The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, August 29, 1894, Image 1
VOL. XXIV- LKXINOTON. S. ( .. W HUNKS DAY. Al/OFST 2!?. 18114. NO. 41.
THE SILVER QUESTION.
A VERY ABLE ARGUMENT FROM THE
FREE COINAGE SIDE.
A Oalet Mj*ii "Who Haa Smhlenly Imprefaert
Hiumll I'pon the Public? A
Presentation of the (Juration that la
Well Worth Resrftng.
Greenville, S. C., Aug. 23.?"Joe"
Johnson, as everybody in Laurens
eails bun, made a quiet canvass
for Congress in tbis district in 1802.
lie strictly toted his own skillet, but
received very little more than the Conservative
vote because he frankly
avowed everywhere that he was not a
Tillman roan and did not intend to
vote for Tillman.
This year he is making another quiet
canvass, speaking often to small gath
eriDgs at country places. The people,
however, have suddenly waked to the
conclusion that in this comparatively
little talked of candidate they have a
very "able man and the one who knows
more about the all important linancial
question and talks better about it than
anybody else.
The following is a synopsis of Mr.
Johnson's speech on free coinage which
was declartd by Governor Tillman to
be the ablest, clearest and strongest
talk on the currency question lie had I
^4 UVU1U VI ivUV4.
Upon the proper solution of the financial
problem depends the future
prosperity arid happiness of our people.
That solution demands thorough
knowledge of all the principles underlying
money.
Money is not only a medium of exchange
but a measure of value. Sugar,
coffee or nail3 give so many pounds for
a dollar, so that the dollar measures all
human labor and sacrifice. Money has
its price and is bought and sold In the
markets. The rule that prices are lixed
by supply and demand applies to money
as well as to other commodities. If
money Is abundant dollars must be
cheaper; if it is scarce dollars must be
k high. John Stuart Mill says that the
L price of money moves in reverse ratio
r toother commodities?that it rises as
' they fall uDd falls as they rise. If that
be true the proposition follows that
when money is high more labor and
sac-ritice are required to get a dollar
than when it is low. 1 n 1870 the salary
of the Governor of South Carolina was
$3,500. When the tax payers went to
market to buv that ?3,o00 to pay their
governor with they carried thirty-live
bales ol cotton for it. 1 n 18031 he g'?v
ernors salary was still i?3.."j?X),but when
the tax payers went to huy those dollars
they had to carry over a hunched
bales of cotton to get them, representing
three times ;.s much labor and sacritice
as in l?7o.
All political economists have recognized
this principle as the true one on
which to base financial legislation.
The trouble of having limited money
or contracted currency arises from the
fact that where one man has money to
sell ninety-nine are trying to buy it.
Legislation which increases the value
of the dollar belonging to the ona man
who had it to sell must decrease the
value of the other commodities, the
labor and the sacnlice with which the
remaining ninety-nine men must buy
the dollar. To show that tlie volume
of money controls the prices of commodities
the familiar course of wheat
may be considered. In 1SS2 the wheat
crop of the woild was oOO.OOO.OCO bushels
more than the crop of 181*3 and the
surplus brought into 1882 was greater
than the surplus brought into 18P3.
Thn Anmdr. -.4 .. K/.nf 1 UW'O . e.
J nc: vn wiirtil/iu lOO- v\ II viUdreds
ot millions of bushels more than
in ISM; the population of the world
had increased enormously from 1882 to
18M. Vet with a lessened supply and
an increased dera md the average price
of wheat in New York in 1S1>3 was <'/.?
cents a bushel against SI.Ill in 1882.
This cannot be txulained on the over
production theory because there was
less wheat in ISMthan there was in
1882 and more people to buy it. The
one fair and reasonable explanation is
that between 1882 and 18M dollars increased
in value so that the man who
carried wheat to market to buy dollars
had to carry more of if to get them
with. .So it wvs with cotton anu all
other commodities, for there is a gen
eral range ot piicts which in the first
instance are lixed by the supply of
money, or in other words, by the average
amount of sacrifice m all lines of
business that is re (mired to get a dol
lar.
The ell'ect upon the country of a constantly
contracting currtncy is a constant
tall In the price of labor and its
products. People have fixed liabilities
to meet which require so much more of
the results of thtir labor to satisfy that
nothing is left for comforts or luxuries
or to meet current, indebtedness. Iu
this country since IST.'t there has been
a persistent' fall m the price of commodities
so that the people who depend
on the sale of those commodities for
their livings have been unable to meet
the debts they had contracted and have
been sold out. The census statistics
show that many thousands of people
who were land owners ten years ago
are now tenants. These facts rouse in
the people the spirit of discontent, and
unrest, such as we have had in south
Carolina.
They seek to apply local remedies for
a general trouble and by .State legislation
and changrsto remove evils which
are as potent and as patent in Nebraska,
Louisiana, Texas and Kansas as in
South ( arolina makes it low m .Mississippi
and the same causes make cheap
corn and wheat in Kansas aid Nebraska.
Another t fleet of the increase of the
value of commodities and property is
that it prevents men from investing in
and developing enterprises and Indus
tries. The tact, that money 13 steadily
gaining in value induces those who
have it to hoard it and lock it up. It
is withdrawn from the chamois of
trade and the laboring man is denied
the opportunity to e;iru support.. That
makes hard times. All commercial
history shows that whenever lor a series
ot years theie has been a constant
fall in the price of commodities hard
times have come. Kogland had an il
Institution rtt thi? ulit n in 1X10 site
demonetized si I vtr. She hud then Ido,000
real estate owners. Ten years Jutcr
she bad but oft/jyu. The jecph* were
sold out,ruined in the steady rise ;n Ih?price
of money.
A great deal is said tibou* "howst
money." The only honest money is
money which always measures the
same average n quiremeut ol lunar or
sacrifice to obtain if. A money to he
honest roust keep pace with the in- j
crease in busiuts* and population.
With any other kind of momy there
must he contraction. In this country I
whenever a railroad is built luc to i
ry constructed or a mine opened the!
money t(? pay for the work must be
laseri irom some omer jmt* 01 misiuess i
and thereby contraction results. As
business Increases the facilities lor do- j
ing business should increise. .John C.
Calhoun taught that i! the country had
ten billions of property and a given
quantity of money and the property
was doubled, unless tho was a c.or
responding increase ot the money sup
ply the money value of the property
would not be increased. iMaekstone
one of the greatest thinkers of modern j
times, said that a horse might, sell lor
ten pounds at one time and twenty
pounds at .another time, the difference
in price resulting from the difference
in the amount of money in the kingdom.
if a man give his obligation to
another lor one thousand bushels of
corn and the government should afterward
change the bushel measure so as
to require 112 pounds instead of ."i; to
the [ ushei to discharge the obligation,
I paying the enlarged bushels would
! place upon the debtor a burden he never
contracted for and give to the creditor
an advantage that he was not entitled
to receive. The principle Is not .
different when the obligation is ex
pressed in dollars. A striking example i
o? this unearned prolic appears upon investigation
of the public debt
of the t.'nited States. That ?
debt in 18U5 amounted to -S2 s >3,000,U,)i) '
and 14,000,000 bales of cotton i
would have paid the entire debt. We
have paid on the debt in principal, in- <
terest and premium more than $5,000,- <
000,0a). YVehave reduced the priaci- <
pal to $<535,000,000. Today the balance ;
due calls lor more cotton, more ilour. i
more labor and sacrilice than the entire '
debt would have commanded in 18*55. <
The burden has grown no lighter. i
< >ae of the most eminent bimetal!ists ]
of the country in the earlv parr, of i
18TU, before the I'nited s'ates and Ger- ;
many demonetized silver, wrote that, j
in case any country of importance i
adopted the gold basis, a persistent de- j
cline would set in in the prices of com- .
modities, money would appreciate; t
that times would grow harder, a spirit t
of unrest and dissatisfaction would j
manifest itself and would result in i
strikes, idle workingmen seeking em f
ployment, Set. The history of the past i
twenty years could be no more cor- i
rectly written. This prediction was t
followed by another, in almost the r
same paragraph t o this effect; Various \
causes will be assigned such as, im l
proved machinery, new inventions, t
and over production; some will aiso j
Claim inai railing price ami naru nines i
have resulted from local causes, but *
few people will realize that the true i
cause of the appreciation of money and ;
the depreciation of property, o ir own 1
experience and observation that all 1
these causes have been laid hold of p
during the last lew years. s
The remedy, however, is the impor- *
taut question. The Democratic party i
both by its platform end by its tradi- p
tion is pledged to the restoration of i
silver to the mints. That platform i
says: "We hold to the use of both gold c
and silver as the standard money ot the j
country, and to tlie coinage of both i
gold and silver without discriminating 1
against either metal or charge l or mint - ;
age.' At the time of the adoption of t
this platform in the House of Rep re* ;
sentatives ol the l uito l Matos seven \
representatives to one had v >t,ed in fa- ]
vor of free silver and eight to one in i
the senate.
Whenever a proposition is made to ;
restore silver to the mints various ob- t
jections are urged against it.. For in ;;
stance, some people claim that the in- p
tnnsic value of the silver in a dollar is \
not worth a dollar. There is no such t
thing as intrinsic value, intrinsic c
tnp?n? ta lip in Silver hux nronerties. r
such as hardness, which accompany it *
wherever it goes. Value is not a prop- r
erty; value is a conception of the mind,
it is something that resides in the mind \
of the person and not in the object t
s-ughi. If a man was on an uninhab- c
ited island and had no hope of ever get t
ting ci'f he would prefer a bushel of ,
wheat ro a bushel of gold. So what ?
the intrinsic value advocates reallv ]
mean is commerci-d value. The corn- i
mercial value of gold or silver is al wavs t
equal, at least to the coinage value. It (
t:;e mints of the United States weie J
open todav for the coinage of silver at a
the rate of 412}* grains to the SI. that t
would 1)0 its value for all other pur- \
poses, because if a man had sliver c
enough at that ra?e io coin one hun- s
area silver dollars, that silver cnuu not c
be purchased for less than one hundred $
dollars, for so lone: as the purchaser did e
not offer the owner as many dollars as i
the silver could coin the owner would (
j 11st make dollars out ol it. r
There has never been a time wh^n t
the coramernel value of a money metal -c
fell below the coinage value when the 1
mints were open to it. Twelve of the
ablest men in Great Britain after a t
most thorough investigation reported j
to the British government that France (
had kept the commercial value all over (
the world at li>H to 1 for a period of i
seventy years, and that France, Fug- i
land, Germany, I'nited States, or any j
other leading country could main- t
tain the value of silver at <
whatever rates it might es- <
tablish. If value is a conception of the \
mind, it may be asked whether it can ;
tie created by law. No it can not. l)e- ;
mand, however, may be created by law,
and that makes the value. To illustrate,
suppose the I 'nited Stales government.
should prohibit by law the I
use ot any kind of horses in this conn- '
try except yellow horses, the result of i
j such legislation would be to destroy the
demand for all other kind of horses <
and their value would go down, oa ;
the ether hand there would be a largely <
increased demand for the yellow horses.
That is precisely what the I 'ntted States
and other countries have done when
they have declared by law that the peo
pie COU1U uiliy list* liU' YCilOW III CI ill
for money.
If is to "he observed that all references
to t lie repeal fail in price of silver never
go nick on isT.'t when its value was de
strove:! by legislation. To put white
horses on an equality with yellow
horses, the law prohibiting ihe use of
white horses must be repealed. To put
silver on a parity with g >1<1, the la v
prohibiting lis use as money musr.be
repealed. Another objection urged to
the coinage of silver is its cost of production.
A few silver mines have
yielded their owners fabulous lortun.es
and in those rare instances, i.o
doubt, silver has been mined at a small
cost, but that proves nothing, for suae
fanner lortunately circumstanced may
produce corn at a very low cos*, but
that would not prove that ail farmers
in the United States produce corn at
thes line price. These alleged statistics
of the cheap production of stiver are
I Ii? JMilMU i lltf, IK'Causr Mirjr u<j m/i. tarwr-j
into account tii" tensol thousands of
silver miners who are working at a loss
I! you ask why tlif.se tens ofthousamis
of silver miners are working a' a loss
the answer is that. ' hop-* springs eternal
in the human breast," the mining
business is pecuiiirlv fascinating and
every miner in the K >cky inoiuitatns
expects to strike a fortune to m >rrovv.
I he truth is f!i it. the value ol silver in
a dollar does not dep-nd upon the cost,
of production, but it depends upon the
amount of <-? it*rili ?e necessary to gor the
dollar. Common i i'o uers in ISiS and
lw,l'.? made Sh to sbt per montii in
mining gold, but the commercial value
ol gold r?iii lined at the mintage valu *.
it is argue 1 that if silver were coined
free, the world would be H ooded wi-h
cheap money. What, is cheap money
but t he opposite ot dear money ? What
is lidl it ion but t he opp >uf ool co.it r to
tion ? Trie i! >ods will n >t com?, for it
ad ih?? gol l and silver in the world
were c dried into money a'. lbo 1 them
would not b * a per capita circul ?'i ?:i
of $ >.
It is also claimed that we would he
the dumping ground for the silver of
all countries. K the silver were brought.
here the n'-opie would hardly give i!. to
us, and they could not leave it. with-us
in exchange for property we wanted
to stl!arc! where would be tlie lossy
When it is claimed that a silver dollar
will buy as much sugar in any store in
the 1'iiited States as a gold dollar, the
gold basis advocates admit it; but they
insist that it is the credit of the silver
dollar. If it is the credit of the government
that sustains the silver dollar,
why such apprehension oi the government
coining a tew hundred millions
of silver dollars ? At the close of the war
we owed two billion eight hundred
million; we have now doubled in population
and ipiardrupled in property;
we would certainly b able to ll >at a
debt of three billions live hundreds
millions.
There is but three billions live hundred
million of silver in the world, so
that the United Suites is able h> its
credit to lloat ail the silver in the
world. It is a remarkable fact, however,
that those who are so apprehensive
of the government injuring its
credit by putting its stamp on silver
ire verv anxious to have the govern
mentbonds. What is the difference?
J'he bonds draw interest; silver
lo;-s not.. The bonds prevent an
ncrease in currency,and keep products
low. while the silver if coined into
money would increase the currency,
ind make products higner. Every arif
anient that is now used against free
silver has bean used against free gold.
In 1848 to 1Sol) when the gold mines of
.\ustralia were yielding large ijuanti- ;
ues of gold, it was then claimed, that
diver was the staple metal and the '
people's money. In 185bGermany actually
demonetized gold upon the
itrengfTi of such arguments. The truth
s t hat bet ween the men who have dol- (
ars to sell and those who have dollars '
;o buy there is a conilict of interest. ;
Those who have money to sell wish to '
nake dollars scarce. Taat is the underying
principle from which either m
al is kept out of the mints. Everybody '
u Congress claims to be a bi-metalist 1
mt nothing tliat is done or proposed '
ver meets the approbation of the gold (
jasis advocate nor does he ever suggest 1
mything except international bi-metal
ism. International bi-metallism is an
mpossibility. Mr. Gladstone in a 1
ipeech before the house of commons !
raid that the world owed England '
?1U,000.000,000. on which the annual
nterest is ?59,001)000. He further "
itatert that any step which would in
reuse the volume of money and there- 1
jy depreciate t he value of England's 1
daim against the world would lie op- '
jost-d by any English govermenf. hav 1
?-? r* /lno row J rsl 11\ t ) I LA i n t uvua: %1 n f f | 1 A ^
"S
English people. The statesmanship :
aid diplomacy of the world unite in '
he conviction that no valid or binding
igr^ernent on currency cm be made (
.vithout. the friendly co-operation of I
England, the world's greatest co miner '
iai power.
A distinguished international bimet- !
illist has defined very accurately and 1
listinctly when international hi met- '
illism will be possible. 1: will come, he !
:aid, by the world's common consent, '
vhen the world is uniting in an effort !
0 extricate itself from universal and '
iverwhelrumg ruin, produced by persis- s
ence in tlieelTort to do business with (
m indexible and inadequate supply of 1
nonev. *
Another remedy promised by the I)e '
nocratic platform is the repeal of the f
en per cent, tax upon the State banks 1
if issue. Some people oppose this on
he ground that they want a money '
vhich will be good all over trie world. 1
dy check for SIO would ba as good in 1
/rurensas gold. it would nor be good :
u London, Liverpooll or Milwaukee, 1
>ut that fact would not lessen its value ?
?r its use as a circulating medium at *
/aureus. The people want not so much '
1 currency to enable them to transact <
heir business an J move their crops
vithout going to the great money
enters. A national money naturally j
eeas national ceutcis. j.ue o ate noun
:urrtDcy would be local in i's character ;
md there might be a money center in
very county which would decentralize '
noney. There are d.OOO banks in the
Jnited Srates, all with deposit ac:ounts
in New York and with their
)asis of credit depending on their aver
ige deposits. The banks South and
West have to keep balances of from 1
? 10,00*J to *20,u0o~in New York, concen- ]
rating an enormous amount and de- !
jriviug their home customers. A local 1
curency supply would obviate the ne- '
cessity for these concentrations. There 1
vouid be no fear of wild cat banks
,vith the railroads and telegraph wires 1
seeping the l'aciiicand Atlantic coasts 1
wd every coroner of the country in 1
dose contract, with exact advices of
commercial conditions everywhere in 1
die country accessible everywhere else
it almost any minute of the day.?The
News.
Tli?y Died together.
NT:w York, Aug. 21.--At 7 o'clock
i,his morning, 1'ark (>ilieer Thomas
I'lynn while patrolling in the ramble
in Central I '.irk between the E ist and
West driveways and opposite Seventyeight
street, discovered the bodies of a
young man and young woman lying
dead on the grass near the pathway.
The man was .Juiious J>e Marcus, who
is supposed to live at No. East
Broadway. The woman was Juliette
Founder of No. TjJ South Fourth
street, Brooklyn. Marcus had a bullet
wound through t he centre of his fore
head, lie was lying prostrate across
the woman who was shot directly in
the centre of the breast. Mircus held
a ravolor in his hand. Two of the
chambers were empty and three were
still loaded. The bloo I from his lead
run down and stained the fa te and
clothes ot the woman, whose body was
still warm. It was evident that the
man had lirst shot t he woman and then
killed hitnsell. The mm was about
thirty year;- old ami the woman seven
teen. .vie naa marriea ner mine ami
was unhappy with him. She and l)e
Marcus Ii;k1 been lovers previous to her
marriage, so they made up t heir minds
to die together. Letters round on their
ladieslshowed that their net had bt-en
carefuly pl tuue I to the I n'd !.
A llufr:l?!? ! iikI.
I'i i T.-nrioi. l'a., Aug. 21.?Thorn is
ILimsol Kaplenborough returned today
Iroiu Mount (Vnieiis where tie had
been tor his health, lie round his home
closed and after considerable troub'e
broke in. He found t he dead and de
composed l)i??ly of his wile on the bed,
and !>v her siilt* .slept. t Iic-ir t wo children
aged :! and 1 years respectively. Tiie
wo:u:tu died last I'iiursUy trom hemorrhages
and 'he bed was saturated
with blond. The neighbors supposed
that, the family whs away. Tie children
are in a precariouseonuition from
l c k ?il food and breathing the contaminated
n! mosphere so long.
HtOVV (I t > I'ifOtN.
lirri ai.o, N. Y., Aug. ~1'.\?.Joseph
ihssinger was driving along draco
street, this afternoon with a hu i of
ammonia used for making ice in hrcwr-ries.
() ie.of the tanks containing the
stuff exploded with a loud report., hurling
llissiuger twenty fro', throwing
him through th>* h >ws of a tree, whica
overhung ihe streets, lie came down
on the opposite s.dJ of the street. !hs
hands and leet. were torn oil tiy t.hr e<piosion
in his Might through the tree,
lie was instantly killed. No reason for
the explosion is known. i
TIIK TEST CASE AT LAST.
THE 1893 DISPENSARY LAW TO BE
DECIDED ON.
The Aiken C;h*p A;;ree?l On for the Purpose
hikI the Supreme Court to be ( -tiled
lti Kxtrn Spealon?The Point* to be ArJcued
Agreed On.
Colump.ta, S. C . Aug. 23?The Aiken
case is to no the one which will decide
the lS'.i.'l dispensary law and which
will forever settle I he cors'.itutionality
or unconstitutionality ol the famous
law unless it can he gotten into the
I nitea urates supreme uourr.
The State and the city authorities of
Aiken hav3 made an agreement that
this ease shall he the test case before
the State Supreme Court. The agreement,
was made in Aiken on Tuesday
while Assistant Attorney General limber
was in that city.
Of course everybody will want to
know when the case can get before the
court. The truth is that Governor Tillman
has requested, and Attorney General
Jiuchanan has joined in the request,
that Chief Justice Mclver call
an extra session of the court as soon as
possible. ' The request was sent to The
Chief .Justice a few days ago and his :
answer is expected today or tomorrow.
If the request is acceded to the extra <
session will lie held the last of this I
month or the lirst of September. The
court will consist of Chief .Justice Mc I
Ivor and Associate .Justices 1'ope and i
Mil gene Gary.
The case is to go to t he court, on ex- ]
ceptions to the decision of Judge Al- I
Jrieh and the points to tie argued have ;
d-io been agreed upon. They are ay fol- ;
lows:
KKCKPTIONS OK TIIK KKLATOUS. I
Toe relators except to and appeal to i
lie Supreme Court of South Carolina I
from the decree rendered and made
Herein by his Honor .Indge.James Al- <
Irieh on t.lie 18'h day of August, 18'Jl, .
upon the ground that his Honor erred (
is follows:
1. In holding t.liat the respondents, a J
municipal corporation.could set up and ;
plead that the Dispensary Act of 18113
;s in violation of sections 1. - and II ol i
Article 1 of the Constitution of the
-irate of South Carolina.
2. In holding that it is competent, for
the respondent, to set up and plead that
die Dispensary Act of 18112 is in violadon
ot the -lih, 5th and 14th amendments
to and of section 8 of Article 1
if the Constitution of t he United States
ind also in conillct with the inter-State
uommerco law.
2. In holding that, the Dispensary Act.
if 18H2 is an amendment of the Dispensary
Act of 181 id and unconstitutional.
1. In holding that, the said Act, constitutes
a monopoly in thesile of intoxicating
liquors and is therefore
/oid; whereas he should have heid that
die exclusive sale by agents of the State
s a proper police regulation regularly
passed by the liegislature in its wisdom
n furtherance ot its judgment that
inch a measure was a necessary reluirement
for the regulation of the
iquor trailic, to protect the health,raorils
and welfare of the people: and that
:iie execlusice control by the State of
>uch a recognized subject of police supervision
is constitutional and valid.
5. In holding that the said Act is j
inconstitutioaal in providing lor the 1
jxclusive sale by agents of the State s
md forbidding all other persons;where- t
is he should have held that said Act (
providing for such sale exclusively by 1
igents cf the State is a constitutional (
xurci->e of the police power of the (
State over a recognized subject matter 1
of police supervision. ?
(?. In not holding t hat the Dispensary
,\ct of ISM is a valid law and in no 1
wise violates the Constitution of the 1
['niied States or that of the State of j
South Carolina. <
Os>irs:i> W. Bcoiianan. 5
Yftorney General, for Relators appel- 1
lant.
EXCEPTIONS OF UECONDENTS i
The following are tne exceptions of t
die respondent?: j
1. .Because it is respectfully submit- 1
ted tnat the relators herein had ample 1
remedy at law for the correction of any (
grievance of which they complain, anil ]
therefore they were not entitled to the }
writ of prohibition and his Honor the
Circuit .1 udge erred in not so deciding, i
2. Because the said Act of the Gene- :
rai Assembly 01 this State violates sec- i
tion 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution 1
of the United States and also violates
the Act of the Congress of the Ur.ited
States regulating commerce between
the States and is therefore null and (
void. * '<
3. Because the said Act of the Gen- '
eral Assembly of this State violates the '
4th, 5th and 14:h amendments of the 1
Constitution of the United States and
is therefore null and void. 1
4. Because it is respectfully submit
ted that, the ordinance ot the city ot 1
Aiken referred to in the return herein
is authorized by section 1737 of the j
General Statutes of this State; that the
same is lawful and of binding force 1
within the corporate limits of the city
of Aiken and his Honor, the Circuit
.! ndge, erred in not, so deciding.
"). rtiat Ins Honor erred in granting
the writ of prohibition and deciding
that, the respondents should piy Ihe
costs ot the proceedings herein.
(I. W. CKOKT,
M. B. W?>OI>\VAI:I?,
Attorneys for Hespondents.
tiik A<.I:KI;MI;NT.
We agree that th^ foregoing shall
constitute the "cits-?" up )ti which this
cause shall be heard in t he Supreme
Court of South Carolina and that a
copy t la-roof shall bo used in lieu of a
return in thooili re ot the clerk of said
( OH I I.
( >. W. Krcif anaxt,
Attorney <1 -neral tor Relators,
(i. W. Ci:?"?kr,
M. II. W<?oi?\v.\KI>,
Attorneys tor Respondents.
N\V -?l>)?r<l WlVftl.
I'axa, Ills, Aug, 22.?.Judge William
Price married Mrs. Mlsie Harrison,
aged 2d, to ]<Mward Monday, aged 4t?,
and Miss Id/zio McDermot.t, aged 22.
to Thorn is Edison, aged at. Hie re
speedive homes of the hride.s. And hehtml
this pros tie announcement. there
is a story. Monday's present wife was
the former wile ot Edison, and Kill
soil's wife was the former wife of Monday.
Ellison was legally divorced
from his first, wife last Wednesday, and
ot. t lie same day the new Mrs. Ellison
was divorsed from Monday and restored
to her maiden name. The contracting
parties are all upon the hest of
terms, and are, in fact, intimate asso
ciates. The present Mis. l.lii.son made
the wedding gown of the new Mrs.
Monday, arid vice versa, and the wed
dinars were ail planned o-fmo (tie divorces
were obtained.
A New !>*?};?ar.
.11:1 i 1:1:-<\ 1 i.i.i:, lud., Aug 2.1 ?
iiVinan I'arks, tweut.y years old, son of
Dr. I hoad Thomas, Director of the Indiana
prison S mth, lost his eyesight yesterday
through t he explosion of the
peiieuniatie tire of his hieycle. I',arks
whs an route toCorydon, when in some
manner t lie air t uhe of his wheel exploded.
After having adjusted a new
one, I'arks commenced t.? ml! ate thej
tube, and this ton exploded. 1
1 he editors adjourn.
I'r^idfnt Aull--. O her New Ottirern ?
K-eolu' Ion of TliHDk".
I 'a wi.kv's Island, Aug. IS.?The
second day's meeting of the South
Carolina state JTess Association and T
in fact the last session of this meeting
convened in the lbarracks ])romptlv at,
10 o'clock this morning. All the journalists
present on tfm Island were in
attendance.
After some routine business was
transacted Mr. X. (J. (Ion/ales of The ^
State, made a motion whici was carried e
that the address that had been appoint- ii
ed :o be delivered by several of the ,t
editors be postponed until the next .
meeting of the Association on account
of the absence of several of those who r,(
were to speak on the different, themes.
Following this the place of the next
annual meeting was decided upon. Mr.
Gonz lies gave the Association a most ol
heartly invitation to come to Columbia U
again, while Mr. Osteen of Sumter in- il
vited them to meet there. As Coinm- pi
bia had been the place of meeting last f,
year several of the editors thought Mr. jj
Osteen's invitation should be aceepttd,
which was done.
Then came the election of oilicers for ^
the ensuing year. The following were |
unanimom'y elected: K. II. Aul! pre- j*
aident. II. M. Ayer lirst vice president, Lt
II.<i. Osteen second vice president, C. rt
U. Laugston secretary, F. Mtlchers
treasurer,hSidi II. Jlrowu chaplain, and 111
Messrs. Gonzlies, Clarke and IJrowue, ol
the three members if the executive al
committee. b;
After the election of ollicers had been hi
proceeded with Mr. H. M. Ayer oueren a,
the following resolutions which were jn
adopted after which the Association 9t
adjourned subject to call: .
In appreciation of the courtesies ex- !.
tended this association on the occasion
)f this, our twentieth annual meeting, Ci;
!>e H I'1
Resolved, That we express a vote of as
jordial thanks to Vice 1'resident A. B. ?'
Audrews, of the Southern Railway w
[Company, General Passenger Agent to
l". M. Kmerson, of the Atlaniic Roast at
Line, YV. .I. Craig, of the P<)rf. R>yal di
md Western Carolina Railway, K. P. <>i
McSweeny, of the Charhston aild Si (j
/annah Railway, and other railroad 'p
Mlicials for transportation generously ?f
granted on their roads for the editors j"
ind their families, to Capt. 11. S
Jor les and other oilicials ot the South .D<
Carolina Steamboat Company, and lf
L/apt. J. T, Hubbard of the steamer hPlanter,
lor their generosity in alfjrd- P'
ng tis transportation and unusual cc
. curtesy shown us, to make the trip si
oy sea as thoroughly enjoyable as Jay t?)
in their power. T
That our thanks he extended through cr
his resolution and through our brother rc
Josiah Dour in person, to the hospita- |M
de people of Georgetown, and especi- rc
illy to Capt. Springs of the tug CongIon,
for their attention and for the
Measure afforded us during our stay in (
?ne beautnui nine city 01 ueorgeiown. y
That especial recognition is due by ("
is to the hotels oi" Georgetown for their ca
exertion in our behalf and the eDter- P<
:ainment given us. ca
That thanks be extended the Mani- L
?ault Light Dragoons for the use of se
;heir comfortable hall for our meetings. K
That we recognize by special vote the [
.hanks due to Mrs. Winthrop Williams ,(I
;or her kindness and courtesy to the ce
issociation, which has made this meetng
so delightful to us all and that we
ihalJ be equally generous in spreading
,o the public at large such reports of
>ur treatment here and the natural ad- 01
vantages of this re30"t as will convince cc
ithers that Pawley's Island is the ce
hoicesr. of all summer resorts, and that pr
Mrs. Wlliams is a q ieea am >ig host- ut
isses. di
That a copy of these, such part or T
parts, of these resolutions as effect a
.hose who have contributed to our t,1(
pleasure be drafted by the secretary
:nd sent in the name and under the
seal of the association to those to
whom we are so much indebted. ^
Resolutions were also adopted lookng
to lurther agitation of the impor- aJ
:auce of these meetings and the proper 811
preparation for profitable work by the
nembers and to the securing of more SI
learty co operation of the entire press tc
H. -> C-.ito A lar? pojnl 11 tiAn<I Al" tin. it.
JL LilC OtatU. XklOV ivyoviuuivuu v? ?^
preciation of Mr. C. II. I'rlnce's work w
is.secretary. Also the following: at
Resolved, That the thinks of the pj
issociatien he extended to the people of ei
Sumter and Columbia for their cordial 0j
nvitation to us to hold our meetings
with them. ffi
Tillman Spaaka, tC
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 20.?By re- ai
juest Gov. Tillman delivered to-night te
in address on Main street to about three al
hundred people, about half of whom w
were reformers. He was well received, L}
though at times he received manv jeers,
lie spoke 01 the city of Columbia in a
caustic way and ridiculed its management
as being under the domination of T
rut-n who were antagonistic to the a)
whole of tne rest of the state. He said ^
he proposes to criticise I 'resident Cleve- ,j
land as often as he violates the Demo
cratic platform which he had spit upon. .
That Cleveland had betrayed bis party L.
and had baulked the Democratic sena- .
tors and representatives in Congress 111 1C
rr.eir desire to carry out party pledges. a;
That Cltveland was in league with the &
powers of the northeastern section of si
the country who were intent upon h
keeping the volume of currency as g
small as possible. That he thanked God o
that lie would leave Columbia In a lew p,
months, but that his place would be j,
tilled by a man who would keep the j,
people down as he h id tried to d >.
Shot II lilt !???<!. St
Li i ki\t, Tex., Aug. lit ?Yesterday
evening about 7 o'clock the engine on I
the State road was running irom a a
station called Wells to the coaling camp n
about is miles from here. About, a h
mile anil a hall liom Wells the engineer
observed ;i pile of trees acro-s the
track. lie reversed Ids engine and ail
on board jumped. Among the party S
was Dr. Dreweny, ot Husk. As he r,
alighted <?.i the ground a masked man -N
stepped out. from the brush and shot, t
him dead. Holding the others off with 9
a pistol he robbed .the h idy of the dead it
doctor, obtaining S'i" in cash, a check o
on the lhrst National Hank 01 Husk h
for and a gold watch and chain, b
Che rohlinrft evidently UlOIierllt tflt'V t)
were wrecking the pay oar which was <1
to pay oil at. the mines. Uugs from e
the convict, camp ret used to take the n
trail. The county is being scoured for e
the uyri.is.sin. i
n
t\ FHtHl I.rA|). J
l?n iim<?\'!?, \'a, Aug. 2T? Col. J. M. e
W Mislead, president, of t he riedniop.t, e
and the Peoples' hinks of (Jreensboro, ij
N. ('., committed suicide here this h
morning l?y jumping from one of the (J
balconies on tlm City Hall near the tl
clock tower. The plunge was one of
ninety live feet and the body was iin*
1 -- * ? -otl.i,,. rPh/i /?n IIOQ
paiea on nu iron Iannis. i 11it i.nuoc
of the act is not known here. When e
Mr. Winstead got the k^y to the tower, J'
lie showed no sign of nervousness or I
excitement. He was about sixty years t
of age and married, i{store jumping c
he throw his cine and shoes down, tl
Colonel Winstead's nenhew arrived 1
here from Danville to nignf. ami d
stated that there was no reason why s
nis nncle should have committed hoi S
cicide. 11
APPEAL TO CHARITY.
Ii
IX THOUSAND SOULS AT PULLMAN
IN NEED OF BREAD.
S<
lie Governor of Illinois Appeals to Ihe
S'eople or tin* State for Contributions to ri
O
Keep Women ami Children from Starv ?|
0!
tujr.
ti
Chicago. Aug. 21.?After making a n
i rough investigation ot the i: nidi lions
jesting among the ex-employes ot the r;
ullniau Company. who participated in P
ie recent boycott and "trike, Governor c'
Jlgeld, tonight isnied the following P
slid appeal: To the people ot the
late ot Illinois and especially to those jj
1 the city ot Chicago: ?
Tiiere is great distress growing < til a]
[the want of food in and around the n
)wn ot Tullman. More tiian 1,000 fam- n
ies, or m the neighborhood of 0,000 !i
eople are utterly destitute. j\ eariy a
>ur tilths ot theru are women au?l chil- It
ren. TV men have endeavore 1 to ^
et work, but were unable to do so. I ^
hvb mads a personal examination of ,
te county and learn from the (ilijers
r the Pullman Company, that prior to ^
le strike they had 3,200 names on the .1
>11, Yesterday they had 2,320 people
L worK, but over COO of them are new
len, so that they have only about 1,G00 ft
i their old employes aUwork, leaving tl
ooui 1.CG0 that have not been taken o
ick. Several hundred ot these have lell, tl
at the remainder are unable to go away 1
;d have nothing to eat. i dud that h
timed lately alter the begiunmg ot the ri
.rike a relief association was formed to ^
rovide for the needv and the books ot
lis associatious shows that 2,4G3 appli- .
itious were made hy the Pullman em- j1!
loyes, mostly heads ol families to this sj
isociation fir aid. In ftct, nearly all \
the employes, except the lew hundred jr
lio left have been supported hy charity it
r nearly three months. As a rule they tl
- .. -i - i' i i. ~ I ~ ^ | ?
e a superior 01 iau mug peupic m* iu
isirlous, capable and stead/, and some ni
them have worked tor the PuUman P
ompany for more than ten years. ,r
liose who have been given work can 3|
it food, but are still in such an itnpovjr "
hed condition that they can't help their
sighbors it they would. Ueliel society
unable to net more supplies. O.i last a,
iturday it gave to each family two jq
)uuds of oat meal and two pounds ot
>rn meal and having nothing left, it tl
ispended operations, leaving the peo- p<
e in an absolutely helpless condition, ai
he county commissioners ot Cook vi
iunty as overseers ot the poor have w
ndered some assistance, but owing to ?1
nitcd appropriations, they can furnish
lief tor a short time on.y. We cannot *?'
op to inquire the cause ol this distress. ^
he good people ot this State cannot al- ^
w women and children hy the hun- je
ed to perish by hunger. 1, therefore, j,
ill upon all humane and charitably dis- a,
>sed citizens to contribute what they p
m toward giving relief to these people, h;
am satislied that anv contributions si
nt to the Pullman Itellef Committee at n:
ensington will be judiciously distributed T
liud their treasurer has given bond to T'c
operly account for all moneys relived.
(Signed) John P. Alto eld,
(Governor. ?
The Governor also 3ent a comn uni- ^
itlou to the commissioners ot Cook j
luuty, appealing to them a3 theolli* p]
irs upon whom devolved a duty ot e;
oviding for cases ot this kind to the bi
most in their power to lurnish Imme
ate assistance to the people in distress, tt
he correspondence between Governor ir
ltgehi and George M. Pullman, in rela- V(
on to the destitution in the town was al
ven to the press by the Governor. It
igan last Sunday, when the Governor "
iQt a telegram to Mr. Pallmau from QJ
iringtield, in response to a number of
ipeals made to him by strikers for as- ^
stance. In this dispatch, the Governor ^
lis Mr. Pullman that although the g
.ate of Illinois has not the least desire
> meddle in the affairs of the company,
cannot allow a whole community
ithin it8 borders to perish of hunger,
id informs the president of the coinin
y that uuless relief comes he would v
Lher have to call a special session
t the Legislature to make an appropria- S
on or else issue an appeal to the hu o
lane people ot the state to give oreaa a
) the company's former employes. He o
Ids: "It seems to me vou would prer
to relive the situation yourseif, G3peci- f
ly as it has lost cost the Stale up- 11
'arils nl $50,000 to protect yc ur proper
.
Another IIu^e Strike. O
Ni'\v I>ki>koki>, Mass., Aug. 20.?
his morniug the cotton operatives in- ?'
jguraled a general strike and nearly t]1,000
a^e idle. The machinery ot but 0
ve of the twenty-seven mills, in this ^
ty is in motion, and it is thought that c
ie3e mills will soon he shut down with
le others. Manufacturers have noth- u
ig to say, but notices of reduction, ti
gainst which hei[) rebel are still posted, e
ecretary I >83 ot the Spinners' Union, h
Lated this morning that the members of d
is union liave lined up for a long s'rug- a
le and coDlideutly expect that it will be 2
1 six months duration. The strike .
romises to be the most important that
as ever r?- turred in the textile irulustry
i Massachusetts. The manufacturers t
lUnt light perfectly organized unions, ^
r>m? (>[ which are fairly wealthy. Nota- ti
le in this particular is the Spinners' a
'nion, which has a fund in its treasury a
ggrei.?atieg at least $10,000. The spin- s
ers have voted, however, not to touch
nv ot this money tor a month. r
Kvmis Will lio 0|i|i'iieil. j,
Nk\vbi:i:i:v, A'ifiriist21. liecau.se J)r <
ainpson 1'ope has withdrawn from the a
ace for Governor is no reason wliy a
,'ewherry is not to furnish a man lor h
hat position. Mr. Frank Moon, a
turdy farmer of this county and a ti
ian ,vho has never sought nor held v
Mice, told me this afternoon that he
ad made up his mind to enter the race e
or Governor. He had not decided un- a
il he saw that Dr. Fope had wit.hrawn,
though lie does not propose to o
lifer the primary. He is going to a
lake Ins light at the general
lection in .November. He, too, was at o
ne time a Reformer, but proposes to t.i
lake the light as a protest against f
ing rule and bossism. He lain dead ii
arnesl and will Issue his manifesto r
ally next week, and will stay in to the ti
nl.sh, if he only gets one vote. He is
uilt of sticking stuff and is a graduate
1 the South Carolina College ludure
lie war.?State. c
Suicide at S?h. jj
Moi'-ili:, Ala, Aug. 2i.?Now3 reach- n
d here this evening of the suicide, by |,
umping overboard at sea of Mrs. Ida
'otter, wiie ?d' Capt. John I'otter of
he Schooner lllointden. The deed ocurred
on Saturday last about two or c
liree hundred miles olT Moble bar. c
.'he steward and a sailor of the lilomi- n
en jumped overboard and tried to re J
cue the unfortunate lady, but failed, d
he was deranged from a prolonged c
llness. |c
i"CP : PASSES THE PRIMAKY.
ii Ml* OMIrlwl I.Mt^r Ho T.-?]k? A Iixj'
King* I/.k* h SkiUnl .1 jw.'It,
C < ?i.i*Mr.iA,S. C.. Aug. 21.?Dr. Simp3ii
Pope, after surprising the I reformrs
and all others by not going into the
cent Reform primaries, now cmues
nt with another surprise. He also delines
to stand as a candidate lor <! nTrnor
in the general Democratic pri
niry next Tuesday, on aceiunt of the
ivstic power of "the ring."
In withdrawing from the primary
ice. Dr. Dope has also withdrawn his
ledge to the Democratic executive
ommiltee to abide the result of that,
rimary, which appears very signiiiant,
inasmuch as lie need not have
one to this trouble, unless he had an
lea of makinir a licrfit in the romimr
eneral election. The Doctor also urges
11 voters to decline to participate in
le primary at all. as far as the gulv-r
atorial race i3 concerned. Dr. Tope's
tends says he has no idea of making
light in the general election, but it
k ks now as if there is a very good
nance of such a light being made.
>r. Tope does not say, in any instance,
lai he will not lie a candidate for
overnor of Sv.ith Carolina.
Here is Dr. Tope's letter of witlirawal:
0 the Democratic voters of South
Carolina.
1 am in receipt of numerous letters
om citizens of diiT-rent. counties in
lis State, notifying me that hundreds
f Reformers desire to vote for me, but
lat no ticket has been gotten out.
he truth is, the machinery of the lieirm
movement is in the hands "of the
ng,"and voters are s > much afraid of
le party lash that, whilst ttiey are
illing and anxious to v >te lor me,
ley are afraid to allow their names to
ppear on a ticket. This is a deplor.t
le s ate of affairs and only goes to
low ho a' despotically they are ruled,
nder this state of thing, it. will be
npossible lor me to get out a tiexer
i the majority of the counties, and
lerefore, it will be foolish .'or me to
mger continue in the race for Coveror.
I have this day withdrawn my
ledge from the Statu executive one
-tni) tulrt* 11 -i nmmrt unit v to I
ly that I will not be a candidate at
le primary.
Forty thousand Reformers and thirr-two
thousand Conservatives are virlaliyidisfranchised,ami
iourteen thousld
riugsters dictate who shall hold
le oflices.
1 saw the danger of this, and when
le Conservatives, in a desire to peratuate
white supremacy in this Slate
3d to conciliate the maj >rity with a
iew to peace, proposed tliat if they
ere allowed to cast their vote lor one
f the lour Reformers running, that
ley would he satisfied, i thought it a
lir and honorable proposition and one
hich <lid them great credit and advo
ited its acceptance. Their oll'^r was
dused at the dictation of a few blind
aders, who were pulled up with their
nportance without regard to the peace
nd general welfare of the whole peole.
The Conservatives, 1 must say,
ave shown in this, and in gracefully
lbmitting since 181KJ to the rule of ih'e
lajonty, a spirit worthy of emulation,
heir treatment has been simply outigeous
and was enough to drive them
) desperation.
In retiring from this canvass, I dere
to thank those friends, who have
ood by me all over the State,especial
those in Darlington who had the
lachood to come out and endorse me.
cannot forget the members of the
res3 whose treatment of me, with the
xception of three or four weeklies,has
een magnanimous in the extreme.
In conclusion let me sav to the l'ortv
lousand Reformers who did not vote
1 the late so-called primary, if you
ote, refrain from voting: for Governor
t the primary on the 2Sth inst., and
ius put your seal of condemnation
pon the ring methods which have
unemployed. Cut oil that portion
f the ticket embracing the names of
le delegates, or run your pen through
leir names. You have a right to
lis, and only vote for members of the
eneral Assembly and county ollicers.
Very respectfully,
Sampson I'ojm:.
August 23rd, 181M.
lintes for the St*te K<*!r.
Columbia, S. C., August 22?It is
ery hard to imagine what Mr. Siaugh?r,
assistant commissioner of the
outhern Passenger Association,or any
f the roads in the association, has
gainst Columbia.and against the State
f South Carolina and its annual State
air. Last year the discrimination of
:ie association against the State fair,
l the matter of granting rates, was so
agrant that the commissioner receivJ
just censure on all sides. The commissioner
would not, under any kind
f pressure, announce any rate at all
Ill the very lust minute, and then gave
uch a rate that the fair was practical7
killed, the announcement being
lade only three days belore the fair
pened. Competitive attractions at
liferent points were allowed much
heaper rates.
Now the commissioner, while he
lakes the announcement?so far as
ime is concerned -all right, has delib
rately gone to work and quoted a rate
or an attraction, which has always
rawn thousands of people, that is ex ctly
what any cross roads,or any other
athering can obtain lor its delegates.
Jut here is the announcement, which
as just been sent out by the fair soiety,
and it speaks for itself:
"Secretary llollowav begs to inform
he public through the press of the
rate, that as to rates of passage lor
he Srate Fair, November 1-th to Pith,
lr. M. Slaugnter, assistant commis
ioner of the Southern i'assengei Asocial
ion, writes as follows:
"'Janes interested having agreed
ates of one fare for the rounl trip
Ins o(i cents admission coupon, from
oints in South C irolina aud Angus-a,
'.A :iml frnrn ('hurlotfe. Wilmington.
nd intermediate points, to Columbia,
nd return, tor the above oeeasion, are
ereby approved.
"Tickets to I)? sold November 1 i T:
o loth inclusive, with tiiutl limit Noember
17th, IS'.'i.
"'Tickets may be sold to bona tide
xhibitors and help Novemh-r St.ii, !?'h
nd 10,hf 1WI '
" 1'lie press of the St t?e will greatly
blige all interested by publishing t ne
bove Information."
'1 he members of the Columbia board
f trade, who were just taking s;eps
a provide unusual outside attrae'ions
or the coming lair, are very outspoken
u their criticisms, am sty that such a
ate cannot but seriously affect the atendance
at the lair.
Five ."Men Prow rjpd.
Oi.ymi'IA, Wash., Aur. 20.?A a of ia!
to tue Lidger from ') :osta si\s that
alurday ruoining wh !e making a lamljg
through the surf at .Joe Creek, liltrcn
iiles ,\ ?rui <>! li ray's nam )r, me wu i.e
oat and crew ol uine men in c >nmau!
t J/eutenanl Freeman II. Cr>sby,
Milled .Svftte Navy, <1 United S ate-:
oust survey steamer McArthur, was
aps'ztd ami live men are nii?din
aniel>: J/eul. Crosby, John Fre?e<\
olm (,'udminis, William Nelmi, Alexvi- '
er Smith. At present lull particulars j
annot he ascertained mvsiii; to the d:lii ;
ultyol i,'ett!mt news irom that locality.<
V
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
MADE AGAINST DR. BYRD, OF FLORENCE
COUNTY,
Hp N ArciscR by Mr. C?p*r? of Colmu1?'8,
of ! nvltlnj; Candlrtatrtt to HI* House
for J)lnr?r, nnii thrn Searching their
1'c.rUet*.
('oT.rMr.TA, !S. C., Aug. 24?A copy
of the following card addressed to the
editor of the Register, was yesterday
given to the press lor publication. The
card is rather sensational In its nature
and makes very racy literature:
Columbia, S. C., August, 21,18111.
To the Kiitor of the Register: 1 have
noticed your coup d'etat in a recent
issue of your paper and your editorial
comments thereon, in which you publish
a personal letter written hv me to
the Rev. Ii. I). Riss. on dune 27. Mr.
Diss was at that time a Jiutler candidate
for the State Senate and the letter,
cont lining', as it did, some suggestions
and information from "Jiutier
headquarters," as you express it, was
made much of by you and your political
sagacity and activity, as demonstrated
in securing the letter, was emphasized
to commend yourself and your
paper to the movement.
Now, Mr. E iitor, in the lirst place It
is due Mr. liass to say that in a letter
received from him recently he says: "1
was never more surprised than when I
saw the publication ot your letter to
me of June 27 .h. J regret it and assure
your that I am innocent of the
thine being made public." So much
for Mr. liass. A high and honorable
gentleman, by the wey, who smarts
under even t he shadow of inference
that he would break confidence in the
way indicated in your comments and
by the publication of the letter.
Uuthere, Mr. Editor, is the part of
your great political and sagacious activity,
which I want to make public,
i ani reliably informed that very recently,
Dr. liyrd of Florence county
(anex legislator from that county) has
spoken more than once, on the streets
of Florence of having found (?) a letter
written Mr. liass, and that in iis
publication lie. Dr. liyrd, would make
h ten strike, l am further informed
that when the public speaking took
place at Timmonsville, in Florence
county, that this astute Dr. liyrd asked
a number of candidates to his house at
that place to dinner. That at the suggestion
of the host tne guests took of
their coats in the bed room and retired
to the sitting room, alter dinner to
smoke. Mr. liass had the letter you
have published in his pocket when he
went to Dr. Jiyrds house, it was "out
of sight" when he left.
The letter, 1 am informed and believe,
was sent you by Mr. McCall of
Florence, and was given him by Dr.
liyrd (our hospitable host). In your
editorial comments you say: "l'heleiter
has been sent to us bv one of the
most active and vigilant Reformers In
the eastern part of the State." Allow
me to suggest that this "activity and
vigilance" is taking a very dangerous
turn and this very "active and vigilant"
individual and host may have
been down into .Mr. Bass's pockets for
piper of more commercial value for all
we know. Not tinding that, he seem3 to
have taken everything else In sight and
let his lind of political paper act as the
next best thing.
You are welcome, Mr. Elitor, to all
letters gotten at the houses of people
from the pockets of their guests, when ^
coats, by invitation, are hung in an adj
lining room and the gueit3 lured
away by a cigar, are out of sight. I
have written Bro. iji3s to take warning
himself and to memorize the fol- <
lowing lines and repeat them for the
protection of hi3 people: j
Will you walk into my parlor? said the '
spider to the lly.
Well, hardly, said the insect, and he
winked the other eye.
You parlor has -.n entrance, but of an
exit it is shy.
So I'll stay on the outside and remain
a little "lly."
This communication is written on
the supposition that Mr. Bass and myself
are correct in "placing our men."
it we are wrong, let him make an honorable
disclaimer.
All names desired will be given on
application audthe undersigned is personally
responsible for every line of
this communication.
Very truly.
John (J. Caceiu.
Three I.yncheU.
.] a< k-onvir.t.k, Fia., Aug.22.?News
has reached here from Mayo.
Fla., to the effect that three, instead of
two negroes, were lynched for the rape
of Miss Pert, last Tuesday. After the
two, who confessed that they had committed
the assault, had been strung up,
another negro was found in the vicinity
by the avengers. Tnis negro was suspected
of complicity in the crime, and
the suspicion was coniirmed by strong
circumstantial evidence, and he shared
the late of the other two. The three
negroes were unknown in this I
neighborhood. They were tramps /r
and claimed to be from Georgia. \
There is no doubt that they
' ' - ? - C - - ? r\ ,1 If /vr* A f i OCJ
were guilty 01 me assauii, uu Mian
I'ert. It is said that, alter the bodies ot
the negroes had hung a while, they
were cot down and burned by the
lynchers. Incitement over the affair
is running high, and rumors of other
lynchings are in circulation, but it is
impossible to secure particulars. The
people here regret that it has become
necessary to take the law into their
own hands, but they are determined to
make an example of every man who
lays violent hands on a woman. Miss
Pert is sfili in a pitiable condition.
She may never recover from her injuries.
NewbrjlO'd Ktpulftft.
!).\;:uN'?.T<>xtAug. 21.?Trial .Justice
rioyd hH l a preliminary examination
in The east? oi the p irties charged with
tiring into the tram on the day of the
11 *
Uisuensiry irouuit*. .v ouiuweu ui witnesses
w^reex immed but the evidence
wa3 so slight, that t he trial j istice dismissed
the cas \ Tie'names .of those
charged with the offenseare as follows:
S. Ni't ;k-s,.J. C. Willcox.W. C. liyrd,
s. II. Wilds, 0. s McCtillough, K. Mc
lwr Williamson, L. M. Norment and
1'. !'. Ivlvv.rds. The accused were
represented !>? Ii ?y?i and Drown, and
the sr.-ite by W. F. Clayton of Florence.
I he result of the ex amination was a
treat disappointment to Detective
.Newhold, and he is very much crest
f diet' at Ins failure to make out a case.
Su?K?r UtKKlag..
| New Yoi:k, Aug. 21 ?Many letters
j having been received by the Cotton Kx;
change both for and against the use
of sugar bag clot'n lor n iilin.or cotton,
tiie boaul 01 managers, after a fail dis|
cussion of the matter, have passed the
following resolution:
Unsolved, 'i'liat many of tlie inquiries
having been received by the New York
Cotton exchange as to whether or not
the use of what is kno wn as sugar bag
cioth m covering cotton is contrary to
tiie rules of the exchange, the secretary
be instructed to advise the Southern
exchanges and others interested In this
m liter of the fact that cotton covered
by such b egging constitutes a good de
livery under The rules ot fills exchange.