University of South Carolina Libraries
WHAT GOV. EVANS SAYS , ABOUT THE SO MUCH TALKED OF i BOND DEAL' I He Goea Into a Full IlUtory of the Whole , Matter?What He iSay* About Senator < Tllluiuu, Treariurer Hates aud Himself in Regard to It. i The News and Courier in reporting the campaign meeting at Manning says tbe feature of the meeting was the speech of Gov. Evans. The speech Lwas devoted almost entirely to the bond matter and was as follows: In 1889 an Act was nassed bv the f. Legislature providing for the redemption of that part of the State debt known as the "Brown Consol bonds" by the issuing of new 4 percent bonds. In 1891 this Act was amended, allowing the Governor and Treasurer, who were charged with the transac t'on, to pay a commission of $39,01)0 and the entire sinking fund then accumulated, amounting to $37,0U0. This Act was introduced by Mr. Timmerman in the Senate, of which body I was then not a member. L In 1892, after the failure of the Governor and Treasurer to refund the yb debt at 4 per cent., another Act was I kL passed, changing the rate to 4? per : cent, providing for a sinking fund f and the retirement of the debt in twenty or "forty years, Under this act the debt was refunded. It has been insinuated that I passed these Acts through the Legislature while acting as counsel < for Mr. Rhind. This is false. I did i not introduce one of them, nor did I H offer an amendment to any of them. fS The first act was introduced by Conservative lawyers. The last Act was prepared, as is testified to by Mr. Lancaster, by members of their syndicate in New York, who sent it to Governor Tillman, and he sent the following: BiXecuuve message in regttru n.. Columbia, S. C-, Dec. 1892. Gentlemen of the General Assembly: 1 The refunding of the Brown consols, which fall due July next, is the most important question with which the < Sta^e government has to deal at this 1 time. As you know our predecessors in office provided for the issue of 4 per 1 cent, bonds to be exchanged for 0 per 1 cent, but up to the end of the fiscal year, October 31, 1892, only $33,720 of ; ir ' 4's have been issued under this Act | and our efforts to place the new bonds i kr in New York at a satisfactory price failed. It is not hard to give the rea n/vnn fni? t.hiannd show what acts of the State Government in the past and what men and interests at this time are i bH in ccmbination to prevent the State jjlaring hc,i bonds at that rate of interest. Suffice to say that it cannot be done, and we must meet the emergency that has arisen by such action as i will maintain our credit and build it up until South Carolina can borrow money at as low a rate as any of her i sister States. L The State could have placed the 4 ' per cent, bonds at par in spite of Ihe i errors of the past had our own capitalI ists lent their aid. We can place a 1 ffSj'- without their help if the General As- < I sembly will provide a sinking fund i . with which to begin the gradual annu5 al payment of the debt and mortgage 11 Bb the phosphate beds as collateral. AfH ?ter a careful consideration of the matter, in consultation with the State K Treasurer and chairman of the finance i mk committees of both houses, a bill has [been prepared, which I submit here- : with, that will enable us to meet our : obligations at maturity and so build < up our credit as to refund the debt in tWenty years at as low rate as any 1 State can obtain. The practical result ; of the scheme will be: First. That the interest charges to be say $80,000 less, but this sum will not go to the reduction of taxes, but near- i ly all to the payment and reduction of : the dafct itself. i Second. Thai this will, in my judgment, enable us in twenty years to float a 3 or 3 J bond, so thai in the long run the total amount saved the State will be more than if we now placed a forty-five year 4 per cent. bond. As the bill itself will explain the whole matter in detail and the reasons must appear to any iatelligent mind I submit it to you without further argument or comment and urge its passage as soon as possible. 1J. R. Tillman, Governor. Ilt was reported upon favorably by Senator W. D. Evans, who was at that time chairman of the finance committee of the Senate. The Act wan passed without a dissenting vote and was the best that could have then been done lor the taxpayers of the State. I will not relate here the dastardly attempts made by some of the newspapers of the State and by some of the Charleston bankers and brokers to defeat the Governor and Treasurer in their efforts to refund the debt at 4 per I cent, under the first Acts. Prominent South Carolinians in New York, who had been highly honored by the peo_ pie of this State, one of whom had been Governor, are reported to have stated to bankers and brokers of New York that Tillman could not be trusted; ?that the credit of the State had been ruined, and that they would not touch the bonds. Others stated that the Tillmanites would repudiate the debt, and for these reasons Governer Tillman 1 and Treasurer Bates were forced to 1- "NT V 1. o QR iOttVO 11DVY XVSliX VVibUUUU a uiuuvi iVi BS the bonds. 1, as well as every other honest Reformer, felt a deep interest m in the success of Governor Tillman in this undertaking, especially as it had S been charged by his enemies that he was incompetent to deal with the question and that in consequence of his failure the credit of the State would be WBBB ruined. I ventured to suggest to Governor BBV Tillman the advisability of employing a broker who was familiar with such BSV transactions and who was not an ene kH my of his Administration. He agreed BHB With me and stated that he had given a Whttt V/m.It ViivilrMi* ;in nntirtn nn iiiA P*'" -?? d expire in a few ow a broker in the then an enemy of stration and who ave seen Governor ifforts. I had lived ral years and knew reliable and honest him to Governor edms to send him 3 the other broker iTork broker failed jfigjjad Mr. Rtfrnd Mr. Rhind sue1 g a syndicate of e to take the bonds scribed by Goverreasurer Bates by virtue of authority eotiferred upon them as follows (Section 13, Act 1892) 'That the Governor and State Treasurer are hereby authorized, in their iiscretion, to perform all and singular every act necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act not herein ipecially given, and which are not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, and in order to have the said bonds and stocks promptly placed the Governor and the State Treasurer are hereby authorized to offer and pay a commission to parties placing said bonds and stocks and the funds belonging to the sinking fund are hereby, ap propriated to pay such commission, h so much be necessary: Provided, however, that they shall have said bonds and stocks placed without paying a commission if practicable." It was agreed that the inter, st should commence to run from the 1st of January, 1893. The reason for this is set forth in the message from Governor Tillman to the General Assembly. Mr. Rhind had a contract with the bond sindicate whereby he was to be paid one and one-half per cent as commis sion for his labors. After the bonds had been paid for and Mr. lihind's commission was due some members of the svndicate thought Rhind was getting too much under his contract with them and refused to allow the commission paid. I was employed by Mr. Rhind < to proceed to Baltimore to take legal steps to collect his commisson. I did so and associated with me major R. M. Venable. The case has been tried in the lower Court and a judgment has been rendered in favor of Mr. i Rhiiiu. An appeal has been taken and will not be heard for several months. < A.s stated by Mr. Rhind in his testi- i mony, the amount of my fee has not i been agreed upon. When I was elect- i ed Governor 1 retired from the man- : agement of the case and turned it over j k~ "VT ?ow/1 Mw P.')ofrrar i tu iuajur ? cuauic auu iui, v., and they have examined me as a wit- ! ness, as well as Governor Tillman and others. My testimony, as well as Governor Tillman's is a matter of record ( in the Court and I have the record < here for your inspection. ( I have never concealed anything as to my connection with this matter and } shall not attempt to do so. I, as Gov- < ernor of South Carolina, cannotatl'ord < to notice every anonymous scribbler in newspapers, nor every cowardly . cur that barks at me, but as a candi- j date for the Senate, however, I deem | it just to you as well as to myself to pive to you the facts of this matter. , The attempt has been made to create the impression that Governor Tillman and Treasurer Bates, who conducted " ' * ?:-i i 1_ 1 T ! uie S'AJe ui saiu uuuus, auu i. >* uu ?osisted them as far as I could, have , been paid a consideration by Mr. Rhind or bv the syndicate who took 1 the bonds for allowing them to pay ] for the bonds we were so anxious to '' get rid of. This came, lam informed ( from the pen of one A. B. Williams, 1 whose letters were published in the 1 New York Times, but not over his own ' signature. Mr. Williamsis wellknown 1 to you as the late editor of the Greenville News and any reference to him is unnecessary. The substance of his ' insinuations, which have been pub- ' lished in full in the State papers, is to the effect that the Richmond broker ! told them (the syndicate) he understood, presumably from Mr. Rhind, , that the bulk of tho sum was to be ' omnnrr iiartido ill Smith Pnm- ' Ui V 1UVU Ctrnvug ? vw.. , Una, who had political influence. The New York broker who was in close association with Mr. lihind and ' whose opportunities for knowledge 1 were best of all, replied "that they would better not investigate that; that < it was to go to the people, who would ; better not be known." This statement is based substantially upon the testi- < tnony of T. E. Hambleton, a member < of the syndicate which purchased the ! bond, and the man who is trying to 1 keep from paying Mr. llhind's com- < mission. 1 The Richmond broker referred to is ! Major John Shelton Williams. On page 20G of his sworn testimony in said case he says, ' 'that Colden Rhind . never informed him as to who his as- 1 sociates were and that he could not have informed any person as to who ; thev were, as he did not know him- 1 self." The New York broker referred 1 to is B. A. Lancaster, who on Page 227 J of his sworn testimony referring to Mr. Rhind, said substantially "that he did not know who the parties in ' South Carolina were to whcm Mr. 1 Rhind expected to make the payment; 1 that he had never given him the ! names of either the lawyers or anyone else employed by him as to who ' was to have the amount he was to receive." ' ? ^ t\? i ..e 1 n. KJ. isaviusuii, prcsiucm, ui mo Trust Company, and manager of the syndicate, says substantially in his 1 testimony, Page 259: "At one of the ' meetings, I cannot remember the date, T. E. llambleton asked Mr. Lancaster in my presence for information as to J whom the 1J per cent commission was to 4be paid, and whether any of the money was for political purposes or intluence. Mr. Lancaster's reply was that the whole 1J per cent commission was to be paid to Mr. Rhind and that ( if any portion of if did not go to him, Mr. Rhind. he did not know where it went." Mr. llambleton evidently knew Governor Tillman and believed that it would not be safe for him to intimate that any one could inlluencehim or that he could be bought. Here is what he swears: <c>. "Tillman states that you complained of having made so little because of lihind's commission." A. "I never mentioned Rhind or Rhind's commission from the fact that 1 had been put on guard by Lancaster and Williams in referring to this thing that a certain amount of money on this two million dollars of bonds was to be paid to Mr. Rhind and it would not do for me to investigate it; that 1 knew enough about politics to understand that certain people viad a pull and intimated to me that that was going to parties, the powers that be and for that reason 1 was particularly cau lious uoi 10 meuLiuu suuu u, cuiu^ u# Tillman less it might cause him to lly up." "Let me go a little further, 1 spoke about the expenses incurred in this thing and that somebody was drawing a commission. I recollect saying that very well, and he (Tillman; said we had no business paying the commissions to anybody; that if we were dealing direct with him there was no need to pay a commission to anybody, and we were nothing but a set of fools ?using that language?if wo wanted to pay out money to somebody elae. It hind's name was not mentioned.1' This does not sound like a man who was getting part of Rhind's profit. It will be seen that this quarrel arose among members of the syndicate, who claim that Mr. Lancaster, who was a partner in the deal, should not receive a certain part of Mr. RhincTs commissions, but should divide with his brethren . In order to show that Lancaster had deceived them and thus get a standing in Court some of them had sworn that Lancaster told them he was to get nothing but his travelling expensesand that the rest went to politi cians. What was the necessity for buying politicians? There was no legislation needed. There was no inllunce to be used or necessary. They were dealing with Governor Tillman and Treasurer l'ates, who alone under the Acts of the Legislature above referred to had the authority to dispose of the bonds and who, as was publicly known, had been unable to do so. If there is any man in Soutn Carolina who had a pull on Ben Tillman I do not know him. He does his own thinking and pulling and his integrity and honesty is too well known to require any comment. Governor Evans then read Mr. Rhind's testimony in full. Below are given some extracts: Well, did you succed in forming that syndicate or finding purchasers for the whole issue on those terms? A. We did not. At this juncture, the exact date 1 cannot giv? from memory, someone introduced a bill into the South Carolina Legislature authorizing the extension of the G per cent. Brown consols for four years at G per cent, which was evident'y done by someone unfriendly to the Administration of South Carolina, and that had the etFect of throwing th^sc people off entirely, mp.sy 6i them. They said thej uuuld not negotiate for a 4^ per cent, bond when the State was considering tne extension 01 11s doous at G percent., and when I say "they say," understand me, I do not mean any particular person; 1 am giving you the general view of what I arathered at the time. Mr. French was ill and not aclive in getting up the syndicate as a well mau might have been. In another place Mr. lihind speaks :>f the commission which he was to get, saying he started out to work for a commission of li per cent. Mr. Rhind, on the re direct examination by Mr. Venable, tells of the fcL,000 fee he promised to pay Major flamr nf A unrncta fta (,>. Now you have said also that you agreed to pay Mr. John Gary Evans a fee. What was the amount of that fee? A. It has never been settled; it is like yours and Mr. Baetger's; i( is subject to an agreement. Q. What was the fee for service as in attorney ? A. Services as an attorney; he has been working with me from the start 3n this thing, and he has given me point after point in regard to the law, and I have consulted him as a resident rf South Carolina, and as a practicing attorney there, I have consulted both )f these gentlemen, and he has come 3ii to Baltimore here in this case, I lon't know how many times, half a Jozen times, several times at least, in this matter, and until he wasnominatjd and elected Governor he was my active adviser in the case. Q. And you owe him a fee for his services, but the amount is not settled? A. Tbe amount is in abeyaace. O 1 r*vf? vnn agreed or undertaken "C* ' * J Q to pay any other persons for their services in connection with this matter? A. No person whatsoever exceDt the ? 1,000 that I have stated payable to the Bank of Charleston. As to my connection with the casjs in our Supreme Court I have this to >ay: I was sent for by Governor Tillman to come to Columbia after the contracts had been signed for the sale of the bonds. He related that hairsplitting lawyers had raised a point igainst that constitutionality of this A.ct and the syndicate would not take the bonds unless they were decided 2onstitutlonal by the Supreme Court. [ then brought an action in my own name against Tillman and Bates, enjoining them from entering into the Liontract with the syndicate. The case was heard by the Supreme Court, the Attorney General representing the 3tate. The Supreme Court decided the Act to be constitutional. Governor Tillman refused to pay me a fee upon the ground that he had no money for that purpose, but I insisted that he at least pay my expenses. This he did by giving me a check for $50 out of his contingent fund. After the syndicate had purchased the bonds lawyers in New York raised another point against their validity, which is reported in the case of Robertson vs Tillman and Bates. I was telegraphed to by Mr. Davidson, president of the syndicate, to meet their attorney, Mr. Steele, in Columbia. I did so. He desired me to assist him in bringing the matter before the Supreme (Jourt. I prepared the papers and assisted him and for this service the syndicate paid me $100. This is my connection with the entire matter. No fair minded person in South Carolina will assert that I have been guilty of wrongdoing in accepting a fee for my services. Now let us see what Governor Tillman and Treasurer Bates have saved the State by his so-called bond deal. In 181)2, wnile this matter was pending. Mr. j'ohn C. Haskell had introduced into the House of Representatives a joint resolution extending the time for the payment of the bonds for a period ot four years at the rate of U per cent, per annum. He stated in advocacy of the resolution that by reason of the stringency of money and the lack of confidence in 'Oilman's Administration, it would be impossible to refund the debt at any rate. If his suggestion, had been adopted the sum of $78,580 per annum would have been levied upon the taxpayers of this State or a total in the four years of $.">15,320. This would have been $197,195 more than Tillman and Bates paid for the redemption of the entire indebtedness. The old debt was drawing interest at the rate of 0 per cent, per annum or in round numbers $315,U00 per annum. As refunded by Tillman it draws -U per cent per annum or $230,250 in round numbers, a saving to the taxpayers of $78,750 per annum, more thau enough to pay the salaries of the Governor and Treasurer for over lifteen years. At the end of twenty years the State lias tlie option of refunding the entire debt at a lower rate of interest or of continuing it at the same rate for twenty years longer. At the expiration of twenty years the Tillman bond deal will have saved the taxpayers ?1,.'575,UOOor nearly one-third of the entire debt. At the expiration of forty years the tax ?: 11 l ?,.i trii mmm : vyiii 11UVC JJUVCU J. UUU 1 11 interest alone more than enough to buy the entire county of Clarendon at its assessed, valuation for taxation. Under thts Act a sinking fund has been provided for, which sets apart $75,000 per annum out of the phosphate royalty. The State now has over ?150,000 drawing interest at per cent, which is being compounded. At the end of twenty years tnis fund will amount to at least $1,600,000, and we will retire that much of the State debt, leavingr a balance of $3,600,000 to be refunded. At the expiration of > forty years tue entire debt will have been paid. Who is prepared to censure us for this great work for the people? I stand here before the people of South Carolina and state that he who intimates or insinuates that I have ever received a dollar improperly of the people's money is a slanderer and a malicious falsifier of the sworn testimony of this case. When the written statement was concluded he called upon any one who believed he had been guilty of any wrong doing to hold up his hand. No hands were raised of course. He did not believe that any man present thought he had or would do anything to bring discredit upon the fair name of his father, so eloquently referred to by Sheriff Bradham. Governor Evans sat down amid long, continued cheering. Sheriff Bradham came to the stand and asked for three cheers for the Administration. They were with a will by the crowd. And the sheriff then said that things had taken a sudden turn, and that he had to introduce "w" MR. JOHN T. DUNCA.N, OF NEWBERRY, who had just fileu his pledge and announced himself as a candidate Jor the United States Senate. The unexpected had happened, and a decided sensation followed. The crowd had Knf AtTAMlf guwicix up auu otaib^u vui, uuu vtvi j body sat down again arid Mr. Duncan began to speak. He had, he said, been a charter member of the Reform parly, and he had bt>en reared as they all had been reared. He was a disciple of Ben Tillman, and he would join with them in three cheers for him. Tillman had been denounced during the day for not keeping his word, but Tillman had always been true to him. lie had seen Tillman a few days ago and he (Tillman) had said things which he would report to them. If the race was to be made for the Senate with only one man in the field it would produce bad feeling and do irreparable harm to the movement. lie did not come there to make charges, but he was there to make some further inquiries into an important matter. He had asked Tillman did he (Tillman) know in 1894 that Evans had any kind of a contract with ntunuf xniman saiu ne uiu not. Tillman's hands were clean, Bates had made a possible error of judgment, but Evans occupied a different position. Tillman had promised him to be hands oil" in this race and he was going to make it. lie knew that Tillman had seen the statement that Evans had just made and he had said: "God, that does not reach the case; he had better get down to the facts." He took up some of the statements made by Evans and commented on them. The argument was not made concisely or consecutively, however, and it was hard to keep the connection. Evans admitted to having asked for pay for one transaction. Might he not also have asked lihind for favors? He then attacked the Evans Administration. As Governor what had he done that entitled him to the promotion to the Senate? His Administration had been a terrible failure. (Slight applause.) He had caused more bickering and strife than any man who had ever been in the State House. He did not have the friendship, confidence or support of any of the men in the State House. He had spoken to Tillman aooui me dispensary and he had said that his advice to Evans had been to pet away from it by placing it in the hands or a board outside the State House. Over this some misunderstanding arose and there were some words between Evans and the speaker. Mr. Duncan sat down after pledging nimself to keep up his investigation of the bond transaction. There were immediately loud calls for Evans. The Governor said, when he took the stand, that he was somewhat surpriaed at the statements that had been made. Many of them were mere insinuations, aud he had said that he would take no more notice of dirty insinuations. A reference was maue to the connection between Mr. Duncan and Secretary of State Tompkins. Mr. Duncan: "Mr. Tompkins knew nothing of my intention to make this light until tne very last minute." Governor Evans: "X believe you, for if he had you would never have entered the race." Governor Evans went on to say that it had been charged ttiat he had no friends in the State House. There were all of the men from the Slate House; let them speak for themselves. He referred to tne assertion that he had been advised to take the dispensary out of tbe Slate House. He /iimrwAH i/lao oo hie noun ;arir1 u n > IviailJLL^U. bug iuun ua Uia wu ** v??* other wrangle ensued. Mr. Duncan again interrupted the Governor by saying something about Governo"* Evans being the "logical candidate for the Senate. The speaker made an eil'ective retort by sa,yini; he was not the logical candidate, and he was proud of it. The people alone could say who should be a successful candidate. They were the only masters he recognized. Tbe complaint against him seemed to be, he said,that lie had not consulted Mr. Duncan and other parties in the State House. The people alone were his masters, and he said, "To hell with the politicians." Tfie question of the control of the dispensary was brought up again and Senator S. G. Maylield was appealed to for a decision, both sides seeming to be content with his reply. The discussion finally grew so warm that for a minute it looked as though trouble might grow out of it. Governor Evans said something which seemed to retlect upon some of the State employees and Mr. Duncan jumped up and demanded whetner it was a personal rellection. Governor Evans said it was not, adding with a laugh that he had not a hard feeling against Mr. Duncan. Jle went on to say that he was glad to get a chance tolight. Pie -'iked to light; he wished 1.1 . 1l! I Tl.o noma luey wuuiu uumo ju i,u j. ^hv g?u>v cock never II inched when he fell the gall'. Governor Evans saty. down amid much cheering. In the discussion with Mr. Duncan he not only had the crowd with him from start to finish, but he had the bestot the argument as well. He turned every interruption , to the best advantage, and caught the shouts of the people. He appeared to i better advantage in the debate than 1 , have ever before seen him do. / A [_ =? \*ycwm CAMPAIGN LITERATURE. CurloiiH 8t?temeutH Made l?y Greenville Politicians. A politician, who has the reputation of keeping well up with the revolutions of the political kaleideoscope in South Carolina made the following significant statement to a reporter yesterday: "D. A. Tompkins lias been from the beginning the pattern maker, so to speak, for the Reform machine shops. He is the silent man in all conferences. Has heard all and said nothing. l4TTa ie thA unnlA .Tfthn ftarff Ev ans by marriage. He is alio fatherin-law to John T. Duncan, who proved to be the dark horse at Manning for the United States Senate. Duncan knew what he was doing when he made the charges (virtually) that John Gary Evans was in the bond deal. He would never have taken that bold position if he had not had in reserve the proofs to sustain it. Tillman has had nothing to do with the deal, more than to advise Dr. Bates to accept the fee from the synd:cate. Tillman will not help John Gary out of his trouble. "These things being known to only a select few, influences were adroitly put in motion to scare off all other candidates till the door closed at 12 o'clock at night on tne 22d. "John Gary will be knocked out and his fall will be like that of humpty dumpty. Another prominent Reformer made similar predictions and added: "But this dark horse move means more than this. I believe charges will be made against Governor Evans in MAMAMrl 4/\ V?io ziAnvtA/iiiAn ttti f V? f kn filiate* J u^aiu 1110 uuuucvuuu vritu iuo uiaw Dispensary and such enormous charges that the bond scandal won't be in it." "Jack Cranston was formerly the partner of the Governor's brother, B. R. Tillman. Cranston is now the agent of Waters & Company, a big wholesale whiskey concern of Baltimore, and recently he has been given exclusively the orders for whiskey for the State Dispensary." "Well, suppose he was; that's the Board of Control's business." "Now don't fly off at the handle, young man, and I'll explain," said the politician. "That Board of Control has not been convened for the past year. What orders have been given have, therefore, been given by the Governor. There are several hundred thousand dollars involved in this connection. "You watch the canfpaign smoke. Dan Tompkins is no fool. If Tillman nas witoarawn me props irom unuer John Gary Kvans, which the circumstances seem to indicate, he will fail." ?Greenville News, June 25. Morgan to Whitney. Washington, June 25. ?Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama lias addressed an open letter on the silver question to the Hon- Wm. C. Whitney in response to the latter's communication of June 21. After saying that Mr. Whitney's letter is "entitled to the respect which it receives from the whole people," Mr. Morgan discusses somewhat the question of an international agreement and says: ' It seems to be a very vague and distant hope that Great Britain will ever yield to European or American States real participation in her financial policy by treaty agreements." The Senator nssiimp.fi that no American statesman can present such a plan as our government will ever consent to adopt or or can agree to under the constitution, and makes the friendly challenge to Mr. Whitney to state the plan ''which you would advise the Democracy lo accept as a basis, at least for an international agreement." The Senator concluded as follows: "Asyouseem to agree with the Democracy of the South and West that silver should be fully remonetized I respectfully submit it to your candid judgment whe-l ther this restoration of the rights of our people is not more justly to be expected from the action and power ol our own government, that has never failed in such an efFort, than from Great Britain or any combination of European powers who will do nothing of the kina, except upon the inducement of some selfish motive." A Fifteen-year old school girl in Fordham, N. Y., a few days ago decokan onviaalfao/tkatt^ct /"?vi011* -aritivi labOU UOI kJV/UUUl bUUUUWi a VU.MI* II >?u bent pia3. When the austere Professor learned of the fact he immediately arose in his just wrath and demanded the name ol the guilty party, which was finally divulged by a classmate. Now the young lady is suffering the tortures of a remorseful conscience and her teacher will henceforth go through the world on one leg, theothhaving beon amputated as the result of blood poison caused by her ill-ad vised joke. A $25 Cooking Stove | ISJ3 UJUj ' ?IT K TMMI WITH A COMPLETE OtTTTTT *0? C OT&JLTSr $12.00. Delivered to your railroad dap**, aJl freight charges paid. K?ad tkM description carefully. Thia splaadid Cooking Stove is No. 8; haa foot f inch pot tiuli'g; 1(3x16 inch orea; 16 inch fire box, 24 inches high; 21x31 inch top; nice smooth casting. I I hive ln*ii tliih store made lor wtj traile, after my own idea, combining IB all the Rood I priced a'-oves-.^and leaving out Um a objectionable features. [f Beyond all doubt the best No. tfl Cooking Stove made, for the prim. I Kitted with 2 pota, 2 pot eoTwm, I g skollels, 2 griddlea, 3 baking pama, S 'i joiuta of pipe, 1 elbow, 1 collar, 1 9 lifter, 1 scraper, 1 cako poliah, 1 ltm ft Itea kettle, 1 shovel. We waul ts S make cuut-omerH and frienda in every ra part of the South, for the purpose g of introducing our buaineaa to mam B people, and to renew our acquaiet- Q ance with old frienda. ' We will ship thia aplendid Ceeki*g B Stove and the above described wm H to au7 deoot. all freight oKarsw | I paid, for only $12.00 whea tike R I csudi eomtti with the erder. Tfcka 2 B stove is a good on*, well naade, asd 3 I will tfi\e entire aatiefactaoB. 0v| illustrated catalogue uf Puraitetre. H 1 .Stoves and Itaby Carri&gea nailed H I fr?e. 4ddre?e jj zij ir f j)k.JDOh?j2."rv I Sf'i IllvOAU Sl'KKKT, A UQU8TA, K Carlinle Denies It. Washington, Jane 25.?The statement sent out from Kalamazoo, Mich., giving the substance of an interview with H. H. Smith, in which he is quoted as saying that Secretary Carlisle told hi^ last winter that he (Carlisle) would vote for the Republican nominee in case the Democrats nominated a free silver man on a free ttilver platform, is denied by Secretary Carlisle. He states that he has not talked fxrilh * ? ? 1 mi, kjinitu iu iwu years, aiiu never made such a statement to him or any one else. Close friends of Secretary Carlisle say there is no doubt that he will support the Chicago nominee. The trustworthy cure for the Whiskey, Opium, Morphine and Tobacco Habita. For further information adlress The Keeley Institute1, or Drawer 27, Columbia, S. 0. ITS! A JLJL^ XI. GREAT MEASURE Feop e have to depend ou the woid uf the dealer as to the quality of groC4iies. it Id very easy to wake the price cheap at the expense of the quality ?Easy to hide the cheat, too. Only aa'e way Is to deal at a re.labie house, such as ours is. We call attention to the lew items below. These are our Ketall prices: VNELUH & EA?OiN "PKrtKJfiOTION" FLOUR, Finest Flour Maae, Barrels 94.75, Half .barrels $2.GO. WKLCH & EASON'S "BEAUT*" FLOUR, Next Best Grade, $4-60 barrel. Choice Family Flour {4.25 barrel. HAVE YoU EVER SEtCN dUCU PRICES BEFORE? Be^t l^eaf Lard, 60 pound cans, u}$e pound Best Leaf Lard, 20 pound cans, 7c pound. Beat Leaf Lard, 10 pound cans, 8j pouud. Compound Lard, 50 pound cans, 5 pound Compound Lard, 20 pound cans, 6>?e pound Compoucd Lard, 10 pound cans, 7c pound. IN RICE WE ARE HEADQUARTER i. We have it at 2^c, 2^c, 3c, 3^c, 4c and 5c pouud in aoy qurntity le->s than a barrel, Sauip'etf rna'led free oil application. COFFEES We liave nil grades at 18c, SDc, 22c, 25c aud 30c pound to auit ail lovers or a good cup of coffee. TEAS Ureeu aud black at 25c, 60c, 75c and fl.00 per pouud. Granulated Sugar KmxI nnalitf in lOOnound "w' 1**?*v * sacks at pouua by tbe sack or pouud la smaller quantities. Second quality, aud very nice, in 100 pound sacks at 6 l-2c pouud by tbe sacs or 5 3 4c pound iu smaller quantities. Cheap Biscuits By tne Box ONLY ot 20 to 25 pounds. Ginger Snaps 4 1 2c puund Lemon?sweet .5 l-2o puund flic Nacs?sweet 5 l-2c pouud Soda XXX?plain 4 l-2o pound Plantation G 1 2c pouud Fluied Vanilla l-2c pouul Luncb Milk 7c pound We have tbe largest and must varied assortmeut of canned goods, etc., to be b id in tne South. Get a copy of our Price L>Ht ana peruse it carefully?you'll tueu tiud it to your advauta^e to semi ui your orders. One order will make >ou a customer of iinpu H.ip ifiiaranhMM mf-Ain1>4 I) lhliul everything we ?eud out aud we live up to it lu every lnstauce. your uioacy isj'c our uiouey uuttl you are pieced. WELCH & EASOX, UNIVERSAL PROVll)l?Rr>, 185 -iiul 187 ileeiiug aud 117 Market Sid , CHARLESTON, ?>. C. Mones's ff orti or Monej Bact 9-Tenths of all diaeises arise from impure blood. I have a receipt for the best blood medicine in existence. You make it yourself at a cost of only 10c a pint. If made and taken according to directions is assure cure. You can sell it to your neighbors at a big profit. Agents make big money. Send $1 and I will send you by return mail the receipt with full directions aud enough medicine to make pints. Send your order at once to G. E. HAYDEN, Orangeburg, S. C. SPR Announ O NEW < "THE 1439 and 1443 Miln Street, oju i.ima ok nkvv sriu.N i o jo a.no co 41'kistc a kuli, a JJKV QOO >s, glUM'HMU ^ /WOODS, ?V&KI'KT3, w., luvlti nil clow l> iv ?rs to vlils our Ur All i<uuils orlnrwl of us aiuouutiu-4 to frn? ?f c.liaiga Insldtj of tlw Stun. il ijunl'ty you may desire lu ?i for quotations "TH K ?m)SirK GKAND GOLUMB : U i 'M : MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC^ I la tkM* ?*ya ?f TALL 1 TALK ' > IMmI AetU*r*m?Dt? ofUn Mem to baat * 41*- ' I < I otant, but af ur til actual a ca i i v t* ixrt ?r? I i i tfc* only things that oauit. i [ I It U auj to talk In Qemral Ttn*t about tk* I i (i Mrila of PIANOS, bat?b* mot* ip*cll?? i E Jmnrj wvniTTirnttijw8 J Tl? |rait laitliri fiiirtti. feteklUfed at jmn. MfiM Nvtoin Md *7 bj for 8? year*. Not# ibm nail* IltokM IaproTim?tf? fttcit Beteatlif ActlM. PtteBt looadlnc iMd IPatcat Tailing Pla laiklaf., Pateat IatroTod iirtfk Pataat Ian tfe?. Om uf Dm wly tw Hum iiiiIMi (iwt put) In tta ?wn factory. Om ?f mm Mat mad In Um U. S. Sold lower ttwa aay ?lhw Blcta Onda Pluo. Qaf proOt uly Cr? Hto to parohaaar. WUfI Va. LUDDEN 4 BATEa, UTintll, ?AAdvica t3 Mothers. Wc take pleasure iu calllu^ your attea tloa to a lernedy so luog uteded la carry lag cbudrea aalely itirougli tbe ciltical 3L?Ko ui itxuuiug. it, is an iLcaicuiauio blessiug to muthar aud child II juu aie disturbed at ulgbt with a hick, fietlul, teetuiug cbild, u.ib Pittb' (.uimlnative, it will give laa uut relief, and regulate the uowels, aud wake tebtbiug sale aud eia>. it wilt cuie Dyseutery aud Diarrhoea, . Pitta (Jarwiuative is au lusuat teller lor colic of inUuld. it w ill promote digeatiou, give tjue aud euorgy to tbe sluiuach aud bo web. 'j Le bleb, puny, suflulug cblld w ill ttou becouie the fat aud frolic*ii<g joy oi iuo ucusouuju. 11 is very pitsataui u> tbe taste and ooJy cost 25 ceuts p?r bottle. Soid by druggbta aua by 'ma MUKKAi>KUU CUM (Joiuuubl&, a. (J. ffl Preparation W ea? M and Kidneys, la tha mildneM ^ BS ttZ and u ? Kpilatot U W I 1 ?| 1uiecomVw rrTAi? bbB ] ISS??# CONVINCED* B frWd wholesale by The Murray Drug Co t COLUMBIA, P. V AND Dr. H. liaer, Ciiarlniton, S.C COTTON fiiNN. \-n l r\*s m Complete jjlanin* sya mat contracted for with Thomas Klevator, List K.ue, Battey Condenser, SelfpiCkiug Revolving Cox Steam Cylinder Pre-an aad all improvements for nn up to d ite 189G glonerj. Buy no other uatil yua g?t prues on toe Thomas ENUI.XKi, BOILKUS, SA.W MILLS',, CANK MILLS, KICK MILLS, GRIST MIL'.S. Write for Prices. V. O. Badham, COLUMBIA. S. t:. OSBOR3SrEI'S SHudmeM AND V floh.ool of Bb.ortli<i2i<l AUGCMTA. OA. lot book* mt Aotui kuinaM fr*? <v ?( tatuc. BuiaoM mmtl eoil*c? nmin u4 n*4a Mi Bond tm uiaiomilr UlattrmUd MUhgafc B?w4 ibiiftr Uu is u/ BaiUtn tUt, ihstocement Gr O O O B (J >|JI MUI MO. (JA., I)-} \ KHi N')vV UHJINO .!>1*1* NKl> N J (J ??l MjiCr C :.IN >C:i"K ?UM<. J>UrtNlS4!N?* IUS AND I'lNGa. ^ 4 i it. if.ii ?r v?ii? i> >n r? r n i iijiM*. over ten tlo<14i'S will jh 'IwllmrwJ Ja St'KJiC (M isints -if ?V?5l / pi i(3?f iif iliif-roat Mini, j V !tn 'tn V?rv rtfMiHy'tfull/, HUH, CciNfKAL HmI* L 1A, S. SJ.