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THE PRIMARY RULES. m A CALL FOR THE REORGANIZATION A te OF THE PARTY. ti ty Basis of lRepresentation-.Instructions for W Iteorganiz%tion In the Counties and Rtules to Govern the Formation and 8 Membership of Clubs. 0f COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 15.-The sub- II committee, consisting of Dr. Pope and " the lion. Ira B. Jones, appointed by the 81 State Democratic executive committee .i to draft rules for the government of the Democratic party in primary elections c and other purposes, finished its work di yesterday at Laurens. 8 Among the documents furnished by 1i the committee for publication are the f following: RooMs STATE DEM. EX. COM., COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 14, 1892. r To the County Chairman of tic Dm ocratic Party of South Carolina: Pur- C suant to the order of the State Demo- 0 cratic executive committee, the re- C spective county executive committee (I tWrough their chairmen, will issue r a call for the reorganization of the Democratic party in their respective I counties, by calling the subordi nate clubs to meet at their usual places of meeting on the second Sat urday (the 9th day) of April next, I for the purpose of reorganizing said t clubs and for the purpose of electing 0 delegates to the respective county con ventions. These conventions will meet t on the first Monday (the 2a day) in May (I next to reorganize the party in each t county, to elect a new county executive f committee, to elect delegates to the * State Convention, which meets in Col- I umbia on the third Wednesday fin May next, and to transact such other busi ness as may be proper under Ihe consti tution. t The representation of each subordi- E nate club in said county conventions a shall be one delegate for every twenly-five members and one delegate e for each majority fraction thereof. Only such Democratic clubs as were in existence on the 13th (lay of August, 1890, shall be recognized. Provided, however, that two clubs in each ward in the cities of Charleston,Columbia, Greenville and Spartanburg may be formed. No club that was formed or organized after the 13th day of August, A. D., 1810, by the division of an old i) club or otherwise, shall be reorganized. Respectfilly, .John L. M. Irby, Chairman State Democratic Executive Committee. W G. Duncan Bellinger, Secretary. The rules to govern the primary elec tion are as fololows: The following rules shall govern the membership of the different subordi nate )enocratic clubs of this State, the a (lualification of voters at the primary vlections held by the party, the conduct ) of the primary elections to lie held on the last Tuesday (the 30th day) of Au gust A. D., 1892, and the second pri mary held two weeks later, if one lie W necessary: 1, Itule 1. The iulalliication for mem- d bership in any subordinate club of the Democratic party of this State or for voting at a I)enocratic primary shall be as follows, viz: The applicant for e ineimbership) or voter shall be 21 years t of age, or shall become so before tho succeeding general election, and be a white Democrat, or a negro who voted for Gen. llampton in 1876 and who has voted the Democratic ticket contin ousaly since. E'very member of a sub ordinate club or voter ill a dlemocratic primary shall pledge hlimself to abided the result of the primary and( to sup port the nlomfinees of the party. A ppli cationl for membership or offering to vote in a primary election shall be deem ed etiuivalent, to such declaration and pledge. Every voter li a D)emocratict primary election shall take the follow lng oath, viz: "1 do solemnly swear, thlat 1 am duly qualilled to vote- at this election accordIng to the rules of tIhe l)emnocratic party and that I have not voted( before at this election." Rtule 2. Evenry negro applying for nmembtership in a D)emocratic club, or offering to vote in a D)emocratic pri- t mary election, must p)roduce a writtenI statement of teln replultable white men who shlall swear thlat they know ot their own knowledge that the applicant or voter voted for Gen. IIampton in 1876. and has votedi the D)emocratic ticket continuously since. Tis saidi statement shall be placed in the ballot-box by t.het mnanagers and returned with the pol11 list to the county chairm an. The man agers of election shall keep a seperate ist of the names of all negro voters, and return it with tihe poll lIst to the county chairman. Rule g. Each county execut ive com mittee of the Democratic party in this stato shall meet on thesecond Monday in ,Jnly of each election year, and shall ap point three managers for each primary election precinct in their respective couatiee, who shall Iold the primary election provided for under the D)emo cretic constitution in accordance with the Act of the General Assembly of this State regulating primary elections, ap proved ~ember 22, 1888, the constitu tion at the Democratic party of this State and the rules herein set forth. The naimes of such managers shall be published by the chairman of each coun ty executive committee in one or more county papers at least two weeks beforo the eetion. Rtule 4. Each voter in said p)rimIary shall vote but one ballot, on wlh1ch shall be printed or written or partly printedI and partly written, dlie name or names of the person or persons voted for by him for each of the oflices to be fillied, together with tile name of the ollice. The tickets to be voted shall be in blank in the following form, with spaces to suit the different counties: D)elegates to tihe State Convention; for Congress, -- -district; for solicitors---judical district; State Senator, IIouse of itepre sentiatives, sheriff, Judge of Probate, clerk of Court, county commnissioniers, coroner, school commissioner, treasur er, auditor, trial justices. Rtule 5. The managers of election shall open the polls at 8 o'clock A. M., and shall close thema at 4 o'clock P. M. Atf ter tabulating the result the managers shall certify Iha same and for ward the ballot-box, p2oll lists and all other pa pers relating to suc.h election by one of their Dumber to the chairman or thelt respective Democratic county executive comnmittees within forty-eighty hours after the close of the polls. Rtule 6. The county Democratic exe-I cutive committees shall assemble att their respective Court houses on thle 3 morning of the second day after the election, at 11 o'clock A. M., to tabulat e the returns and declare the result of the primary, so far as the same relates ' to delegates to the Conventfon, mem bers of t,he Gleneral Assembly and coun ty officers, and shall forward immediate- ] ly to the chirman of the State executive] committee at Columbia, 8. (I., the result of the election in their respective coun ties for Congressmen anid solcitors.( Itule 7. Tne protests and contest (ex- I cept in the election of Congressmen and solicitors) shall be filed within five days ' after t.he election with the chairman of the 4ounty executive committee, and ( said executive committee shall hear and ( -determine the same. The State execu- g tive committee shall hear and decide t protests and contests as to Congress- a en and solicitors, and ten days shall allowed for filing the same. lule 8. Candidates for the General 5sembly and for county oflices shall, a days previous to the primary elec )n, ile with the chairman of the coun executive committee a pled ge, in riting, to abide the result of the Imary and support the nominees of e party. Candidates for other offices all file such pledge with the chairman the State Democratic executive com ittee. No vote for any candiuate ho has not complied with this rule iall be counted. R ule 1. In the primary elections here i provided for a najoriy of tho votes tat- shall be necessary to nominate can idates and to elect delegates to the late Convention. A second primary, hen necessary, shall be licid two leeks after the first, as is provided )r under the coustitution of the arty, ard shall be subject to the ales governing the first primary. Lt said second primary the two highest andidates alone shall run for any one flice, but if there are two or more va ancies for any particular oflice, then outle the number of candidates shall Lin for the vacancies to be filled. For Istanco, in a race for sheriff, the two ighest shall run. io cointy con lissioner is nomuinated, then the six ighest shall run. i110 10. In the event of a tie between wo candidates in the second primarv he county chairman, if it is a county flice, and the State chairman, if it is a tate oflice or for Congress or ior solici :r, shall order a third primary. The uestion of a majority vote shall be de trmited by the number of votes cast or any particular oilce, and not by the rhole number of votes cast in the riinary. Itile 11. The credentials of delegates D the State Convention shall be certi ed to by the chairman of the respec ve county Dleiocratic executive con ittes within live days after the result I declared, and forwarded iimediately ) the chairman of theState Democratic xectt IN-(v comnitteo at Colimbia, S. C. .John L,. M.rby, Sampson Po.p, Ira 11. Jones, peeial Comintteo of the Statei Execu tive Committee of the Democratic l'arty. THE FATE OF AN INCENDIARY. t4ettci'd :and Killed iIn tho Act of Sat ting Fire. LA Uni:Ns, S. C., Janm. l.i.-Lawrence Iimpson, a twenty-year old negroi as caughlt, almost in the very act of 'ing Mrs. Itichardson's house and was lot (4) death by her son, .1. 0Oswell ichard.ion, last night. Last Thursday night Mrs.,S. 1'. lich 'dson's boarding house on l1arper reen was set, on lire, and the evidences iincendiary oigin were uninstak e. Sinel, then, Mrs. ltichardson's son, 0.swell iichardson, a young man vCHty yea,s old, has been keeping iiard, staving up protty mutich all ght. lie had placed his breech-loao ig shotgun loaded with buckshot un r the back iteps, where he could get colVellenitly if it wits needed. As it as raining last night, tIch-.rdson nciuded not to stay iipj, anud a few iunutes before twelve o'clock went otit get his giu. When he reached the !ar of the houso he saw a negro go rotind the side of the house and enter ie cellar. Richardson went to the tep and got out his gun, but in doing iimade some noise. lie went back ud1 withiout being himself seen, saw hie negro peering through the cellar oor. The negro wvent fIn again, was onie several infutes, camet back and toed for a im nute or two look ing ack. lRichardson tired two shots with is shotgun, anid then th Inking that he eard somes one runninig behind, went ack a little to look for them, knowing hat the negro whom lie had seen ould not escape on account of' high enIces5. Coming back in a moment, lie dvaniced, thinking the negro had gone gain into tihe cellar, but camne on him i Landing behind the cellar dloor. lRich rdsoni then opened lire with his iitol, red live times, reloaded, and Ii red hbree 11imes again. it was only3 at the st, thait lhe recognized the niegrio as ived before the Ii ring ceas.-ed. Thorn p on (died iminediately. in iters found j ust w itin thle cellar~ oor a <iuart bottle cont.uiniing abouit a umtdberful of kerosene oil. Somec of he plank enclosinhg thle cellar were wet vith oil. Matches were found on Ihomnpson. An inijest and autoplsy m'ere hieldi this morning. The verdict vas that the killinig was justifiable. tichiardlson 'turrendered immediately. I'hompson has always been a vaga ondu wvorthless boy, and has often ig ired in the mlayor's court, bult was riot onsidlered dangerous. lRichardson, in hlarge of the she(ri If and accoinp)aniedi iy his counrmil, 11. W. Blall, weont to (Col limia tonigh lt, arid a mlotioni for bail vill tbe made beforo J1udgo Mcliver to norrow. 'The unanimjous sentiment of he cominiuity ju1stil's Richardson nid the verdict, of the coroner's jury. tate. The (Columnbia State, from which the ubove is takeii, in its issue of thie 151h1 niatant says: Last night. .1. 0. Rich irdsoni arrived in the city in the cus ody of Nherilf hi. F. Hallew, andl ac Ontpie)I!d by his attorniey, Col. 11. W. tall. Mr. Rlichardson told t he story of t he >ccurr'ence: to The State's rep)re4enita ive. lie said the house had been fired nat Thursday nighit, a wveek ago, anid inee that time he had been on the vatch dleterminled to capture the lir e )ug. Wednitesday nlight '1Thompson had aturatedi a portion of the house wit,h ~erosenio anid was about to light it wheni he was dliscovered. Mr. lihard on thieni shot him with his double bar el gull, and1 the negro leaned against lhe door, lie rushed1 to himl, anid the ascal, although wounded, grappled ni h him, catching him by the arm. ni the struggle Rlichardson shiot the iegro flive times with his pistol, killing urm. lie was forty feet away wvhen lie red the first shot and it was within 17 uinutes of midniighit. lRichardson said lie whuiped thme rn ro on Monday laist. uNi mother had aisedl the rascal, lie beiug a soni of ani 1(d slave of the family and it was as if hey had warmied the adder that was o sting them. Last niight Col. Ball ook the young oman before Asscciate uistico Pope, the attorney general ap earing for the State, anui it appearing hat t,he killing was justifiable the oung man was granted bond In the urn of $1,000 which will be given tn sautrens today. Mr. Richardson is a tulet looking young man of good ad Iress. Death of Gen. On ,orn, CIIARLnISTON, S. C. Jan. 15.- -General rancis W. Capers died here Monday. le was born to Savannah (Ga., 1819) nd was a son of Bishop William Ca ers. He was the first professor of the ~Itadel Academy at its organization in 843. HIe fillled successfully the posi ion of Professor of Languages at Transylvania University, Super intend nt of Cokesbury Institute and of the sitadel Academy and professor in the ~ollege of Charleston, also of thme Geor Ia Military Academy. Hie was a 'rigadier general in the Confederate tmy attached to the enDrinear servie Another Railroad In Trouble. T It seems that the Charleston, North ern and sumter Railroad Is in trouble. A receiver has been appointed for it and it is likely that the road will be T sold. In speaking of the trouble of the road to the Charleston correspondent of the Columbia State Mr. C. S. Nettles, who is attorney for the road, said: A "When our management took charge of the road, they found it encumbered by a large, lloating debt, but they had confidence in the property, and hoped that when the line was coimlpleted to Bennettsville the earnings would be sullicient to pay it off. As is well ti known, however, the freight shipments s, over all lines during the entire fall ti were unusually light, and so our earn- 1, ings were continually reduced], till they e reachtd a very small amount, while our c taxes were double what they were last , year. This was naturally very dis couraging to the owners of the road, d but they nevertheless have recently had r under consideration a plan by which I they expected to raise the neci-ssary r funds to pay iill claims of a pressing q nature. Some of the creditors, how- 'j ever, were importm,iate, and ny press- q ing their claims in the courts have s forced the road into the hands of a re- S ceiver. We still hope that these mat- ! ters may be adjusted to the satisfaction of all concerned. The temporary re- v ceiver appointed is Charles E. Klinball, t of New York, a man in whoqu person ( we harmonized the interests alike of o bondholders stockholders and creditors a at large." .11eing asked what effect a this would have on the extension to b Charleston, Mr. Nettles replied that the y C., S. & N. road has no connection with 4 the line from Ilolly lill to Charleston, a and that the latter will be built at once, o under the charter of the Charleston, C. Colleton and Berkeley Railroad. "In e fact," saId he. "the parties interested o are all ready to cornmmcec const ruction, if and will do so as soon am, the city au- b) thorities here decide oi an entrance and a terminal point for the road." ti ivndrfail for Volori. SP*AWTANBURM, S. C., Jan. 20.-In- g formation has .been conveyed to the tj proper authorities of Woflord College of rt the (leath -f Mrs. John it. P)ickett, of a: Cheste... and that by this death this In- e, stituGion receives the entire estate of the 81 deceased, amounting to about A.30,000. P Rev. John i. Pickett before his death u was the husbanld of the lady named, and 0 haviig accumuilated an extensive pro- Ia pcrty, it was his desire that Wofford - Colleee, aller the death of his wile, be 'l given the advanLages of'said proporty. bl 'The iuterest fromi 1110 amoilnt was at the al disposal of Mrs. Pickett, but the lady dh has seen lit t give a great, part of the 10 interest to the institution to which her husband had given the principal. There o1 is also a large library which Mr. l'ickett n willed to the college and this will be er brought to the col'ege as soon as prac ticablie. Rev. John C. Kilgo, the linan cial agent of the college, will go at once to Chester and take the matter in charge. Ic TLe receipt of this inotn.Y will give time le college ai en mlO eit, of'about -j126,00. er There have beei minde proniss by cer- si tan wealthy Carolinians that when the I endowment, reached $1000,0 substan- ot tial addition would be made. The col- gI le.te authorities hope for the luifillment s of these promises. and when they are 11 lifiilled Wolyord College % ill take even a greater Oise than she has in tile past, tivO yeas.--Columbia etegister. LAee's Uilrthday. A'rTnA NTA, .hin. 19.- The daeti o! the birth of (ecneral li. E. ILee was a~ holi (lay in thme Stat,e 01 Georgia anal was ap- t propr~iIiately (dbsurvedl. Hlere this even iSI inig the celebrationi consisted1 ofI public e exerci.9et i ItRepresent i.t,ves IIall at the th Stale Capitol. at, wvhich the loi Charles el TI. O'Fe.rrall, Congressman from Vir'- is gimai, dlelhvered ant or'ation. lie aas tI introith,ced', by C oh. ..lanmilton D oumglas, at I re.lidenit of the Vrirg:inia Soety oh c Atlanta, uinder~ whlose auspies the cele- c] exerci,e, a banqiluet wasii given. Tihe t diisi toastm was. " 1h memar 'v idlI'hliet t F. Ie.*. sol. icr. pai r101., Staeiles ecaetle- ti rmim andI humblh~e Chriistiani, the. in niel mani oi the century,'' wvhichi was runik stanhn. and 10 ini sileceC. Toh wer 11CiC~ rel'sponded.i to by~ lter. enuj:iuin J . kuley v Itomanit ('athioli Vicar t Ieiener. I of the ti I )iaceme of1 0';Ia . Spea.ker ChLike t: IIlowelt, 0t t,he Gecorg;ia Il ouiv of lIepre, sentatives and di cltor o0' the Atlan .a ti Constatution, Captu. 1'. 8. (Gay, Maior IIemuphili. Col. W. L. C'alhoun, Iloke tI Smili, B. M. Blaickbuirn and ltev. Dr. i J. W . .lonos. T1his atternocon Mrs. t OJ' iarrelI 'vais gi yen a reception by' the 4 ladies ol'A tlanti a. FigurenA that F're.e. [4 MT. PAt I-., Jlan. 15.-~ Last night. wams p)robably the coldiest of [the season. Th le mercury went downiitotil it fr 'z. irn a inanmy localIties, in fact all [hrough t.he ~ northern part oi the St ate. 1mn i Mni- ti toba, North D)akota, and in the Canta dian North west the temp)eratulre ranged from 30 degrees to 50 degrees below zeror on [lie spirit theriinmeters. P In this city it recordled 22 dhegrees he- d. low at [the wveather buireau, and in v'ari ouas parts of the city thermometers ie- P corded from S degrees to t0 degret s lower. At it o'clock thmis morning it was 418 degreee below at P'eminia, in lie norther'n part. of North I )akota. Feorgus Falls reports 30) degrees below this morning, thIs being time rixt.eenrlh consecuitive morninig with the mercury bielowv zoro. Jlismnarck reports the temi peraitire at 21 degrees below, St. \'ini ceint 4t0 degrees below, Moorhead 28 (de gretes b)elow, and WVinomi peg 42 deigrensg below. In I hiis city [c-night thle temnperatumre dlowntfown was 1t) degrees below. while ini the more exposed parts of the ciiy in thie residemieo por'tioni it ran down 5 (ie grees to 10 dleg rees lower. A heavy 1j snow stormi is reported at, Elk Point, S. I)., but. here it Is clear and( cold. Acciden,t to a ir4Ii Couple. 1 'uoi'mo, Col.. JTan. 15.-John Sanko, a a well kno wn i Iungarian, and M rs. Kat- a bosh were unIted in marriage Tuesday, c were on their way b'ome on Santa Fe I avenue ini a hack, accotmpanied by v Andy Martini, who had ofliclated as h best mian at the wvedding. When nieair f the crossing of time avenue anJ] the n Santa Fe tracks theo driver noticed a t passenger train appuroaching, anid at tempted to pass in front of It. IIe a succeeded In this. liat was struck by an dI enigino going i'm .a opposit.e direction. d The hack was completely (demollshed 8 and MartIn and the bride thrown undler 5 the wheels of the engine. Both were ai badly mangled and cannot recover. f - -- ~ --- 0 Roeeaon at the Orater. e l'ET1EnsnUIno, Va., ,Jan. 18.-Somue a tIme in May' next there will be a reun- a Ion of the Grand Army of the liepublic s of I lie Untilted States on the Crater bat- h tiehield In Prince George county, near o Petersburg, and it Is expected that there a will bo at least 10,000 ox-Union soldiers t present. It 1s stated that invitations t will be issued to ex-Contederato soldiers in all of the So,uthern States to attend p the encampment. The plan is for two s ex-Unlon soldiers and two ex-Conf'eder- C ates to occupy the same tent. T1he en- v campment will contInue for several ri days and it Is to be made an occasIon ti of much Inter, . r IE DAY OF RECKONING. AKING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO TASK IN CONGRESS. a AnInatod Debato o,n the Reoitnlttion Denouncuing the Extravagance of the. Lust Congrce and Asserting i Policy of itetrounchnient for the Pre,ment Congress )VASHINOTON, Jan. 13.-In anticipa on of the first political debate of the zesion the attendance of members in 10 House this morning was unusually Irge, and the inclemency of the weath r did not prevent the galleries from mtuining a goadly number of specta )rs. After some routine business had been isposed of the lolman anti-subsidy solution was taken up for discussion. Ir. Raines, of New York, said t,'it the 4solution contained two propositions. 'he second was a business propos!tion. 'he first was a stump speech. IIe in uired whether there could not be a perate vote on each proposition. The peaker pro tem replied that he would )ok into the matter. Mr. 1iolman, of Indiana, said that in iew of the fact that a similar resolu on had formerly been adopted by other ongresses, lie felt some surprise at the pposition which had been manifested t this time to his proposition. Sub Lantially the identical resolution had een agreed to in the 44th Congress 'ith but few dissepting votes. In the 5th Congress a resolution condemning ibstdles had been adopted on motion f Mr. Baker, of Indiana. lie supposed iat the objection now made was direct :1 against the first resolution; and, for ne, he was glad that this isue was tirly and squarely made. It could not 1 madO too soon. It was fortunate for the country that ie (uestion was fairly prcsen ted to the merican people as to the attitude of to gentlemen representing the two rent political parties in reference to ie granting of subsidies. When the solutions had been adopted in the -1Ith id 45th Congresses the revenues and cpenditures of the Government were ibstantially balanced, but now the ex mnditures were in excess of the reven ,s and the necessity of his second res ution was manifest. As to the iues ,n of subsidies-subsidies meant legis tion for the benefit ot favored classes id were the feature of government be nging to monarchies. Was it possi e that this policy, which existed iong the caste-ridden and downtrod n people of despotism, should be fol wed in this free country ? Ile then entered into a comparison the recor:ls of the two parties, and cidentally remarked tbat the Demo atic part.y had always been ready by revenue measure, a strictly reventie easure, to secure incideutal protec )m. While inveighing against class zislationi he was interrupted by R(aines bo asked whether it would be class rislation to give to silver bullion own s .1 for 7h cents worth of metal. I aiply answer, returned Dolman, that im in favor of free coinage of silver i the same basis as free coinage of 1ld. [Applanse on the Democratic le.] As to the resolution referring to the i,itation of expenditures he was sur ised that the gentleman could not inmprehend the term "providing means r carrying on the departments." It ill include all necessary expenditures r carrying on the Government. Mr. D)imgley, of' M~aine, asked consent substitute for the preceding resolu oin a resolution declaring it to be the nuse of the House ththt it Is the duty Congress to limit appropriations to e retiuiremnents of an enicitent, honest, onoinical and statesmanlike admini tration of national affairs. HIe said tat the duties of Congress are not re ricted to simpily providing means for rry ing ont the departments, but in ud(l' such othler subjects as are direct or indrect.ly for the be,ntit of the mtry as a whole amnd not likely to be car-e.l by priv~ate e'nt erprise, such as o' estalihment of agricultural co)l gs, agricultural experimental sta ilns. gological sur veys, i mprovement,s rivers aiid ha~rbiors, inaintenance of biIwr't htonies and the pension system r the lwellet of thiose who imperilled eir lives for the delemuce of the na Mr. Iloiman objected to the substi to being zegarded as pending. Mr. Ilenderson, of' Iowa, denied that e lioian resolutioni, as presented, as in language or spirit the same as e rosolutionis adopted in the 44th and th Congress. In those resolutions e linancial condition of the country as expressly referred to with regard the dleclarationi as to bounties an(d tbsidies. At that time the Govern et was uinder a heavy and oppres ye loadl of debt. I'nder Replubitcan an,agemecnt the Government was get nig ridi of a imortgage. In the resolu-. uris of the former Congresses the tin "public service" wvas used. In the solution before the IIouse it was "de irtmient service." It referred eonly to partnment work. IUder this resolu on not a private pension bimll could be Lit through andl nothing in the nature public works could be entertained. 'hat was the resolution here for ? To liat bounties dhid the gentleman re ~r? le unideistood it was sugar. peaKing for hi mself, and for no one se, lie would remiark that it all the enitlemeni on the other side wainted to itcel the bmounity on1 sugar he mi)ghit be >untd votinmg with thtem. Where was wore sugge.sted the granting of land ounty ? Wams there anmy p)roposit lon to rant bounties of land ? .Not since M67 had such a proposition beeni before engress. Thle resoilution was aimed at somne rung else. It was a deadly weapon imedl it the starving millions of ussia. if adlopted C2ongresscould not make an app)lropriationm to send to that Duutry time offerings of the generous earts of our people. hlere came thie entleman from Indiana making an asauult on the unfortunmato inhabitants f Rusmsia. JTews and Gentiles, in the resemce of a famine, came forward ,ith full hands and generous hearts to elp their lellow-mortals, and the re rmed Democracy said the Govern tent should niot cary their contribu ons to Ruissla. Mr. llenderson devoted some time to reply~ to Mr. D)ockery's speech of soe ays ago, relative to the linanclal con 1t,io of the country. Dockery, he tid, ha:l sought to convey the impres. Ion that there was but $20,000,000 vailable cash in time treasury. The iet wais, there stood to the credit f the disbutrsing offcers of the gov rrnent nearly $28,000,000, and the Icretary could draw his check for bove $162,000,00)0. Mr. D)ockery hmad tated that the receipts for the first alt of the present Aiscal year fell short f expenditures $573,000. The figures f the treasury showed that on the con rary the receipts exceeded expendi ures by $7,000,000. Mr. llIenderson then reviewed the ap ropriations made by what had been aeorirngly called the "Billion Dallar ongress," andi, by comparing them rithm the work of previous congresses, sached the coniclualon that war about to "Biillion Congress" meant that the 1st congres h,a ~l1eu $113,000,000 b legislative appropriation and payment, to the soldiers of the republic, their widows, children and dependent rela tives. Mr. Dockery reiterated and defended his former statements regarding the condition of national fluances, and as serted that he had rather underestim ated the gravity of the situation. Mr. Dingley, of Maine, said that the gentleman fron Indiana thought by his resolution to blind the jndgement of inembeiri of the House as to what were measures of public and what of private advantage. The substitute lie had sought to offer distinctly drew the line of dellntion. It was important there should be a distinct delnition when the House said there should be no appropriation for private purposes. Mr. Livingston, of Georgia, said that from one end of the land to the other there existed to-day more destitution and distress than had ever before been known in the history of the country. It was time for Congress to call a halt on the making of unnecessary and reckless appropriations. The cause of this distress was the large increase in taxation, which today was five times as much as in 1860. How could the producers of the country live under such a system of taxation? While the rate ot taxation has t een increasing the price of products has been decreas ing. Cotton had gone down from 10 cents in 1860 to 61- cents in the city of Augusta, Ga. Wheat had gone down in proportion. The legislation of congress had in creased taxation and decreased the means of paying it. Was It not time that the farmers and laborers should be heard on this floor? The resolution offered by the gentleman from Indiana not only contained sound Democratic principle, but it was honest and states manlike. lIe did not see how any gen tleman % hether he belonged to the first, seeond or third party, could do ought but support it. The people were looking with their eyes aud listening with their ears for some signs of relief from this congress. Would they secure it, or would they be sent word, as they had been :ent during the last t'venty live years, "Work on and we will take care of the government ?" The passage of this rt:solution would encourage the workingnien of the country, and he gave it his earnest support. Alr. Sayers, of Texas, spoks strongly in favor of the resolution and expressed the hope that the House would not only adopt it, but would adhere to the principles set forth in it. Mr. Hooker, of Mississippi. said that the first resolution contained a declara tion of principle in behalf of the peo ple and that no opposition to it should exist in the breast of any Democrat. lie was al-3o in favor of the second res olution as far as it applied to economy in expenditures, but was opposed to the last portion which restricted appro priations to what was necessary for the departments of the Government.. It was too narrow and it should be amended so as to embrace appropria tions for every portion of our great country. Speeches in opposition to the resolu tion were made by Hopkins or Illinois, McKenna of California, Dolliver of lowr Alilliken of Maine, and Owens of Ohio. The ti. -4 limit of debate having ex pired, Mr. .tolman entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which the previ ous question had been ordered. lie would determine to-morrow whether he would made the motion or not. Mr. Reed, of Maine, sarcastically: "Thre gentleman withdraws for re pairs." [Laughter.] The New York Peetofico. NE~W YORK, Jan. 20.-The heaids of departments in New York postoflice have completed their usual reports, showing in dletail the business transact ed during the year 1891. It appears that dluring the year there were deliv ered through lock boxes and by carriers 37-4,724,612 pieces of ordinary i'nail mat ter, divided as tollows: Letters through boxes 613,155,774; by carriers, 187,130,572. P ostal cards-thbrough box es 6,944,61511; by carriers, 38,677,910. Other mail matt er-through hoxes, 341, 4191,1163; by carriers, 44,4i24,537. In the registered letter departmluent 1.520,317 pieces were dlivered, and 1,393,323 of domest ic and 550,703 of foreign origin wer-e recordied and diistribute.d to oilher | o11lces. in the distribution oepartmrent a tot al of 771,838,051 p)ieces were handled dlivided as follows: Letters of local] origin, 266,715,732; received by mail - 36f,535,50ti; foreign dispatchied, 27,622,758; P'ostal cards of local origin 41,033,190. recei ved b)y mail, 9,133.876, foreign dis patched 1,315,3618. Other matter of lo cal origin, 283,221,112; received by mail 60,178,6196; f oreign dispatched, 461081 - 812. TIhe total number of pieces of mali matter of all kinds handled during the year was 1,150,027,006, a daily average of 3,195,523; an increase over the pre vious~ years of 125,828,285. The total receip)ts of the oflice were $6,St05,952,08, and total expenditures $2,525,540.59, (including $i,141;,417 94, expended for free delivery service), g iv ing a net revenue of S3,980,411.419. There wero 801od durmng the year 2:32,132, 3618 postage stamps, 417,6133,828 govern ment stampedi envelopes, and( 54,9415,6125 postal cardis. Sa:.igh Strucki by a Train. STr. Lou is. Jan. 20--About half-past 10 o'clock last night a four-horse sleigh containing twenty-two members of the 1 Clover Leaf Fishing Ciuln was run intoI by a special train, conveying a Knights of Ilonor xcursion p)arty, at tihe Sarah street crosing of the Wabash Road.- The 'rain was going about twenty-flye miles an hmour, the engine being attached to the traini tender foremost. Owing to the fatter fact t lie t-ngineer failed to see the sleigh. Thle tender struck be twoen time pole, hors-s and the sleigh, killing the two horses and throwing the occup)ants in every directioni. So great was the shock thamt two of the in jured were afterwards found on top of the cab., The train was stopped within 300 yards of the crossing and retuirnedi to the scene, where the Knights of Ilonmor ecursionists aided in gathering up the dead andl wounded. All thed de but one have been idetntified. Os mIe twenty-two in the party but two escap ei unhurt, nine are dead and eleven - badly hurt. Gee. Frey and an unknown wounded man are dying and others may die. The Blad iroke In lls Heart. PIrTSFI-r, Mass., Jan. 19.-Louis Laussier, whoe wvas stabbedco at Lenox dhale Fr-iday~ night by Charles Edwards, colored1, (died this morning. lie lived over (ifty hours after the small bladie of a kaife pierced his heart. Laussier is white, and1 was attending a dlance given Friday night by colored people. iIe andl Edwaids danced till midnight, and1 then had a sparring match. They quar reled, and Edwards, drawing a pocket knife, plunged it into Laussler's heart. Edwards was arrested and will be ar raigned at the Dietrict Court- Monday. Medical Examiner Ilolcomb found today the blade of the knife in the heart. Ed wards is hold for murder, and the police say that after thie sparrIng match Ed wards left the hall and returned with an open knile up his sleeve. Laussler bore a good reputation, and worked as a blacksmit.h for 0'Brinn. af Tenoxdaln. I If411fays the ymait1. I A GBAT OFn THAT MAY NO' AOAV4 na RPRATED, 80 DO Not D1-;LAY. "STInI WHILE THE IRONI 1.1Hr." I Write for Catalogue now, and bay wha papor you saw this advertiment in. t,]Kember that I sell everything thatV gtte furnishing a home--ianufactur ig soni things and buying others in tho largest ossible lota which enables tio. wipe out all competitiou HERM ARE A FEW O' MY START. LING BARGAINS A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full size, 15x17 inch oven, litted with 21 piecez tof ware, delivered at your own depot,( all freight chmrges paid by nie, foi 10 only Twelve Dollars' 1 de Again, ia hol Cook iI dc Range 13x13 Inch oven, 18x2 e inch top, it ted with 21 pieces of ware, for T111R It TEEN DOLLARS, and pay the troglit tt,a ,your depot. IDO NOT PAY TWU PR1MEt 1) YOUR UOOD. I will send you a nice piush Parlar tuit, walnut frame, either in combination or. banded, the most stylish colors fo; 33.0, to our .ailroad station. freight paid. will also sell you a nice Bedrouz5 wi.u consisting of Bureau with glass, 1 high T head Bedstead, 1 Walstaid, 1 Centre table, 4 cane seat clirir., 1 cane seat .ud back rocker all for 16.50, and pity i rfgt., to you r depot. Or will send you an elegant Bedroon Suit with large glass, full marble t-9p, I or $30, and pay ireight. Nice Window shade on spring roller . 00 legant large Enut8M day ahlock, 4.04 tb W alnut lounge, 1.00 b( Lace cartains per window, 1. Icannet describe every tling in a small advertisement, but have an immense store containing 22,600 feet of floor room, with ware houses and factory buildings in other parts of Augusta making In all tie lar gest busliess of thIs kind tinder one man agement In the Southern btaLes. '1 hese storemand warehouses are crowded wit, the choicest productions of the best Lat-to ries. My cataligue coutaining il.ust1ation of goous will be mailed if you will twu.ily say wheru you saw tins advertienw t. I B pay tiigh6. Addruss, L. F. PADGETT, Froprietor 'adgett's Fumniture, stove and Carpet store, 1110-1 Broad btroot, AL,'UUSTA,%.. tP.P. [ bEm5 ALL 9KIN AND BLlD DI5EA5E9 Ii.ki SJIM110 SyAM 3IMUMA Soo GAta ls sletilegs, moumaisrl M81Wria lt a Cbronic Uka that have rul,d U tecment. mit"bi p P CURES 4. . 10OD-Fols P UR E PR PMiLARIA ~4 A~~ate ZiPAN' BR~oS-, Pr'oprietoro, o )ruggl.n, Lippman's locic, BAVA.NNABOI ~ '0 TTON HAPLIIiiPROVED a )iME 004 PERI POLU U' At the gin of Mr. F. H1. Roberts in Rich and County, just before starting his Sailor Elevator one balo h adl been ginnecd iby tho >ld method. Just afte; starting the Elova er another bale was gl.ned from the same kle. Without knowing this fac7 the cotton nuyer offered one cent per poun i Iniore frr ho bale ginned with the use of I b'e Eleva or. Read the statemlents of the huyer and COPY. Tfhis will certify that or two .samlesC. ot ~otton offeredl us today by Mr. Rto wa,n Rose he market value of one exceeded that of lhe other by one cent per pound. [Signed.) D. CRAW!OR D & SON.. COPY . TIhiss will certify that thes two bale's of ottoni offered as above were both from the -. ame pile of seed eetten, andi ginned in thu Anme gin. One was carriedi to the gin ini >askets and one through the Sailor Seed otton Elevator. (Signed.) J. R. ROSE. f TJhe best Gins, Presses, Elev:ators, 'Knglncs and the best machiniery of all Eindis, for sale by 'W. 1H. (GIBBES, Jn., & CO., COLUMBIA, S. C. LeeSVille College. CO-EDUCATIONAL. [ )RIMARtY, ACADEMIC, C0130EG1 ATE and COMMERCIAL U@URSES; focal and Instrumental Muslo, Art, Elocu .lon, Physical Culture, Cooking, Dress Cut lng Domestie Economy Weekly Bible Itudies9. Nine teachers. E1nrollment, last rear 180. Pup.ls from thirreen countien. Stre.ng moral and religous influenee. No ar room nearer than seven mlles Healthful locatIon, 700 feet above the ovol of the sea, 400 feet above Columbia, L8 feet above Alken. Elegant building. roung ladies can board with the Presldent. 3mly College in the State that makes pro. rislon for young ladies to reduce e xpenses )y doing domestie work. Seventeen young adies aided this way last year. Expensos 'or literary course and board for tenm son ths, $100 to 1130; musle, $30; bookkeev n , 20. extsession opens September .For catalogue address L. B. R AYblES, A. M., sep -3mesPresident, )0 YOU WISH Tz ItEN BUY TlimI il(y [ FRE." AND bJEED (,()TiN ELEVATR l. It is the most perfect iysfem' wu iu:O n. ading cotton froin w.ons, c!oanilig rd lvering It into gins ,r sI.Cls. Uot'm es not pass through faii and ;ro,;s , ires no pulley nor be!. It :avt l , d money. TALBOTT & 2ONS NGINES AND BOILERS, TAT q. ART AND PORTAB1E. ULD IM ALIIO'rT SAW MIL S, 11 fhy)V I.l FRICTION AND Ri>O'E UEI 1) 4200 TO 1%00 LUMMUS AND VAN W I L ''. ON GINS AND UTTON 1'.e1'> . Y We offer Saw Mtilt Men mit Ciw!nr, *e most Complete o t,Ifit, that enn W ought and at bottom pricws. 7. C. BADHAM, GEN1- . A .ENT. THE TAhIXOTT ' .'NG' i, EsT Feb 19-1v. EE LARGEsT ST' MOST *KILLET Wi: w tv. R. R. F w./I ZrL27 Is the best place Inl 'uth '.i oina vt Iuthro- 6t-.k- to S - : w .: i n I %uerican and Pallau : 6c k. )(is of Cemetery W - ipecla"Ity. TABLETS.g Send for prie au~d i :l;;nr-. F. !- H YA UT. Apritl1y (XE'i.j , S. C V ery Low Prices. Buyg hes, Carriages, 10dt Cart:., W ga 3.. arranted Second tou InQuire of nmteati denier in. send for Catalogno. -S -n n n):. per. O L LFR & A'N D6 0 BJ(rUGGY COMPANY, Cti-ILD BIRTli *MADE E ASY "MOTHERS' b'RIF.NDr " is a1 hintit -- ally prepared I.inimnt, every ing'r. dient of re.:ogiid' \.d .-nd ii constant use by t!: nt:d.Tcd pro fession. Thes ing -.jent. are coml binted inamanner LIht9 k. a:<n(fovo Lessens Pain, D)im ilhes I . to Life oif iMothier :.nI iCile 1Bto to "' M,o rui:.s "'n --a FR~ . c1 taining valil e k * .*rn' .. ad voluntary testimo' ~ s . i:. 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