam?just
the one for Christmas eve.
She knew better than any one else how
:o fix things. Her every prayer, as God
aeard it, was full of everybody who
aad trouble. The brightest things in j
ill tbe house dropped from her fingers.
She had peculiar notions, but the
grandest notion she ever had was to :
mske you happy. She dressed well? j
lunties always dressed well?but her <
nigaest adornment was mat 01 a meets: .
md quiet spiiit, which, in the sight of
God, is of great price. When she died
pou all gathered lovirely about her, :
and as you carried her out to rest the
Sunday school class almost covered the
coffin with japonicas, and the poor people
stood at the end of the alley, with
their aprons to their eyes, sobbing bit- :
terly, and the man ot the world said, :
with Solomon, "Her price was above i
rubies," and Jesus, as unto the maiden :
in Judsea, commanded, "I say unto
;hee, arise."
IZuAR WAKES A HIT.
AUouacil H ;sor Conferred on Hlin by q
the Bouse. S
Washington, June 2.?On motion g
ct Moses (Dem.) of Georgia a bill was r
passed prantiDsr a pension to Mary le-1 a
J ?** A /"\ P A I 1
ViUS, W1U\jr* *JL v. cviUi^t \JL IUC iuu:au jj
war of 1817, now nearly 100 ^ear3 ol d
s?3, and an inma*,e of ihe poor house in d
Carroll County, Ga. I
The House, in committee of the whole d
proceeded to the further consideration ?f 1;
the bill io repeal tbe State bank tax ^
Act, and then an unusal honor was paid r
a new member, when R<?ed (Rep.) of ?
il-iine asked anfl obtain unanimous coo* ^
sent Or Izlar to conclude his remarks c
becun yesif eday 3nd which he was un- 0
able to conclude because the time al- c
lotted to him had expired. Iz'ar said in p
concluding: a
"I stand for unconditional repeal, first, p
her.siusfi tbe nlalfjrm recommends it. f
and th6 people demands it; second, be- f
cause I did not land the power anywhere d
which would authorizj Ccn^ress to res- *
ulate and name the securities or the Jconditions
on which State banks could,
or should issue their bills. The Federal ?
government has never undertaken the ;
exercise of any power over State bank s
issues save that of taxation; and this, in ?
my judgement, is a questionable and t
dcuhtful power." j
Ke ihen quoted the sections under t
which the tax was laid, and continued: s
"It had Ions been settled that the I
Slates possessed the power to ^rant t
charters to State banks, that the power
was incident to sovereignty, and that
ther2 was no limitation in the Federal
Constitution on its exercise by the
States. This being so, to destroy the
State banks which the Stetss had the
right to create and to eecourge notional
backs, wa3 the object and intent with ;
which this burdensome and unjust isx *3
now imposed. To use the language ot
Mr. Justice Nelson in the ease ot Veazie
vs. Fenno, it i3 sufficient to add that
theburden of tax, while it .has encouraged
these banks (cational) ha3 proved latal
f/-? /-if 1 ho <mri if H7A nrf? ftf.
U\J V/X uuv ?? w ? - ?
liberty to j agde of the purpose of the s
Act from the consequences that have 1
followed, it is perhaps not going too far $
to say these conscqusnces were intended. ^
"And Chief Justice Waite, in the later
case of Hollister V3.-Mercantile Institutions
eaid: "That it was no doubt the
purpose cf Congress m imposing this (
tax to provide against competition with r
the established "national bank currency s
for circulation as money. The mere \
fact that CoDgress saw fit to enact these t
stringent and unjust laws, laws of \
doubtful constitutionality?is a very r
i- *? r r x? r
strong argument m iavur ui mo oiaio i
bank system and of the value of their i
currency as a circulating medium. The t
laws wbich regulated banks in South ^
Care -aa at the time when the banks of \
that State gave a safe and flexible cur- i
rency?a currency which circulated f:ee- ]
ly, not only within her own borders and t
among her own people, but in other
States?are in their main and essential 1
features, still to be found upon her stat- \
ute books. In some particulars they are i
cow more stringent than formerly and <
consequently mu3t afford more ample i
and better security to depositors and bill ?
holders. i
The Legislatures of the several States i
will see to it that thev are prot:cted f
from "wildcat" banks, from over issues J
and from unfaithful and dishonest offi- e
cials, so far as these evils can be provided
against, by strict laws and careful
supervision. We should not hestitate ]
by reason of these apprehended dangers \
to the business public to come up to the t
full measure of our duty ny blotting out r
from the statute book this law, which f
has borne so hard on the South and West I
by destroying our banking institutions (
and crippling our resources. The peo* \
pie have demanded it, our duty is plain, s
will we do il?" t
At the. conclusion of Izlar's remarks, s
"PniAo /"Hain of Tpnnftsspfi eTnlained \
J-JUiVV y V* ? r
that the motion he made yesterday to 1
take up bills on the private calendar t
was not made in antagonism tothepend- 1
ing bill, for he was in favor of its pas- i;
sage. . c
Wholesale Removal. t
Washington, June 8.?Not only of- J
fice holders, but boardioghouse keepers 1
and businessmen are becomiDg stirred J
up over the recent and still continuing
dismissals in the different departments.
About one tenth of the popula- .
tion of the city is employed by the 1
government. That one-tenth represents 1
at least 50,000 people, whose happiness c
in a large majority of cases depends c
upon the regular receipt or tne enveiopes
at the end of the month. When *
ols-fifth of the population is thus in- r
timately interested in office holding, it ?
is easy to imagine the widely divergent 5
effects of such sweeping charges as ^
have taken place in the past month. J
Between 700 and 800 have been dis- *
charged from the government printing ^
office, and though Public-Printer Bene- *
diet has said that no more wholesale 1
dismissals will be made, it is r
likely the end i3 not yet in v
the bee hive on North Capitol 1
street. In the war department, since J
April, nearly 350 clerks have been re
moved, and others are expected to go j;
In the near future. These will be in 1
company with about 300 of the census s
hnruaii amnln?e? ar>rl f.hnsft r?f nt.hpr '
departments when the Dockery bill d
bcomes a law. It may, therefore, be ?
safely estimated that at least 2,000 per- ?
sons will have to look for other employ- 1
ment before the winter comes. Among *
those dismissed, particularly in the ?
war department, are. men who have J
lived a generation in Washington, and ?
have come to regard it as their home. F
Some may have managed to buy com- ?
fortable homes, and the loss of their 1:
regular monthly, stipend causes them
to wonder how they may now continue
to occupy them. Others have been so
long at on9 desk that by reason of their c
age they are absolutely unfitted to en- ^
gage in other occupations even were tl
there any opening for them. In view '
of this outlook a movement is contemp- 1
lated to engraft on the Dockery bill a tl
provision that to those clerks who will a
nn^or if o rodr'a nAh'pft ho *
UC TCU UUUV/i 1U vm j vua u uvvivw vv jj
given. This, it is contended, will en- +
able them to look around for other b
employment, so that they may adjust "
themselves more readily to circumscances
when they cease to derive their n
means ot support from the government. ?
Secretary Hoke Smith sent to congress, ?
in reply to a resolution, the number of c
clismisals made by him in his depart- c
roent, and also some oth er particulars. S
The most striking fact in the reply is I
that 212 old veterans have been remov- o
ed. It i3 stated tbat there were 60 re- b
instated which means men who were p
removed before this administration ?
came into office, or who lost their places _
for other reasons. Between March 4, ?
1893, and April 19,1894, the list shows ?
that there were 760 appointments, 176 P
reinstatements, 883 Dismissals, and 89 t(
resignations by request. P
Free Fljtht.
Ko;-rs, June 6.?The debate in the t
Chamber"^ Deputies this afternoon v
W2S remarkable for its bitterness. Lul- ?
gi Diligenti, Radical, delivered a long e
tirade againss Felice Cavalotti, ex- t
treme Radical. At the close of his ?
3V-CCOU US lUlUfcU -~vc j
3haking his fist at him exclaimeap^You a
dishonored yourself by a dishonest ill- il
liance with Gioletti." Cavalotti sprang- I
to his feet white with rage and called v
back, "You coward and liar, you shall li
onfFor f'vr fhrtofl tT7/->rrt<3" n
friends tried to restrain him, but he n
broke away from them, caught Diligen- s
ti by the waistcoat and struck nim b
three heavy open handed blows in the c
face. A dozen deputies threw them- a
selves between the two paen. A hun- a
dred more gathered round, shouting s<
for order or reviling one another. The G
uproar drowned the voice of the deputy e
who ascended the tribunal. f
t
A ShGcklos Tragedy.
Benxettsville, June (5 ?Oar usualy
[uiet and orderly town has been J
hocked by a tragedy unparalleled in
adness. Last night about 9:30 o'clock
, horseman, with lightning speed,
ushed u*> town to notify phvsicians 3
,nd relatives that Mr. J. Douglas ?
^ ATTTr> - TTlf K * K
auure uau ucou suul uvwu c*
ouble barreled shotgun at the resi- ?
ence of Air. Henry T. Breeden by Mr. c
Jreeden himself. They are both resi- ]
ients of this town and are brothers-maw,
Mr Breeden haviDg married Mr. c
Joore's sister. They are young men, ?
epresentatives of tbe very best and i
Qcst pjominent families in Marlboro l
ounty, and had been fast friends. s
four correspondent immediately se- >
ured a buggy and drove to the place (
f the sad affair. I found three physi- (
ians and about one dozen citizens
resent. Mr. Moore was stretched on
H aa?i nf Ana Af tVlO
t i-LlrtbLJLCOS Ull LiiC iiUUi vi uuv vx iuv >
torches near where he was shot and J
ell. Your correspondent obtained the $
oliowing facts: Both men were un- }
ler the influenae of liquor, they drank c
ogether in Breeden's nouse; hot words 1
ussed in reference to family matters, i
Jreeden got his gun, but Moore in- ]
iuced him to put it up; they then drank i
ogether. Moore started home, and
ras on the porch near the steps when t
hot. The load entered j ust below'the j
lavel. The wound bled profusely, and
he unfortunate man suffered much ,
>ain. Moore told your correspondent '
hat he was leaving for home and was 1
hot without provocation. Mrs. Adam* ]
jroprietress of the Adams House, is 1
he mother of Mr. Moore, and she, with i
ler daughter, Miss Moore, were sent 1
or. When they arrived I witnessed i
he most touching and heartrending ]
-cene of my life. Early this morning i
he wounded man was removed to his ^
nother's. His two uncles and cousin j
irrived from the country. His jinte j
norteni statement was taken Dy xnai .
lustice Easterling. The contents ;
>f the statement have not
jeen made public. Dr. C. Kollock of 1
]heraw, assisted by local physicians, 1
jy investigation discovered that the
)ladder had been shot to pieces, and '
hey at once pronounced his case hopeess.
He can live but a few hours, Moore
itated that he entertained no ill will i
oward JBreeden and that he freely for- (
:ave him. Whiskey caused the trouble,
tfo arrests have been made this evenncr.?State.
Two Lynchlnjia.
Yorkvii-le, S. C., Jane 2 ?Jeff
Crawford, colored, was lynched this
norning at 1:30 o'clock. At that hour,
t crowd called at the county jail and
raked up the Sheriff, telling him they
lad a prisoner. He had heard that there
?a3 talk of lynching Crawford, and he
efased to open the jail. The crowd
woke into the jall. Crawford was found
n the dungeon and taken near the Cheser
and Lenior depot. Fifteen minutes
vere given him in which to rnakn his
)eace with God. He confessed to havng
murdered Mr. D. A. Blackburn,
le was swung up and a few bullets fired
hrough his body.
Mr. D. A. Blackburn was found dead
ast autumn near Rock Hill. Mis Doav
vas horribly mutilated. Jeff Crawfjrd 1
vas suspected of haviDg committed the
;rime. He was arrested, tried, convicted 1
md sentenced to be hung on June 1. In
ipplication for a new irilal was made, !
ind was granted by Judge Watts. The
)eople would wait no longer for Crawbrd'a
life to pay for his crime. Judge
Lynch was appealed to and gave a 1
ipeedy sentence.?Register.
ONE AT LANCASTER.
Lancaster, June 3.?Hardy Gill, a
rOUDg negro, about thirty years old,
?as takc-n from the jail this morning be- '
,weea 1 and 2 o'clock, by a crowd of (
nen and shot to death, about three miles '
rom town. Gill was in jail for cruelly ;
jeating Mrs. James A. Clark, of Cedar
2reek Township, on Monday last. Gill
vent to Mr. Clark's promises in his ab
jence and commenced raising a distur- '
>ance in the yard. Upon being ordered
iway Dy Mrs. uiars, ne mroea vu att
?ith an andiron and beat her unmercifol- 1
y. He then picked ap Mrs. Clark's
>aby and threw it across the house.
tfrs. Clark's injoiies are such that she
s not expected to live. The little 1
:hild's injuries are also of a seriou3 na- 1
are. The negro was immediately arested
and lodged in jail. Yesterday 1
ie was adjudged insane before Trial
iQstica Burns.?State.
More Men Than Women, ]
The Uaited States census bureau has ]
ssued a special bulletin containing <
narriage statistics. It has been as <
:aret'ully compiled as the nature of the ,
ase would admit. Its conclusions up- j
et several points of popular belief. (
)ne of th?sa is that there are more wonen
than men in the country. The
;old figures show that this is not true of
he country at large, even if it be so of 1
Massachusetts. But Massachusetts Is (
lottbe country, through Boston may 1
hink the country revolves around fcer '
is a pivot. The fact is that we have <
,422,410 more males than females in <
he United States, so that every wo- I
nan could have a husbaad if she I
ranted one and have a fraction of a j
nan to spare besides, so far as the i
aere supply of men goes. This ought i
o comfort those maidens who stiil 1
lave hope that their affinities may be 1
ound, thought it holds out small con- 1
olation to baehelors. Statistics of J
piaownooa aoa wiuuwemuuu suuw a
inference on the otner side. Widows 1
,re for some reason far more constant
o the memonry of the dear departed
han widowers. For every widower
rho remains in the single state there ]
.re three widows. And yet,with the ma ]
arity of widowers remarrying, there ]
xe still nearly a million and a half hus- .
ands left over for the ladles who want i
hem. Perhaps they are not distributed ]
a the right districts. 1
<
Crlmd of Universal Saff cage. j
London, June 2.?The Economist, i
ommenting on the campaign of Ida J
Veil 3 against the lynching of negroes in 1
he Southern States of America, says: '<
'The equality ot the races does not exist. !
.'he whites who granted the suffrage to I
be negro were guilty of a grave offense :
gainst republicanism as a system assur - ;
ig the moral and intellectual compe- ,
snce of a citizen. There is nothing to \
* rlnnoi tr> tolerate the negro as a i
ubordinate citizen until he becomes civized,
which he may never be. We do not
sk eood Americans to interfere in bealf
of the negro, but we do ask our own
ountr y men, who cannot be good republi
ans in the midst of lynch law." The
pectator says: "Tbe action of the
forth after the war made the condition
f the negro infinitely worse than if they
ad adopted a wider and more unselfish
-1- - r-i. 1 * ?C
lOiicy. it is a lerriyic cAampio ui unohief
dae to vindictive and short-sighted
iartisanship. It was impossible to
laintain a system under which a desised
and ignorant race was encoraged
a play the despot over a race of higher
lOlltical intelligence."
Don Dickson said in an interview
he other day that he believed in G-roer
Cleveland more than ever. "There
ras a time," said he, '-when they Darn- t
d Andrew Jackson in effigr ail over I
his country, and yet two years after i
hat, so popular had Jackson become,
ou couldn't find a man who had said '
word against him. That is the way
t will be with President Cleveland. *
le is an able, fearless man; a man f
ith the courage to do what he be- 1
eves to be right. And he is doing t
aors for bimetallism than any other i
aan liV^ today. He is a believer in 1
ilver. Tthkonly question is as to the \
est way in wiich to do It. They will 1
ome to his idea it yet England is (
lready receding; fi.'om her situation 1
nd the day will come 'Vhen you will <
ee silver restored to the world; and t
rrover Cleveland is doing more to that i
nd, as I snid than any othes-jnan or t
oree in the world today;" \ ?
N.
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GOV. TILLMAN ON TEMPERANCE.
ie Addi essj* hr Aadieuco ofTwoTtoous- ]
aid Peop'e. !
Prohibition Fark; Staten Is- :
iand. Juoe 4.?Governor Tillman, of ;
Jsu.h Carolina, presented his State
igency plan for the solution ct the liquor '
mestion to an audience of two thousand i
Prohibitionists at this evening's session
>f the international Temperance Congress.
Tbe Governor's hearers did not 1
isree with him as to the plan, hut they
intend flooplv to the f?cd. and found I
mme po':ct3 .at which they could ap?
)laid without doiog violence to their
jonscienca. At other times tbey loudly 1
iXDreaseii their disapproval.
Before the arrival cf Governor Tillnan
Col. Alexander S. Bacon, of Brook- |
yn, made an appeal for the raising of |
*2,500. At this point the flectric lights (
vent out and tbe auditorium wa3 in
larkness. A score of lanterns were ,
wrought In and tbe guest from South Car j
)lina was led forward in .-emi-darkness. ;
2e was introduced by the R'-y Lr H. L. I
tVayland, of Philadelphia.
Governor Tillmm began by sayiDg 3
;hat he wished there was more lisht so '
/innU 1 nAlr tho nOfln!# In fVlP pvp Snd '
IV UUUiU iwa IUW pvv f *v * ? ?uw vj v
bave them look him m the eje and tell ,
whether he was telling the truth. Con- !
;inuins he said: UI have come a long ;?ay
and left my cnicial duties m the j
merest of truth aad right. I have hear<?
i great deal at the session I have at- i
.ended of 'sanci' and 'backbone.' It has ;
been said that I possess those qualities, j
[ will say that I will shoT here to night ;
that I am willing to advance my con- i
mictions on my audience, and I a ji going
to controvert your dearest ideas" and
Srmest beliefs. I am probably the only
politician present. I Dave been elected :
Governor of a State, and I am a candidate
for the United States Senate, and :
expect to be elected." j
The Governor then went onto bay ,
that he was not exactly a politician in ,
the ordinary acceptance of the term.
rT" rt7 ..fArn ortAlra Kio /'Arwi^t'irtTlQ
IJLC emu UC tiiTT a J O uw wmivuvuw
and that was not characteristic of politicians.
He said that he wa3 a farmer;
that hi3 Gubernatorial position was his
first office. He announced that he pro- 1
posed to have his say and if anyone in
the audience wanted to throw rocks
at him te would throw rocks
back. Then drawing himself to his full
height he said, in tones that made the
rafters ring: "I am here to night to tell
you that prohibition don't prohibit, and
never will prohibit. We have got a
plan,m South Carolina that complexly
wipes out saloons, and we have done
more than you have. Now, I am a
temperance man. [Applause.] I never
drank five sallons of whiskev all to
gether in my life. [Laughter.] I sometimes
take a social glass with my friends,
bat I don't like the stuff.''
The Governor then produced a bottle
of whiskey with the South Carolina
lable on in. He waved it like a firebrand
in the faces of the total abstainers and
described the State dispensary plan. He
said that prior to the decision by the
Supreme Court of the State there were
Bisty-sis dispensaries in operation, and
the Slate had paid cut $379,000 for
liquor, $57,000 for bottles and $37,000
for labels and other expenses. From
the total outlay 018475,000 and with $98000
worth of liquor on hand, $567,000,
worth had been sold and a net profit ol
$100,000 to the State and $84,000 to
the counties had been realizsd. He said
that the quality ct the whiskey was
chemically pure, so that the people
ijuit having a headache when they got
druak oa it. He said a moment later
than no one got druak oa dispensary
whiskey; they got drunk on blind tiger
whiskey, which, he said, they hid in
boles iD the ground or "toted" in their
boot legs.
He stirred up the audience by declaring
that prohibition would never be established
by yotes.
"Give us a chance," said a man in
front. This brought a vollev of aDDlause,
svheD the G-overaor shouted. "You are
aot ready to remove tte Government
sax on whiskey."
' Yes we are," came from all parts of
Lhe hall.
"Then you are blinder than I thought
you were," said the .Governor.
A moment later he alluded to "prohibition
narrow-mindedness" and com- .
plained that the audience wonld only
*0 half way with him. Then he said:
''Before you are a dcz;n years older
Fou will see half the States in the Union
r-n - 1 ~ Pam
louowiag iue eiauipie ui ouuu v^bj.- i
Dlioa,"
''Never," shculed a woman delegate. ;
"If you can't get prohibition, will you 1
take the dispeupary?" asked the govern- '
)r.They ^tie a lurdifd cces.and one ;
nan in the back of the hall said yes. .
"That is encourasiEg," said the Governor.
He said that in all the country ;
if South Carolina and nearly all the .
towns public sentiment is in favor of '
;he disDensarv law. and it will ba car
ried out eventually. He went on: "So
far as backbone is concerned I have as :
much as any other man, but when you
Jackie the liquor trade entrenched behind
its hundreds of millions you need
x> have the backbone of the otatue of ,
Liiberity." .
The Governor left for the South after
;he meeting adjourned, at 4 15 P. M
A Thousand Killed.
New Yoke, June 1.?A special from |
Han-Kow says that 1,000 persons at
east have lost their lives in a catastro
3he peculiar to this singular section;
ELeavy rains, caused apparently by a
waterspout or "cloudburst" fell early
last week on the upper Han, suddenly
loading the lowlands to the depth'of
several feet. Two great rafts moored
;o the bank were torn away by the
nadd^ned waters and hurried down
stream, smashing everything in their
ivay for over 200 miles, leaving death
md ruin in their wake. They reached ;
;he mouth of the Han, where it empties
ntothe Yangtse-King, at this place,
3 * * ?* T V? ?1 MA f?0
C riQay IllgUU JUl&C l?u uu5cv.aioyuiu
;hey crashed into the junks and swept
;hem into the Yang-tse-Kiang, where
\ whirlpool was formed and the hapess
crafts with their crews were sucked
jeneath the furious waters. Six small
Chinese gunooats were sunk while tryng
to rescue the hundreds of persons ,
;hus placed in jeopardy. Life saving
joats also did what they could but the
current was so rapid that all efforts
jroved of little value. The vast, impetu)us
volume of water that rushed out of
,he Han did much damage on the opposite
shore of the Yang-tse-Kiang,
iver a mile distant, and to the bund in (
;rom or me iron wurjss. iiiauj il&h
louses on tbe bank were carried away,
>ccupants and all, the water coming
lown like a tidal wave, almost without .
yarning. Over 400 bodies have been :
:ound floating in the Yang-tse-Kiang ;
jelow this place, and others are found !
laily. The Han drains an immense ,
irea and its surface is covered with
unks and small craft. The only won- j
ler is that the destruction was not ,
rreater, the pecuniary loss being con- j
ined to the destruction of junks and j
>oats and tbe flooding of rice fields, of
Ann Via rtKfo i
fVJLLlCU UU CdUUiaLCUau ug (
To Start atR)ck Hill. j
Colu3Ibia, Jane 9.?The campaign |
rill really start at Rock Hill and the |
un will begin on Monday. June 18 th. j
Che Yorkville meeting will be held on :
he 19:n according to schedule, but a
neeting has been agreed upon lor Rock
Till on the date named. Tnis meeting
vas arranged by Senator Finley, of i
ifork, and it is understood that both ,
xovernor Tillman and Senator Butler ^
lave accepted invitations to be present.
Candidates for Congress from taat dis- 1
xict will also be invited and are ex- 1
jected to speak, besides the Guberna- s
orial candidates and the seekers for J i
state offices. i
The Need or tbe Country.
Senator Patrick Walsh, of Georgia,
made one day last week one o? the best
speeches of the session in favor of tariff
reform. He repudiated the charge
made by Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,
that the South is in any sfense hostile
to tne industries of New England,
and claimed that the South is destined
to be the great manufacturing centre
of this country. He declared that the
Democrats of the South favor the income
tax, not as a sectional measure,
but because it is jnst and equitable.
The revenue tariff plank m the Chicago
platform is solidly endorsed in the
South, but our people [recognize the
fact that the Democratic party is
National and not sectional, and it is
absurd to suppose that they have any
^cairn to rti<ar?rirmr??t? airainst anv
American industry or lower t>* wages
of the mechanic or laborers e have
seen under the McKinley brn millions
of dollars worth of our products shut
out from foreign markets because we
would not allow other countries to
compete with us for'the custom of our
home markets. The policy of the
Democratic party has not been free
trade but tariff reduction. It has de
clared not only for lower taxation but
for non-interfernce with the capital
and labor engaged in the manufactur
mg interests of the country. The overwhelming
election of Mr. Cleveland on
a revenue tariff platform leaves no
3oubt as to the wishes ot the people.
Under the McKinley tariff we have
bad more failures, suspensions, enforced
idleness and general distress
than has ever been known within the
past two generations, In three years it
bas caused an increase of 18 per cent,
in the number of failures and 44 per
cent, in the liabilities. The prices of
farm products have declined lower
than at any time within fifty years.
The demonetization of silver was
largely responsible for this shrinkage,
but it will be seen that the claims of the
protectionists are not sustained by the
facts. The Wilson bill may not be a
complete remedy Due it is a retorm ana
on the right line. In regard to the income
tax Senator Walsh made a strong
point when he called attention to the
fact that the British masses never complain
of the tax, because it falls on
these who are able to pay it, whereas,
under our system we collected last year
over 60 per cent of our tariff duties
out of the necessaries of life while the
luxuries paid only 37 per cent. Under
the present law the poor man pays as
much and sometimes more than the
millionaire for the support of the Government
because the tax is laid on con
sumption. This is inequitable. The
senator urges the Democrats in Congress
to redeem the free silver and
State Banks planks of their platform.
He contends that it is safe lor this
country to adopt free coinage, with or
without international agreement, and
that our population, wealth and resources
wili enable us to susiainiton
a parity with gold, and compel recognition
for it from the enlightened governments
of Europe. His view of the
State bank tax is a sound one. He argues
that it is an unconstitutional war
measure, prohibitory tax, and that it
should be repealed, because it has
served its purpose and because the
States have just as much right to control
their own local banks as they have
to exercise any other right under the
Constitution. The tax should be unconditionally
repealed. The speech is
a clear presentation of the facts of the
situation and an unanswerable argument
for the redemption of the Demo-'
cratic pledges of the remonetization of
silver, State banks-and a revenue tariff.
Until these pledges are redeemed
the senator frankly say3 that he sees
little prospect of the improvement of.
trade, the revival of industry and better
prices for farm products. Senator
Walsh has pointed out the remedy that
" f k/v wioIa^o fpAm
IS JUOCUCU MJ UU1C tuo inninu3 uuw
which the country is suffering, but we
have little hope that it will be applied
by the present administration, which
seems to be blind. .
A. Woman Aiasstloated*
Gbeenyelle, Jane 8.?News has
jQst been received here of another crime
in the <lDark Corner." On Thursday
morning about 11 o'clock, while all the
male members of her family were in
the fields working, Mrs. JPlumley was
shot and will probably die. She is the
wife of William Plcmley, owner of
considerable property and of a prominent
family. Mrs. Plumley saw some
cae on the hill above her house and his
movements excited her suspicion. She
went into the yard and saw a man enter
her house. He ran toward the
house and left, taking a trunk containin<r
A a oh a ronnhpri t.hft rtnor. a
gun was fired and she was struck by a
bullet which went In her side, coming
out on the other. The news spread
rapidly. A posse was formed and the
assassin was tracked by the mountaineers
five miles around Hogback Mountoin,
across the headwaters of the Saluda,
the trail ending a few yards from
the house of Van Barwell. Mr. Plumley
gays the JtJurweils were the only
people who knew he had money in
the house. The mountaineers say that
if Mrs. Plumley dies,"the man who fired
nl>A^ -111 tha
IUO iSUUb Will j-IC y Ci vuv uj. vuu
mountains alive. The shooting took
place abont thirty*miles above Greenville,
in the edge of the "Dark Corner."
HI a Terrible Death.
Xew Yore:, June 9.?A peculiar
case of suicide is given out by the authorities
of the prison at Chester. 11J.,
in the death of James Murray, a convict
sentenced from M?rion county,I1L,
for laceny. Murray resorted to all
bin/?<a nf mothnilq tr? avnid working.
Shortly after he came to the prison he
reigned Illness and was sect to the hospital.
So well did he act his part of a
hospital patient that for several days
he lay apparently in great agony, refusing
to eat, and took with eagerness
all the bitter prescriptions prescribed
rorhimby the physicians. His trick,
was finally discovered and it failed to
work on several occasions afterward.
Being determined not to work and
knowing no way out of it but real sickness.
Murray attempted several methods
of carrying out his purpose. About
fnrA nraflVo orr.-? ho 3tB a lftrcrtt nnanMtu
S*VTV nVbCW Mgw "V M?V M
of soap. It was the most successful
plan lie bad bit upon, and he lay in the
the hospital for more tban a week really
suffering. Last Saturday Murray
was released from the hospital, and on
Monday be again succeeded in securing
a large bar of lye soap. This he ate
and was at once taken with violent
spasms. He died a horrible death.
s>?ya ir le a Dr.
Columbia, S. C., June'10?Governor
Tillmon rrroa in vila at. t.hfi stfttfl
JL 111LUOU 1* O O AM vuwv ? ? w
House yesterday, having returned from
the North yesterday morning* The
Governor was in a good humor except
ever the story which was sent out by
the Associated Press about his speech
before the Prohibition Convention in
New York. He denounced the entire
report as false and said that he could
prove it by any officer of the convene
ticn. He said that he had the Convention
with him by a majority of at least
three to cue and believes that the main ^
tx7;m npflppr ten to one. He said
that the 2Tew York Times was the only
paper which came near giving him justice.
That paper headed its account of
his speech "Tillman Wins tbe Day.
Prohibitionists Vote for the South
Carolina Liquor Law." The Governor
was warm under the collar when talking
aboui the way he had been treated
by the Associated Press and requested
Lhe representative of the Association
iere to ask that an investigation be
nade into the story sent out.?Register.
The Viable Snpply,
Nrw York, July 2.?The total visiDle
supDiy of cotton for the world is
2.326.Gil balss, of which 2.735.411
Dales are Am'ericao, against 3.410,803
Dales and 2.774,603 bales respectively
ast year; receipts of cotton this week at
ill interior to^ns 12,089 Dales; receipts
xom the plantations 1,676 bales; crop
n sight 7,178,612 bales.
Hom?a are Hsppy Homes. . ; 'V
Have you ever noticed It? Call to
mi; d the homes of your friends who ]H
have a good Piano or Offfan in the
house. Are they not brighter aad
mere attractive than those where the
divine art or music never enters r io
be sure it costs to buy a good instrument,
but it lasts many years, and will :, m
pay its costs many a thousand times
over by interesting the young folks In
their homes. Don't make the mistake,
though, of investing haphazard. Post
yourself thoroughly by writing Ludden
& Bates Southern Music House, Savahnah,
Ga., the great music house of the
South, established in i8707^i?hey have V
supplied 50,000 instruments to Soath
em homes, and have a reputation for M
fair prices and honorable treatment of
customers; and they represent the lead- ~
ing pianos and organs of America . W*rA
They take pleasure tu corresponding \ ?
with you, sending free catalogues, etc wi
Write them.
A Talk with Tinman. 0
Washington, June 6.?A special to y_
the Post from Winston, N. C., says: $ M
Governor Tiliman, of South Carolina,
was interviewed here this evening on his
return home from New York. He said
that dispensaries and high license will be T f
the issue in tne fall campaign in South J
Carolina. The qaestion will be settled J
bv Democratic primaries in August. "I ^ ft I
will not be a candidate for Governor,but ^ f
will be in the race for Sentor Butler's
seat," paid the Governor, '*and I expect j
to win."
PADGETT PATS THE FREIGHT 1
WhjPajExfrwai Prim fir Goads! tjjk
cead for Catalogue asd Sea What Y? Cm Sail
<? 1 ?<*> for this ,
p I V/ ZLTCASTQAX
5SS200C SOT -con- SK^SS*? J"i -^r?
t:.. ii;y <>l Hureau, {ek^JW jr?8 J-""}
;><->i>tea?l &l Wash- f* ~^n frrl ri?jfe 1 r V|
worth J2S; --2^B
PstcE now $15 |Hateii5^3iB0l m
<>0 other Bedroom 1- ^
*uita, all prices. ~~ ' J'?" a
m $69?'Sf?$37 > ?
Just to Introduce them.
Jgp!^-:;?! Nofrelrhtnald on thia Or f4^rrTM
g&n. Guaranteed to be a
g^d^organ or money y .
s&M WR |f
Elegant Plash PARLOR SUITS, coneirtint
of Sofa, Arm Chair, Rocking Chair, Divan,
and 2 aide Chairs ?worth $46- Will d?nv?
' t to your depot for A88> 1 ?" -v'wl
' Thii No.l
nunc
iT??r
a #00 ownra rasas
With all attachments, for
delivered ^to ymlf depot. ^
%*Tlie rernlar price of thla OM^H^
BUGGY is 65 to 75 dollars. n JH jj?
The manufacturer pays all VlyJB *?*
the expenses and I sell them " LAfll i-?
to too for a4s.7O? y ? SSi
and guarantee every one a ^cSjnpBs^
terrain. No freignt paid *WSBMy
wqhsbukt ? w __ * -ass
Sand for catalogues of Furnitcra, Cocktef
AtAVM RaKv riaTTil^M. Si^VClttL OM3S* Fl^
taqa, Taa S?ta, Dinner Seta, LiaH
SZVJfc MONEY. AMnaa \
L.F.PADOBTT ^ jM
falan/watS
Ii iiiiivv llliva i1uiu m h
iiffi ""1"*! .1
Oaly 190 for a Superb Masoj? & < vf
HXKZjy Organ. 4 sets Reeds, ?a -a
lo Stops. Rich Case. $5 cash < pgj
and $3 monthly. Reduced < S
from $iio. Write Us. t a
BeautliUl Sterling Mirror Top < 3
only$60. 4 sets Reeds, II Slope. < >9
WeiteUs. . |i3
Lovely New Styles at $65 and J (S .
$75. Weite US. > -* - *r-- Jtg ?;
.Elegant New Pianos only $225. (Jg >'
W oxdibiul. at the Phxce. <p?? \ \
WETEB-Us. ca
R Tremendous bargains in nearly ?gg '
Eft new Pianos and Organs, nsed J ?3
ec . a trifle only. Write Us. ?Ij
K , . If yon want a Piano or Organ j tj!
ffi i now is the time to boy It < Js
Ej i right. White Us. (Sa
K I Writ* ns anyhow. Trade is (b3
K I dull and yon can't ask more i
K I questions about Pianos and < 59 _
fl I Organs than we want t& an-1 SB
K I ewer. Try It, please. 4? .
? lien IK sill . i
? | #. SAVANNAH, GA. J 9 1
NOW IS THE TIME TO
FJACE TCUK ORDERS FOR M
Threshers'! ;
- .^i
And I Sell the Be3t in the Market. Write
te me Before Buying. ^ .
Shiazle Machines,
Stave Machines, ^ i
Brick Machines, '-..JJ*
Planing Machines,
Swing Saws,
Band saws,
Gang liip Saws,
and all kinds of
wood working machines.
Grist Mills $115 to $250.
Saw Mills $190 to 3400. .
"Watertown Engines and Boilers. _ _ a
Talbott Eogines and Boilers. r id
PfnirofAM
OCOi V/VJWUVia jjiovawio* ..
Cottoh Gias and Presses
j HIGH and LOW GRADE.
? C. BIDflAM, ; 1
1 COLUMBIA. SiC,