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' ' ' ' * ' ' ....... ........... . - .... The Abbeville Press and Banner, f BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1892. ESTABLISHED 1844 jf I'.vi"a> to Goil. By May Given wmxi. They clui'neil in briiis the whole in consecration. With willing heart; Hnl secretely?\v!n> knew the reservations? They kept a part. At theirilreiid ilooin with feartuy soulissm!iteti, In awful tune Their story speaks t? me. as it were Wrftten Ki>r tne alone. i freely brought In him in consecration My lile uini heni t. Have I. wit'.i sir.ful secret reservation. Kept back a part? My own poor plans an<l selfish ways preferring. Though his work wait* His|?erfect kingdom in my soul peferring. To cherish hat* ? O Thou with h>-art all loving, eyes ali seeing I coine anew! Help ine to hriiisr the whole; in net ami being. Help me be true. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. CoiiMlitulioii ol" the Democratic Party ol Noiilh Carolina as Adopted in ntnto Convention Columbia September 10. IS!M>. Article I. There shall bo one <>r more Democratic clubs organized in 6ach township < ? anl, each ol which clubs shall have a President, oue or more Vice Presidents, it Kecordiiig hd>1 ii Corresponding Secretary, and ii Treasurer, and shall have the following working comnrttees. of not less than three members each, viz.: A coniini'.tee on registration. an executive Committee, ami Mich other committees us to each club may seem expedient. Articlk II. The meetings of the clubs should be frequent after the opening of the canvass, and some member "l' the club or Invited speaker deliver an a Idress at each meeting, if practicable. ArticLk HI. The 1'iesideDt shall have power to cull an extra meetly of tho club, anil one-foin ih ol the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Articlk IV. The clubs in each County shall be held together and operate under the control of a County executive committee, which shall consist of one member from each club, to be nominated by the respective clubs and elected by the County Convention, but these powers tn the said executive committees do not carry with them the powers to pass upon the election of members to tho C unty Convention, or their qualification to sit as members, (or Ibis power belongs to the members orthe convention through the appointment imd action of a committee on credentials, \<liose report shall be acted upon a.s to the members of tlie convention may teem oroper. The executive committee, when elected, sba I appoint its own olticeis, and till all vacancies which may arise when the convention is not In session. The ten lie ot oflice of the executive com mi tee shall be illitil the first Monday In May of each election year, at wnich time the Couuty Convention shall be culled together to reorganize the party. Every Presidential election year these County Conventions in May shall elect delegates to a Mate Convention called for the purpose of electing deleifutes to the National Deuiocisttic Convention, and to elect the members of the National Democratic Executive Committee from this State, and such state Convention shall exercise no other power. This State Convention shall be called by the State Executive Committee to meet every Presidential election > ear on the third Wednesday in May. and the State Democratic Nominating Convention shall be oiled by the State Democratic Executive Committee to meet on th" tuird Wednesday in September ol each election year. a utii e V ('onnte Democratic Conventions eliall be composed of delegates elected by the several local clubs, one delegate lor every twenty-live uiemliers, ?ml one delegate for ? majority fraction thereof, with the right to each County.Convention to enlarge or diminish the representation according to circumstances. Tlie County Conventions shall be called together by the Chairman ?t the respective kxecntive Committees under such ruled, not inconsistent with this constitution, as each County may anopt, anil when assembled shall be culled to order by the Chairman or the executive Committee, ami the Convention shall proceed to nominate and elect from among its members u President, one or more Vice President a Secretary ami a Treasurer. The clubs reeognized by the respective County Conventions w hich wmt delegates to the State Convention which met on August 1>'I, I'StK), shall be recognized as the only leiral elub*, provideil, however, thai any County Convention may permit the formation of a new club or clubs by a two-thirds vote of its mem tiers; provided, Juther, that in all cities with a population of live thousand and over three may be two clubs in each ward ; thev bha'l be organized in obedience to this Constitution as are tbe clubs elsewhere in this Slate, and organizing said clubs t:icy shall have representation in thti County Conventions, respectively, as said Conventions shail declare in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Article VI. The state Nominating Convcn ion for the nomination of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and other State otticel's In ISK! and ihereafter, and lor electors for Presieent and Vice President in the same year and every Presidential year thereafter, shall be composed of delegates from each County, in* the numerical proportion to which such Cotui'j, is entitled In ImiiIi bianches of the General Assembly, said delegates are to be chosen by piimary elections to be held on the last Tuesday in August of each election your; the delegates elected to receive a mujurity <>f the vote# vast. At litis election only white .Democrats shall be allowed to Vote, except that negroes who voted for Gen. Hampton in 1S70 anil who have voted the Democratic iick?t continuously Consiitute the registry list and shall be open to inflection l>y uuy member ot the party, mid the election under this clause sbali be held and reiMila'.ed under the Act of the Uelieua! Assembly or this State approved December 2? 1SS*,anil any subsequent Acts of the Legislature of this Slate. Second primaries when necessary shall be held two weeks later. Article VI I. Theollicersol'the State Convention shall be u President, one Vice 1'resldent from each Congressional District, I wo Secretaries and a Treasurer. Akthxk VIII. The State Executive Committee shall be composed <>rone member Irom each County, to be selected by the respective delegations and elected by the Convention. When elected said Executive Committee shall choose its own officers. shall meetai the call of the Chiiirman or any live inriniieis, and at sued time und places as he --r they may appoint. The members of toe Nation-.) Democratic Ex clltive Committee from South Carolina shall be elected t>y the May s!lU' Convention in tb'J-, and every four fears thereafter, ami when circled I be ex otltclo u member of tbe State Executive Committee. Vacancies on ttald Executive Committee by <leulh, resignation or otherwise shall Ik- Hllcl by the respective County Executive Committees. Tbe Statu Executive CoinI mittee is charged witn tbe execution utid direction <1 \ the policy of tue party in the State, subject to thit constitution, the principleb declared in tlie |i atlorm V of principles, and such Instructions by resolutions 01 otherwise as a Slate Convention may Irmu time t? tinir> adopt, and ?hfi!lcontinue in ottice for two yean froiu the time of electi"li or until the assembling ol the State Nominating Convention which meets it September of each election year. If any vacancy occur on the State ticket or for Electors, by death removal or other cause, tbe Committee shall have tin power to till the vacancy by a majority vote of thi whole Committee, Akiiclk IX. When tbe State Convention as' scnlbles it shall be lulled to older by the Chairman ol tbe State Executive Committee. A Icllipoian President sha I be nominated and elected by tin- V on venlion;uMl utter its 01 ionization the Couventioi shall proceed iiumediut?ly to the election of per munent oillccs and to tli i transaction of bu>ities? When the business has concluded it shall ndjouri iae itie. Aktk'Li*. X. There shall be a primaly election ii ?MllCongressional District in the Mate on the his 'fuetujiy In Auuiist. 1S9S. and eveiy two }ears there lifter, to nominate candidates for Congress, to be coll u ducti-d ami managed us is tiin-ii.Lit li.M- providid i tile election nl delegates tu lln- Mali? Convention I '1'lie vote t.i be received taluiKt.. <1 anil announced b the State Executive Committee tu tin- Chairman, i I ivilOtii tlie result is to tie transmitted l.y tin* tespect 8? ive County Chairmen by the llrst Tuesday in ?ej BS twnlier, lJ-92. and every two years thereafter. Tit election fur Solicitor* of tlie different circuits slia ?j (/e ny primary' sudject to the same rules ami iv{ I ubitlons, anil to he announced In the same way v jS liefore set tortll lor Congrissmrll. I* Akticlk XI. Iteloru the election in ls!l2, ami eae elreiion year thereafiei, the State Democratic E.< 0 <-ouiiv<-Coi. miltee shall Ismie a call to all cnndidatr X lor State offices to addreas the |n-o|>le of the dltt'crel B Counties nfthe State, lixing the dales of the mee 3| Mugs. and also invitillg tlie Calllliilates for Connie: B . tw<l for Solicitor in their respective Districts ai 3 Ciicuits to he present anil address the |ien|ile. A B riiicli meetings only the candidates above set lorl 1 *lial be allow ell to speafc. Aktici.k XII It shall be the duty of each ('omit |S K*???llve Committee to appoint mevlii ga in the I lr?|u!tlve Counties to he addressed by the t:an<lid*ti Jjfl for tlu- tie neinl Assembly and for tlie different C -mil H office* all of whom, including Trial -I iislices, shall I jS eli-ctod by primary on the last Tuesilay in August $j r-M-ii .lection year iimler the same rules and ri-gulatio I liereinLeforo provided. is Aktici.k XIII. Kach County delegation to K State Convention shall have power to lill any vacam {herein. 3 Aotioj.k XIV, This Constitution may be amend S? and altered only by the State Nominating Con veil ;f u-hfeh meets in September of each election year. ? Aktiii.k XV. Any County fai ing or refusing gfi organize under the provisions of this Constitutli H shall not have representation in the State Democra SJ <. Oil VeUtloll. .1. L.M.I KB Y, 3} Chairman State Democratic Executive c'ommittt 5* ti. Dl'NCAN 15ELL1NGEU, Secretary. I THE LAW. | By \viil<-h the Mr.te Uoverns the Pi | innrjr El?etl?ns. ? Suction 1. Every political primary election h fi *v any iHiliticnl party, organization, or association' I- ? ?-he nornose <>l eboosln* candidates for o??e,or a - lection of delegates to convenliuM, shallbe piesli ?iver and conducted in the manner prescribe/] by ?J rules 0r the political party, organization, or aasoc turn holding sucli primary election by manager* selected In Hi- manner prescribed l>v Mich rules. Such managers shall. before ?*iiterliis: upon the discharge of their duties, each tuk > :ni<* subscribe :ui oath that he will fairly. Impartially, ami honestly conduct the same according to the provision* of this Act and the rule of such party. organization, or association. Should one or more of the managers appointed to I10M such election, fail to appear on the day of election, the remaining manager or matiageis shall appoint others In I their stead and administer to them the oath herein prescribed. The managers shall take the 0,1th herein prescribed before a notary public or other ollicer all. 1...1 ... .mlw hut if no such ollicer on Ik- conveniently ) :? ), thi* managers may administer tln> inth t'> each other Such oaths shall, afler being snbsciibeil by th? managers, be filed in tin* office of Clerk of Court lor the county In which such election shall lie belli within five days after such election. Sec. l!. ISefore any ballots are received at such election, and immediately before opening the polls, such manageis shall open each ballot box to be used in such election, and exhibit the same publicly, to showthat there are no ballots in such box. They shall then close and l->ck or seal tip such box. except the opening to receive the ballots, and shall not again open the same until the close of the election. They shall keep a poll list with the name of each voter vol ins: in such elections, and shall before receiving any ballot administer to the voter an oath that he is duly ijualificd to vote according to the rules of the party, and that be has not voted before in such election; and at the close of the election they shall proceed publicly to count the votes and declare the result; they shall certifv the result of such election, and transmit such certificate, with the poll .'1st. ballots. an<! all other paper* relating' to such election, within the time tire- J scribed and to the person or Persons designated by the rules of the party, organization, or association holding such election. ' Skc. 3. Kverv such primary election shall be held | at the time and id ace, and under the regulations prescribed by the rules of the party, organization, or as- | sociation holding the same, and the returns shall be made and the result declared as prescribed bv such I rules, but the returns of the manager, with the poll lists, shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court I for the countv i| which such election is held, within four days after the final declaration of the result thereof, and shall remain there for public Inspection. | Ski:. 1. Any manager who shall he guilty of wil- , fully violating any of the duties devolved upon such ; position hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, \ and upon conviction thereof shall be punished bv fine i not to exceed one hundred dollars or imprisonment , not to exceed six months; and any manager who shall | be guilty of fraud or corruption in the management of ( sticli election shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and ( up'in conviction thereof shall be fined in a sn in not to exceed five hundred dollars or imprisonment for a , term not to exceed twelve months, or both, in the discretion of the ( ourt , Skc. 5. Any voter who shall swear falsely in talc- , ing the prescribed oath, or shall personate another | - * * *' ?*- J? nomu In Afilflp fA Vftto person win lUKe ww nuu m mo ? , shnll he guilty ?f perjury, and be punished upon con- , vicMon a? for ppiiury. i Approved December 22nd, A. D. 1SS9. i I PREPARING FOR THE FRAY.! A REORGANIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC , PARTY. Rule* to Govern the Party ami tin- ( Primary Elprlioiiw-Who May Vote i iiiiiI Who arc Eligible to Member- j Mil l|?. < \mended July 2C, 1S92. 1110 I n 11 i (\v1 111; rules auuii v?v , of the different subordinate Democratic clubs of this , Suite, the qtuililW-utfoti t.f voters at the primary dec- i tIons held by the paitv. t he conduct of the primary ] elections t? beheli! on the lust Tuesday, Jho 80th day | if August A. I). 1892, and the second primary held, two weeks Inter. If one tie necessary : j Utile 1. The qualification for membership in any , subordinate cliil. uf the Democratic party of this j Stale, or for voting at a Democratic primary shall bo ' a? follows, viz ; The applicant for membership or voter shall be twenty-one years of age. or shall be oiiie so before the succeeding general election, and be a white Democrat, or n negro who voted for Gen. Hampton in lSTGand who has voted the Democratic < ticket continuously since. | The manager* at each box at the primary elec- < lion shall require, every voter in a Democratic, primary election to pledge himself to abide the result of I ihe primary, and to support the nominees of the party, I anil to take the folltneing oath, viz: 1 "I do solemnly swear in at I am duly qualified to t vote at this election according to the rules of the Dein- I ocralic party, arid that 1 have not voted before at this election." little 2. h'very negro applying for tnemberRhlp in < a Democratic club, or offering to vote in a Democratic primary election, must produce a written statement or ten reputable white men who shall swear that they know of their own knowledge that the applicant or voter voted for Gen. Hampton in 1876. and has voted tho Democratic ticket continuously since. This said I statement shall bo placed in the ballot box by the managers and returned with the poll list to the county chairman. The managers of election shall keep a sepa-ate list of the names of all negro voters, and return it to the county ciairmiin. A'o person shall he permitted In vote unless he has been enrolled on a club lint at liast five days be/are the said primary el clion. The club lists shall be inspected by and certified to bjf the President and Stcretary, and turned over to the managers to be used Us the registry lists. knle 8. Each county executive committee of the Democratic parly in this Stale shall meet on the i coml Monday in July of each election year, adsliall appoint thiee malingers Tor eacli primary election precinct in their respective* counties, who t>li:tll hold the primary election provided for under the Democratic constitution in accordance with the Art of the General Assembly of this State regulating primary elections, approved December 22, 1SSS, the constitution of the Democratic party of this State and the rules herein set forth. The names of such managers shall be published by the chairman of each county executive committee In one or more county papers at least two weeks before the election. Utile 4. Kach voter In said primary shall vote but one ballot, on which shall be printed or written, or partly printed and partly written, the name or names ol the person or persons voted for by him for each of the otllces to be tilled, together witli the name of the , office. The tickets to be voted shall be in tilunk in the following lorui, with spaces to suit the different counties : Delegates to the State Convention , For Congress District C For solicitor Judicial District , State Senator House of Representatives . Sheriff , , Judge of l'robate ( Clerk of the Court I County Commissioners , Coroner School Commissioner Treasure! . Auditor . Trial Justices The rex)>ective County Executive OommUteex . are authorized to adopt audi rules as will prevent I ptumpiny candidates. Unlet*. The managers of election shall open the ....ii* ?t ^ mVIiw'Ic h in., and shall clnsc them at 4 , o'clock |>. in. After tuhiilutini: thi- result the tnutia. iters shall certify the name uml forward the hftllot-bo.v, poll lists ami all otlii-r papers re latin:: to sueh election ,J iv iino of their nuiiiher to lhe ehairiiiiin of the respective Democratic emmty executive committees i, within forty-eiirlit hums after tin* close of the pulls, t Uu'e (1. The county Democratic execut've committees sha I assemble at their respective rnurt Houses . mi tlu- itiuriiilij; ut the secoml <hiy lifter the election, i, vt 11 o'clock a. in., to tabulate the returns uml ileclare L the result of tin- prlmaty. so far as the same relates to delegates to the convention, members of the. (Jcneral ,1 Assembly uml county ollicers, uml shall forward im_ meiliately to the ch .irmun of the State executive Comf. inlttce hi t.'oluuitiiu, S. C., the result of the election in fur (!iilinrr?lll[{ll allll So lei t. mni ickiiou^ .... II tors. Utile 7. Tin* protests and contests (except in the ij. election of Congressmen tllld Solicitors) shall be liIt'll withiii live days alter tin- election with tin- cliiiiriniin I, III tile Collllty executive Committee,' lid Said executive committee shall lirar and determine the same. The 8 Slate executive committee shall hear anil decide prolt tests and cutitexts a* to Congressmen and Solicitors, Mini ten days sIikII he allowed for filing lliu same. Utile S. Candidates for the (Seiicra! Assembly and ,1 for county offices shall, ten days previous to the primary election, file with the chairman ol the county |, executive committee a pledge, in writing, to abide the result of the primary and support the nominees of the .. party. Cnnd'dates for other oilices shall flic such pledge with the chairman of the State Democratic L.s executive committee. No vote for any candidate win ty has not complied with this rule shall be counted. Uiiic y. In the prim try elections herein provided ,,f for a majority of the votes cast shall I'i* necessary t< ,i?, nominate candidates and to ehct delegates to the Stale Convention. A second primary, when necessa (l rv. shall be held two week* niter the first, as i? prouy vided for under the constitution of the party, and shal ' be subject to the ru'es governing the first primary el At said sctond primary lite two highest candidates ui, alone shall run for any one nllicc, but II there are twi or more vacancies lor any particular nllicc, then iloitbh t? the number of candidates shall ritn for the vacaticit to be lllled. For instance, in a race for Sheriff, the tw< (j(! highest shall run. lt" no County Commissioner i nominated, then the six highest shall run. Uule 10. In the event of a tie between two camli !l. dates in the second primary the county clinii ttuin, if i is a county office, and the Statu ch lirman. if It Is i State office or for Congress or for Solicitor, shall orde a third primary. The i|iiestion of a majority vol shall be determined by the number of votes cast lb any particular office, and not by the whole number < votes cast in the primary. Uule 11. Tlio credentials of delegates to the Stat .1 Convention shall be certified to by the chairman < the respective county Democratic executive coiumii tees within five days after the result is declared, an ?i? forwarded i ill mediately to the chairman of the Sta! . Democratic executive committee at Columbia, S. I.'. John L. M.Irby, , j Sampson Pope, " Ira B .Tones, I Special Cotnniiltee of the State Executive ( oinmitu ' of the Democratic Party, &0V. RICHARDSON'S DEFENSE.; COMPLETE EXONERATION OF A FAITHFUL OFFICER FROM A MALICIOUS CHARGE. I? i ?I t h e Tillman Administration Mnke Way Willi <iov. KichardMon'N Kert>i|Mn. nml thou Wickedly Mnhe J a Slanderous Chiirtre. that They Couldn't Prove ? W h h KichardNon'M ICeceiptM Thrown Aiiioiik the < Hultbish Where so Many Valuable Paper* Have Iteen Found? i I'anoi.a, S. C? Auc. 10. 1-5D2. i To the propte of South CaroHnxi: ' ! In bis t> perch ut Marion, at> reported in the Colum- i hia Daily Ki-irisit-r of .Inly 2,1S92, Governor Tillman i undertakes ti> criticise my disbursement of the lt'iri?- < Intive appropriations ?iurin{r my term 01 omce nsituv- i ernor for ''repairs and improvements to. nn?l furniture fur the Governor's Mansion." etc., and points out cer- i lain items of expenditure made by me for which iie | says there are no vouchers, thereby insinuating that < I have made an Improper use of public money com- I mitte'i to my charge. To those who know ine?and 1 trust there are few in this State to whom I am a 1 stranger?I need not say that Got ernor Tillman's insinuation is false. t The items as lie states them, and to which he calls < mention, are the following : 1 (1.) 1SS7. February 11, J. 1*. Itichardsun, no voucher $1,000 00 ' [2.) 1?>87, Match'2, J. O. Neilson. per Louis K. Chazal, no vouchor 501 10 j [3.) 1SS7, March 2, Louis K. Ohnz.il, no vouch- ' er 870 75 [4.) 1SSS, October 81, J. I'. Kicbardsori, no voucher IDS 40 All State vouchers are required by law to be filed ill the oflie.< of the Comptroller General, and these ranchers were filed there ; anil some weeks ago when . . ,, .- II- n iv. i.I I Weill III inn l/IIUipiroiier uciicrill amuuc I" SCI inroc voucher*. 1 was amazed in llnd them missing. IIow. wbi'ii, or by whom they were mislaid or abstracted I Jo not know. I (In know that Comptroller General Ellerbo did inform tne that be bail nothing, whatever, to do with this matter, and, that the investigation of bene vouchers bad been inade solely by Governor rillinan's private secretary, ami wholly without bis supervision. The amounts above stated were all expended ac:ording to law in furnishing the Governor's mansion mid Governor Tillman knew this, or plight to have known it when be made his mendacious Insinuation ipainst me, for all the articles purchased with this money were there in the executive mansion and in Jaily use by Governor Tillman and his family. A full ?nd complete inventory was then and is now on tile Id the Secretary of State's office, anil for which I have i receipt I have been at much pains to tupply the missing vouchers and have delayed answering Governor Tillman's slander until I could procure them. [ now proceed to vouch the above Items as follows: [1.) 1SS7, Feb. 11, J. P.lilcbardson.no voucher *1,000 00 [2.) ISsT, March 2. J. C. Nollson, per Louis It. Chazal. no voucher 501 10 [3.) 1887, March 2. Louis tt. Chazal, no vouchtr 370 75 S 1,871 85 These amounts, ascrcenting $1,S71.S5. were expend f*(l lor fill* oy HIT. ?J. v>. lit'iimm, ??i uviumwic, viivh v.?v ; itrcliltec't in charge <>l the State Ilotine work, <n the purchase of furniture and upholstery for the Kxecu- ] ti ve Mansion, nil of which was in the mansion when Boveruor Tillinun took possession of it. At the time \ uf the purchase Mr. Neilson sent tut* the receipted [tills for the entire ninoiint and the same were duly fil- J i-d in the office of the Comptroller General as required by law. At my request Mr. Neilson has endeavor- r i-d to procure for me duplicate receipted bills and be lias done bo. except as to $147.M of the amount, as t follows: Ivnlpp A Bro's bill $ SS2 75 ' LJiitliih A Go's bill 1M 40 Matthews ,v Kirklaiid's bill ,'{S0 (10 ' Shirley a Son's bill 270 X7 Davidson A Co's bill :?7 HO ' *1.724 3'2 1 The remaining $147.53 was expended by htm foi ( other small articles and for the incidental expenses of |iackitii; and transportation, as will appear by his alii- t lavit which he has sent ine and which Is as follows : "In the months of January, February and March, of the year ls"87,1 expended In the purchase of furniture lor the residence of the Governor in Columbia, South > Carolina, and for such incidental expenses of packing j ?nd transportation as Monscd thereto, the snin of one thousand eight hundred und seventy-one S2-100 dollars^ 1.871.85): I also supplied to Govcrner .1. 1*. Kichnrdson an inventory of said furniture anil receipted bills aggregating tbe above sum of $l,S71.8o. " I OllU'Vneil NVII.SOV " bTATK ok Makti.and, City of Baltimore. . On this 5th day of August. A. 1). 1S92, before the subscriber, a Notary l'ublic of the Stote of Maryland, in and for Baltimore city, personalty appeared .1. Crawford Neiison, and made oath in due form of law that the above statement in true and correct, Witness iny hand and official seal. Titos. Kki.i. Bkai>koki>, [Seal.] Notury Public. I have also obtained froin "The Carolina National Bank of Columbia," the three drafts which I purchased from the bank and by which the $1,S71.85 was remitted to Mr. Neiison and those from whom he purchased the furniture. These druflst were drawn by "The Carolina Nationnl Bank of Columbia" on "The National Bank of the I!e|?ublic." of New Yoik, and. having been paid by the latter bank were in due course of business returned to the former bank. They are as follows: (I.) Draft Feb. 11, IfcST, to order J. P. Uichardson, endorsed by J. P. Uichardson to J. Crawfoid Neiison and endorsed in blank by J. Crawford Neiison $1,000 00 (2.) Draft Murch 'i, 1SS7, to order of J. C, Neiison. endorsed by J. C. Neiison SOI 10 (:}.) Dralt March 2.1&S7, to order J. Knlpp ,v Bro , and endorsed by J. C. Knlpp .v Bro <>70 75 fcj , The only remainlne item pointed <iut by Governor Tillman us being without vouchers is the above stated item. (4 ) 1S88, October 31, .1. I*, Richardson, no voucher. This amount was ilrawn by me and expended by nie i personally In the city of Columbia In the purchase at different places of sundry articles fir the Executive Mansion. All the bills timkiriir up this amount were receipted and were tiled as vouchers in the Comptroller General's office, and should bo there now. The articles purchased were left ill the Executive Mansion and are now, 1 presume, in the use of Governor Tillman and his fimily. My private secretary, Mr. W. K. Gonzales, has furnished mu with his atlidavit to the etreot that his attention was particularly called to these vouchers by his predecessor. Mr. L. U. Chaxal, and that he tiled theui with the Comptroller General. Ijtatk ok Sot'tii Carolina, County ok Highland. Personally comes W. E. Gonzales, who being duly sworn, says that he succeeded L. K. Chuzal as private secretary to Governor John 1*. Richardson. That among the papers turned over to this deponent by the said L. K. Chaital, pertaining to the Governor's office, were vouchers for $19S.40, moneys expended by Governor Kichurdson for the Executive Mansion. That the said L. It. Cliaziil called this deponent's attention especially to these vouchers, stating to him that they were the paid bills for a warrant that Governor Iticlinrdson had drawn to settle up all claims against the Executive Mansion fund?that all other vouchers pertaining to the appropriation for the furnishing of the Ewcilttve Mansion hail been tiled with the i'oinp trailer Menemi uy iiiiu?mm in-, mr j-uiu u. ... uu.?i, asked this deponent to llle these vouchers for thr said $19S.-1U with the Comptroller General. That thin deponent did lllo the said vouchers in the Comptroller General'solliee. W. K. Gonzai k.s. Sworn to before me this 2d <lav of August, 1892. L. (J. 'Marshall, [i..k j Notary l'ulilie. All the papers and document* referred to above liave been placed lijr me in the oHlce of the Clerk ol the Court lor Kichland county for public inspection. There is one other fact to which I would brielly call attention?the condition of the Kxccutlvc Mansion when I was iuuugiirn ed Governm?and the ciicumstances under which the various appropriations fur jis repair, furnishing, lighting;, etc., were made. It had been rendered almost uninhabitable by the damages conse>|ui lit upon the earthquake of lbsG. so III null so that 1 hud decided not to occupy It, as its condition would likely render it precarious to health. Without any solicitation or suggestion on my part however, at the session of that year, the committee ot. i public buildings, whose chairman was Dr. (Icorge H. Dean, of Spartanburg, made an examination of the mansion and reported Its condition to the House, i with the recommendation that a sullicicnt uppropriai tion In- made for its thorough rclitting, repair, furnishing, lighting, .\c , which was promptly adopted by the Legislature?and contrary to my wish the whole sum I and Its expenditure was placed under the side control . ill' tin* Governor, to whose order it was inuiie payable. The duty thus imposed by legislative net I hail to i discharge to the best of my ability. As I remember, t without the record beini; belnre me, thi' llr>t appro* s priatioti was f'2,7(KI, the seeotiil Sl.fiOU, the third >7-VI, it ami tlie fourth a similar aiii'iiint, 1 think?thus diss ti ititiiinir the whole niiioiint for these vmied and eiistIv |iut'|ioses through the lour years uf my udmiiiiislra tton. Tlie result was that instead of limllng a mueli t dilapidated house, almost lure of everything. (Jovera nor Tillman could, on the day of his iniiiiiiuratioii, r have dilied at tlie Mansion In all the comfort afforded e by A completely furnished cslublishm.-lil. ill excellent r o iler, by simply takini; his servants and provision if witli him. Governor Tillman's attack on mo Is characteristic o| o the man and of Ills disreputable methods. It Is utter if Iv inexcusable. It is not the result of an honest mis t- take into which lie has fallen, He is a man in puhtli d life, lamiliar with the course of ollicial business, am e presumably, to say the leuat, acquainted with tliosi laws of the State riCUiutliii; the conduct of the Exec utlve Department of the State corernment, II< knows that bv STH of the section General Statiit'B tin Comptroller is required to "exauilni' and annually rr ic port to the General Assembly on the accounts of al persons having the distribution ol public money. Hi! knew with little effort he might have ascertained! that the four Items to which he has called attention were examined and reported to the General Assembly, the lirst three by Comptroller General Stoney and the last one by Comptroller General Verner. See Comptroller's reports for 1SS7 at puge IOC and 18X8 at paces Id and 9.0. In Gen. Money's report Cor 1S87 the statement is distinctly made 'that the warrant for Sl.(XK) was for the purchase ol furniture? a fact deliberately mppressed by Governor Tillman, conduct that lawyers would clViracterize as suppresslo veri or eiiggcsMo falsi. Hi' knew or he ought to have Known tnai inese gentlemen would not and could not have reported these items of expenditure to the Oenerul Assembly unless the proper vouchers therefor had been tiled In their office. Governor Tillman knew, or ought to have known, all this, and yet, regardless of decency and consilium; only his own stilish ends, he has dellberitely lalslfleil the truth and milled one more to the loll? list of base slanders w hich he has perpetrated igainst the honest and honorable people of this State. 11 is no excuse for Governor Tillinan to say or claim that it was not his duty to investigate any further than the oflichil record, for any fair and just, and truthful man, before insinuating such crave charges igalnst the humble?t citizen would surely have adopted the simple method pniSiietl by me in ascertaining :he facts and truth as here presented to you. But no ?he is persistently follow ins; the plan of campaign vliich his evil and malicious genius tlrst devised and [iracticeil of making charges and allegations regardless >f truth or innocence?and throwing the onus projandl upon the guiitless victim. "God Almighty's gentlemen" does little credit to the character ao brazenly Mid impiously assumed. Hut the fate of the slanderer is certain and sure, hough the mill of the coil's grinds slowly?and the lay is not far distant, 1" believe and trust, when the ligh, cliivalric anil patriotic, people of gallant old South Carolina will thrust from them forever these lorriil and disgusting spectacles of moral choullsin, ind triumphantly ssive the grand old Democratic par,y from the utter ruin threatened it by pharisuical riends and false leadei'S. With great respect your fellow-citizen, J. P. ltlchardson. Primary i^iccuoii. At the meeting of the Democratic Execu,lve Committee for Abbeville County the folowing managers were appointed for the primary election to be bold August 30tb. Abbeville No. 1~T.P. Quarles, R. S. Link, a. H. HIII. Abbeville No.2-R. M. Hill.S. W. Cochran, X D. Haddon. Antreville?H. J. Power, Frank Carwile, A. U. Krwln. Bellvue?J. L. Kennedy, T. J. Brltt, J. U. iVardlaw. Bradley?W. J. Gaines, Geo. P. Hughes, W. 3. Cothran. Cedar Springs?John Lyon, John Brown, lr., John Edwards. Cokesbury?S. C. Merrlman, B. B. Lawson, J. C. Hart. Coronaca?J. Q. Pyles, A. M. Aiken, T. A. Ilobertsou. Donalds?J. E. Todd. J. N. McDIll, W. R. 3nnn. Due West?E. H. Edwards, M. G. Donuald, 2. B. Cowan. Greenwood?J. L. Hughey, L. Sheppard, J. kV. Sproles. Hampton?A. P. Carwile, Jr., John T. McCain, R. M. Ashley. Hodges?John Lelth, J. A. McCord, C. W. lain water. Lebanon?James Evans, A. J. Woodhurst, Vllen McCanty. Long Cane?D. P. Hannah, J. H. Ashley, A. [\ Mcllwain. Lowndesville No. 1?S.S. Boles, B. B.Allen, 2. W. Harper. Lowndesville No. 2?W. C. Shaw, J. T. llasEln, J. M, Evnns. Magnolia?C. G. McAllister, Robert Hester, j. C. Haskell. McCortnlck?S. L. Edmunds, J. L. Reylolds, L.N. Chamberlain. Means Chapel-S. H. Cochran, J as. H. Barkslale, S. E. Price. Mountain View? W. C.S. McClelland, A.G. Raskin, J. B. Dawson. Mt. Cartnel?Henry Hester, J. R. Tarrant, V. R. Powell. Ninety-Six?R. F. McCaslan, T. C. Turner, V. S. Osborne. Phoenix?Joe Lake, T. J. Chlpley, S. P. {rooks. Stony Point?J. A. Loin ax, H. Y. Goddard. C. Law. i> I'oB,,,,,, mo Vnnnir T. M. Den ly. J Verdery-J. L. White, V\\ W. Purdy, J. W. Scott. Walnut. Grove?0. S. Harvey, S. C. Itlley, i\'. T. Jones. SUGENE H. GARY. I). H. MAGILL, County Chairman. Secretary. Prohibition Mniuitrrm at Prlnmry. Abbeville 1?J. F. Lyon. Abbeville ii? H. W. Lawson. Antreville?Luther Harkness. Hellvue?J. S. Brltt. Bradley?D. W, Jay. Cedar .Springs?I)r. Andrew Hunter. Cokesbury? A. S. McKenzie. Coronaca? Hayne Henderson. Donalds?C. V. Martin. Due West? K. L. Grler. Greenwood?S. J. Major. Hampton?S. M. Cullubam. Hodgen?J. C. Kills, Lebanon?Samuel Kvans. Long Cane?S. I'. Pressly. Lowndesvllle 1?1. H. McCalla. Lowndesvllle 2?A. L. Latimer. Magnolia-G. Speer. McCormlck?M. L. B. Sturkey. Menus Chapel?A. G. Cochran. .tlUMIIUUU 1 ll"?*?m. t\. uuui/fuoi Mt. Curmel?J. I?. Covin. Ninety Six? Jus. Rogers, Jr. Phoenix?P. H. Adams. Stony Point?Krsklne Arnold. Troy?J. F. Wide man. Verdery?W. K. Henderson. Walnut Grove?W. J. AlcUee. Confederate Survivors' Association. The annual meeting of the Association will be held at Abbeville on Friday 1'Jth AiikukI Instant. Essays on some battles of the war will be read by prominent pitrticlpants. New members will be enrolled. A barbecue will lie served fur the members nnd others attending, and a full attendance U requested. The following persons are appointed committees on the barbecue to obuiin subscriptions of provisions and money. The Township Committees are requested to report to the Abbeville Local Committee by Monday, 13th Inst., which committee will please make necessary arrangements lor the barbecue. No. 1?(J. Mel). Miller, l)r. W. A. Llmbecker. No. J?Dr. J. C. Maxwell, J. L. Hinrhey. No.3?Dr. Willie T. Jones, A H. Kills. No. 4-(i. M. Mattison, W. B. Acker. No.5?Dr. J. W. Wldeman, F. W. It. Nance. No.(!?Sumiiel P. Pressly. J. H. Nlckles. No. 7?Mul. J. L. White. J. W. Fife. No. S?T. J. Heaist, Dr P. H. Adat/iS. No. !>?J. A. Chiles, D. W. DouM-fh. No. 10?John I,yon, Samuel Kvans. No. 12?John U. Hrownlee, W. It. McAdams. No. l:i?Geo. T. Hurdett. 1. II. Met alia. No. 11? Kd Calhoun. W. A. Lanier. No. 15?J. II. Morrali.O. A. Grant. No. 10? K. Cowan, Jas. Cot bran, Jr. A ltllKV! l.l.K I.IK'AI. ('OMMI1TKK. I IV Wlilio ii'r.'i,: T.'iim, \V. A. Tenipleton, .1. T. Holier!son, , T. <!. Seal, John Hums. W. M. OKI Kit. ('resident. WM. II. I'AUKKIi, W. K. I'OTIIKAN, .1. K. HKADLKY, VIcc-l'i'csidcnis. Flection ol? Trial Justices. The lollowltit: lire the places for whieh Trla Justices arc to be elected ill I lie coining prl tnary and the clubs that will vote tor theses' eral Trial Justices: Ninety-Six?NIncty-Six club. (ireemvcKiil (iiecn wood, l/omnacu and Slo ny l'oinl club.'.. Hodges? Hodges, Cokes-bury and Walnu (jiove clubs. Donalds?Donalds club. Due West?Due West club. Antrevillc? Antrev lilt: and Mountain Vicv clubs. Lowndesvillp?l.owndesville No. 1 anc Lowndesville No. '1 clubs. Monterey?Magnolia ciub. Ml. Carmel?Mt. 1'urinH club. McCormick?McCormick and liellvue clultf Tr?>y?Troy club. Bradley?Bradley, I'lioctil.x and Vcrder; clubs. Lebanon?Lebanon and Cedar Spring clubs. Hampton?I lampion club. Cochran's Mill?Long Cane Huh. Abbeville (2) ? Abbeville No. 1. Abbevill No. 2, und Mean* Chapel clubs. if Ilxlrn Train*? Low Kates. The Port Royal and Western Carolina K:?i 1 way will run special trains I coin (iiceuviilt Spartanburg and Greenwood, to the Mi)2 mil f l'ost on the 1\ R. iV W. C. Rail way on .->atu - day, August 2n, logiveull persona a chant to hear the last specchesol' the caiualgn. Tli : trains from Greenwood will run as lollows: 1 Leave Round trij ? Greenwood Ii.:!0a. in 11.4:ia. m "lie (Quarry U.SUa. ui 11.Ml a. m fwc i* Coronaca 7.10 a. in 11.Ml u. m otic i" Waterloo 7.5U a. in.,.,..12.22 p. in 2.'ic Wall "Point 8!l2a. in 12.:fcl p. m lac I Ar. Ml)^ Mile Post 8.90a. in.... 12.11) p. m. " Kelurulug to Greenwood S.-'iU p. ui MR. KING AT ANTREVILLE. ? ? A THOROUGHBRED ALLIANCEMAN AND FARMERS MOVEMENT-MAN ON THE SITUATION. OppuNPri to a Constitutional 4'onven* tion?Opposed to the Throe-I>olIai* Poll Tax?Opposed to the Repeal ol? the Uen Law?<)ppo<*p<l to Onitllfied Snflraire. In Favor ol" the Largest Liberty for All and the Least Tux on the Itone and MiDtcle. Speech of lion. J. X. Kiue, at Autrevllle, August 12, 1992. Mr. Chairman, Ladles and Gentlemen : We are here to-day for the purpose of din cussing, an<l hea.ing discussed, the political Issues of the tiroes. It ih the duly that every aspirant for a political oflice, owea to the people he aspires to represent, to go before them,give his views upon all questions that would likely come beinre hliu for Legislation, and I aru before you now for that purpose. The people should pay attention to what is said by the candidates so they could vote intelligently on the issues before them, and decide in their own minds whether the aspirants' views are In account with their own or not. People often vote lor a candidate simply because he is a good fellow p.nd has never, mado an enemy. Don't vote for such a mun, be never hud an opinion of his own, and it be did, tie never liud the manhood to deiend It. There arc great questions pending before you for your adjudication, they have been discussed all over the State and county. I am a supporter of Gov. Tillman and of his administration. Most of the Legislation of the present Legislature was wise and conservative. But I dltt'er with Gov. Tillman on certain measures that are at this time being discussed. Let us discuss those matters calmly. Don't let us fight among ourselves and sink the ship; let us agree upon t>ome pUtn that will lead us to a part of salty. The li'-st question to settle Is whether the demagogue I .... Ihn nr.nnlo uhull rillp?that IS for VOU lO say. i have but one vote to ca#t, and I Intend to cast It. according to the dictates of my own conscience, and not by the direction or any I man or gel of men. My friends, go and do likewise; If you do any other way you are not men. you are nothing but dumb driven cattle. I sliu.1l take up the subjects before us for discission in regular order. The one that seems to be of tbe greatest Importance is whether we shall have a Constitutional Convention or not? I say I am opposed to calling a convention and J will give you my reason for the position that i occupy. 1 believe our present constitution Is as good as we could make under the present siatus ol the white people of this State. We have as good a constitution as any State In this America Union. We eonld not better It In my opinion IP we have it convention. If there Is anything wrong with the present constituilou we can remedy It by amendment by your own votes, without the cost of one dollar. Whereas If we have a convention it will en?t you more than one hundred thousand dollais (for a commencement) which Is nearly a one mill tax. Those who lavor a call for a convention tall our constitution an old rag. Sorry the word rebellion is in It. Hebelllon only occurs in one of the sections. It reads thus. "No debt constructed by the hand of the re hellion shall ever be paid." Tlie.v suy uim Is nn Insult to the olil soldiers. Washington and Lee were called rebels and as long as we arc in ouch good crmpany we should be talistied. But again, they say one section of the constitution says that "All schools supported wholly or In purl, by the public funds shall be open alike to the colored and white children of t lie Stale." I believe our Supreme Court would bold that under our present system of school management that both classes have equal rights under the law, these defects can be remedied by amendment, and li you elect me as one of your representatives I will oiler a resolution to allow you to vote to change those two sections of our constitution. Our constitution lias(10) sixteen amendments made to The tu ..ill school tax was put Into It by amendment; only two votes was cast agulnst It in Abbeville County. The homestead law has^een amended, so you see you can get whatyou want remedied in the Organ I to law* by amendment without money and without price. We are told that Charleston lias two Senators and Abbeville only one, that is not right. If my friends will examine the records of the Legislature they will find that I voted for the resolution to deprive Charleston of oneoi her Senators. Wc can remedy this by amendment which f have already voted for and will vote for again if I have the opportunity. This community is as intelligent as any community In the State, and I doubt if ten men In this Inrue audience have ever read the oonntitution. I say this wlih all respect to your intelligence. Do you want to change something you have never read and studied. I should think not. Rend it, study It. compare it with the constitutions of our sister states, and see wherein you could better It before you conclude to can?e It?don't take u leap In the dark. It has been said we can't control the corporations of the State without a convention. I can't nee what the constitution has to do with controlling corporations. They receive their charter from Legislature and they can be controlled by their creator. It lias been said a better class of men would be sent to the Convention than goes to the | Legislature, Why would a better class be sent? The same men or nearly the same men would be elected to the convention Unit go to the Legislature with a four months session and (SI) Jive dollars a day In vlexv they would stive all the harder to get there. Another reason given why wo should have a convention is that our present constitution Is a Republican product; they go on the principle that no good can come out of Nazareth. It is thesamecry of the Jews of (tliou) nlne' teen hundred years ago. it Is only a sentiment. Are we able to pay such a large sum for sentiment? I think not; and then again if we have a new constitution there will be delects in it thnt will have to bo remedied. All of our laws will have to be construed by the Supreme Court, and it will take a long lime to become familiar with the organic law of the land. W'e are familiar with our laws, you can h ive most ol'your legal papers drawn by a I Notary or Trial Justice without cost, but when we have a new constitution you will lie compelled to go to a good lawyer and have liiin to draw your papers so that thc.v will conform to the new order of things. Th?n, young triends of mine, they will become bloated bond holders; that Is perhaps why the "Did Hag" Is so detestable to tlietn. 1 am not a prophet nor am I the son of a - -'I' .......o I I.? prop Del, urn mam uiu, juu win vmnc ,.,v u.v Mini you vote lor u convention. I say most emphatically that I would vote against a resolution to call a convention unless I was directed to <Io so by 11 majority vote of Hie white people. Why If I were to see a tarmulo tearing through this forest ana if I could stop H by the wave of my hum! would it not he right to do It. We are fooling with a political cyclone that might deslory us If we call a convention. You who have road the history of this State know that strlle and animosities have been engendered. Families were separated sixly years ago in the days of nullification that have never been healed. God 1 deliver us from such a late. I am opposed to qualified snlFVage?It is 110 - new position for me. When I was your representative In the General Assembly a bill was presented to 1 lie commltieeon privileges - and elections recommending (jualllied suffrage. I opposed it then; I oppo-ed It now on L the same grounds. It wll bo a bone of dissension among our people. We should go Blow in this direction. There are men In this community who, / from no taultof theirs, are unable to read the constitution of the State. They are good cl1 ti/.ens, have made money honesty. They are educating their children and helping the church. Are they to be deprived of the right of suffrage through no fault of theirs? 1 Hut I muss on to the three dollar poll tax ol which we hiivo heard so much. I inn opposf ed to taxing the boneand muscle ot the land while letting the wealth escape Its part of the s harden of taxation. It Is not right. It Is nol jusi. It is a discrimination against the pooi . men of the country. M would be a inairnitlccnt electioneering e scheme for our friends here to come before the people two or four years Iroin now, ant' say to you, we have given you good schools for nine months in the year and your lax as sissment. has not been raised one cent, and sc I- it will appear on the tax books. I will Illustrate to you what I mean. If fo: e all purposes you are assessed (!)) nine mills r- your property valued at t'lOii) tlve hundret t. dollars, your tax would be tour dollars am e lifi.v cents, now add three dollar poll ta: making seven dollars and tiliy cehts. you p. taxi 8 are increased (CC2-'l) sixty-six and two third per cenl, making .your property on thousand dollars, and at the same rate you incroaso would be thlny-thrre and one-thin fiei; cent. The richer you are the less Increas n your taxes, and then again one-third of ill property of the Slate is vested' In corpori lions, w hicli have 110 polls and they would b exempt from bearing their part of educating the masses. I say it is not right; It Is not Just. I say property should be taxed to educate the people. I am asked, why ? I answer by asking what would the property of this country be worth. If the people were allowed to grow up In ignorance and vice. Railroads, banks, factories and property generally would depreciate and becon e worthless. An educated people protect property and do not destroy It, therefore, wealth, for the protection It receives, should pay the burden of educating the masses and not the poor man, who can hurdly live as It Is. A small tax for i educational purposes Is cheaper. If I had It In my power. I would put a goc.d school house, with a first class teacher In It, In every community in this State for nine months In the year Could you afford to send your children toschool nine months in the year? Not all of you, for I know of my own knowledge of a 1 school In this community where you had to take your children away from school before 1 your five months wai out, so they could help you In the farm. Look well before you v&te for a Representative who would put a three dollar poll tax on you, when you can't take up all the time you now have under the two mill tux I am not lo favor of repealing the Hen law. i It Is all the banking capital a poor man has. i Look well before you casl your ballot, fpr this 1 Is a Legislative enactment and not a constltu- 1 tlonal enactment. You may take the meat and bread out of the mouths of your wives 1 and children next year. 1 My friends, my time Is limited. I will not 1 have the time to discuss everything 1 wantto. Hut I will say that I supported Clemson > College on the stump and In the House of Representatives. I hope our boys will soon 1 receive great benefits irom it. I am on record as to the reduction of the ' State officers'salaries. I believe they can be < reduced without detriment to the public ser- ' vice. I appeal to you to Fay whether my past ' record will Justify you In tructlne your destiny in my hands. I have been taunted with having done enough for my country an>J should not now be elected to represent you. i I have only done my duty as I have seen It. ( without the remotest hope of reward, except i the approval of toy conscience and the respect of my fellow citizens. ! In 18611 laid my young life on the altar of t my country. I went through four years ot i war without a speck of dishonor on my 1 name. I Itved through all the dark days of I Radical misrule without heing tainted with Radicalism, and when the fullness of time ( had come tor us to liberate ourselves from ( our oppressor I led where others dared to fol- t low. t. And I gave to you the primary election t taws which my trlends speak of In such eloquent terms of Governor Tillman having i given lo you ror tne nrst nmo 10 cnoose your own State officers. I speak of these things with modesty. Bui I do It In my own defense. My record Is be i fore you. As a Legislator It is a record I am not ashamed of. When I hear my friends speak so eloquently of the glories of the past In which I was an actor I feel that my life has not been spent In vain. With the record before yoo and the fact thai I ain a farmer ; that I earn ray bread by the sweat of my brow ; that I am a charter member of the Alliance ; a charter member of the farmers Movement in this State, ask yourselves before you cast, your ballot whether your interests would be safer In my hands than they would be In the hands of lawyers, doctors, merchants and divines. You can vote for me if you think best. I am not begging you te vote for me. If yru elect me I will do the best I can for you. If 1 am defeated I have a Job at home. I shall strive In the future as I have In the ' past to do all I can to advance the interests J of our whole people. May God bless you, my ? friends. CLEANING DP MAYFIELD, | -?? * His Figures* all Wronjf?Superintend- ' ent Lipscomb .Shown the Utter Uu- t reliability of? flayIIeld's State inentN. ,e Columbia, August G.?To the Editor of the State: The Ilegl*ter of August 5th contains a report of the speech of Superintendent ol Education Mayfleld at Union, In which he at- ( tempts to compare the administration ofithe f Statu government under Tillman and under u his predecessors very much to the detriment '1 of the latter. r That portion of the speech which refers to t LUC peuibeuiittry in su iijuihtmij uumu liiui It appears to bo the duty of those acquainted with the facts to state them, that the good people or the .state may not be imposed on by any such partisan statements. First. As to th^alleged debt of 88,000. No such thing existed, as it will be seen by the report of Superintendent Talbert for 1891, that iie acknowledges to have received from me in cash 81,5-17.tt5 and charges up as-debts of former administration'' $4.095.:i3, leaving a balance of 8451.70 In cash above all debts he could chargc to my management. It Is possible that the alleged debt was the first payment on the DeSaussure place, purchased by authority ol the Legislature, and If so, he had Just as well made it 825,000 as 88,000, for the whole amount has to be paid eventually. Accepting his statement that this 8S.000 Is properly chargeable as a debt left unpaid, nil examination of Superintendent Talbert's report for 18'JI will show that he acknowledges the receipt of and accounts for 824,155.95 from sales of cotton and farm produce, old Iron and machinery leit on hand and proceeds of convict hire, tC-c., due the prison before he took charge, acd I have taken Into account no cotton sold afler August, 1SD1, except 522 bales ' from Seegers' farm, and thirty-five bales from 7.. ? ...IJ 1- O..I.?ka. I . spigenei H Jiirill, O'HU niacjjiuuuu, nuivu A I k.iow to be of the '1)0 crop. I This, alter paying Mr. Mayfleld's 88,000. i leaves the modest sum of SIB,1.55 95 Id favor of ( the previous year without taking Intoconsid- < eratlon the stock and produce ou the State t farms and cash on hand, which, as shown In | a previous communication, amounts to about 817,100 or more. I "Second. As to the wonderful saving in tht i per capita expense of maintaining the con- i victs. Mr. Mayfield makes It 5c percaplta per t day. Kor 1S90 It was IS l-7c and for 1S91 (ten months) Superintendent Talbert makes It < 15}^o for piuctlcally the same Items of expen- j pendlture, Just about 8c it will be seen, as < taken from the reports without explanation. , Mr. Mayfield, singularly enough, fails to explain how much of this apparent reduction Is i to be credited to the consumption In '91 of 100 bead of beef cattle ana 121 head of sheep left i as the State's share on Green Hill farm. (Superintendent Talbert does not report the sale or loss of these cattle, and does not claim to have any on hand in October, 1891, and they must have been eaten.) Nor how much should be credited to the feeding of 122 convict* per day for the ten months by the Clemson College trustees. SuperlntendentTalbert reports the dally average number of convicts as 770 and total expenditures $52,001.02 for ten months. Taking otl the items for the board of directors, transportation of new prisoners, new hospital, water wheel water, and DeSaussure farm, which are not properly chargeable to maintalnance, leaves In round number 845,000 which makes something over 111 eents instead of 15% per capita per day, for the ten months. Now, take from the 770 the 122 fed by the Ck'tnson College trustees, or only takeoff til, leaving on?--half for the clothingandother attention furnished by the penitentiary besides lood, we have a small Item of $J,523.:t<j provided for by other parties than the prison authorities at 19 cents per day, which adds, roughly, about, one-hull to the total expense ami of course one-twelfth to the per capita cost or In all over 2U cents Instead of and the saving Is thus In favor of the previous year. Hut some one may say that the Item of SI 01)5.:j:i accounted lor nt "debts of former administration" should be deducted from the expenses. Not so! for if >ve do Superintendent Talbcrt will then only have accounted for nine months expenses, as the only amount claimed to have been paid out for January 'ill is SWG.Sl outside of "debts ol former administ rut Ion" and puyment on De.Saussure farm, und the uveruge payment for the other nine months is about $j,2t)(i, so that one month's expenses were left oft, presumably October's, ; to be paid in November, aud this will proba bly be accounted lor in the next Usual year. To the casual observer, with the two reports , in his hand, thfire appears to be u difference of about S&VOO aualnst 181W, but when It is re mem tiered I tint sat convicts were careu mi .??. f days In 18!Kj aud only 770 convicts were . cared for for only :!0l days in ivjl, 1 about is accounted for, and tliut in tne items for Improvement and extraordinary expenditures set lorth as ' incidental 111 IS!*) with us can be shown no corresponding expenditure in 1S!>1, $11,(100 , more is accounted for, the apparent difference > disappears like snow betore the summer sun, I and leaves h balance in favor of 1SIXJ. < If Mr. Maylield's argument Is as utterly . without basis, when he talks about the other , departmeiiis of the State government, as It is about the penitentiary, this whole thing must r be rotten Indeed. I desire to say that this Is not intended as 1 nn attack ou the present management of the I penitentiary, and would not have been writt ten but for Mr. May field's partisan etl'ort to r disparage tlio previous administration. Very respectfully, T.J.Lipscomb. e Ex-Superintendent South Carolina Penitenr tlary. J , r g !'(tIenn.SprlngB" w ater on draught and by t, the gallon at W. It. Bailey's Granite FronI e tirug Store, (Jreeuwood, S. C. June i!'J, 1 w. COULDN'T AFFORD TO LISTEN TO FACTS. ARGUMENT, REASON. No Tliey 'fleet Intelligence and Brains with Violent and Brute Force? The Dirtieftt Proceeding of the Whole Campaign. Anderson Intelligencer. The people of this city have felt great Interest In the success of the Willlamston meeting on Monday. On that day a goodly number of oar people boarded the early morning train faced towards Willlamston. At Belton tbey were strongly reinforced and they landed about 200 strong at Wllliamston. Trowbridge's baud accompanied the excursionists and discoursed excellent music durthe day. iiiB wiiuamsion meeung was a t^onservatlve meeting and was gotten up by the Conser vatles in and around that classic town. These good people are deeply In earnest In their support of the Conservative party, and an elegant barbecue dinner was served to their ?. guests und everything else was done for their comiort that warm-hearted hospitality could suggest. About 2,000 persons were present and they, as Conservatives always do, accorded the speakers a most respectful hearing and preserved the best of order throughout the day. Rev. A. C. Stepp, of Honea Path, presided, and Ex-Governor Sheppard, Col. Orr,Solicitor Murphy and Col. Humbert were present and made vlzorous and convincing speeches. : < MaJ. Murray made a speech in which the the crowd was deeply interested, for he told af the occurence of a few hours previous which bad nearly cost hjm his life. rilE way the county executive committee tried to break up the williamston meeting. To obtain an accurate knowledge of this af- ( 'air, let us go back a few days to the meeting )f the County Democratic Executive Committee of a week ago Monday. Tbat Committee determined to set times uid places for eight campaign meetings in ;he County, and the following sub-Committee WHS appoluted to make the appointments: W. C. PicKens, W. A. Neal, T. B. Earle, T. H. Burrlss and R. Dugan. This Committee set a meeting for Cedar 3rove on Monday last, and they did so wltb'a ull knowledge of the fact that the ConservaIves of the VVllllamston community bad ilready selected Monday as the day to hold ,helr meeting In Willlamston. Cedar Grove is about 3 or 3^ miles weat of willlamston. v <! thikfts to be remembered. In considering the proceedings of Monday >ear these ibree facts In mind: That the Conservative meeting at Williamson had been set for Monday before the Exesutive Committee set the County campaign neetlng for Cedar Grove. That the County Democratic Executive Committee appointed the meeting at Cedar Jrove for Monday and invited all candidates o be present, especially candidates from tbU Jonnty. That every citizen, regardless of politics or ace, has a right to attend every meeting pro- T rided for by the Democratic Executive Com* nlttee. / SPEAKERS AT CEDAR GROVE. About as many attended the Cedar Grove neetlng as were present at the Wllllamston neetlng. During the morning J. W. Ashley, f. E. Tlndal. Secretary of Stats, A. C. Latimer ind J. E. Breazeale spoke at Cedar Grove. MAJOR MURRAY GOES TO CEDAR GROVE. At some time during the morning MaJ. E I. Murray, wbo Is a citizen of this County, a rood Democrat, a candidate on the Conservaive ticket for election to the September Nornnatlng Convention and a peaceable man, eft the Wllllamston meeting to go to Cedar Jrove that be might meet his fellow-cltlzc :s * here and perhaps speak to them. He and >Ir. J. P. Gossott drove tnere In a buggy. iVhat happened on their arrival Is told by - 1 ye-witnesses In substance as follows: THE ASSAULT ON MAJOR MURRAY. On coming within 250 yards of the stand at "edar Grove, severul fellows some distance the arioitlflniy followed Messrs. Murntv ind Gos8ett, jeering arid yelling at them. ['he crowd around the stand bearing this uslied towards the buggy and so blockaded he road that the team was stopped. So uuch Jeering and yelling took place that It vus beafenlng. Neither of the gentlemen In be buggy attempted to say anything and ony smiled and nodded at friends they reoogniz d around them. Finally, some friend took be bridle of the horse and made a way for hem through the crowd, that they might go learer tbe stand. Mr. Uossett, by agreement, emainjd in the buggy waiting to see If Mr. Hurray would be allowed to speak. Mr. Murray alighted and bad gone but a 'ew steps and was near some ladles when tbe irowd around him became a yelling, sense ess mob. They seized Mr. Murray and struck ilm with their fists and punched him with imbrellasand sticks, and forced him vlolenty against a tree, and some say he was Jerked 0 the ground and kicked. After a time be vas roughly thrown into tbe buggy and tbe >eaceable men among them urged Mr. Goslet to drive hastily away. This he tried, to lo, but the wild mob was lotb to give up their >rey so soon. Some of them seized the bug:y wheels and the back of the buggy and contnued to strike and beat their victim. At ast tbe buggy was Jerked from them, and vas started rapidly towards Willldmston. , . rhen tne mob resorted to stones, and savagey hurled rocks at tbe men In the buggy and -an after them and threw at them as long as ,hey could keep In distance. Fortunately he stones did not tak effect, but a number >f them hit tne buggy and made scars therein tnat indicated that they were thrown with 1 force that would have cleft a man's skull :iad their aim been accurate. When Messrs. Murray and Gossett escaped :helr tormentors It was found that Mr. Mur-ov hod tint, received anv daneerous wounds [rom the cowardly ruffians, but he was severely and painfully bruised. It was of this dastardly and cowardly assault upon two peaceable and unarmed citizens by a vicious mob that Mr. Murray spoke jn his return to Willlamstou and which exElted the crowd there intensely. While the people at Wllliamston were fiercely indignant at the treatment of Mr. Murray they were advised not to resent it and [lid not attempt to do so. THE MEN WHO DID NOT PROTEST AGAINST THE MOST OUTKAGEOUS ACT OK THE CAM1I'AION. Besides Messrs. Ashley, Tindal, Latimer and Breazeale, already mentioned, Messrs. J. Helton Watson. S. N. Pearman, I>. H. Itussell and It. V. Acker, and perhaps some others, all prominent Tlllmanltes, witnessed the outrage perpetsated against Mr. Murray and did not make an effort to protect him nor speak a word for good order and decency, so far as our Inlormant could tell. They are leaders among the Tlllmanites and presumably could have had great influence with the crowd present. Why did they hold aloof? Were they indifferent to the tact that&cltl ulininulnlltr ill f_)i?lr presence an'd'by their friends? bid they approve it? CEDAR GROVE PEOPLE INDIGNANT. Be It said to the lasting eredltof many of those at the Cedar Grove meeting that they left the place Immediately after this occurrence. They did not even stay to eat their dinners. They left in disgust at what they had witnessed. We believe that many others of those preseut severely censure the actlou of the mob. HON. (iEOKCK K. PKINCE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK. The Hon. George E. Prince went to the Cedar Grove meeting soon after the scene just described ended. He was met with scowls and threats and warned not to go towards the stand. The Chairman and others present begged hini cot to do so as they believed It would precipitate another scene of mobism and they could not protect him. He was urged to leave tne grounds lorthwlth, as his presence seemed to work some of the lawless fellows Into a tine frenzy and trouble was brewing. Ho conseuted to leave, and we have good authority lor saylug he left none too early, and that it was with trouble that the rullians present were prevented from stoning linn us neiviis driving uu. Of course the ieudersol the mob are known. As they have sown so shall they reap. our citizens returned on the late train Monday evening, and excepting the incident above related enjoyed the day very much, and received new evidence of the great and growing strength of the Conservatives in the County of Anderson. __. m . - The Flr.nt lo Arrive. Governor Tillman arrived in Abbeville Sanday evening over the C. <it G. road. Lieutenant Governor Gary was at the depot and met him. They took seats lu the hack and rode up to the home of the Lieutenant Governor, where the Governor was enterlalued. it was not generally known that the Governor was coming, and this fact, we presume, accounts for the fact that his friends were not present In greater numbers to do him honor. 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