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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE." |g u [continued kkom page onf. J tie* hip* MniQrf and IVx?n, the cruisers Montgomery ;<nd M-.rfolehead, and the k coast defense monitors Terror, Puritan ij ,nH Mfindnoek. 'ill Of c AU>(/uilj , which will be completed in one >ear. e The barber defense ram Ktf.atidin and j} the protected Columbia, Minneapolis, p Olympia, Cincinnati and ItaMgh, all of ,i which will be comple'cd pri>>r t > Julv ti .t, 1895. The first class battleships v Iowa, Indf:-:ni, Massachusetts and Ore- t Ron, which will he completed February h, 1, 1890, and thj armored crirsfr Brook ci lyn, which will be complPt~<1 oy Au- ii eust 1st of that year. It is fdsi expect ed thit the three guub ?at$ ?utnonz<-a p by the last Congress will bp completed ti in less than two ynars. p Since 1880. ' onpres3 has at each ses- jt sion authi riz=d tlie building of one or tl more vessels, and the Secrt-firy of the p Navy presents an earnest plea for the ej continuance of this plan. II* recom- ^ mends the authorization of at least one (j battleship and six torp< do beats, j While I am distinctly in favor of con- ii sistently pursuing the policy we have 3( inaugurated of building up a thorough ci and efficient navy I cannot n train irom ci -t .J the suggestion t&at congress snuum carefully take into account the number s! of unfinished vessels on our hands and d the depleted condition of our Treasury h in considering the propriety of an ap- f< propnation at this tima to begin new e; work. h The method of employing mechanic- h al labor at navy yarns through boards I of labor and making efficiency the s->lf? ^ test by which laburers are employed tl and continued, is producing the btst tl results, and <-he secretary is e irnes!ly e: devoting himself to its development, a Attention is invited to the statements t< of his report in regard to the working tl ofthesystem. ii The Secretary of the Interior has XJ supervision of so many important subjects that his report is of eipaclal value n and interest. On the 30th day of Juno 8 1893, there were on the pension roll, * 966,012 names, an increase of 89,941 ov- , er the number on the rolls June 30. e; 1892. Of these there were seventeen ir widows and daughters of revolutionary v soldiers, eighty six survivors of tbe w war of 1812; 5 425 wido ws of soldiers of ~J that war; 21,518 survivors and widows 11 cf the Mexican "War; 3.882 survivors .0I and widows of Indian wars; 284 army nurses, and 475,645 survivors and wid ia ows and children of deceased soldiers and sal lora of tbe war of the rebellion. The latter number represents those . pensioned on account of disabilities or J;1 death resulting from army and navy service. The number of persons re- cc mainlng on the rolls June 3j, 1893, who were pensioned under the Act of June " tQOn trrhirth Dflfl- . 61, luiru, nuivu , sioDB on account of ' death 01 and disability not chargeable to army service, was 459,155. The number added to the rolls during the year " was 123.634. and the number dropped ?] was 33,690 The tirst payments on pen- ji' 8ionsail>wpd during tne ye ir amount- a' ed to 833,756,549 98. This includes an P1 increase on the accumulation between the time from which the allowance of .lI pension dates and the time of actually 1C granting the certificate, although the e<: law of 1890 permits pensions for disa- & bility not related to military seivicr, u' yet as a requisite to its bent-fits a dis*- J? 1,u? ? nnnifn ttnr* nnl I_ ' DUlLy LUUSli CA1SC uffi. cants from the performance of manual ^ labor to such a degree as to render " them unable to earn their support. j*. The execution of this law in its early stages does not seem to have been in accord with its true intentions, but toward the cloae of the last administra- e' tion an authoritative construction was , given to the statute, and since that : time this construction has been followed. This has had the effect of lim- 'e iting the operation of the law to its iutended purpose. The discovery having , been made that many names had been put upon the pension roll by means of wholesale and gigantic frauds, the com- ?' missioner suspended payment upon a ? number of pensions which seemed to be fraudulent or unauthorized penlinjr ? a cemplete examination, giving notice r'' to the pensioners in order that they might have an opportunity to estab- ? lish, if possible, the justice of their claims, notwithstanding apparent in F validity. This 1 understand is the practice which has for a long time pre- v; vailed in the pension bureau, but after entering upon tbes* recent investlgatlons the commissioner modified this ? rule so as not to allow until after a complete examination, interference T with the paymeut of a pension appar- " ently not altogether void but which ?* merely had been lixtd at a rate higher 1D than that authorized by law. lam un- h< able to understand why frauds in the b< > pension rolls should not be exposed and ?' corrected with thoroughness and vigor. c: Every name fraudently put upon these hi rolls is a wicked imposition upon the 1? kindly sentiment in which pensions di have their origin Every fraudulent P! pensioner has become a bad citizen; 8: every false oath in support of a pension P; has made perjury more common and n fftlnp and iinrtpservinc Densioners rob the people cot only of their money, but of tbe patriotic sentiment which the di survivors of war fought for the preser- oi vation of the Union ought to inspire. t( Thousands of neighborhoods have their ci well known fraudulent pensioners, and ir recent developments by the bureau es- d tablish appalling conspiracies to ac- ai complish pension frauds. 13y no means tl is the least wrong done to brave and ci deserving pensioners, who certainly ti ought not to be condemned to such as- > sociation. Those who attempt in the a line of duty to reclaim these wrongs ti should not be accused of enmity or in- e: difference to the claims of honest vet- 6 erana. The sum expended on account o of pensions for the year enumg June ci 30,1893, was S156,740,4G7.14. The com- ti missioner estimates that $165,000,000 si will be required to pay pensions during b the year ending June 30,1894. p The condition of the luJiaus and ii lUttir UiUliiaitJ JLillC die OUUJCUL3 VYUJLU \j are related to a sacred duty of the gov- 6 ?rnment and which strongly appeal to p the sense of justice and the sympathy ti of our people. li Our ladians number about 248,000. ti Most of them are located on 101 res-r- 0 vations, containing 80,116,531 acres of o land. About 110.000 ot these Indians have, to a large decree, adopted civi- t! lized customs; lands in severalty have p been allotted to many of therj. such al- s] lotments have been made to 110,000 in- ti dividuals during the last liscal year, d embracing 1,000,000 acr?s. The num- ti ber of Indian government schools open n during the year was 195, an increase of li 12 over the preceding ye .r. Of this to- a tal 170 are on reservations, of which 73 n were boarding scaoois aad'.?7 were nay \ schools. u Twenty boardiDg schools and 5 day school?, supported bj the government, f not located un reserv?iii:>ns. l'he v total Dumber of Indian childnn en- e rolled during the year a3 attendants or' r all schools was 21,138, an increase of o 1,231 over the enrollment lor the pre- y vlous year. I aui *ure that secular e.i- d ucation and moral aud religious teach- 0 ing must be important factors in any li effort to save the Indian and lead him o to civilization. I believe, too, that the i reliLquishment of tribal re atiots and p the holding of land in severalty may, in ' I ;ivorable conditions, aid this consum3;U ion. It sepms to me. however, that Uotmpnts of land in severalty ought t) be made with great care and circumpection. If hastily done, before the Indian nowa its meaning, while yet he has ttle or no idea of tiling a farm and no oncputlon of thrift, there Is great dan?* n roaorrnfi >n Ufa In trihal rp. ?7i tiinuu ivkivixi ?ju itions may be pxchansed for th6 paufrisin of civilization instead of its inependence and elevation. The soluicn of the Indian problem depends erv largely upon good administration, 'he personal fitness of agents and tbeir aaptability to the peculiar duty of iring for their wards is of the utmost nportance. The law providing that except in es ecial cases army officers shall be detilfd as Indian agents it is hoped will rove a successful" experiment. There ? danger of great abuses creeping into ie prosecution of claims for Indian deredations, and I recommend that evry possible safeguard be provided gainst the enforcement of unjust and ctitious claims of this description, 'hp appropriations on account of the nrtian Hureau for the year ending June 3,1894, amounts to $7,954,962 99, a debase as compared with the year preBding it of 8387,131.95. The vast area of land which but a fiort time ago constituted tue public omain is rapidly falling into private and*. It is certain that in the transsr the beneficent Intention of the govrnment ti supply from its domain omes to the industrious and worthy omeseebers is often frustrated, 'hough the speculator, who stands rith extortionate purpose between le land office and" those who, with aeir families, are invited by the govrument to settle on the public laods is despicable character who ought not 3 be tolerated, yet it is difficult to a wart his schemes The recent open-~ n^Homonf nf fho lands in thfi Jg tu OCb(iicui\,uv V4. www - herokee outlet, embracing an area of ,500,000 acres, notwithstanding the utlost care in framing the regulations overning the selection of locations, nd notwithstanding the presence of le United States troops furnished an ichibition, though, perhaps, in a Bodied degree of the mad scramble, the iolence and the fraudulent occupation hich have accompanied previous penings of public land, I concur with le Secretary in the belief that these atrageous incidents cannot be entireprevented without a change in tne iws on the subject, and I hope his rejmmendationln that direction will be ivorably considered. I especially commend to the attennn Af rnn7PPM t.hft statements con lined in the Secretary's reports conirning forestry. The time has came hen efficient measures should be ken for the preservation of our forits from indiscriminate and irremedial est. ruction. The report of the Secretary of Agrillture will bs found exceedingly InTesting, especially to that large part t our citizens intimately concerned in jricultural occupations. Oq the 7th *y of March, 1893, there were upon its ly rolls 2,430 employees. This numjr has beeu reduced to 1,850 persons, l vie?v of a depleted Treasury and the operative demand of the people for :onomy in the administration of their avemment, the Secretary has entered pon the task of rationally reducing cpenditures by tbe elimination from le pay rolls of all persons not needed ir an efficient conduct of the affairs f the department. Daring the firsuarter of the present yea** the expeut "f the department aggregates 8345 16 76. as against $402,012 42 for the >rresponding period of the fiscal year iding June 30, 1893. The secretary iake3 apparent his intention to connue th's rate of reduction .by submitiu? estimates for the next fiscal year as by ?994,280 than those for the pre-nt year. Among the heads of divisions in this apartment the changes have been ex'ediugly few. Three vacancies ocirriug from death and resignations jve been filled by the promotion of jsistants in the same divisions. These romotiona of experienced and faithful isistants have not only been in the nerest of efficient work, but have sugisted to those in the department who ok for retention and promotion that erit and devotion to duty are their .^st reliance. Tt e amount appropriate I ior the bureau of animal industry ic the current fiscal year is ?850,000; le estimate for the ensuing year is (00,000. The regulations of 1892 concerning exas fever have been enforced during ie last year, and the large stockyards ' the country have been kept free from ifectioo. Occasional local outbreaks ive been largely such as could have ien effectually guarded against by the A'ners of the affected cattle. While mtagious pleuro-pneumonia in cattle is been eradicated, animal tubercusis, a disease widespread and more iagerous to humaQ life than pleuroneumonia, is still prevalent. Inve3tiutions have beeQ made during the iatyear as to the means of itscommnication and the method of its cor;ct d'agnosis. Much progress has been made in this irection by the studies of the division E animal pathology, but work ought i be extended in co-operation with loll authorities, until the danger to huian life arising from this cause is reuced to a minimum. The number of Qimal3 arriving from Canada during le year and inspected by bureau oflijrs, was 462,092, and the number from ana-Atlantic countries was 1.297. lo contagious diseases were found mong the imported animals. The toil number of inspections of cattle for sport during the past fiscal year was 11,542. Tne exports show a falling tf of about 25 per cent, from the preading year, the decrease occurring enrely iu the last half of the year. This invests that tbe falling off may have een largely due to an increase in the rice of American export cattle. Dur ag the .year ending June 30, 1893, exi?rts of inspected porK aggregate-! 20,77,410 pounds as against 38,152,874 ouuds for the preceding year. The Ailing off in this export was not conned, however, to inspected pork, tne )t.al quantity exported for 1892 being 05.490 GIG pounds, while in 1893 it was uly 527,308,G95 pounds. I j jiu the Secretary in recommending hat hereafter each applicant for the osition of Inspector or Assistant Inpector in the Bureau of Animal Indusry be required as a condition preceent to his appointment, to exhibit to he United States Civil Service Com' mission his diploma from an estab aueu rngumr ami lepumuia voucnury College, and that this be supplemented by sucb aa examination in the retenuHry Science as the Commission lay preacribe. Tne exports of agricultural products rom the United Sta!es for the fiscal ear euding June 30,1892 attaiued the normous ligure of 8800.000,000 in ound numbers, being 78 7 per cent, of ur total experts. In the last fiscal ear this ai^regate was greatly re need, but nevertheless reached 615,uO.OOO, beiny 75.1 percent.of all Ameruan commodities exported. A review f our agricultural expurts with sp;acal reference to their destination will how that in almost every line tne Jnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland absorbs bv far the lar*e3t pro- I portion. Of cattle, the total exports i aggregated in value for the fiscal year 1 ending June 30, 1893, 826,000,000, of j which Great Britain took considerably j over S25,000,000. Of beef products of , all kinds our total exports were 828,000,000 of which Great Britain took 824,000,000. ! fho tnf.al ATrnnrfq (JUIN piuuuvw ?uv were 584,000.000, of which Great Britain took 558,000,000. In bread stuff cotton and minor products, like proportions sent to the same destination, are shown. The work ot the statistical division of the Department of Agriculture, deals with all that relates to the economics of farming. Ti e main purpose of its monthly reports ts to keep tha farmers informed as fully as possible of all matters having any influence upon the world's markets, in which their products find sale. Its publications relate especially to the commercial side of farming. It Is, therefore, of profound importance and vital concern to the farmers of the United States, who represent nearly one-half of oar population, and also ot direct interest iu uie wumo country that the work of this division 1 be efficiently performed, and that the I information it has gathered be promptly diffused. It is a matter of cong- , ratulation to know that the Secretary , will not spare any effort to make this part of his work thoroughly useful. In , the year 1839 the Congress appropriated Si,000, to be taken from the patent ' office funds, for the purpose of collect- : ing and distributing rare and improved ( varieties of seeds and for the prosecut- 1 ion of agricultural investigations and 1 procuring agricultural statisties. From i this small begining the seed division of I the Department of Agriculture has i grown to its present unwieldinar and j unjustifiable extravagant proportions. | During the last fiscal year the cost of , seed purchased was $ 66,548 61. The remainder of an appropriation of $135,000 was expended in putting them up ' and distributing them. It surely never ! could have entered the minds of those ' who first sanctioned appropriations of 1 public money for the purchase of new and Improved varieties ot seed for gratu- i itous distribution that from this would I grow large appropriations for the pur- I chase and distribution by members of ] Congress jof ordinary seeds and cut- i tings which are common in all the State | and territories and everywhere easily | obtainable at low prices, in eaca state and territory aod agri311ltur.il expert meat station ha9 been established. These stations, by their very character and name are the proper agencies to experiment with and test new varieties of seeds, and yet this indiscriminate and wasteful distribution by legislation and legislators continues, answering no purpose unless it be to remind constituents that their representatives are t) mh *anr ci! n vi .1 g.'i' uities at public cost. Under the sanction of existing legis- | lattoQ there was sent oat from the j Agricultural Department during the j last fiscal year enough of cabbage seed , to plant 19,200 acres of land; a sufficient, quantity of beans to plant 4.000 acres; beet seeds enough to plant 2 500 1 acres; sweet corn enough to plant 7,800 acres; sufficient cu?umber seed to cover ' 2,025 acres with vInH9, and enough muskrapion and watermelon seeds to i plant 2,675 acres. The total quantty of i flower aud vegetable sends thus distri- < nuted was contained in more than nine ; million packages, and thev were suffi- | cient if planted to cover 89,596 acres of j land, in view of these facoa that enormous expenditure without legitimate . returns of benefit, ought to be abolished. Anticipating a consummation 30 manifestly in the interest of good administration, more than 8100,000 has been stricken from the estimate made 1 to cover this object for the year ending June 30,1895, and the Secretary recmi- i mends that the remaining $35,000 of i the estimate be confined strictly to the < purchare ot new and improved varie- i ties of seeds, and thatjthese bedistribut- i ed through experiment stations. Thus , the seed will be better and after the , test has been completed by the expert- : ment station that propagation of the useful varietis and the rejection of valueless may safely be left to the com- 1 mon sense of the people. The continued Intelligent execution 1 of the civil service law and the increas- 1 ing approval by the people of its operation are most gratifying. The recent extension of its limitations and regula* I tlon of the employees at free delivery i postoffices, which has been honestly and i promptlylaccomplished by the Commis- ] sion, with the hearty co-opera- j tfon of the Postmaster Gen- ! era], is an immensely im portant advance in the usefulness of the system. I am, if possible, more than ever convinced of the incalculable ben- : efits conferred by the civil service law not only in its effect upon the public service, but also what is even more important tn its effect, in eleratiog the tone of political life generally. The course of civil service reform in this country instructively and interestingly illustrates how strong a hold a movement gains upon our people which has underlying it a sentiment of justice and right, and which at the same time prumises better administration of the government. The law embodying this reform found its way to our statute 1 hook more from fear of the DODular sentiment existing in its favor than from any love for the reform itself on the part J of legislators, and it has lived and grown |and flourished in spite of the covert, as well as open hostility of spoilsmen, and notwithstanding the auerelous impracticability of many self constituted guardians. Beneath all tne vagaries and sublimated theories which are attracted to It there underlies this reform a sturdv common-sense principle, not only suited to this mundane sphere, but whose application our people are more and more reconizing to be absolutely , essential to the most successful operation of their gouernment if not to its perpetuity. It seems to me to be entirely inconsistent with the character of this reform as well as with its bast enforcement, to oblige the commission to rely for clerical assistance unnn plerta rWftilArl frnm nthflr denart? - -1 ? ments. There ought not to be such a condition In any department that clerks hired to do work there can be spared to habitually work at another place, and it does not accord with a sensible view of civil service reform, that persons should be employed on the theory that their labor is necessary in one department when in point of fact tbeir services are devoted to entirely different work in another department. I earaeslely ur^e that the clerk3 necesarp to carry on the work of the Commission bo regularly put upon iLs roster, and that the system of obliging the Commissioners to' reiy upon the services of clerks beloo?in;? to other departments be dis c^ut'.uued. This ou^ht not to increase 1 the txpense to the siovernmeut, while it would certainly be more ousiatent uaa add greatly to the efDc ency of the commission. Economy in public expenditures ii a ^ duty that cannot innocently be neglected by those intrusted with t:je control ot money drawn from the people for public [ uses. It must be confessed that our ap? parently endless resources, thefamiliari1 ty of our people with immense accutnula-,, i lions of wealth, the growing sentiment imorg' them that the expenditure of public money should in some manner be lo their immediate and personal advano<tp inriirprf: and almnst stealthv manner which a large part of our taxes ire cxacled and a degenerated sense of >fficia-accountability have led to growing extravagance in government appropriations. At the time when a depleted public treasury confronts U3, when many " J J- - 31 our people are eugaaeu m u uaiu Jtrusgle for tbe ntcessaries of lite, and when enfir:ed economy is pressing on the great mass if our countrymen, I desire to urge kviih all the earnestaess at my comnand that congressional legislation be 30 limited by strict economy as to exhibit an appreciation nt the condition of the treasury and a sympathy with the strained circumstance of our fellow-citi' zens. The duty of public economy is ilso of immense importance in its intimate and necpssary relation to the task now in hand, of providing revenue to meet the government expenditures and yet reducing the people's burden of taxation. After a bard struggle tariff reform la directly before us. Nothing so important claims our attention and nothing so slearlv presents itself as both an opportunity and a duty, an opportunity to ieserve th 5 gratitude of our fellow-citisens and a duty imposed upon U3 by our aft-repeated professions and by the emphatic mandate of the people. After full discussion our countryman have spoken in favor of this reform, and they bave confided the work of its accomplishment to the hands of those who are solemnly pledged to it. If there is anything in the theory of a representation in nlooop nF fho nnrtnlA nnrf their IU \JK* |v? VMW " jesires, it' public offl.-ers are really the servants of the people, and it" political promises and professions have any bindiQg force, our tailure to give the relief so long awaited will be sheer recreancy. Nothiog should intervene to distract our ittentiou or disturb effort until this reform is accomplished by wise and careful legislation. While we should staunchly adhere' to the principle that only the necessity of revenue jusiifles the imposition ot tariff duties and Other Federal taxation, and that they should be limited by strict economy, we cannot close our 3ye8 to the fact that conditions have zrown ud among us whicli in justice and poll fr?r Hiar.riminitin? care in the distribution of each duties and taxation as the emergencies of onr government actually demand. Manifestly, it we are to aid the people directly through tariff reform, one of its most obvious features Bhould be a reduction in prosent tariff charges upon the necessities ot life. The beneQts ot such a reduction .would 33 palpable and substantial, seen and felt by thousands who would be better fed and better clothed and better sheltered. These gits should be the willing benefaction of a governmen'; whose highest function is the promotion of the welfare of the people. Not less closely related to oar people's prosperity and well 'being is the removal of restrictions apon the importation of the raw materials necessary to our manufactures. The nr.-..!/! oVmnld nnp.n tn nnr national nwiu UUVUIV* wv WK~- ? ingenuity and enterprise. This cannot be while Federal legislation through the imposition of high tariff forbids to American manufacturers as cheap materials as those used by their competitors. It is quite obvious that the enhancement of the price of our manufactured products resulting from this policy, not only confines the market for th> se products within our own borders to the ilirect disadvantage of our manufactue* era, but also increase ihe cost to our citizens. The interests of labor are certainaly, though indirectly involved in this feature of our tariff system. The sharp competition and active struggle among our manufacturers to supply the limited demand for their goods soon fill the narrow market to which they are confined. Then follows|a suspension of work in mills and factories, a discbarge of employees and distress in the homes of our workingmen. Even if the often disproved assertion could os made good that a lower rate of wages would result from tree raw materials and low tariff duties, the intelligence of our workingmen leads them quickly to discover that their steady employment, permitted by free raw materials, is the most important lactor in their relations of tarifi legislation. A measure has been prepared by the appropriate Congressional commission embodying tariff reform oo the lines herein suggested, which will be prompt* ly submitted tor legislative action, [t is the result of much patriotic ind unselfish work, and I believe it deals with its subject consistently and as thoroughly as existing conditions permit. I am satisfied that the reduced tariff duties provided for in the proposed legislation, added to existing internal revenue taxation, will in the luture, though perhaps not immediately, produce sufficient revenue to meot the needs of tha government. The committee, after full consideration, and to provide against a temporary deficiency which may exist before the business of the country adjusts itself to the new| taiiff schedules, have wisely embraced in their plan a few additional internal revenue taxeB, including a small tax upon incomes derived lrom certain corporate investments. These new assessments are not only absolutely just and easily borne but tuey ha ye the further merit of being such as can be remitted without unfavorable business disturbance whenever the necessity of the imposition no longer exists. In my great desire for the success of this measure I can not restrain the sugceston that its success can only be attained by means of unselffish counsel on the part of the friends of tariff reform, and as a result ot tneir willingness 10 subordinate personal desires and ambitions to the general good. The local interests affected by the proposed reform are so num-rous and so varied that if all are insisted upon the legislation embodying tbe reform must inevitably fail. In conclusion, mv intense feeling of responsibility impels me to Invoke tor the manifold interests of agencies and conflding people the most scrupulous care to pledge my willing support to everv legislative effort for the advancement of greatness and prosperity of our beloved country. Grover Cleveland. Pianos and Organ a. Now Is the time to buy summer plan 825 cash balance November loth 1893. Will buy a Piano at spot cash price $10 cash, balance November 15^u 1893 Will huo a nrcra n af. <jnr>h nrifift. See the list to choose from, Steinway, Mason & Hamlin, Mathusnek ana Stirling Pianos, Mason & Hamlin and Stirling Organs. Fifteen days test trial and freight both ways if n?t satisfactory. A large lot of n?arly new and second hand Pianos and Organs at bargains. Good as new. Write for prices, W.N. Trump, Columbia, S. C. * I The Bedfstrtctlag Bill. Columbia, s. C., Dec.4?The following is the new redisricting bill, now before the Legislature: F Section 1. The 1st Congressional dii* trict shall be composed ot the counties of Lexington, Orangebursr, Sumter and i the townships of Bell's, B'emis, Geo rge, Corn, Dorchester, Hey wood, Koger, Sheridan, Verdier, Broxton, and Warfan nf Ortllofnn Pmintxr anrt town ships of St. James, Goose Creek, St. John's Berkeley, aad St Stephen's, of the county of Berkeley, and lower , township of the county of Richland. The 2d Congressional district shall c be composed of the counties of Hamp- jj ton, Barnwell, Aiken and Edgefield. The 3d Congressional district shall * be composed of the counties of Abbe- s vilie, Newberry. Anderson, Oconee and -c Pickens. ' The 4th Congressional district shall be composed of the counties of Green- i ville, Laurens, FairQeld, all of the j county of Spartanburg except the townships of White Plains and Lime- j stone Springs, all of the county of f Union except the townships of Gow- ! dysvilleand Draytonville, and of the ! townships of Centre, Columbia and 1 upper of the county of Richland. - 1 The 5th Congressional district shall ' be composed of the counties of York, { Chester, Lancaster, C.iesterfleld, and Kershaw, and townships of White i Plains and Limestone in Spartanburg ] County, and the townships of Gowdys- < *rtl1n onJ TWantnnvilla nf TTninn flnim. 1 VIUO OUU wu t imv v*. v/ ty. ; The 6th Congressional district shall . be composed of the counties Jof Clarendon, Darlington, Marlboro, Marion, ' Eorry, and the townships of Lake, L6e Johnson's and Sumter, and the town 1 of Kingstree in Williamsburg County. The 7th Congressional district shall be composed of the counties of Charles- 1 ton, Georgetown, Beaufort and of the townships of Anderson, Hope Indian, i King's, Law's Mingo, Penn,Ridge, Sutton and Turkey of Williamsburg; the townships of Collins, Adams, Rem, Glover, Frazer, Lewndes, and Blake of Colleten county, and all of the county of Berkeley except such townships as are embraced in the 1st Congressional district. The Sonth Carolina Baptists. . _ Anderson, Dec. 3.?Tne uapuat State Convention will bold its next session with the Chester church, begining on the Wednesday evening before the first Sunday in December, 1894, the Rev. W. T. Darieux of Spartanburg, to preach ihe convention sermon. Among the delegates elected by the convention to represent us in the American Baptist Educational Society anniversary are the Revs. Charles Manley, A. J. S. Thomas, H. C. Buckholz, Col. J. A Hoyt. The board of ministerial education, location Greenville, will be: I, M. Mercer, president; W. T. Hundley, secre tary: A. P. Abel, treasurer; R, N. Pratt, J. S. Crcxton, D W. Key, W. J. Lings too, A. C. Wilkiis, G. A. Norwood, F. 0. S. Curtis and W. D. McMillan. The executive board for next year, location GreenvUle, consists of: Ch irles Manley. president; H. T. Cook, auditor; T. M. Bailey, secretary aod treasurer; J. C. Smith. W. C. Lindsay, JN. Barton, G. B. Moore, E. L. Wiikins, C. T. Scai'e, 0. L. Martin, J. n. Boldridge and J. D. Pitta. The committee on education of negro preachers have not attempted to prosecute their work duriog the past year, because of insuperable obstacles in the way of its successful prosecution. It has, however, not lost faith in the work, but suggests tbat the home mission board be invited to work among tbe negroes in South Carolina in tbat way which shall seem best to it. The report of the central committee of tbe woman mission societies of tbe State showed that work to be in a most * ,J| nnof noor neauuy cuuuiuuu, i/uuu^ tun p*ou ;vw those societies have raised for foreign missions $6,691.20; home missions $2,360; State missions, $546.47 a total, in. eluding incident expenses of $9,746.87. They have 273 societies, an increase of forty-three during the year; forty-seven children's bands, and sixty sunday icnools, which contribute to the object fostered by these societies. A Young Tornado, Yoiikville, S. C.. Dec. 3.?What might be called a small tornado passsd over this town this afternoon about 4 o'clock. The wind, coming from the south arose very suddenly and lasted enly a few minutes, but In that time did considerable damage. Portions of tbe roof of the Carolina Buggy factory the graded school building, and the warehouse of G. H. O'Leary were blown off. The buggy factory and Mr. O'Leary suffered much damage to their tools and stock from tbe rain which followed. Already forces are at work repairing the roofs. The Episcopal and Baptist churches sustained some damages from portions of the spire and chimney being blown down. Some negro cabins have been overturned and othera blown from their foundations. A p?at many fences and trees are down. No reports have been received from the country. The damage is put at S 10,000, and of this the Carolina Buffgy Company probably sustained $3,000, and that to Mr. O'Leary's stock of furniture about the same amount. The Spoke aad Handle factory was unroofed.?State. Killed by a Burglar. Camden, N. J., Dec. 4.?About 5 o'clock tbia morning William Kairer, a oaker, was shot and killed by a burglar. Kairer and his son were awakened by tbe burglar and started after him. The burglar escaped from the house and fired three shots through the slats of the outside window blind at Kairer, who was on the ground floor. Kairer fell dead i i the arms of his son. The burglar escaped and t here is no clue to his identity. DEISTS! "THE WORLD'S GREAr THE MAUHIN* The O n1 ; FOR TYPEWRITERS AT THE ST "NO MACHINE COULD jsjjgjSe BE ANY BETTER. IT M trivave stitema it oc Responsible Oountj J. W. Grib GENERAL AGENTS, PREPARING A FIGHT. IEPUBLICANS ARE SENDING OUT CIR CULAR3 BY THE 1 HOUSANDS. ?bey Tiiekle the Wool Tariff?Soma Points That Southern Senators May Find ObJfctlon Against?Wcsternerd Are Fairly Well Pleased with the Tariff Bill. Washington, Dec. 1,?The Repubicans are preparing for a vigorous fight in the new tariff bill. Circular letters ire now being sent out to wool growers >y thousands signed by Justice, Bate a- mil.J.UUU mnnl UUU ?/ VjU., A uunucipaut nuui wiuiuuiiioa merchants, asking that certain wool iaia be sent to Congressman Bairovs, The circular says: ''State to Mr. Burrows the reason vhy you cannot grow wool as cheaply lere as it can be grown in Australia, irgentiae Republic or the Cape of 3-ood Hope, where for thirty years under ree trade they have grown wool, shipped t half way around the world and sold it n London at less than one-half of the price obtained in the United btates mdera protectivn tarift for the same jrade and quality of American wool. ?*Tt. has h(>?n stated that wool orrOW ng east ot the Mississippi, on" high priced lands, nnJer free wool might lease to be an industry, bat that in the Rocky Mountain region the indastry would thrive nnder tree wool. Please jive joor experience daring the put season, and let Mr. Barrows mow whether the prospect of free wool has so stimulated, the business a* to lead to the belief that wool growing would thrive anywhere in the United States under free wool, and why. Has the prospect ot tree wool caused the bank* ruptcy of any wool grower who ha4 previously been solvent and prosperous ? If so state the proposition of those so minred who heretofore were solvent. ' It proper efforts are made by the wool growers to enlighten members of Coo?ress as to the effect already pro* duced upon their industry by the prospecU of free wool, the opinion* of, enough senators may thereby be changed to make the repeal of the McKinley law an impossibility." Conservative Democrats estimate thq deficit causcd by the new bill will not exceed $35,000,000. They claim that in addition to a revenue of $10,000,000 to $15,000,000, to be derived from stimulated importatoo, the natural increase ot importation, naa not. tae bard times set in, would bare, amounted this year to from $5,000,000 to 910 000,000. With the resumption of business this increase, they think, will be fully realized. Bice sn^ar, iron ore and coaV are th e principles in which southerners are n terested, and all have been subjected so vigorous treatment. There is a 25 pe ceo1,, in the duty on cleaned rice and 20 per cent, on the uncleaned product. Representatives of South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana probably will make an effort to restore the rates. The western members seem to be fairly well satisfied with the bill. Rspre* sentative Jtsaiawm, wnoae district iu Minnesota includes many iron mines; is far from being dismayed. '"Itmay possibly retard the development of tbe conntry for a snort time," said he, "but it will bring the iron basines# to its proper commercial basis and th^n attention will be directed to those fields where tbe ore can be most easily worked. When that Lime comes the western mines will be developed with startling rapidity." Representative Boatner, of Louisiana, ftnvn: "Mv ohiectlon to the bill is that it falls b3low the point of raisin? revenue. If they had pat a small revenue doty on some of the things which are on the free list under thin bill, which would not have affected the coBt of'the articles to the consumers, but wonld have added to the revenue of the bill, it would have been a measure entirely unobjectionable." Representative Gear, of Iowa, a Republican member of the ways and means committee, says: "Tbe cut in the schedule relating to agricultural products wnl hurt Iowa, as well as all states contiguous to the Canadian border, by subjecting their farmers to competition with tbe agricultural products nf f!anar??_? William R. Morrison. chairman of the interstate commission, said: "It is very easy to criticise the actions of others, and besides the whole scheme has not been developed. I ought to be satisfied with the woolen schedule, as it was my bill which first placed wool on tbe free list, and I have been an advocate of th*it ever since." . No Divorces. Columbia, S. C.. Dac. 2.?The Senate was not in session today, and the House began its work on the bill to validate marnagea umctuiuicuumiauied by persons ia this State, but who had been divorced in another State and had married again. As the la n now stands, no person who has been divorced is considered by the laws of South Carolina as divorced. In other words the State of South Carolina does not recognize the right of any State to divorce people. The bill, which had been introduced at the last session, had hfton rpnnrted bv committee. There was a long discussion on it. Rapresentative Blease, of Newberry, moved to strike out tbe enacting words, thus killing the bill. Messrs. Johnson, Waters and Jordan favored the motion, and Messrs. Hardee and Black well opposed it. The motion was carried by a vote of 59 to 43. The bill to redlstrlct the Congressional representation of the State was made a special order for next Wednesday. This is the bill which, if it passes, will put Charleston into the Black District. VIORE. rEST TYPEWRITER." CD : THAT TOOK y Award ATE FAIR, NOVEMBER 8, 1893. RTHE ONLY AWARD ALSO .MADE TO US ^ FOR TYPEWRITER'S _ a ?~i... rr [ YT ttuwu. bes & Co., COLUMBIA, S. C. i A Free Trip. ' Columbia, S. C., Dec. 2.?In the TTahoo tnHnv thorn Vffflfl A. lnnff WTOTlfflfi over the invitation of the Angusta Exposition to tbe General Assembly to visit the Exposition next week. A number of the members took the position that the invitation ought to be accepted and the clerk of the House will notify the Exposition authorities that they will be ready to go next Tuesday. Tbe trip will be free, as the Exposition mithrtWHa# nrnnnan tnfnrntah ft mMlfll traia to be paid for by the Exposition. Waylaid ?nd Murdered. Greenwood, S. C., Dec. 3.?A peddler was waylaid between here and Yerdery last evening by three negroes, and mnrdered and robbed. Names of all unknown. One negro has been arrested this afternoon for complicity, and through this clue the others may be apprehpuded?State. * ,'ADGETT PAYS THEFREIGHl j V. hj Fa] Extreme Prices fof Goods! end for Citategw and See What Yw Cn Sin I L 1 tv" ",r s Jf ib i-ill -g^u^Bareaui jjjWffijg 'CJ j"""*f! pr"ce% now'$i6 Bb8? o )<? other Bedroom rj|t^J Hulcs, all prices. . .?_, $69 ~sr? $37 yffiSJ-lilHi Jutt tc introduce them. $- XT-i't No freight paid on thl? 0r? f|"?F^ .?/F gan. Guaranteed to be a ^??d^organ or money r?? S- lili BBS. Ulogant Plash PARLOR SUITS, consisting of Sofa, Arm Chair, Rocking Chair. Divan, iind 2 aide Chairs ?worth $45. Will dellvei It to your depot for $88.-?: ? , v - _ This No. 1 . twill, ^raggMfj ith^ ??}? a Aob sxwms meson ? wltfi all attachments, for wm *,*The regular price of thla BUGGY is 68 to 75 dollars. The manufacturer pays all tbe?xpenses?odIselltbem " l UB to ycu for II42.7Q- 1^, j? ana guarantee every one bargain. No freight paid %gSfKSSw oo thla Buggy " > $eoo piajm iumji delivered at your depot J 4*r (^11 freight ppld for|I90 ^*6^? Send for catalogues of Furniture, Cooklai Stoves. Baby Carriages, Bicycles, Organs, Pianos, Tea Sets. Dinner Sets, Lamps, Ac., and AVE MONEY. Address L. F. PADGETT *ISZLS?Z* For A^ricul TO ~ " FARMERS AND MANUFACTURERS: 1 . As a matter of business Interest^) yot and ourselves w; ask you to allow as tb? privilege of making estimates upon any machinery you may wish to bay before placing your orders elsewhere. Oar facilities and connections with man* ofacturers are such tiiat we can.' quote on the same goods as low prices as are obtainable In America. It Is bat a narrow Joilnd that wonld pass by the home dealer to pay an equal or greater price to a Corel * dealer or manufacturer. Only giro as the opportunity and we wi W serve you to advantage, and keap at home 1 a small part of the money which Is going %way from our State to enrich others. o W. H, Gibbes Jr., & Co. HflLllMBIA. S. C. JglOE pjULLERS. ^JORN jy^ILLS. S?" MIL.LS.' Bice Planters and Rice Millers can buy a single machine that will clean, hull and polish rice ready for market for $350.00. Corn Millers can buy the best French burr mill, in iron frame, fully guaran? teed, capacity ten bushels meal per hour, for 3115.00. Saw Millers can buy the variable '--J T\ r V 1(111 loom Iliction ieeu uejujauu aim nuu* $190.00 up to tbe largest sizs. Also Gang Rip Saws, Edgers, Swing Saws, Planing Machines, and all kind* of wood working machinery. "Talbott" Engines and Boilers. Special discounts ccade f or cash. V.lC.iBADHAM, COLUMBIA, C C. )