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J w THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH VOL XXIV. LEXINGTON, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 25, 1894. NO. 23 A GLORIOUS ENTERPRISE. Columbia Register. The events of yesterday on the banks of the canal and in the great cotton mill about to be put into operation, marked a noteworthy and distinct epoch in the history of the city of Columbia and in the future of our people. Owing to ihe fact that the water would for the lirst time be turned ujH?n the wheels, and in accordance with this announcement, many citizens gathered at the power house of the Columbia ! Duck Mill to witness this important and interesting ceremony, and interest remained unabated until the supreme circumstance had transpired. The ?ere mony was an impressive one. Theiv were few, if any. persons present windid not feel a thrill of exultation as the venerable Aretas Blood, the president of the company, stepped to the water gate and opened the wheel ]K?rtals to the awaiting element, eager to show its potentiality to those who had wrought through the wonders of art to lead ii from its useless course of waste into channels of usefulness and beneficence. Simultaneously with the contact of mo tive power and machinery the groat electric generator moved, at first, majestic- j ally, and then with the spin of a busj j mammoth on i:s way to make industry and thrift, and life, for present and fu j ture generations. What an inspiring | sight! What a suj>erl? mission! Man atid nature, and art, combining and com bined to play their parts In 'he social and material economy of industry. t? ramify through a thousand veins tin complex relations <>f the forces engaged to each, and to the whole. And now the subtle tin id is gathered by the great revolving wheel, and again the' octogenarian president, who does not fear to use his means in promotion of enterprise, steps to the switchboard, and sends the marvelous force with the rapidity of lightning itsef to the mot <r> in the iuill building two hundred feel n tp.iv A en in a sensation as of the movement within of an uplifting i-pirit possesses and aet nates the sj?eetators. Again a mystery is shown?again is man beheld in the application of art, and here is the manifestation of response?the motors take into and through their winding veins the life producing fluid and the whole system moves without a jar. Here is a superb plant. The peoph walk through it and see what is there Here is the power house equipped witl the latest and best machinery in tin world. There are four water wheel? of the SiMlwell & Bieree t'o.'s manu faeture developing in the aggregate l\v< *' 1 L' - /vitrei. HPHlkkJCk ni'i* ?1 t UlOUSailU nunc ^ ... tached to two electric generators, aggre gating two thousand horse j>ower. an. they supply the current for ihe motor, in the mill. In addition to the loni main water wheels is one of two han dred horse power to Ik* use 1 for elevat iug water P? the mill building and f<n supplying electric lights in the mill and at the factory village across the liver. The construction department of tin Sti'ilwell & Biercv Co. is presided ovei by A. C. Itice, who was present t< witness the splendid performance oi bis work. Cross the canal, over the handsome iron bridge erected by the company, and pass by the five compartments of tin cotton warehouse, in which are alreadj stored hundreds of bales of cotton awaiting introduction to the slashei room which will come in due time. Here is the first floor of the great mill, with its machine shop and paraphernalia for heating, moistening and ventilating, as the requirements of The aun>sph<-n may demand from time to time Now, ascend from fl<?or to floor :u>d behold slashers and pickers, and "mules,*" and spiuners and looms, and a hundred other kinds of machines and contrivance? for converting the raw into the finished material, ami for the comfort and con venience of the !..'100 operatives soon to be installed in their resjiective places. ? -* iHo aui-ai.Kiifv fnp mirifvinfi iiric <44*7 * 4iV ?v 4VJ/..W,,, .... r ^ ^ the atmosphere: here are the tire extinguishers which in ease of tire will set themselves to work without the attention of man; here are the registers to impart warmth and here is the cooling apparatus for use in the heat of summer. Overhead are lines of shafting end nt their ends are the motors. They are so arranged that one shaft may he run, or all of them, at the will of the operator. Here is a shaft in full motion through the action of a motor which has jusi received its current. Now the current is switched off, hut so sicely is the shaft ing and machinery adjusted that for live minutes after the current is withdrawn the machinery continues to revolve by its own momentum. Conveniently arranged for freight p.nd passenger traffic are elevators communicating with the upper and lower floors; here is something new, self-opening and closing floor doors; as the elevator ap proaehe* a floor, doors are automatically opened through which it passes, and as it disappear the doors close again, leaving no evidence of the presence of nu elevator. I'jk?u inquiry n is found that under the laws generally in NewEngland this provision of safety is compulsory. With its use has come immunity from fatal falls through elevator openings. The company's offices are all located on the second floor of the building and are handsomely finished In native woo Is. Thcv arc spacious and provided with all comforts imaginary. ? ?.l l.a,.:,.,, U.li,.! .,1, entire plant march down out of the ! building to the sweet musical and merry ; ringing of the sweet-toned factory hell which has just been mounted at the top of the structure whence it can send forth with vantage its enticing calls to work and give its glad good-bye and goodspeed to the weary toiler at tlm <*lose of uay. And what of the visitors; what of the men who have come amongst us and invested their means so liberally? They : are not all carpet knights <>f finamv; ?>n j the contrary many of them are veterans of industry?men who know how to plan and how to execute. Moreover, they are rneu who do not fear to place their means tn new and progressive systems even where a system may be yet untried, and j such is the system of motive power i of the Columbia mill. But these gentle- ; men applied their judgment and behold 1 h j the result. What will be the effect o ! this peculiar circumstance? It is tha the eyes of the mMl men of the worh will he earnestly directed towards th working of the new system of the Co lunihiu mill, the only system of its kim in the world. This attention conceri trated ui>on the Columbia mill primaril; means attention to Columbia incident ally, and through this circumstance C< lumbia has to-duy a jx?sition of ad vantage before the industrial minds <> the world possessed by no other city ii the South, and by reason of the situa tion, better advertised than if the cit; was using iu tenfold degree the arts o many other centres to secure the at tent ion of the world. This advantag should be supplemented, however, ii every way possible by every well-wishe of this fortunate city. C. K. Oliver, th manager and treasurer of the companj together with 1'. Iv. Waring of BaJti more, were the prime movers in thi whole work and Columbia is ospecin.il indebted to the enterprise of these geu tlemen in so far as the peculiar systeu used by this mill was adopted. A great many things connected wit] the visit of these gentlemen will brin up questions t?t enterprise that are ue In tl.A ,.4* itwln.it*. l't iv\l 111 11I\T Ul.llVlJ) Ui JilUiiDU, in the South and undreamed of by th citizens of Columbia. It is hardly neces sary to say that the visitors were ti< li^httMl with everything they saw in con neetion with the city, the canal and th mill. They go from here to the up coun try of South Carolina where they ur more or less interested in the larg mills of that section of the State. Whei they are heard from again it will profc ably be in connection with new enter prises 011 the banks of the Congaree. Mr. Chapman, thei contractor an< btiil<ler of the mill, was present at a'] of the ceremonies of the water test ills father, t.ie senior member of thei inn. is here also. The proprietors o the mill had nothing but praise for then and their etiicient suj?eriutendenr, Mr Briggs. for the splendid execution o their great work. The Cliapmans ar now buihling their thirty-eighth eottoi mill. Mr. Paine is here representing tie General Klectrio (Company, lie is as sistant manager of the mill |K?wer de part men t of that mammoth manufac ' turing establishment and was most cotir ; repus in imparting information to in mlrers in relation to rlie wnml.'-.s! of hi work in this plant. The brick from start to finish wa furnishe?l l?v our enterprising fellov citizen, Mr. Alex. Guignnrd, the wood svork by the Fowles Lumber Company j and the work, so far as possible, wa: r given to lo<*al labor. At a meeting of the stockholders of tai company held at 11 o'clock yesterda; he following directors were elected Aretas Blood, I>. K. Sortwell, K. S i Converse, G. J. Marsh, (ieorge Wallace | Stephen Green, John S. Jenks, B. K i Waring and C. K. Oliver. Mr. Bhsx was re-elected president and Mr. (J. K I Oliver treasurer and manager. Columbia has had a great day, the iirs test of her irreat mill has been nia.l< and thus the lirst event in her true in lustrhil life has passed successfally int< history. MORE STATE HISTORY. The following circular has been sen ?ut hy the Superintendent of Education ind explains itself: STATE OF SOl'TH CAROLINA, Otliee of State Superintendent of Edu cation. t'olHjnbia, S. C.. April 24. 1K)4. To the school otlieers and teachers o1 rhA public schools ?>f South <'ar-ol:::;!: 1 have just finish Hi examining the re vised edition of Chapman's History ol South Carolina, and ant pleased to rem mend it to you, and beg to urge up n you to see that it is used in your schools The State Board of Examiners, undei the law of the State authorizing it. hav< adopted this book, and entered into t contract with the publishers whereby i is to be used in the public schools of tin State for a i>erio?l of seven years, datui) front September 5, IS'.).*', and to be sob at 75 cents i>er copy. This book was adopted because, in tin judgment of the board, it is superior t( all others in merits as a school tex book, and no other history of the Stnti s permitted by the State Board of Ex tminers to be used. It is expected by us that you will enor getieally endeavor to have the coiitrae on the part of the State carried out ii perfect good faith. We expect no less >f all true Carolinians?sons and daugh rers, who respect and protect the ohli olii) I'O hum i.v?iiw? mr nmir. r The imimrtmice of teaching tl?? his tory of our own State ii? ?*nr own ehil Iren can not l>e too strongly put. T<* litt 1?? attention lias been given to it in tin past, which lias been a great mistake Lot us hope that the order of things will now be somewhat changed, and thai the youth <?f this State will be taught tc know something of the history of out own State before they are forced v learn the history of other States. It is not strange that the average boy or girl of this State knows more about the history of Massachusetts than South Caroliua. Why? Simply because United States History, which has more Massachusetts than South Carolina history, is required to be studied by the pupil tolhe almost absolute neglect of the separate aistorv of our own State. The youth of the State should be taught the history of the State that they may become familiar with the deeds of their ancestors and be ever ready to defend their course, and we respectfully urge that more attention be given to the study of South Carolina History. Slosf respectfully. \V. J). MAYFIELD. State Superintendent of Education and Chairman State Board of Examiners. Governor Tillman, Secretary of State Tindal. State Treasurer Hates, Attorney General Buchanan and Superintendent of education \V. 1). Maytieid came over to Camden on last Saturday to attend the funeral of General J. B. Ke:shaw. They were met at the depot by ihe mayor anil aldermen and several other gentlemen of Camden. Mayor Kennedy acted as speaker of the occasion and told the Governor that he aid the other gentlemen were there to meet him and his party, and would he glad to entertain them as the guests of the city. They were escorted to the Woikmau Hotel, and at half past 4 attended the funeral In a body, occupying seats in the front of the church. After the funeral they returned immediately to Columbia, the regular passenger Gain being held in waiting for them. It was a graeeful act on the part of Governor Tillman to come to Camden, and it was a graceful act on the part of the { itv to enie tain him as it did. and much >???i 11:1s neeii aeeompiisiieu iiy nis visit hero. We believe tliiit by his presence in Camden he |irov*'?i to many ??f his political enemies here that there (s more a nod in him than some would have thero believe. ?Camden chronicle. T e Farmers' Kifle Company, of JuhusU ue Academy, in Newberry County, was organized on the ! 4th instant with thirtynine members enrolled. S. P. Crotweil was elected captain. f | A PENITENIIARY FIRE, i Columbia Register. The hosiery mill within the walls of j the State Penitentiary was destroyed by i i- fire yesterday afternoon between t> and ! 7 o'clock. . Nothing was saved but a lot of hose. I ' i |- i The tire was too fierce and spread too ! f quickly to permit anything to be done] '] and very little to be saved. Jt was the y hottest and most stubborn lire which I f Columbia firemen have been called on to battle with in years. ri The mill is worked by convicts with r the exception of probably twenty free e laborers, mostly women. All work is | I j v , i' 'iu.o. I j | si.UJ#|M*u unmiwu ui u u?;n?n.. a iic , s I convicts are given their supper in tin! y J pails and are then put into their cells. 1 When the machinery was shut down u yesterday afternoon at the usual hour [, there was no fire in any department. S The only person who remained in the l" building longer than t? o'clock were Forep man Baldwin, Mr. Roe and a white life i- term convict named Short. It was the '* business of the convict to lock the doors ! ? and see that everything was all right, p Twenty minutes after (? o'clock, while e Bookkeeper Burris was in the prison e yard, he saw smoke issuing from the j* upper windows of the building, which - was a three-story brick structure, forming a portion of the Western wall of the :j prison. The building is well known to t ?i _ v? ...i *?,? r>??; every person >vuu nas vunueu iur 1 *-mr tentiary. f Mr. Bums quickly gave the alarm, ? notifying Captain Allen, who was in the f convict barber shop. (Captain Allen t rushed to the building and was followed 11 by several of the convicts who are ul? owed the privileges of the yard. The i- door leading to the second and third stou ries was knocked clown and Captain Allen ami the convicts rushed up the . steps. They were forced to return at j s once as the building was full of smoke, j It was ascertained, however, that the fire p had l>een started in the toilet room in . the second story of the mill. There was , nothing inflammable in the room, hut it s could have been saturated with oil. Afa ter it started and began to spread there! v was plenty to feed the flames. ; The fact that the building was bnrn''|ing was telephoned to the city, but the i alarm was tare m Doing given. j ho 1 firemen answered promptly, however, tho ! Columbia Company being tho first on { the ground, followed by tlx? Independt* euts. Long lines of hose were quickly - stretched, being attached to hydrants in < ' the prison yard. It was nearly 7o'clock 1 before streams were gotten on the flames. It was then too lute and the water had no effecr. The fire was so hot that streams t had to be turned on the hospital building, over a hundred yards away, to keep it I , from catching lire. The firemen worked ] < hard and faithfully, but there was no i possible chance of saving the building. ; The walls fell in with a crash, making the work dangerous for tlx- firemen. ( (Some of the convicts worked shoulder to!' ' shoulder with the firemen, lending assist-'I j ance in holding tlx? nozzles and pulling >| I j the hose from jNiiut to point. Only aj, few convicts were at iiberty, however, j the majority having been locked up in j' the big prison building at the Eastern I i ' side of the yard. This building was never ( ? in danger. ! A convict is suspected of having set ( fire to the mill. There Is not much 1 ^ai? fViA ciioniAiAn ri vnnnt tliot hn J 51VUIIV* 1VI liiL nuo|riv.i\m vatt ui.it **? 1 v ; | was the last person in the building. It;, j! is not known how the fire could have originated in an accidental manner. The building was owned by the State j 1 1 and was worth not less than $10,000. j . Nearly $2,000 had recently been expend^ ed on it in repairs. A new roof was put ^ on and much money spent in improve' j nients on the Inside. There was not a cent of insurance on the building. 1111 . addition to this the State loses at least L $2,500 in machinery. A ten-horse power j and a twenty-horse jM>w?*r engine be* longing to* the State were destroyed, be- ^ slde.s two electric dynamos and a lot of j shafting, belting, etc. The State merely furnished the motive power for the mill. The State, therefore, sustains a clear loss , " of fully $12,500. About ten days ago j Jan electric dynamo, valued at $1)00, was ' j put in the mill. A year ago a third story j ; was added to the structure. , I The hosiery mili was established years 1 ago. It was run with varied success \ until Captain J. M. Graham bought the i " machinery and began to operate it. He L ' leased the convicts to run it from the | i State and did a large business through- L out the South. All the machinery be- j ' j longed to him. He had a heavy stock of j ' goods 011 hand and the loss on the stock i j was great. The total loss sustained by j: J.Mr. Graham is estimated at $12,000, i \ | J $0,000 being on machinery and $3,0<M) on j r J j the stock. Mr. Graham had a total of i ! | $0,000 insurance, in the following companies and agencdes: j ' I ,T. S. Campbell & Sons, agents. Phoe- j I .! nix of Hartford, $l,r>00; Hartford of U Connecticut. $2,500; Georgia Home of 11 J Georgia, $2,000; total, $0,000. W. C. Swuffield, agent. Southern In- t 1 ] sura nee Company, $1,000; Sun Mutual, r j $1,000; total, $2,000. e Allen Jones, agent, American of Phil-! t adelphia, $1,000; total. $1,000. j The total loss to the State and to Mr. j j Graham is about $24,500; total iusurauce, j i I $0,000. 11 , M 11 I WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT. jc The following Is the weekly weather n ' eron rei?or? of lh?* (lenai-t meal of air: i I culture for this Stute: 1 The cold, drv, an<l generally unfavora-IM i able weather that characterized the week j I previous to the one Just passed, gave way, j in rapid transition. to warm ami in t very . j way good growing weather, which is re- I * j fleete<l by the tone of cheerfulness mid en- j t I coin age men t that pervades the reports of i | all correspondents, covering the past I week, except front those in the coast regions where the improvement was not j j marked, on account of the lack of much i I needed rain. | I The temperature was slightly above the j b I normal ju all sections of ie State, being ; H ! proportionally greater in the central r.tul I ^ ! western parts, until the latter part of the ? j week when the nights became quite cool,!" but from no place was frost reported. The i ] warmth in the early week, caused an im- t | mediate improvement In the npjH\iraiiee I a of vegetation of all kinds, more espi-cially i t Jn gardens, gtaius, grasses and foiiage.lt and many trees present the peculiar effcet jl: i of withered aud dried, as well as budding j y i and tender green leaves <>u the same 1 branches. | There were showers on Thursday and j | Friday, with considerable bail in places, si j The latter, however, did little or no dam- j I ago. The rains were, In all instances, I needed and were very beneficial and very timely for the newly planted crops; also for grains and food products in general. In the southeastern part of the State and along the coast the. showers were very light, or altogether absent. In those sections the effect of the drought is to give cotton a very poor stand, where up; to cause oats to turn yellow with little or j no growth; to give the natural enemies of J young corn, such as worms, birds, etc., a | chance to do much damage; and to retard i gardens and field crops in general, in j short to use the expessive phase of a correspondent "everything going from bad to | worse." The following excessive amounts of rainfall for the week were reported; Cliera w 4.,'.6; Society 11111 2.61. Time of sunsliins was, generally, above the average except for limited areas. } High winds did some damage to cotton in j a few localities. Cotton planting was gen- j eral over the entire State during the week j and in the low counties is fast r.< urlng | completion, likely to he finished this present week if the weather remains fi vora- j hie. In the central counties, farmers are i also well advanced with this crop, witli ! the expectation of finishing planting be- j fore the first of May. In both sections the rl\- lilantinc Is roinimr nn nicelv where i therels sufficient moisture. and promises a ' good even stand. The farmers are not as j t well advanced in the "up counties" ?l- j | though they have been favored with more j ] rain, and consequently the germinating j period of their planting will bo shorter. A generalization of all reports on cotton, Indicates that at this period it is equal, in every respect, to the average of former years. Corn planting continues. Some rp and ready for first working. Oats doing better, it is estimated to promise half a crop. Wheat improving, but no crop estimate can yet be made. Melons tire coming up poorly from tirst planting, but those from second planting promise better. The fruit prospects are not improving to any great extent. Rice, sorghum and food products in general are being planted in greater quantities than usual in many localities. The a weather has favored farm work which is well up with the needs of all crops. . J. W. BAUER. Director, S. C., \V. S. Columbia, S. 0.. April 24th, lS'.M. DEMOCRATS IN CHARGE. j 21 The transfer of the Columbia post office | c was made last night about 7 o'clock. It ! (j was at the conclusion of the day's busl- j t ness. Everything was turned over to Col. Dj William Wallace, the new postmaster, * ami Postmaster Clayton severed his eon neetion with the office. The transfer was made in a pleasant ; manner. Just of ter the change. Dr. Clay- j j ton called tloyrjfr of the employees of tho I r office and had them assemble near the en- |t tntnce to his private office. lie then made ! I a short address. He told them that he could j compliment each of them on the faithful manner in which they had performed their p' duties under him. Nearly all of them had i > been with him for four years and he had j never had cause for complaint. He Loped j; they would 1h? as faithful to his successor, d At tlie conclusion of Dr. Claytciu's re-i <1 marks Postmaster Wallace stepped for-!4' ward and said that so far as the public *J was concerned each employee had dis- ! j charged his or her duty efficiently and sat- j i isfactorily. j ' Nobody knows what changes, if any, I t are to be made in the office. Nearly every j t employee is under the civil service rules 1 and cannot be discharged without cause. | The changes will l?e made slowly. All the ! t present force will be retained, It Is j 1 thought, for some time, as the new poHt- jj master does not want to Impair the effl- j; rleuoy of the postal service and will not I J ilo so. j1 WILL BE A BICj EVENT. ? At the liLst ill-'etinir of the trustees of ho Winthrop .Normal and Industrial Col-j oirc at Rock llill the program mo for thoj avin^ of iho cornerstone was arranged, j riio event is to take pace at Ilook Hill >n tlio llllli ol' May, that boring the 85th irthda.v of the Ii.?u. Robert C. Winlirop. The programme is a splendid one. Governor Tillman is arranging for heap excursion rates. The young ladies if the Winthr .it College of this city will it tend in a holy and the Governor hopes o get such low rates from Clerasou Colege that nearly al the students of that nstitution can attend. H The followin: will be the programme: " 11 a. m. 1. Hand music, d. Prayer. (l Song by Winthrop College chorus. x 4. Introductory address by the Gov- 51 rrnor. v 5. 1 in ml music. " t?. Dedicatory poem. hv Major St. r fames Cummings, South Carolina Mili- h ary Academy. 7. Song by Winthrop College chorus. ^ S. Dedicatory address by the Hon. Ira d. .Tones. Speaker of the South Carolina s Imise of Representatives. t. S>. Rand music. li lit. Masonic ceremonies. " 11. Song by male college chorus. I'd. Benediction. 5 ji. in. I'i.' ^ dinner. Music. 5 p. in. Dnlh'and dress parade by stulenls of ('leiusuu College. Rand music. Further notice will be given of arrangoiieuts for railroad excursion. ? The Methodist congregation of Anderson i 3 a hustlirg one. Last Sunday night a veek ago they t.-ok up a collection in a few ninutea amoumiug to over ?bU0 to lift the \\ uuruLtru acro vii IUC ^ai cuiia^f. Lieutenant T. Donald?OD, Jr., of Clem-1 81 on College. ba> bet-n ordered by the War ! a, >epart:ecnt to rt-p'.rt for examination fori >romotion to a first lieutenancy at Fort g ^eavenworth, Kansas. Willi * Cook, colored, son of Homer Cook ei >f Fairfield County, was kicked in the sto- j( nach by a mule Saturday and died of the ftVct oil Su day night. He had just turned be mule loose in the stable at dinnertime .nd it ran past him and kicked him. g: The Council ot V/innsboro has elected W. J. Gilbert chief id police and R. .N. AlcMas- 18 er assistant. Chief of fire department, T. ni C. Elliott. U1 Col. J. P. Thomas of Columbia has ac- qi epted an invitation t'? address the cadets of J he Patrick Military In-titute of Anderson k < n the occasion of the annual commence- n neut, June 19th. The acceptance iusures " II original, earnest, and valuable oration. Rev. I. M. Mercer of Greenville has been . Qvited to make the dedicatory prayer at 111 ht? laving of the corner-stone of the Win- tt brop Norrral anil Industrial College at i lock Hill May 12. Mr. Mercer has accepted ! m he invitation. An enterprise lias been started in Orange- i w iurgby Messrs. L. L. and Z. M. Wolfe tbat' g^ re hope will tnei-r with success. It is a room factorv, an I they turn out a good at rticle to > It is just such enterprise as bese tbat build up a eommuuity.?'Times Ul nd Democ-tat. . yj Mr. S. T. Inabi"f?t of Dentnaik shipped wo barrels of lettuce to Richmond, Va., ti rid one to Ashevdle, N. last week. . 'here is money in truck farming, and we IS on't see why mor- farmers in this section on't engage in ti o business ?Orangeburg 111 'imes and Detnoci <t. flj John Gary \Va!t-> of Laurens has been uggested for Adju'antaud Inspector Geneil 111 TO RECEIVE THE COXEYITES. Washington. April ? After a con-1 crence to-day with Mr. S. T. Thomas, he attorney for the District. an<l Colonel doore, the ?*hiof of police of Washing-1 on, the District Commissioners issue*! he folowing proclamation: ro Whom it May Concern: Whereas it is reported that several ortanizcd bodies of men are approaching he District of Columbia with the avowed mrpose of securing such Congressional iction as will relieve the condition of un mploycd laborers throughout the conn-1 ry: and whereas all unemployed men ind others throughout the country who nay he in sympathy with the movement mve been invited to assemble in front of he national capitol on the first of May, >roximo, for the purpose ??f * < mpclldng avornhle action by Congress by mere "orce of numbers and physical presence; iml whereas the constitutional right of )etition does not justify methods dangerous to jx-ace and good order which hreaten the quiet of the national capi-i ol. which are contrary to law and oph?s?s1 to the ordinary means of obtaining egislative relief under our system of government: and whereas it is declared o be til*; intention of this bodv r.f nnnm. >loyod and destitute jx'ople not only to tather together for the purposes aforesaid at the city of Washington, but there o remain until their mission shall have >eeu accomplished: and whereas the na-j ional capitol is chiefly devoted to public j msiness and is the centre of Federal j egislation and as a result of its lack of I rdinary means of affording employment, s now taxed to its utmost capacity in haritable efforts to care l'or its own poor ind unemployed: Now, therefore, the Commissioners of he District of Columbia, who are harged with the duty of maintaining >eace and good order, and with enforcing he laws in said district, being sensible >f the gravity of the situation ami fully Lpprociaaing the hardship which must ouio uj)on many innocent but mis^uiihsl p^siple. if this ill-considered novemenr should be continued, do hereby ippeal in the interest of humanity and In urtherance of the peace and good order vhieh are enjoyed by the laws in force n said district, to the good sense and nit riot ism of all those engaged in, or vho contemplate taking any part in the imposed demonstration and urge them to ' consider their intention to come into lie District of Columbia, for that purm >se. Xo possible good can come of such a ;athering, uiui with no proper preparation >r means of subsistence, suffering and ilimute disorder will certainly ensue, so wrong can be righted, no condiition of abor emeliorated, no remedy for any exsting evil realized by the contemplated leinonstration of physical force. Every lesirable end can be more certainly and lTeetively accomplished by ordinary and awful methods. The commissioners, while In entire syinanity with all people out of employment itul having no desire or purpose to 'leal tarshly with unfortunate nut honest men vho seek relief by reasonable and lawful neans. are lu duty bound t?> give notice o those who are tempte?t under any preext to swell the number of unemployed tersous already here. that there * Is teither work for them nor means for heir maintenance in the District; that he law does not permit the soliciting of Lima in ottr streets, and forbids parades, issemblages or orations in the Oapito! rrounds and the obstruction of any pubic gronuds, streets, highways or avenues md the approaches to public or private ttildlugs. Ttie commissioners give notice ISO to crlmluals and evil-doers who. under over of a crowd of ttnemploye<l men in nil muy uiuir ui'itr tur iiiv purios? of crime and disorder that all M:eh rill be apprehended and summarily dtalt vlth. And finally, they give notice to all who ome here against their advice and protest | hilt the laws In force in ihe District of Columbia are adequate for every einor- | ;ency and will lie rigidly enforced. Migned: John W. tloss, George Trueslell. Charles F. Powell, Commissioners of he District of Columbia. The commissioners have acquainted hemsolves fully with all the local laws, vhlch have reference to a movement sine lar to that of Coxey's, and It Is uudertood that they decided that the army tan ?e treated as vagrants. Smith. "The Unknown," Coxey's rashered lieutenant, put In an appearance at he Coxey headquarters here to-day in techabite Hall and created somewhat of . sensation. He wore a brown velvet coat nd vest, a pair of white riding trousers, nd black leather leggings and line shoes, nd a profusion of jewelry. A heavy blue vereoat thrown back displayed a massive ;old chain that encircled his neck and was nchored In his pocket by a heavy gold L'otoh tvhlfh; >tl> ns;f??!itntifilNlV <*< ill -sM I T ??< J s he walked into the commonweal hcaduarters. He asserted that he hud just iddeu In from Rockvllle, Md., where he iad left his wife and that lie had boo or 00 followers encamped In that nelghboriood who were ready to join the army as 0011 as his differences with Coinmandern-Cldef Coxey had been arranged. He tated that "Colonel" Redstone was now ndeavorlng to arrange matters and that e should return to Rockvllle this evelug Curley Headed Johnnie )enies that He Had an Understand-1 ing With Butler. When I think of the dream I had,! rhen we all started out in 1888 to j mash ''rings" and to have free speech i nd free thought and a truly popular i overnment; I do not want to see j stablished as a result as absolute a { espotism as there is outside of ''Dark- j it Russia"; the alliance and all those I rent financial and governmental I sues freighted with the life or death ! t a nation, dwarfed into the single j uestion of how whiskey shall be) :lishead" out to thirsty souls. Take ! le situation when I went to Spartan - f arg. After villifying and slander-j ig me for months, telegrams from j I,ashington ordered Gantt to ask ,e certain questions. I said that I ould support Tillman "provided he ; ood for the demands of the alliance,'' i nl actually ouo of their little creates, a peripatetic school teacher, who i ants to be superintendent of educa-j on. denounced me. I think Tillman j willing to stand upon his own! erit, but this crowd of sycophants > atter his vanity and call everybody j se "traitor," when if the test came, 1 I . ke the miserable vultures that they j j arc, they would be the first to turn S ami rend his vitals. I will follow no man blindfolded, but if I had been j even willing to do this I would have j died a thousand deaths before I would I let one of the political "hell hounds" that can be bought like a piece of dog meat in the market, pop his whip over my back and drive me cringing to his master's feet. It is not love for Tillman or their | country that influences those blatant I liau*lfifo T - 1 1 ' . uu.iiw,]. x aijiutjoi me louaest | mouthed, who hate him most. They 1 want an office. This tells the tale. I j Governor Tillman does not need help j now. He is in the very zenith of success and power. Let the tide turn, let danger, defeat, or disaster threaten, and then he will see who his friends are. Men who stood shoulder to shoulder when the battle was thick. Men who have the courage to differ with him, or the | miserable parasites and barnacles that can only exist amid uncleanness, and who unless scraped off at regular iriffirrnla x 1 11 1 pu?vi<aio cau tuiuu^Li iue nun ana j sink the stoutest sbip to the bottom I of the sea. | It is mortifying, humiliating, for j politics to be upon the low plane, where such explanations are demandI ed. Now, as to the other question, I which you ask me about the dispent sary. I am more than ever convinced | that some modification along the line I suggested by me at Spartanburg is a (necessity. The establishment at Columbia with its host of officers is too cumbersome, and the profit feature is morally wrong. It is better anyway to undersell and starve the "blind tigers'1 than to shoot it; especially when the "beast" shoots back. Besides any law that necessitates a standing army for its enforcement will fall of its own weight. I am glad that you heartly support me iu these views. We have had enough turmoil and strife in South Carolina. There were old deep-seated abuses and traditions that had to be destroyed and rooted out. Tillman was the man to do it. His genius is essentially destructive: and as he has about accomplished his work in South Carolina, send him on to the senate where he will find enough abuses to employ his genius for the balance of his life. In South Carolina we want something now on the constructive order. We can not live there in two armed camps and if we undertake it the federal government will put us through another course of reconstruction. We do not need an "apist" to ... ,1 Cl-l- --L {jiauue aiuuuu uvt'X oiaie, squint, one eye, "cuss" and try to play ''Ben Tillman." I think that the soil was exhausted when it produced "Ben" No. 1. The squeal: of the "squedunk" trying to masquerade as the blast of a trumpet will make us ridiculous and contemptible. "What the State needs now is a sedative to steady the "old lady's" nerves, and then a good tonic to build up the waste tissue. Alter so much one X, two X, three X and four X, a short course of "Keely Cure," would not be a bad investment. In other words we want "oil on the troubled waters." 1 1 A t ? 1*1 a goou, conservative, ousiness-iiKe governor who is not an ''imitator,11 not ''brilliant" but sensible, will bring us round all right, and the old lady be all the better for a little shaking up she has had." Work Well Done. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.?I suffered with dyspepsia and disordered liver and would frequently throw up bile. I procured a bottle of Simmons Liver Regulator, and, after using half of it was completely cured. One of my lady customers told me the other ? -1 t 1.1... day tiiat Simmons ijiver neguiaior completely cured her of sick headache?D. Olds. Good Luck Poultry Powders. This powder will stop cholera in one night; will keep your poultry healthy and make hen lay the year round. Sold by all druggist, wholesale or tiers filled by Farmers and Mechanics Mercantile Co., Columbia, S. C.