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VOL. XXI PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1892. NO24 INDuSTRIAL MEETING. TWENTY-TWO DIFFERENT ORGANI ZATIONS REPRESENTED, *Theo latforx. A4lelnI--Il iagitg Arraign inent, of "orruapt Pointici.tat-Free Colij age, Subh-Trt<-ammy. aimil Anti-Manolooly Leginatitloa A ro I M):an tt dd. ST. JIm iNo., Fb. 27.-Tie li dustrial CoIf reice mit in tis city last Mlonday and was valled to order by Col. Ben Terrell without thew formality of an address anti csausd a f-milt by announe ing that the "Congre,alon" would rise while prCceCtiIgs Were opened with prayer. The delegates comnplied while Rev. S. II. Bx;sser, of Milledgc,ville, 111., invoked the ald oi' the Almhity upon the moveIent,. irLsidvent Li'oi!, of the N ational Farm ers' Alliance wa itroduced by Mr. Terrill and the nniomcensent was made that P'resideit IP ,!k's aidress would be ollowed by uae froml) Powderly and another fronm h.alius Donelly. At the in ution (A these three possi hi'e Presidlentizl adia the convLn tion mniteiited inict inil tcrest, and for tie time being foroot that they we ic -et without even temporary organization, and were still i the huitit!s of Terriil. The enthus:iasm11 tre tu:lerC the ilu enco of the elcq Ie<it,e (); Volk and Pow derly so that D)nnelly was greeted w ith Stunning .appole. Twenty-two or,aniizatiolns was repre sented in the _-therini-- by about, seven hundi ed dela cs. Col. L. L. Pc-lk was made p,rmnent chairman, and W'S I.td W il Irolonled cheering when he took tho chair. As Vice Presi dents Frances Wilhtrd and Ben Terell wcre unaituunouiy c:hoen. NMiss Willard was iRilN ezur.et tudihe platforml and given r It r *. al reve pi'on after - he reachud theil. John V. Haves was elected permanent secietary. Warwick of Virgia a deigate irum the Colored 4ep's ilhioce, was elcvted assistant - z .9tary, Ut nt without a guod deal or 01ppteltion ifrom Guorghta and Alabama delefpe., notwithstaiding the conlimlit tee( dalready declared in favor of no col ine. ''( it is a crime to be a Democrat, thep')oi can Lake me out and hang me noW.'' hu'11111 with a quivering frame, iiended e.yes, i uplit ted artl vind ciclenched listi, C otini -;i:nUm (h1arles T. Mcpses, of tiQ N1ouilth Geor._ia dist-:4t, hurled deli a ia 0thou lt al Ctes. A pel t LeiSil.. Is :is haisiwses, start i ti flino. I t i d followiniq its track up) the top iller of the .Exposition lltall *A;ow l the :ke of the cial lene. "I l.iin, me Iow,'' repeated 3Mtes; in a vo:e Ithat penetrated the d;in, and aaux tiere was an avalanche ( t 1 innaalial s1 oiunhs, in the midst of \ hicb, wii appareiiitly every nerve and every li,e _hakina witli passion and t xcitt:il. i t, Ihe Ceoia Con]gressman sInk int;) i:i seat. I: this exciting et(odv w I Ialule, mnanlifest the final det inialtiO olihie delegat.cs of declare iii lavor of a Thir party, and an Inde peh(!uit paty ticket. Moses reaclhed the city Moiihty at the heard of four dOlcgattes fr(IU tie Fa meirs' Alliance of his State, Ito had bee) des,-1inated to act by the State execut've co ninttee of the party. C. C. Post, the well-known A Ilinti k v,vl cait-had preceded him with the t.:lne iumit o,delegates, represeit Ill.. IIhe sailh: 01:;ianizattionl, but who hlad he ch- it i the dIiferent districts. Mose avow edly in favor of framiig a dicelarationtt tf r inciles and submuittinig litem for aviwovatl to the be .ocrantic nat:inal coniver tion, opposing a Third ptarty ticket go the gzroundit that it mighlt esult. in the Melivery of some of the Southern States t) the Republicans. 1'ost, on t he oither handit, it anout and out, Thired paritf ite. T1hie commit tee on credentiatls p' ve a night, and half ortoday to the conlti 'Krs' (dgationf, aind inally dechik (Ito St :1 1 ree of die Post and tw~o cf the i1t,se> dit b gtehs, It wats ott this pioplosition i u ii. ; iht (occurre'd. lit the~ tcomS of the deb1late W. C. Brantch oi G corL int ehmt 2ed that while Moses was lor tomiany in the abstract., lie was not for any hatrmnty that woukldi not, deliver (V :r the fartnrs, biot.id hiantd11( a n It to he D emaoctatic Ia y.t .1 t wias this aunc atha it led to the otit break. L ater ini the da uC (ngr(essman LAiig stone, whlo bud beenI charged with beingz in ty mp1athy w i h Mes, rekindled the lIaime. le * ait it had leten gossippecd in the s trets, a t the cornert7 s, anid in tie ho'tel that h. nas ploittlig to give the A llia:e v ote. i I. t orgia to the Demo crats. '.Thle mat dhi not I.ve who wvouldt ed;net to h;i It e and tdoe maike that. -SAttemenlt. TlI e wi ere i t,wo thustiin~Ihit I .man shxonl dtonent t umlesiten - his ierot atand his ipo~liticail'piiple )Is. T1 f1he wits a stcene oi great, ent buisia'sm ('i thie four '~ the tontver tioni W~tedne day muorning, -huJ, JJUer Jon. Tekrrell o? '1 Txa, Pautl Vanidvoort, of Noibraaska and( Thiomas W adsworth of' Indiana had1( spoke appeal ingly for nlonsectionaliun, the oldi veterans alh over the hall claspedi ands aind cheered for the rest,ored Ui. On. WVhen the c 'ithussi hadtt subsided D)elegate Branchti, of Gieorgia, cast a fire brand into the gathiering, ill t,be shape of it relt'Otion protestinlg aigainst the cont dlitioni of the commonet pet pie of this coutr ty, anud htoihinZ the Republican atnd D)emlocratic partie s respon)isible for ox isting conditionst. There was a s pirited deb'late, btut the resolutiont w~as a-tedI)Ot S hyv it vote of 4l10 to 139. Later it was deeitO]red to hitve been irregutlarly pr'o I osed, atnd wats ordecredi stricken from the mtiniutes tutil alter the report, of the commnittee on pltform was h)eardi. Then there wits a tremendous row raised over the eligibility of a coloredl delegate fromi G eorghui, whIich was qluieted only by the enitrance oif the committee on [gnatmei IDonnelhy presented t.he fol lowing: STATES. 'Iis, tIe lirtst great labor coniference ofl the Uniited States and of' t,he world, reptresenting all divisions of urban ond rural olrganlizattions of 'ndlustry, assem bled( ini nattionatl conigres, invoking upon its action the blessing and protect.ion of Almiighty God, puts forth to and for the / producers of the nation this declaration of union and independence. The con ditious which surround us best justify our co-operation. We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin. Cor ruption dominates the ballot box, at the Legislatures, the Congress, and touches even the ermine of the bench. The people are demoralized. Many of the States have been compelled to isolate the voters at the polling places in order to prevent universal intimidation or bt ibery. The newspapers are subsi dized or muzzled, public opinion sil enced, business prostrated, our homes covered with mortgages, labor impov crished, and the land concentrating in the hands of' capitalists. The urban workmen are denied the right of organ ization for self protection; imported pauperized labor beats down their wages; a hireling standini army, unrecognized by our laws, is establielied to shoot them down and they are rapidly degenerating to European conditions. The fruits of the ioil of millions are boldly stolen to build up collossal fortunes, unprece. dented in the history of the world, while their possessors despise the Republic and endauger liberty. From the same prolitic womb of governmental Injustice, we breed the two great classes-pau I,ers and millionaires. The national power to create m)ney is appropriated to enrich bondholders; silver. which has been accepted as coin since the dawn of' history, has been demonetized to admit the purchasing power of gold by decreas ing the value of all forms of property, as well as human labor, and the tjupply of currency is purposely abridged to fatten usurers, bankrupt enterprise and enslave industry. A vast conspiracy against mankind has been organized on two continents and is taking possession ot the worl 1. If not met and overthrown at once it forebodes terrible social con vulsions, the destruction of civilization or the establishment of an absolute des potism. In this crisis of human affairs, the intelligent working people and pro ducers of the United States have come toyether in the name of peace, order ind society, to defend liberty, prosper ity and justice. %1 e declare our union and Independ ence. We assert our purpose to vote .vith that political organization which represents our principles. We charge, with controlling Influence dominating, the old political parties have allowed the existing dreadful con ditions to deyelol) without serious effort to restrain or prevent then. Neither do they now intend to accomplish re form. They have agreed together to ignore i the coming campaign, every issue but one. They propose to drown the outcries of' a plundered people with the uproar of a sham battle over the tarifts; so that corporations, national banks, rinzs, trusts, "watered stocks," the demonet ization of silver and the oppressions of usurers may all be lost sight of. They propose to sacrifice our homes and chil dren upon the alter of mammon, to de stroy the hopes of the multitude in order t secure corruption funds from the great lords of plunder. We assert that a political organization, representing the principles herein stated, is necessary to redress the grievances of which we complain. Assembled on the anniver sary of the birth of the illustrious man who led the first great revolt on this continent against opposition, filled with the sentiment which actuated that grand revolution, we seek to restore the gov ernment o1 the Republic to the hands o0 tCe 'plain people'' with whom it originated. Our dloors stand open to all points of the compass. We ask all hon est men to join with us and help us. In ordler to restrain the extortions ofi ag gregatedl capital, to drive the m'>ney changers :fromn the temple, to form a lperlect union, establish justice, insure dlomestic tranquility, p)rovidIe for the common def'elice, puromote the general welf'are and seure the blessings of' liber ty for ourselves andl our p)osterity, we (10 ordain andl establish the following i'L~ATjFORM OF I'IRINCIPL'IE5I We dcemand a national currency, safe, soundl andl flexible, issued by the gen eral government only, full legal tender for all debts, public andl private, and that without the use ot banking corpo r'ations~ a just, equitable andl eflicient mieaiis of' (list ribuiton dlirect to the peo Ple and( not, to exceedl 20 per cent., to be provided as set forth in the sub-treas ury'3 plain otf the Farmers' Alliance or somec better system, also by payment ini discharlige 0t its obligation for p)ubbie imprjUovemenCtts. We (deman d a free and unlimi ted coin age of silver. We dlemanid that the amount of the ciirculating medium be speedily increased to not less than $50 per cap)ita. We demand a graduated income tax. We b)elieve that, the money of the country should be kept as much as pos sib)le ini the hands of the people, and1( (de mandi( that all Stat,e and1( national reven uec shall be limited to the necessary cx penses of the Government, economical ly and1( honestly administered. WVe demand that postal savings banks be established by the Government for the safe deposit of the earnings of' the people and to facilitate exchange. The land, including all the national sources of wealth, is tfhe heritage of tall the pecople, and should not be monopo lized for special purp)oses, while alien ow nershi p of land shiouldf be p)rohibhitedl. All lands now held by r'ailroadls tand othier corporations in excess of' their iiatural needs~ andl all lands now owned b)y aliens shiouldl be ireclaimed by the Gove'nmuent andt heldl or actual settlers only. Transportation being a means of ex chainge tald a public nceessity, the Gov erminent blhouldl own and operate the railroa(ds in the Interests of the peop)le. Th'e telegraph 111nd t,he telephone, like the postoflice syst em, being a necessity for the trane-nission of news, should 1)e o wnedl and operated by thie Government, in the interest of the peop)le. 'We dlemand( that the Gov2rnment is sue legal tender notes and puay the Union soldlit rs the differ'ence between the price of the depreciatedl money in which he was paid and gold. Resolved, That we hail this conferenuce as the cosummation of a perfect union of heatts and hands of all the sections of our common cnantry. rTha men wh wore the grey and the men who wore the blue were here to extinguish the last smouldering embers of civil war in the tears of joy of a united and happy people, and we agree to carry the Stars und Stripes forward forever to the high. est polnt of national greatness. Numerous efiorts to have the conven Lion proceed to appoint the committee suggested by Donnelly to act with the Peopl's party natlonal:convention were wholly ineffectual under the rulings of ,icting Chairman Terrill and the insist nnce of National Lccturcr Willets of the Farmers' Alliance upon a motion to ,idjourn sine die. Macune of the Far inars' Alliance announced, however, that all delegates would hold a mass meeting in their individual capacity im inediately after adjournment. Without stirring from their seais, the lelegates, after Terrill's gavel fell obsten libly adjourning the convention, went right in, but with Weaver in the chair, md appointed the much talked of con nuittee, as follows: Van Wyck, Ne .raska; C. W. Macune, Texas; M. J. Branch, Georgia; i. A. Powers, Ne braska; T. B. Maguire, New York; L. L. Polk, North Carolina; J. I. Wilets, Kansas; Prefident Humphreys of' the National Colored Alliance; Pierce Hack ,tt, Mobile; N. B. Barnett, Illinois (F. H. B. A.); T. R. Morrill, Louisiana: John Zeitz, Ohio; %Irs. Mary E. Lease, Kausas; Mrs. Dr. Da'>bs, Texas; Benj. 1Terrill, Texas. SUIT FOR DAMAGES BEGUN. Mr. Lyles Carries The Case itui the United States Courts. COLUMBIA, S. C. Feb. 24.-The Agri cultural HIall muddle took another as pect yesterday when the attorney.i of Mr. Alexander, the olrerer of the worth less Blue Ridge scrip, brought suit against the Governor and Mr. Coutlette in the United States Circuit Court. When the summons and complaint were served on Mr. Coulette he turned it over to Judge Melton, under wbose advice Governor Tillman acted when he decided to hold the hall against the demands of Mr. Alexander. It seens queer that suit should be brought against these two gentlemen as indi. viduali when the Sinking Fund Com mission at its last meeting decided tc assume the entire.responsibility for the action of the Governor in the premi .es. The following is a copy of the sum mons and complaint that were served on the Governor and Mr. Coulette, the3 being the same exactly: The plaintiff above named, complain ing of the defendants herein, alleges: 1. That the plamntiff is, and at th( time hereinafter mentioned was a citi zen of the State of North Carolina, anC that the defendants are, and at the tim4 hereinafter mentioned were, citizens o: the State of South Carolina. 2. That the plaintiff is and ever sine the 10th day of February, 1892, has been seized in fee and lawfully possessed an( entitled to the possession of the follow ing described premises, situate in thi city of Columbia, County of Richlan< and State of South Carolina, to wit: al that lot, piece and parcel of land situ ate in the city of Columbia, containing one-quarter of an acre, more or less with the buildings and improvement, thereon known as Agricultural Hal (formerly know as Parker's Hall) bounded on the North by land now ol late or the estate of McAndrew, on th( East by Iichardson street and on th( South and West by lands now or form erly of Jacob C. Lyons, sala lot of land being the same lot con veyed to Thomac 11. Johnston by Jesse E. Dent, Sheriff of Richland County, by dleed dhated the 3d day of May, A. D). 1875, and recorded in book K of deeds, pages 10:1 and 107; also all that certain parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in the city of Columbia and State aforesaid, contain ing about one-eighth of an acre of land, bounded on the North by Agricultura Hall building and lot immediately ini rear thereof, East by Richar..ion street, South by lot now or formerly of .Jacob C. Lyons, and WVest by lot of Mauric( S. Parker; said lot bein2g a rectangular parallelogram in shape andh measurinn on Richardson street from thme South east corner of said L'.srker block bmild ing South 26 feet and from East to WVest 208 feet; the said lot also foring a part of the Agricultural llall block and being the same lot of land formers ly conveyedl to Tihomas II. .Johnston by Asher Palmer of Columbia, in said State, by deed dlated December 11, 1875 and recorded in Register of Mesne Cond veyance oflice for Rilchland County in] book K of deeds, pages 319 and 320. The above described two lots of land being the same land conveyedl to the State of South Carolina by the deed of J1. B. .Johnston dated April 9, 1883, and~ recorded in llegister of Mesne Convey ance office in book P of deeds, page 87 and that said premises are worth and at the time herein mentioned were worth at least $16,165, 3. That the plaintiff being so pos. sessedl thereof, the defendants on the said 16th day of February, 1892, wrong fully enterea into said premises and ousted the plaintil and that the de fendants are and ever since the said 16th day of February, 1892, have beer in possession ef said premises and have been and still are wilthholding the same from the plaintiff, although the plaintiff had demanded from the (de fendantis' possession thereof, to the damage of plaintiff of $10,0C3. 4. 'thmat the value of the use and oc. cup)ation of said premises is worth at least $2,500 per annum. Wherefore the plaintifT demandi judgment against the dlefendlants: 1. For the possession of saId prem ises. 2. For $10,000, the plaintiff's damagi by the withholding of the same. 3. For the value of the use and occu. ption of the said premises since thi 1tdaFebruary,ftt the rate of $2,50( per annumi. 4. For the costs and disbursement of this action. ,J. S. MULLER, WV. Hi. LYLES, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Jump)ed the Track. HOUsTON. Trex., Eeb. 19.-An engin on the San akntonio and A rkansas Rail way jumpedl the track six miles fronr here yesterday. Half a dlozen friende of the engineer were on boara taking ride. The engine turned compIletelJ over. The killed are .Joe Gillespie, engi nleer; Tom Gorman, wiper; Firemar Scott. Wounded, Mrs. Jioe Glillespie badly scalded; E. Wilcox, right leg cu off; Wni. Bradley. colored.sealp wound BURNED AT TILE STAK THE TERRIBLE PUNISHMENT OF FIEND IN HUMAN FORM. Burnt to Ashes in the Presence of a V Concourse of People-A Horrible Sig but a Warning that will Never be V gotten. S'r. Louis, Feb. 20.-A Special to Republic from Texarkana. Ark. ri Ed. Coy, the negro brute who on I Saturday committed the fiendish cri of rape on the person of Mrs [lei Jewell, a respectable f'armer's wite w a five-months-old child at her breast, her home three miles southeast of city, this afternoon answered for awful crime by a horrible death by in the presence of 6,000 people. was burned at the stake. When Mr. Jewelllet home on Sat day last after dinner to come to to for the transaction of some necess bussiness, he left his young wife with cooimg babe in her arms in the besi health and spirits, litt,le, dreamimg wl he kissed her good-bye of the terri late that awaited her during his abset Shortly after her husband's deparlut ne% ro appeared at the door, asked whereabouts of Mr. Jewell and the suspecting woman informed him that had gone to town. The negro gave name as Davii, and said that he' some hogs to sell Jewell. Cousiderv conversation was held between th4 and the woman thus had a good opi tunity while not under excitement note the general personal appearance the negro. Aftcr the negro had gone Mrs Jcv concluded to visit a neighbor, a I mile distunt. and went out to lock door, when the negro, who had b hiding, sprang from his place of cone menE, seized her by the throat and ai a desperate struggle succeeded mt acci plishiug his diabolical purpose. lie t (i ragged the fainting crea,ure into barn, where lie kept her about anl I assaulting. her repeatedly. Fin: yielding to her pleadings he left her disappeared in the woods. W hen her husband returne homi lost no time in giving thw alarm, an a short time scores of men were sc4 ing the country in all directions, during the night two negroes answei the general description given by Jewell were jailed here, but when ta before her she pronounced them I innocent and they were discharged. The search proceeded without relh tion, and soon it was positively lear that the name of the guilty man was Coy and that lie had gone north towi Little River County, Arkansas. Sev posses at once went in pursuit in d direction and they have been on his ever since. Oin Thursday a negro I swering the general description of was arrested and brobght, over the'. arkana and Fort Smith Railway ai was at first believed by some tha was the guilty negro. After a c scrutiny of his features, howeter, Jewell pronounced him not tic man though the clothes lie wore looked those of her assailant,. The prisoner plained that by saying that lie and had been together on Siday and 1% day, and at the latter's request they swapped clothes, Coy say,ig, of con that they were after him for some m oflfence. On Thursday afternoon bloodhotu were telegraphed for a Ad they arri on Thursday iiight from IIot Spril On Friday mDoring the (logs were ta out to the vicinity where the negro known t,o be, but the efforts to use t1 were greatly retarded by the hiea.y ri tall on Thursday and Fridlay. Last night, the prospctis for t,he gro's cap)ture began to look gloomy deed, ft being announcedt that in all pi ability lie had gotten out, of the couni The trail had been entirely lost. 'I morning, however, at, an early hot message caime to towii from WV. II. Sc a farmer livina five miles north (of to saying that, Coy was at, the houise oif Givens, a negro living near him, asking for meni to co i.e out and ari Ihimii. An airmedl posse was imminedial raised, but before their arrival the lie started (down t,he road towards the t( and was interecep)ted by Scott and sons and( held until the posse arrived It also appears that the posse hea by Noah Sanderson, which have h out, all week, againi struck a trail nmornmlg and they too camie upon scene shortly after the arrest. At fifty mounltedf guards attended the p oner to town, arriving here about o'clock. Coy was immediately placed unde heavy escort, and taken before his tim', who unhesitatingly pronounced the mani. In Mrs Jewell's p'resenet said to her. ''Are th,beso the clothes man had on?"' No, but you are rascal that, ass.mited me,"' came the stant, rejoinder. Th'lis attrnoon a crowd of' a thous peopl)e secured Coy fromn his cap)tor; they were bringing him to the citv. Broad street they marched with'hin t,he Iron Mountain round house. large st,ake, to which had been f'aste some guy wire, was what they wan and ft, was found here. Up to this t brought the crying negr'o, and in a tw ling he was securely bound to it. of' the mob adlvancedf with a caii of' el; which had been securedI fir lie boring house, and the crowdf then ki whiat fatte was in store for the negro, "Whiere's Mrs .Jcwell?" wats the from many throats. "IIere," respoin a few voices on the edge of' the cro "Bring her forwardl," was ordered 1 man wtio seemee. to be master of c moties. The womani made her throughi the crowd, whiich willing'ly ni way for her, andl in a minute was in fi of the frightened negro. Withot word the spokesman placed ini herbi the torch. Mrs Jewell looked at, negro, torch andl spokesman, and fal ingly turned to the crowd. "No, apl)Py it,'' was the cry, as the wvom was seen to falter. The t,orch wvas plied instantly by the woman, who mediately turned andh madle her ,through the crowd. Trhe Aames 11< t, up aroundl the negro's legs and ho .Boon enveloped, all the while yni lustily. in seven minute lie was olad, after most excruciating agony. The good people of Texarkana de A plore the necessity of mob law, is the verdict to-night, but the opinion 18 gen. eral that Coy has been rightly served. aut STRAIGHTOUTS HAVE THEIR SAY. lt, e C ct The.v Immuo An Addresm to their Voter8 V or- I c and Otherq. P( To the Straightout Democrats of South the Carolina: 0 tys The approach of the contest of 1892 P ast las summoned your committee to its c post of duty. or me A brief survey shows the factionl b di try that, usurpe power in 1810 standing id ilh, amid the ruins of the Democracy of 187t t at npon a prostrate State and ruling over e his I a su ffering people. nit I Instead of relaxing, the coil of part y t i rule has been tightened and freedom tr lieof election at he primaries of the Hedomninant facetion has been destroyed by reqtirements and oaths which will ol ir- excide inet who have self respect. nId n Wit love of liberty. Iry The promises pit forth by the faction her doinnant in 1890 have not been fullilled. , of The evils atid the wrongs which the h ien Straifitout Deimocrats foresaw in 189)0, )1e and against which we warned our fel- ni cc. low-Democrats, have come to pass. On,I e .t the other hand, the false charges and the cries of treachery raised against l g tehave fallen to the ground. 9I L111 The good and laithful voters who lie were controlled by technical party his rules and forced to vote for the nomi lnd nee of the usurping faction against le their will, or to refrain front voting t '1m1, against, him, have had time to learn ec 1- how valueless is party when not con- h to trolled by principle and represented by of worthy men.0 We appeal to those who faced theo tell fire and bore the brunt in 1891 to stand 8 1alf firn to their party an( their high prin the iples in 18t12 and we call upon all good )emocrats to ic in in the light against a wrong and oppression. We urge th-a Strailghtout Democrats and all who are nrready to act, with them, to cling to their colors and stand firm. 13e not misled, n len by the blandishments of power or the the bribes of oflice, to surrender y,-r inde a Dir pendence, but, standing true to prin- a ly ciple, loyal to the grand Democracy uf Id 1876, and earnest in the struggle for the welfare of our State, continue the lie light against the faction whicli has in robbed the people of ,their soveieign Jur- right of self governinent, and brought It and nothing but disaster and evil repute . 'int upon the State. t There is difference of opinion oii the part of many good men. We say noth- c ken ing against those who are sincere, but., oth much as %% e may respect them person ally we urge upon our party to disre xa- gard any allarements to join the domi ned nat. faction in order to defeat it, and Ed,. no, to submit to tyrannical rule to, irds which no allegiance is due, nor to (o cral evil that gocd May come of it. hat Your coImlittee urges you to he pa trail tient and remain steadfast, awaiting the tinie when your service can render good to our common 1couniitry. oyt % And.be assured that when the time for ictionl conies, those to whoim you (1 it have entrusted the standards of your L hie party will summon you to duty and, lose perhaps to victory, hi always for the t Mrs right. al- We appeal te our fellow-Democrats 1,1e of all factions and all clases to hear ex- thII3 truth and do 1i juti %%m.f We L;oy the good of the whole people. 4JIM. h [on- We recognize the great interest of had our State to be agricultural, and while c we refuse to be subservient to secret c no cauctiSeS, or class legislation, we are earnest in our desire to promote that i1 interest, tipmn which the welfare of our 9I nd State is largely dependent. vd We seek no oflice, we ask no reward -~ save the conisciousntess of having -donm g ken our duty. vas We will b)attle in the ranks for any temn good mani or imeni putt forwvard by the don- D)eimocracy, p)rovided we can vote a.i D)einocrats, governed by the p)rinciples lie- of 1876, and be freedl from the tyranmny ~ i-. of the existing rules and constiutioin obi- of thle faction now in power. .Iliy ordler ohf the Contmuittee: W.ii. 11. LYi L1-, (Chair-man. ai '. '. (boZ-A tics, Secretary. ia The following are Ihs 115!who were rLt, p)re.ieniI tat the con feren ce: Ch ai rman " W. 11. Llels of Coluimlbia; Judl(ge 1lias- b d. kell, the i cantd id ate for G overnior two 111d years ago; MrI.,.1 .\~V. I iriwell of Ch a *est, lest oni, cand(lidfate for Attormiey G eneral; ely (h-n. It. N . Ilt)0bourg ofI Co)luminbia; r~o Alri. lilaidinhg of' Simnter; Seniator T~ . t wn Woodwardl of' Fai rlieldl; Air. W. Cly his buarn and Mir. W. A . d1 ohnson of Ker shaw; i, l-'dwmin Ilarper of Willlims lcd bu11rg; Mir. Alfred AlIdrichi, of lIarn well, ( eenlt."l Aletsrs. N . G. and A . E. Gonizales, Lhis0( 'oohunbia. the ltur,t lug of the lig suu, Spot. 'Out W AsiniNt TON ,1). C., F"eb. l8.--( )bser - h ris- vat ions made at the N aval Observatory 9 today by 1l'rof. Eidgar Frisby showe<d S that. the large spot hitherto observedt t 3r a on the sun, which coveredl a spLce e<ll t vie- to (ilie-sixteenlthl of thle suni's su rface, ll)or an area of 110,000 i,ailes long b)y 100),- ~ le000 mniles9 wide, has by some geat, cata (t e abottet smaller spots. lIn a(ddi .etin to this ot her spots have appeared, G iHwhich are situated a vast distance front r the origlinal spot and are evidently t o nd tally independent fromi it. This new as developnient on the sun's surface hais ' tUp attracted the attention of the astrono to mors at the observatory andl w'ill be L'he closely observed by thenit. C'iic.m.o, Feb. 19.,\1rs. Catherine C: hey lBaker, the widow or a veteran of 181: S ik- andi a pensioner, died( suddtenily at Ai Joe tropolis yesterday, aged 88. A fewb days al cal ago she receIved a letter from one! of o) gh- her sons, whon shie had not seen for b' eow thirt,y years, telling her he was coming it home to visiht her. The good news Ci er-y caused her so much joy that she grew dod very nervous. .Just before reaching f *g honme her son sent her a dispat ch that ~ ita h would be withI her ini a few hours. t Pre- \Vhen the message was read to Mirs. i ar- aiker she fell dowvn and died. 11er s vay soni reached his home soon af ter. g 'ont, ThaeIHodl iiu a Trunk. it a EL l'Aso, T1ex., Feb. 18.-It is rumor- b and ed on tilt streets here t.hat the body of n the the missIng lawyer, E. N. lUouquillo t ter- has been found in a trunk at Las Ve n,gas, N. AM., which had been shipped s no, f rom here. Th'le trunk remaIned in the y a depot uncalled for until the ordor of I Sthe body atti-acted attention, when the ' Strunk was opened and the remains t way found. lUouquillo's son states that the t :kcd faily received a letter saying thes body wshad been shipped from Albuauerqe lirht. ho did tnot give the wrtes ame AS STRONG AS EVER. eneral Earle's Opinion of Tillman-Be lieves He Will be Ue-elected. G REENVILLE, Feb. 19,1892. ditor of the News and Courier: Your circular letter has been re ;ived. You ask that I express my ews as to the political situation, and ito the course that the conservative !ople of the State should pursue. Never before perhaps in the history South Carolina has it been so im )rtant as now for the people to be nservative in all that they may say do in political matters. For never tfore have the white people been so vided in sentiment and separated in tactions by internal dissensions. The ntinuation of this condition will .cessarily tend to drive them further nit, and will prevent their co-opera on for the good of the State. I have no axe to grind, nor have I iy personal wrongs to avenge. I iposed the election of Governor Till an in the last campaign with all the trnestness of my nature because I be ived that he should be defeated. The 3ople, however, decided otherwise and was triumphantly elected. Those ho opposed his election were natu lMy sore over their disappointment, id a large number of them are still ssattsfied. But under our system of >veriinent the majority must rule id the minority must submit. The Lore quietly and gracefully that they eld to the will of the majority the t ter it is for all concerned. (Governor Tillman has been inany mnes condemned for hig unjust criti. sin of others, and unjust criticism of i by his opponents will not injure im, but will tend to his advantage. ' it was wrong in him to slander hers when lie was a candidate, it is mply wrong in others to slander him hile le is Governor. Let his former opponents deal justly ith him and give him due credit for I that he may do or try to do for the >od of the State. That he has done any things that are to be commended :ne c.in deny; that lie has done some kings that miight be condemned all ill admit, but any man in his position id with his surroundings would be able to make some mistakes. Then 1 would suggcst to the anti illmanites that it would be well to al fearly with him and avoid com itting the same sin of which he has ien so otten accused. Don't follow is example by making unjust accusa ons against him and by magnifying ttle faults into grievous sins. This >urse will not bring the two factions >gether, but can result only in keep ig them apart. My deliberate judgment in that Gov rnor 'illnman is at present as strong rith the farmers as he evee was, and I elieve that he will be re-elected over ny one who will probably take the eld against him. This being true, it rould be folly for any of the anti-Till ianites to oppose him. Such opposiR ion would intensify the bitter feeling ihich now un fortunately exists among he white people, and could succeed nly by invoking the aid of the negro ote. Victory at such a cost would be ro dearly bought. Give me Tillman a liousand times before a Scott or a loses! When the convention meets, let him e nominated if a majority of the dele ates are in his favor- and if nominated, !t him be nominated without opposi. Ion, so fir as any Denocrat is con erned. 0,1r best, wisest and most onservative mu should be elected to le General Assembi). This is far iore important, than the ejeclion. of ny man as Governor. With a good ,egislature, a bad Governor can do ttle harm; with a bad Legislature, a nod Governor can do little good. llespectfully, AN ENGLISH MILL DISASTER. na mmnse Cimnney Topples to the Girouind. LO)NiON, F'eb. 24.--The larp elchim 'y of 'Thornton's mills, located at h eckheCaton, tell todlay. The chimney as over 160W feet high and almost comn letely dlemolishedl the mills. Tleni bodies, all those of women, have e'en taken f rom the ruinse, andl it Is esti ated that there are posslibly a dlozen ore whlo were crushed to (loath. Thew shrieks of wvomen anid cries of en could be heard by those who rushed the scene, and( hero and there some 'oundedC( person made an appearance 'ith halting step, seekIng to escape 'om tIme scene of the fatality. Women ashmed forth with dlishevel hair, some bte and silent, others uttering cries fterror andl of' pain. A strong mani, 'ithi arms helpless and broken, crawled >r(lh. "There areo two score buried," e cried. "D)ig qnuickly' if you wvish to wve any of them ." Thlen he rose and artedl for hiomie. The rescurers went work with a will. As thme cloud of dutst cleared away it 'as f'ounid thamt portionis of the mills re manined at anding~ but that the occupants )uld not escape except by the win ows, other means of exit having been a oIlT. laddlers and( lire escapee were ied and( the empjloyes were helped to me ground. It wams danirgerouls work for pieces of all seemed to reel and shako every inute. One poor woman, a widow, .00d at a windlow while her little clil ren, four in number, and not one of wem over e'ighit years old, was carried elow looking up at their mother and rying as if their heart's would break. he was safely carriedl down. Only a few minutes before the disas -o'r they desisted from work for lack I material andl left the chimney just cifore the catastrope. An investigation Sto b'e held as to the cause of the ac (den'lt. Trho dead have now all been recovered rom the ruins of Thornton mills. The umber of k illed is thirteen, and injured wvelve. The survivors say that they eardi a terrible rumbling sound which seomed to come from the chimney . The reat stack quivered and swayed, and hien topp)ledi over from the top, at first eeping the chimney firm and then urstmng into an avalanche of brick and iortar and dust which fell with terrilki orce on the mill. All the employes heard the warning ound, and although they did not know vhat was the matter, they stopped worn netant.ly and made a rush for the exits rhen came the vast material, crushing he mills like an egg shell, and every. hing was hidden by the cloud of dusi hat arose, dense and suffocating, fronr ivhere the chimney and factory ha( SENATOR IRBY'S VIEWS, SOUTH CAROLINA IN NATIONAL AND STATE POLITICS. Serious Opposition to Tilnman Not Feared -alliance Men are Democrats-.The 11amptonian Democrats Favor Oleye land, but the New tchool is at Sea. NEW YoiK, Feb. 20.-Senator J. L. M. Irby, of South Carolina, was at the Sturtevant House Wednesday. The new Senator is a tall, powerfully-framed man, with a smoothly-shaven, round face and strong features. le is a mem ber of the Farmers' Alliance, and is chairman of the State Democratic com mittee. Ile talked of the political situation in South Carolina with a Times reporter. "When the wave swept over the State, in 1890, which washed out the old-time Democratic managers and resulted in the election of Governor Tillman," he said, "there followed a disposition on the part of some promin ent Democrats to maintain a factional opposition to Tillman. The party was not united during the year that follow ed, and until quite recently-up to about ten days ago-I had thought that there would be a split in the party which would result in an opposition candidate to Governor Tillman. From information I have received within ten days I am inclined to think that this split will not assume such serious pro portions, and I now believe that what. ever feeling in this direction there is will confine itself to efforts of the party leaders before the nominating Conven tion, which will come in August. "At that time we nominate a com plete ticket, including Governor, solici Lor and members of the Legislature. Governor Tillman will be a candidate for renomination. If lie is successful in securing the nomination I believe the leaders who may have other candi dates up to that time will'come into line and support him. This condition of things loaves the Democratic party in good shape. It will be united at the election. "The Republican party is sadly divided. There are three faction, each headed by a leader of considerable strength and so determined that any thing like harmonious action seems out of the question." "Is the Alliance as strong as it was two years ago ?" Senator Irby was asked. "I think it is," he said. "The Alli ance in that State is chiefly composed of men who have been Democrats all tneir lives. They are Democrats now. I am a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and was elected as Farmers' Alliance and Reform Democratic candidate to t"1e Senate, but I have always been a Democrat and am a Democrat to-day. The Alliance will not, as a political party, count very heavily. It does not have a strong inclination for a ticket of its own in the field." "Whom do the Democrats of the State favor as a Presidential candidate ?" "It Is hard to say who is the favorite of the rank and le of the party. The leading newspapers uf the State and those leaders of the party who were in control from about 1876 to 1890 are in favor of Cleveland. The papers have strongly expressed themselves, and in my judgment the position of the old time leaders is clearly defined for the Ex-President. I do not think it safe to say that the rank and file of the party " -lt. There has been no occa sion yet whica iz given an opportu nity for an expression on Lb's subject. "A misapprehension prevails at lrot North as to the true position of the colored voters in South Carolina. It grows out o! the condition of things In the old carpet bagger days. When the Itepuolicans had control of the State, prior to 1876, the colored man went into politics. lie did so because there was money In it for him. B3ut with the passing of the State into the hands of the Democrats this opportunity for money-making vanishea and the col ored men began to turn their attention to something else. They took to relig ion. Whenever one of them secured a little education he wanted to become a teacher or a preacher instead of a politician. The result has been bene ficial for them. There is no class in the State so anxious now to secure an edu cation as the colored people. It Is something really wonderful, They are not bulldozed at the boliot-box, but they vote as they please." Relieves the (Governor of lsk. COLUMBnIA, Feb. 20.-The sinking fund commission has endorsed the gov ernor In the Agricultural hall matter. T'he board is composed of D. E. Finley, York, Senator Evans. of Marlboro, the attorney general, treasurer and comp troller general. This was not the regu lar day for the mneetin g, but in view of the comnplications In the Agricultural hail matter the members wore called here by telegraph. The resolutions adopted stated that the "action of the governor as chairman of this board in retaining posession of and refusing to deie gricultural hall to WV. Hi.Lye attorney, is hereby confirmed, ratil and made the action of this board." The secretary of statte was authorized to take steps to hold the building and ap point J. R. Bloyles custodian. DIsappears. Moni L E., Ala., Feb. 19.-A bout a week ago Joseph Espalla, Jr., a real estate agent and public administrator, left the city, presumably on business, lie has not returned and yesterday his business was turned over by his attor neys to C. W. Joseph. This gave rise to a rumor that Espalla had defrauded a number of people In Mobile. Many persons visited Espalla's place of busi ness this morning and inquired about estates which had been entrusted to his care and which it is thought will be Involved in his failure. Espalla's bond as administrator is $20,000 and two of the flve bondsmen are insolvent. Wanted to Marry Himn. CHIAOo, Feb. 18.-George M. North edge, the carpenter who was notified three weeks ago that he had fallen heir to an estate of $800,000 in England, saidi to-day: "All the old maids and pauper widows in the country are af ter me." Then he dropped about a bushel of letters on a table, every one of which was from some woman desirous of marrying him, I don't know how much longer I can endure this," sighed i Northedge. "If it is kept up I shall have to gret out of the cntry."