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nHnv X EE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. VOL. XXIV- LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, . SEPTEMBER 12, 1894. NO. 43. TBE NEW SOUTHERN OPENING OF A GIGANTIC SOUTHERN RAILROAD ENTERPRISE. The Kfcw Southern Railway Company and the Many Railroads that Rater Into Its Composition?Reduced Fixed Charges and a Gocu Business Outlook. New York, Sept. 6.?On Saturday, the 1st instant, tbe reorganization of' the Richmond Terminal system was definitely and formally completed, and the last of the many properties which under the plan of reorganization have lost their unhappy and unfortunate Identities and become merged in a new and propitious enterprise, passed into the possession ot the Southern Kail way Company. Last Saturday, therefore, marks, lor all practical purposes, the completion of the reorganization; and a consideration of the situation is, therefore, opportune, particularly when It is borne in mind that the event is the most notable that has taken place in the history of American railroads, and that its bearing upon every Southern business interest is of vital importance. The Southern Kailway Company operates 4,500 miles of railroad and about 150 miles of water line. With the exception of 491 miles all the system is owned by the company, and the heretofore complicated ana expensive plan of control by majorities, wholly impracticable and unfortunate in its operation and sure to make enemies among the minorities, is done away with. The old Richmond Terminal Company did not own any railroad at all, and the much vaunted (but intrinsically worthless) Richmond aud Danville owned only 145 miles. The rest of the Richmond and DanviJie system was made un of some thirty separate companies, ranging in length from six to 552 miles- Efficiency and economy were impossible on this basis, which also afforded good opportunity for objectionable methods of accounting. The organization of the Eajt Tennessee was mere compact, but it, too, left much to be desired. As a result of the reorganization over thirty corporations, whose affairs and securities weie interlocked in every conceivable way, and in almost hopeless confusion, are united in one company. Thirty Boards of Directors and thirty sets of separate accounts disappear simultaneously. The original plan was dated May 1,1893: it was issued on May 23, 1893, and the response of security holders was prompt, and by the middle of June. 1893, success was assured so far as their corporation was concerned. The summer and autumn of 1893 par aljzed the South, in common with the rest of the country, and railroad earnings shrunk greatly. >Tew conditions and new complications were presented, and the nroblem became one ot dealing with bankrupt receivers a3 well as bankrupt corporations. By strenuous efforts everything was held together, and as soon as possible some amendments to the original plan were promulgated, mainly to solve the iinancial problems of the receiverships, and also to cut down the interest charges of the reorganized company pending a return to normal conditions. These amendments were made public on March 1,1894. and tney were so reasonable in character that they were quickly accepted by the security holders, and the reorganization was at once pushed forward with such rapidity that within four months the new company was formed, and now, within two months more, the last of the property comes into its possession?4,500 miles of railroad which, exactly six mouths agu, hau almost dropped to pieces, and which but for the strong hands that held the properties together during all the fioancial.troubles, would have dropped to pieces, are now brought into one compact and efficient company. The newcomnanv is organized under a charter granted by the Legislature of Virginia, supplemented by its conformity to the laws of all the other States In which it owns property. The reorganization has involved two trustees'sales, viz.: Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company. Trustee's sale under 0 per cent collateral mortgage. Trustee's sale under 5 per cent, collateral mortgage. One receiver's sale, viz* Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company. Ten foreclosure sales, viz., covering Richmond and Danville and its leased lines. East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia (under two mortgages). fihA.rlnf.tA finlnmhia and Anirnsta. Columbia and Greenville. Louisville Southern. Georgia racilie. Western North Carolina. Northwestern North Carolina. Oxford and Clarksviile. Clarksviile and North Carolina. 9 Six conveyances without foreclosure viz.: Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio. Richmond, York River and Chesapeake. Washington, Ohio and Western. Piedmont. Statesviile and Western. Oxford and Henderson. And we understand that some half dozen minor sales and as manv more conveyances of other kinds are now in progress in order to perfect the work. Prior to the reorganization, the properties now merged into the Southern Railway Company were covered by about seventy separate mortgages. About forty of these mortgages have been eliminated in one way or another. Described briciiy, and ignoring many small branch lines, the Southern Rail way Company extends from Washington, or, more properly, from Alexandria, Va., and from West I'oint and Richmond, Va., via Salisbury, N. C? to Augusta and Atlanta, Ga.; and thence to the Mississippi River at Greenville. At Salisbury another main line crosses the State of North Carolina by way of Asheville; thence over to Kuoxviile and Chattanooga, Tenn, and from there to Rome, Ga., where it divides, one line going to Brunswick and the other to Meridian, Miss. Another line run3 from Louisville to Lexington aud Margin, Ky., there connecting with the Cm cinnati Southern. The Cincinnati Southern and Memphis and Charleston were included in the plan of reorganiz ition as originally promulgated, but were dropped from ?kyv a vtlnn fhft ? ti>r l lll?i ft? K /\li i Uie aiueuutu p.ai:, as uic ccv.um,j uuim ere failed to accept the terms offered. They have not bettered their condition by their refusal, and the general impression is that, sooner or later, these lines will be acquired. The Southern Company is also expected to control the Georgia Central when reorganized. Among the most important cities reached i>y the Southern Hail way -are Washington, D. C, Alexandria, Va., Charlottesville. Va., Richmond, Va, Lynchburg, Va., Danville, Va., Raleigh, N. C., Durham, N. C., Greensbo ro, N. C., Statesvilie, N. C., Asheville, N. C., Salem-Winston. N. C., Charlotte N.C., Columbia, S. C., Spartanburg, S. C-, Greenville, S. C., Augusta, Ga., Atlanta, Ga., Macon, Ga., Brunswick. Ga.,, liristoJ, Tenn., Louisville, Ky., Lexington, Ky.. Knoxvilie, Tenn., Chattanoo g?, Tenn, Rome, Ga., Birmingham, Ala., AnnistoD, Ala, Columbus, Miss., and Selma, Ala. The lines of the company, located as they are, reach acd serve all of the diversified interests of the South. In the way of mineral, they penetrate its two great coal fields, viz, the Kentucky and Tennessee coal fields on the north and the Alabama coal fields on the South, and from these are able to supply all the States traversed by them. They also reach the great iron industries cf the South at Knoxvflle, Cleveland, Chattanooga, Anniston, Birmingham, and intermiediate points. Iron is made , cheaper in the United States, or, for ' that matter, in the world. On the wes- ' tern division of the system thera are over thirty iron furnaces. Through in- | numerable small branches the com ( pany goes into the very heart of the lumber territory in the States through which it runs. It is able, of course, to draw cotton from every direction, not only on its own lines, but from its con- i nections, and it penetrates the sections of North and South Carolina and Georgia which are occupied by cotton : mills. The growth of cotton mills i along the line is, perhaps, one of its i most remarkable features. Right ] through the hard times new mills have been going up, especially in North Car- j ] olina. Its lines in Kentucky enable it i to control its full share of the tobacco business at Louisville, and, in addition i to this, it penetrates in every direction i the country in which tobbacco is < grown, especially in the neighborhood ] of Oxford and Durham, in North Carolina, and along almost the entire length l of the former Western North Carolina 1 liailroad, which is now a part of its t system. By wav of Augusta and its l connections to Florida it does a very large share of the garden truck busi- ! ness in the Southeastern States. It is < most direct passenger line from Wash- i ington to Atlanta and all the intermed- ! iate points, and also as short as any 1 line to Florida. The old Fiedmont Air i Line, which is a part of the system, i has long b6en famous. i The properties embraced in the reor- i ganization had bonded and floating ] debts of about ?135,000,000. This now i reduced to a bonded debt of ?94,000,000, i including sufficient bonds (wnich are ' J ? 4 reserved) to laxe up an uuusnyiuK > bonds and stocks of the 491 miles or i leased railroad. The company will also issue about ?6,000,000 more bonds dur- I ing the next two years, to purchase ad ditional equipment and improve the 1 properties, which will make the total i bonded dept of all kinds ?1,00,000,000. ' The plan of reorganization wisely pro- 1 vides that ?20,000,000 of bonds addition- i al (to be strung out through a series i of years) may be issued hereafter only 1 for the further development of the i property. < The interest charges before the re- ^ organization were about ?7,500,000, ' per annum, and sinking funds were ' about ?GGO,000, to ?700,000 per annum 1 additional. The new company's charges are ?4,100,000 for 1894, 700,000 for 1895, and ?5,400,000 for 1890. 1 The old company was always in such 1 dire linanclal straits and had such large 1 fixed charges that it could not afford 1 to spend a cent on the property where such expenditures could possibly be ! avoided, and in this way it really lost business. Furthermore, its linanclal 1 necessities led it to litigate all claims 1 of shippers for lost or damaged goods, j such litigation in nine cases out of ten 1 having lor its object simply to procras- j tinate and delay payment. The new ' company, organized as It now is, caD, 1 of course, follow a different policy, and by fair treatment of shippers is sure to ' enlarge its business. J Another interesting feature is that, * notwithstanding ths nomiual control 1 of the former East Tennesse^r-Virginia and Georgia and ltichmond an?T. Dan- * ville systems by the now defunct ! minal Company, there was no actual control.and the two companies did not | cooperate even in the ordinary interchange of business. The jealousy be- j tween the two was so great that they preferred to turn business over to some outside connection rather than give it to each other. ' Another feature is the consolidation of the business organizations and the j reduction of expenses at juuctLn ( points were the Danville and East Teanessee have each maintained separate \ organizations heretofore. In several of the Southern States, . legislation has been bitteily hostile, . and it must be admitted that the way ! these companies were conducted pro- . voked such legislation. As a result 01 ( the reorganization there is already a , much better feeling m this respect, and it is certain to grow as the com , munity is better served. The .Pcpallfcte Jubilant. Washington, Sept. 5.?Populists 1 here are claiming that great results will follow in the Western States from Sen- , ator Jones' defection from the Republican party. They claim that Idaho will go lor the Populists, but Senator I)u- j bois, who leaves for the West tonight, ] denies this and also asserts that neither j himself nor auy other Western Senator i will follow Mr. Jones' exitnple. The other States which will elect Senators '< this fall and which, it is claimed, will be more or less ati'ectcd by the action of j Ssnator Jones, are Colorado, Montana ' and Wyoming. It is within the range , of possibilities that all of these States may have legislature* controlled by ( Prmnlief? ina'pad ni Rftndinw hack Ri *. V^M44W?v .MW publicans, will elect Populist Senators. , Colorado ka3 already been carried by < the Populists. The member? of the Ilouse ct Representatives from Colorado oelong to tbat party. In Wyoming, the Legislature chosen two yeais ago, failed to elect a e uccessor Lo Sinator Warren, became the Populists held the balance of power and a J combination could not be formed be- | tween either of the parties, nonehav'ng a majority of the Legislature. The same was true of Montana, where a successor to Seoator Sanders could not hechosen. It is asserted by Republican Senators that when Congress reassembles a motion will be carried in the Republican caucus to remove .Toirs from the finance com. urllee and to replace him by a Republican silver free coinage advocate. When Jones' colleague. Stewart, some time ago, announced Ins withdrawal from the Republican party he held a p'aceon the committee cn appropriations, lie was removed and Teller p it on in his place. The Populists claim that with the election ofTillman from s ml?) Carolina anil such acreisicns lo their ranks is seem to them now absolutely certain, they will hoH the b dance of power in the Senate m the future. Judge I'rfsaly Dnail. Charleston*, S. C, Sept. 5.?Hon. B. C. ITessley, ex Judge of the Court, of General Sessions, First .District, died at hi3 residence in Summerville today, aged 80 vears. Judge I'ressley was assistant Fnited States Treasurer here before the war and at the close of the war was immediately reappointed without his solicitation. ili was the author o[ i'ressley's "Law of Magistrates," a well known text hook in the courts of thi3 State. , A DARING EXPLOIT. T HOW MOSBY CAPTURED M UNION GENERAL AT FAIRFAX. t \ Trn? T*le of the Confederate War That ^ K ?ads Like E.ctlon?Sune Confederates 1! r E-jter the Union Camp and Coptnre a g Nninbsr of Men and Horses. ^ 1 IIichmond, Va., Sept. G.?To those who know nothing of the hardships of t war, there ever hangs over a battleiield ? a mist of romance, shrouding its most 0 hideous details in the poetry of iiction. p And even those who have felt the 1 shock of charging men, and heard the ? cannon's roar that seemed to shake the (_ very foundation of earth, in after years a look back with a certain tenderness c upon those "days that are no more"? n even though those days were passed in 3 the cramped bed of a dirty prison hos- * pital, or on the long, hot marches of r midsummer. But bravery commands our admiration, and the deeds of the I men who fought in the Civil war often rival the dauntless courage of Charlemange and are as exciting as the ex- 1 ploits of Richard on the sunny plains of Palestine. Perhaps one of the most tl unique adventures of the war was the ii capture of General Stoughton by Mosby p and the affair reads more like the raids e of Robin Hood than an event in the h prosaic times of the present. 1 In the spring of 1863 General Stough- h ton was encamped at Fairfax Court- I Bouse with a large number of men, and b the doughty warrior had determined ii to put a stop to the depredations of tl Mosby, who kept the Federal troops in a Northern Virginia in a constant state n of terror by his numerous and sudden tl raids. All this part of Virginia was known as "Mosby's Confederacy." Here tl the ranger chief gave the enemy some b unpleasant surprises in the shape of a raids on sleeping encampments, the a capture of their wagons and the de- f< struction of their railroads, used in sup- c plying them with men and food, n Stoughton had grown weary of the s< fruitless efforts of others to capture the it iwiftmovicg rebel, and he was decided ti that he would bag Mosby or lose every aj man ne nau iu me auueLupu. One night, early in March, Stoughton si bad a little supper at his headquarters ?a neat little supper that sent the gal- a lant general to bed in an excellent hu- t] mor,and made him quickly forget that si war's ularras were ever likely to disturb tl the slumbers of a votary of the laugh- cj ing, vine crowned god. It was a cold night, and the rain that had set in ear- u ly in the day continued to come down ti in a ceaseless pour that made the world (g one dreary, watery waste. The Union v men never dreamed that aQy one would f( venture out after setting the usual sen- p Lineis to plod through the mud at their ? posts about town. t! liy 11 o'clock the little village was ti nlent, and the Federal camp wrapped ti in slumber, but down the road near the tl ramous lieid of Chintilly a party of ti men on horseback were stealing n through the woods. No one spoke a ? word, aud the only sound in the dark- ir aess was the splashing of the horses' b aoofs in the pelting rain through the tossing trees. And as they stole along it in the night, wrapped in heavy cloaks, md with their hats pulled low over h their brows, they looked like s jome Dana 01 conspirators creeping uu o ^heir way to assassinate some sleeping t! foe. o On Rearing the town one of them cut r< he wire that ran to the station near by t! and thus the Union troops were sev- tl jred from all cointrmication with their t.i friends at a distance. It was midnight b svhen the cavalcade entered the village, ai md as they tramped down the muddy c road no one saw them or heard a sound si ffom the foes thus daring to ride into ai ht-^ry face of the slumbering enemy, si There vT3?-no light in the town streets, md ODly ni. ? jand then a faint gleam from a half shu window would tremble for a moment on u."'? -making sides of ;he rangers' horses, oi be reflected. back from the pistols in their belts. On reaching the center of the village Mosby halted his men, and dividing them into two detachments, sent one ti quietly to secure the horses, while with ei iix men he took his way to the head quarters of the Commanding General. gj The house was old-fashioned Southern s mansion, about 100 yards from the road ? md set back in a pretty grove of trees. " The rangers quietly opened the gate, ^ and troting up to the house, dismount- *c ed and ran up on the porch. With a fierce jerk Mosby rang the bell. o' A window in a room above (lew up vv and a sleepy voice demanded who was ci below. w "A courier with dispatches for Gen- ai eral Stoughton," replied Mosby, as he motioned to the men not to move. u xne wmuow ieu.uie umcer ran uuwu jE and in a moment the door stood open. n "You are my prisoner,!' whispered Mosby to the astonished Federal, who, being unarmed, dared not make any J1 resistance. Then, leaving one man to *c guard the captive, the ranger dashed *c upstairs and strode into the room 81 where the General lay sleeping. With tc a rough shake Mosby aroused him. o: " What in the devil is the matter?" t! Inquired .Stoughton as he sprang up in b bed. ".Stuart's cavalry is in possession of a the town," Mosby quietly replied. -n "Stuart in town," Stoughton ex- ? claimed in astonishment, still mistaking the men about his bed for his own troops. "Why, 1 thought you had captured Mosby." * "Oh, no; you have not captured Mos- 11 by," coolly remarxed the Chief, "but 0 Mosby has captured you; you had best P get up quietly and come with me." c< Finding himself a prisoner in the h hands of the very man to whose cap- o ture he was sworn, and believiaar that a Stuart's troops had the town the I'nion p General made no attempt to resist, but dressed quietly. In a few minutes he and Mosby descended the steps, and, q mounting horses that stood outside, . they soon joined the rest of tho rangers . who were awaiting Mosby's arrival at V the meeting place in the center of the c town. n Here it was found that the night's h work had secured ">S horses and H2 prls- a oners?and all this had been accom- $ plished without a blow being struck, a $ shot lirc-d or any alarm being given to u the rest of the camp, in fact, the H rangers pushed noiselessly out of town q with their prisoners anu their horses, n nfit u <mnl rtrejimeil that. the t/nprrill.'l chief was stealing away with t.heir 1 comrades from beneath their very noses. lly daybreak the troop was 11 miles away. w in passing tha enemy's last outpost h they mounted a l>luIT that overlooked 0 the road and gazed anxiously in the directlonof Fanfax. J>ut not a l'oe was in sight?there was nothing in sight, r< except the water soaked hills and the ii gray light creeping down m the brown p valleys helow. And with a sigh of re j lief the troop again took up its march to the South. So pursuit was made, and by noon the next day the men and horses were turned over to General p Fit/.bugh Lee, who was then stationed o at Grandv Station. And so closed one c of the most, amusing incidents and dar t tng exploits of the Civil war.? Dis s patch. I: IN FOR A FIGHT, 'he Ik<Upmdent Democrats Igene an AdC dress to the Voters. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 9.?Last night he conlerence committee, which was ppointed by the late conference held T n this city, met here again, and, as a esult, the following address which peaks for itself was promulgated and ssued: ?o the Democrats of South Carolina: The following preamble and resoludnntorl hu a rpnrp- I 1/ LUiiO liU V UVVU ~ j ? .wr.v iv entative body of Democrats coming 0 rom a large majority of the counties f the State, and having since been approved by many Democrats in all of tl he counties of the State, it becomes t< ay duty as chairman of the Demoratic conference committee of South Jarolina to publish them to the State c' na to earnestly urge all true Demo- s? rats to take active part in the mass a' aeetings proposed to be held, and to t end representative delegations to the )emocratic State convention therein s' ecoinmended. v THOMAS W. CAKWILE, w !halrman Democratic Conference Committee. n .'o the Democrats of South Carolina: M Whereas, under the guidance of f( hose so-called Democrats, or a majorty of them, who have control of the , arly machinery m this State, the leadrs of the rank and file of the party & ave attempted to commit them to the tl 'bird party and to Topulist doctrines ^ ave alienated us "from our fellow iemocrats of the Union, and have c: rought the party in South Carolina itc reproach as to its alignment with ft ae national Democracy, adopted false ic nd undemocratic principles and pro- ~ mlgated them in the name and under fj he banner of Democracy; and Whereas, the Democratic masses of ^ he State have been grossly betrayed ?? ? miHi narlo man. , y men uuai^cu *? iv^u ?uu ammm ^ cement, who have usurpea the rights 0 nd used the machinery of the party ^ or sellish ends, a majority of the so- a; ailed State Democratic executive com ^ litte actually permitting another u elf constituted committee (only claim- ^ lg to represent a faction of a faction) w > assume control of the party man- a] gement, and in the most ilagrant and a ffenslve manner to disfranchise tbou- ^ ands of true Democrats; and e] Whereas, A Ring has been organized 0 nd is exercising most arbitrary and w jrannical power, to the utter subver- ? on of the will of the people, and e aereby depriving them of their politi- 8l al rights; now therefore ba it (> Resolved, That we as true, loyal and ej ncomproraising Democrats, repudiate C] le Third party platform repeatedly a ind at the recent August State con- e] ention of the faction now in power) jj jrceil upon our party, and hereby u ledge our continued allegiance to true n emocratic principles as enunciated at le last national Democratic conven- n ? fhQ nhaAlnfa no/??iaaifu nf ? UII. >V U 1CCI bUO aUSViUUU UVVUUUiVJ V ?. y le complete reorganization of the 0 le party in this State and Invite all 0 *ue Democrats to assist us in its re- & abilitation and in the organization of 3( democracy in South Carolina squarely tl 1 line with sound Democratic doctrine; ? sit f] Further resolved, That we hereby t. ivite the Democrats of the State of fj outh Carolina to assemble at the court j( ouses of their respective counties on v aturday, 15th day of September, 1894, 0 r at suca other place and manner as a ley nyiy determine, for the purpose jr f selecting delegates (two for every Cj ipresentative for the lower house and p le Senate, to which the county is enti- p ed) to meet in Columbia at a conven- r( on to be held on the 17th of Septem- a er at 8 p. m. for the purpose of recorg- T! niziDg the Democratic party in South \ arolma, . considering the political tuatiou of the State and taking such p ctioa as their collective wisdom may n iggest for the public welfare. a t| THE SOUTH'S PROSPERITY- ^ 11 6< nconr.iplnc Rsp:>rt* from thl a Section to ! Thd Minufictares Record. p ei Baltimore, Sapt. 6.?TinsManufac- p irers'Record of this week says: The--fc acouraging condition of business, and ? le extent of its revival in the South are tl iowu by the bank cleariogs of several E outhern cities, notably Birmingham, p ouisville, Memphis and Jacksonville, t] .1 the three la3t, cities, the increase e! >r the week ending August 25, was 11 32, 189 and 90 per cent., respectively, .. vtr the corresponding week of 1893, !t 'hile at Birmingham, the clearings m* reased over 409 per cent., indicating to p hat anexteut manufacturing industries 0 re being affected. p Special reports received by the Man- if facturera' Record duing the past week, b iclude the construction of forty miles of tl ew railroad in Alabama aQd twelve r< dies in Tennessee, the opening of three U lore coal mines in Alabama aud the P - - ? TV irmation of a line of twenty-live Barges * ir the Mississippi river trade; two e< teamship line, one coastwise, and one ) the West Indies; a number of sales ^ t land, in small tracts to settlers, and ^ le sale of 30,000 ton3 ol Tennessee ore q y a single corporations. b Throughout the entire South there Is vs belter feeling in business circles than te as been seen lor the la3t two or three ears and reports irom all over ^the ountry show that the increasing pros* erily of the South is attracting wide e] tteution from capitalists, manutac* j irers and farmers. The rehabiliation n f Southern railroads is making good ? rogress and with earnings steadily in- 11 Leasing there i3 a tendency towards ai irge expenditures for the improvement & f roadbeds, an increase in rolling stock ii( nd lor the building ot new lines and es- *r ecialiy short leeders and branch roads, J1 Among the leading industrial eater- ;s rises reported for the week are a $ 100,00 phosphate company, organ;/. 5(1 iu ^ tilumore to operate in Florida; a $30,- e] 00 phosphate company, $10,000 ma hine works, watsr works and a flour p lill in Georgia; a packing house, ahce vs rcLory, brick works, electric light plants d nd quarrying company m Alabama; a p 11)0.000 manufacturing company and w 50,000 boat building company iu Lou siana; a barrel fictory, kuittiog mill and Ci nd il rur mill in North Carolina; a $.350,00 cotton mill addition to one ot tire tl lost prosperous mill in the Slate, a ? uurrtinor eomnn.ii v. pewerafft lilant. " leclrio light plant and gold e line in South Carolina; water rorks, paper mill and wood working j( lant in Tennessee, and a large number ^ 1 niifcallaneous enterprises in all the 0 ill'erent Sates. b An Increase in building interests is f< sported and a number ol large build- tl igs are to be constructed in various is arts of the South, iuclu ling a $ 150,0U0 11 ail and three holels in Georgia. ^ Drowned. (J London, Sept. 4.?A party of 27 e ileusure seekers from liurnley were y verturned Into the water of Moreambe bay by the capsizing of a boat I hey had hired. Of this number only 1 even were saved. Font bodies have g ieen recovered. 1 TIIEY DO NOT AGREE. ] OLONEL YOUMANS AtND GENERAL EARLEON INDEPENDDNTlSM. he Former Is In Favor ot Opposing Till- I man, Kvana and all Other Candidates ol , the Reformers While the Letter Opposes ' Such Action. j Columbia, S. C, Sept. G?The fol- ( >wing cards appeared in the Register i ftoday: j Editor Register: Your communica- i on of the lirst inst. received this af- { jrnoon and in accordance with your , quest l reply immediately, iq tnis ommunicatiou addressed to me you ly: "Knowing you to be a staunch nd uncompromising foe of aught that mds to disturb white unity and white upremacy, and that your words carry reight and influence, I ask that you 'rite the liegister a letter giving your lews upon the new Independent j lovement about to be started and out- J ning the duty of the hour. Hoping j )r an early reply, I am," &c. t As to the "white unity," that was 1 isturbed four years ago, when Gover- 1 or TillmaD, conceiving himself to be * le only man with tho nerve and the i rains and the ability to array the Dmmon people against the aristocracy, * )r the accomplishment of his own sel- J 3h purposes, spread discord and divis- 5 >n among the white people by inau- 1 urating what he chose to term a fam- I y quarrel in the State. \ As to "white supremacy," it should 1 e remembered that whilst negro dom- 1 lation in the reconstructed States has a pen nne nf the most marked features i: t' the policy of the Republican party s lat the Northern Democracy, through II of the political vicissitudes of the ist quarter of a century, has been the nfaitering friend of the South, it was ue to its persistent demands that hlte supremacy was restored in '70 nd in '77 to South Carolina and Louslna and its aid was freely given to de>at the force bill and to repeal the lection laws. On the other hand all f these new political organizations rbich have sprung up like Jonah's i ourd, and will wilt as soon, have genrally acted with the Republican party glnstthe interest of the South. The reenbackers, many of whom were lected in part by denouncing Deroorats, whom they were trying to defeat 3 not sufficiently Democratic, when lected were found voting with the Republicans in the interest of all measres, dragooning the South in favor of egro domination. a The L'opulist, and third partyites are * o exception to this rule; they went c ver barf and baggage Into the camp of c ur enemies during the consideration t f the House bill to reduce the tax urdens of the tariff and placed them- I jives under the leadership of the gen- z ernan from Maine, Mr. Used, and Mr. f loutelle to prevent the Democrats ? rom even considering a bill designed j lift the burden of tariff taxation a rom the farmers of the South. They e )ined the Republicans In a body and 2 oted almost solidly against the repeal t f the 10 per cent, tax on State banks, c measure which if it had been enacted a lto law would have given groat linan- ^ Lai relief to the South. These new de- ^ artures, whenever they have taken c lace in the South, have nearly always * ssulted in an appeal to the negro and I termination within the Republican i anks. Witness Mahone, McLane, Tom a Vatson and R. F. Kolb. 1 The originator and autocrat of your t olitical faction, for he dictated to it I ot only as to measures but meD, has I dmltted that he wa3 half Fopulist in 1 oe canvass of '92; that he is now like 9 IcLane a Greenbacker, and has served otice on the voters of the State of his t arlv expectation to desert the Demo- t ratic party. I think this "new lode- e endent movement about to be start- ? 1" by Governor Tillman and those r ledged to support him should be met ? y-an immediate reorganization of the * democratic party in the State and that t ie "duty of the hour is for every c democrat who has any manhood dr * olitical principle or owns any proper- I ? that binds him to the State or inter- i 3ts him in its welfare to aid this refor- r lation with all of his might. t As to placing a Democratic ticket in e le held at this late day I stand con- i rmed in ray opposition to it, were it r ot for the bloody lawlessness of the t resent administration and the promise t f its continuance by the legatee?a f olicy of outrage and bloodshed which c : persisted in seems to me inevitably * ound to precipitate the State into all t ae horrors of cival war. It cannot be t jasonably presumed that freemen will arever tamely submit to having their rivate premises ransacked and their rivate packages torn open and scatter- i I by the pimps, undecthugs and plug- t glies of any set of nondescript petty c grants, or even allow 13. It. Tillman to \ low open their iron safes aDd break r own their doors. However, upon this r uestion I am willing to be governed v V the combined wisdom of those with s rhom I have been politically associa- 1 id. L. W. Youmans. 1 Fairfax, S. C., Sept. 3, 18h4. i _ l Editor Kegister: The Dutler confer- ^ aces, as reported, are supposed to in- j icate that haying been defeated at the ^ iceot primary elections, the General 8 'i:f now organize an Independent jloveuient, in order that he may have j QOther chance to be returned to the enate. Such a movement would be \ conceived In sin and brought forth in t liquity." Surely there must be some t listake in the published reports for It t i hard to believe that Senator Kutler j nd his friends, many of whom have v roved their manhood, courage and pa- r lotlsm, in war and in peace, would c nter upon a venture so fraught with c vil to the State. Senator Hampton in r S78 declared that "an Independent r 'as worse than a Radical." ihe con- a itions which Inspired this forcible exression remain unchanged, so let the rord be again passed down the line-, in Independent is worse than a Kadi- a al." a An independent movement against f ie organized Democracy could succeed .1 nly by forming a coalition with the r lack Kepubllcans, and this would * ventually result in their restoration to c ower. Shall white men be ruled by t egrocs? Shall the State be again dom- t uited by ignorance and vice? Shall i e have negro judges presiding over J in courts? Shall South Carolinians i e again subjected to the Insults, suf- ? iring and humiliation experienced by f aem in the dark days oL' Radical- f im? if not, then rise up in your ? light and put down a movement c rhich to gain a temporary advantage ^ ,'ould open Pandora's box and llood i ae State with evils which will be fast- ? ned not OQly upon you, but also upon t our children. 1 " l i"? ? ** ^ /*A#v?r?Alo fttrcrw \ 1 I1B Ullt? VI LllO LIUltl uuuiycjo cioi; iemocrat, "whether Tillmanlte or antl- 1 'illmanite, tc fight now on common 1 round to sustain white supremacy. t J03. H. Earle. M RAPINE AND MURDER. Hie Charge Against a White Man of Fort Lawn. Chester, Sept. 4 -The short dispatch lontaining the news of a rape and a nurder, which appeared in The State )f September 1st, has caused a great leal more excitement in the county han was at first anticipated. There was no special attention paid to it by my of your readers until later in the lay, Saturday, when a young white nan named Lawrence Hives, appeared it the door3 of the jail and asked the iheriff for protection. News soon reached this city that he was suspected )f the crime and had been advised by lis father and friencs to give himself ip to the sheriff as there was strong :hreats from the negroes of lynching lim. The facts in the case, gat hered by four correspondent today at Fort Lawn, where Trial Justice Minors was lolding a coroner's inquest, are as folnws Mattie Heath, the vouncr wife of kndv Heath, a negro laborer, living on ;he farm of Col. Cade Hives, near Fort L.awD, went to the house of a neighbor, Amelia Marshall, on the morning of list ult, and, having remained there i short while, started on her re,urn home, but never reached her des;ination. Her husband had been workng on the public roads that day and in ,he evening, on his return home passHi through the yard of Col. Rives, who ;old him that Mattie had not been lome since morning. After learning from his children that lis wife had gone to the house of the Vlarshall woman, Andy started along he path leadiDg to that place. About 100 yards down the path he found the iody of hi3 dead wife lying across the iath in a terrible condition. Her throat vas cut from ear to ear, her head nashed in and her clothes burnt from ler body. Trial Justice Minors was iiimmoned and a jury empanelled. Suspicion at once pointed to two men, ind old negro, Jack Ferguson, and the roung son of Col. Hives. Circumstances ileared Ferguson but young ltives was lot so lucky. The justice adjourned he inquest then until the lltb, giving Ime to get up more evidence, but the lisappearance of young Rives Friday light caused him"to convene his jury igain Saturday. It was found during Friday night Hives had csossed the Jatawba River and taken the Georgia Carolina and Northern train at a way, taUon Saturday morning for Chester. L'hey then adjourned again until today, vhen evidence taking was resumed and he prisoners wired for. Justice Min rs, fearing that serious trouble would esult from the maddened and threatming crowds of negroes gathering iround Fort Lawn, wired the Governor or a special force to help keep the >eace, in answer to which Attorney Jeneral Bunchanan authorized him to wear in as many extra constables as va3 necessary. Sheriff Hood also got irders from the same source to order lut the Lee Light Infantry to conduct he prisoner in safety to Fort Lawn. About 12:30 a special train left for ?ort Lawn bearing half a dozen cltl;ens. the Lee Light Infantry, twentyour strong, the Sheriff and prisoner ind two newspaper correspondents. On reaching Fort Lawn trouble eemed imminent. About 500 infuriat:d negroes had gathered near the depot ind were surrounding an old store louse, where the inquest was being :onducted. Forty or lifty special conitables, armed with all manner of arms, vere lined up to each side of the track. The special coach containing the pris>ner was guarded about forty minutes, vhen Justice Minors ordered the jrisoner to be brought before the jury. This was done by the military without ;ny trouble and by the time his testinony twas taken the train vas ready for Chester and the irisoner and Lee Light Infantry de>arted, leaving Fort Lawn and the legroes in the hands of the special contables. The negroes were aroused by the fact hat the suspected white man, whom hey claimed had ravished and murder>d one of their daughters, had not been irrested. The whites checked their ashness in a great measure by raising i purse and obtaining the service of Utorney John Green, of Lancaster, o represent the prosecution at the ininest. J. K. Henry, of this bar, was employed, by the defense. It will be mpossible to get the verdict, until tonorrow morning, as news has jusu eached here, at 9 o'clock p. m. that he jury has not agreed as yet. xne ividence is strong agaiost young lives and all the circumstances tend to nake it further than suspicion with lim. During his examatiou he conradicted himself several time3 and his ather's testimony also. It is clearly a :ase of rape and murder and the young vhite man will likely be held in safe :eeping in the Chester jail until the dgher court meets?State. Needs Hanging. Jacksonville, Fla.,Sept. 5.?Willam F. Hayes, a young white man, wenty years of age, a fisherman by oc:upatlon, murdered his sixteen-year-oid vife and dangerously wounded his nother-in-law, Mrs. Susan Nason, last light in Fist Jacksonville. Hayes' vifehad left him on account of cruelty ;everal months ago aud had gone to ive with her mother. Last night Iaye3 appeared and was admitted. iVithout provocation he began shootng, first wounding Mrs: Nason twice n the head and once in the side. ili3 vlfe ran behind the bed and he foiowed her, shooting her through the >ack, the ball passing through her heart ind out of her left breast and through ier left hand. Hayes then calmly reoaded his pistol and walked out. This is the statement of Mrs. Nason. V watchman, who rooms in the house, liscovered the dead and wounded pair his morning at 5 o'clock. Searching >arties are now after the murderer, layes, the husband of the murdeied voraan, was captured late this afterloon In the outskirts of the city. He lenied doing the shooting and said he :ould prove an alibi. Hayes was caried before his raother-ln-law, who is apidly sinking, and she identilieJ him is the man who did the shooting. Ddtperate Flot, Frankfort, Ky.,Sept 5?News of i threatened outbreak at the penltentiiry has ju9t been learned. The ilatield-McCoy gang, of 1'ike county, and lames F. Little, of llreadoes and life nen, were concerned in the plot, which vas made known to Warden George >n Sunday by a prisoner who chanced 0 overnear uie iueu Ltu&.uin. xi. w?.-i heir purpose to make an attempt this veek as the guards and prisoners were joing to supper. With four large knives nade from iiles ground to a keen edge ind point, they Intended to kill the juards and take their weapons, kill the ftiard on the wall between the male md female wards, and make their eslape by passing over the wall. The varden placed the plotters is irons and n separated cells. All soon confessed iach saying that the others were the raitors, except Wick Tallant, who leld out for thirty hours before he repealed the hiding place of the knives. Jesides Little and Tallant, George West, llockingheiler, McCoy, Cook and 1 dozen others are known to have been n the plots THE DEATH ROLL SWELLS. flic Work of Burying the Degil ?u:l C*rlDg for the Living, Pine City, Minn., Sept. 5?The general executive committee ia charge of the relief work in this section, has made a report of the dead bodies recovered thus far as follows: Hinckley 271, Sandstone 77, Miller (often called Sandstone Junction) 15, between Skunk Lake and Miller 12, l'okegama 25, on the timber camps 50, Total 450. Ghouls are at work in the vicinity of Sandstone. Today a party from Duluth under James Bailey came down to help bury the dead and "while searching around at noon, came upon a gang who had broken open and rilled some safe3 and when Bailey and party met them they had just found a cistern from which they had hauled fifteen dead bodies and had robbed them of jewelry, rings trinkets, etc., and were throwing the bodies back into the well. Bailey and party were unarmed, and the ghouls took to their heels and escaped. A frame powder magazine at Sandstone. a Dortion of which was left standing and which was empty was torn down for material for coffins. The fire was seen by the Sandstone people four hours before it struck the town and everything was packed up in readiness to move to Kettle Kiver, east of the village, Uefore anyone was aware of the real danger the lire came upon the town from the north, east and west and llring the whole town inside of five minutes. Many were unable to reach the river and died in the streets. A blacksmith burned to a crisp in his shop, where he was shoeing a horse. So sudden was the lire not a thing was saved ana in thirty minutes the whole town was swept off the earth. Those who reached the river remain ed most of the night. The survivors are entirely destitute and have not even clothing to their backs, except such as is provided by the relief committees. Whole families are wiped out. President Sam Hill of the eastern Minnesota branch of the Northern Pacific came up from Hinckley this momiog and took a northern train over the St. Paul and J)uluth road. Mr. Hill took the Duluth lioad to within nine miles of Sandstooe and walked over. The big eastern Minnesota bridge over the Kettle river has a steel arch in the middle 180 feet long and is slill intact, though wooden approaches are burned. "The scene of death and ruin along the road is a terrible one," says Mr. Hill, "not a sign of life is anywhere to be seen, all is blackened, charred mass of ruins. Dead animals and human beings are everywhere and they are buried where ever found. In one old well was found twenty-live snakes and forty or fifty held mice all together alive. There were many peculiar features of the fire. In one place, where all else was burned and blackoned ail around, we fonnd a wagon with the hay in the box intact, while the horses were dead. There is yet to be closed up on Minnesota, a gap of twelve miles between Hinckley and Duluth, eight miles, of which are between Hinckley and .Sandstone. There are four miles in St. Cloud direction, which will be closed up by tomorrow. I noticed ia one place some freight car wheels were melted, while not three hundaed feet away was another car untouched. Judge Nethaway, of Still Water, has been one of the most active in relief work, and ha3 been all over the surrounding coantry. He found the family of Jack Kobinson, man, wife and seven children all dead and hardly recognizable and also found J. O. Kowley, agent of the Minnesota and Winnipeg. Several miles northwest of Hinckley today he came to a spot TOhcr? a farm hnnsa had stood. In front was a well and over to the left could be seen five human bodies and bodies of several animals. Judge Nethaway went at once to the well to see if anyone was there, and found down in the bottom, a little 12-year-old boy in eight inches of water, who had lived there since Saturday with nothing to eat. The little fellow was palled up and said he had been put down there when the fire was seen, and an 'awful bad smoke had passed over him and it was awful hot." He asked the judge if he knew where his father .and mother were, and his dog. Judge .Nethaway' tool' him oa his back to where he could be fed, while other par--, ties went back after the five bodies. Dr. Pope'a Manfeato. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 9.?Dr. Tope arrived in the city last evening and when seen he gave the following document for publication, after consulting one or two friends: To the Democratic Voters of South Carolina. 1 understand that one of the ItiDg said to a gentleman a few days ago, speaking of me: "lie shall never held ofiice again." Chagrined at my exposure of King methods now practiced, and at mv rhpfikmatincr him bv refusing to go into his trap at the tirst and second primary, he thus vents his spleen. I believe that the ollices belong to the people and not to any individual or set o f individuals. 1 shall therefore be a candidate for Governor at the general election. The last killing at JJlackvilie has convinced me that we can never have peace in this State so long as the dispensary law is upon the statute books. 1 shall, therefore, run as an anti-dispensary candidate and in favor of true Democracy. Let the people decide at this election whether or not a few men shall dictate who shall hold the offices, and let them decide for them-1 selves whether or not laws shall be I passed In the Interest of peace and harmony and good goverment. At this; eletlon a ballot can be cast direetly for i the man of the people's choice. Let the people rise up as one man and see to it that there shall be a fair count. Respectfully, Sampson Pope. Newberry, S. C., Sept.?, 181H. A Horror of the Salads, Williamston, S. 0., Sept. 4.?Wtille R. V. Acker, trial justice, was lishing two miles below i'elzer today he discovered the body of a man iloating in the water and caught on an overhang ing limb. Without further investigating the matter ne came to Williamston, summoned a jury of inquest and returned to the scene. Frank Lander, togethar with three other men, procured a boat, went out to where the body was fl oating, tied a rope around It and towed it to the bank. Careful investigation and expert testimony r>nnlri u^prfain nothing with certaintv as to the race or color of the man, the body being in such a state of decomposition, but it is believed that he was a white man. lie was barefooted, had on black pants, a very old coat, a leather belt and overalls. It is thought that the man was murdered though no marks of violence could be detected. There is a camp of bauds very near where the body was found who probably know more than they will tell. The man was evidently put in the river below i'elzer mill as his body could not have passed over the dam. The jury ivill render their verdict tomorrow.?Greenville News. DESERT THEIR PARTY. LOUISIANA PLANTERS GO OVER TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTYA Convention olSa??r Growers Meet and Drnoance the Tariff as to Sugar?In National Poll-lcs They Will Act With Rspablloans. New Orleans, La, Sept. 6?The sugar planters convention in this city today was the most remarkable gathering in many years, and the lirst serious break in the Democratic party in twenty years is now actually threatened. The convention declared in favor of an alliance with the Republican party on national issues and two and possibly three Congressional Districts, comprising the sugar region, are endangered to the Democrats. There were probably three hundred representative men present at the convention and, as nearly all of them are men of wealth with IArcra inllnon^a onH Trrit-Vi -nnrrrar- t-/\ trol a considerable following, the ac| tion they have taken cannot be underestimated. The meeting was called to order by Richard McCall, one of the leading planters of the Third District, and Mr. E. N.Pugh of Ascension, a near relative of Justice Nicholls, was made chairman. Among those who participated in the discussion were Mr. W. E. Howell, a prominent Democrat of La Foucbere, H. 1'. Kernochan, who was a naval officer under Cleveland, Albert Estopinal, Democratic State Senator, who may be the planter's candidate in the First District, G. P. Anderson, a wealthy planter of Plaquemine, James A. Ware, Democratic Representative in the Legislature from Iberville, Coi. J. D. Hill, Capt. J. Pharr and others. Mr.John Raymond was theody speaker who strenuously opposed secession from the Democratic party. Messrs. Ilowell, Weems, Kernochan ani Wilkinson, brother of Collector Wilkinson, were appointed a committee to propose a plan for'the collection of the bounty on this year's crop. The committee reported and their report was adopted. The convention then took up the political questions. McCall, Pugh, Kernochan, E3toplnal, Ware and others advised aa alliance with the Republican party. They said that they had been betrayed by the Democrats, and that the only hope of protection for sugar lay in a joining of hands with the Republicans. They realized the full import of breaking with the J)emocratic party, but feeling that tftelaegro question was no longer an Issue and that the white race would forever govern the Southern country, they said they had reached the conclusion that self-preservation required aa affiliation with a party that would give them the protection necessary for the prosperity of the industry which is the backbone of the State. The following committee was appointed on resolutions and it may be said that the gentlemen named are among the wealthiest and best known in the State: Messrs. J. A. Ware, H McCall, D. L. Monnot. Charles Matthews, Louis Clark, B. A. Oxnard, Charles Godchaux, D. S. Ferris, G. P. Anderson,L J. Sully, Charles Magiunis, Wyley Thompson, Joha Dymoad, W. II. Chafee, G. Breaux, Honore Dugas, W. P. Flower, Gan. W. H. Bahand, T. Suffii and Capt. J. N. Pharr. The committee reported elaborate resolutions, setting forth that the white people of Louisiana and the planters I ^ah vvionrr Kaa? 1 AffO ! frt fl*A IVSJ Luckily j caio uau uccu isjyai uu one Democratic party through victory and defeat, but that the State had been betrayed and a blow struck at its chief industry by that party, and caused Its absolute ruin, and that the nomination of protection candidates and their election had become a necessity. The resolutions were adopted by a rising vote. It was decided to meet again on the 17 ch of September in this city when the plans of the sugar planters will be perfected. It wa3 also decided to nominate a candidate ia the three sugar districts and to affiliate with the Republicans. The report of the committee on resolutions which was adopted at the outset declares: A crisis has arrived in the politics of our State. Very many of us who for many years co-operated with the Democratic party and have loyally supported its candidates have done so with the belief and with the assurance that that patty would maintain a fair ^TOt8CtiQfl.s5vthQ products grown by us. We had personal anu *j7D5it!Y* surance from the Democratic canlidate for the Presidency. Grover Cleveland, during the late 3'residential campaign and we likewise had the personal assurances of the leaders of the Democratic party to the same effect. Democratic Campaign lijckc Washington, Sept. 6? The Democratic Congressional campaign committee will issue their campaign book September 12. A list of the contents is as follows: 1. Wnat the Democratic Congress did. 2. Causes of the panic of 1893. 3. Not caused by fear of tariff legisi?.L: lawou. 4, Labor day law. 5. Alien contract labor law?its re- / peal. 0. Chinese Immigration. 7. Immigration. 8. Tariff schedules and tabl63 showing schedule rates and articles upon which duties have been reduced 100 per cent or le3s. 9. Somers statistics on woolen cloths. 10. Income tax provisions. 11. McMillin's report on income tax. 12. Scott Wike's speech on income tax. 13. Tax on luxurie3 and wealth, repealed bv the Republicans. 14. Sugar duties. 15. Trust provisions of tariff laws. 15*4. Carlisle's letter to Senate on sugar tax. 10. Mill's speech on tariff. 17. Appropriations?Sayer's speech and tables. 18. Reform in departmants?Dock ery commission, etc. 19. Diplomatic relations. 20. Indian appropriation bill. 21. Democracy and its relations to Union soldiers. 22. 1'iggott's speech on Populism. 23. Abuse of civil service reform? liynum's and Cooper's speeches. 24. Democratic platform of 1892. 25. Cleveland's letter of acceptance. 20. Cleveland's letter to Wilson. 27. Cleveland's letter to Catchlngs. 28 Taxation of greenbacks law. 29. Sherman sliver Hw. 30. Silver statistics, exports and imports of gold and silv er; production of gold and silver; price of silver dollars in gold; price of silver dollars in bullion. 31. Currency in tables?character and amonnt outstanding. 32. Commercial statistics?exports and imports of the United States to and Irom the United Kingdom. The committee has received advices of the results of the nominating conventions in 131 districts which are now Democratic. Xinety-seven Representative have been renominated and only thirty-four districts have chosen new Democratic candidates.