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O YOK IJ1L' WINNSBORO. S. C., WED^^DAT. MARCH 1, 1899. ?-30 pT CLOSING SCENES. . ^ ' ? The Legislature Finishes its Work ! 'iKSkr.--- ^ .> and Adjourns. .-TJ-i-, ;- *z. r f&JCH HEAVY WORK DONE. ! fcv* ? 7 " - * ?' * J" -:> Appropriate and Customary Res^ olutions Were Adopted in ?*: , Both Houses. Interesting ** - x. Farewell Features. ^ v. Tbe lart session of the general assem.'JblyofSouth Carolina for this century |F^ ..^journed Wednesday morning at 3 ' 'aeioek.' The%esfeion has been a most *-- : * * ' A 11 O ^ .X* 1 pleasant'one, devoid 01 an lacuvusu feeling. It was feared that adjournment ntr * could not be reached Tuesday night Jr but as there were. csarcely any differeace as to tie amendments to the gen >-.? era!.-supply bills, the adjournment was I- v. - - reached sooner than expected. 'I' Tuesday night at the house there was the accustomed delay on accouDtofthe deliberations of conference and free conference committees, but all the important bills :were acted upon finally, and the^geneia3 assembly was declared adjourned sire-die at 3 a. m., "Wednesday ^orning. j. r After ail the business naa oeea transacted on motion of Mr. Bacot, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole and Mr. WiEkler was called: to ifche chair. " Mr. Bacot then in" feeling-words ex pressed the appreciation of the speaker's fairness and efficiency as felt by the house. Mr. Bacot said: Mr. Speaker: Your friends and supporters in the house, to the number of ^ "* * 1 tt-1 fVi o torr. 123, aesirea 10 preseu b \SJU TTXVU Ut vwu.. r gible token of their respect and regard, ^ and as one of the number* and as speak- ' erfor the other 122, it is my pleasure to place in your hands this gold-headed walking stick, which we have had suit ; ably inscribed. May it yield you in the later years of your life as strong a f support as your friends and compatriots ? ? ~ ?J Tr.m nrtnfimip f-.rt cive nave given auu n m ? ?? 0_. _ you here and elsewhere, and let it ever remind you of the good fellowship and pleasant associations which have characterized the House of 1899. ^ ;}~" Speaker Gary was much affected by * this visible and lasting token of esteem ?na although he has been more than , once similarly situated, he expressed _ his thanks in terms of deepest sinceripfS' fcy. He said: : ' Gentlemen of sthe House of Sepresen; r c i^vesf j lscarcely know how-to thank yon for this evidence of your regard. ^ ' To be thus honored by the legislature ' of South Carolina is something of which. ** ' any man may be proud. I assure -you * : .that I appreciate this honor to the fullest. If the work of the house has been satisfactorily conducted, it is due largef* iL ly to the uniform courtesy 01 me ioeuir bers and the hearty cooperation vrhich you haveualwavs accorded the presiding f officer. There have been heated debates upon this floor, men . have attacked, measures with zeal, but there has been an utter absence of bitterness and per sonality, and I venture , .the .assertion W. tVu ^nse of the last legislature of the Nineteenth century finds as few ... . heartburnings as any that has ever been fj- held. _ # ^ , ... ; 7- :: - ;.. This* tangible evidence-of yoiir esteem will always remind me of the warm friendships that have been formed and. ^ . of the good fellowship that has prevailed. Let us hope that these friendships "ySL, are the harbinger of an era that will rey down to the glory of South Carolina'. And now gentlemen, in bidding you - . farewell, let me thank you again for , . your kindness, and to wish for each of you a happy return to your homes. : . _ IX THE SENATE. . I It was at 3 a. m. cxactly, after an all r,r- ' night's continuous sitting tnat, on mo- i . , v. Jtion _pf Mr. Waller, the senate adv journe'd -sine die. Xot over 15 senators with disheveled hair and sleepy eyes were present when president 3IcSweet _ ney's gavel fell for the last time the u present session, and with feeling in his * voice he announced the State senate adjourned sine die. Hardly had the words been spoken before every senator was on his feet, hustling into overcoat .j . and saying a final farewell to the few remaining colleagues who had braved out the vigil with him. About 11 o'clock, on motion of Mr. Mayfield, the senate resolved itself into n -V.i. a committee 01 tne wuuic, nuu ' .} Barnwell was called to the chair. Upon President McSweeney leaving the stand Mr. May field offered the following resor . lution: Be it n. solved, That the thanks of the senate are due. and are hereby tendered, the Kon. M. B. McSweeney for ~a his .courteous, impartial and efficient discharge of the duties devolving upon him as the presiding o&cer 01 tnis r. body. 2. That the same are due, and are hereby tendered, to the president pro . tem. of the senate. 3. That the senate commends the 5_. clerk, sergeant-at-arms, assistant clerk .>. f and the other officers and employes of tjie senate for their faithful discharge -of the duties of their respective posii;: tions. A 1 t _1 1. _ - Mr. (iraydon ana uoi. -iiancn spos.e ' to the resolution. -- Mr. Scarborough otterred the follow_l" ing resolution in appreciation of the daily press. Resolved, That the thanks of the senate be extended to Messrs. C. B. ^ Smith and A. S. Salley, Jr., represenHRB^tatives of the press, for their full, fair IS flfeg>d impartial reports of tbe senate proEj Reelings at the present session. hl- president m'sjveexey. Kjhe committe of the whole having H| Halved,' President McSweeney real Bed the chair and responded to the |^H^^^^Ktions in a short and appreciative mk keenly, he said, the expresMonfidenee in him contained in Bions just adopted.. He had k to be fair and impartial in Hrcmembering alway that he ^Ltver. a body of represenIkds, whn had .only the-' [k Sbj^th Carolina at" took the oath of oSce B&had statedrfran^ly_; ?ence<? but he $'ac( ftjsurteous, ami the, ^rmonious. " He be fair, and Bhe endorse merit of the senate in the resolutions just adopted. The kind words of the senators would make him look forward to the f'utuie with brighter hopes and endeavor to be a better man. He thought the reference to the clerk and attaches of the senate eminentl}' i>roDer. They had been here to serve the senators and their State, and had been always ready to do their duties promptly and efficiently. He hoped the senators upon their return home would find their loved ones in the enjoyment of good health and that they would all return to the nest session with renewed energy and vigor and determination to serve their State better than ever before. When President McSweenoy concluded, in violation of its usual rule, the senators joined in a warm applause of their presiding officer. rronvv Trt TVPATTT TNT "RTS A "RMS. XAUbu xw i/uum, The Crew of a Schooner Eescusd After Days of Suffering. The crew of the schooner James E. Bayles; shipwreeked and abandoned at sea, arrived at Xorfolk, Va., Wednesday morning and told of their awful sufferings and the death of the wife of Captain E. H. Darling, who froze in her husband's arms. The Bavlss sailed from Cazones. Mexico, for New York on-January 23d, with a cargo of cedar and mahogany, She was a doublerWl-Ar? tKree-masted schooner of 372 w - ; tons, net register.. All went well until Saturday, Feb. 11 when off the Delaware capes, some ninety miles at sea. the storm struck her. Snow and sleet fell and ';he storm increased in violence. On Monday the schooner sprung a leak, and on Tuesday, while the pumps were being worked to the utmost, they broke beneath the deck and the schooner filled fast "--wl- "Rtt -morMfnll she <*UU Bii.ua. j. was awash, the seas swept over her, and the crew, lashed to the ral, suffered dreadfully from the cold. Mrs. Darling, the captain's wife, a resident of Huntington, Lon.j Island, who had been for hours he Id by her husband in his arms, succumbed to the fearful cold and died. For hours afterwards, from Tuesday untH "Wednesday, tho hpr bodv that the seas should not sweep his dead wife away. The seas carried the boats and taffrall away on Tuesday and shortly afterwards in order to lighten the standing rigging the mast were cut away and went by the board. For three days, hoping against hope that help migh.t come, the crew, without food or water, "stood lashed to tKe rail, the cold waves washing over them almost continuously. Three steamers passed; one stopped when some five miles away, but probably concluded that the wreck had been abandoned by the crew and passed on._ Those xrboard the Bayles having neither" fire nor flag Could hot signal her. She was* a big pissenger liner, bound probably.for New York. , On Thursday about noon, when hope was, the shipwrecked men said almost dead, the schooner Mount Hope, Captain McLean, bound from New York to Norfolk, came along and took them off in a boat, manned by Mate Gould and two men of the Mount Hope. Everything that men could do, Captain Darling, of th? Bayles, said Captain Mc Lean, Mates Gould and Anderson and the crew of the Mount Hope did for the sufferers. The saved men lost everything with the exception of the clothes they stood in. The only one seriously injured is Steward Fred E, JBalcom, of To Mill steet, Brooklyn. His feet are irozen. - Will Work Without PayCol. John P. Thomas makes the following statement in regard to the work of the Confederate historian: . Inasmuch as the general assembly has made no provision for the continuance at present of the work of this office. it becomes neeessary for the undersigned to define and declare its status. The offiee will remain open to the reception of Confederate papers and to such amendments and additions to the rolls a3 may ho !sent in, with the view of further perfecting the record of South Carolina in the war between the States Until he returns his commission to the governor-of the State, the undersigned, while otherwise engaged, will be pleased to make this, contribution to the cause of the Confederate soldiery of Sjmth Carolina. Jno. P. Thomas. Rescued Mariners. The British steamship Yittoria, Capt. Wetherell, arrived at Baltimore Wednesday with four of the crew of the missing Hamburg-American liner Bulgaria. The rescued mariners arc Mate Ssharges, Quartermaster Carl T ?J * 1-- Q/iVtiilrr o rr rJ ^nQTYIQn JLlUUitvC auu UUUL UV/UU1K auu William Starke. They were picked up by the Victoria from an open boat of the Bulgaria three and a half hours after they had been cast adrift in latitude 40.north, longitude 43 west on February 5. These, with the 25 women and children who were picked up by the tank steamer "Weehawken and landed in Pontadel Gada, Azore islands, a week - ago, are all that have been heard from the crew of S9 men and 41 passengers which the Bulgaria had aboard when she sailed from New York for Bremen, January 28.. No Soldier Executed. In reaching the decision to recommenojalong term of imprisonment in the nf a ririvate in an Alabama regi ment who had Killed a.mail in an affray, Judge Advocate General Lieber has completed a remarkable record, disposing of the last of the capital cases that had come before his department for review without in any single case imposing the death penalty. Thus the war has-passed without the execution of a single soldier on account of military rm1. ?J ^ V/i crimes. Jims is otnevcu tv uc nuwuw parallel i& history. There were crimes committed,r but they lacked malice or premeditation, aifcr there were no aesertions'becznise of cowardice or treachefv. 7 >; Martial ?aw at Manila. Aio^ OtThursday issued a 'general otdmr- directing all the inhabitants1 dly-Mgnila, until otherwise ordered;' toccmfine themselves to their Louies afterjf o'clock in the evening, when the i2^efe,?will be cleared by the police. |Tiie general also warna incendiaries and" suspects that they will be severely dealt with if discovered in any locality* [ s ' MONEY IN TOBACCO. | | Many of the Farmers Are Getting Rich Planting It. I I FIGURES SHOWING PROFITS, j I Practical Results Obtained by Wide Awake Farmers in East ern North and South Carolina. Up to a few years ago it was thought - j. xi.?u, Uiai COICOU was lUC ULUJ uium luai tvuiu be profitably grown as a money crop in this State, but the experiments with tobacco in the eastern part of the State has completely exploded that idea in that section. The statement can be safely made ^without fear of being disputed that no crop in the South has orpr nrnvfin so profitable. all things con siaered, as tobacco in the Eastern section of South Carolina. If you doubt this statement ask the people of Darlington, - Florence, Marion, Sumter, Marlboro and other counties in this State where tobacco is grown. A few years ago experiments were made with such wonderful results that South Carolina now grows millions of pounds of tobacco of the finest leaf. Tobacco : growing in these sections has changed the condition of the people to a wonderful degree. Before the adven: of tobacco the plantations wero mortgaged, and in many cases to their full value, and the farmers, as a rule, owed more than they were able t? pay. All business with the planters was done on the : credit system, with all the evils which that system means in the South. But tobacco came as a harbinger of better days, and from its mystic leaves fell , the shekles which have made the once impoverished planters independent. In dealing with the question of money making from tobacco culture, it is the aim of the writer to quote exam* " 1 - x .r pies snowing tne amount tu luuitvw grown to the acre, and also the price . for which it sold. To better understand . such figures it is well to inquire at the , outset as to the actual cost of produc- ' ing and curing tobacco per acre. Some years agOfthe writer asked the question . of twenty leading tobacco growers, a? to the probable cost per acre, and the average cost was placed at $35.50 per acre. Some estimates were as high as , '1 :J V.>.1^TTT owners ieii cuusjluciciui^ uciur $30.00. A noted club of tobacco men . in the central part of North Carolina ( made a study of this question through ; a number of years, and they placed the i average at $38.00 per acre. To show , how profitable tobacco has become we 1 ^eg leavft _to give t.hp namw and pnst- j office addresses of leading planters in , different sections, so that the reader , may verify every statement we make. , Twelve years age not a pound of tobacco was grown in the State for shipment, while the crop planted this year, it is estimated will yield fifteen million pounds. . i The "average yield per acre in South , Carolina is from 900 to 1,200 pounds, < while in the colder sections of Virginia , and North Carolina ^the average is Delow 600 pounds per acre. As in eastern Xorth Carolina, so here the coming , of tobacco has changed the conditions ; of the ;>eopIe, placed them on an inde- , pendenc footing and enabled them to ] buy for cash iiistead of doing business f on the credit system. i One-of the most remarkable examples i is that of Capt. Paul Whittle, of Hirer- j dale, in Florence county. On 30 acres of tobacco he made a clean profit $2,400, j besides raising an abundance of home j supplies.* Capt. Whittle is from Massachusetts. He came to South Carolina several years ago, and during the last , five years has made a small fortune growing the yellow weed. j F. M. Rogers, Jr., of Florence, was one of the first planters to experiment ; in On one cron he aveiaged a 1 yield of 1,085 pounds per acre, and sold the crop on an average of 24 cents per pound. Mr. Rogers has grown two crops of tobacco, which have netted him a clear profit of $9,390. S. A Gregg, of Florence, gives an interesting statement, showing the com parative pronts id cotton, com auu tu- ( bacco, which is herewith produced: ( 116 acres of cotton, 52,018 , pounds at 5?c $ 2,447.40 116 acres of corn, 1,400 bushels, at 60c 840.00 $ 3,486.40 Cost of making corn and cot- i ton $ 2.351.38 Deduct yalue of corn not sold 840.00 Profit on cotton 295.02 25 acres tobacco, 24,410 lbs, sold for . 2,529.25 Expenses of making tobacco 1,000.25 Profit on crop of 25 acres... 1,529.00 Profit on cottpn crop, 116 acres 295.02 Total profit ...$ 1,824.02 While the profit on this tobacco crop is not so large as many others that could be given, still it shows remarkably good farming in these times when prices are depressed, .and it further shows how far ahead of other crops tobacco is a money crop for the Southern planter. At Darlington, S. C., C. S. McCullough, who is both a business man and a large planter, has made a remarkable average in tobacco-growing, several crops reaching as high as S200 per acre. At the same place. B. F. Williamson, W. E. Dargan, D. M. Smoot, and many others whose names conld be given, have made averages of $150 and $200 per acre on tobacco growing within the past five years. In Florence county, M. S. Haynesworth and J. C. Brunson, whose postoffice is at Florence, have averaged $200 per acre on large crops, and -J. P. Gregg and H. T. Harlee, and others, at Mars Blu2 have done the same. B. S. Ellis, of Zion postoffice. near "vr?TOO aftrps in tobacco xUailVU, piaukvu - ^ - ?? in 1898. The average yield per acre was 800 pounds. He sold the entire crop of 80,000 pounds at an average of 12A cents per pound, and after dea ctall cost of the crop, had $7,200 profit, which appears as a very good business in these times of close competition. C. "W. Rogers, of Marion, made an average of $100 on his entire crop, and after counting off all expenses of his toi bacco crop, had a clean profit of $05 per acre. W. A. Godbold, of Marion. planted a crop of 40 acres the past year, and gathered 40,^0U pounds of tine tobacco. Fie sold his entire crop for $3,200. The cost of the *crop was $2,200. leaving Mr. Godbold a profit of $2,000 on one crop. In Darlington county J. H. Privett sold the product of 18 acres in tobacco for $3,300. The entire cost of his crop was only $230, which left a clean profit of $2,070. S. M. Green, of Sardis, sold the to* - .cm bacco trom io acres at an average in iu cents for the entire crop. Around Mayesville the tobacco farmers have been very successful and shown some high averages. A few examples from that section, taken from sales made on the Mayesville tobacco marker, will show wtiat is being done there. R. E. Smith, ol Bethlehem, sold the product of 9 acres for $1,500, clearing over Silt) per acre on his crop. R. R. Tomlinson, of Shiloh, planted 5 acres in tobacco the past reason and cleared $102 per acre above all expenses of his crop. A. T. Buddin. of Mayesville, sold *! ?/? nf rv onraa tViA nast, .SPSQrtn for $800. W. E. Turbeville. of Selac, planted 18 acres and made an average of 1,100 pounds per acre, -which sold at prices ranging from 7 cents to 45 cents per pound. G-. M. Hicks, of Xew Zion, cleared ?1,200 on y acres mtooacco last season after paying all expenses. Mrs. Ruth Evans sold the product of one acre in tobacco for $175, the cost of the crop being less than $40. J. E. Tomlinson, of Sliiloh, one of the first tobacco-growers in South Carolina, sold his entire crop the past season at a clean profit of $100 per acre. One of the most remarkable yields of tobacco made in South Carolina was at Kingstree by Mr. J. E. Brockinton, one of the early tobacco growers of the State. On one acre Mr. Brockinton grew 1,750 pounds of tobacco and sold the product for $326. The total expense was $40, leaving a profit of $2S6. We deem the instances cited sufficient to convince the most skeptical of what can be done in tobacco growing, thoigh hundreds of others, juat as strong, could be given did -we think it necessary to produce them. It is well to state in this connection that tobacco is a crop that demands the most watchful care. It is of all crops the most fastidious, but to those who give it the proper attention it yields very large returns. We do not mean bytftis that it is a difficult crop to manage. What it requires is careful watching from start to finish. Those who are disposed to aeglect it will never succeed, but those who give it proper attention from the time the tender plant is set out until If in nnfnly Tr-i]] fjn<3 tTlH weed more generous in money returns than any crop that can be grown at tne same expenseIssues a Manifesto. Aguinaldo has issued a manifesto accepting the situation caused by the "unsspected provocation of the Americans, while lamenting hostilities, which, he says, he :'tried to avoid by svery means" in his power, "makinghumiliating concessions and tolerating the insults and outrages of the army of occupation against" the people of Manila.'a He adds that he is prepared to sacrifice everything to maintain the "national " />olla nnnn oil tn TCifrACQ i.hA L1UUVI, V/ttllO Uj/V?l vy good faith and honesty of his intentions, and complains that he has been treated as a rebel, "because I defended the national interests instead of becoming tne tool of American preposterous pretentions." The rebel leader further alleges that the country is unanimous in his support, that the people k;will perish rather than accept odious American Tirtniininr> " n!lA<Tin?r that 'even corrupt Spanish dominion ispreferrable.The Philippine commission is considered by Aguinaldo to be a farce and Messrs. Denby, Devrey and Secretary Harden are classed as "pronounced annexationists," the latter being charged as having "maliciously defamed" the Filipinos in newspaper reports. He is classed as beiug especially obnoxious to the Filipino government.'' Finally, Aguinaldo expresses bis wisL 'o 'proclaim to the world and DfScially dispel the false rumors that &ermany or any other power has rendered assistanse, moral or material,'' to the Filipino.s, adding, "nor have the Filipinos solicited it. Fertilizer Factory Burned. The mixing establishment of the " -x Wove fertilizer ractory at vuiumum was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning. The State says the blaze was discovered a few minutes after the Charlotte train passed on its way to the shed, and the origin is supposed to have been from a spark. The wooden building burned like tinder, and the whole was soon a mass cf seething names, without any possibility of saving a dollar's worth of the goods on hand, which amounted to almost the total output of a season. The building was valued at ?30,000 on that and the chemical works nearby. In the mixing part, which was burned, were 10,000 tons of fertilizers of all grades, valued at 8125,000. This stock wa3insured in Richmond. The mill is owned by the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company, headquarters at Richmond. Dr. T. C. Robertson is the manager. There were 14 cars on the sidetracks, many of them loaded to be sent out Wednesday, and 10 of these were totally destroyed by the fire. He Has Made Friends. Senator Tillman is a good subject for the philosopher to watch. He suddenly floated in on the top of a great revolutionary wave and while he had the confidence of the people lie fonna no difficulty in regaining on top. He could laugh at and uefy his enemies who were .floundering about in the depth below. But now the wave has subsided. The people have lost their admiration for him. and the senator, far seeing and planning in a very wise manner, will not array himself against towns any more. The campaign of1900 will be very different from his others. His main support will come from thoce he formerly called his enemies. The people that once abused him are going to support-him. Unless the political wind changes, the man has not been named that can beat him in 1900.? Carolina Spartan. NOT YET BURIED. J Bimetalism Will be the Paramont Issue In Next Campaign. SO SAYS CHAIRMAN JON^S. The'Chicago Platform is Gaining Ground. How the Present Activity in Business is v.* Accounted For. Senator James K. Jones. chairman of the Democratic National committee, is not in accord with Mr. Croker,. of New York, and Mr. Wall of "Wisconsin/regarding the paramount issue in the-pext presidential campaign. In a recent interview he said: "To say that the next Democratic National convention will reaffirm the position taken by the convention in 1896' is to assert what ever}' candid man even-* slightly familiar with existing facts, knows to be true. It is as certain asanythiag human can be that the question of bimetism will be the leading issue in the campaign next year. And ifcjis reasonable to expect that the majority of-the people will next time declare for the party which means what ifesajsand will redeem its'pledges, and tiiat they will not again be tricked into casting their votes in favor of the one nnes'ot the principles in wnicii they | belieye/' '"Od what grounds do you base your hopes for success nest year?" he * was asked: . 4'CC! _ Jl. ~ _ O "L _ T come 01 tne reasous way x urn strongly". hopeful of the future of our cause are as follows: In the campaign of*1898 both parties declared for bimetalism^ the Democrats for independent action by the United States the Republicans for international agreement which thj&y pledged themselves 'to promote." Ibsjgr this declaration on the part of the.Republicans was only made to catch vgtes, and because the party leaders did not dare to go to the polls without it. Tthink now no one any longer doubts tnat the fixed purpose of those wfco controlled. these leaders was to maintain tEe^gold standard, and to prevent;- n?t promote,', an international agreement. The declaration, however, served7 its' purpose ' and vast numbers of sincere' I KvW?Af^ll tef*e TTATO Tk/*rCTlO/"l^fJ fn vntA t.h#* VALU.\^wa,iJlX^ V?J 1IV1V yvi ^ uuuvv? w ? vw ??*w } Republican ticket, in the belief that they were voting for an honest effort tor-secure international bimetalism. The leaders who were responsible ?or this trick Have already committed their, party to the single gold standard, ?ofir is-, they can, and if they dare speik -out' Krtnoof]tt in fTiy nirt nofirtriol nTatfAntl' ' it'.-vrill'declare for the single gold stand-, a ft v. Do vou. believe 4a^X-r;.,T-r.-^u. f metalism is improving?" ''There are as many believers in bi- ; metalism today in the United States, as' there ever were,* and all these are doubt i less now convinced that the only way. ? to accomplish bimetalism is through' the actiou of- tho '-Deraocratic party. The great efforts to stop the fall in pjices?:the shrinking of values?and to relieve the distress of business resulting from these great evils without injustice or injury to any class of business, is being more and more understood, and commands the respect- of honest and fair men always when understood, and another campaign of ridicule and abuse such a? that of 1896? whether-'dictated by. ignorance or venality?cannot succeed against temper ate arguments and appeals for simple. justice, when the people have time to fairlyweigh the arguments and form a deliberate'judgment. There was great unrest and dissatisfaction in 1890 throughout the country, resulting from falling prices and shrinking valaes. The Kepublican party promised that if they were entrusted with power all this t 1 i . i i . i. i._ would De cnangea, ana mac prosperity should succeed existing conditions. Mr. McKinley and the gold press now assure the country that we have prosperity. There js.quite a boom in stock speculations in Wall street, but Wall street is not the country, as we believe. ''Great famine and a short crop of wheat all over the world except in the United States naturally raised the price * 1 M .1 J oi wneat wane tnese conditions msieu, and the beneficient effects of this temporary advance in the price of a single article, which was so marked in the short period it continued, is likely to stimulate a desire for a return to that condition permanently and an exten-'' ~ 11 r\**nrl vt a n T c MUU Ui it tu iXll is our purpose, and was our purpose in 1896, when the Republican party denounced any effort to iDcrcase prices as a crime." How do you account for the activity in business? :'There-has been necessarily an increased demand for labor within the last few months, as the result of the withdrawal of large numbers of American citizens from the ordinary walks of life to be employed in the army, whose places had to be filled,- There has also been an increased Activity in and a de mand for all products which were neces sury to the maintenance and support of a large array. But all these conditions are in the very nature of things temporary, and all of us know that they must pass away with the.end of" :the"conditions which brought: them into life. Making due allowance fof thesd three causes, on the present condition of the country, there is today.as much dissatisfaction and as much cause for it as there was in 1830...^ .No relief jvas or is to be expected under Republican management except such as ;omes by famine i ' 1 ^? ? * a ?^I I aoroaa ana war amome.. :xx tuiiuiuuu of constantly falling general prices is everywhere recognized as a condition of distress and hard times.' and speculation excitement in Wall street does not change this. We bplieve that a small volume of money -forces prices down, hence we have urged the coin- j age of silver as well as of gold?not j only to check this grinding fall in prices but to promote steadily advancing prices."' " "Thnn vou think the Chicago plat- j form is gaining ground?"' <;I most certainly do. In the elections of last year the principles of that platform were not the leading and exclusive issues in all sections of the country. These were partially obscured in many States and districts. The ques ! tion of bimetalism, the ^Republican i. effort to retire the greenbacks and to ; confer upon the national banks the absolute control of the volume of paper money, to surrender the country to the ; trusts, were, in many scctiocs, for the j time being lost sight of in the excite- I inent of the war and its resulting ques- ! tions, and in others they were side- j tracked by efforts to substitute local issues in their stead. The result was a i c ; ? i ^o11 _ great ItJSS Ut lUifitJi auu a jiiigts ion! ing off in the vote, with apparantly unfavorable res-lts to the Democratic par[ ty. In Colorado, where national issues were-at the front and dominant, the interest in the election was intense, the | vote large and our majority overwhelming. In States where it was stated, whether truly or not, that there was an intention on the part of the Democratic managers to sidetrack the great issue, with the purpose of ultimately bring^ " *V?/\ in VI O ft Ark O 1 AAT* T*AT1 f? ATI I llitt, IUU jJGi.UJ uuwiuiiui vv/*-* back to the practice 'of shuffling and evasion, so long persisted in by the Re! publicans, the interest was not great, the vote was not full, and the results were not conclusive. There was, however, one great valuable result?all reasonable men are now satisfied that straddling and dodffingare not popular. The next Democratic National convention will speak out in the same clear, unequivocal terms, and in the same manner and in the same lines that it did in 1896: Of this there is no doubt, the 9=sf>rtifins of the Rermbliean sold Dress. with whom the wish is father to the thought, -to the contrary notwithstanding." . COMMITTED SUICIDE. A Negro Woman Leaps from the Window of a Train. Susie Little, a colorcd woman, committed suicide "Wednesday afternoon by jumping from the car window of a train on the Columbia. Newberry and Laurens road, which was moving at the rate of 30 miles an hour. The train was near the station of Ballentine, in Lexington county, and had just passed a gang of section hands among whom was the woman's husband. They had not lived together for some time, but when the husband found that his wife had money on her person he demanded that.it be given to him, but this was refused. rm.. _; ' 1 .T . xue wuiiiaa- was sitting m ine seat with her 12-year-old sister, and before any in the^SffHefiew what she was doing she had jumped'from the window. How she got out is \a remarkable - matter. Her neck was broken by the fall ^nd her head cut up, while it is probable that many bones were broken/' Her 1 young sister also attempted to get -T}u<f" of the window but was prevented from;: xioing so by the-other passengers in theIfe . * - j , S TKe tickets upon which the- twoA .tie?., K222^sre traveling were second c!assT -tickets, boughi Srl<uUl'<jms. LU' vuiuii* t bia. The dead woman's brother, Sie G-oodley, lives at St. Matthews. It is thought that the woman was crazy, and it-is not known whether or not she saw her husband *s the train passed him. kets and bundles and$13.31,were found upon her person, all of which was taken in charge by the conductor. Capt. Fowler. who turned them over to the railroad authorities. The body was left at the scene of the suicide, awaiting" the arrival of the coroner. The dead woman's sister refused to leave the body and acted as if she also were out of her right mind. " Froze Her Neighbor In. A Reading, Pa., woman was given a hearinz one iav last -week before an al derman on a most extraordinary charge. It seems that for "some time Mrs. Michael Marsunek and Mrs. John Nestle, neighbors, have nut been on very friendly terms, and Mrs. Marsunek was arrested on .oath of Mrs. Nestle, who alleges that her neighbor visited the Nes tie home during the severe blizzard and dashed Bucket after bucket of water against the kitchen door. Subsequently, the prosecutrix alleges, the front door of her. residence was treated in the same way, the water freezing almost as quickly as it struck the doors, and when Mrs. Nestle wished to leave her home next morniDg she -discovered that she was icebound, and it was impossible to open the doors until assistance came and the ice was cutaway. Wooden Barracks. . . Maj,..Gen. Brooke, the governor general of Cuba, approves the plans for erecting plain, wooden ?arracks for the troops which will remain on the islands during the hot weather. A building for each company, 130x30 feet, with double roof and having for the sides of the house panels on horizontal pivots, so as to swing completely open, with a kitchcn separate, but connected by a covered way, will cost per company $500. Some of the troops will occupy the Spanish masonary barracks. Gen. Carpenter has just found one capable of accommodating 3.000 men at Ciego de Aviia, on toe .uoron trocna. Sympathy for the Govennor. Just before the Senate adjourned on motion of Senator Aldrich the following resolution was adopted: Be it resolved, That the senate has felt du.iag its present session profound sorrow on account of the illness cf Gov. W. H. Ellerbe. chief magistrate of the State, .and beg to extend to him our sympathy and sincere hope for his speedy recovery. That a copy of this resolution be sent by the clerk to his excellency, ?ther governor. Held by the Ice. The schooner James B. Coyle is re ported frozen in the ice near Five Fathom bank at themcu-h of the Delaware. Her captain requests to be reported "as well on board" that his famiJy may not be alarmed. Five sohooners, frozen in Albemarle and Pamlico sounds since Friday, the 10th inst., broke their way out and arrived at Norfolk, Wednesday. Their first call vras for the news of the outside world. Died in Cuba. Alaj. Gen. Brooke telegraphed the j war department Thursday the follow- j ing deaths in Cuba: Feb. 1^. Priv- j ate JacQb K.'Ylinge, Company L. Sec- j ond South Carolina, typhoid. Priva'e I Thomas Thrivetts, .Company F. Second | South Carolina, typhoid. { ENGLAND'S WAY. | Her Big Guns Soon Convinced the ! Refractory Sultan. Important details regarding the ac- i tion of the British authorities at Mus- j cit. the capital of the sultanate of | Oman, have just become public. It appears that ihe news of the lease by the sultan of Oman of a coaling station to France on the coast of Oman leaked / out while the British political agent at Muscat, Maj. Eagan, was absent. He j promptly returned to his post but the j sultan refused to furnish him with any j information. The commander of the gunboat Sphinx thereupon dispatched a lieutenant .and armed party to the v Bandar-Jiosih. But the sultan, hop- 0 ing to receive aid from the French, ? continued to be recalcitrant. Arrival ? of the second-class cruiser Eclipse,- flag- ? ship of the East Indies station, with & Rear Admiral E. C. Drummond on ' board, thre x the sultan's subjects into ? a panic, though the sultan himself re- ^ mained obdurate. v During the morning of February 16th ^ Admiral Drummond sent word ashore a that unless the sultan attended a dur- a bar on board the Eclipse at 2 o'clock ? that afternoon he would bombard the ? forts at 2:20 d. m. Notice of the ad- " miral's intention was sent to the foreign c consuls and the town was speedily in P confusion. The advisers of the sultan ? entreated him to -submit, and. the * Eclipse took .up a position broadside the town, while the other British ships -i j c? ? rru- n fc] meareu. iui a.uuuu. j.ue suilau iucicupon posted a notification at the cus- * torn house and on the gates of the town ^ chat the agreement with the French 11 was cancelled. ' ^ At noon the sultan sent his'brother c' on board the Eclipse, but the British t admiral refused to. receive him as a 11 substitute. Just before 2 o'clock the sultan of Oman, almost unattended, ^ arrived on board the flagship and re- " mained there for three hours, while the whole population lined the beach and anxiously awaited the outcome. ~ The sultan, it appears, completely ac- c: quiesced to the British demands and ^ handed over to Admiral Drummond the treaty with France. On the following V day the admiral went to the palace, u where a great durbar was held and the sultan publicly repudiated his agree ment with France. ; L" FIGURES FOE MAECH W1ATEEE. r< - v- " ai h As Furnished by the United States fi n Weather Bureau. C! The following data, covering a period ^ ?f_ twenty-eight years, have been coin .jpiie^irom ttie weatner Dureau recoras gi ^fgj^Ieston, South Carolina: J^&jnth, March, for twenty-eight' v je^s. - <3 '-^eraperafchre?Mean or -normal tem- ^ fgjgSfcare,- 55 degrees; tlic "warmest rj m o ntk-. with" ah aver- z. ageTIT 04' degrees; tiicr eoWestrmonin Qj was that of 1872, with an average of 52' degrees; the highest temperature was 86 degrees on March 21st, 1897; the lowest temperature was 25 degrees on ?c March 16th, 1890; average date on Q| which first "killing"' frost occurred in autumn November 27th; average date y on which last "killing"' frost^occnrred' ^ in spring March 20. f ' . ?i Pro^inifiifinn frain nnrl mAltpfl snrtW^ > ?Average for the month, 3.87 inches; w average number of days with .01 of an m inch or more. 10; the greatest monthly m precipitation was 9.78 iuc&es in 1872; W( the least monthly precipitation was ar 0.50 inches in 1SS7; the greatest er amount of precipitation recorded in ^ any twenty-four consecutive hours was ^ 3.11 inches on March 13th and 14th, 1889; the greatest amount of snowfall recorded in any twenty-four consecutive t1 hours (record extending to winter of ~ 1884-5 only) was trace on March 20th. : 1890. ^ Clouds and Weather?Average num- *7 /3*rrfl 10. nA*fltr I ^ UC1 U1 KlAJOj *-?") V/1VUUJ days, 11: cloudy days, 8. s Wind?The prevailing winds have been from the southeast, 26 per cen- 'v turn; the highest velocity of the wind was 45 miles from the northeast on ai March 30th, 1898. a! They Swear Allegiance E A dispatch from Manila dated Feb. T 22 says that while the guns on the city n' walls and those on board the ships of s* Dewey's fleet in the bay fired a salute c* in honor of Washington's birthday, four commissioners from the island of tc jSegros had an interview with General Otis and informed him that the Anieri- ^ can flag had already been raised over w that island and its inhabitants were tc ready and anxious and willing to acccDt ai * i IT any propositions me Americans uiiguw " offer. The insurgents have been driven from the island entirely. Although the Iloilo rebels have given the people of JSegros much trouble, especially in the , matter of financial assistance demanded 1 by the rebel leaders, the inhabitants ox ? Negros have persistently held aloof, and now, through the commissioners, announced they wanted the help and adive ai of General Otis. The latter assured P them the Americans would provide an acceptable government and in the mean- ^ time he instructed them not to pay the rebels anything. The Negros commis- J;6 sioners were delighted with their receptl0n s Sufferings Drove Him Mad. ^ di Robert A. Beale, second officer of 0] the steamer Wm. L. Lawrenc?, which was wrecked on the South Carolina n) coast during the blizzard of week before last, has gone crazy< from his in- w tense suffering in the open boat during w the storm, Bea'es home is m Jtfaiti- | more, and he has been sent there in the hope that treatment at a private sanitarium may restore his reason. ,, There were seven men in the boat with , Beale. Of the number Chief Engineer 01 Koach is dead, one sailor will lose one or both feet, two other sailors will lose a, their toes and Beale has gone mad from ^ his sufferings from cold. y dc Disaster-Near Birmingham, An explosion of gas in No. 2 mine at Birmingham. Ala., Wednesday resuited in the death of K. L. Davenport and William Davenport, brothers, and r? three Negroes. The white men have V1 been brought out of the mine, but the Negroes have not beeD found. There i ^ TrAr* a number of men in the mine at j sa the time of the explosion, but fortunate- [ 1J ]y they were not in the disturbed dis- Se trict and escaped uninjured. ! Sc ~jy v .. . y>' MUST NOT TARRY. V - V . rhe Greenwood People Tell The - : Tolberts to Move On. -. - \pg' THEY MEAN BUSINESS. \ Crowd Goes to the Town of Greenwood to See If the Tolberts Are There. A dispatch to The State from Greenrood says: Tuesday night about 9 'clock a body of men variously estimated at from 75 to 100 in number rode nto the square and stopped in fron't of liley's hotel. They were all on horseback and all were armed. The men rere all, or nearly all, from the. vicinity f Phoenix, in this county, and a numer of the best citizens of that section rere in the party. None of the crowd rore masks, and there was no attempt t concealment. Hon. J. $1. Gaines ppeared to be in command and did aost of the talking. Inquiry was made f Joe Tolbert was at the hotel. On i.u L i J l-Ci. ?1 eiug ujju tuai jluiucil uau IUV me ity several days ago, the crowd, with ossibly one or two exceptions, seemed lad of it. They said they did not rant any blood-shed, and were glad 'olbert was out of the way. The object of the visit to Greenwood be men composing the party stated, ras to make a demonstration showing a Af A nAAmln fl* A OVI AA Lie dbtlbuuv: Ut ilUU pcu^ic UI VUC 1 iiUC" ix section toward those of the Tolbert-s ho were to blame for the recent pchtial troubles in this county. Two-of liese Tolberts, it was known, had been 1 this city, and the citizens stated that le object of their visit was to protest gainst the presence of these men in ie county, and if they were still there, ) insist on their immediate departure. On finding that the men they were >oking for were not in the city, the itizens spent about two hours around >wn before starting for their homes. !efore leaving they made urgent renflcfa n-p ATT T T? RIIATT O?/3 uvuw v* a'm* ?*? -k jLvjavj auu vuuvx VAir :ens not to allow any of the Tolberts ow under proscription to again take up ieir residence in this city for any ingth. of time. The people in the >wer portion of the coiinty, It was repjsented, had suffered for many years LI iiuv uouuc Vi vuv <UJU ULCJf ave resolved that they will not suffer :om this cause any longer. vThey do' ot believe that peace and good order -, :yg an be maintained with the TolSerts in - ie county at present, and they do not .* ~-> V ro,pose to run any risks. -: ^ % They - said that if "the. Tolberte bid ; iown any sign of regret for their pasfc^ induct and the consequences of it, and : ad made any pledges as to good con act in the future, their jeturn, might ave been tolerated, but that until the Olberts shotted some desire to have the jttywii ariniT ' the people f the county tb?y wf?Sn?t be ajlow-. ftolivein Viscounty again. The? ?: Wizens said they thought the sooner """rrj lis was known the better it would be ir all parties concerned, and that the >ject of their visit here was to make tat fact known in the most unmistakae manner. The crowcfpdurtsg the . ^~T ro fours'-staj--' in the city, was genea^ ly quiet and orderly. Some of the en had been drinking, and one or two ere disposed to be quarrelsome and ake asses of themselves, but the great ajority were sobermen, and sobermen ere certainly in charge of the "-crowd id directed its movements. The leads were using every effort to keep 7^?? >wn any disorderly or unseemly con- : ict. The crowd started out of town in the xection of Phoenix about 11 o'clocc. stop was made at the home of Mr. r. H. Napier, in the- outskirts of the ty. Mr. Napier is a brother-in-law of is. W. Tolbert. Tolbert has been tere for two weeks, but left, it is said, :veral days ago. Mr. Napier was told )t to allow Tolbert to return. Mr. apier stated Tuesday that the crowd, iring the stop at his house, was quiet id orderly; that no threats were made id that no abusive language was used. The State correspondent talked with on. J. M." Gaines over the telephone uesday afternoon. Mr. Gaines was at is home, 15 miles in the country. He ated that the men. after leaving tne ty Tuesday night, all returned quiet to their homes, and were attending i their business as usual, i T-- Ti.ii i. x ... r> J -- uue Auiueru went u> vjrreeawwu. uu ie Southern train from Columbia, fie as met at the depot by citizens and ild of the occurrences Tuesday night ^ id was advised to stay on the train. hich he did; he left on the same train. Moved a Brick House. Moving a 100 by 65 feet five-story ick building was successfully accom ised recently in Mew York city. The lilding had an estimated weight of 3,)0 tons and was moved 75 feet south .1 id 35 feet east, 350 jack-screws being nployed to furnish the power. Tim>r ways and shoes lubricated with soa ere used, andthe movement of each irn nf lack-screws was three-six lenths of an inch. ' The greatest dismce which the building was moved in ie day's work was 9 feet 8 inches, and le whole movement of 75 feet to the >uth was accomplished in seventeen iys. From the beginning of the work lly five weeks elapsed until the buildtg was jacked up ready to receive the jw foundations, and a force of about eenty men accomplished the entire ^ ork. The contract price for the work as $10,000. Murdered His Sister. _ The Greenville Xews says that near entral Wednesday morning at the eakfa t taEle, Kick Mansion, color?id ;ed 18, and his sister Silvia, 16, began quarfel. JSick ended the quarrel by looting, Sylvia through the brain. eateswas instantaneous. The murirer^is under arrest. , - AnExpress Robbery. Air' express car on the CoffeyviHe ae, a braa^h of the Santa .fre itaiiad. was-ijj^&ea Wednesday at Chcrylle, Kj$?;*o1? a large amount of corncy and ii>oney orders while Express " esseriger Cooper was eating. The fe was opened-' with a skeleton key. lie robbers-escaped. It is stated they cured aboti't $4,000. the Wells, Far?Company being the loser.