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X I ' * * ' " . 1 .m t. * *>*| VOL. LI. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1897. NO. 46. ?.? -? ' ' jaya ~ ? . . ? 5 ; - . . -s . . , > If WHITE OPERATIVES j l|?|k MAY ATTACK NEGROES IN CHARLES- | ggt TON COTTON MILL. j lllli^^llll? 0 Settled Laborers Shut OCT ?rom yieans j Earning Bread and Barred Oan of the j I|F A dispatch to the Columbia State j from Charleston sa>s the while ope j rativeswho formerly worked In the j arlesion cottcn mill before the re j plait reorganization, have r.ot jet be jl||^ reconciled to their displacement. ||?&egro labor. There are about 300 s sRmite operatives, who cave been in the city ever since the mill shut down last fall, who are out cf employment and absolutely without a means of j r subsistence. They are siniea opera ; tires and are fit for no other vocation j of life. The determination of the new j management not to give employment j to these operatives, who are without j the necessary means of leaving the j city and seeking work elsewhere, naturally excites them, and the strained rela;ions which are now existing betweea these people and the negro j operatives should not be wondered at. ~ ^ Since the mills resumed operation, i & it has osen necessary 10 k=cu ? uc& tail of police officers in the vicinity of * the mills to preserve the peace. The white operatives continue 'to threaten the negroes, and even the owrers of the mill and the property itself, that j trouble of some kind is liable to break j out at sny time. This state of affairs j is not destined to give the new roan- J agement any peace of mind. Thej j wish to continue the employment of j xr?0 H6^rcss c ^ J merly paid to the white operatives and j reap the consequent profits, but the | attendant danger of violence on the j part of the operatives makes the ex- < periment one of great risk and a j source of much alarm to the manage- 5 inent. Th8 operatives recently presented a j communication to the local newspa- s TfOC *?? J3ffi T713.HV I rpCiOj VY UaVU ?t * v* ia??? ? ?? ? -x matters relating: to the employment and the substitution o? negro labor for white. The operatives are determined to present their cause to the public, and' this afternoon the opera tives are distributing the letter in the . form of bills about the streets. They are hung in the street cars and at different public places. The affair has created something of a sensation. [ The letter is caustic, to say the least of j it, and furnishes interesting reading. > Here it is: Mr. Editor: A few days ago the old} familiar whistle that has been silent j so long broke the industrious lethargy | that has prevailed for many months j in this beautiful part of our city. Ic j awakened many from a tried and en S jssg^-- forced indulgence in idleness, but in j ||l|s? stead of joy and gladness it brought j s^SsT sadness? and tears to the cheeks of a ; F large and respectable portion of our j community. It sounded the death j i knell to all their hopes and patient j * waiting; it struck not their ears s.s the { harbinger o? the peace, prosperity and j !|gSS( better days they were looking long- j |||||? ingly for and praying to come," but as ' g|P||g the advance signal of continued in- j ||||||||fc_ activity and want f||??l|p!l' Some had applied and been refused s vwolrnrrnprif. because their complexion \ clearly indicated they were not tinged ] with negro blood. Still they could ij not realize that evidences of amalgamation and no long yeajs of experi j ence were prerequisite to procure employment in the lately revised Char]es | ton"mills. But doubt was dispelled; and truth flashed over their minds as jj they watched the negroes move in the jj direction of the mills. Seething contempt for the propagators of this diabolical conspiracy against white law-T -fk/i *aH tin A tfViapfes. ftJV/J. \JL LLIW^ N.AV w??, dried the eyes and filled feminine 1 hearts with, indignation, and had 5 their voices been equal to the mill's \ 1^. blast, Sir. Witte would have quaked j llliilt upon his luxurious couch of ease, and | pi sworn by all his gcds nothing is less j desirable than a mongrel cotton mill j ||i||f Indeed, the unexpected has happen- j td. Who could read the history of | M&zr Charleston and predict she would be rthe first city of "the western world to \ produce a negro-loving cotton mill j president: the first to issue a manifesto ' declaringit to be bond-holders'pur-j pose to mix whites and blacks in j in southern mills; the first to repudi- j ate social distinction in iabor ana sub- j ject the young, beautiful and innocent! of our southland, on whom fortune j ?- -->* r-i-viT 1 / > r>r^rr> r\At?n<r frsT ! iiaa 1XK/L OiLULLXt VI) vv-1-A^vi.i**-, ?V bread at the side of the uncouth Africans, whose great physical powers adapt them for more arduous and equally needy pursuits. Our objection, as operatives, to ad& roitting colored people to the textile i industries is an admission of their ca-1 pa tilitv to become skilled operatives.] Tf oc cr?rnp es>v tr>Av ?.rft : Tirana b'e of acquiring the kaowiedge necessary in this brancb, then we operatives tave nothing to apprehend, but it is cur opinion they are as susceptible here as elsewhere, and it is well known in every craft where they have acquired knowledge that deterioration of wages set in. For this reason, bondholders are willing to spend $40,000 or $50,C0u for educating them, claiming it to be an investment certain to vield large iflllk dividends. rlt is currently reported mat superintendent Hayden entered into a contract -Trite the mill company to fur nish ithem 300 thoroughly eiScieat colored operatives in one year, cr fi||| forfeit all claims against ihe comaauy, but if he succeeds is :.? have $S per day and a bonus of $5,000 for : his year's services. In addition to other expenses this seems to be s fabulous sum. But it is reasoned among them, by distribution, this 300 can <.quip 3,000 or more at less than it took to prepare the first 300, ana in three years southern cotton mill stccks tvill be quoted at double their yyw?5Pr>? T5!l]?p I ^r-r^qc;pri <?*r.r>lr mpjirs impoverishment of help. Creaicr cf paupers that must sooner cr later fall to public charge. This is no philanthropic movement as the iring-usere &f a citv iournai indi cates, and ''gives these poor people a ehasce to live," but an etfort on the part of capitalists to curtail the operatives' scanty living by destroying their opportunities, as this negro horde has done in every other branch ^vhere they have gained footing. This is not our only nor most serious objection. ^ And is it sufficient to call forth all V nil? energies in onnosino- it; to call to our aid ail those who desire to see oar southland, and not a fe^v individuals, prosper, grow rich and fat under the impetus she has lately received from. Divine provision. If the colored peoples services are so invaluable, then Charleston, with every cornorasa crevice overflowing, j should be the princess cf the western | TTOiid. Clad in rojal regalia, joy asd j mirth should be in every home, with tsbics groaning bereath their rich burdens ana every appetite appeased from the cream of the world. But alas! how j re-ersec?her best appearance is but j cheap mourning &r:d the hardest scuf i fie is maintained at every door to pre j vent the wolf from entering1. We are of the opinion the negro's knowledge of the crafts has been tbe j cause of northern capitalists securing ! in this city such a large an?cunt of ~ork for so small an outlay of money. To the casual onlooker the whirl ana din indicated prosperity, but the ; thoughtful observer could not divine it He sax by the multitude of ne- j groes employe"* that the city was los j ing from 50 to 75 cents per day on each j laborer furnisned, and distant cities j gaining the amount on construction ; that would soon be complete, and for j nanvc t<-> rtamo t:toW q sitpnlns to V>fi i transported. Dividend prayers, in- j deed! Impoverishing their own city i I their own homes and enriching ethers.! To the capitalists they have been of | great advantage; to the community a j great curse. So will it be to the south when they reach the cotton Eiiils. I We claim an equal right with bond ! and office holders in social objections, f ; Aside from competiton and white j supremacy, social status is a strong j argument against colored office hold ers. Not long since while an emin ent statesman of the south was before McKiniev, opposing: on social grounds the appointment of a negro to the Augusta postoiSce, ilr. Wi;te was preparing a declaration of determinations that he would not have c-:rea to issue in any other city of the Union, without first having his valise packed tiVtfjf. rmrrhased for narts un known. Proximity is the parent of social in- [ tercourse, which is loDgingly courted by the colored race, notwithstanding all that has been said to the contrary, and where does it abound more than in cotton mills? Yet Mr. "Witte pro j pose to put the blacks and whites, j male ana female, side by side, under | one roof, thereby opening the doors | to amalgamation ana bastardism, for j matrimoniid alliance is prohibited by j law. If the present national adcnimstra- j tion, at whose disposal are many j prominent and desirable positions, j should decide to give those of this city s :o i:s strongest and most faithful supporters, none would be more vocifer cus in sounding the social alarm, maligning, condemning and in the] most virulent manner holding the ad- j ministration up before the peopleior! rebuke and vituperation, than this! * - -ii - J ! mongrel couon una auvuww. unu, ( if every office at the President's dis-1 posal were filled by ccrzpaient or in- \ competent colored men, it could not j possibly be so disastrous to the peace,! social and financial condition of the | city. I? the colored rasa's status pre j eludes ni-n from competing ^iththej officeholder it should preclude Him I irom competing with our mothers, wives, sobs ana daughters in the light: pursuits of the country, for here in a j large proportion, is the milk from j which the cream arises; adulterate it j and the impurities will be found in the cream and tasted in the butter. If, however, his services are of such j intrinsic value to the city's industries lia relief nut in dangerous I proximity with our maidens, or they I deprived of opportunities for his beneI fit, what consistent reason can be assigned for excluding him from ofEcial positions. If we loved our race less, and like money-glutted foreigners and southern apostates, inclined to de grade c&ucasian blood, we would j cheerfully supoort them for oSce.! T>..i -ni.-rVlf ,TTO / 'Isi'T! I i JL>U.I, AS a U?iJ Slgua MU ? | our race the nrst fruits of the ] land and are determined to oppose j ail foreign socialists or southern: apostates who attempt to deprive us of j ibem. We affirm by all our physical j power and brave hearts not to sit sup-; I icely by and witness this ne?ro horde j | turned loose upon the pursuits of our ] ; mothers, our wives, our widows, cur j I dau&h.ers, our sisters, and rob tkern | I of iheir living. Many Operatives. j ! j A Swindler in Greenville. | One D. D. Marshall has been cut- j | ting a wide figure in Greenvilie since j February. He hails from Chicago j ; ana represents the Sprig Collecting \ ! Agency. of that city, a wealtny con- j | ce?n, with agencies all over the "Chit- j j ed Scates. Marshall had been driving j I about town, doing the society act in j ; great shape and has made many friends j j It appears that he took notes or pa- j [ pers from customers of nis agency as j j fees for membership in his agency, i [ These papers were to be held and paid : ! by collections made for his customers, j | His fast living and free expenditure of j | money evidently caused him to us* j i the notes. He forged the names of j | Hayes and MurfF and Steven Kins: to j notes for twenty-iive cioijarseacn, ana.; sot the paper discounted at the Peo-1 pie's bank. He also presented a forg-! ed note of H. C. Markiey at the same bank, but Cashier Beach&m detected the forgery and the paper failed to pass Investigation showed tnat tie other notes were forged anc Marshall is now in jail. Efforts have been made lo compromise the matter, but King and Hayes and 3?urif refuse to compromise a felony?heace the dashing Marshall languishes in jail. A "SVhite Ulan Whipped. A special dispatch to the Columbia State from Greenville, S. C., says on Frid?y Jim Scott, white, who lives ontnefsrm o? Ed Eirie, below the city, went to travelers Kest, west of the city ana while there grossly in<mHed the wife of John March ban ks. } s prominent farmer in tbat section, j On Sunday night about 200 men collected and rode do^n to Scott's house, lock him out in the yard, stripped him aao. gave hicn an unmerciful healing, and then served notice on him that if he did net leave the county in 24 hours he would be lynched. A guard remained to see that he obeyed the order. Ee left the same night. | Scott was a lormer resiaeat oi wis I county, but has lived for several | yea?-s ia Ttxss, when he 02a :ne deI naorahzid. ! IjCY??* ?n iudlan >1-tides. j Thomas Cronan, a wealthy fcrei^j cer, who recently vre^: :o Dakota to i Link: after cat.:Ie and land, has madt> s i q/Jteer choice of a bride. He met with, i y. number of Sioux, ana Equally brcia^b ! sniliea with 1'Bright Eves.*-' rue belle | of the Standing K^ck Agency, lie baldly approached the girl's sallec father after a few ddjs and declared that he wanted to marry the girl. i Much talk, mucn scQcisasd. great eat| ing followed, and the Sioux maiden i will shortly become the bride of the } wealthy foreigner. TILLMAN AND HOAR. ] i THE TWO SENATORS LOCK HORNS IN j A WARM DEBATE. I The South Carolina Senator Take the Sugar j Scandals for a Text for Another Specch I and Oid Granny Koar Gets the JFIdxete. | The debates is the United States Sen- j ate over the tariff bill has been quite j spicy at times, ard one of the most spi-1 cy occurred between Senators Tillman I and Hoar one day last week. Whi'e i the sugar ?caeaule was under discus- j sion Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts offer-! ed an amendment for the appointment j by the President of a commission of j five members to investigate into tne j subject of sugar production and the j bes; means of supplying the Amerij can market at the least cost. He said j the raising of revenue from sugar had | been a subject of contention for 150 i ? ~ ~ >'? TC.. orv/^ fi c- / Annti'Tr S V ~?li d ILL uugxauu. bU>u UiJLXJ wauiij . | He did not think any considerable portion of the people believed that the men who framed these and former tariff schedules were impelled by any other ihan honorable motives. But the men who make these tariffs are met by subtle and conflicting ques lions which had already broken down one of the senators (Mr. Aldrich.) Mr. Ec?r urged, therefore, that this proposed commission would command the j best tslent of the country in present-1 ino-to the senate the fulle-st iaforma-! tioa coacerniag sugar. Next to tnej development of our virgin wheat? fields, the development of the sugar beet would be the greatest boon to a? 1 riculture. Revertisg again to pub-1 lished statements of irregularity in j connection with the sugar schedule, j Mr. Hoar said although it had been suggested in the press that somebody 1 had been bribing senators, these state- 1 men-.s are received by serious people 1 " ' ' ' _!xi. . . 7. _ _ tHrougnoui tee country - wiin ausuiiue; contempt." | Mr. Allison suggested that this was | sucn an important question that it j ought to be considered by the finance | committee- Mr. Hoar agreed to the j reference of the amendment to the | committee, and this was done. Mr. Tillman of South Carolina then j; answered Mr. Hoar. He said he had j the deepest respect for the distinguish-1 < ed senator from Massachusetts, Sue he \ pernaps had become callous in his long t service, as was indicated by the state-1. fl-iat- f'no Vvfit'f Knf.V) TliiT- I U.tCiO.U J ties treated with contempt the stale- j meats that there was irregularity in j * making the sugar schedule. But, i said Mr. Tillman, when published! statements were made that senators j were in touch with sugar barons, when ] circumstantial evidence was at hand j that a hit are monopoly levied tribute j on the public, tbat the American peo j; p!e were helpless in the grasp of this) octopus, then it was strange indeed, f that any senator should assert that! the peopla treat with contempt thcss j charges! On the contrary, he declar- j ed, they wanted an investigation, j They wanted the honor of the senate j vindicated or the men who stand un 5 der it punished. For that reason, Mr. j Tillman said, he had contemplated an I amendment to Mr. Hoar's'proposition, j' so that the commission would not! only 12 quire isio tee mere | of sugar makicg, but also "whetherj1 the sugar trust has made undue means j tc control legislation ana to get at the i root of how it is, and why it is that j the American senate can't touch sugar r! without gei'.isg contaminated." Turning to tae South Carolina sen-j ator. Mr. Hoar said there were some t: men who seemed to thins mat Gown s beneath the body of the people there was a great mass of seething people eager for extremes. He knew, through!.' and through, ihe character, purposes) < and opinions of the men who get their j * living from the farms and factories of j Massachusetts. H9 had sprung from ? a yeoman, his associations had osen j with that class, ana he knew what] they were thinking about. "The;?*, ; are," he proceeded impressively, "sim- \ ; pis, sincere, honest, liberty-ioving, I ! God-fearine men. They think 20 evil, 1 " > "I !~ ^ 5 ; ana ice appes: w vus p-Assiuus wu : dear ears wish them." [ "Will the senator permit me?"j i broke in Mr. Tillman. i Mr. Hoar Trent 02 without pausing. | The men who make up the farms and i i the factories were the same the coun-j l try over, he said. Their kinsmen had; j turned westward, building up a new j ; emoire there, a large and a more glc-j I riou^ New England. "And I hold," J i concluded Mr. Hoar, "chat to thbj I great bodj of these people, these I ! charges are not only preposterous, but f j infamous." ! Mr. Tillman again was ready with \ j a reply. "A.s to the seething mass of \ \ ignorance, as the senator from Massa-1 | chusctts had designated the rnass&s"? | [said Mr. Tillman, but the Massachu-J i setts senator promptly interrupted j ! him. J I ,;Idesythat statement," said Mr. j j Hoar. k'I said just the contrary and { | my statement is perverted." "Very well," answered Mr. Till- j ! man, "you are the last man I would j be willing to misrepresent to his face." 1 While he claimed no special mis-j sioa, he went on, yet be claimed to [ have come from the farm and from j {tne people, ana to have come to the! | senate more recently thin the senator! j from Massachusetts. He knew, he j I rr> y A Innf "7 r> f O m in S SCLivl, LUai LJLIU ViklJ ixa *.?. IUV wis? AU. this transaction, in the view of the people, was the refusal to investigate and this effort to hide behind the ''senatorial toga.'' If the senate persisted in this, then it was disgraced before the people. Public charges Had been made that bribery was abroad in connection with this subject. "And unless you investigate, you stand convicted," asserted the senator. Alter ihis diverting incident the senate came back to the bill and Mr. Lindsay moved to strike out 1 95 100 merits and insert i 8-10 cents as the j rate on sugar. j This drew from Mr. Allison an ani- j i mated defense of the paragraph. The) ! senate paragraph differed from the I ! original house provision, he said, ic j oiuy one narticular, viz;. the substitu- j | tion of 1.95 for 1.S75, which ciiifereiice j ?amounted to only 71-2 cents per iuajdredpouads. He asserted that the j ascending scale of '3-100 cents on each I i UtfgrtC ClWV C l O V7G& J-L^J - ?XLL j{ ! beaerit to the reSaer. { Mr. Ailisoa referred to the fact thai j i the committee had pursued very large-1 j ly ;he coarse of the Democratic duaace j |committee. Mr. Tiiimaa taea came! j iu with his wariike ''Dj you emulate | or imiiate the vilianies indulged in oy j your Democratic colleagues threej years ago." _ | t "I did not indulge in epithets. I did \ | no*, say villainy/' answered Mr. Alii- i ; son. I "No, I said it," responded Mr. Tillman. The bill 77as laid sside without a vote on ihe pending amendment and at 5:10 the senate held an executive session adjourning soon after. ".'HE BAPTIST CCLLEGSS. * The Ending of a IVI'ist Successful YaatV I Work. The closing exercises of Furman University were held in the chapel I Thursday morning. After prayer by I the Rev. James E Brown of Due West! ihe following oro?ramme was carried j out: Music, Piano Duet?Misses Lottie | and Annie Manly. Announcement of distinctions. Music?Vocal Duet?Misses Birdie; Duckworth and Annie Manly. ! Oration: "Ooportunit^"? F. C.! Bates. Music?Piano Solo?Miss Alpha Mci? l vxnee. Oration: "Impressions from Biog-I rap by"?R. K. Taylor. Oration: "A Cuban's Appeal to j Americans "?M. C. Barion. Music?"Vocal Solo?Miss Sarah Smith. Oration: "Abuse of Political Parties"?James A. Hoyt, Jr. Music?Piano Solos?Misses Katherine and Margaret Moore. Oration: "Social Control"?C. E. Wilkins. Award of medals. Music ? Piano Duo?Miss Annie Manly and Chev. G. Ferrata. Dr. Manly, the president, then de- j lirered diplomas to the following [ class: S Master of Arts?Clarence E. Wil- ( kins of Clarendon, Bachelor of Arts?John K. Hair of j Barnweii, Jacaes A. Koyt, Jr., of Greenville, Robert K. Taylor of Noith Carolina, and Henry K. Townes of Greenville. Bachelor of Science?Frark T, Dar-j Dargan of Greenville. Bachelor of Literature?M. C. Bar- f Ion of Oconee, F. C. Bates of Spartan-! bur)?. Ruth S. Dor;nan of Spartan-1 burg, W. M. Hartin of Fairfield, W. j L Mauldin, Jr.. of Greenville, ]VL J. i McFaadsn of Chester, aad L. C. Blch-J ardsoc of Anderson. Master of Mathematics and Meclnm- * cal Philosophy?F. I. Dargan, J. K. j Eair and L C. Riciiardson. Master of Philosophy?Emma V. | Johnson of Greenville. Mr. L. (J. Richardson, one of thoss J receiving depress, is a recent graduate j of the United States Naval academy, where he won a beautiful sword by his high stand in the academy. He was for several years a student of Furman, where he did such excellent work as to entitle him to a diploma, but he did not apply for it until this year. The Eadel inedal in declamation j was awarded to W. E. Jordm of Ches-1 ter, the Mellichamp medal iu Eaghsh j to 0. H. Holland of Greenviie, and \ the McMillan medal :.n declamation to 1 R. M. Pratt of Bsnuettsville. The graduating exercises of the Fe-j male college were held Thursday] ciight. when th6 address was delivered j by Dr. D. M. Ramsey of Charleston. | The programme was as follows: Pray er. Jfiano Soio? iJfl-iss .borne JKL&niy ana a Obey. Ferrate. Essay: "The World's Forces"?j; Luva E- A^new. Vocal Solo: "Dost Thou Kcow That* Sweet Land'-'?Sarah M. Smith. Address?Dr. D. M. Rarasev. Essay: "Noblesse Oblige"?ilar^u 5 rite A. Tiudal. Dr. Riley, the president, deliv-1 ?red diplomas to the graduates. The programme closed' with thej singing of a chorus for female voices j composed for and dedicated to the j class of 1S97, by Giuseppe Ferrata 1 C.iva:ier, musical instructor of Green- j viile Feraale college; words by Mrs. j M.. H. Cleveland of Greenville. Tiiisj was a beautiful and fitting close to a' successful year's work. The graduates are: Bachelor of Arte?Lu^a E. Agnewj of Donalds, OliJxml B. Jordan of? Gresnviile, Nina W. Riser of Green-{ viile, R jbbie P. Wakefield of Septus, j Neil S. Walters of Hocea Path. Bachelor of English?M. Amelia ? Norris of Vances. Cora C. Parker of j Greenville, Janie E S^rawn of Green-i vill. Kdte H. Sloan of Greenville, andj Marguerite A. Tindal of Felcer. Tiae alumni association, of Furman, at its annual meeting this week, de- [ cided to push the matter of an iilumai j bail and through the efforts of Presi-j dent Koseley and others euoughmoney j has been subscribed to jsutify the belief that work will soon begin- It has j been proposed that the alumni bold a j big celebration in 1901. the semi-centenaiai of the founding of Furman. I The Rev. H. R. Moseley oi Florence | has been elected to the position of; * ? * -- ? * %*+ V\tt nf ! trubifce LU&UC vav^xuu uj mc uuvuu ksx J the Rev. J. A. W. Thomas, and the j Rev. D. W. Key takes the place of G. j A. Norwood ?State. Jcffjrs-a Still L>ivs. William J. Bryan spoke at Char- j iottesvilie, Va., Thursday before the: Washington and Jelfe;s ;n literiry so-1 ciet:?s or tew university, nis suujsut was ' Jefferson Still LivesTne people had congregated from all sections of the country, among them men prominent in business and politics, rcaay of tnem alumni of this old university, who had not seen, taeir almaj mater since leaving its classic shades j ? ~~ ? ^ rf rtA avl-ovif jr?f t ho j y vAVVjab Vi. OiAV A ^A. v N-W v , which this address has attracted j throu^nout the country has surprised every one. 3?r. Bryan was introduced by Mr. Campbell, and his address was, devoted mainly to Jefferson's idea of: government. Alluding to the money : question, he said since such was so decidedly onto? place, he could not deal with it on this occasion. But, he declared. that while he might be wrong, every human being was liable to error, the one need of the people was a currency gooi everywhere, la other words, one which would not Hactuate in value, and which was as good as any other in tbe world. At the conclusion of the address. Mr. Bey an held a reception on the lawn, lasting two hours. Feared an Iave3rlg?Sion. Isaac Nortion, cashier of tne United States Internal lis venue Dsp^rtment of San Francisco, has committed suicide with carbolic acid. He had been notified by Revenue Cjiector Wiiburn that his accounts were to be examined in consequence of the succession of Capi^; * Thrasher as Special Agent of the department. He was UDder bond *?. *?_ _ i! 1 n tor S^U.UUU, wua ins iNauuuai ouxcLy Company o? Kansas, and the collector says that if there is any shorh^s ii cannot amount to more than $o,0U0 ior $5,000. THE DISPENSARY FIGHT. ! Origins^ Package In Charleston and Greenville Closed. [ For some unknown cause the adj ministration will pursue a tUasrcut ; c:urse reasrclic? "original package" | f st&biisbments than at first announced juege oiciomoii s decision oecame known. This was very clearly shewn in a statement which Governor Eilerbee Tnursday gave the press. It j is as follows: '"Hearing from a reliable source that j Mr. F M. Simmocsof Greenville had | opened an 'original p*ckaqs' it >re, I I sent State Detsctive Hew bold up there to lock into the matter acd see if he was selling in accordance with the decision of Jud^e Simonton. Newbold | found that Mr. Simmons was selling beer by the bottle ;.scl also whiskey in the same -way. Upo:i receiving this information, I wired Newboid to have him arrested. Judge Simontoa, in his decision, did not say that a man could break open a crate of beer or whiskey and sell by the bottle. Simmons was an agent o:l a whiskey de. er and not of a manufacturer." Governor Ellerbe then went on to say thai: he had wired Asaistant Attorney Genera! Townser.d, who is investigating original package establishments in Charleston, to have Pinkus sohn, am original package man. ar rested. The chiei executive hoias tna; the dispensary regulations must ba complied with by original package agents; that agents nust directly represent brewers or distillers, and not dealers who handle tbsir goods; thai liquor cannot be stored for sale in this State. On these grounds he ordered | the arrest ol Finkussohn. The gover j nor Thursday afternoon received a telegram stating that Pinkussohn had been arrested and the stock ssiz^d. An i inventory was taken of the goods on hand and the State will hold possession of them without removing them until the case is settled. The governor further holds that as Judge Simontoa in his decision used the word paanufactus'e throughout and nowhere said the dealers in tlae products of manufacturers had the right to establish agencies in this State, he would not permit Pinkussohn to act as agent of dealers, as he is trving to do- Pinkussohn is willing to test this very point, claiming to have legal advice that he has tae right to act as agent for dealers as well as manufacturers. About the storing of liquors in the State and selling by original packages the gove-mor said that an agent can take orders for shipment of liquor from other States for delivery in the original package, but that if he opens j a warehouse and stores liquors in this I State for delivery upon sale, he be-1 comes as much subject to the State's, police power as citizens of this Slate j who might aiiempt to manufacture or j sell liquor. Tae governor, upon con- j sulfation with Attorney General Barber, is determined to maintain these grounds until a further judicial deliv-! erarice: That alcoholic liquors cannot b? stored in South Carolina for sale in this State, I'Jaat the original package cannot be broken and its component quantities sold separately. Thai manufacturers only, and not dealers, can be represented in this State by agents. That the dispensary regulation must be obeyed by original package agents as well as by dispensers. Slaughter oi Spaniards. The neers comes from Havana that a large force under Gren. Qalatin Bandera succeedcd in destroying a body of Spanish near Sabana. Gen. Bandera piassd his men in ambusii and fi TT"A scnn i^ f.o fl-iorfi'ich man ^v.vw. ~ ? i- j a fort where the Spaniards were barricaded. The Spaniards sallied from the fonia pursuit of tiie scDuts, who cuaningly fell back, leadi^^ their pursu ers into the heart o Bandera's ambush. A hot fight ensued, first with mi-.clrot-tr hnf. fins!!? hand to hand. All of Gsneral Bandera's men were negroes -with mschetes. Tea of the insurgents were killed and the entire pursuing party of tbe Soaniards. At Alguis?, a town of -3,0 JO inhabitants, 178 persons di?.d last month from hunger and destitution. Joaquin Vargas, an American citizen, has been arrested at Remedies. has regained Jose Partdo as his ccu-isei, and the latter will make a protest if the authorities proceed to try Vargas by court mar1 '? KavuMiti ! frnm ; bjU&l* JL J 10 i tbat Pancho Carillo has directed that ithe iasurgedt leader Fanteya, a mulatto, be court-martialed and shot. ! From Jaruco come reports of the successful landing of an expedition. ! Judge Hajlan KUlsd. James P. Harlan vras accidenta;iy [killed by a train on the LoursViHe, : TTc.nr>rcr>n sr.d St. Louis rail rfSLV jWednesday afternoon at Louisville, i Mr. Harlan, who was about 70 years | old, was one o* the most prominent ! lawyers in the Sta;e, ecjoyicg i'large j practice a >d holding a high "judicial | office in this county. He had a very [uncontrollable appetite for liquor, and j was iocapaciatec! for business despi'.e i the efforts of his relatives and friends j to briag about his cure. He practiced ; law for several years in Kansas; and [returned to Louisville about tnree : years ago and voluntarily entered. the ! aims house, where he has since resided, t Judge Harlan was oa his way to the railway station to purchase the evenjing paper, as was his custom, when | the train overtook him. He was not i dependent upon the city charities, but jha*d always been liberally supplied ! with money by his relations. He prei Jerred to live at the institution because ' of a personal friendship for the super ; mienaeur,. | Ths yiace to Kuy Horaea. i The Seattle Post says horses have l become so worthless that they can be j purchased for 50 can ^ to %'2 a head, jand nobody wants them at that. They {have bscoaae so numerous on ibe ran ! ges of eastern Washington that they jare now regarded much as wild am; mali, which deprive valuable sheep i ana cattle of the provender needed fox | them. In time, if the number in | creases, they will becom-sport for the j hunter, and the question may very properly arise whether their flesh is ] not as wholesome and nutritious a= jmat or deer. Lynching Statistics. j New York World prints the statistic' oC lynching ii tbe Uaked Elites slues ' January 1, 1SG6 It shows that iherc i were 141 persons lynched in iSDu. OJ I these lynehings 131 occurred In the South and 10 in the north, 86 wer? negroes and 55 whites. Tne World's list for 1897 sho?s that there nav* been 47 nerioas ivnehed so i'ar this | year. NEWBERRY COLLEGE. | : Fourteen Young Men Compose the Graduating Class This Year. The commencement of Newberry ! ?I.: -l. 3 ? J 1 ooiiege, wiiiuii exiucu tjii liisi ?r cuucsday, was of a most interesting character. A dispatch from Newberry to the Columbia Register says Wednesday the opera house was packed from centre to circumference and from bottom to top. The Italian orchestra gave fine sf-lecticas. The exercises began with prayer by Rev. S. T. Haliman, of Prosperity. Then came the j speeches of the graduates,Ire pleasantly anticipated event. The class of *97 I cumbers fourieen young men of i South Carolina, as -worthy a set that ; over set foot from college balls. The following ^as the programme, exeeat that Mr. Boland was detained at home j by sickness: 1 W. B. Aull. Dvson?Salutatory. Clifford Banks, Ne =7berry?Jingoism. W. C. Bynum, Newberry?Conservation of Energy. Jame? Calk, Lexington?'Trusts. J. S. Derrick, Hilton?Victories in Peace. J. M. Long, Newberry?The Power Ot i'tiDHCity. G-. A. Riser, Pomaria?Epidemic Whims. P. D. R^'singer, Leesyille?Religion in Social Questions. F. K. R;of, Brookland?"Pat Money in Thy Parse." E. U. SneO.y. Wnitf-Rock?Personal Virtue in Political Eminence. A. 3. Wells, Ny ?7berry?North. Pole. H. F. Wheeler. Prosperity?Commercial Partnership R.A. Abrams, Newberry?Valedicfwrtr To say that the young men acquitted themselves handsomely would ne bu: a feeble attempt on the part of The Register reporter to express the consensus of opinion. The hearty applause following each speech attested the aopreciation of the audience, as the floral gifts proved ijie popularity of the graduates. There we^e showers of flowers, and many of the boquets were magnificent. The close of the interesting and instructive programme followed the I awarding of medals and presentation J of diplomas. Much interest is always j ta'ocen in this stage of the proceedings, a$ well as in the preceding stages Great interest was manifested in the delivery of the salutatory and valedictory, no less than in that of all the speeches, with tne entire proceedings. The awarding of medals and prizes was as follows: The S. J. Derrick preparatory prize ?to that member "who shall make the highest average ia the senior pre I oaratory class'^-a copy of Webster'^; | international dictionary? was won | by Mr. Geo. W. St. Clair, of Caarles | ton. Presented b / Rjv. M. M. Ki>nard, of Columbia. I The Dr. 0. B. Mayer freshman prize ilof ten dollars in books?'"to ttiat freshman who shall stand the best examination for admission into the c*r\-r\ V> r\r<r% r\\*a s%\o?sc?" nrro O WAH Kt7 ?yTr 1 D. R. Riser, of Saluda. Presented by J Rev. E J. Sox, of Lexington. The Thomas W. Holloway and W. A. Moseiey sophomore Greek medal? j "a gold medal annually awarded fcoj that sophomore who has sustained thej cest examination in the Greek lan- j gua^e''?was won by Mr. W. A. Rast, | of Orangeburg. Presented by J. B.! O'X. Hollo way,, of BeilwGod. ! The J. F. J. Caldwell history medal s 4ia gold medal to thai member of tht' senior class who shall pass the best j j 'VAc,UiiUMliVa V-U. uu v j two years reading in history" (subject j I for 1S97: Green's Shorter History c? j j Ea^'land) ? was wo a. by j&?\ E U.! 1 chealy, of White Rock, presented by j | Rev. M. 0. J. Kreos of Augusta. : The George 3. Mower essay medal j |?"a gold medal aanuaily a-varaed id j I that member of the senior class whoI has written the best essay on a subject j ? designated by the facult?"?the essay j i being a r^auisite for graduation (sub j - - i Lf> . ! _ 1_ _ 1 Cl.,4* ! : jsci tor icy /: "ceii-ueip versus ; \ help1')?was won by air- Robert A. | j Adams, the first honor' man. Pre-1 } seated by Rev. Dr. J. C. Mosey, of j Hickory. N. C. j The presentation speeches were all! ! good and to the point, *" The remarks of President Cromer,! \ which closed the memorable occasion, j j were particularly iiaapy ana appropri- j i ate. They were words "fitly spoken." j I Asd thus ended commencement, i 1 Bright were the exercises. Bright! are the future prospects of Newberry j I College. iiyuropnooia ^ur?, According to tha Medicine Moaerne,! a jFrench missionary in China witnessed recently bow two of his terriers were bitten by a rabid dog, and was very much worried about it. Several Obinese who happened to be there told him that his worry was absolutely uncoiled for, since they had an ua doubtsdiy safe preventive agiinst the poison of a rabid d.jg taking effect, aod to nrove the assertion five Caiua J men wno naa osen. omta in. ixuirca ui !s last year by a mad uog ^ere presented to the missionary. He foand thai the Chinamen eat of the raw liver of the t mad dog after being bitten, and if Ittiey partako of this with-ic. a given time after the accident, it i^s said they V71I1 noi oa SUUJSCi, LUIt is curioas that Piiniu's in his Natural History recommends eaticg the , liver of a mad dog, if bitten., as raw as possible, and they who could rot, swallow the liver raw should have it cooked and drink the broth therefrom. It is not positively known whether this remedy is feScicious.but it ao?;-ar> to be worthy of investigation, particu lar.;y since this seems to be the actual beginning of the isopathic treatment since perfected by Pasieur and Koch. Fausy Jacttsoti's U?Hdiy Gun Ed KiUore. a contractor and build' - - i j - xr:. _ ; er, met bis aeata at tae /zanus 01 ixLiis . {Fanny Jackson and her three brothers | Thursday. KilgvXrf was sitting in the : waiting room atLadonia, Texas, when ' j i:i'S Jackson, accompanied by a sister i r.nd three brothers, entered, the men | j uking positions at the doors. Tne ' i sir! drew a revolver and fired at Kii . ;?cre. Tbe buiiet wer.t wide and | ? struck her brother, 3rode Jackson in ' j his forehead, killing iuslautiv. Kii! gore dashed doTrn the raiiro&d track i behind sotne freight ars. Bud Jack ison. another brother, iaterc-:pted him ; and shot him in' the back. After Bad j; Jackson had emptied his revolver, I j Hiss Jic^s^n w.i!k-jd up and fired ; | three more shots into lx tigers, ex;; claiming: k,You coward, jou have > slandered me Ion* enough." Exi lamination s do wed that nice snots hsti 5 taken eifeet, auv one of v7hich -.vouad b r.rnsred fatal. WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT COTTCN. Mr. Dtl/eon "Vrould Conflne Hon. John Gary to Diapensarice. Mr. Perry M. De Leon, of Atlanta, who has been engaged in the cotton business for many years, takes exceptions to the statements of ex Got. John Gary Evans, of South Carolina, in regard to the cotton tax. Mr. Be Leon has studied tbe question closely, and is regarded as an authority in his section^ In speaking of the matter to a reporter cf the Washington Post, he said: 'I notice in your columns an interview with John Gary Erans. ex Governor of South Carolina, in which he scouts the idea of the cotton tax being of any bent fit to the cotton planter, and denies that Egyptian cotton comes in competition with aav grades of i ^.LUCIlCaU. A.LL'D U.VU. V | may know a good deal more of dispensaries, which seem to be the Alpha and Omega of modern South Carolina statesmanship of the reform school, but he evidently knows nothing of the subject he discussed. Egyptian cotton has invaded our markets since my connectisn with the cotton business, hence I sought information from recognized authorities. "In 1396 we raised about 33,000,000 pounds of Sea Island cotton and imported 55.000,000 pounds of Egyptian. The president of the New York Cotton Exchange, Hon. Gustavus C. Hopkins, writes me: 'Egyptian cotton certainly does compete with our long staple.' Again he says: 'Although a j i tree iraaer. 1 co 1101 see way, xx xn.e? i North is to have protection on her wool j !-and other articles, the South should i not have it on her coucn and rice.' A ] prominent merchant, whose firm were the first importers oa any scale ofl Egyptian cotton, tells me every pound j of Egyptian colton displaces so much j of our Sea Island cotton and the extra j staple cotton of the Ya^oo Delta and j Brazos bottoms. It d oes not afect our | ordinary uplands. Yet the Hon. John j Gary E^ans and Senator Chilton, of j '"P -i 4" AV /?/MVm?k^Q TTT'Tt'lr* 5 L^JL I UO 11 UUCO VV^LLjJVA. TV jLfcijL any variety of our cottons. kThe country will hardly accept their testimony on the subject of cot ton in pre/trrence to the authorities I quote. My own State, Georgia, raises two-thirds of the Sea Island crop, and our Senators did a wise and patriotic thing when they ignored parlies and voted for a tax on cotton. Having the approval of their constituents, as they ao, they will scarcely care for the criticisms of Mr. Evans. His remarks were evidently aimed at Senator McLaurin, whom he desires to succeed." On the Right Line. The Washington correspondent cf the News 1.3d Courier says Congressman Stokes Taui-sday offered a joint rpsnlijiion nrovidinp' for an amend ment to the Constitution in favor of J an income- fax.' When ratified by J th~ee fourths of fae Legislatures of the several States- it shall be part of the j Constitution; * tiamely: . 'ArticleVI^.The power of Con-] gress to levy and collect direct taxes j shall not be restricted exclusively to the methods of apportionment among ] the several States", according to their j respective numbers, but Congress shall j have full power to lay and collect a j tax upon incomes, without regard to ] the source or sources whence the in-j come is derived. La laying such tax j upon incomes regard may be had to j certain classes or grades of income, I fixed, by law according to amount, but | | the tax upon incomes of the same class j | or grade shall bs uniform throughout | j the United States." j "I introduce this amendment/' said : Dr. Stokes, kkto provide specifically for j i a graduated tax uoon incomas. So far j | as I examined the resolutions already i introduced on this subject, they do j j not go far enough in this direction. 1j j look confidently for ward to a time] I when the government must seek other! [sources of rever-ue in lieu of iHe tar- j | ilf. The country will avraks in a few j j 3ears from i's present protection v.ej bauch, and I wouiu open the way for I j raising revenue by direct taxation. In ] I ray judgment,this would of its :lt tend ] | to cjic do^ii extravagant expenditures j I viTivc vVOJj(I inus I1I8 i?XLU.w tli-LLC itU j jcomDiish. t^o ieadin* reforms of the j ! Democratic platform, reducing cxpen- j 1 ses to the necessities of the Govern j ! ment economically and honeitly ad ! j ministered. and compelling wealth to! I bear its just proportion of the burdens i of taxation. ~ J E>pt Their Child i&h Tows. At Sen&ca on Tuesday of last week j Mr. Ciias. F. Younger, of Spartanburg and Miss Mabel Bancroft, of Atlanta, 1 j were married. xne lolloping relative i i to the affair and contracting parlies is I taken, from the Atlanta Constitution! j of Thursday: "Miss Mabel Bancroft,! 'the sixteeu-y=ar old daughter of Mr.\ I G-eorge Bancroft, of this city, and Mr. j j Younger, a young man of Spartan-J bursr, have loved each other since childhood. Years^ ago the young ' ^rt'ir.la nATt r?.or>r" m P9h nthfr. ! The boy was sixteen arid Maoel Bani croft was eleven. "When the two 'children parted they vowed that they j would love each other always and ] would some day marry. That vow i was kept on Thursday. The two ! and arf" r.Off happy in their South. Carolina homo. Several days a?o Miss Bancroft went to visit ker sister, who is the wife of ] Rsv. W. J. Wood, of Fairburo, Ga. I Yesterday morais? she started heme, j but when she reached the depot she ?Wt for Spartanburg with Mr. C. F. j Younger-' Before leaving Fair burn j Miss Bio croft bad eoniided to Miss jLzzie Marsbmau, another young lady | visiting Mrs. Wood, that s!~>e intended i to elope. She first bound Miss Marca| man to keep tbe elopement a secret | until after 1 o'ciock, by which hour i sha said sr.ft would be married to her ! lover. At 1 o'clock Miss b?&rshman ! broke the ners to Mrs. Wood. The ] parents of tbe young girl, who live on Marietta street, are very much agitated ever the marriage. Tne first intimation they had of the elooement was from a telegram from Younger himself, saying, "Mabel and I will be marrk-d ?i5.30 o'clock." L'ns >>pa?'lanburg Herald speaks very highly of Mr. Younger. VFkole Vi!lag:s I?estrcyed. The reports thai all of the buildings at Shillon;r, India, had been destroyed by earthquake, are confirmed. Mr. McOah?, the British resident deputy commissioner, w killed by a failing house, fend tap Eagii^li ladies asd - - - - / children are sun-snug intensely irons exposure. Tee towns ef Sylhet and C^errapunji were leveled to tbe ?70unci aud whole villages subsided The losses are so great that it is feared that much suffering is inevitable in several populous districts. J WEATHER AND CROPS. j THE CONDITION OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S FARMING INTERESTS. The Regular Weekly Bulletin ol the Weather Bureau issued Monday qy Director Bauer?The General Outlook. The following is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops of the State issued last week by Observer Bauer of the South Carolina section of the United States climate and crop bureau: TEMPERATURE. The temperature was about normal, the mean for the week having been 76 while the normal is approximately 77. The fore part of the week was below normal while the last three days were very warm. The highest temperature reported was 100 on,the 12fch at Beaufort, the lowest 57 on the 9th at Columbia. PRECIPITATION. Tne wsather was showery on the 7th, 8th and 9th, and showery condiditions prevailed in places on thi 12th. Heavy washing rains occurred during the first of the week, with considera Die flooding 01 lowlands, ana material injury to crops in Spartanburg, Greenville, Fairfield, Clarendon, Newberry, Edgefield, Orangeburg, Barnwell. Laurens, Greenwood, Anderson, York, Kershaw, Lancaster and Bamberg. A.t the close of the week it was still too wet to plow bottoms and in places uplands in Chester, Chesterfield, Berkeley, Spartanburg, Bamberg and Horry. The average of 50 measurements for the week was 2 07, and the normal is approximately 1.04. Seven places reported less than 1.00 of rain, 24 places from 1 to 2 inches, 19 places over 2 inches, among them were the following heavy rains: Blackville, 3.69; Mount Olare. 4.18: Looners. 5 93: Jef feries Creek, 3.10; Pinapolis, 4 44; Barksdale, - 4.10; Santuc, 3.11. The correspondents at Inman, Spartanburg county, reports nearly 15 inches of rain in six hours on the 7th. It is described as having1 been in the nature of a cloudburst. Streams in the vicinity were higher than ever known and . a great^deal of injury to crops, etc., jA TToil motainQl i-Mlil-mr "fn nATTl fi&SRfli cotton, fruit and tobacco, occurred in J|| Edgefield, Fairfield, Anderson, Mar- jm ion, Sumter, Chester, Pickens* Clar- Jg endon, Florence, Hampton and Or- jflB angeburg. Hail also fell, but without AM doing any material iajury, in Spawffl tanburg, Newberry, Barnweli, L^nHHRmHn ington, Richland, Chesterfield, Jffij lington and Saluda. JH Sunshine varied greatly in difajg portions of the State, but wasj| aged about normal with . 63 of the possible. &| CEOFK J The adverse conditions ojj| week were altogether phfl therefore local, and consis? of high water flooding bottM heavy rains washing slopeflj beating down corn, cotton ? co. Comparitively speaking* S.CTA wag /.nnfinoH in ||||||| THM) the counties already nam?H Abbeville and lower Barnwelir^H were received of crops suffering rain, and from Spartanburg, ChesSJ Lancaster and Chesterfield ox too mol rain for plowing and that crops alM getting to bs fouL tS9| Chinch bugs continue to destroyl?| Ig corn and other vegetation over Chester and York; cut worms in Dorcaes- *Wjt gS ier, Colleton, Hampton and Williamsbur?, but corn has generally made rapid growth, and in many places is ^jH being laid by. The corn crop does not corns up to an average condition in either size or stand, owing principally 9 to broken stands on bottom lands ma caused by worms. Replanting still JR |f going on. " JS* isfactory progress during the Grass threatens the crop in sorn^M ities, but the plant is of suffijtf and the prevailing hot, sua er ?:ili enable farmers tjqS readily, and is also the ^flj suited for the develop Squares are reported pleffiin&fl the plant is large enoughJgH is unseasonably scaall Blooms have been noted but are as yet scarce. Lice fields, but are not general. Tobacco has developed rapiai^H | iv ana is now in exceiiem u>uuiuui.w|^^nn I except that worms are numerous in^S M [ Florence, while in Florence and ClarI endon, and to a lesser extent in some I other counties in the tobacco district, ||j 'hail has done material injury to the plant. Rice is growing nicely, but in Colleton young rice has been attacked by caterpillars with, however, but slight '? ? *< >? Trot- To +Via riBAMof/iwn flnr? i* xixj ui y ao j ^u. xu buv vvr.*. ^ ww ?. ?. Horry districts rice is doing welL Peas are being sown, on stubble land iacd in with corn. Seed scarce in j Chester and Georgetown, but reported i plentiful in Newberry county. | Wheat harvest has made fair proI gress, and the yield is generally rej ported up io an average and very satisfactory. I Oats harvest nearly completed for j winter sown. The yield about up to | an average. Spring sown, has improvhut Trr-i 11 o ru-tnr nwvPT'fnfV I t-Uj yvAK TTAU VV M I^VVA V.VjV MW | V* ?? 3 less. Some oats shocked on. the fields | were damaged slightly by the rains I early in the week. Melons are doing better since the k rains, but have a poor stand and in ; places are attacked by bugs. Will be j late. J Transplanting sweet potato draws | continues. Oae locality reports draws scarce, but generally they are plentiful. t In the trucking districts the condi* ' ' j i lions nave improveu vcrjr muuii, wu jlate vegetables aie doing well, j Pastures have revived, and now af; ford good grazing. Gardens in excel] lent condition. Minor crops, such as j sugar cane, sorghum, pinders, Irish potatoes and other food and forage I crops are fully up to or above any avS erage condition. Fabulous Gold Mine, j A strike of fabulous richness has ! j ast been made in the ninth level of i the Gregory bobtail mine at Central \ City, Colorado. The real value of | tbe ore found cannot be learned, as ; the opsrators of the inine refuse to di vulge it, and have placed an armed X. | guard at the mine, but it is known [that the vein struck is two feet in ! vrid-.h and is so full of wire gold as to ; run m.&uy UU.KJ uoauu vav^.i, t ? ?j fcv ?vi?* ^ :The Gregory has been. worked con? s'aatiy for the past thirty-eight years. } The property is being worked by the I Gold Coin Mines Compeny, a corpora\ iion composed of New York mem