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II mi i . i ii,...H... j.>-?-?, ' TERMS:,. Published ovory Thursday inoynteg. For subscription, $l.r>0 por annum, strictly in advance; for six months, 15 cents; for four months, RO couta. Advertisements inserted ut one dollar per Bfjuuro of ono inch or less for tho first insertion and fifty couts for oaoh sub sequent insov tlon. Obituary Notlcos oxceoding Ave linos, Tributes Of Ko?poot, Communications of a personal character, whoa admissablo, and Announcements of Candidatos will bo ohnrgod for as advertisements. Job Print!og neatly and ohoaply oxoou tod. NoCOSSlty compels US to adhere strictly to tho requirements of Cash Payments, Speech of the Distinguished Tey JIU, Col, ?en j u m I n Terrell. KUl'OItTKD BY lt. T. JAYNRS, K8Q. According to previous announce ment, n public mooting of tho citi zens of Oconoo county was hold in Walhalla Court Houso, on Thursday, August 29. in the 'inter est of tho Farmers' Alliance. Thoro wore reprosontativoB from ovory sec tion of tho county, and despite tho rain in tho curly morning, as well us tho lowering olouds which threatened ovory moment to pour down their waters in torrents, tho Court Houso was filled by oloven o'clock with earnest, practical and intelligent farmers. Tho distinguished speaker arrived in Walhalla on the Wednesday ovon ing train, coming directly from An derson, where ho that day addressed the farmors of Anderson county. Ho spent tho night in our quiot moun tain town, and was in good trim for a big speech Thursday morning. Capt. J. L. Shanklin, Prcsidont ot tho County Alliance, called the meeting to order at cloven o'clock and in a few appropriate words in troduced HON. HKN.I'AMIN THllKKM,, of Texas, who spoke for one hour and forty minutes. Ile said:' FKM.OW CITIZUNH AND II icier II K KN OF THK FARM Kits' AI.MAXOK : I havo como to-day to discuss the organization known as tho "Farmors' Alliance." It commenced a fow years ago among the farmers in Tex as. It was first organized in Lam pasas county for tho purpose of pre venting horse stealing. Tho far mers' horses were frequently stolen by bands of maraudors, who roamed over thc country. Of necessity tho farmors had to organizo in order to pursue and catch the thieves. Ono man could not bear tho danger, bur den and expense, alone to follow and capture his property. Hence tho farmers came together for thc pur pose of self-protection and dofouce. They organized and pledged them selves that each would boar his part of the burden of tho pursuit. They formed an Alliance for this purpose, and in a short time so powerful was tho organization that they broke up every horse-thieving den in tho State Yes, they pursued and ar rested the thieves, and I might ns well say-for it is the truth-they called a halt on many when within no less than sixty yards. They were arrested, you bet. Well thc Alli ance stopped thc thieving. It then censed, having accomplished its pur pose. Hut having suppressed tho thieving, tho farmers learned tho value of organization ; they then formed Alliances with social fea tures and for thc purpose of elevat ing their condition. Thc Alliance gradually grew in power as an or ganization by adding ono feature after another, until to-day it stands ns tho champion of tho farmers' mental, moral, social and financial improvement. Tell mc we do not need organiza tion I Thc farmers do need organi zation. As a unit tho farmers are strong. Organization brings us closer together and unites us in ono common causo ns a grand and vast brotherhood. Hy organization and effort we can reach that point that the Southern cotton planter can sell his cotton at his own time and price. Why, by organizing, tho farmers in Georgia have reduced thc amount of mortgages this year twenty per cont. Do you ask me how will you mo rally improve by the Alliance? Sup pose some man robs a widow because ho can do so under the technion! forms of law. No one says any thing and tho rascal goes un ficourged. Now, here, when tho roughly organized, you bring him to account. Ho is made to defend himself by tho principles of equity and justice, and unless he can thus sustain his cause, he is expelled and published. So you see nono but the wicked and wrong doer can bo hurt by the organization. It is meant to suppress the wrong and promote tho right. But yen n?k, is not the organiza tion wrong? No: organization never does a wrong when organized for the purpose of benefiting humanity. Our motto is: "K.qual rights to all, speoinl favors to nono." Without T H K M S : Published ovory Thursday morning. For subscription, fcl.fi? pur annum, strictly in advaneo; for six months, 75 cont?; for four months, 50 cents. ^.('ivcvt?rt?mosit.s iusoi tod m. ono dollar por Htpturo of ono indi or loss for tho first insertion nnd llfty couts for ouch sub sequent insertion. Obituary Notices exceeding live lines, Tributes of Hespeot, Communications of a pomonal character, when admissable, end Announcomcuhs of Candidatos will bo charged for as advertisements. Job Printing neatly and cheaply OXOOll tod. Necessity com pels nu to adhere Strictly to tho requirements of Cash Payments. TEACHERS' COLUMN. -o (I^* Ali communications intended for this column should be addressed to S. P. Stribliutr, School Commis sioner, Walhalla, S. C. Wily should teachers examine their pupils? Beoauso it is necessary to test tile capacity of the pupils, and it is just to;tho pupils, thc teacher and thc patrons. If children were mero re ceptacles of various sizes, capable of growth and contraction, teachers would examine them occasionally lo find out how. much each would bold, and then compare his several ca pacities with previous tests. This would bc a very simule operation and exceedingly satisfactory. Teach ers should examine for the same purpose. Examinations often stimu lates tlic indolent, careless pupil by contrasting his standpoint with thal of Ids fellow student, who has been diligent in prosecuting his studies. Tins composition, exhibits hisdefcets in sud) unmistakable terms that ho is lcd to relied upon the amount of attention and study btv has bestowed upon his duties, both moral and in tellectual. There arc some people whom nothing can reach but a syllogism. How will the following series do? If they aro not made to stand, what better fun. than to knock them all doty ll like a row of bricks? I. Thc schools arc maintained for tho promotion of the best interest of tim State. Tho best interest ol' the State chiclly consists in honesty, intelligence and industry in its citi zens. Ergo: Thc schools arc main tained chiefly for thc promotion of honesty, intelligence and industry. '2. Thc schools are chiefly for tho promotion of honesty, intelligence and industry. Honesty, intelligence and industry aro internal growths, not external applications. Ergo: The schools are childly for thc pro motion of three forms of internal growth. 3, The schools arc childly for tho promotion of three forms of inter nal growth. All stich growth con sists in development. Ergo: Thc work of thc schools is chiclly a work of development. 4. Thc work of tho schools is chiclly a work of development. All works of development depend chief ly upon thc vigor and direction of their first stages. Ergo: The chief work of the schools depends ch ie Hy upon thc vigor and direction of its ti rsl stages. f). Thc chief work of the schools depends childly on the vigor and di rection of its lirst stages. The first stages of school work are conducted by primary teachers. Ergo: Thc chief work of the schools depends chiclly on that part which is demo by primary teachers. (5. Primary teachers do that part of a work of development upon which thc whole chiclly depends. In all works of development the part upon which tin; whole chiclly de pends requires tho greatest skill and carries thc heaviest responsibility. Ergo: Thc work of primary teach ers requires the greatest, skill and carries tho heaviest responsibility. 7. Primary teachers ?lo thc work which requires the greatest skill and carries tho heaviest, responsibility. Those who do such work should re ceive thc highest salaries, Ergo: Primary teachers should receive the highest salaries. 8. Primary teachers should re ceives tho highest salaries. Primary teachers do not receive tho highest salaries. Kryo: Some!bing's wrong. -Aristotle, Hoinco Was a True Hero. A largo crowd of people attracted my attention at G o'clock this even ing on Main street. On going clo ser I noticed that a number of men and women were surrounding a dog, which each and every one of tho crowd was anxious to lavish with at tention and endearing terms more appropriately bestowed upon a fa vorite child than upon an animal. "Conni herc, Konioe, my noble obi dog!" said one woman. "Give ino a kiss: there is a dear." "Ah, Romeo," said another, "it was a pity Johnstown bad not more such noble creatures as you are, and there would not be so many people dead here now." Thc ?log, a beautiful waler span iel, whoso fur was clipped so as to give liim thc appearance of il minia ture lion, stood as quiet and digni fied among thc people as if he un derstood each word addressed to him, taking J.he evidence of appro organization tho formers aro not folt, either in commorco, polities or in tho groat transportation linos of soulless corporations. Thoy oharge just what freights thoy please and tho poor farmer pays them. It is all non?onso to talk about the merohant paying tho freights. He may do so in bulk and direotly, but tho farmer pays thom all baok to him indirectly, for thoy aro estimated in th?? cost of tho goods. Tho producer and consumer have to foot the bill. Thoy pay the costs and profits, too. Organizo and in your Stato Alli ance you can regulate these things. Say boldly what reformation you Y/rmi, and tK&ft volo for ?ho mon who will ennot tho laws you need. Ono farmer trying to fight those trusts, combines and corporations is like tho gnat on tho bull's horn in .?Esop's Fables. Tho gnat was about to fly and warned tho bull of his flight, who replied: "You fool, 1 didn't know you was thoro." But I toll you a million gnats would havo made him hustle. Just so a million farmers can organize and make these bulls bellow. Wo have got the majority of votes. We aro tho great consumers os woll as the producers. Wo food and clotho the world, and ought to rulo it. We aro tho foundation of all government and sooioty. Tho wholo superstructure would crumble and fall to ruin without us. Let tho Angol of Death pass throughout tho land this night and breathe in the farmers' face; some one would have to rise and tako his place. Yes, but some will say you are running into politics, and you must not do that. Who ? Nobe but those who aro eating the rich political chicken pie. I would havo you study politics. I do not mean low and dirty politics-I despise that. I do not mean paying a man's taxos to get his vote, nor buying it with whiskey, but I mean tho policies of our government. I deem it im portant that you. should study politi cal economy. Study men and mea sures, so that you can act independ ently and vote intelligently. Look at tho laws of Congress They aro all in favor of tho million aires and against the farmer. So< how they foster fat corporations, trusts and combines, all at thc expenso of tho farmer. By tho rough organization alone can these things be remedied. Tho farmers pay eighty per con) of the taxes of tho governmont, ami desorvc Borne consideration. Let m organizo and demand our rights Wc cnn do it. It is incumbent on us to help each other and do oui wholo duty. No ono will help iii if we do not help ourselves. I do not believe in class feeling Men of sense should never bo go verned by prejudice. Vote for thc best men, it matters not where yoi find them, whether on thc farm 01 among tho professions. Do not vote against n man because ho is a lawyei or a doctor. Let your vote be go vorned by your reason ami judg ment. I take the rules of Jefferson I ask, first, is he honest? Second is ho intelligent? Third, lins ho tin courage to do his duty? One-half o the Georgia Legislature aro to-day 01 n hot gridiron. Tho capitalists art pulling them ono way, and if tho; yield, they are afraid they won't ge tho farmers' votes next fall. In ? word, I would define tho man yoi should send to tho Legislature an? to Congress-the gentleman. Am if you have no gentlemen loft ii this community you aro in a bad fix Tf you elect gentlemen to office, i you send gentlemen to tho Logisla turo and to Congress, you stand ii no danger of being robbed or mis represented. I can always trust tin honest, intelligent, courageous gentle man, wherever I find him. Tho farmers aro hopeless and help less without organization. It take the power of organization to accom plish the good at which wo aim. I can't be done without it. You moe together in tho sub-Alliances. Yoi there sit down and counsol with ead other. There your mental faoultie have their best means of growth am development. livery man is a homo and is free to urge his own pe euliar viows. There you look olose ly and intelligently after your owi business. Thc hurt of any om member is there the hurt of all. , Kvory bad debt your ncighbo makes, even without the organiza tion, you pay for it just tho same ai if you pay t'nc debt of a defaulting member. Tho merchant ch argot profit to cover tho loss and his goo< customers pay it. 1 say you paj your neighbor's bad debts anyhow . ' ' ' i . / .. ? . .-: ? ''A ? therefore organize mid stop tho mer chant's giving credit. In tho Alli ance you know every man ; you know what he needs and what ho is worth. Let him have through your, exohnngo jiiBt what ho can live on. Troat all alike, rion and poor, learned and ignorant. "Equal rights to all, special favors to nono," In Texas the sub-Allianoe appoints an exocutive committeo of three men. No note is taken without good security. The notes and so ourities are given to thoBo throo mon jointly. They go to tho bank with theBO notes and securities and on them draw tho money to run the Alliance miring the year. Tho moll oy is paid out to the members month ly.. Thus tho poorest farmer gots his money at a reasonable rato of in terest ns well as the richest, and ho can buy just as much with his dollar as his woalthy neighbor. Ho pays no ruinous timo priccB. You seo wo aro working to get out of debt ; working to got tho world by tho tail and a down hill pull. Wc take an obligation to buy nothing on time and stick to it. "I'll not sell you any goods," said thc merchant, at first to tho commit tee, "and whon fall comes, you'll see, -? -: you'll be busted." But we ain't busted yet. Two years ago we made an Alli ance platform and put our cottou on it in blocks of a thousand halos. The cotton buyers came, and they were glad to come. We got our own class regulation. There was no cut ting of our bales three times by the street buyers. We guarantee every bale to stand tho test of our class regulation. Should a bale be falsely packod the guilty member would bo soarched out and expelled from tho Alliance. And we have our first reclamation on any of this cotton yot to pay. You drive into town now with your cotton; the strcot buyer mounts your wagon and ho cuts up this side and down that, juBt slashing away, never less than three times, until your cotton is well nigh naked. Ile rams his hand away in and out comes a pound or two. This? is re peated the customary three times, and then thc poorest sample is se lected by which tho grado of your cotton is determined. Suppose one of you drive to market with your cotton, the street-buyer comes up, and you say to him, "Sir, you can't cut my cotton." Ho looks at you with a sardonio grin, and says, "You poor fool, you can't help yourself." But I tell yon, if every farmer said tho same, wouldn't he bo tho lono somest cotton buyer you ever saw? Now I am not down on the street buyer ; I am only down on this in fernal custom. Never allow thc street buyer to cut and buy youl cotton. Organize, bulk your cotton, sell it in lots of five hundred or a thousand bales, and you will bc treated with respect. You will gel your own class regulations and bet ter prices. And you will do awaj with so many of these street buyers Perhaps they will go to farming, ano" if they should want to come out ano help us dig, don't you objeot. Thej aro good fellows, and if they du dirt like they can dig into your cot ton bales, they will make the dir fly. The Alliance docs not attempt t< bind a man politically nor religiously I care not whether ho be a Republi can or Democrat, believes tho devi has a forkod tongue or not, just so lu acts with you in all your wants. At this time the farmer pay higher pricos than he should. Tak< our domestics, which sell at foti cents at the factory. The jobbe puts on one cent. The retail mor chant then puts on his profit-tb Lord only knows what, I don't. Yoi may know at the day of judginont not before. The retailor can't koop one price A good man will got a fair price.' I you have a large farm ho is glad t? got your trade, and will give yo\ rock bottom prices ; but if your col laterals consist only of a wifo am fourteen children, ho is not H< anxious for your trade, even whei extravagant prices aro charged. I ho Bells on this security ho is suro t< charge a long profit. Organization will get you out o debt and abolish tho credit system I want to show you credit with hi clothes off-the naked, niiserabl scoundrel that ho is. Before uie rc tail dealer can sell you on a crodit thc factory gets two <md a half po cent; tho jobber fivo per cent; th wholcsalo dealer soven and a hal per cont, making fifteen per con that is added to actual cost ot' th retailer's goods. Organizo and pay tho oash for what you buy. You know what a lemon squoozor is. , Well, tho oash is tho best lomon squoozor I know. Why, it just squoozos ami squeezes tho prico, until it makes tho mor ohant look two or three tithes to soo what it is. Pay your retail merchant the on:?h ; with this ho oan squeeze tho wholesnio dealer, and tho whole sale deal or in turn will squeeze the factory. Always hunt tho bast sales. Tho retailer has no moro credit than tho farmor. I can discount his bills at sovon per cont any day. The wholesaler's bills can bo discounted at live per cont and tho jobber's ot two and a half por cent. Tho Alliance Exohnngc can help you. Suppose you want to order wagons. Give your order to your sub-Alliance Committee, who send tho ordor to the County Alliance Treasurer, who transmits it, together with tho orders for the county, to tho Stato Allianco Treasurer, and ho goes into, tho market and buys di rectly from tho manufacturer. Ho then ships thom out in lots to tho various sub-Alliances. Individual farmers, under this system, can buy their wagons at wholesale prices. In Texas our first order was for 1,000 AV agon s. To tho Exchange these Avagons Avore reduced 4(19. This was done for tho farmer without making Avar on anybody. Wc sim ply Avont into tho market and bought our wagons nt Avholesalo priccB as you oan do to-day. Why can't country folks bo sooi ety? Mako your' OAVU fashions. Why do you Avant to pattern after rich tOAvn and city folks? Thoy make their styles to suit their purge and fastidious tastes, and AVO, fool like, try to adopt them. Ain't an honest man just ns good in duck ns brondoloth? Why should youl brnAvny, strong, broad-shouldered country youth envy tho spider-legged dude of the tOAvn and oity, whet parts his hair in the middle, because if he tried to part it on the sido lu is afraid ho Avould miss his head' Ain't this dude a miserable ' speci men of humanity?. Therefore have your country fashion, just ai toAvn-folks havo thoir fashion. Yoi can have this in and through you organization. Lot your own man hooel and the virtuo and beauty o your .women bo your happiness Why do your Avomen Avant to put OJ this modorn contrivance by Avhiol they reform themselves? I think i is ugly. I bclievo a Avoman, just ai God made her, is tho most bcautifu thing on this green oarth. And AVII; do they Avant to spoil their beauty? By your organ:zation you can gc the worth of your labor. I bclicvi that "tho laborer is Avorthy of hi hire." Tho success of tho Alliance i I the harbinger of bettor days. W Avant freedom from the elominioi and oppression of capital. Wi want the value of our labor. If th farmer was paid for his labor in prc portion to professional men, cotto would be fifty cents per pound; if i proportion to skilled labor, tAvont cents. This Avould cnablo tho hire laborer on your farms to be paid $2 per month. Ile ought to have i We Avould have bettor times. 1 Avould put more money in circuh tion. Tho total currency in circuh tion in tho United States to-day only $7.50 per capita. Wo noe more money in circulation. It too hard to get. Tho Southe! farmer raises ninety per cont of tl cotton in thc Avorld. Ile Avants a fa prico for /tis labor anti produce an he Avili not rest until ho gets it. We must stop mortgaging oi farms, especially to these foroig capitalists and monied corporation Wc must fight the accumulation Avcalth in the hands of the foAv. Th centralization of Avealth in our day menacing the Avolfare and porpetuii of the government. Home, tho om proud mistress of the Avorld, AVIH all of her wealth Avas owned ai controlled by fifteen hundred me soon crumblcel and fell. So d classic Greece, when five bundie mon stood as the representatives her riches. We aro following their footsteps ns fast ns timo ci carry us, and Avhen our capital concentrated in the hands of a fe rovolution will follow. The ann chists and socialists aro incrensii beenuse of our condition. The fight lins just commenced South Cnrolinn. But the fnrmer li tho power, Avhich if useel aright, wi assure his victory. Tho truth i thc farmer lives in tho kitchen, ai tho white folks in the parlor cann eat unless he hands it out to tho I nm glad to see you aro organizi in.your county and Stato. Stand right up to what your State and National Alliances say, and you've got thom. The jute fight has just commenced. I earnestly denounce tho jute trust. It is organ ?zeil for tho purpose of extortion. Tho "trust" has no in terest whioh is not inimical to tho interest of tho farmer. We ask in this matter nothing but justico and fair dealing. As wo do not got that, it is our highest duty to fight tho trust. Evory farmer should uso cot ton bagging. Lot' us join Georgia in her resolvo to two nothing but ?ottdn b?.gg:r.g. Tho Georgia mer chants are ordering cotton bagging for tho farmers. I boliovo in forming a boycot on tho jute bag ging, because thoy have formed one on us first. just now thoro is a shortage in tho cotton supply. Tho manufac turers are needing cotton, and lot us koop thom needing it. You hoar tho cry, sell your cotton; tho price will soon go down. It is all a lie.. It is a ruse to swindle tho farmer out of his cotton. Do you just hold your cotton until you got 12^ cents per pound. Organize and hold it. You will got your own price just ns sure as you do so. Stand right up to thc order of your National Alli ance and wo will win. Tho farmers arc becoming organ ized, and tho Farmers' Alliance is becoming the most powerful organi zation in the world. We aro seek ing through it to mould public, opin ion, to create and to unify publio sentiment. It is founded on princi ples which aro eternal truths. It seoks to do equal and exact justico to all. Only tho wiokod and wrong doer ore hurt by it. And should tho Alliance, as an order, fail and fall, yot tho truths on which it is founded will live on forever. The people need education, and I know of no bettor educator than tho press. Newspapers create and mould public opinion and aro the great power in tho land. If your county paper treats you fair, it do serves your support. You cannot ask that it champion your causo ex clusively, because it draws its support largely from merchants and other avocations. You can ask fair treatment, however, and if this you get, i* deserves your support. Take first1 our county paper. Support it, if it is fair "and supports you or your cairo. Then take your State organ, thc Colton Plant. Thc address was frequently ap plauded during its delivery. At the conclusion thoro was a brief inter mission, after which tho County Al liance mot in secret session and was addressed by Col. Terrell. TEACHERS' COLUMN. -o-> (??gf AU communications intended for this column should bo addressed to S. P. Stribling, School Commis sioner, Walhalla, S. C. Mrs. Lam a Dodd has been teach ing in tho public sohools f?r many years, and in tho same community for several consecutive years. Wo found her at tho head of her little family of boys and girls, about twen ty in number, discoursing to them the rudiments of spelling, reading, writ ing, arithmetic, grammar and geogra phy, in such a/ way that thoy will carry somo of her instructions to their graves. These instructions will, no doubt, lay tho foundation for many lives of usefulness. Mrs. Posa A. Schroder's school was our noxt stopping place. Here we found hor earnestly laboring with thc children of thc Wolf Stako school. She was attempting to make tho exchango of thc old hooks for the now. She informed us that the people were rather roluotant in giv ing up tho old "Blue Back." . Next wo find Mr. Robt. L. Boggs in the midst of a few pupils, work ing assiduously in teaching tho key tv tho spoiling book, rending and arithmetic. Too many toaohors rfro satisfied in teaching thc above named branches and nothing olso. Tho law requires that "orthography, reading, writing, arithmotic, geogra phy, English grammar, history of tho United Statos and of this Stato, the principles of tho Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State, morals and good be havior," shall bo taught in tho com mon schools. Teachers, impress upon your patrons tho importance of studying theso branches. The law requires it. S. P. STMIIMKO. Subscribo for tho COUUIKH, A Talk With Hampton. ?WASHINGTON. August 21.- Sena- ' tor Hampton, who is hore for a fow days, has vory dcoidod views on tho political situation in tho South and ho never hesitates to cxpross thom in a straightforward, interesting mmmer at tho propor timo. No man, perhaps, is better qualified than the Senator from South Carolina to speak for the South. Ho soid to a ropresontativo of tho /Star to-day: "I do not think that Mr. Harri son's policy is as yet sufficiently do fin id for one to form a definite opin ion about ifr Tho Ropr.t?ic.v.?G Lave always made an effort to broak into the South, and I have no doubt that at this time they are especially earn est. At present thoy are directing their attention ohiofiy to Virginia, whero they will cortainly bo snowed under. They havo no ohnnco bf oarrying Virginia this fall, nor can they hope for bettor succoss in any othor of tho Southon. StatcH. "Thoy are trying to win by intro ducing tho economic question in tho South, but as long as tho matter of looal solf-govornmont demands our attention our people cannot be divi ded on tine issue. Whothor a man is a Protectionist or a Tariff Re former, tho safety or welfare of his homo is paramount, tn the tariff." "Do you think," was asked, "that there is a growing protective senti ment in tho South ?" "No," tho Senator roplied, "I think tho tondonoy is moro likely to bo tho othor way, especially in tho mining and manufacturing districts. The interests of tho States of Vir ginia, Tennessee and Alabama par ticularly are all advanced by low du ties. They can produce iron and ooal much cheaper than they cnn be produced in the East. Tho protec tion only assists tho Eastern manu facturers to kee]) up this rivalry. Without tho protection tho rivalry wovdd bo greatly lessened. The less protection tho moro capital will go to develop the industries .of tho South. Seeing this I do not think our people will bo lod off by this question. Tho efforts of the Repub licans will bo in Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and perhaps Aln bnma. I do not think they will meet with success in any of theso States. Tho exodus of negroes from North Carolina, if it keeps up, will hurt thom thore, but they could not carry the State anyhow. Mr. Har rison's appointments in tho South have boen of acharnetorto strength en us in tho resistcneo of any at tempts made upon tho Southern States. I know it has boen so in South Carolina and I presumo it is tho samo olsowhere." "Would any injury result to tho South from an extonsivo exodus?" "An inconvenience, but no injury. Wo woidd gladly see the colored people move elsewhere, and wo would bo willing to suffer any re duction of representation that might result from their departure. It would deprive us of much of our labor and make it a little harder for the present generation, but it would bo tho salvation of tho future. I do not wish any harm to thc negroes, but I would gladly sacrifico what* ovor votes wo get in thc Electoral College or in Congress by reason of them if they would go off to them selves or settlo in New England. I would gladly vote to appropriate ?50,000,000 for the purchase of Cuba or some othor place for them to sot tie in." "What do you think tho Repub licans will do with the 'Southern question' in Congress this wintor?" "They can do nothing, constitu tionally. I think they will attempt to provide for Federal supervisors, and placo tho elections under Fede ral control. This would bo uncon stitutional and vicious. I do not think they can succeed in this, and I do not seo that thore is anything else that they 'can do. There aro Republican Senators who would op poso any measures oppressive to tho South. Those who havo investments thore would oppose suoh a policy." Senator Hampton expressed tho opinion that there would bo no ox tra session of Congress. One reason that ho thought sufficient to dotor tho President from calling an ox tra session was found in the olections to be hold in November, which would necessarily take some members from their seats. Thoy could hot do any thing if any of theso members woro absout. Tho death of Mr. Laird, ho thought, would tend to provont a call.. Spoaking of tho Democratic poh oy, ho said that thoy would stand together on tho defensive, and ho J^^!^^*.'^*"'^"^'.'.''''' "JV*'" KEOWEF/CO?RI?R, Old Pickens in i84(), -MOV1?1) IO- y - Walhalla in i868. Destroyed by Fire June 21st, 1887. Re-Established August 11 _1887, presumed that in tho House thoy would resist any nl-t-?nspt en thc \>, of Republicans to unsoat Demoor mordy to sont Republionns strengthen thoir majority. Rews Items. Tho Domocratsbf Virginia in t platform call for tho ropoal of tho revenue tax ou tobacco and brandi made from fruits. Mr. "YV. A. Ii. Nowsom, near W liston, has gathered off eleven aoros of land 5,722 watermelons, which ho bohl, delivered un tuc cal's, at 7i cents apiooo, realizing him $429.15. Prof. Whitney says that from the summit of Mt. Hamilton, in Califor nia, moro of tho onrth's surfaoe can bo soon than from any other spot on the globe, though it is only 4,500 foot high. Tho Fnrmors' Alllanco of Ander son County havo given thoir order! for ono hundred thousand yards' of cotton bagging, to bo shippod dur- . ing tho inonths of September, Oo tobor and November. Gen. Wm. Mahono and Col. Croup hell C. Slomp have been nominated respectively for Governor and Lieu Unant Governor of Virginia by tho:;.^ Republican Convention in seHsion liist week at Norfolk. ; Tho Piedmont Exposition at At lanta, Ga., will open on October 7th and close on November 2d. It is ex pected that thrco hundred thousand strangers will visit Atlanta during tho thirty days tho Exposition will bo opon. The Jows in Now York City havo forty-nine synagogues, and consti tute a larger population than in Je rusalem itsol f, numbering nearly 00,000. Although comprising ton, por cent, of the population, they con tribute less ihm ono per cent, to tho criminal ol asses. Tho liquor license in Rome, Ga., has been raisod to $1,000, and already ton havo boon taken out. No minor cnn ontor a soloon without written consent of parent or guardian. If tho minor enters tho. saloon without permission the penalty is-a fino of five dollars or work five days on tho streets. United States Attornoy Carey has |J>con instructed by tho Department of Justice at Washington to assume?, on behalf of tho United States Gov ernment, thc defonso of Doputy Marshal David Nagle, who shot and killed Judgo Torry ns thc lattor was committing an assault upon Justico Stophon J. Ficd, of the United Statos Supremo Court. In a lecture at New York a young convert from Brahmanism, Mr. Vis hnu, gave tho number of Christians now in India, including Portcstants and Catholics, ns about 3,000,000, and said that ii tho incroaso in tho number of conversions should con tinuo as in tho last ton years, tho wholo of India, with its population of over 250,000,000, would bo Chris tianized within a century. Thc Contrai Presbyterian Churoh, Atlanta, Ga., recently decidod to raise tho pastor's salary from $8,000 $4,000 a year. Dr. Stricklcr, who had just returned from his summer vacation, has astonished thc congre gation by saying that he felt com pelled to decline tho proposed in crease. Ho know tho condition of tho church, ho said, and folt that its money could bo used to better ad vantage in somo other dircotion. Dr. Strioklor is a nativo of Lynch burg, Va., a distinguished graduate of Washington and Leo University, and one of tho loading ministers of thc Southorn Presbyterian Churoh. A Great Hov!val. [Baptist Courier.] WHSTMINHTKR, AugUSt 23.-Wo havo just closed a two wooka* sories of meetings, resulting in twonty-fivo baptisms and other accessions. Revs. S. Y. Jameson, J. T. Smith, G. ll. Cnrtor and tho writer did tho preach ing, Rev. S. Y. Jameson doing the most. Great care was taken to avoid getting tho unregenerate into tho church. Thoro wore a numbor of remarkably h.'ght conversions. Thirty-oight havo boon bapti/.od into the fellowship of Westminster church this y oar. Praise tho Lord. H. TuitNKit SMITH Tho New Discovery. Von havo hoard your friends and neighbors talking About lt. You may yourself ho ono ol' tho many who know from personal oxporl mee ;.. a how good a thing it is. If you have ovor tried lt, you aro onoof lt? staunch frionas, bo canfcc tho wonderful thing about il i*, that win n onco given a trial, S)r. King's Now IMscovory over after hold? a placo in tho house. If you havo nover nacl it ard should bo afflicted with a cough, cold or any throat, lung or chest trouble, secure a bottlo at onco and give lt a fair trial. It ls guaranteed ovory timo, or money refunded. Trlalbot tics freo at Norman Drv ?toro.