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'} " M VOL. XIX. -PWUKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 31,19.NO45 - UIOYT .N) PO E. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COt'MITTLE IN DEFENCE. Dr. Snmphnm, t'opo's Charge Agaitnst Its Ao ti.--Tm-' o suuinvd Up as it Stands and I'rest :ed to the Public. The foll . ing correspondenco be tween Col. James A. Hoyt, chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee, and Dr. Sampson Pope, of Newberry, S. C., explains itself: GiEENVILLE, S. (C, July 7, 1890. .Dr. Sampson Pope, Newberry, S. C.: I Dear Sir--In the proceedings of I the Democratic County Coiivention of i Newberry County, I find the follow- 1 ing statement in the preamble and - resolutions introduced by you: "Said i Executive dommittee did meetx and by a vote of thirteen to one did re fuse to give us a State primary." As this refers directly to the meet ing of the State Executive Committee, hold May 9th, 1890, I respectfully ask that you will furnish me with your authority for making the state mont. It is a matter of simple jus- t tice to the Executive Committee that i an unquali tied statement, purporting i to give its precise action at a definite time, shall rest upon good authority, f or else that that, the statement be re- 1 tr'acted, if Unsupported by such au- ( thlority. Lot me assure you that no t such taction was taken, and that your 1 inlom'iation is entirely incorrect. The t Executive Contuiittee has never vo- t ted uLoOi the (4uestioln of a State pri-% iiary at itll. .1 hope you will recog nize the iihportaie and propriety of 3 Crcre t in; so gross an error, which i does a 1lagraint injustice to gentle- C m1.n occupying a responsible posi- 1 tion in the Democratic party of this t State. Ott otlier points we may dif f fir wtdeiy, but there can be no dif- 1 forence of opilioni as to the obvious I couise on your part to rectify this r m-itter, which has obtained the sane- t tioii of a County Convention through i your instrumnentality. Very truly yours. t JAMES A. HoYr, i Chaiinaan State Democratic Exe- t cut"ive Conluuttt.e. t NIEws:Fuv, S. C., July 8th, 1890. c Dear Sir-Tho resolution referred 1 to the refusal of the committee in May (a day or two after the Ridge way speech) to - call a convention f looking to the question of a priniary c being subnitted to it. My recollec- t tion when I (row it, was, aiid is now, i that N. Cr. Gl. in his letter published i t Ie next morning in the News and i Courier,stated the Execuhive Coin mittee stood 13 to 1, and stated, I t think, '"that it was no secret.' If you 1 have the iaperyou can, by exain- t ing it. see whether or not I was t wrong. I have not a copy of it. < Very respectfully, e S:\'sex PoPE. ( t .ium:Ixvi iI:, S. C., July 14, 1890. t Di. Saitl)son Pope, Newlerry, S. C. f D) 'r Sir: Your favor of the 8th 1 inst., 1111 been received, and n5W( I delayed by my absence from home. < As I have already assured you that t the St ate Executive Committee did I not vote upon the question of a pri- 1 mary at the meeting held May 8th 1 the reply you 'nake is quite unsatis- t factory. You L based an attack upon01 the Executive Committee on mr formation that is totally incorrect,i and your statement in reference to what N. G1. 0-. said the( next morning< in the News and -Courier is equaUly widle of the mart:. HIe referred to the< Excutiive Committee as boinlg 13i against and one for Tiillmni, but thisj is very different from refusing "toi give us a State primary"as you alleCoe was done. I will 1)0 very glad to know whether you propose to make the correction, and1( in case you de eline to do so, I will print this corre spondence in justice to the Executive Commnittee. Yours resplectfully, J.ntEs A. Hjorr, Ch airmanfn State Executive Conunittee. NEwBERRY, S. C., July 16, 1890. D)ear Sir: Your letter of the 14th was received, andl in rep)ly I have this to say: Mr. (Gonizales obtained infor mnation from sonie immber' of your comumittec upon01 which ho b)ased his * letters of the 9thl and 10th of May to tile New's and Courier. I have beeni unable to get a copy~ of thait of thl.e 10th, the one of the 9th being short on aecouit of the lateness of the hour of adjourmnmnt of your commiinttee. He stated, if I recollect correctly, t hat the (juestion of a primary was actedi on, anid fuirther stated t hat the connalfittee stood 13 against TIilhnian to I for hIim. If I1recollec(t properly his last statemnent wats italicized and in ligumres. Your coiniunittee imet aaini Onl tihe 25th of June. Our con venttion imet on the 28th of ~June. Dumrinig all of this time that elapsedl * between M\ay 8th and Junec 25th no (correctioni of Mrt. C.'s statement wvas madeUl by your commnittee, nor was aniy action tiaken upon0 it at your meeting of June 25th. You allowed it tco standli that 13 of the 11mt iembiiers present were againlst M\r. TIilhna,i -iid it w'as only aftter tihe pub)lieationl ~four proceedings hadi on the 28thi of Yui.e that we hear of any dlenial. We had a right to infer from that datitoenit that a v'ote on1 callinlg a 'onvenitioni for~ primary had been ta ken, and tie . it stood 13 against and ifor. You say tImab no( vole was tai ken; you say no actioni ras taken~ on the primary. Is it not possible, then 'hat anm outside agreerneiit was had -m the ques(ition, and( decCidedl so as to avoidlt the ojuesi in coming 1 p in tihe mleeting ? Ii YO you'ill give meW the names of one or more of the. 13 who favoredl a coniventioni for p)rimairy outside or inside of the moot ing on the 8th~ of May, I wvill Scheerfully correct to that extent. Vou go so far in vou' first letter to me as to say, "the Executive Com mittee has never voted upon the question of a primary at all" and that, too, after they had calloc a con vention for that purpose to meet on August 13th. I am not a member of your committee, and do not of courso know how you decide matters com ing before you, but I do know you locided to call and did call a conven ion by somi means known to your iolves to meet on August 13th to take nto consideration a primary. These ire not (lays for quibbling or hair qplitting. I am willing that the pub ic shall decide whether or not I have niiirepresented your committee. You tre at liberty to publish this corres )ondence from beginning to end and ho letter of Mr. Gonzales, published ii the News and Courier of May 10th vith it, but it must be all published. Very respectfully, SAMPsoN oPoP. (IuEENvILLE, S. C., July 17, 1890. )r. Sampson Pope, Newberry, S. C. Dear Sir: I am just in receipt of our favor of the 16th inst. I regret hat you did not see proper to in orm yourself as to the facts before utroctucing the resolutions into the jounty Convention. You seem un ortunute also in not being able to >rocure a copy of the News and Jourier of May 10th, as that seenis o b) your authority for making the >ositive statement to which your at ention has been called, namely, that ho State Executive Committee by a -ote of thirteen to one refused to or [or a State primary. In order that 'ou may learn, at this lato day, what '. (. (1. said in his correspondence ii the 10th of May, I will quote the >aragraph in full: "The members of he Democratic State Committee left or their homes today. While they rave taken no ofhcial action in the uatter, and have endeavored to make to discrimination in favor of either h3 Tillmanites or the Anti-Tillman tes, it is an open secret that the uemb)ers of the committee regard he Tillman movement, as organized tnd pressed, a serious menace to he solidity of the Democratic party, Lnd that none of the fourteen who ;athered here last night are support 'r of Tillman, except Mr. Gary, of bbeville." I do not know the source from vhich Mr. Uonzales received the in ormation, and which was evidently >btained after the members had left lie city, but I do not doubt the cor 'ectuess of his statement. Yet what s the relevancy between his state uent and the declaration you made, leliberately and without qualification, hat the State Executive Committee tad refused by a vote of thirteen o one to order a State primary? You ro obliged to admit that there is no onnection whatever between the tatement of Mr. Gonzales and the leclaration contained in your resolu ions. Because thirteen out of four eon were opposed to Mr. Tillman, as matter of fact, is no justification vhatever for an absolute declaration liat is utterly groundless and with nut the shadow of foundation. The hirteen members who are thus mis -epresented by you have just as much -ight to oppose Mr. Tilhman as you iave to support him, and to distort heir opposition to him as being ugainst a primary is one of th very ieer. features of this caumpa'gn;. I eI)ent agali that no such action wvas ;aken on the (1uestioni of a prinmary lect ion on the 8th of M~ay, or any hing akin to it, and the statemeunt -ontained in your resolutions is en irely baseless and gratuitous. There ~ore, you hiad no right to infer from hue correspondence of N. G. (G. "that vote on calling a convention for rimary had been takeu, and that, it stood 1:3 against and 1 for." It fol ows that there could be no denial of thing which never existed, and it is Llaini enough that your authority :lisproves your own assertion. The only vote by yeas and nays on that occasion wvas up)oni the (late for bolding the nominating Convention. S~ome favored September 3ird and others September 10th, wvhich was offered as a substitute, and the vote was upon a motion to lay on the ta ble-ayes 5 and nays 8. The substi tute (September 10th) was then adop I am niot writing at randomoI, but with anm exact copy of the minutes lbe fore me, nor. am I takinig so umuch pains to correct your egregious error oni accounit of any persoinal reasons, but because you succeeded in getting the endorsement of the Newberry D)emocratic Convention, thereby giving the declaration anm imp)ort ance in did otherwise possess5. I cannllot (lose without giving ai momenit to the extraordinary (1uery'i conitainied ini youri last fav~or, wherein you say: "Is it not possible, then, that an outside agreementl was had on the (questioni, and( decide<i so as to avoid the (luestion comning upi in the meietinmg?" Thme members of thme State Feutive Committ ee have al ways shmownm the courage andmanhiihliness to act openly anid in accordance with their convictions, amidl the insinua. tion you make is only anmothmer injhus tice added to thme injury already done. There is not thme slightest sh;ladowv oi Pretext for thmis violent supposition on y8ur part, which is in keceping~ withI thme spirit of your resolutions. I will furnish t his correspond(enet( to thme newspapers, so that the pub lic nmay judge as to your course it this mat ter. Res'pectfully, .JAMn: A. H orrm, Chmn'n State D)emm. Ex. Com. - -While trying to stop) a ight a B lakersvil, N. C., on Friday, Stokem stabbed to death byy Mitchell Groonu a notorious rough. Green is in jiu amil may 1)n lynched. THE SOLDIER WAS A FATHER. A Romantioand Thrilling Story ofitho Olvil War--how a Letter X'ron Hone Causod a )oertion. (From tho Baltimore Sun.) NEW YoRK, July 23.--Thoro was buried at Greenwood yesterday a lnan with a curious history. Ho had been a Confederate soldier, as brave as any of his comrades, but he de sorted his army during the war gol was tried by court-martial for doing so. Edward Cooper was his name. For the past year he has been living at No. 355 Fourth c,venuc. One bleak December morning in 18;2 he was before a court-martial of the Army of Northern Virginia. The prisoner was told to introduce his witnesses. lie replied, "I have no witnesses." Astonished at the calm ness with which he seemed to be submitting to his inevitable fate, Gen. Battle said to him: "Have you no defense? Is it possiblo that you abandoned your comrades and de sorted your colors in the presence of the enemy without reason?" "There was a reason," replied Cooper, "but it will not avail me be fore a military tribunal." "Perhaps you aro inistakon," said the General; "you are charged with the highest crime known to military law, and it is your duty to make known the cause that influenced your actions." Approaching the president of the court Cooper presented a letter, say ing as he did so: "There General, is what did it!" The letter was ofered as the pris oner's defence. It was in these words: "Dear Edward: Since your con nection with the Confederate army I have been prouder of you than ever before. I would not bh.r:o you do anything wrong for the worli, but before God, Edward, unlessyouce.ne home we must die! - Last night T was aroused by little Eddie crying. I called to him and said: Wbat is the matter, Eddie? He replied: Oh, mamma, I am so hungry. And Lucy your darling Lucy. She never coin plains. But she grows thinner and thinner every day. Before God, Ed ward unless you come home we must die. Youn MARY. Turning to the prisoner, General Battle asked: "What did you do when you rceived that letter. Cooper replied: "I made applica tion for a furlough. It was rejected. Again I made application and it was rejected. That night as I wandered about our camp thinking of my home the wild eyes of Lucy looking up to me and the burning words of Mary sinking in my brain, I was nc longer the Confedeiate soldier, but I was the father of Lucy and the husband of Mary. "If every gun in the battery had been fired upon me I would have passed those lines. When I reached home Mary hlung her arms around my neck and sobbed: "Oh, my Ed ward! I am so glad you got your furlough." She must have felt me shudder, for she turned as pale as death, and catching her breath at every word, she said. "Have you come without your furlough? Go back! Ed,vard, go back! Let me and the children go down to the grave, but for Heaven's sake, save the honor of our name!" TPhere was not an officer on that c'ourlt miartiatl who did not feel the force otf the piisonrs words, but each in turnm pronounced thme vor'dict guilty. The proeedings of the court were reviewedl by General Lee. and upon the 1ecord was wr'itten: "Hleadqiurter's A. N. V--The find ing of the cour't is approv'ed. The pr'is oner la p)ardoned and will report to his company. "RI. E. Lee, Gener'al." TIwo) Birds With One Gun. SAVAN'NAu, Ga., July 19.-A special to the Morning News says: "At Guyton to-day 1R. G. Nor'ton, Jr'., son of a physician of this place, shot and killed two brothers named Willie and John Bird. Yesterday young Norton and Willie Bird traded mules. To day Willie Bird, accompanied by his brother John, wvent to Norton's p)lae to get him to tradle back. Norton refused, and John Bird, drawing his pistol, told his brother to open the stable door and recover his mule. At this p)oinit young,. Norton shiot the Birdls dead. Norton fled." Ills Facue Weas- Clean. A raither'1 pr'ecoious infnt had its chiristeninig unfior'tunately deCferred( until it was able to talk, and at the font was lifted in its father's arm for the ceremony. After the minis ter' had dipped his fingers in 11he wa ter, and made thme sign :)f the (cross~ on her forehead, the unawed child leanted down, and catching u p the long sleeve of his white gown, wVip)ed the wvater away, eahnyl remarking: "Baby' face tican. D)on't want was Hinl; (dot it- wassed fore us tuminmed ouit!" K( illed by a Crmow 11amr. UNIoN, S. C., July 18. A Mr. Cox muperinteendenit of Messrs. Jones & (Co's. wvorks on the Georgia, Caruolinm & Nor'ther'n ramilroad, was killed Wed nesday evening. near' Fish D)am ib this county, lie was sitting dlow] while someW negr'oes were at worl building anm arch and while seime vor.' heavy r'ocks w(ere( beOing moved a cron bar slipped andl struick him onm I h< headl. Hie died m abao:t insmtanitly Hie is said to have beert veiny wvealthmy wado oe hundred dollhars for' tin apprehenisioni and 'oniictioni of per sons who attempted to assassinat< the Itown marshal of Jacksonboro I Collet-, co..nA-. June 27nt WHITES AND BLACKS. Effoct of thoLodge H11...Tho Measure, I Enacted and Ei.forced, Will CauuO Trou blo In tho South. NEW YoRK, July 24.-When asko< for his views of the probable effect oi the industries of the South of th passage of the Lodge bill, Genera Roger A. Pryor said: My opinion il that the enforcement of the bill, i enacted, will invital)ly provoke collis ions of violence in the Southern States ;'l consequeidly capital will be with drawn from the Sou ith, or at all evenlt:f it will n1o longer be "ntl thither. Rec lations Ibotween ts ra(.. in theSosti ar'e at )1reseIt pe'i.ct. Ja('lil" aUf sat;sfactory to both, buti any att"mpl of the federal government to iillu ence the electoral irinchiso in th( South and so to diHtuIlthe e<uilbriuu: of the races will provoke resentmnent and inflame passions inconsistentt with nublic order and tranquility No man, whatever his political opin ions, can travel in the South withoul being favorably impressed by th( contentment and prosperity pervad ing colored conunities. "It is to the peaceful relations hoe tween the races and their cordial co. operation il industrial (leveloplenil that the present extraordinary pro gross is attributable. To set the twc classes in hostility, as this bill would do, would infallibly arrest the cours< of Southern prosperity. It is a nota ble fact that collisions between th( races in tho South lave invariably and exclusively been caused by politi cal controversies. On every c ther u) ject the harmony between th ra ice is complete. At present there u nothing in the p)olitical conteLsts of the South to exasperate una ac against the other. But this bill will undoubtedly array the factions in im. placable antagonisn. It may as vell b)e uintdrstood, 011CC for all, that the whites of the South do not intend that the blacks shall aemire the ascendency, and1 in so i'ah as thi. bill tends to the accomplish ment cf that ascondency it will chial lenge resistance. If the races be left free froui Federal intervention, they will worl' out their pacific and in ear nest co-o.eration, not only to tl< benefit of the South, but to the wel fare of the entire country. It is la mentable at ihis juncture, when every thing is so (luiet and prosperous it the South, that a measure rhould b( introduced which cannot but resuli in discord and disaster. Ion. J. Simms, presidont of thc Fourth National Bank, took a difler ent view. He thought the Soutl would acquiesce in the operation of the bill if it was made a law. "The aute-bellum days," he said "are not the days we live in. Th< South is law-abiding; so that whik there may be some resentment ii will not occasion any serious disturb ancos. I don't believe in the bill. ] am not apprehensive of any violenet on the part of the South in case il should be enforced. Of course mil lions and millions of Northern mone3 have gone South for investment in th< last few years, and that very connec tion will be an influence tending t( control any outbreak that would en danger the enterprises that Northen capital has built up." A Mcteor I)roppe ito is Wagoni Versailles (Ky.) corresponden c St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Juhi WVhittaker', of near Oregon Bend~ thi: county. was driving home last night whten a meteor flashd across~ tlu heavens, andl the next i;nstant aL hug< stone, measuring about eighlt feet ii diametei', camel thr'ough the atir, ams with teriic force cramshed into ti beod of the wagoni directly behim him, grazing the seat lie occupied a it fell. T1he horses were wild wit] fright, but the heavy stone pinneti the wvagon to the earth, and as the; could not bi'eak the heavy chaij traces they wei'e umnable to run oil Mr. Whittaker says lhe heard th meteor whizzing thr'ough the air, bu had no idea what it was unitil he wa jolted out of his seat by the craslh A numnber' of sightseers visited th spot today and inlspected1 the won der'ful rock. Corpuleuncy Curiied by F"ast ltg. P~ouamunl:EsIE, July 24.--)0. Chaf K. Barulow, one of the leadhing der tists of this city, has taken nmo food c any kindl except a glass of milk or' cup of coflloo each day for forty fiv days3. When 1 h11le beganl fasting hi weighed 245 pounds and maeasurec 4() inm'ee around the body. lie ium weighs 201 p)ounds anid me(asures :3 iiches ai'ounid tile body1. WVhen thi for'ty-five days were uiP he1 wa r'eady to eat someting sub)stanltia bult his appetite failed him and lha nlot yet r'eturned(. i s b)oard( bill fa fifty-three days hats been less thta 82. Hie says lhe feels good and hm woi'ked har'd ever'y day during i fast. His entiire food todlay consiste of a glass of milk and a plate of ic ceam. He is about, forty year's c age. His eyes are bright and hi minovements spr'ighitly. At taUked( by3 WVhit e Roighs. GumI:vIIJ:, S. (., July 21.- --Je. Mackey, c'olored, wats seriiouisly ci andil beaiten on Suniday night last b ttree younig whlite men, whose inamc are George Riott ers, Walteir Bear and. .Johin Smith. Mackey chainr that lie, was near the Columbia an (Greenville r'ailroadl in the West En whien he wias attactked 1by thle me. men'ltioned( above, anid if lhe had n< runll away would haxve be'en serious. hurit. As it is he has a knife nxoun: inl( the back wh ich is eonsxideremd dai arriest to awvait the' resuolt of tI wound. >rhe State Farmeris' Inistita , will 1b0 heldt at Ridge Spring, 281 Tl[t STATE ALLIANCE. THE PROCEEDINOS OF THE ANNUAL I ESSION AT CREENVILLE. Tho Annual AddroNN Sh1tow the )rdor to Ie in a F louriding Condition -A I'laun for a Mutual FJro and Life Ineura nve Company 14to h) isc4ssd-Th o Election of OltHeora. (iRE:Nv.y , July 23.- -The South Carolina State FarIuners Alliance mlet lhere to-day--mlost every county be iUi repr ;sellted. Tho morning ses Son - :1s devoted chinfly to organiL'a tion1. Th'iannual adcdruss of ' tresidenlt Stacklouse shlowed the muelmbership to havxe ilncrea:ed to 17,5a0 in the last, two years. There are 1,2 sub-alli auces in tho State. Colonel F. F. Polk, P'residlent of the Nationlal Farmers' Allianlce, ad. dressed the alliance in the inorning, and tonight delivered a public address in the opera house to a lage audicee. h ost imp n ttut act ion was the appoint lttt of a comnlittee to con Caier planls oL a mutual lire and life imsu'mice conpanly to be operated by the Alliance. D.J. :. William Stokes, of Orange burg, editor of the Cotton Plant, was elected president by aechulat ion to get,licr with all the old oflicers. Spartanburg w-as selected as the next place of meeting and following delegates wvere elected to tle National Alliance: J. \Villiamu Stokes, W. J. Talbert, A. C. Latiit(r and )r. Eugene Jarnigan. -:croxnI 10.. ers AlliUtnce of South Cu alina tt in the Opera tlouse at o'clock ILis mUOrnling. Th'le proces'dinlg:: lurein~ the day were largeiy dc'ev ot1 to -i cussOn1s oin ::rtiu I ia-. 'lile i'ili t,ittee which was a pprWto.l t pare the r(ports to be iri'e :utt o the press gave out the fell oV.i Ti he committee on legislative ; m1L1 made a nunber of reco!n1n(1,taom in line with the deman"s of the n all-: Alli:nec. P1, importantce of pushing t Iese dtnaiids was set fort h. and it was urged that no candidate be supported who is not i itull sym j)atly with ilie demaud>s in:le. 1 t Secretaries of the State aid County Alliances were forbidden from here - after giving out a full directory (f the County and sub-Alliance officers a:; cept by permission of the presidcnt and cbairmat of tie Cxc"u ive coni miittee. An appeal was made I he Aili ance members in the ,o 1h a:nd Northwest to unite w.tla tIa Sonth Carolina Alliance in collc n imiu<< the Lodge bill, and requesting th mit to coic to our aid in p)rcventiig the passage of said bill, I lie intent and effect of which, we believe, will be not, to benefit any class of citizens. but will serve to break Ie force of our united brotherhood in our demand for financial reform. Several amndmaenit s to the const it + tion were adopted. The sub -treasury bill was endorsed. and it is the seise of the body that no candidate for Congress shiuld i ceive our support uuless lie iavors that measure. T The Alliance was positive in its op poSition to national banks, and de mnanded the removal of all taxe on all State banks. Suh. and Couniv Allianbes wer en .toined to take iere noti intere in the schools of the country'. -The Pjosidenat urged i upon the County and sa Alliance.; thle imipor tanee of havin~' their iiml idual c al. The slecretaies of siub Allianices are urged to press the claimts of pa pers that have pressed and~ will pres thle deuiantds of our Otder Brethren of thle State Alliancie in turning over to you the high trust. whilif I have (eilavored to execuite for you during the two years; sinice ye ar organiizationi, I congratilate you on thiegrowvth of the order wit hin the SState, on the~ good 3your org"anization has already accomlllihd and on the open prospect for future acoinpIlishi ment. The report of your State or ganlizer' shown th at thle organuizationi has now b)eeni p)lted in everLiy(1 cuntyv in the State. Your ' (ecrtary reprtts that, we n ow have 1,0)'2 sub-Alliancies in the State, ant increase of 298 since y our last meetinug, and an increase of1 1 7,500) mieniberls during the year nowv elos~ine I Tlle impi vedh) >ns nit lu:,lo-hi(j ini 111lnindreds of I iloil:ttus of f ollarittC the fariers of the1 '-bde, I at Iiapn t s ant as is- this moneyii s,ain to th< r. farmero( of the St ate, thie ain inl la a formation andto numbiaod is va stl 1 n~:ort s important t. The Allinne( hias n ot onl1 s demIlonst ratedl the pr actical bout-lit I of unity, but thbat it hai stimu la ted e andt has gi eni diection1 to intdividli f eflerts5, is thei test timony of ob Server 1$ n both ini andti of tile order . 1isM tanmers of ie St'ate are nisIre cheeri ful in d Ihopeful than tothey haiivO him for mianiy years, anti it will not lhe do s inied by thosHe who ha ve ohbs.rtt. aun .t studIied 1.1hi farimer's cond ititon, tha y it is mtaintly due to the benll(i(i(fn 5 teachiing- atnd operaitiont s of your n) d~ btle organization. 1,In lootkinig to antd arran ai Nou >t 1by the samte declatrationi of nole ur y' poseis thait hats tinabled uI i 1:01 i I o-tjrity. Lot ias stud iil em and' b .r 4raided by t hem. ' h .a iK am1 these noble purp1'oses. our order iihows that it looked to the eduetion of the "Agricultural class" --that they might be prepared to grapple wit i organized and entrench ed iOnopo1V. I respectfully recoin mend a careful study of this entire first declaration of purpose to the br1othelrhooj in South Carolina. '1 he education of the "Ageicultural ('lass is the most importanlt work of the Alliance, not only la South Caro lina, but in every State o,f this great nation. I recommend that you con sider ('arefully the best miethods for he ac(oindh isl u' it. of this great c( ueatioi al w ii". M1otu,poly --int r"(sched1 mtonopoly, with it mnigity ilthliene'( itii power --u1t b)0 no14tllnd d, f (aitet . Tihis is a task wvort;hy tf the supremeVtst elforts c. the toiling itasses of the Pcop'e of t1to Uiitcd Stiates. It. is no escip0 if w' would 1 p(t'tate free ins1to)itu ions anid enlighlteied Christ inn govennuniit. 'lie toiling liltsses of the people ot this great nation are girdin( theiselves lor tlie il'Om1 plisluien1t of this task. ''ie agricull tural States of this Uniion are uniting for the ac'coiplisinient of tis gnal task. The great Northw(e:t and tIw Cotton States will stalll Iegether' iln tie colining battle 'viti the p,owers of mlonop1oly'. he a issaults ot th:e' tirst skrirn\hwill be r(t'u1ec "rlh i iii thne e!'e tiutn re:'tli:4 of the Natio electiontii 11r I 1But tlhe monsti- Alonopoly - li itoo llimly esi:.blii wd lor' to Isw defiea''tted ini at >.kirmnish. 11 wvill re luire the 're(at iattlt Of 1S9. to de ride vh iteil thi )pe:(pl(' 01 wh"l(thter nl ooly1 sh:ll ul'ti h is r''eat ltttit r. goi 1 'n :ci y - \1' -11: \ t' '? ! t ' ' -, i" t;l;i 1I)1 i :i t: rr1 ( :lt 1) liIii' 'ltlHit'"ttI all-l w\ ( by"('( h)b e I t sial i't't () in of thc "li( vinI (r t W lwl t l s - .ar' Of' I t l farnwt i n 11 lil ilt ' Jhut wV( mtitst (\ver'1'tlnllmb)(r tIi:tt Ourli' lt1es1are to 1)0 "sti itly 111l1 pait i-ail.' Any dleparturc fromn the rule will bo ---o the (xtenlt of the de(parl.ure fatal to the suices('$S of the reforius sot ghit. ihe Alliailice iiI 11o sen Sc a poltitial I uarty, nor does it look to he de-trillion o-ii eh of the great p)liticl plati'es., but it. 15 ia ''strictly non pirt.lsitu" organization for the do fencei and protectio ' f he agri'cul t:ura' '; e - ' g i t. lr';:lizel 1 -1olia (ionl, :tul wvill wvait. for tO ('hange of whliii-tr5, OL tO p)rL eIt it' der lil:i t is. H R e d la ! -1 l i :1 :.I(si It, inihlt1etl by' thltiu:.;-ino Camitl at. St. Loui1) ha( beenl ( ")ls t d :ma1l passed lp utn by tin - 'ub) tid ( 'ount y Alliances. I. r('otln;llenid thit tlws (ettlnds with tire cition talth tteetn by Sub :aid County Allii:im ees be re'ferrell to a special co)uitt ('e on legislative de liuanlds inl ilat all 1utitrs in refer ('1('e to le'gilat ion, Stit" or national, be refe'rrel io tiis (0ii11iittee. Tle great co no)idation t i tl"ttd at. St. IOl?iis alli(e your' last 11lle1'ting, turI I In' uu ("ll t"eelt lit(t gr'ow' tll Of1 t lie Na ti tt 'I tl a s ll ialloe :lllt1 hitius tia:l U lli'-nl inspl)in 1' le l( )(' ilh:tt 1lle w\ill--at nlO di,tanlt ty5--(teive rC ti l et ii (' Onsi(lerat ion Iby t lie ( o nigress; (Lf te10 Unite( States 'tilE A' Ci .'t'UiL\t .\NO 1reli.t\NiL'.\L di )onir:uttlIt ti ILfarilg alu inm histiIL elt (I oLIi h.' -til t i (the fact. Shat st ogl.e u. lst mting,0 the( Stat 1 Sastie pr:yviL istIion to the . (' lal onen ofi anilI AtticuILL Ncall ma Mechan1(bien t oleg it 't . 111, a L that5 the( workii of (costruction 111is naw proigrlesing. eeeie L lu-wi ofThle rprt of yoe 111 ur L11 Exactve 1.m 1Cfinttee t MIn i L ii)oil Wllt' I tfe S t oan ial mingenwnt~I kL. ThieyIiits haveenaberd your I SinteILorgaizer,i'i State cue and Sate Sweidet ti.o eit. t te extnt of thLii lo blityI toLI d se, all di of theI) State Llecturer, andtat he betiA reIriredI to iveiN his wholtOimeL' to the nowiiI i4 that-leilwork- of orgaiz at ion i LI'oLi naly' :\ompl1ted, Lhat he 1om I i til ale ierLLIIL ary wloll hlilde yom I- Stat's I onst'itio a special sltudy, ha IL. by rI'uest,IA Itepared fo I - P i (G d it AI 11,~~N wN to IE e ' i)urN)s 11C 1ma 111 i m ire e Stat e. in hi frag Stt tio othi e St a Iisedcn5Stitu to the demands of the Alliance makes it iiperativo that our people should read our State and national organs. 'T'ho National Economist, your na tional organ, is combatting with coin mendable fairness and great ability the evils and dangers of monopoly. I reconuo(i that the brotherhood of South Carolina give it liberal patron age. iAR.\(IEs. I respectfully suggest the propriety and justice of increasing the salaries of your President aind Secrotary, as the slnaries, as now fixed by your conutitution, are not fair compensa. tion for the services rendered by those oflicers. I trust you will remain in session long enough to give careful consider ation to all mntters of interest to the in this State. ii conclusion, I want to say that the eflort to serve you has been, to me1t', at lal)or of love. I have lrought, to the (liselige of the duties illl)0sed( my best eflorts for t he well being the order. I have been consei limy ilal)ility t.o mn'iure ulp to sl)ontiibilities imposed U,pOnl invoke your indulgence to the ('1ies andtl errors ini lily oflicit iilistltion. I want to recor(1 m grattetul ap)reeiation of the prom1pt an9 d genli u aid (' give n me ini t heir several d at'iultients, by those who liutv b,eel asuoeiated with ine in the (lis('ha:rge of yiV otli"ial duties, and I tcnit grulate 1' the br1Otherlood ill ti' St ate on1 thie wisdom Of their selee tiOnl. i T FEMS OF INTEREST. Ih nry I!. tinl ety's mt11uiii.'ritt is trI lille. ;ui senreelOy n lri in S(iin is m 1ade, ini ; folio. 1 \VOi,tll litried at Newtt : bi.t(ld, Mo., t te dtay ago, Veighed 750 potUt,I. There w(re 1; active )all --On0 of Californias pretty 11e1 cs';es is Miss (irace McDonough, who wilt inherit a fortune of L(,0,t) from her mother. -Senator W\ade Hampton has at last slved oil' the sitte wl)isk;rs which he has so alssiduom-lv rulti I ntetl for lo' theie naIy yearr. Thi stimasl ited expti indit. ule iin i h Bitish1111 i olI r the year wil( l that of tIhe amIny will 1' .1,1:)j047.:-sn1. h11 Emuperor ( f 1is5i11, AleXatu d(r I iluts jus,t luul 1.01) ph';ts:;ts sent from lnglainti to his shoot ing phe on thie (lull of 1?othnin. att :ui expenise oI a gtunelea (0h. --A re(port aivinL i reachead 1 tie of P. T1. Unrnum tha1.t t ! raiVt of Jenny Lind is forgotten. he itidig iintly denied it, and added tati it is strewn with Ilowers every day. ---Great, fears pr(vail all ovl' Eg land that the larvest will bie a Iohal laiiue, aid the archbishop of (';ii I er)uy has ordered 1r'ayrs fOr lin' ' weatther to be iflre(id ini all the clurelchs. -iXperiments prov(' t hot tIhe At ii tie hietkoirs have a force of thin e ton1s to the square foot; thus ii urfa'e of only two s<)uare yirIs sust aiu a 1)1ow from a Iieavy Atlattic brenker ()ual to iifty-four tons. ---Aceordinmg to tre statistics gath (ered by M[r. K. Payson Porter, sta I istie:dl secrettary of the initerniatiomid uilay Sc-hoolc conenut ion, t here iare in t he 'Uied Slates J 09,252 Sunday Schools. wvith 8,641:1,255 schmolar's an I - -ui the co se2 oft his s4u4ccsfl Ceeer C'ait. M\(\ cMianI, att pr'esenit the ciinnuiuider of the Cunatrdeir Umii Ibrit., is miad(' 478 palssages across the At lant ie, enrr'yinlg 165,570) past si'nge'rs, and sailinig on all voyages over at distance(4 of 2,129,800 imils. -Thme 1(ev. Johnm Prinice, a Met ho. list (l(rgyman,li aged 80, and 1\ltis. Cynithiia W\ood, atged( s1, were'4 Inarrliedl r'cenit Vly i inMonitre'al. The11y wVere lovers ini chiildhlood and wvould have b)een mieii&d sixty years ago, but -- Janiies Melvin, of Concord, Mass. lhts for 12 yearls lain upo a beh.d wit-h out chaniiginig his positioni. 'l'hii os scous5 piort.ions of his b)ody have imit ed ito onie piece?, ain11 friomu thle crown of is head to thle soles of his fe(et thiere is niot ai joint responsive to his will. -A Germiain of D)etroit Ilriedl to figuire th1 e hieiht of l00,000t,000tt silver dollhar's itf clacedt on 01 t(' op1 of' lhe othier, ind been 4?fusfe lhe (couh1 in't get it wit biin ia toot or' t wo lie julinied off ia whnrfI with Iiuicidial initeiit. Although lit niever hiad ni pile a foot high hie w1 ant ed [to be ('xne.t nthout (ther peo Jhohni Minumiilc. of Ithodle I shmdi(, (1hcal l inuce-l f a liiiaiiaitariaui andi lbrought upi ai lot oif old hiorse's itad tuned them out, to p)asture'( to (end t heir days ini peace'. iIe lual got about thirty uand the papers we're (dulogizinig himi, wheni his wife got at divoirce ont the gr'ountds of (extmremae (rul ty. She proved that lie iilmost sItored her' to death I. In sp1enkin (of Son1i Joness s(-r rui a iit Oxford, Jutst ice' Lamar51 said1: "It. wa;s s-trik in g in mantIy sen ises. Part ts oft it were4 like a?t Pulhlnium paiclace sleepin ear(ii- --enplellhl of be'in hIi tch ('d to aniy 11rain, going ini any direc ion], iat anly timie ---fittinig e vwhmere, atting atutoitiatijcally, andmt uciable of ('manaliting fr'omu no0 brain other ltan tinhat of' the( original Saim Jones." In 1an1 initerview withI tihe Iloehies ter i ion (D)emi. ) I ob I ing'irol Isays: (e.dld the( ;ifant induItstri.. but after' ihow' infati' yget to hb' six f(eet highl andi wN'atr No. 1 b. hoth. it is; about iime to stopi r'ockinig the eradle1t, (cr pe~cially3 when thei 'infant' tloU" you tha1t if you ston rookirg 11. will get tjout of the cradI.le ad kick your h1ead