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/ / L *X H VOL X-. _ _ PICKENS, S. ., THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1890. NO. 29. II1 tN IA 4. L. F. LIVINOSTON TAKES THE STUMP IN GEORGIA. tub-Treasu y Plan-ZVhiNkey Meu Have the Favor of (lovernmncrt-WhLy Not Farmiers? the Alilanco in I'olitlis. At a recent mass-meeting of farm CrH at Liaw1'enlceville, GIa., Hon. L. F. Livingston, Presh.1:-)It of the Georgia State Alliance, delivered a speech in wlicl he indulged in some very plain talk. The following report of his re marks in going the rounds of the PLpers: , He *nid there are still in the ninds of lanly grave doubts as to the orig m1al desigln and ultimate result of the Alliance orgatnization. The two years ii which it had been iii existence should havo been suficient time for all to hthe inquired into these things and I arned for thenselves. But he regretted to say that they had not don ? so. I amn coIstralined to conl ('lu(e that this is due to two causes; iirst, a fear or apprehension that the organizLtIo11 will bring to the pro duciig classes beIIefits at their loss. Second, an eltire misconception of tue inltenlt and operation of the Alliance. The )11poses of the order are still muisunderstood anot m11iHconlstrued. No greater innovation in political CO11OUy had been iade since the day of Adamn Smith, than have been introduced by the Farmers' Alliance. It has wrought a revolution in1 that science. Necessity has been called the mother of invention, and these new ideas i11 political economy had grown1 out of the Iecessities o' the times. rThis is not at pOliticl orgallizatioln. It hats 1been1 said tliat it ias coneived il tih' political ring and brought forth amnlid I 1io)litical councils, anld itsi de sign i': to capture atll the nolitical otlices. ft has even been said that we are bande(l together against law yer(1' and lmerch1nts. This is all un tru!. lie could show, if any doubted, that the order has nobler aims. The necessity for the Alliance is to be found in the IM1PO'EiMIIED CONDITION OF I'AItMERS. Not in Georgia only, but in the entire country. If you take a dozen farmners inl any cOtautty of Georgia tn1d COm1 1)iLr' th('ir cOnlditionI with that of a dlozenl ariwers iln Ohio or Illinois, YOU ] will liutl that, it is about the samue. The lOzenI Georgia farmers will be no worse oil, perhal)s Ilot o had oil', as the Nortlhern or Western farmers. I Georgia faims are'( not mortgaged 1s heavily :as the farms in Ohio or Illi nois. Everywhere the farmers are imln poverishu'd. It is not a local trouble, though the press has for twenty yearas 11'e the miIstake of supposing I so. It, caU not 1e so Imuitch the fault of aI tprotective tarifl, or the revenue sys temu of our goverlnment as just those indllustries receiving the largest ( amlllotunt of proteetiol. Tihus the far muers a1 0 Im0ore deeply ini debt and less enable to p1'otect thelmselves trot m11ortgages and their fore ('1Os111'('. W'le ha.ve been9 told that the farmuers of the South were too lazy to succeed. And 1now we are tol(d that we need i diversilied farming. Ohio ha11rvests tw('nty-sevenl erops and is 11o better off' thanu we. .If youl are to 10se money10 b.y farmi mug, as8 youi have doue11, thle fewer eropsx tile be(t.ter. Better' lose onily 01n one than 01n twenlty-Meven. [Laulghter.]1 l"ARIMERsM "MAKE' No PRlICEM. The far,1mer' ma2kes 110 prices. TUhere I isnl't Ia farmer' in this 11011e tha:t iln 1 fifteen year1s 1121 ever br1oulght blutter', ( eggs or' cotton to Ihawrenlceyle and1 1 got the pri'ce he0 as8ked. He0 muslt sayV to the m1erchan11t. "'how 1much1 will you1 r "'how .mutch will you1 taike for your i en2lico? Thle mercVhan11t buy1 at the t prlice oIf anlothler' awl( sells att his ownj price'(. [Appilause.]1 No imerchtant or lalwyer' w~ouIIld carrly (on bus1iness8 21s youi farnuiers have~' beeni obliged to carr'iy it oni. Thef tradL(ers anud speculators have allowed' u1s t.o keep body aund 80u1 together, 2i1 that's all1, bult we shiould be0 thlank ful1 that they~ halve nlot hreated u1s i worse, as they had1( the power to do. f (Applause.] (cAUsEI OF T1IJ1s P'OvERTY'. What 1has caused tisi poverty? Not Mso much01 the want of ind(ustr'y] (o1 the( parit (of 0our poplle. TIhe v'ery lar1ge inlcreas1e inl thle produlcts from the oil niiualy, ith a decrease ill the 21111be01 (in tile Souith) enIgaged1 in agricultur'e, set, t.iis cl1a'ge to one Not so) mu ch the want (If a1 diversi fied agiculturle, a1s the statisticslio0w for jusxt wvhere'( diversity m1ost olbtainsM anud e'xt.L'nsively inivolved1. Not so1 1much1 tile wanIt of economy, as8 ally observing 121an1 (can1 se. Gin' h)eoll are' not (extralvaganlt inl dressM, diet, tools5, anud imlplemnentsx. Very few have means to indulge ini the lux ies0, or' alttemtpt to do so. -1 Not 21o 11muc1h o accounit (If the caingt2 0or busMiness ini which wve ar1et en2gage~d, for if any one fact 1be clearly j esMtabilislied it i8 ti,lt, agicti.ue anld its kindred('( inldutrties are the ba2sis (If1 wvealth and( pr'osperlity ill tis coun1tr'y, 1a1n( fr'om this fact, wVish to maiike thlis statemient, thaIt unhllampered, with 21 fain'd11( equa11 chantlce at the marikets I of the counItr'y, with a curr'iency thaIt. wouldI (qully aLcomIodate, and1( facili tate the exchange (of olur produlcts for those we p .tebse ithout ta ae ful dliscrimlinlationt inl transp51ortation l in favor of large c'ities and againsMt Hsmall towns, and10 Heveral1 sectionsi, tile farmers of Georgia wvoukl in two deC (lndeII he the welthiest class8 inl tl i State. 1 TIle finan.cial policy of tIhe govern- t ment, thle MystemI established by Ik national legislation, is chiefly at fault. In 1860 the farmers owned seventy per cent. of the property in Georgia, and the farmers of the United States owned 68 per cent. of the entire prop erty of the country. Today only 28 per cent. of the peo ple own homes, and in Georgia only 24 per cent. of the property is held by farmers. In 1842 Charles Dickens said a tramp in this country would be as strange a sight as a flaming sword at nidday in the heavens. In 1868, not a tramp was to be found in this country. In 1879 there vere 3,000, 000 tramps in the United States. The towns and cities of Georgia have grown at the expense of the country. In ten years the property im towns and cities has increased $60,000,000, while in rural districts it has decreased $50,000,000. The monetary systeni of this coun try is the child of the wal between the States, enacted when the United States were trembling in the face of an advancing and injured foe. The government wasthreatened by theCon fedate forces, with the "rebel yell" distinctly heard from the capitol of the notion. At the instance of Mr. Lincoln after his indignant visit to Wall st:'eet for money, the government began the issue of Greenbacks, (July 1861, and Feb. 1862), "the people's oiiey," ion-interest bearing. To circumvent this currency, that left gold (the money of kings and autocrats) in the hands of those that hadhoarded it for the purpose of forcing from the peo ple and the government, their own rates of interest and prices for the aecessities of war. The money kings f that day, (1863,) induced Congress to enact the national banking system. Under this system they were after wards enabled to force Congress to mn Act, '(1866,) the contraction law. 'The strength crediting Act." "The L'eflundinlg Act." "The (emlonetiza ion of silver and the resumption Act" dl of which were in their interest and Lgainst the people. Thus the gov w'nment, as a war measure, when they ouhl not call their souls their own, vere thrown into the hands of their 'elentless and avaricious, mont+y :ings, and there both government and )eOple remain to-day. TIlE EVILS OF "CONTRACTION." In 1866 the Congress passed the amious contraction Act. It was not igidly enforced, however, until 1868. [I 1866 the total circulation was 1,673,379,753, amounting to $52 per apita. Inl ten years the circulation 'ell to $466,549,097, and the money in irculLtiol was reduced to $5.45 'per apita. In eleven years there was lost by 'contractoin" of the currency a total f $10,149,687,415, shared by the )eo)le as follows: Lost by busimess men, $1,304,751, 17. Lost 1 y farmers, $3,044,936,267. Lost by laboring classes, $4,800, 600,000. How IT nUmt'r TIIE l'A1IMEI. In 1868, a certain farmer in Gtor ;iL camne to town with a 500 poid )ale of cotton lie and his wit had 'aised. He sold it for 30 cents a )ountd, get tog $15) for the hale. IHe )aid his ilxes $40; bought- IL cooking s tove, $35; a suit of clotlhes, 15; a tress for his wife $5; a barrel of lour for $12; 100 pounds of meiat for U18; and had $30) in clear cash left. In 1877, nine years later, thme same ar'Imer caririedl a 500 pound1( bale to lie samfe miarket and sold it for i42.34. Ho paIidl his taxKes, $40, an.Id mad $2.34 left.~ This so dlemioraliz/ed ini that lhe got (lead dr'unik and1( deadL( >roke. The price fer his cotton lhad( ontracted1, b)ut taxes and other things aant. [Liaughter.] Thlje iNationall Allianice at St. Louis dlopted the sub-treasury p)lani as the [inanciail remedy for the( " Poudlora >OX," andi the evils that flow from it, hat so burdens the produchinig anid uboring classes of this country. \Ve ing this systeim beCfore thme worldl. 0 takle it,Iexamine it, aLdopt it, or give .s someiniig better, this w'e wvill rarce y'ou to (do, onie 01' thme othier. tidicule will niot (1o, ther'ie is too. mclh involved; ourI peop)le arie t.oh mclh ini earniest to be0 initimiidaLted by his child's p)lay miethlod of mueeting~ ENc'OURIA(olNo TR'1UsTs. This plani has been ridiculled by t he jolumbu)us paper, which calls it "Mm.1 livingston's planI," and( saLys it is not1 asecd on goodl l)isiness sense(. ft is 0t my p)lan. That paLper does5 mei 00 miuceh honor. I was one( of' the omumittee of live that formulated the >lani at St. .Louis at the mieetinig of he NaLtional Alliance. I want to say hat so honorable aL manI ILs Zeb) Vance ILK initi'oduced this plan0 in a bill be' L)ie C~ongrer,s. Our lanI is this: We (10 not ask aL chiange inl the gov . rmment planm. It is niot a revolmution,. 1 Ve merciely want the pIln enlairged. I 'hey allow me1( to dleposit bonds1 asLK vidlence of indelbtednmess, anld draw y 0 per centi. of thjeir' facLe vaIlue(, anid ank oni these bonds. Thme govern menit paLys the hiolder' iiitere'st, On , biese 1bond(s, anld taxes the people to et mioniey to pay this initer'est. And I lie goverlInment, 1besid es taLxing the eole, dliscriniinat.'s against thieni I *y not allowing thme b)anks to Ilan / ioniey oni real e'state, while it allows hie merchant to get ximney on his ierchandlise. WVhiskey meni enn put green whliskey bonmded1 warechouses, valued aLt one ollai' per gallon. Thie muoment it consider'ed worth $3 Ia gallon, be ~ ause it is wvorth moi'e as it ages, and(1 bey get $3 on their whiskey. WHYV NOT THlE FARIMERI? Why not give the farmeris the benie t of b)onding their cotton and1( other r'oduice? Why should he not hav ili mle Hmime favom' as is shiown thme whmis J ey man and the bankr? t The sub-treasury plan would re (luire the building up of warehouses in every county. This would cost $50,000,000. Some will say that big 1Um will kill the plan. If it was $50,000,000 for pensions, or rivers and harbors, it wouldnl't be too much, but it is too much to give the farmers of the United States! You c11 get the $50,000,000 out of the $100,000,000 surplus left to re dcem the treasury n1otes which Con gress has d(elared lare not to be re deemed, an1d these m11illions are ly,:; idle in the vaults. There are $25, 000,000 in fractional enrreney, which the bankers won't hlule, because it 18 too sma1tll. Give us the fragmnen1 tary an(d ragged Currelley. (Ap plause.] When the ('r01) are har vested you could take them to these warehouses and store them, pay the acttual ex pense of storage, insurauce, etc. The agent would then issue 80 per cent. advalce upon the value of the pro (duce, anid still leave 20 per cenrt. for future use. 'Te 1inoJten t your cotton gOS into the waretouse it, is imlpossible for the peculato rs to get hld)(1 of it. ''his wvouldl k(ep prices Sniore t<qually steady. It would 1)e litbre for twelve lmlontths, 111(1 within that tiue the ina m('r would he brougtt face to face with the conllsumelr, aId it, would keep hini out of the hands of the specula tors. It would lat once put 111 ('11(1 to cornlers, (01111)ilttionts :mUd trusts. [Cheers.] We have b1een asked. what if we don't, sell in twelve months? Th'lent the tgent would sell and cl settle with US. 'ris e 0rrency pitt: ill cirCulat.ion would iuake about 50 per clpita anid put us back to the good tilmes in 18(8. The crops are stored ill I lw' Ware Ihouse, the agent issues ae't licates. \Whenl they ar'e sohl out t he certiti ("ates ar)e bulrned. 'tis wvouldl ma)k' the cutrrency flexib)le. giving US nlnley with which to 1n111(1e each crop :and retiring sonie when nlot, needed. TROUBLE AT TRYON. natu Cihu!liinaan linvade Nortla I:UrolInt it nil It iCtl,e t Ne"gro Ii'' II (luto041. Tryon1 city, on the Asheville & Sparttuburg roLd just over the line in North Carolina, was the scee of! a riot last Sunda1y. The trouble is said1 to lutve st.ar"t,ed with the arrest imnd imtipriionnenlt iln the town lock up oil Saturbiy (veling, of HIollan(d Durha1in, a notorious negro aid re p)uted desi)erate chtracter. Durham was locke(1 up fordisorderly conduct. On Sunday at 1)lty, friends of the imuprisoned nlegro from Green vilie county, enttered Tryon with the an1 atounced determination to rescue D)urhian. r11ey vere fully armed and ,mc(eeded in t heir purIi)Ose, b)earing lie prisoner ol' in triunph after bat ('rmg down tie gnud house. There v1"ere 11111e or 1(11 mt1ent inl the rescuing >arty amid ther11' nlamet('s are giveln as ollows: Williamist )urhlan, W'arrein Durhaun, :Luther Durhali,i Mark [)urhain, Babe )urlamt. Babe Pace, Fimit )utrham. Hugh lcldgers and Jo11 A. (libson. Againstt this force vas o))osied .Jolhn S. Fishier, who tetilg ill the place of the town iar 1hal, B. (1. 1oOe, of this city. and \illian Weaver. 'The thllree 11n01n yere fuly armed, but thley did not) neccoed ini batiig Ite re4sculers. On)i hlei- way out of townt, the ralidfig >ar'ty fired recklesslyV into aL churelh >y tile r'oadSidO. Th'le 1x'o)1le of Try~oni atro highily vr'ought up1 overI the maittr anild are' mlxious to runii the law breakers down f possible0. Reisitioni has1 been1 nade(l for the 11101 and1( as soon asl1 thle )3a)Ors are'( returned active efforts LfIair cnlis aLttentI1ion thel( coniditioni ni witich the toIwn of' Tryon is placedo >y its eoculiar situaitioni nearI the( state.( lne. Criininals and11 lawv brealk 'rs of 1bioth Stalte ('m1ak( holud t.o carry1' >n1 ouitraigeous ('xploits, like the( re's 'le of the neIgro. Dur1llun, inl the cor amilty3 thatl t hey 1have onily to got ovor itfhiceris. 1H11Tollnd i Durl tm, thec ne'gro whio ras5 rescued by the~ whlit'e mn, is ,aid( to be' ai bad( c'haraicter ('halvinig hot two m. and1illt haLving ('scape)'u roml euistod af ilter conv)1 iction 1of' igh ll(eged leaderle of' the( rescuer('ls, wh'lo ives inl the( uppe lpart11 oft this counity, S said ito have ki illed two men1 alrea'idy, m11 ill irklens am1l( one10 in (Greenlleh' -Gr'eenille11o News. "Tite' O)td Norti tate11.' A spirit1 of enterprI)1ise se'ems1 to b)e .brIod ini Nor th Catrolina. We0 hear inor of the1 ob(l North 5tate ill thle I l('wspaper(ls nlow~ than11 formerly.1v som11 >f the sma1lle(st and1 miost inisiIni tio'onti owns are11' looinlg up and5 (oinllliig e('ogn1 iion by 1)theloir 1)u1sh anild 1)1uck, 11( an1 1 id ustial boom is v'isible veryw'~~hlere. 1The resour11ces of' the hl(y 1are n0w be(inlg utilized inl g li lost prac1(t.inleh way to) her1 aId vance I(1nt. ITh' State paper('1s conitaini 1 Ioe iduist r'ial 1new's tilitln any1 otheor, iad 8001m 14) haLve entere'd inIto a 1 1)m31neat, 1.4 fote 381 very' ' enteri oprise hat1 is startted - 1-n) nm;t ter' where, 11( 1(o 1ke(p Nor'th Cariiolinai well be0' r)re Ithe wold . Thiis is righit. She 1 4 81131.ly ke'epinig ill hine1 wih the 1.1 adustrm.'iil proce('(ssion, 1he mm-1ch11] of I he SouthI ini this era of prUogr'ess- t he< oiotuh sharels ini hier prosper'iity and0. ongratulates he3(r peopleon1 the work hey3 hatve' necolinl )ished. They are a < 'Isy pe0ople antd thel(ir' fturei'o is a nigh t on1e(. TIh3r1 is life in 1110 old( I rT( 1 h Stateo!- -At 13an3ta C onIsti tuition . i Prem'(ier'j Cr~ispi, of italdy, is a1 mii 01nair'e, althou01gh thiirty year's ago 110 I ais ono of the poorest 0)f the~ r'evolu I onarv exiles.. LOUISYILLE DISASTIER. LESS TERRIBLE THAN AT FIRST SUP POSED. Fuller Accounts of the Cyclone--ouly a Iunared Killed. Thle cyclone of last. Thursday was one of the most diestructive in the history of this country. It swept through the States of Tennessee, K('itucky, Illinois and Iildanla. Gi dainage was dOne io property an(1 1naiy li \s were lost. lie great est destructioni oceiiurred in Louis. atille, the first atccollst of which were appalling. The following paragraphs are cullel from the telegraphic ac couiits of the terrible storm. aid give soIne idea of its extent and( destruc. tivenless: Tlie cyclone struck Louisville att 7.30 ). i. It enitered the southeas terni 1)rtion of the city at 18th street and swept a Path live blocks wide diagonally. reaching in a ragged line to 7th street., leveling every buildig in its path. On Market street the Falls City Hall, a four-story building was blown down while several Ma sontic and Knights of Honor lodges were ini session and one huidred men and women were btuied in the ruins. The district laid waste coltnprises an area of the city three miles long and nearly half t mile wide. Outside of clearly-defined liinits the citizens knew only of a heavy rain, aceompaa ntied by a high wind. But sooi camue alarms of fire from difierent stations, and the horrors of the calamity began to dawn on the people. Houses, halls of ailnuseinents, railroad stations, all weit down before the mighty of the air. More than two hun1dred houses were destroyed and many were dam aged. A telegram dated Saturday says: "Up to this writing the total number killed at all places where bodies have been recovered and of the missing and of those whom it is reasonably certain are dead is 80. In addition to these there are above a dezen so badly injured that death may ensue. From 150 to 200 persons are injured to an extent worth noting and probably hard on to 1,000 have very slight bruises or scratches that do not imcolnvenience them." Refer ring to the wreck of the Falls City Hall, the account says: "Ten women, locked in each other's arms, were drawn out of the debris. James Har rison, whose wife had been at a lodge meeting, was foremost in the work, and the first I)erson whom he drow out of the -ruined building was his wife, who dtl-ied 1i rma. -a laid her by the side of others who were dead and continued to work for the living. Inside of the next hour thirty men and women were drawn out dead, but with no wounds on their lbodies, and it is thought that they all miet their death from suffocation. The gas pipes had )een1 broken, which caused the lights to go out, und which saved the ruins from fire 'or IL time, but flooded the debris with vapor almost as deadly as fire night have proved. Ways were pierced into the ruins and the vie tinims were drawln out dead and dying. Dne part of the building was reserved or the dead, but the wounded were .aken into stores and houses on the >l)hosite sidle of the street, where p1hysicnis and1( priests ad<hninistered1 to their souls and bodies." Thle board of trade nmeeting held F"ridaiy 11norn1in g authlorizedl the( state sent that there would b)e no call for tid froin outside. The lowest esti niate'puts the p)rop)erty loss at $1, )O00,000: the highest at $3,000,000, and he least, founded upon01 the facts )resenited, placed at $2,500;O0. There s] abniuost in *. inisuranice. Parklanid, L subuLrb), is swep~1t away. At the UiJon (depot, at, the foot of ith street., aChiesap,eake and( 0 Oho raini was .just starting out lilld withl r)assenigers. Th'le building was pros rated, ernsing down oni the train. Xll th e passen1 gers, however, wvere 'escuied excep)t one niewsb,oy. A dis I i says: ':The 1 water sulpply is ruin ug very low.V Every effort is being. nade to coipilete aL temp)oraLry stand )ipe to b)e linishei(d by Wiednesday. Bef4'ore thait tiine, probiably by to iight, the city w,~ill be auhniost entirely ,vithout waLter. Strong ap)peals arle >(Iig iade tor all to obiserve the trictest econIomIy ini its use, but thiey lo niot seem to lbe effetive. Eniough Vater wvill be reservedl as IL protec i0on aginist lire. TJhie ttal suibscrip onl nIow amioiuits to $48,000. This L.ddled to 822,000) fr<In thIo city inakes $70,000 aLt the dlisposaul of the relief oniuttee. The ruins are still und(er >olice guard. All streets are niow s)eni anduu thei electric cars are run ding. Businmess everywhier(e will be ('5e11inedI to dlay. T.hie tornado struck the towni *f lowliing (Greeni, K(y., an d completely vip)ed it out. Bowling Green has1 a >opulation of abhout 5,0010 inshab itaniits mdi( the loss of life is conijet cue to >e corresiponidingly large. ONLY 03 KIIL:I, IN LoU1lsN I... Lomisvii.r,Ky., Aprill1.- -The total aunber killed h1 ere by the torniado of I'uI(sday nighit is 93. It, is feared hat11 1. RI. UnrLon. of Pittsburg, is lead iln then ruins. So far about I50 adly wounudedl personis have been oundi(. S(everal of these5 who were iurt are at the hospital ini a dying oniditioni. T1he State Legislature thmis after 1001n appropriatedu $30,000 for relief f the suffecrei b th le cyclome. IENDERISON, Ky., April 1.- Thle otal of the kil.Ud ini W1ebsterm ~ounmt.y s 40 and of woiuded 80. - The; Hon. S' -J. 'Rhuidall ~is~nw ble to at tend( to his correspo)ndlence(. .nd hopes sooni to resumie his (duties ni (onges. A BRUTAL MURDER. :uN IentuiN Killed by biN Wil adt ane " I aro Dlun, Viti Vom Mitse Ileenmc- in. Initunled. On Suntlay night, 23rd of Marei, a f inost brutal miurder was comiiitted e near Tradesville iii this county. About H 10 o'clock that night the neighbors of Augustus Henmis heard hini )eggilg ( for mtercy. They would have gone to lIs rescue, but his pleadings soon ceaHed and they Hsupposel lie was only drunk auid ntotling was going H wrong. The following day some oio t of the neighbors in passing the house inquired of Henni4s wife why her husband wt"ats bteggii so for his life t the night before. She protested that she knew nothing of it. and that her husband had left honie early in the llorning for 3rewer Mine. Her ac tion-. aroused the suispiciol of the - party quizzing her 1t01( by Wednes day it was ascertained that Hennis Was not at the Brewer Mine nor was he expected there. This made suspi- f cion of foul play very strong anid somec of the neighbors determied to make search for the body. Boxy Henmis, the wife of the mtlurdered 11an, joined in the search or pretended to. Shortly after noon on Wednesday the body was found by a woiiuml by t the lmnie of Wright. It was lying in a ditch about 300 yards froi the housei and covered over with leaves and trash. The body was taken out and it was discovered that a tnost t foul mlurder had breei coiluitted. Fromt tle waist up was beaten al itost to a jelly; part of the scalp of the head was reinloved, one ear was gone, half the nose was cut oil, the cheek bone was scarred up with ait knife, the throat wias cut and there were at nuber of stabs iii the l)reast and back. A gentleinan who saw the l)ody told us it was the niost horrible sight lie ever saw. On Thursday d ust ice Funlderb)urk sunuioned a jury of inquest. Mean while the wife of HenInis andabt1)riglt mulatto negro maiied 1tachel Cato, - who lived five iiles distant but who was seen in tlalt. nteighl)orhood on Monday lorintg, were charged with the critiei and arrested. At the in- C cluest the woluan broke down under the <lids1ions and related the whole t afTair. By an agreeient with the negro a she was to serve hiin one year if he wouild kill her 1huha51n1d. On Sunday c night (att) went, to Hennis' house, carryintg with hi11n half a gallon of whiskey. -he and Heiis took seve ral drinks when Cato proposed to go. Hennis ilisist,ed on1 his stayiug all night. Cato incducedc Ielis to go out with himi ( and show .himzt the pub lie roal. Henilis went ( and was thero 111)0 1 assaulted tni slain. His body was eoncealed as stated above. Cato claiiis that he huul help in his foul work. That Wmi. (1l)1111, colored, was in waiting on the outsid( anad e that 11tey together despatched Hen ntis. C;lyb)urn fled aft er Iihe iiuest, r aid hats not 1bee1 11rrested. The shcrifl' '1 has several deputies out ii s(arch of I hini an1d if he hluts not. lef't the State a be will likely he overtaken. t Cato lun1 the woman were lodgcd ( int jail at this )lhaee 1'1riday. T i(Wo t, n11]1 is abhout. 1) years of age 11d was I nultrried1 to hIteimnis ablxout, tWo years I ago. The niegro is at iii ult to alu))t 27 e years old. ii Heli thle ntiurdered lnan was1 b. from Ne'w York. He' was a1 paittert and c'amel to t his ('oun1 try' about, 1 three yearx aigo. He' has1 a fa'ther and t brother living ini New York. They 2 have b)een written t.o antd informjed of lis death.- -I aneaster, S. C., Ledger.3 E'x-Pist. ioyle~ A4qulit teil. A special dispateh to thell Balt imore Suni says: "Ex-Pri(est ,J. J. Boyle, of , thle (Churech of the( Slatered Hekarl, 1 Ralei(igh1, F. C., was acq( uit ted Saturi- [] dayt~ night of at tehmrge of assaulting ( Miss Geneva WhitaIker, aged seveni tteen year11s, at imember( of thle'congre gattioni of whiieb Boyle was5 assistanit 1)astor51. This w1 Ias the isect'(ondI rial of a, tihe ('ase. In t his fir1st. one i(Bo(yl(e was fi feid( guilty and1( was soentenced(111 t be1i 1221mged . Hts a111pealled to th Ie Sulwie n. C~ourit of Nort hi Cm olii. inn, ( and 15wash gn'tiie tolhe' Itrial wh ieb iend ed inl a y ve'rdiet of not- guilty. Evidene' was 1s init roduled St.urdayt tsendiig to show 1a 111u1t crIie sir hellp froinu a per'lson ini ( Boyle's 10oom1 ('ould be5 hcat iln the eliurc'sh . liss Alice( ~ )( Upe he tes~ti fled1 1111 tlm she was2 iniI the church whli lle 8l Miss Whlitao 211wats inl Boyl's roon0i2, Ther20 was Ia grea'zt mt1litece ini the cour1t room)11. lIoyile was2 (2ahn2 and2i ('oll1ected andIl employed111 1mu12 ofss his 1itim readinlg nlewspaptIers. Mlessrs5. 21 T. C. Ful ler', (Geor'go H . Sill and i11( it. H. lItI t'le 'r811nt1 t1IheS ('ase1 for the defense', whilie Solicitor Argo ed shotl before1 1101s teni o'cloek, m1121 a1fter 'tl twoVl hlours' dlel ibera1't.ion2 'I'11 reured the voidiet 'Not gu ilty. ' Ini sjit ou'(f the judtge's ord eri there was at wild bur2st, : o)f pplause fr'oms linullredls of throats wasx kopt uj tor' five m1inuites4 .People ja crow)lded( arIound lIhyle and2( con1graIt n glan tI) ('251 on himl for at slpeerb', but and2( louIdly' annliouniced that1 Bole( 1 inuned((iatt(ely bacek to jail, whsero hie (reaied 11 Sil ts'hr 1harle, of the( fo -1 t is whlsisp ere(d in Waish ington01 11ha1t Bridlget Sweeny II, 21a ltrustd (lid s1'rvant I of till 'iiTay failiIy, set t he f1ire which c ost severatl of 1the( fmnsily Ithe(ir livelS ill February1(11, wil uo,li -. - ---- f -T thi -le formaltion of at single loco- y mo(t.ive stemnIl engJ.ine( thler'e are nearly I (1,000) pieces to be0 1)u toge'thelr, 2and( i. these require to be ats accumrattely put I. together as the wor'kHof a watch.1 COLONEL COIT DECLINES le Mtnte tlat lie Doe" not F'ily Endor, the Plitforn. Col. J. C. Coit, who was nominated or Lieutenant Governor at the re ent convention in Columbia, has out the following letter: "CHEIIAW, S. C., April 2, 1890. %aiptain G. W. Shell, chairman, and others, Executive Committee of the Farmers' Association: "Gentlemen-Having waited a rea onable time for an official notifica ion of the action of the March con eution iln placing my name before he people as a candidate for Lieu enant Governor, and not having re eive( such notice, I deem it not im 'roper to address this communica on to you. "While I fully a)preciato the unso it0e coml)im1ent which haH been aid ine and desire to express thanks >r this evidlene of confi(lence, yet I ii satisfiod that Iy name was put )rward under a misapprehension. "It clllot bJe (oubted that the ulr)ose of the convention was to lace upon the ticket men who were tfull symtlptatlly with the letter of the liurmuan of tle Executive Commit. 'e of the Farmers' Association (Cap Lin Shell) in ('iling the convention )gether-nI1 who fully endorsed the lat,form adopted. aid who could and ouldl canlvass the State upon the ;sues therein made. "Without referring to any objec ons I had to the letter of Captain 'hell, or mny views as to the policy of inking noimations at this time, it 'ill le suflicient for me to say that I to not fully endorse the platform, n(d for this and other sufficient rea ons cann1ot enter 111)011 a eanivass in 5 support as required by the elev nth se'ctioln of the platform. "Inl justice, therefore, to myself as cell as in justice to the body whose xecutive you are, I beg leave to -itldlraw muy name from the ticket uggested. This action will also re eve you of all emibarrassmnent in "bstituting a muan who will repre mt the views which prevailed in the )nvention. "It is but 1rOlCr for me to say ere that I at wholly identified with Lie agricultural interests of the State nd am in full sympathy with the armers in their eftortsto bettor their ondition, and to this end am heartily a favor of their taking an active part a the control of legislation, both Fed sral and State. But all must admit hat honest differ'i.ces of opinion as O the means and measures which 'ill furnish the needed relief may vell exist, between men actuated by he best motives and seelug the ac omllplishlent of the same ends." A ItUMOB ABOUT CAPT. TILLMAN. (CILA11ia'TON, S. C. lfarch 31.-A ru uor lrln like wild fire thirough the ity1 to night, thaut, there mighlt be someo hlalge in the Tilluatn tactics. TIh lunor is to the ('fleet that Captain 'illlaa muay withdraw from the race )r (overnor ill certain contingellcies 1id Illitt I ite executive c'olmmittee of lie late c'onVention will slbstitute x-Mayor W. A. Courtenay to head lbe ticket. It is stud that if the op ositionl to Captain 'T'illmani which as 1b(11 dveloped c'olti11u('s to in r('ase elie will be willing to withdraw 1 which event some other naie will e selected by the executive commnit i'e. It is imipossible to say what im orthmee, if anly, (enn lbe attached to hb' rmnor0), bunt, it is said to 'omie from ewsiiper man11 connlected wvit.h a :)urnaiil t hat supported the IFarmuers' Captain Couirteniay is in Alabama ndo doubiltless5 knows niothking of the umlior. There''( is 1no do0l t that hie Oulld c'ommanlild ai larg(e ',te in the w c'ow mtry if lie was nloniunarted by im regular D.emiocrat ic Convent ion. b een(iville' News. SI 0pp~ed Ills Paperi. Nowadays, whenl a subsreib,er gets >limd, becau'tise ani oditor differs -omi himi on1 some1 trival oluesitioni, mit lie dlis'onIt iines his paper', we -indil himii of the late Horace (Gree yv, the well-knlowni editor of the ow Yoruk Tribunne. Passing down ('wspIaper Ilow, in New York City lne miornmilg, lie miet one( of his read.. rs, who 'xclhaimiedl: "Mr. (Gireeley, after that article you ubllishled this mlornmig, I iint end to Lop your' paper." "'Oh, 110!"' said Mr. (Greeley, 'doni't 0 that.'" "'Yes, sin' ily inid is malide up; I dtendO to stop thle paper.' The angiry subscriber was iiot to be Iipeasedi, anid they sephar'ated. L2ate the afternioomi the two met again 'Iheni Mr. (Greeley remiarkedl: "Mr Thlomlpsoni, I ami very gladl ou d oid 1no.'tIcarry ouit youri t hrieat S iis morning. "WlUit do you mean lL" "'Why, you said1 y'ou were4 goinig to 101) lmy jpper, didnl't you?"' "'And so I did. I went to the Oflice rid had your paper(i stopped'(." "'You are surely istakeni. I have ist (come0 fromt thlere, andu the press 'ias r lllIiig, and1 buisiness5 was booni ullSy, "'I mieant, I int endoed to stop Iy sublscriptioni to the )lpper."' "Oh, thunder! ' rejoined GIreeley, I thought you we're going to stop) be' runinlg oIf moy paper, 11nd( knock iw out of' a hiving. My friend, let m0 tell 3' (iu soiIietlinuig. Onie 1mn is 1st one( dror (If water in the0 oeani. Olu didn't s't thle mlachlmer'y of this ,'orb'l ini miotioni, andio you can't stop am an wheni you are uniderne'ath the riounid thiings upon the surface will ag oni the samie ats ever. -The produllctioni of gold in Cali 3rnia began ini 1848, the yield that ear being $9,000;0001; in theiyear fol >winlg, $40,000,000, anid $5,000,000 .i1850. The total gold pri'ouct of bat State todate is estimlated at $1, 2.nOao-~00 A STUDENT DEMONSTRATION. 11nfOrftun,ato ccurenco-what I I t uItn Say--Actloua of tho U1nlverHity Council. CoLuMBIA, S. C., March 2.-The following letter appears ii today's Register: "I)r. McBiryde, President of the Souti h Carolina Universitv: I)ear Sir ")uring the farmers' convention here nulbers of (lt' stu(leIts of the University were preseI1., and dutng the progress of the proceedings, spe:akers wlo were in favor of nom iniationls w1ere Iiissed and treated in a rough manner. After the proceed ings were over a large crowd of stu deits was all organized mob, singing vile songs 11(1 applying all .manner of Opprobrious 'plit.hets to the leaders of this movniemnt, and followed Capt.. Tilhnan around, evein to Ins hotel, a.1( inlsulted him by applying all manner of disgraceful terms to him, andcl threatenling to do personal vio lence to his per'sOl. "We desire respectfully to ('all your attelntioin to tlieisI p'oceedings. A public expression of O)illioni from you concerning i1s will oblige us. Very res)ectfully. 'J. I. Counts, L. E. Parker, J. L. M. Irby, W. P. Snelgrove, A. C. Lat timer, Geo. B. Dean." A(TION OF THE STUDENTs. The Register of the 30th gives the following: The University students held a meeting at 2.30 o'clock yesterday af - ternoon to consider the charges re cently made as to the action of cer tai of their number during and af tet' the adjournment of the Farmers' Convention. A committee of nine was was appointed to draft resolu t.ionsin reference to the matter. Th'is comittee made a report to a second meeting of the students held at eleven o'cloek last night,, after the public debate of the Euphradian So ciety. The resolutions reported by the committee were adopted by the meeting with certain amendmlents, and were submitted to President Mc Bryde, who consented to their pub lication. The resolutions are as follows: Whereas ithas been brought" to the notice of the students of the South Carolina University that certain dan aging statements have been circulated in regard to the. actions of somec of the students on the night of the 27th instant, therefore, be it Resolved, That the following state ments are false: (a) that a body of students followed Captain TilLman to his hotel; (b) that they sang "vile" 'songs; (c) that they threatened "to do personal violence to his person." That immediately after the conven tion adjournel a nulber of students were in a crowd together, with dele gates and others, and indulged in a lenonitration more boisterons thlan politic; .thlat the students intended no dlisrespeet whatever to the con venitioni. That the account publisled in The News and Courier of March 29th is complete and true in every detail. That these resolutions be published iin the leading papers of the State. J. T. Simpson, E. E. Aycoek, J. I. Coggesall, (eo. S. Legare, Samt ul MEcGovai, (1G. I. Pinckner, H. L. Elliott, Jr., S. P. Verner',' O. R. Withers, committee. The University cOouncil mtet at noon1 yesterdalty and( remiaine(d iln sessioni two hours investigating the maiitter re'ferredl to above. TIhe counc'il met again at six o'clock last eventing bu)tt adljoulrned without taking action, its sessions thus far' having beOen devoted to investigatinig the iatter with a view of ascertainiing what portionh of cuirretnt r'epor'ts wVere 'or'rect and( what exaggerated or false. The names154of a niumiber oistuidenits, saidl to 1)e about forty, have b)en subitted to the council as htaving' been palrti(ipants ini thle demtoinstra' tioni. Oni MonldaLy sep)arateC caMs will be inlvestigated, to arrive at. the idi vidual recsponisibiilif y of thle si intlent s President McBrhyde hats niever' ic ceived anly (con1111miicnts in 0on the subject fromi Captainl Tillmtani and1 thiose w~ho signed'( the opent letter,I' the 'ouncl(il takes ac(tioni. WHIA'r' was 1)on: Ii wr'rm:i wrom1):N'r.. After bieing in secssiont t.hree days andl( heaiing fifty witntesses onl the anti-Tiilhniani demioinstra'it in the Uii versity c'Ounctil yvesterday sunitinoiied andit intdividuatlly r'epriinmdled each of the twentty-thtreestuden(It s inivolved. Fifteen of the twenty thlree stu denuts areo fr'oim the 'ounitry.1, e'leven being sons of farmiers. ."Ow~ing to the cr'owd'd statei of our11 cohiiunns this week," aplologizes a TIexan ('ditor', l'we are( 'omipelled t'ithier' t abriidge our1 Euiropeant dis. paitchies or omiit ailtogethler' the ne~ t'ounit of' thle e'x'it.ing cock fightI at day~. Ini thiiS (i temergecy we Ihaive de'cide'd t.o leave out ai pomrt.in of thue namie of hiiarck's sulcce'ssor' as in full ne(xt wee'(k if ift bursts ('veryM cIhase in the oflice.'' - -T'he largest andtl heait l I oomuo tive ('vern 'ontstruictedo wias Inual e by the UnBidwinl Loool0tiveC i~ Work s fori p)any3 last y(ear. It wveighed'(, withI it.s tendter', 225,000) pmouds. VThe o.rdi nary we(ighit is friomi 47,000 to I165,E000 -A faimily ini W~hatteoma, Waish., niot liking the tasto of the water they were drIawinig fr'oim t.he(ir nlinety foot heep) well, seiit a man11 down to ini spect its dep)th. The w('ll was ini toler'ably good condition, hut at deadl Indian wvas hointel out