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VLXX-PICKENS, S. C., TIIHURSD)AY, A PRIL 10, 1890- NO. 29. PLkIN TALK. L. F. LIVINGSTON TAKES THE STUMP IN GEORGIA. Aub-Treaury PlItIk-WhIskey Men Have the Favar of otaermieat -Whay Not Farmorm? ile An11a411ce l PiIts. Aat t revvid, mass-meting of fari MrS It Ltaw'ieceville, Gi., Hoin. L. F. LiVingston01, Pn,t f the GeOrgia Stite Allilalce, delivercd ia spx-eell in wIlih Ie ildilged ill 8011 very plill talk. The followilg report of lil4 re Imlarks is going the rounds of the papmrs: . He waid there are still in the minds of Ilily g'-ave douibts ats to the orig inlal designi anid uiltimkate resullt of the AlIliAncC or1gAnization. The two Years inl WhiCh it hld been in1 existeiieo shild have beeii sufliieiit time for ill to h ive in(uiired into these thin.gs and I aried for themselves. But he regret(ed to say tllat they had not 111 So'. I 11111 111trlilled to C011 (1ude that this is due to two causesm: lirst, at fer Or aQ)prehlIsion tlhatt tile or'g.llizaioll will brinlg to the pro (uillng classes ellefits it their loss. Secon(d. an11 eltire misconception of the itt anilld operatioll of the 'I'he purpoImses of tile order are still niiisun dcerstood and1( miisconist,rued. No greatter innovation inl political CoIno:y 11had beenl made0v sinve theI day of Adaill Smi1ith, tliall have been I iint.rdu1tced by tile Farv:ers' Alliaice. It llts wrought a revolution ill that scivinev. Necessity 1121s been called the 1m1o)thelr of invention. aild these ne-w ileas Ili politicatl economy haltd growt. of tile necessities o' the times. This is nlot, at political organlizationk. It 112 bn1 Slil tk:t it waIIs cncived inl th p0lit.ical rinl- and( broulght forth Iudllil clit omiil cils, :mld its dv sign ik I() capture all the political oiie.It. lis even beenl said that weC are*( h)bali'ed Iogeother against law yers and merchantsi. This is aill unl trueiv. Ho could show, if any doubted. tha1t1 the order has nobler im21s. The necessity for the Alliance is to l)e foilld ill tile IIIWEIIIII 'ONITlN 01' FAIC)MEIIS. Not inl Georgia only, but in t1iv mitire co'0m1try. If yo takte a dozell farmlers iln millyv ciunty of Ge -orgila 2anld com INare dhki' ('o11(ition witi that of at I.)Z.Il falmes' ill Ohio or Illilois, yo will filndl dhat it, is abolut, the same2l. The dozen (Georga farimers will be no Vor o1 , 111p-rhaps iot, so hadl off, 2as the Northeri orI- W)-stern farmers. G01eorgia fi'ms are not m0ortgaged 2S leavilY as the falmw ill Ohio or Illi 11is. Iverywhere the fatrmlers Are im11 'v:ri.,bed. It is niot ai loeal trouble, tholigh the press 1121s for tweilty years m1:a1e tIle mllistaLke of stpposing so. 11, (.an1 120). be so iich tIlh' fault of a p1'ot Vtiv arit '.o1' tle reVen1ue ss tim of mour gOverlllelnt, 2a- just those inudlist ies rece'ivilg the largest amomnil of protection. Thuis the far mI('s arec 1m1ore1 deeply in debt and leSs4 (e1able to ro)1'0tect themISPTeS frmll I2n I ) rtgag an1d their fore We have bentold that thle fatl(rer of tlu Sou1Ith'l wvre too lazy to succeved. And no%w we are told that we leed diversified fainlg. (io har1ves'ts t.wen1ty'-s'ven (erop1) and( 18 1no beLt.ter ofi than1 we'. If y'ou are to lose money('3 1by farm1 in2g, 21s you1 have' doe the few~er ('rops8 the' be'ftter. Betterlos 108 ly ( on13 ( one011 1112a1 012 t.welf.y-s'ven'1. [Iauwglter.] FAlr\MElls "MAKE No) PIIEs. isn't. a farm'Ier inl this house8' thatt inl eggs or1 00ott1n to LaIwrence'(ville and1 got the' price' 11e as5ked. 1He 1must1 say3 "'how .much1'1 will you1 12ake4 for y'ourl enl1ie'o? Till merchan1212t 1buy3s at the No mIIehanlt or' lawyer woulld 228 to keep'1 body1 and11 soudl ogethier, worse84, as5 they3 1had1 1.11 pIoer to1 d1o. ('AUSE (2F THis21 P'ovERT'Y. W\hat has1 cause8(d tis poverlt.y? (21 the par1t of our people1. The very larencrease inl thle prloducOts froml ill agricll ure11, set1, this0 char11ge to one1 side'. Not 8(o much01 the wanit of a div'ersi fiO'd algricltur12e,a 218 s.1 ta11tistiessho11w, for .just where diver'sity mlost obtains, and1( e'xtensIively inIvolved. Not so 1mu1ch the0 want of economy13, as any13 obser01vmlg 11an1 can1 see'. Our' pe(ople are not) e'xtra2vagant in dr'ess, dhie't, tools, and1( imp1)leents. Very few haIve' means11 to induillge ill 11hlx 121i08, or1 attemp1t to) (do so. Not. 1o 1111ch on1 accounmt (If tile callIing 1)1 bus1iness5 in wh1ich1 we are' enlgalged1, for if any one fact he clearl1y esta121lislI(ed it is thait, a1gric21u,e and1( its kindred inldustijes are th1e basis1 of weallth1 1and( prosper'ity inl this countrl1y, and1( fr'om this fact., wvish to1 miake 111is sta1temen01t, thaIt unhamfIfpered, withl a foand 1.1( e(qual chance1( at the mar11kets of the countrliy, with1 a1 curr1'ency thait would equally acOcomfodate, anid facili tate the exchange of our pr'oduicts for futl dliscr'iination1 inl trantsportation in favor of ilarge c'ities and1( againist 81mall1 towns, and several sections, the farniers of Georgia wvouki in two de cades he tihe weoalthiest class. in the State. The finan.cial policy of the govern mont, the sys'ftem1 established by 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 midday in the heavens. In 1868, not a tramp was to be found in this country. In 1879 there were 3,000, 000 tramps in the United States. The towns and cities of Georgia have grown at the expense of the L'oultry. In tenl years the property imk towns and cities has increased $60,000,000, while in rural districts it has decreased $50,000,000. The monetary systemi of this comi try is the child of the wai between the States, enacted when the United States were trembling in the face of im advancing and injured foe. 'TIhe troverinent wvasthreatened 1by theCon - fedate forces, 'With the "rebel yell" Jistinlctly heard from1 the capitol of LhIe notion. At the instance of Mr. Lincoln Lfter his indignant visit to Wall strect or money, the government began the ssue of Greenbacks, (July 1861, and Peb. 1862), "the people's money, ion-interest bearing. To circumvet i Ohis currency, that left gold (the noney of kings and autocrats) in the lands of those thathadlhoarded it for ;he purpose of forcing from the peo )le and the government, their own 'ates of interest and prices for the iecessities of war. The money kings )f that day, (1863,) induced Conigress :o enact the national banking systemii. Un1der this system they were after vards euiabled to force Congress to m Act., '(1866,) the coutraction law. -The strength crediting Act." "The efuding Act." 'The denionefizal :ion of silver and the resumption Act" dl of which were in their interest and ainst the people. Thus the gov 'rnmient, as a war measure, when they .ould not call their souls their own. vere thrown into the hands of their 'elentless and aviricious, nonvy ings, andthere botl#over*ili(.It and )eople remain to -lay. THE EVILs OF "CONTRAcTION." In 1866 the Conigiess I)assed the amnous contraction Aet. it was not rigidly enforced, lowver'', toltil 1-l;s. In 1866 the total circulation was 41,73,379,753, amounting to 852 per !apita. In ten years the circulation ell to S416,549,097, and the money in -irculation wis reduced to 85.45 per 'apita. In eleven years there was lost. hy "coltractoin" of the currency a total >f S10,149,687,415, shared by the people as follows: Lost by business miien, $1,304751,. 117. Lost, by farmers. $3,044.936,267. Lbost by laboring classes 84,800, )00,000. HOW IT iitT TiHE FARMERI. Ii 1868, a tcertain farier ini Gc-or i cale to town with a 500 pomind >ale of cotton lie and his wife had 1aised. He sold it for 0:o cents ia )ound, get ting S150 for the hale. He )aid his t:ix(.s ,!o bought a cookinlg 4ove, $35; a suit of clothes, $15: a ihress for his wife $5: a bairret oif 10111 for $12: 100) pounds of' meat 1f1' In 1877, nine year's later', the sinei( armer carried a 500 pound b ale to hie samlie miarket and sold it for' 8-12.34. lie paid his taxes, $*40, and iad 82.34 left. This so demioralized im thait lie got dead drunik and dead >ro0ke. The price fer his t'ottoni had ontr'actted, b)ut tatxes anid otherm 11 hinigs nidn't. [Laughiter.]1 The Nationail Allianc'e at St. Louis Idopted the sub-treasury plan as2( thle inancial r'emedly for the "'Pondora o)x," andi the evils that flow~ from it. chat so burdeni the pr'odhi'ing and ilabor'ing c'lasses5 of thiis 'ounlitr'y. We hlig this s*ystemi before the wor'bl, Lo take it, examinei( it, adop)t it, 01' give' is somehthinlg bet teri, this we will for'ce you t.o (do, one or' the othier. Ridicule will not dho, there't is too nch involved; our people are tots tuuch ini earnest to be intimiidated 1by this c'hild's layl~ miethiod of meitet ing rfacts. ENe'oURIA(IiNo '1TUsTs. This plan has been ridiculed by~. the CJolumnbus paper, which ('ails it "'~uMr. L.ivingstons plani," anid says it is not based omi good business sense. It is niot miy plan.1. That1 paLper does mek( too miuch honor. I was one of' thei comm1iittee of' five that formiulated thes plani at St. Louis at the mieetinig of' the( NaLtionlal Alliance. I want to say thait so hionor'ale amani as Zeb Vance fore Coungr'es. Our plan is this: W'e do nuot ask a chinige ini t.he( gov' We mnerely wanit the lani teilar'gedt. They allow mie to deposit biondts as5 eviden'e of indete(dnes's, and1( drazw 90 per cent. of thiei' face value, and1( bank onk these bonds. Thei( goverwii nimint pays the hioldeir intere1'st ont these bonids, and1( taxes fte peop1le to get mioney t.o paty t.his initereset. Anid thie goverinenit, be(sides t.axinig fte peole, disc'rinmiates against thiem by not allowing the banks to loant mnioney 0on r'eal e'state, while( it allows the miechlaut to get muoney on his mierchandhise. .Whiskey men cani put green wvhiiskey in bo,nded warehouses, valuetd at onec dollar per gallon. The mnomentt it is considhered worth $3 a gallon, h e cause it is wvorth more as it ages. aind they get $3 on their whiskey. WHlY NOT THlE FARIMER? Why not give the farmers the benie fit of bonding their cotton and other produce? Why should he not have the same favor as is shown the w~his key man nd the bar The sub-treasury plia would re <iuire the buldiling ul) of wareloISs ill every coity. This would cost $50,000,000. Somie will say Ilhat big um will kill the plani. If it was 50,000,00)0 for pensions, or rivers ad harbors, it wouldn't1le too) much, but it is too iuch to give tile fariers of the Ulitdi' States! You (nni get te ti( 50,0)0,00,00 out of ilie .100,00o0,000 suirpilus left to I.. ICTem thireat'VSury3 no0tVS Whic'h CMon g1'rTHS has declared are niot ti be r d1eemicd, tui( these millions are I 'V11 idle in, th(. vailts. iere are 125, 100,000 inl fnivtio i( ein-curency, wIh tie( banlkv)rs won't I:ildle. heae ilm. it is too siall. (Give us tie fraginlen - hary will ragged ei-re. plauise.] WN'vi the( crops are- harvested youil 'ould take tlenI to these wareliolses ild store tle., pay tihie actual:ll vX pense of storage, insurlaice, etc. The igt, woutl then issue 80 per cent. ldvalee upon le value of the pro lIlev. atd still lave 20 per cent. for 'uture use. The( inomneni you %-)i o (tton .!ovs lint() thw warehous it is iolip)ssible for tihle iim-culators to eiiihl of it. This vould4 lovp pr-Cic nion1011 ll itvadv. It would1 he the1re forwev' lionths. an1d within that tiline the :rirIIIiT% w*o)1uhl Iv broigit. face to fakce Nith t he cmnsumerVj.:tI it, would kecep liin out. of the li1uls of tihle specuba Or'S. It. w,ould at oncev put :it end to -0rners, Co iilinationsH and t rust s. We hiavebe asked. what if we lon't sell in I welve mnnit Is ! ' Then he ageit, wouill sell 0l settl( with .1s. Tlhs curreic pit in circulatiOli VoIl linake about .50 per capita aund mit Is back to tlle gool timiwses in The crops an-. stored Inl the 'w:n louses, the a-vint issuics ceritienctes. 0"il' 11w h ay:. s(Ad out tihe cert ifi 'at es at burned. This would 11u<e he u(r1renicy h-x Nible.givin,g us llll i ve witli which to luadle each crop :i1(t -etirinl.. somne whenl not nteeded. TROUBLE AT TRYON. icn a Cnrtliiiiiasm livaile- North V 'urtolinmi n1est4 It4e61. as Neuro fi.,n ltm C1211IlV. Try(onI city. mn tIe. Ashleville & p-;Iltrit)bur)1 r oad - (1Julst 4ove( r the line inl North CarIiiia. w-as lilt seviu- of a rot last 'Sulinda v. The rouble is -;aid to iavc started with the anrrest :il imnprisonnient in the town lock p ol Saturdav evenlingp., of I[olland Durliam. a notorious iergro r1 re puted despi-ral i eiraet er. Durllhai was locked up for lisoriderly (olduct. On Sunday a party. 1rivilds of tihle .Iij)*h(prItnd n rofrom Greenville 1oulty. iltered Tiryon with the ai n10tueced de"ermlinlationl to rese IIIliam. ThIev were fully armied ald uICCeedvd ini Iheir purpose. hearing the prisoner oll' il t riillnpil after hat vring down tie iiard htolse. Theivre wire niMe (r tVIn IIWI iII tihI resCllig marty an1d itir iiiines are givN( as ,ollow\\S: Williali IDur Ililun,I Wa rr-en Durlhau. Luthr Durhaml . Mark D)urllllln, 1albeW D.1urliuun. 3ab1 PLCe. Tin i DuiIuIu. I IIIh Iod-ers aild Jolm A. A ii1. Against Ihis forve \.as opposed .)ohin S. Fisher. whto ietinig inl tiie place of tlhe tow mar dl1, B. G. (i oole, of this eita, ld vere fully armiied~. 1but t hey did not heiir way o*4)ltut of) town. the raiding >atty fired reeklesslyv into a (elmreb'l >y the r'oadsidle. 'lhe pe'oplei of' Tryoin are hiigly~ wriouighit upl iover t hie ma:t I ier and are fpossile. lie<jiiisition1 luas 1beeni nlade for' Ithe 111(n ad as sooni as till ):apers' are'( ret urneiid aict ivi il'ort s ~vill ib' ina<- to capturie them,. he fllaiir enlis atieiioln ii ihe' condit.ionl ni wich' the' towni of Tryovu is placed <iy its jieuliar' situaition neiar thei "tate lineii. C ronhuiils andii lawv break .'rs iof bothI Sta;ts n'urlhke' hold to carry 'iie of fte* negro. Durm il iunl, in ie eer ainity that the aveii only toi get. over heii lini' to esiai' the4 ehluihes of the' 3f1('li's. was re'scued'i by' i l ite mieni, is sa'idi to be' a hia char;iacter ha* Invin g .hoit. two ill-n and1 luingllL escaped'i rom iiuistodyI 2 aItr conv' ictioni of hiigh way riobbery. W. M. D)urhmn,ul the( dileged leadier ofI Ih' r'esen'ers, who Iiv iniiIl ti upe parf i t of th Iiis county,. ian' in P.euken- :iad ine' ini Green&'villi'. A spirit. of enterprjHise' seemsl toi ib' 1ior'e ofi the0 obl Nothi State ini the f thei snud:les al. 211m11st. inisigi tii'en t and14 an induistiail bioomi is visible State are vasl onid inlexhiaustile, :ad theiy are now beinig utlilized ill the most1 pri'a't iabl' way to hieir advance'4 that. is start ed- no itler' w~hire, anid to keop Nort lhiarolina: well 1b4. for'e 11h'e~ wold. Thi s is righit. She' is simpljy ke'epinig ini lin' with the the' South in i Ihis 'ira of' progr'ess: the South shiarex in huer pr'osperiity and11 c'ongraitlahtes' her pe(opl on0 the lii worik bausy pieoplet andi their fuiturei is ai br'ight one. Tlhuere is lifein th old' 1( Nor't h St at e!--Atlanta C onist it iuin. -PreieHr Crispi, iof TI aly, i ia lmii lionirei', although t hir'ty years augo hie was- 011e of tile p)oorestI of the4 re4volu tionnnry cvi1nu. LESS TERRIBLE THAN AT FIRST SUP POSED. Ftillor A te-oma 44 t e Cycl.me--4 hily at IIatired44 Killed. Tl yelylone of last. 'T'liuirsday wvas one of the ilost destrtictive inl the history of this coiitry. It. swept t-hrough the( States of Telimvssee, ' mt icky. Illinois and dlilitlult. a l -vige was do me t I pon pet(--y and Inanl s were lo V1..Ist. The great est dlest ruction occurred inl Louils itille, the( first accounlts of whIichl weurv appallilg. Thle following paragraphs are culled fromt the( t el egraph)1iv ac coluts of the terrible storin. rIuid give S01n1P idea of, its exteont and" destru.1e tivelless: Tli vveloine struck Louisville at. 'i.30 p. Ill. It, eltered the soutlheas terni 1 portioll of tite city at 18th street and s%wept ia path live blocks wide dililly. reahlinig ini a ragged line to) 7th street. levliig every building ill its path. (i Market street, the Falls CitY Hall, a four-story building was blownI downI whiile severl, Ma1t .lic and( Knights of Honor lodges WeeT In ItSeIssionl and onlelhtuidred inenl 3111d woNV01n1 Were( buried inl t-he ruinls. ''hle district. hid waste coiprises an area of the eity three iiiles long and icarly lialf a Inlile wvide. Outside of f clvarlyA-defined limnits the cit izens knew oiily of iaI heavy rainli, ItcmIpa- I nied bi a high wind. But soon can' t alarimls of fire fromi dif'erent stations, C anild the liorrors of the et'lallnity began t to dawnII oil the( people. Houses, halls of n11iuselients, railroad statiois, all went down before the inighty of the air. lore than two hun111dred houses t Welr' destroyed anlially Wnan (121111 a1ged. A telegraiki dated Saturday says: "Up to this writinlg the total ilunlber killed at all places Iwhere bodies have been recovered and of the missing and of those whom it is t rea1sonably certaiii are dead is 84). In addition to these there are above i dozen so badly injured that death ] inay ensue. F'rom 150 to 200 persons . are injured to an extent worth noting ani' probably Ilard oil to 1,000 have very slight, buIlises or scratches that do not, ilcoivelielee theii." Refer ruig to ite wrck of the Falls City 1 Hal, tit' accouit says: "Ten woitien, locke(d inl viach other's arms, were draw out. of the debris. James Har rison, whose wife had been at a lodge nting, was forenost inl the work, and the first person whom he drew out, of tie ruined biuilding was his wife, w%.ho died in is ar-Ils. He laid her by the side of others wvho were dead and contirued to work for the living. Inside of the next hour thirty llen alld wvollncn were dravIwi oit dead, but with 1no wvouilds oil their bodlies, anld it is thought that, they all ilet their death froIll suffocatioll. The gas ipes had been br-okien, wihich caused the lights t-o go out, ..nd which saved the ruins from fire for i time, but flooded the debris wvith vapor :-lmost, ats deadly as- fire m1ighlt, have proved. "Ways w ,Aere pierced into the( ruins anld the( vice tins were drawn out dad and tlying. One part yf the building was reserved 1r the d1ed, bt the wound'd were takt'n into stores and1( houses oni thet t)hlx>isit.' sidt' of' tihe strieet, wher'e phlysicianls anmd priests atdiinisteretd to thleir811 so land botdies. Friday inori'niug author'ized t' state inenit that. thieret would bit 110 call for' aidt fron ioutside. Thet lowest esti iniate' pults5 theit l'popety loss at 81, 11(0,100: the highest at 83,00)0,000), 1and( te least, founded upon the facts is] alniiostit) no insurance. Parkiland. 2a suburb1', is swep'lt aIway. At, the Uion tdepott, ait thie foot of 7thI street, IL Chiesapeake and1t Ohio t rainl was21 .ust, startinlg out tilled with pai:ssenlgers. Thet bulildinig was21 prost All the paIssenmgers, however, were' pat ch frontI Loulisvilte dtlted Matrebh 31st say's: ':The waiter supply is run.1 nulig very low. FCvery e'ffort is being pipe tot be inishied by Wednetsday. fi.efore thlat tini(, prioblIy by' to nLighlt, the c tity will lie abnlost enmtirely binlg iiade for allI to observe thle stritest econionty~ ini its ust', but they water('1 will bs' retserlved aLs a pr'oter $1i1n agalinst, lire. The ttal subscrip titon 1now amounits toi 848,0)00. This $70,000E at. ft' disposal of the rel'ief police guard. All stretets aire no0w enl and114 ft' electric cars are'( run1 mninug. .lusiniess t'verywhe're will lbe lBowlinig Greeni, Kyv., 1and( ctmpltely wvip'd.it out. Bowlinig Green hIls aL andit thle loss of' lift' is coniject ired't tot lit 'orre'tsponidinigly largt'. ixtv 93 xnI..imnIN isJmssIi.L..: LoeIIIivn.cs,iKy., April 1.- -TIh( total munberht'i killed luere by the Ioitonad of TusdayIi nightI is 43. IIt is feared that, 1. iR. lirt(on. oft l'ittsbur'g, is deaud ini the' ruins. So far about 150 baditly wounldedt persons11 have lbeeni foundit. t'vterail of these w~hio w~ere hiur't are at. thle hoitspita1l in a dlyinig coinditionl. Th'le St ate Legisitur1e this lifter noon01 apppri'illiatedt 63),000 f'oir relief oif the sufferers1' by fte eye'lone. H- :NiiIsos, Ky., April 1.- -The total of ft' killed ini Webster coun1ty is 40 and tof w~ounded 81). able to altten'Id to his cepo ndh)ltt1ec and hopes 8soon to r'es1in his duties ini Conm-naa. A STUDENT DEMONSTRATION. 1174f111 uIatt) 4 Itc aelI'e-W 1 ts I d ei Pa 4 Say ---Act A (oIs141ns of th It' ier%It y Cmiencil. Co.vsti.,S. C., March 29.-The ollowilg letter appears ill today's legister: "-Dr. Mellryde,' Pre-sidenit of Ithe "During. te. farlIm'ers' convietioln were nu1n11hers of1, the(. stidints of the1 niversity were presin, all il during he rogessof the proceedings, Peakers who were inl favor of nioml liationis werei hissed anld trea.It.il inl Iu11g111h inanw r-. After the proceed nlrs w(re o11 ver a largell- crowd of sit lvints was nll orgalizedl 1mloh, singing A, S011gs 1111141 applYing all .1innIer >t' opprobrious epit Iet s to th lea I(Ivlder" of t his mlovelieit. al f*ollo(1w ed Capt. pillmanui trolid. evell to his hotel, Ajd insulted hiiin by applying aill uirof dlis".raceful termls to him, .d threate'iiig to do personlal vio L'IV to his 1(rSo11. "We desirc respect fully to (-fall your .t t o tllheSv procV(lings. A >uhlic expression of opinion froini YOU 0n1rn1'lilg this will obi-c us,1. Verv vspect filly. "J. It. Counlts, L. E. Parker, J1. L. J. Ir1by. W. P. Sllvlgrove. A. C. Lat im1ier, Geo. U. Dean." .u-rrosN 431 'li-: s-I'I1:N'rs. Thrie ilegister of tie( 301hl giv.i tiho 43llowinig: Thte University studeiits hl a t0tilig at 2.30 o'clock yesterday it (11i a to conlsider the charges re ently Illade ats to the action of ccr :ain1 of their nuimber during and af vT the iadjournment of tihe IFariler' .onvention. A comiittee of nine vas was appointed to draft. resolu ionsin refereice to Ihe Inat ter. Th'is committee 111.d1e at report to ia C011d inleetinig of the stiudelits held t eleven o*'lock last Iight, after. tie mhlie debate of the Euphrladianl So iety. Thie resolutions report(d by Ie colnlittee were adopted by t1e fieeting with certaii aieidillents. mid were subimit ted to President, M 3ryde. who consent.ed to their Iub icnt ion. The resolutions aire as ollows: Wherf-ais ithas b)een1 1brouight. to I he( 10tive of the students of the1- South aoiaUniversity that, vert ain <];ainl igillg statement havehtee 1'irculate 11 regarid to flhe. act-ionls of s()Ine(. of he students o'i the inight, of the 27th nistnit, therefore, he it. Resolve(d, That the following state lients are falme: (a) that ia hody of itudents followed Captain Tilluan to lis hoteh (b) that they san-, "vil( ionlgs; (e) tti thivy threateied --'o lo personal violence to his 1)(rsI." That iimetldiately ifter the conven .ion)I adjourned at nun11her of studients Vre in a ' crowd together. with 1 dele 'ates anlid others, aind 11(dlligvt] inl a leioistrationl In'orv boisterOUS thanl ioliti(: . Ahiat t ie stu'lldents iltended to disrspect whatvver to ti- con oneltionl. That th114 uccount, published in Thle 'ews anlid Courier of Areb 29th is -omlplete and trule inl every dlet ail. That, these resolutit ioushbe published i the leading papers of the State. J. W. Simpson, E. I. A.Ayvock. J. II. 'oggeSall, (ho. S. Lgiare. Sain 'lliott, J., '. S. P3. Verni'er, (O. it. wo hou's inlvestigatinjg the4 maitter(1 ul(journei(d withou1t takinig ac4tion, its to inves('tigatinug the 1111 I matter i a v'iew1 of aisceritainiing what porio of111 3 'xaiggera'ted 0or false. tion. On Moniday' separa11t( 4cases will be4 inve'4stigated,4h 4to arrIive at 411h' inidi vidal'id 'epibiit Mte I st4' 11 udent s4 4 subjet fromigil Captain31 Tillumn and~' but( wI'il omunien e it(8' h 431he 11ft4' thle Icounc'it akIlies 8ne1lt in. VlV( wil.\T 80118 (oNf wl T'Iuer8. s DN After( bing tin14 session44 thre44 days un111 bearin1g11 ifty wiee s on3i31' the the1.V1' wen' y lt lt siudent 11 tilv'ed.4 F'liftee 4) the 't wn y~(4)' ii 4. situ beingl son )f farmers.8814(('5(3' 1 -llOfll to'X the' irf wdt d l11stat of'V'1 -ea to,-w ar- copele therBI4WI toabieourItiv Euroean dis.' outh , of.Ihe excitj ing coc fight'31 atCo Grtizy Shrrah last,'(LI.I.w'led Wedneliis nam eigof Bismar's 7O ( succeso a -failyulnetwe if iVlteburs,~Xtshever hase liing te office" ie~V1(l 11( -he larges'ot and haieloc omon thee Balin (Locomo.Tie Work Ws ior tpalys year. It weiighe, hith (its --An familyointe Whto,Ws. A BRUTAL MURDER. Cum ii-111i" lIillel' by his Wilt. UnUl Iat Ne rnlo 1 W111 v, W Ill W o S114 4l .41ti1ai1f. I n Iataated. )n Sunlay iigliit, 2:11l of Afareh, it inost bruf al nmunder was comnmitte d near 'radetville in t his county. About 11) o'clock that. iighit the ineighbolr of August us H iis heaiu hijini 'begging foIr 1111ev. Tlhey wolll have 3-oi to his resele, blt his pleadilgs 80011 ccnseid :iI til'y Hupposed il h was onlly (ticlk alnA nothing was going wron'. TIhle following dly soli l e of the ineighbors inl passinig ti(e houiSe' iliquire(I of IHeliimis's N-if(. why her husbald was bell'..i So ftor his life the Iniigit beforl'o. Sh protest(d that She knevw notin,o it and( that her husband lhad lefIt hollnc varly inl thet 1inorn1i1iig for Br.4-wer "Mille. I ter ne0 ti0Is arousf<le slspicioll of, the party (Ilizzing hvwr anl( bYWdn. dly it was atscertailled that I leiis was nlot. it the .131ew(.r Alille inr was he expeete<d then-. This Inuade Suispi VionI of fol platy very, stronl" and solinv of the neighIlbors dth-rn-miinetl ti) iike seaHT'l fI' the i bodv. RIoxy Hiiis. Ile wife of tiel' nun111l.dere(I niall. jilld inl the( scarch or pretenidedI to. Shortly after lnoonl )nt Wednivsday 0 the( body was f,olund by a i wolnanl by tihie nin of Wight. It was lying inl at (litelh ab>out 3mI) yardls fimlit tile hiolse anld covrfl over with leaves Ru141 11'nish. TheV body' WaIS 1,I akenlt, an11d it. wa:s klisemm-cr'd t lut it iilost f(olul 111111 t l 'bad 1ell h cmn i'Initted . Frmin the.1 waist up wa11 \lis heaten al Inlost tok a j1cllY: part o( thie lcalp of thelhead was rv t Iv d, o' ait r cm. was 11g, hal the mm wa,s cuit olY, th celek IIe was scalrld u'p) with a1 ke11, til' throat wa1s clit a1 adtlwire WIlle lI vu1liber ofiitabs ill the beivast and back. A r4,ntl,nlllu who1( taw te WOy told us it was lith I hr11rible ighit he vver Ia w.. On TI, hursdayi 'Itsticc Finliderburk S111101 a .Jury (d in(uest. Mean wVhile( th. w ie ofI* 11lillis anla( lbright rml d'i M I""1 (to ne I 'r u lZi1 1li (1at4o. who lilkd live IiiIs distant. bu t who wus Wee I illmt neighboh11ood nIt M\[ondajjy 111r I'llr. \11 slur-ed with t1h1 cri'niv ut ad arrsted. At the inl <Iluest wh wonia brokv llown tull (er1 tih (Iulesti is al(I Iilate thi e wholt. iy v 111ati nt with thelt nlegr,n She wa-, 1oerv himn (nv year. if he W1oiil kll' hI husband. O n Innlay nIlht sat ' weN t to ( l le nnis* 'ho sc, c in' wIi'I lt illth hin i t' a al 1nof whiskey t. 1 1 U 111m 1is to(1k St\vg ral 11111iK mlill dIrinato r d to -1. HIllis insisted on ils stavin ill (nigh. I ' Cato in<licvl Ifenils to .'o 111 with him an<d show hoi Itih pullb lic roiad. Heili" Wvlnt :ll-I wa.-s there.( upon a tssaulled and Alain.ll 1 Ii bod WaIs concea.lvd as stalv<d above. Cato clai lls that hfvluhI lielp il his f uI' Work. That Win. Clbunll, olord, WasN inll wait i i I l ui t . an<1111 til flut 'tl. to.,nether d'' Ivill ' I 1 l 1ie nis. (l bu1 r vb'tih<le afler tit. i'11114f Slid hasilot bee-lnarlrest f. Th shlic has Severa..l <deptfies out Inl Se:ll-ch of hom( aut l if' hei. hI s n' t left t State he will likoly b e mvert akeni. Cat alutt il we i:lal wer 1 ied o in heil at tis- ph elaia.y. Ilhe WO Ilta l is about l9l years (4 o .(f a ll \.1 las 1irrit<le to lennit about i * vv.ars Thei egir.o Is at 1mlaato about andgeher to this country wau COLONEL COIT DECLINES. 11e 14.S 0 Ilastt lie Doem not vally ntorbe site Platforns. Col. 'j. C. Coit, who11 was nominated for Lietitenant Governor at the re eent convention inl Columbia, has sent I he following letter: CIIERAw, S. C., April 2, 1890. (Captiai O. W. Shell, cliriman, and others, Executive Committee of the Farmers' Associationl: "-Geitlemenl-Having waited a irea soilble tinie for nti1 official notifica tion of the action of the March con vention ill placing lily nmie beforo the peop,l its it candidate for Lieu tenaut, Governor, and not having re ceived suchv) notice, I deem it not iu proper to address this counica tioin to you. While I fully appreciate the unso licitml coiplinwnt which has been paid li( and desire to express thankm for Ihis evidee of confidence, yet I atI satistiod talit my linalie was put forward under a misapprehension. "It, eiuot be doubted that the p)uI')oSe- Of tI coIV('ntionl Was to phi-e upon the ticket men who were i full synmipatly vwith theletter of the 11iiil f te Exeti ive Comimit tve of the Farmers'Association (Cap taill Shell) ill enllil the convention toget her- men who fully endorsed the plat fori-I 1dopt ed, and who could and would enlnvass the State upon the issues therein made. "Without referring to aiy objec tions I 111A to the letter of Captain Shell, or 1my.' views its to the policy of makilg loiliiiations at this tie, it will b( slifficieit for me to say that I (14) not fully e1dorse the platform, ItIald for this anld other sutficient rea Son1s ciiiot (lter uponl Ia canlvass inl its support ats requiired by the elev (lthI section of lthe platform. ".Inl justice, therefore, to myself as well ts inl justie to the body whose extcutitive you arv, I beg leave to withdlraw i- iiame from the ticket suiggeste. Itis action will also re liv(' You Of all vlibilrrassillent in sublistit utinig at 111111 who will repre siit the views w-hich prevailed in the (oINveltion. "-It, is bit proper for me to say here that I tim wholly identified with the a'gricultural interests of the Stato an1d aill inl full sympathy with the fariers iln their efforts to better their t'IIition. :m11d to this viid am111 heartily inl favorl of i-li. taking ai active part in the cont rol of legislation, both Fed 4ra m14)al Stiattv. 1But aill imst admit that. hioinest, differeclies of opinion as to the ilelanls iind 11111sures which vill hurish the needed relief may vell exist. hetweei men actuated by the best motives and seeking the Ie ('oiII)lishm11ent of the same enis. A IcIumou Ajoit, c.u,PT. TIL.LMAN. ( llltLssTN,S. C. 11arcli ,'1].--A ru lIoI an like wihl fire through the citv to Ililit t hatt there Iighit1 be solic elmu'- in the Tillman t acties. The r111110r is t the effect, that. Captain 'Illilal 1inny withdriaw froml the race for ( lovernorl inl certainl contilgelicies :M(1 that the cxecutive comminittev of t he hate c(ovelition will substitute ex Alvol' W. A. Courtenlay to head the ti(ki(.t. It is said that if the op posit imi to Captaiil Tillmanl which hats b1 . developed coitinuies to inl 1e-ase he will Ie willing to withdiraw inl which dvMtA. som other nae will b e se'lected biy the executive c'ommliit tee'. It is imipossible to say what ia jportancle. if ano y, ennt be ttacheled to lit' rumor,)' but. it. is said to 'omie from a1 neimper2()4i man( comiiected with a journalii t liat supp)horted the Farmers' ilvemen11 t. C ap tain Ciouritenay is ini Alah mu a 1 nilout less knows niothinig Of the rmoori)I. Th'lere is ino doubht tha, lhe low cou ntry I if he( was nioiniated by' lihe retgular IDemocriat ic Convent io. Gr etlnville Newvs. Nowadays, whein aL subsribier gots so) mo1(1. herause115( anl editor differs fironi hiini on sOine' tr'ivl tquestion, thmt lhe distconitiiimes his paper, wo) rImbiIl hinm of the late Horace(( (Gree ley, thle we'll-kniownu editor of the New Yoik 'l'ribune. Passing dowi Newspaper lb ow, inl New York City one miorniing, lie imet one of1 his read (ers, who exclaimied: "M\r. Gr;ieeley, afiter that atrtic'le youi pubihlished this miorninig, I initendo to sfoj your p)aper." '"Oh. no'" said Mir. Griietl'y, ''don't "s,sir: 1my3 iindl is miade up; I iiitenid to stop the pap(er." Thie anlgry subscr'iiber' was1 not to be appiieasedl, and they separatedi. JLato illn itafterniooni thle two mlet algain "1r. Thhomipson, I am11 very glad this muorninig." 'Why, you sa(id youi weret going to stopimy lpapier, dlidn'1t you?" "And so I (lid. I went to the M11ieo 2a111 had( yotur lipper stopped(." "You 'ar suriely mista(keni I have juist comie fromi there, anid the pr'ess was( r'iunig, anld b usiniess was boom "Sir," said Tfhomipsoun, very pomp11 ously, "I mieant, T intended to stop my subscription to the paper."' "Oh, thunder!" r'ejoine(d Gr'eeley, "I th ought you wer'e going to stop) the runninig of my13'pape', and knock me10 ouit tof a1 hiving. My friend, lot mie tell 3(4(1 somiethiing. One mant) is just one dr1opi of water in the ocean. You didn't set the nmachmuery of thist wor'ld in motion, and you can't stop it; and when you are undlerneathl the gr'ound( things upon01 thet sur'face will wag on the same as ever." -The production of gold ini Cali fornia began in 1848, the yield that y ear being $9,000;000; in theiyear fol lowing, $40,000,000, and $59,000,000 in 1850. The total gold product of that State to date is estimated at $1, 12&,OOOnO0.