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VOL. XXI PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY.) JULY 7,182NO4. 'II E STATE CAMPAIGN. TH11 MEETING AT tARION VERY WELL ATTENDED. Spow4 hen Matto bAv Goy. Tilinam, Ex-Gov. Sheppard, Get. Ellerbe, Col. Youmlans and Oth#er8---Thbe Ur'owtl Gzood Natured anti LIstea?s Qutl.y to ile Speakers. MARION, S. ., June 29-The meet 1i at this phCe today was attended by 2000 people, a good majority of whom seemed to be in favor of the admnistra noin. .Tie meeting wits presided over by County Chairma-i J. D. Montgom -ery, aId was opened with prayer by Itev. J. S. Beasley. Ex-Gov.Sheppard was first introduced and made a capital ispeech. le renewed his proposition on behalf of the Conservatives to request each county executive committee to have two ofTillman's triends and two o'Shiepwpard8 ait every precinct iW the Stgte. Inasmuch as Governor Tillman haid warned his friends at Conway to . watch the imaiagers, call the ballots aad kcep the tally lists, lest they should name "Shelipard and Orr" when it should be "bTilmiau and Gary," he chiallenwed Govern-or Tillman to enter into thiN agreement. The speaker made some remarks about the strife and dis C(old elgeidel ed by Candidate Tillmin. iecent)y the Resister had said the Gov eruor couid iot afford to indulge in elithets. "I concILA in that," saidl he, "t wish that two years ago Governor Tillinan had obeyed this injunction the Itegister imposes upon him." Goyernor Sheppard here referred to the tourteen years of clean government iince '76, sa.Ving that the State has not )I,8L' dollar, and there vAs only one in bLatitc '4f any arrearage, which was prottilty settted. Yet here is a sainple 4ol the epithets in which Governor Till mn0 inwul--ed ii two years ago against the people who had thus faithhilly pro ttced 3ur interests. It was hoped 0hat the btl x 1Ir "addit.ion, divisiou and silenc",'' paIsAl aIwy forever with Chaibt I laii atnd his crew; but circumn stantial ev*detice points in another di ie: ;ol, and again we can never hope hf.r eforu or a proptr regard being paid to our a i-ses as long as we send politi cal harlot,5 and howdy-do statesmen to make iur iaws for us, and lie (Tillman) declarc that he could put is hand on more sores, leaks and incipient rascal a than iie could enumerate in two hours. I i thw re any juStiLiHation for such tialik Can you meii of Marion olut to sigle individual to whom that ill aPI)1? Tillman has not proved it, andIi he tells you that these are Stai.L' LMogs, that have been settled. No, the people will never forget or for give Ech chaiges unless the proof is brought. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten the bitterness whiIh these charges eigendered; all the waters of Neptn, will not wash clear the haud of him who makes suchcharges without proC. Th i8eonscqueneU is that peop)le the S t. nstto had sent s(atit of its money out of the State because it was assessed higher than other property. The speaker asked Mr. Ellerbe ir he instructed the auditor of Newberry to raise tbe assessient, of tihe bank there. Ellerbi: No, sir. Sheppard: Did the Auditor? Ellerl.u: At the request of a bank president I gave instructions to the Au ditors as to what bank assessments shouli he. This circular was as follows: Stetlum 198 of the General Statues provids: "All shares of stockholders in any b.ud;k or banking association 10. catedl hi the State. whether now or here * sfier incorpioratedl or oIrganized1 undler t,he laws o1 this State or the United States, sharll be listed at thieir true value Audhitois will notice that no bank or bnkinkz association is exempt under the psrovision of this sec:tion, whether organ ized under the Iraws of t,his State or of th JUnited S.tates~ andt doinig busmess~ ~in is St late, and1( Abd(itors are especially chsarged with the duty of having "all ~sa e's ol stockhiolders ini any hank oi bainking aFsocliationi listed at their true value in money.'' '"True' value in money'' ol shares of any bank or banking association can be uscertinedC( approximately under the priionis of t he p)roviso of Section 198 and Sections 199 and 202 taken together. Sect,ion 198 provides "that, the woros true value in money, as used in line three ol this section. shall be so con struKd as to mean sad include all sur plus or extra mboaeys, capital and( every spcLies5 oh personial property of value owned or in p)ossesioni of any such bauk." Sect,ion 199 requires the aissessmient ol real estate atter the sanme mniner as that of mndividuals. T1hat is, that it shall be returnied anid act,ed upon by the townishiip anid Count,y boards of equiah aton just as the read estate of indivi duinas are now returnedl amnd assessed. S cc.j 2t02 reqjuiires the .Audtitor t,o 4 deduct the amiounit of value oif real es itt as a b.ve ascertainied from the ao tualh total value of the shares in any such bank or ha ikinIg associ ation., 'lThese leavisYis clearly exempjt, "'all srplus U 1'or etra1 'O monys," sand "every spOles~* of leronal1l p'roper~iVty alue' asnd all read eastate uwnied by bsanks or bank ling as sociatI ins litom taxatition ir cut, but air to txed in prct~inionsi as theose nunsIii gO t'waru58ssmakinlg the prlemun on sares. Section 200) requires bankks or1 bank hs.g aIssociCtionsa to be open during toillee houtrs to tIe inispeetion of Cuni11y4 Audi nira for the purposeofa sscertaining such informiat,ion as may be necessaty for taxation or assessing the value of such shares of any bank or banking associa uun1.. . 1 ordser for bank presidents and cash 4 ers to com ply wit,h Section 201 blaniks have been prepa'red buy this olice and will be sent to Auditors when nieedled or to bank oflicers when desired. Section 202 requires Auditors to enter i* vsalue ofI such shares (aft'er deduct ing the~ real estate iromi the tot,al value of such shm.rcs) on the dutplicate of' the counity in the names (if t,hoowners there ol in aumounts proportioned to the nm ber of shares owi,cd by each as return .on Isaidl eworn statement, (of p)res 4 dents and cashiers of such bank or bank- I ing association). Section 205 provides that if any bank or banking association shall fail to make out and furnish to the County Auditor the statement required by Section 201 within the time required herein it shall be the duty of said Auditor to examine the books of saka bank or banking asso ciation; also to examine any officer or agent thereof under oath, together with such other persons as he may deem proper, and make out the statement re- Y quired by said section and enter the d value of said shares on the duplicate for taxation. Ellerbe: It has been asserted that I dischminated against the banks. The following circular will show whether I discriminated or not: Intimations under cover of inquiries come to this ollice that there are organ. izations doing business in this State who have failed heretofore to return any property for taxation. if such compan les or individuals hidve neglected or a evaded taxes Auditors will foliow the i prov!sion of Section 215 of the General v Statutes, which says: If any person a shall fail to list personal property he Is t required by law to list in any one year, and the same escapes taxation for that 1 year, the value thereof shall be charged against him for taxation in any subse. quent vear with 50 per cent. penalty f added thereto and taxes and penalty col lected as in other cases. Great inequalities exist in the assess ment of various species of personal property, such as mules, horses and other animals valued for taxation. There is no law for valuing a hundred dollar mule at forty or sixty dollars The idea which seems to prevail in some parts of the State that all proper ty for taxation should not be assessed at above two-thirds per cent of its real value is erroneous and in direct conflict with the law. "All property shall be valued for taxation at its true value in money." (See Section 219) "A piece of property is worth what it will bring on the market," and if a mule is worth t O100 is should be assessed at $100. no more, no less. Every piece of taxable property, from a sore-back nule on a farm to the gilt shares of the wealthiest bank in the State, should be valued at their 'true value in money" taxation. "A" is not justifed in a wrong return because"B" t returned his property below its true value. A large percentage of the poll tax in many Counties is not paid. Auditors can remedy this largely through the help t of the township boards of assessors, and we must insist upon the collection of all poll tax. Sheppard said the Supreme Court had said that Ellesbe had no right to issue such orders. Ellerbe: Prove it. [Loud cheers for Ellerbe.] . Sheppard: The Supreme Court says it. You are a lawyer. Does not section 161 give me the power to issuesuch cir culars? Sheppard: The Supreme Court says not. Ellerbe: It did not. Sheppard: The court says in its de cission that the Auditor alleged as the sola reason for such increased valua tion (and no doubt correctly] the order of one W. 11. Ellerbe, styling himself the Comptroller General of said State. Had the Comptroller General any au thority of law for making an order like this, one directing the Auditor to raise the valuation of any particular proper ty returned for assessment and taxa tion. We do not find anything in see tions 247, 254 and 261, and our atten tion has not been called to any section which gives the Comptroller General the right to make an order, or to the Auditor the right to obey snch order directing him to raise the valuation of personal property as made in any speci fic cases, and passed upon by the town ship and County board without change. Ellerbe: That does not say I had no right to issue the circular. Sheppard: it says you had no right to raise the assessment. Ellerbe: Under Section 261 has the1 Comptroller General no right to issue an order ? Why don't you do the fair thing? You talk about banks, and so on, and say not a word about the Comp troller General's report, which shows that t he assestmenit of sore-back mules has been raised $1,000,000. Prove that I v'e discriminated against any kind oi property and i wvill quit the race and leave the State. WiVll you say that the b)anks and railroads, even under the new assestments, are assessed hIgher than the farmers' property ? Shepp1ard: i'm not prepared to an swer that qluestion. Ellerbe: Why do you say t,he banks and railroads are discriminated against? Put up or shut up about dis criminat,ion. I am unwilling to stand at my home where everybody has knowni me from infancy. Now, sir, you must give proof, or shut up. Thme South Carolina Railway was as sessed at $16,000 per mile making the assessment a little over $3,000,000. The: iirst miortgage3 bonds of the road, amounmtinig to $5,000,000. are selling at par; the second and third mortgage bonds amounting to about 83,000,000, are quoted at about 98. This road, then Is worth $8,000,000, according to the rules laid cown by the United States Supremne Court for the assessment of railroads and undler the new assess ment is onily valued at $3.000,000. Ex- Governor Sheppard then closedi. [he said Uovernor Tiiliman's statement i that he vetoed the railroad bill giving the commission more control of the roads for the reason that the bill (did not give theo people the power to elect the com missioners, was a flimsy pretext, as tne Governor in his message to the legislature recommended that this po~wer be given either to the people or to thme legislature. Some one asked "How ab,out the farmners?" And Gov ernor sh.teppard repliedl that lie was raisedt wit ih the far mers, plowed with them t.o get the means to take him to school; that he had always defended them, amnd would do so until the day of his deOati1. (IOV. TILi.MAN SPEAKS. Gov. Tillmnan was then Introduced. Hie toldl how time ring was broken and true Democracy was restored. lHe showed how Sheppard had voted, against the Iistructlons of the Edge field convention to vote for a primamy. in 1888 he told the convention, after it sat down on the primary, that it was damning up the waters and in 1890 there would be a fullI head on and fine grinding I am attak.. o ayn iard things. I am not alone. Yoi -ead the bitter attacks on me in th, Tews and Courier, and if The State i listributed gratituously here as else where you can see some mighty harc bings about me in it. These men are Republicans in senti nent, for they believe in the sacre( ight of a few to govern. They ar 11askellites in disguise, for they believi n rule or ruin. The convention tha )t them out was largely composed o: laskellites and was gotten up by Gon ales in a great part. They dare no' eny it, for I can prove it. Sheppar( arades as a regular Sunday schoo oy. The Governor then repeated Shep ard's comparison of Tillman's admin itration to those of Moses, Scott an( ,hamberlain. Sheppard: I did not say it. Tillman: It was published in you rgan at Greenville. Sheppard: I did not say it in th ray you take it. Tillman: When he so compared ou dministration he insulted us and four fths of the white people of the Statt ;ho elected us. Orr, the big man whi poke twice and then went to his cot on factory Voice: Why did you run from You Ian ? Tillman: It's rather pitiful to accusi ae of running from this pitiful littl4 ellow from Barnwell when I face< Sarle two years ago through a hel ehich Youmans as a man would no ave faced. Tillman then repeated Orr's utter nces about his being unlit to unlatcl udge Wallace's shoe strings. Thesi vords were tine efforts for peace ano mnity. McCrady's utterances at Charlestoi vere next touched on. McCrady, on if the signers of the call for the Thit een Convention, said; Jervey was th inly representative of the South Caro ina Democracy at Chicago. Voice: Were you for Cleveland? Tillman: No, sir. I fought him t he last ditch, because instructed b: :onvention representing four-fifths o he white voters of the State. After Cleveland was nominated urrendered to him. I am unwilling t lay Ilaskell in national politics. Dib 4e, the Jesuitical hypocrite who en ineers their canvass, the day afte leveland's nomination tried to hool heppard and Orr to Cleveland's coat ails. They try to pose as the oni, )emocrats, and force us into a thir; arty. It would be a fatal blunder t, to so. It's always a bad policy to di what your enemies want. We wil ake our Cleveland crow with a bette ,race than they will take their Tillmai row in August. I am willing to agree to the proposi ion to have two representatives o ach side at the polls at the primary. will beat Sheppard so bad that he wi] ro home and never want to run agair We will do this, even though the narch the factory operatives up in ow and make them vote together ftc Sheppard. Sheppard says I attacked the pai tdininistrations. Did I ever say a wor Lbout any Executive oflicer? ' Sheppard: No; but what did yo nean by addition, division and sul raction? Tillman: I meant that men wei )ought to vote for the phosphate bi which gave companies monopoly c ahoosaw River. The Adjutant General paid bac noney which ought never to have bee aken. At Charleston the Treasurer ;ondsmen are being sued for a defaul )f $8,000; at Sumter, Union and othe Jounties deficiencies were foun imounting in all to about $20,000. Di his not show "incipient rottenness?" Tillman then announced that he wa .oing. One or two said stay. Tilma aid he had hleard all Youmans had t ay two or three times before. Thi vas an attempt to break him dowr lo had to attend all the meetings whi] foumuans could rest off. The dignit >f his position would not allow him t vrangle with Youmans. IIe would let loose something he ha ield back since the manner in whic ie expended trie contingent fund ha >een attacked. IIe only got $500 a yea ontingent fund, while Richard so .vhiie in oflice had had $5,700. The re ~eipt for every cent he bad spent wa nm the Comptroller General's oflice Ic had liad a prepared statement c low Richardson had expended tha noney for which there were no vouch irs. There were charges for wood an oal. He might as well have bough is meat with the contingent fund. ] thers were hurt by this boomerangle he blame rest on them, TIllmian asked the 'crowd whethe hey thought he ought to stay and hea Voumans. A few voted yes, but a bi najority voted no. Tillman wont and got dinner and ri urned and heard Youman's speech. COL. YOUMANs SPEAK8. Col. Youmans said that Tillman han ipoken in a contemptuous manner c urm at Conway. A man had tried thn nee before in a political discussioi md the speaker had made him sorr for It. Coi. Youmnans turned to his note mdt was about to open his batteries, bi -econsidering said: "Well, i'll not sin what I could. It's very bitter." [Cries of "Tell it on him." "N o," said Col. Yon mans, "I will n( oak him this time, but I warn him ie provokes mme again I'll not hesitate, In regard to the Governor saying h ould have no altercation, Col. Yet nanis said the Governor had alread1 leard him disclaim any intention c >ersonally insulting him, iIe, hiou ver, did not recognize that the Goa rnor had any right to shelter himsel mnder the robe of his ofilce. iIe rea rom Governor Till mari's wri ti ng vhere lie said as Governor he had n >olitic.al enemies to piunish, and sal hat the Democrats did not want ft ~overnor a man who would have to cet ify that those who had opposed hir rould not b)e punished, iIe refegr ed t ho fact that Col. Gary had never ei lorsed the infamous charges Trilimal ad madie. Ills description of the Gos irnor's taking the free pass was inaimi able, and it kept the audience rearin with laughter, even the Governor joir ng in. Tillman, said the speaker, talked great deal about reform, but instead c living the people that, he has givel thexm platforms, and promises them at >Lher. Col. Youmans saidi lhe had n personal animosity towards Trillman; was only political antagonism. Tillma maid two years ago that he would lea the farmers out of the wilderness mnt the nrvmlsed land . The time has passet L and what has the farmers got? Let 3 Tillman answer. At Bonneaus he said i they had not gotten a two cent stamp. Ile said Tillman's protestations that he I did not want ofilce were just like the rabbit begging not be thrown in the - briar patch. THE OTHER SPEAKERS. 3 Youmans was followed by McLaurin i and Farley, who took all the sting oat of Youman's speech by their witty and ' humerous pictures of his conceit and - his tremendous exertions to make cap . ital out of combs, dish pans and garden seed against Tillman while he did not discuss the big issues of the day. Mc Laurin said Youmans was like a rub g ber ball. lie was niashied flat every day but sprung out again, though there was not much in him. McLaurin twitted Sheppard with violating the usury law and charging r 10 per cent. discount, amounting to about 12 per cent. interest at his bank, 3 when the law provides that only, when explicitly egreed to, shall the interest - be 8 per cent. It all other cases it must be 7 per cent. WHITE VS. BLACK SUPREMACY. The New York Sun Advises Demnocrate to - Stand Together. NEW YORK, June 24.--The following is the leading editorial in the Sun to 1 day: "There is one question depend ing on the election of the next Presi dent, which, in its momentous import Ince and vital imperativeness, must seem to every philosophic observer to 3 exceed every other political questi on that the people are now called upon to I determine. All differences of opinion 1 respecting administrative reform, or silver coinage, or free trade or protec tion, or personal qualities or anteced. ents of candidates, in short, the whole ordinary array of electoral controversie3 are, in comparison, almost of trivial moment. We mean the question whe f ther those Southern Stated which have an inherited negro population surpass ing the number of their white citizens shall, by Federal law and Federal mili tary force, be subjected to the political dominion of negroes, negro Legislatures r negro Governors and negro Judges in the courts, or whether they shall con tinue to be governed by white men as now. 4"Now, it makes no difference who 3 may be President, whom the Republi 3 can party elects-s!ace Blaine is now permanently out of the line of power r that party is by its nautre and tradi tions under the;,ecessity of enacting and executing FEderal law whose pur pose and effect will be to put the ne groes in control of the several Southern States. "There will be unwillingness on the - part of some of the patriotic minority y among the Republicans who will revolt a at the consequences of such measure, r but their opposition cannot avail. The necessity of the situation will suppress t all such resistance. A force bill is the d first and inevitable result of a sweep ing Republican victory in November. u On the other hand and by nature and the necessity of the ideas involved the success of the Democracy is death to ' the force, bill project. killed in this i election it can never be revived. f "In this view of the contest what con scientious Democrat can hesitate about k his duty? Better vote for liberty and a white government of the Southern 5 States even if the candidate were the t devil himself rather than consent to the r election of respectable Benjamin lar I rison with a force bill in his pocket." I In another editorial the Sun quotes from the first two sections of the plat s form down to the words "defeat of the a force bill," and says: "This is the essen 0 tial part of the platform on which Gro a ver Cleveland was nominated at Chica I- go yesterday morning, fairly, squarely e and honorably, and by the votes of Y more than two-thirds of the Democrat 0 )c delegates. Another editoral quotes the fable of 1 the fool at Phillippi who gave advice Li to the Roman General Octavius which was not taken and commends tihe fable r to the attention of William C. Whitney a with the suggestion that lie keep his eyes held. s Still another editorial says it is a 3- matter of great imrportance t.o the De f moracy of New York that Hill should *t continue at the head of the army lhe t- has done so much to organize, and says: d "New York D)emocrats are with him t in failure as in success, and lhe will be f with them as long as there is political t principle to defend, Republican anta gonist to out general or an election to r carry for the Democracy." g Colored Dlemocrata inLne CircWAOO, June 22.-A meeting was i- held at the Democrat ic headquarters to day by colored Democrats from all parts of the country undes the auspices of a negro national Democratic com mittee. Many of those present claim ed to be Republicans but said that the ttreatment of the colored race by Presi *' dent liarrison did not meet their views y of justice. 'They said they desired hence forth to enter the D)emocratic fold. Be 9, fore the permanent organizationi was it effected add(resses on the tariff and y l'Presidlent lI arrison's alleged ill-t reat ment of the colored peCople were made by several (delegates. T'he following: t is an extract from onJe of the speeches ,f "We are here to-day be-cause we b>e lIeve the Republicau party has ouitlived1 e its usefulness, at least so far as it re - lates to thme negro, and it is our duty to y cast about for a safe and miore sure aii 'chorage. We believe that Grover Cheve land, whien l'resident of the U nited SStates, gave the best assu'rance~ possible fthat undi(er Demiocratic rule a free dI American's best interests, his liberty a and happiness were f ally c-onservedh. 0 J know by experience and personal (1 observation that the civil, public and r political rIghts oif my race were never - coinserved by any executive than they a were by David 11. 11111, when lie was 0 Governor of the great Empire State of New Y ork. SThe political parties of the (lay are not t,he parties of the last decade. Their names are the same, but ne w men represent them both. T'ie great D)em ocratic party has gained wisdom by ex perience. It deals with great national a qjuestions on fundamental principles. f 1t is forgetting the past unpleasant i ness, it Is living andh flourishing in tfte -grand and real present. 'The Republi o caii party of today, which we turn t away iroin in sorrow, stands as a see a tional party as a political necessity. 1t di is dictatorial, overbearing, autocrat o Ic." The roil of delegates showed sev I. enteen Sitae represented. SETS HIMSELF RIGdT. DR. STOKES TAKES NO STOCK IN THE THIRD PARTY. le Says Ile Made His Fight for Alliance Principles In the Democratic Party and Will Abide the Iesult--A Clear State ment. ORANGERURG, S. C., June 27.-Dr. J. W. Stokes, President of the State Al Lance, was interviewed ot this place last Monday 1y a correspondent at the News and Courrier on his views regard ing the work of the Chicago Couvention. Dr. Stokes said: "I think that while we did not get all we wanted, the plat form as adopted by the Convention made at least three important concessions to us, viz, the plank opposing the alien ownership of land, the one denandng the coinage of both gold and silver with out charge, which is equivalent to free coinage of silver as well as of gold, and the plank demanding a tarilffor revenue only. The tarif plank was adopted al most in the exact language of the Alli ance demand. Besides these the stron opposition to corporate monopolies was noticeable." When asked what he thought of the probabili'y of Cleveland's election, Dr. Stokes said that lie thought Cleveland's election very doubtful. However, if Cleveland could carr.y New York, and there arose no defection of any conse quence ii' the ranks of the Democratic party in the South, he might be elected. When asked what be had to say con cerning his alleged views in reterence to a Third Party movement in this State Dr. Stokes said: "On reachlug heme on Saturday last my attention was directed to your animadversion upon myself and the ma jority of the South Carolina delegation to Chicago. The ground of your special criticism of myself see ms to ho an ex prtssion of lear on my part that in cer taim contingencies a powertil imptilse would be given to the Third Party senti ment in 8outh Carolina and possibly jeopardize our electoral vote. You are pleased to construe this expression of opinion into a threat that I will partici pate in such a moycment. You studi ously strive to impress that construction upon your readers, in face 01 the direct denial of any such purpose in the sanie interview that contained the expression of fear that a Third Party electoral ticket would be promptly put forward. The direct question was asked by the repor ter: "Will you go into a Third Party?' and the answer was given unhesitating ly. 'No. I have made my fight for Alliance principles inside the Demo cratic party and shall abide the result.' "I went to Chicago as a delegate from an Anti-Cleveland constituency. 1 op posed him in all earnestness and honor, but when it was ascertained that he had the necessary two-thirds, and a motion was made to nominate him by acclama tion, I voted as did the entire delegation I think, in accord with the previously ascertained will of the majority. As the nominee of the party I shall support Mr. Cleveland. I feel in honor bound so to do, after participating in the pro ceedings leading up to his nomination. What moro will you have? Is it trea son to oppose a candidate before a Democratic convention when done in full submission to the final expression of the Convention? "But while I feel that all who partici pated in the clubs and conventions lead ing up~ t> the nominat,ion are in honor bound to supp)ort the nominee, it can not be concealedl thai, many 1ho1( to t,he opposite opinion. TIhose who know the undlercuirrents of sentiment, ill South Carolina, know that there are dlangers along the line oflndependentism mn poi itics outside of the iIaskell movement o1 1890. There are some who know that I have done active work in a pri vate way to arrest any and all suchl ac t ion; because, while a Third Party move mcnt, might imperil not,hing but our elect,oral ticket this year, in coming years it, might menace our entire civili zaition. "As to the editiorlal in last week's Cott,oi P'lant,, it, should be suflcient to st,ate that it, was written and( pin[tedl during my absence, and dhoes not,. ex press my sentiments."* What Mr. Cleveland Say. ll1UZZARID's BAY, Mass., June 23.--At 4:30 this morning Mr. Cleveland, through Governor Russell, sent from Gray Gables the following statement to the press: "I should certainly lbe chargeable with dense insincerit y if I were not profoundly touched by the new proof of the confidence and trust of the great party to whichl I belongr, and whose mandates claim liy loyal obedience. I am confident that our fel low-countrymen are readIy to receive with approval the principles of true Democracy, and I cannot rid myself of1 the belief that to win success ft is only necssalry to p)ersistently and hioinestly ad vocate these princils. D)ifferences of opinion and judgmeint in D)emocrat iC conlventions9 are b)y 1no meansl un1 wholesome indications, but ft is haidly conceivable, ini view of the imiportaiie of our success to the country and( to the party, thatt thIere should be anywhiere amoung Democrats hack of hiariionious and active effort to win in thet calin pign whichl opens beCforte us. I have therefore, no concern oil that subNet. It will certainly be may const,mit enuleav or to dleserve the support of every D)em. crat." A irat,d Army of Confederate. CIiAnILEsTON, .June 27.-A call has ibeeni issued for a convention of Confed crate veterans to meet ini Columbia July 19, to organize a Grand Army of Confederates. Tile promoters say t'hey have tile endorsement of leading ex Confederates and the promie or assist ance from many of the Grand A rmy of the Republic men. Thew organIzation will extend over the entire State. Shot Dead In a Court ltou'm. NEW YORK, June 27.-MiaX. Cierget, aged eighteen years, who had just pl~eaded guilty of criminal assault upon Sarah D)ivln, was shot and killed in the general sessions court tils morning by the girl's brother, Edward Divin. The murderer was promptly arrested. Sa rah Ivin was Clerget's sister-in-law. Th~e outrage was committed June 18. IClerget was arrested on the same day. NO THIRD PARTY FOR HIM. Col. Wv. J. Talbert Says ie Will Work for Cleveland. CoLUMiMBA, S. C., June 25.-Col. V. J. Talbert, in speaking of the Chicago Con vention and the nomination of Cleve land to the correspondent of the News tnd Courier, says: "The enthusiasm for Cleveland was iimply wonderful. Every mention of the name carried the Convention by 5torm. Why, business had to be sus pended for a half hour at a time." "I stand right where I did before the nomination, and you know where that Is. I take this occasion to reiterate my position as an Alliance man, which was that my light as an Alliance man is al ways to be made for State officers in the State primaries and for national officers in the Democratic National Conven tion. I will there light for men who itand on the Alliance platform, and with the assurance that whoever the nominee may be to support him and abide by the result. "I shall support Cleveland and workfor him and desire it to be the duty of every true Alliance man to (1o so. Cleveland stands on a )emocratic platform, which while it does not contain in so many words the Ocala demands, yet one can see by reading that platform that the great underlying principles of the F'armers' Alliance in its demands have been conceded by the National Con vention to a certain extent. The plat form commits the nominees, as I un ierstand it, to free silver and financial reform and monetary relief demanded by the South and Northwest. The re peal of the 10 per cent tax on State banks means a radical change in our national banking system. This is de manded by the Southern and North western Alliance men, some advocating the entire abolition of the national banking system and a free system, coup led with a repeal, as I have said, of the tax on State banks. Others demand a sub-treasury or something better in its place. As I uuderstand it the sub treasury plan is just simply a change in the monetary ,systew of the United States, which means that the Govern ment should increase the circulating medium to supply in sulflicient <quanti ties, upon a sound basis, t he legitimate demands of the country. This plat form commits Mr. Cleveland to the pol icy of financial relief in some shape. "The South Carolina delegation was committed to the Ocala platform. They went to the National Convention as such. They were received and seated by the National Convention as such, without a dissenting voice, thereby committing themselves to that extent to the principles demanded, and ac knowledging that it was Jeffersonian 1)emocracy, although it differed soine what in the policy. Having gotten that much recognition for South Caro lina we can afford and ought to work for the election of the nominee, and will (1o it and await the result. "If we can succeed in electing Mr. Cleveland by giving him our most earn est and hearty support, but at the same time keeping up our Alliance organiza tion while working, waiting and watch ing for financial relief, which is prom ised in this platform, we have reason to hope by four years of honest and earn est Alliance education among the peo ple throughout the United States-in the North, East, South and West-to have incorporated in the nextDemocrat ic platform all of the great and grand underlying principles of the Farmers' Alliance simplified so that the humblest citizen may understand and see that this Government is not a government for the jew, but it is a government in tendled for the whole people. "Tihe platform further commits the D)emocratic party of the nation to the demand of the Allian~ce against the alien ownership of land, andi to demand that gambling in futures be prohibited in a measure. The Democratic party is also forever committed to defeat the abom lnale force bill and all such legislation as interferes with the States, and is committed in plain tel-ims to the up buildling of the republic, which has stir viv'ed the storm and the doctrine which says thlat we musiit have ani indissoluble I inionm of indestr-uctable States. "Now let's turni our backs on the past and( march on to victory and success with Cleveland in the lead. I shall not rel use at the prop)er time to express my views on p)ublic mtatters on the liustings and explain amy positioni as a dhelegate to tihe National Alliance and the part I took as an humble miember of the committee on pllatfortin In tIhe National D)emocratic Convention. "What (d0 1 think of the Trhird P'arty in South Carolina? T1here Is nio room here for it, and ini my humble judg ment there wvill be no organized Third Party ini South Carolina, and tho State will go for Cleveland." He coughs Up Hlone. A LnANY, Ga., .Jiime 23 -Tlhere is a case ini Albany which puromises to be 01ne. of interest to the physicianis. Can non1 Pairhiam is a negro man well knownm to nearly everyb~ody in Albany, becaumse he has1 been a lam iliar figure oni the streets for many years. 'There is some thing the matter with himi, and it may develop into sorniethinig entirely new ini the medical world. For several months Cannion has been trolublled with a cough, whic'h instead of gettimng better, grew steadily worse. Cannonem's severe cough linllly deCveloped, ats every 0one thought, mlto consum nptionl. lie has hlad two or more heimorrhages, but not v-ery severe ones. So far tis is jusit the roadl a con sumpIltive trave-ls, but hero it Is that the case changes and1( develops into some thling enttrely out of the ordlinary. When Cannon is attacked b)y ai severe coughing fit n:ow he coughs up bone. At least it is a substance as hard as bone and of a very white color. It has a rough, iineveni surface and hats every appearance of bonie. Cainnon says the coughing oin such occasions is very pain ful. Th'le substance, bone or what ever it i., is of irregular size and is usually aboiut as large as the end of your little finger. T1he attention of a piromient physician has been called to the case, and lie intends to make a thorough examination into this mat ter. There is certainly something strange about this case, and future do velopinents will be carefully watched. Fainls into Line. UREENVILLEi, S. C., Jumne 27--[on. M. L. D)onaldson has returned from Chicago. Ho is satisfied with Cleve land's nomination; amnd says the ex President wil sweep tem coutr. THEY ARE DEMOCRATS. THE ALLIANCEMEN OF ELKO LOYAL TO THE DEMOCRACY. They Denounce the Third Party Sche me and Pledge their United Efforts to Se cure the Election of the Regular Demo cratic Ticket. ELKO, S. C., June 27,--At a regular meeting of Elko Alliance, held June 25, the lollowing resolutions were passed: Resolved by the Elko Alliance, No. 606, That we have learned with disap pointment and regret that the recent Democratic National Convention failed to embody n their platform several measures which have been urged by the Alliance and which we consider of im portance to agriculturists, especially do we regret that they had not been more emphatic in their demand for free coin age of silver, And we regret that the nominee of that Convention for Presi dent of the United States had not been a man nearer in accord with the Farm ers' Alliance. But as to the choice be tween Cleveland and Harrison, low tariff and high tariff, between personal liberty and the force bill, between white supremacy and negro rule, we unhesi tatingly choose the former. 2. That we deplore the fact that the Third Party should be hinted at as even a possibility in our State or any other Southern State where it would jeopard ize white supremacy. And that we urge upon the leading papers of our State the L ecessity ofceasing their quar rel with each other, and devoting their energy and taleut to the election of the Democratic ticket. 3. That we recognize the fact that the Farmers' Alliance is a non-political organization, and deplore the fact that leading Alliancemen in some sections of our State are said to favor the Alli ance going into the Third Party, and we claim the right if poliLich are forced into our Order to cling to the Democrat ic party, as the only party to which we can look for reliel'at present, and which we hope will keel) our necks from under the negro's heel. 4. That every vote in Elko Alliance shall be cast n3xt, November for Grover Clevelaud and the nominees of the Dem ocratic party, down to coroner. 5. That all county papers, Columbia llegister, Charleston News and Courier be requested to publish these resolu tions. The following was also possed by the Elko Democratic Club: Whereas, believiug in the principle that the majority must rule and the minority yield obeisance; and Whereas, it has been promulgated by the Northern press and the News and Courier, the leading newspaper ot the State, hostile to the present Administra tiOn, that Governor Tillman and Sena tor Irby said at the Chicago Convention that it Cleveland be nominated the electoral vote of South Carolina would be lost to the Democracy; and Whereas, the editor of the Cotton Plant, the official organ of the Alliance in .outh Carolina, said in his last issue, since tie nomination of Cleveland, that "ihe Alliance men of the South cannot support Cleveland;" and W hereas, these statements have given rise to the impression that the support ers of the preient State Administration and reform movement will coalesce with or endorse the Third Party movement: Be it resolved, That the Elko Demo cratic Club, as true and tried Reformers, both State and National, will support the nomniation at Chicago of Cleveland - and Stevenson as our National Demo cratic st,andard bearers, and (10 pledge our lbest andl unitedl efforts ktosecure their election. Tha we condemn the editorial of the Cotton P'lant referred to as Indepen denutihm and( not the ring of true Demo cracy. That we condemn all utterances and cilorts looking to the formation of a Third Pai ty in this State, and call upon all Democrats who were opposed to Cleveland's nomination to bear In mind the sentiment from one of the Ex-Presi (dent's bitterest foes, Chas A. Dana, editor of' the New York Sun, who, in his recent comments on the nomination, said: "Better vote for the liberty and white government of the Southern States, even if the candidate were the Devil him. self, rather than consent to the election of respectab)le lienjamin Harrison with the lorce bill in his pocket." T'hat with p)ride we note that Gover nor Trillman and Senator Irby have de chiredl since the nomination of Cleveland that they will support the ticket and make the b)est affort of their lives for Cleveland'e election, and we pledge our selves to do the same. Bravo, (oy. lioiesl D)Es MOINES, .June 23.-A correspon dent of the United Press interviewed Governor Boies at his oflice in the cap itol this morning, Hie said: "I am pleased with the nomination, because ai majority of Democrats wanted it alnd further, because Mr. Cleveland is a good man. There is nothing about the nomination whIch is not satisfactory to ine." Governor Boles this morning sent the following telegram: "T1o GRLOVER CL.EYUL ANI. Buzzard's Bay: Accept the hearty congratula tions of' all Iowa D)emocrats and be as sured none will be more devoted to you than myself aind those I am proud to number among my friends in this State. _I_IORAC BOES." Best Tymo of Amnerican Statesman. LONDON, June 24.--The Star to-day contrasts the digni lied silence of Cleve land before and during- the Chicago con vention with the o:itentations wire pulling of Blaine and H arrison. "Cleve land," the Star says, "is the best type of American statesmen. If he does not win in the coming election it will be because he is too sound a reformer. A man proposinig purity in the civil ser vice naturally makes enemies of oflice holders. Formerly there were Demio crats who still clung to protectionist's ideas. The effect of the McKinley tar 1ff la~w have won them round and all sections of Democrata are now united on the tariff reform_programme." Eleven People Killed. IIAIIBUn11, Pa., June 25.-One train telescoped another on the Penn sylvania Railroad this mnorning, killing outright eleven passengers and wound ing twice as mansy more