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Vol __A3hE _ _ _ _ __ _ A LADY CUTRAGED AT NMO BY A BLACK FIEND. On.e Ne-gr-.e SitEd- a 3 e.,, vt)r 11ta1illad itt. 1111th Sid. A rat ian i - el l*ri , j a e .o t El. AMceowr LVvce-h i 'ir h b---- Pthr oll tIS& A w itit ds.(-41'F4. CoL'MilA, S. (C., .1u1- 2.-- rmo, LicE lrht. attition outl oF Cohlitimba onl the Coluido-t, Ncwberr. and laurels road. jut t, v Ive mlilef 1t-Em11 Ie Capital, Was )esterhldy the scent; of a Ful crime, a belaatiolnal kiili., ait a 1co trouble that vcrohines before it is ov< r to ternii iiate se-iou-4 y. Ti,e fIllow ti are the particuhrs of -,ie row: Onl S:alu- day 4eiinv ab.ltct 9 W'vlouk Mr. lit-rt Adoison, a s:cin no tr W'0 lives %ery nwar the st-itifln, went dlown 14) M'. J. J I liukni-ti's sLure. It, was jut', vler !Jpjp. 1. inl h4e lell, 01ld3 his Vi(v y..u. and hay ilmd" wile at homie. In a s).01:. time wwer he leIt. there c ae wne li;.; I a pj) i t I 0ie (I :w, anId M'. .A dditon, tiatking iiasi hur i.us band, op.ened te dEfio.. Am Sie did so a but Iy black nego, we:n: a white unidtrshir-t .nd .vtt.ed, S ,,yc i a i tel In hre *- ii.: Iw;. -ci .. ifu ; n't illen ),)m tmllh -)I I'll U tl yuU." Ile chokef her .cv-- y amd hit her hi the . e-rva' eertal tins-' with the butt. it hc hs is to'. h'n1 at. h p. lt of hin ;qst .l-C pro"t( ted to acq,l1mpi;,h hio hietidis i ma .Th ineh kiekt (d lts ali . I it' ni de vitim iboUt tie 1.cor ;i.t! hast-ly d ppenred. Nirs. Aci fisot. S:eamed :,Cc1 n as she reciove; ,d, m1,111 wcve th1 fibm. She WA3 foIuild .0 be 0)c'Cier,dvt : I tiad. She-, suid t atit t " i) nti.cud (IGeoruve Kliaid, wl o had belore beniit11 ab,1!u1t 0 e ta e, had:oI commlitted Lit! iti w.., and 'e tWI-rhed1 hiS ching im i te'ce limitutel y, Oil Sunday n -I-11 . a "t po t, ft thirlj. i e " ite men wit orianliz :d. I wy filuind tak leading trom thimk tront yard t the woof.s. One of these tracks was very pvt uliqir, one of the toes makim no in-pression. They Full iwed tiis track OtL to AMrs. Lizzie Nunnamakets place, tiboul. it mil and a quarter. They saw the itgrcro fiom a distance, and te de terIlAtoln given by Mrs. Adtison fitted pericetly. Sunday afternoon tihey went. back, surrosm1ded the out, house and ar rested the i ro, who was very tnuch excited. ' liere was serious talk of lynJcitg hi,n, but he wa.s brouipit back tid locked uhue) theil l 0 1a l (it Lil0 town, ivier Ile remnttl t.:)il yes0ter dty mor-in-,. Yesi erda y morii: ab6ut -:30 o'clock Triad .usixtc I)reicr arrivid, and ithe exm!naitio. -as begua. the iegro wits confirenk tI-ed wIl Atr.s. A eidisuon. Slie swore ihat he was lie wcai. h)ther witeWCSes 'vIo Vxalinit-ed Iis 100t nId fitild on1e t0e that had bin cut by uin axe and -.ood ermat, lesli:cd to the tracks ind tfa J<ml . The . so comPlet-i- that Lhe jutile ()n.lert-l him to be taken to -xm t jail to await, trial. Just at Li begim ng of the prelimi nary exainaiition, tht, (xcilg latgLy,-V that begain Jite rtwe i roub e ccu1r. A large nuuib.2r of neg-roes hol fathtered 4 )to seei what woulh e idote. to inuni. The sinall !,all wIas alrneadyW3 'actked and it was stilli'Ig hII)t inl Ilire. The town mlbarshal. r. S. K. Bouknit-ht, (dent d t.hem all ba,k. All went e.:ce1ci I,ui 11own. .k rown hati heci it :fit,!,, lioiuor in the town and was wai ted Ont th:at chatge. Tie mars 'it ec 1z liim, anid started towards him withI the initeni lion Eof arreHtmg thim. Th'le tne&rc, whotc is15 a powetrtul black felh.w. andic has in the last,I to yearts "'done up"l' 1about twenty mnt, and is weth kno wnI as thce bul-doz,'er of thait,e iclon. sanI G ti-i the v- htite Ipeople ii i a wa, atndi bcacked tint hel rea,-he a1 i. la iv bu my straf, nlear rte de-p 1t. Thi- lie pici ci upl suddeti aini n. asM n' cu ittid t:ir,t llouknight >verth head! wh nii ithi:! tlt.. his race in' .osed ttm T'a 'i c hol-i -. b i.i just above the:1i!sap r wound. Iht stgId ii.. houc e. t I h sci .:.c !) *c ci -: c uI : - anda tuktn I)k hi home, thccm! a otle nyc the track, i heon , t.t 5 p. r.. he was b llii it, a illicaii ctitl ini, wd:. jJI ( ltsendrix ar-I Lece st-ig all ih-.vcc ccfl 14o1 himi. WVhen ticm woorn1i-:l tant u a taken-t oil, all the .legr-oeo !oltloweI bua, with.. dlrawing froman ti.e tcc>,ii ntai' no1 t ii making tihretats ol t ittrie m1 i tl c-x!e t hat they v-ereiP seningu ouIt ituners to thFe cuntry calineg lin olin--r iii ea t4) comie in and! join ithm, i'ly wvere tcathered ini ai cluter of trt-e abtitt it m ttat er. TU us they wcre il, aI t hal pcast 5 o'clock. The whtites ini the c:mcnim ci-amce very tuneasy, hem:tg tnctC! itain whe th ie the ealtened' attackcW-t wouhl me andc broml wh fat, qulat-r. fThe y ac crmed t hiemslves thoroughly andh resol1ved to dIe-t ndl thir live's anci pt operdty to) the las-i.. At 5:30 they were gathe(I(cd ahctit il 5e tores, but ati tcipated( not t cn ti .nw un! citil ighhtal-.- Thfey leid atrrancc ,, ctciplcoy t4heci whcctes in ~al dut t -w:rds lie we 0(d8 aftet ntighct Ih andI have i s i :_t 60) that onl the~ appear-~tac: E' El merc- ofi atfack they coucld &gather ahnc-c- mieat I4 all t heir lorcs acnd meitet 'tI C t to it, the puroper- potint. When .hie EVctnit traKin lellt the whcitis we're ver y al litrehtn sive (of a co flict b~eore mE-c ing'. Th'fe feelmetz of the~ whtites was~: icono what more inlteniilledi in Lihe aclit-ernoonl by the follhewing warncing, proccl mi cir' cular Irom, whi:c5 was ptosted on thce door of ta store at, tihe niothernt- pcrtion of the town) "P'reamuble andi resoluctionis of' the atmy of' prot,ecttion in refercnece to hut whacking Whit,e Caps. 'in order to tuphold t)urt Governnu- at, it is neessary that, 'ie shiouti show re spect to tte tuthority of our uuler-s. W ithouti tis locyalf.y, nco Government eun. conduc . pucblic allfairs wit,h success, no people c.mt be safe in thet~ enijoymnent 'f their righits. " I It izinR I have view ed % it i airm, , %% w(,I the I'practices ot tnl itnut-an crwd n hich violato every iroeiple. of 141)(1 oier, of civil liberty, and o( c In stitutional. law. Not only the pastiois told pr( judices of theite inhulllnanl a'Pents ;eid t,L. em t,o acts of , rauny; but t hei r inteiceAs ure advanced and their p:i Lions i-cured by promoting disntetdcin, and discordl. Tho bubmission of some Ol'our pe!ople, maale and lemales, to these aUISem or at time ift9 been mistaken this was nothing more tha iojalty to ou' country and its laws. It hIas bc(eu well said, to be arretted for one knows not what ; to be Confined, no One entit'ed to UPIed whert; to be Lried no O(e Can ,Aav wien, y at law nowhere known or sujbli ed, preeUts t crowd of outla.v which iall no be enlarged. "dcs: lvmd, Therefore we % ill put forth vr) ( xertionl oi power, we will ulse every i,dicy of coici-hation, lo this inl ltiimAnl TOWdI, to stop their t)bIe off I le 'it fvnd, litrther, That iW any 11,M,re sIeb o t carriel 4uL inl the way, :s were u te ni the 14th1 of J Ily am bE tt., the parties may orepari.; ir thte Q'nl 81'0 ICn1es, WliGh w-i1Il be inl no e,sy te ilms. -F orewarned is forearned "U N i'1:>A nii me. Pai-m x<-rioN. "01 South Cartlota."' ''he matter referred to in the ciroular as hai pt-ninit on the 141h was this: Some I i alW ILVo a n'e-ro lamled Kinard was ar ro,ted for Iting. In the prelinillary hIo C 11sHce DUMreher, the Whites say ~a cleiar ca:e w,:s made out aainst him. W l(n Lt.e ca!!e came up in Lexington it ls thrown out, of court. When ti Mrt rieturnd to tle town the wlitcs iook him and whipped him Cverely. This IreatlV incensed the neiio".s tvainiist tile whil.es, and shortly afiir Sards ihe iiegroe, held ieetingA of in ilimat.rwy character, It which addrt-sses wtik-. (itlivered by Sam Lorick, (us *-,miih, and (it her lhading ne1r)rm. I ,is lou.;ht ihat the circular was prepared at that litle. A hotm Iool at Josse coip-1-sed of A thim H. Metz; Joseph Metz, Nunna inaker and others was organizAd and ch sworn in as constables. The ne -r1, Kitard, Was then turned over to them, and about hall an hour later they started on the road to Lexit.on with him. Ile secied to hei mueb scared but hisi; sworn protectors were men of cour age, anld armed to the teeth. The Mili t1a arte tnder arms. Druaniliei olit of Cam111p. I 1,01 LSLEA Il, PA., July 24.- Private lamill, ()t' (.'oiianly K, 10th regiment, shust i estertlay aWternloon, when the replorl ' the attipted issasmation o F,e 10% rchclied the provisional brigade tor three cheers for the assassn. Col. Streter, ir(,m1i his quarters, heard the ineildiary shout. lie hurried into cam p an.1 ordervd thie reginent paraded iii dou1blue f;uick bime. Wlhen his command was drawn tip lie .,wit.ed ti) the soldiers tle remark lihe had icaid. "1I. hleard the voice distinctly,'' the Colonel said. "I think I recognized it, and I want tile man who made the sti ellicnt to -.tdV-1ie two paces.'' The (.-l-oel had ricognizod lams's voice, 1111l be Wfarm stilding directly in iront (1 the 11t-1sed when lie was talkiiv. I minediately Private lamns stepped to the tront. lie was trembling like anl 1s1pen and,] he -ecmed unable to hold his I'im[. "Yi u offered three cheers for the kil i*.N ir. Frick, oid you not?'' the Coloneli a: ked. lanis d!d not answer. lie hun his Ieat and nolded in tile alirmat .ve. lie was ordered to the gua 1Lrd house. 1T1he Colonei and his t., mentl in:. the surlgeonis, theni went to thet gttal df house. Th'le oli-er otlie day took charge of the eimn,inal, and at the Colonel's or ders lie wats hutiig upi by the thumbs for I ihirty ininti Ris. Thle surgeons remained waIihte un~fortunaite~ main diurin all his 'tuishment, one( (l' thtem kent waittch on bc .t, andI at the endl 01 thiirta iniutes Sinl ''4n Netl ordedhtim jt tatk tn dhown,i Whe' raot leased soungi himns n as limip w.1 hie lowas take<tn to1 hits tliIarters. T1hie tohir :sul to tak( baick i'r apl4I4ze To''y on lii e t' h is ho ati was Iiis -ni,2or;in, t whii lite wa:s t.2'el stipiiel. lie wairgyvn aI sit. of easi - 'sralls, and wvas at 'oce druntined ut U proedu bty Geni. Sniowyden. Younl1. I Iami l'uimn, J1utly 2 1.-A band oh 180 reap trs, menl a.nlt womtleni, empli~oyed at lIe heIr, ii tngary, struciik to-daty for an ini IIriasI la I hirll walges. WVheni theirm de mndts were refused they seized at wagont loaded witth corn, dieclarin)g that would be( a fair share of theo profits. 'Thle farmter who htad lired the reaipers and wh Io sawv hte coui do' noting to pre sItumionedi the gendarmes3 t. resttore ordler anmd get baick hisi prop)ert.y. T[ho gen darinies weore soont at t he scene of thne (distuIirbatice, lt, thetir presence at first did not frighiteni the strikers, who wvere becomfing more riotons in their dIemlonlst rations. Tlhey thtreatened'O to burna the 1 atrmer's htomuse about his eairs and to laty waste his lields it lhe did not comp ly wit h their demandIIl(. They even wlet, so far as to threaten thle gend ilrmilts if t hey interfered. Finally, thle ou'tlook hieenmo so serlius that the in saw I that prompt, ando hero)ie mteasuires mII st. - tlken ir order ws to be re sti rted. II i gave't the comimandt to hire t o bia men4, andI( they protllyt obeyed andtIi'l oreI a volb.ty tnto the rIotous re trtI .-. li In nhe meantime olne of the si riktrs u ho watSs t andtting in a groutp (iof1V seea I iiot em arai the inslpectorim, drmew~ at kntIte andI si ahbedt him. Thhie mfob shin , dt no dlisptosit ioni to disperse afIter they ha'td bee ittiIred uipon, andI t.he gendlarruies, whoit were armied with Mlenhicher' rilles, ired volley at ter volley into thIeml hmt.iI fort.y-t,wo iotnd w115~ere disch,larged. TI'welve men antd wvomen wore kilIledh, anid many wert wouitnded bef'orei the mob was drTiven1 from I the platCe3. The strikers, fortunately fior themselves, were scattered about the fIeld, and ft was owing to this fact that a larger number were not killed or wounded.i ill STATE ALLIANCE. ANNUAL MEE IINGOF THE ORGANIZA TION IN COLUMBIA. Th i r y- fl v I #'9atQ-14 PrO K4t)t-I re-Mrd,-ut 14tokopf Au1ataai Adlress--A Vul Ac coasit of the P1rucotfioigM. COlMBIA, S. U., July 29.-.'Te itate Alliance convened here Wedues. lay in annual session in the House of [tepresentatives: The following is the roll of delegates n attendance: Ahbeville--J. Y. Jones. Aiken-E. It. Tyler. Auderson-W. A. Neal. Barnwell--W. II. Duncan. Ieaufort-It. G. W. Bryan. Berkeley-It. A. Ilaivey. Chester-J. G. L. White. Cliestcrlield-1). T. Itedletrn. Cla-rendon-J. E-. Davis. Colleton--A. C. Iliers. Dalrlington-jo(ilm M1S. Wvaddill. Eld-elield- -1. It. Steadman. Fairlield-J. M. Galloway. Floience-W . E. Finkley. Georgetown-J. II. Debvens. Greenville-M. L. Donaldson. IIanpton-W. J. Gooding. Ilorry-James A. Lewis. Kershaw --J. It. Matill. Lancaster-J. C. Elliott. L,aurens-J. W. Yearain. L,ex ngton-J. L. Shuler. Alariou-J. E. Stevenson. 11arlboro-J. J. Lane. Newberry- Jno. F. Banks. Oonce-M. F. Whitaker. Oran:geburg-E. It. Walters. P'ickviis-C. 11. Carpenter. Richland- It. C. DuPre. Spau tanburg-Gco. B. )ean and E. U. Allen. Sumter-E. M. Cooper. Union -- J. S. Welsh. Williamsburg-J. 1). Daniel. York-J. C. Wilburn. The following otlicers were present: J. Wm. Stokes, Orangeburg, presi lent. W. 1.). Evans, Bennettsville, vice president. .1. W. %ield, Iteldville, secretary. F. P. Taylor, Mt.. Croghan. treasurer. Itev. James Doulass, .flackstock, -haplain. John It. Jetferies, Star Farm, lectur Dr and orLanizer. .1. W. Kennedy, Saudy Grove, door keeper. A. It. Walker, Fair Blul', assistant doorkeeper. J. E. Jarii:can, Columbia, sergeant at-arms. Licas AlcIntosli, Dovesville. T. P. Mitchell, Woodward, S. T. 1). Lancas ter, Gflenn Sprin;:s, excritive commit teemien. WV. N. Eldur, Gutiriesville, 1. K, Noriis and J. L. Keitt, judiciary con mjitteem.ien. I)istrict Lecturers present. First distriet-J. 11. Price, Orange burg. becond dis'rict-,Iohm G4. Gaston, Aiken. Third district--.loe L. Keitt, New berry. Fifth distrit-W. N. Elder, York. sixth disti ict-Il. C. Burn, Darling ton. Alter the organization had been el fected in the usual order, the body be ing called together at II o'clock, Presi dent J. WoD. Stokes, who has stood at the helm of the Alliance ship for two 3 ears past, delivered his annu.l addreis. The main portion of it had p)articular bearing on the political situation and is given below. State Lecturer JetUries ilso madle hiie an)nual report as did the ot,ber cihicials, and these wit,h the Pres dent's address, were all referred to a speccial commit,tee, itdi insitructionis to report on them. TIhe Alliance then look a recess till 8 pi. m. In aopeing his n<ict~ldrs Presidt Stokes stated that the o)rcaizaItionl was Iface to lace with a new epoch. T1heyv hadit achtieved much int the one .inst Lclotsed. P rocceintg lie said in part: l'Extraordlinary, almiost e'xtravaigantL, as t he promise se.emedl at its biegmntig; enticimg as wvas the "outlook"' pictured in my last annual address, achiievemnt has kept, even pace with prmie aind p)rophecy hans been translated into hi.s tory. Thie visions of our old men iand( the dr.eams~ of our young me' nrc rapid hy approaching a lull fruition in er vs;al bzed( fact. The speakcr dwelt uipon the movyemnit, whitch began live years ago( andt had been carried Onl by the breadl wit nets aga inst, the "brinsiii andl respect abil ity " ot the country. T1h i emanuci ptiont of labor aind industry fromi the opplres.sionl of mioniopol y. applied t,brout'h iniqultit(ous legislation, had been their light. T1hiere is not, today ini the naitioni a moire potent, moral, social or political fact,oa thini the Farmers' Alliance and indlustrial Union. As an educator of the people Its in fluence is uinprecedlentedl in the history of' the race. Not, only are the members of t,he order more unit, ed in sentiment, b)ut the leaven has per. mneatedl the entire social and piolitical lump. The averagea m il nierchiant andl small husiness man in every line has been reduced into a mere collecting agent, for the bIg comubines, taking lisa chance of getting a precarious living for himisell and family by handling goods for thiese soulless aggrei.ntions of greed. And whenever it, becomnes necessary to cut, watges in ordler t,o swell the gainis of' the combine, the small merchant, is as remorselessly squeezied as is the wage worker. Today there are ten merchiats and a naIl *apitalists in sy mpa .hy3 w.ithi us where there was otne several years ago. Men of uf:knowledlgedl abilit,y andl honest,y have openly jIomed our light. Thinking people, already inmpress( d by our very insistence, have seen our dle nuncitators challenged to t,he platform andr in the p)ress. T1hey have seen them met, answered and in turn atrralgnedl, over whelmd-their arguments battered (dwni, their sop)histry exp)osedh, thier dui plicity laid bare. Tihere Is no qluestion in t.he minds of many more todaiy as to tihe justice of these complaints, and wheni ani honest mind reaches tile qjues tionmig stage ot our demiaud(s our case is won. EvenI the unresponsive American Ilouse of Lords has not been insensible to the snirit of the dlay. The intolerant S Tin r ILrence o the.se. d'eiands has r en yIen to soeleluvitf er y like anx- Ii ietv to ibrnmulate legislattioun Iavorable a LO reforim. Why a positive e)idetmic of H retIIormn has truck the hallsof Conlaress. n1 Ilow n1ich of this aluxie-ty is due to sitn- I Cere conviction l4 tihe neoedi 01 the peo. t( ple. and how inich is (u to the proxi- h mlity of electionl tilie Whenk the people c will S i judniegtil on thoir claias L,) it succeed themiselves, I Shall 111o, assume to tuy. IL is Hullicient to know that v there is no truer indicator of* the trend a of popular sentiment .han the "trim- ( ming" of the politician. The average Congressmen careful.y keeps one hand Upon the popular pulse at home while with the other ie trims his sails to catch the bree-ze. le makes a great j fuss atbeut reforim and wel! nigh pushes i those who have Forced himin to activity oil of' Lhir own phtth>Orm, w hile hie real- c ly doem nothiii,g worl.h while f14r the peo. file. W i,y, yoi %ii't, _,et one of' these t, Ialitild(t.1es wio a N car, ao were loud in n dlnunciation of the sub-treasury Io take the stilump a;ant It. Oly a lex days a.).O I IeL d ou; of tbes candidates who i wais miost proniounced, inl his opposiLlon and , IFi'nsive in ls itsinluations two 0 jears ago, posiLively approve the A schume, if you woiul only incorporate a the sub-Allianlces. .omie are sincere, of Course, and we welcome thl.) to ouri. rniks. Blut we Lare Ils C(IcrnleId With eIII motive frOV 1 the deed than we are with the deed it self aid its signhic as an iadex of . the1 popular treild. We Iuay despise i tie oIltve while the fitlc behind the 1110 tive gives -romil lor deepust tiratilica I lon. .ii ir ownt S,LLate the case is miost nwouralg. Nowhlere 5has the work of d CLducCation been so 'ar-reaching in It. pro- 1 'ress Or sj Compelling in its sWeep. The b agricul"ural and industrial luasses have KO impressed their deitlands upon the popular iind t,hat those domawls today c stald in their entirety as the deliberate expression ol'the dominant, party of t,he State ih convention assembled. The en tire i(-mbership of the order is unit,ed uLpon those demanids. The shadow of a dissension in our ranks that hung over c our ist State meeting at the outset was c happily dissipated before tei mieetiut - ciosed. All differanc8es were composed a upon hnorable terms, and today we t stand a compact unit in purpose and 3 effort.. I congratulate this 1-ody and t,he ' order at lar-!e that there is peace and 1 sinVgleess of purpose throuihout, the t brotherhood ill this State. Let us hold irmtlfy to What, We h.tve -meilld, and upon that firm fIunindation builld our high ideal. Liot us beware le-t in grasping at a shadiaow we lose the ubstance. Subtle forces have swuht assiduously to draw its apart on politica 1 Iuiestions. Powerful pressure l'rom without strove to cru.ishi IA by slle fUorve, while insidious influences wer. ilns"iI.Itel to disinate grate our' cpal'.cft mass. Seildtive but delusive idicemneins to inlepindent po. litic.il tction have not been lacking on one hand, while utmuostprsssure was ap plied on the other hanid to force the imeibership to some overt act. I re joice to say to you that the sinister desigus of soie and(] the ill-conceived desires of others have filled. No action ientifvin,g the order with any party has been takel. Even the endorsement of tien for ollice by sub-Alliances has fal len into almost total disrepute. The 0id er has confined itself to educational lines, aid the membership to select their own party afllliation. As individual they I have almost without exception gone t into the Democratic clubs and primaries, v and have thero stLood UnllineIIlyI for V our demuandIs with the resuilt., lreadty t referred to, that the recent, convention 1)f that party adloptedl the entire body of ' reforms dlemntded b)y us. More than E tis, in each C:ongressional tstrict thlere I is before the Demiocraitic prim lry a can- I d ulate w ho stands for' these reforms, andt( i ieeks the u'Ilraige of1 tIhe people upion their tmerit. Withl the legis latie ait executive w% i h the artv tittau t Nat iotnal Le~gisl at,on clo I>ely ciuardedI or tolltes;ted,i there re mcidiDs bli in: Lto be desLiredI 'o Pur 'es fpolitical aethm) in thi St ale is eon u(Urned. te e ILedoI)i of a 'reRih!ent of vout.ly ti) lbe wished, l41, fl,houihtul inen will conside wi ell befor'e wej1eopardni zu what wi already havwe, ini a well high I implosible mi tr) rse -whiich (:n)terpfrise, if successul , w.itho ut 'a Congress of the I riht ty I ', coh Id can11 little more0 than il tbe udistr'ibutionZ au aI few fat pla~es ilIln] tile r'ef;)rmelrs. It ISis needless to .1ayp that tis wouIi)ld Searcely hby a Uiir cx chanitge to ourii p3ople at large. BuDt, wha.tever thue political action dla t rmuined upon by the itiv iduia Ivo)ter, th ere ennlt he no0 doublt about,t this: the mo)St, elemlenta1ry setnse of' f'lood l aith de U andius that, whlen one deli berately agrees to subhnlil his case toa1 partI y primlary or' ot,ber test, the results of1 Ihie test aige ed uplotn 81hal1 be supporl ~tedI by adll the part ies t.o theO agreetmentt. I t is a quiestion of e'x jiedience, niot of pinitcipiie, whether we shalil sub)mit, our11 camie L.) ai generiaI elee tiont of prouilsemus voters it) November or to a spiectal te.'Leoni of ualietd voters earhier inI tile year. 11, i's a juetC5ion that , is dlebatale upI Lto thle t.imel of ag4reement;' buit after agr'eemnlt has b)een renehed 3 andli the test lhas heen) made, maifes tly the (lue(stionI att issueC has beeni as sur'ely transuerred from the Ii eld oh debatte 11s a they wouth be byv the getneral elect,ion, hor' whIichl, by ('ommon0) consenIIt, a special device has been subs~tiItut,ed. Thlere is IiherelforWe, tno tmoire) surren)der' of pripe mn abiidini brh y the adverse t'esuilt of at prDimaroy, orI0 oter test,s aI.rieedh S uplon heeh>rehaniid, than thlere is in aidu- (j ing b~iy the adlvers'e res~ult oL a) general i eetionl. TJhe prom1 Iiece of t,huis sub- j ject, of plohtlal aiction in) the popular c mDind( just, now halead me1 1( to udiscuss the t. Itundiamental doctrine of polit,ical organ- f ization and inachi iery at greater lengt,h 11 than I othlerwvise would hlave (done. It, i ais well that our people have tihe princi- I lesC laid before them; thley will t,benl be r! able to act, intelbigently, and I believe 'd t,hey wvil I do the right thitng. Ia str'ikinlg cont(rast with the0 single- ~ ness5 of' puripose and1( e'floL L m South1 C ar olina amlongi all classes of iteformers is tile spectacle priesenteCd in some sister Stat,ee. While t,bere is 1no materIal dIe enden11:e ofl I raternal feInntiannd taam.lty >our cause anywhere, they are torn and !nt by disseusion as to the proper po tical action to take. Divergent views L this point must result in division of eForm strength-prectsely the thing iost desired by the opposition. They xve hopefully looked forSouth Carolina ) step into that snare, but so far have ooked in vain. Whether they 5011 muntme to lo ik in vain is with 3he order self to det.ermtine. Tho speaker called atteition to the 'oik of the Cotton Plant IOr the order. ad bespoke for the organ continutd en crselent and sut)port. Ile touched upon the action of tie inkertons at IHomestead, and said: If ic Pinkertons or any other set of men m sLip 300 thugs from New York to ennsylv imia, for the purpose of' forcing kto subiission labor union meii who de. lined to accept a chiange in tho scale of age, why can they not ship a t*-v loAtilll into S iut,1 Carolina tW subdIte ic Kuights ot Labor, or Lb railroad Ml's asSociatiol, or the street car river-s' associatLion in our citis, or for uit matter the Farmrs' Alliance and 1dustrial Union, if for ar)y reoion thesC r,dtdiz-tions becon, offensive to a rin. i0 Il>e.y el.;u:1 to LeInpt thes lIles. as114 upon u-*? Curtainly the!r2 are nt, Leking tho3e who would glad V see tiler of these or.1mizi tii'm i de itroyel. in this connection it may not, h. out V p!ace to reter to another scurcely less lenacing phase of tle fight bet - cee 1onoPOly and the m1ases. Iupeated lustration.s have been lurnlishied within e hItst few months of a disposition oti ie loart. of the corporat,lons to control Ic votes of their employes by threats of ichar-e and cousetcquent loss of sup -rt for amil y. There is ahuudant rea. )n 0 believe that i settled IIpolicy has ien agreed upon hetween railroads aid ther corporationls, and that, p.liUy in Itles the pIrom111t, dischargo ol any em-i love who speaks for or votes the Ite. >rm ticket. Such an exercise (il power ) suppreSm freedom of speech and action mit arouse every instinct of maihood ud induce cinditlons dalnrerous niot ily to lbtrty,,but to the very existence [ those corporations. The enlightened ense ot every patriot must reviL at uch dastardly means of compulsion 'hese corporations are reminded tha iey hold itheir property riglts Iv con. ent of the people whomt tiley 11hus de. rade and oppreis. They would d. wel i) be ware, lest, ires sm.)ulderin, in the utra,_,ed breast of many an employo oime day burst forthand conisumie t,h emple of luxury erected bv robberv o be people in their lab)r and in teir ight. Dr. Stokes d.-Velt 111011 the finiancl Lmd -n:h:strial delpresiion, the great los lsttim(d last year ui>' the farmers an ,he La'nie,ty wit.h which they iet, the >hfigatimn. The tarim-r does not, iuiffe x1one, howiver. There 1.-i not. it prdli Jive indistry uii-rotected by legoal enat mlents that, is prosperous today. Lu1111 >ering, naval Stores, calill_-cVer V iin is depressed to the last degree. I slittle comfort to the mechanic aid thi aborer to know that the dollar will bu wice as mueh as ever before %N hen h nd i it, impossible to v et, holl. of on ialf as many dollars. There are 1hous. aids in our cite i and towns %%wh: ar Uv ilz this lession of prac icl. 1::ce iurned linto their conseloNness as witl hot 1ion. At the litst State ieeting I recoim l(Alded certain chaugets in our e!-nstitu ioi. Some of those recoumintipiktonh flIte aidopted-notably thle lecture 8vs. em. Mly own observation of' that svs3 ImlI, dulring aI Year (if its oIperattion, inm resses mec that, I it, ha-d tiottlly me)1t tin Xfiectaiions of' its rirlmers. in somiel ectionis It, has been etmmently success iit; but in tile mini, its tingible bienelihm ave [not been utlj,( eSxLpct attionis. Thern i Iuques tidned 1:eed of lecturing, anid ru'4st, ou illI make Atuch i.r.>viIIoul - as v will metIt thie necenitics of thll Tl:> 1. rgaiza 'Ition11 iln ou1r St te hlas re5 rulin re portin t0 het piape, s it is Ill go1 itorklng (Olliditioni. 1i. wise-)y abj3 i rpi lir it lS:til tet.ioii, ani I is f.oill y l dI (i ati ig it.S i' membr: t upon1 tI me dieml;li I t he (rdter, its 1, a<ters have' expre4s-se( r it hi our1 Mtt.e Exchanmge. I commerI his wliih to( tile favorable cSonsideraL iin of1 ihe Exchlange D)ir'ctoI v. Ii onicflusion, Pre'sidenlt St,Okes '4 I id 1(d xtiv en to do t,he best for' the order Vhaittever mlistamkes wvere miarle weri iiistaktes of juidginen!tt. lie chlallenged Oluipaison withl the C indith>oif0 t *rder inl Souath Carolina withI that o lie orde0r ini aniy Other States. A t tihe conc lsirmi of' Dr. Stoke.' aid ress tie allianlce, after trainsac'tiin 0111 ne busi ness adEjournred to) todayt~ whmen theO election of ofilers wasI goust tIto with the t ollowing result: Il'resideint-M4. L,. Donaldlson. Secretary-J. W. Iteid. Tfreasurer-F. I'. Taylor. SL,eward-E. ii. Tfaylor. D oorkeeper- --J. W. Kenne'dy. Assistant dloorkeepe~r-A. It. Walker L~ectuirer and1. orgaizier-Johli. Jef~ E~xecultive cominittee-T'I. IP. M it 11h4ll d1 idiciary comini ttee-WI. N. Eld r ) K. Norris, and J1. L. K(eitt. T1he Alliance thlen, after passing re's *ltions on the dth~tl of Polk andi uackhouse15, adjourned Sine (die. An lnprovoked Msre'r. JiacKsoNvI[.LE, FLA.. Jully :2--A p)tciaLl froml . Jennlings, ai vil latge ii. lmiltoii County, to thet T1imnex-Un7 ion t3ys: L jill this~ afternloon Ed wii flen ry, whlo lives near t his towni, wenlt tt bel hioiuse of his brIotheCr-inl-lawV, Aller lolz,enmdorf, cairrying with hIm a Win hester rifle. IIoi'zendhorf jokinlgly re larked tha1t he thought it was uiseless >r IIendry to carry Is gun with im n nywhere, as hIe was never known t( se It. Angered by the jest llendrl y re iiedl: "Damnlf youl, 1 will use it onl y or ow," and immediately shot Iloizen orf' through the heart, killing him in, tantly. T1he men were fast friends ap arenitly. Only a few weeks ago lien ry miarried IIolr.ndorf's sister, lien ry is a son1 of the Rev. Johna M. lien ry, a prominent nmember of the FlIori La Methodist Conference for more thai orty-five years. Ilendry made his eu TILE DEMOCRCY. IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Several QUtestiona P'reented by the coXn mo'rvat l e, hsia,cracy snu Anit%wered by t,he Cnanitlee- Charansme Irtiy u i cmLu.MNnimA, s. c., j tiiy N.--Te stattj Democratic executive committee held an important. meeting in this city last night in the hall of the House of Itepre sentatives. All the counties were rep resinted except Williamsburg. On motion the nowspaper reporters were exeluded. The follow ing com munication was rea. : COLUMnIA, July 26, 1892. Rlon. .1. I1 N1. I rhy, Cihairmna, and mein hers of the State Deincratic Exeutive C01lu1nittAe Of South Ciroliia: G lrL'-:St-:N -- avir reUelvil lotice of your meeting to e bli this eveniiiv, the vxecutive conmmittee or' the Conservative )enaeraoll of Solith Carolinla has appoint (.d thet unld0lr.ialled a,S a1 com111nittJ0 to pr1' sent, in writig, for tihe consideration of your coumittAte. the following questIons, which have evoked discussion, and Coll ceIinlg wlhib difflrent constructions have bm-en aliolinced in tiinerent parts of the 8'ate. In tie interest of a fair primary elevtion, we respectful3ly ri-iqest ait ex plicit deularation oil each of tilt) poinLs subnitted, and that, whii yotur conItt sitons shall hav been r:-ed, bl ou olillmu niente tite sate to us, as we desire to con foril to the reqitiremients of thi constitti tuticl (of tho )emocratic party of the -tate, and we recognize your comm11ittee as the executive body of the party unider the said conistitution. First. Are avowed '.i hiid party men to be permitted to vote at tite Demooratie priIaries ill August, when delegates are to Ile elected to tle boptemer ctonvention, which will nominate tile Denocratic ticket for Presidential elector. lor Sonth Caroli na, as well as tile I )emooratic ticket for State ollicers' in regard to this matter we respectfully stibmnit that therv art% now inl tho lield cani didates for President and Vice 'resident. nominatcd by the Third party, calling it self the People's party. and putting lorth a platform of principles at variance with the platform of the National Demnocratic party adopted at Chlicago last month. And we call your attention, with regret, that various individuals, Fome of theni candi. dates for nomination by the Democratic prty, have openly declared themselves I acecord with doctrines of the 'Ihird party and opposed to tile National Democratih platform in those part iulars in which I1 controverts the tdoctrines of the Third party; and w cannot see how such met can ?o permitted to participate In the Dem. ocratic primaries uniess they explicitly re nounce their Third party views and declar< I their adherence ito the platform and candi datvs of the National Democratic party. Second. Are ummnrolltd Democrati en titled to vote at. the )Democratic prinka ries? r ln regard to this we are informed rella - ly thatsome counties have adopted a rul t, closing the iolls five 0-ys before tho prima ry or at the last regmiar el;1b meeting be fore tile primary; vh ile in others no siel action ham been taken, and the rolls, there fore remain open for the addition of name: on the day of the primary of Deinocrat: V not previously enrolled. The State Demooratic Constitution de olares that "tile club rolls of the party shall constitute the registry list" attie Au gust primary. Will the county regulatioms in this latter, each county for itself. it tile absense of a general rule, be recogniz i ed as legitimate in tln election' A ny reasonable rule, well understood and promulated, by which every facility is affoided to Democrats to vote, aid which at tile same time, stliclently protects the rimnary from repeating and from tho par ticipation of those who are not lemnocrats, seems to us to meet the reuirements in tis mai:tter. Upon tIhe remlainlitig (uestionls, 'we sim1. lply reqttest your announcement of opinlton so that, uniforlnlty of action ovet the State Inta- be securedt. 'Iliirtd, Is a Demnocrat enItit led to vote e14lsene 0 thlan whetre ho is enromlled-? Fourthi. Mtust, a D)euierat be a register. ed votert, tuuler the registration laws oif thle St<rte, iln order to be( enitle<i to vote at the Ailgust piinlary3 Fifth. Rtule 9t, adoptetd by3 your commltlit tee, stattts that "a inajori ty on thet votes~ e'ast slhah he nec -ssary ti nIiaio1 tcand(li. tlatts, alijl toi elect dlegaitts to the State conven''lltioli." We~ ar' Inftot inted that at a piIiary heti'tofore beh'll a serio~us qtuestim jIlrity tover (inIllet ito(rs for t he samte (Itice, 1 raijority of te mtiitre pl list, Stine ofi the havinig a niajority of all the vte s cast, ftr thet posit ion for w lhih lie 'ffters, Is t herebiy noininate't; or whethler. it is niecessarty tIor hiin tto hatve a Inlajol ity' (If the t'ntirte iti Ilists thoueghi sonme vtoters cast not vote f or imu (or Ihis (ipponet~s for thle sine potsitiuilm U pmn I ihe quettstlins, wve dot niot dsiret wVithI argumenit, ulesss it is youtr wish to Lt'ar us fu rthmer upon themi, In I tte lattter e'vetltt i th iemnderined wilI 1he iat tihe llottel Jeromte this teveime dl urinig the sessIon oft 3your commlhittee, wheure any3 'Oltli om inia tioni w~ii leach themi. We respet'tully requetst, a reply up1on1 thei mlatters suggestedl, anid in formna' ion on any othier ploints deciletl ait your mneetinie, relatIng to1 the pirllnary etlectionl, to be4 iad dIressedI to '"Samutel I )ibbie, Chtairmnan, O)rangeburg. 5. C.'" SAM1UE.L l)lmiLE. Chtairmnan, C. I'. Q UA'r I.F.nA Us, AARION CAN:,oN. I )r. I aowmiatn, of O)rangebuirg, mloved( that i. be receivedi as inflormiation. Ailr. Bellinger sutggtested that it, be me ferretd to a committee- of the whole for consideration and answer. Carried. 'pon1 imotlon the t,tIOnls asked ini the letter were taken uip eriatm. TIheo vai iouts tjuetstions1 involvedi were hotly dIiscussetI, unid' conIsu:ned imutchiti tme. In reply to the ist qutestions asketd, it was diecide'd to refer the Conservative commlittee to Iltule 1 of thle "rttien gov ermng the pIri mary election," as here almeunded, to read as follo ws: "I l'he manllagters at thle pirimaliry eil etion shall require ('very voter in a primary elec t,ton to pledge himsinelfI to abide the1 re. suilt of I he p)rimnary, and to support the nlomnlrels of the party, anId requtir( every voter ini a l)emocratic prlimary election to take the following oath: I"] do solemnly swear that, I ant quatitiet to vote at this election according to thi rules of the D)emocrnatic party, and thai 1 have not votedi betore at this elee tion." The following words in the rile wert stricken out: "Apph~cation for memn bership or oI!ering to vote in the pri -mary election shall hbe deemed eqnivo - lenat to such declaration and pledge. i 'This makes it an acti',e instead of a imnlied plede. amto o e the rule so as to make it read instead of the party "the Democratic party." ie did this to strike at and prevent any possibility of men voting in the pri mary for Democrats and then voting subsequently for Third party candI (ates. This was carried by a vote of 10 to 11. but was afterwards laid on the Iable by a vote of 14 to 0. In answer to the second question the writers ot' the letter were referred to the latter portion of Article V of the con1 statut.ion of the party, which requires that the club rolls of the party shall constitute the regist.ry list, and also to the amended rules, adopted last night, aid reading as follows: "No person shall vote unless he has been enrolled on the club lIst five days before the first primary election." The cluo list shall be inspected by and certified to by the secretary and president of,the club, and tirned over to the managers to be used as a registry list. This amendment, upon motion of Mr. Bellinger, was adlopteil. The coimit te ais,vered "No)" to the third 4<tiestion, referring to the place of etrollment and ability of voters to vote elsewhore. As to the fourth question the com mittee de.ided that registration under the laws ti the State is not required as a <qualification tor voting in the pri mar y. As 'n the fifth question the commit tee referi-t-d Ihe enquirers to the latter part of rule 10, alreatly of force and readiig as f ollows: "The g Itestiton of a majori' y vote shall be determined by the itotaber of votes cast for any par etcular ollice and not by the whole nintier of votes cast in any primary." This completed the answer to the letter, anl it was decided that the cam paign imt-eting-s for the benelit o' can. didati-s for Coii ess and the oflice of solicitor be lefL to an agreement among the candidates as to time and place. The following was adopted: Hesolved, That wuider the rules of the varty ily thre-e inalingels of election can ije appointed for the primary. This was done in consequence of Chairman Irby's statemeent that some cont ies had appointed four managers, and it, was not according to the consti tution, as the managers could not secure a majority in decidiniag questions that would arise unless the number wai three. The executive committee who had appointed four were requLested to meet again and cut off one. It, was decide.1 as an amendment to the rules that, the respective county committees are hereby authorized t.o adopt such rules as will prevent the plumping of candidates. Chairman I rhy upomn r (piest left the chair and Mr. Stanland presided in his place. Mr. Ernest Gary then introduced the following resolutions, which was unan imously adopted: "Whereas recently the Columbia cor respondent of t he N ews and Courier re ported to that paper that a majority of the State Exec-utive Comm1i1ittee would rquluest the resignation of Chairman Irby, if uninfluericed, now therefore be it I Resolved, by this commnittee, That - tho report js absolutitly without foun dation, and we take pleasure in saying that we know of the riluctance of Mr. Irny to retain the chairmanship of this committee. and we feel It due to him to say that his administration has been wise lirudent and conservative. liesolved, further, That this resoli tion be given to the daily papers for pullication. The matter of the extraordinary heavy assessient of candidates in Charleston count y was then brought up. A telegrin was read from Mr. Therrell, a candidate for the Legislature, asking the committee to do something about it,. Tlhis was received as information andI thle coimplainarnts informled that the State execia'ive committee had notheig to do0 with it. JThe coinmlittee adjourned tbout 12:30 a. in. lie-er vt a Torr ble Fate. ('I N(INN A. iuly 2.-A terrible ouit rage~ was perpetrated at P'arlor Grove last iiighet. J1osie I ;er-ger, a pretty Cov inigto'i gi, was the victim. Together witlh her esco rt she attenided. ie P'ande 1moi0num Club picnic. WUine taking a stroll I hrouagh the woods the couple were ovelrtaken by two yowng men f rom Coynagh oi, who were well known to b)oth Mi~liss Ia'rger anrl her escort. (me ol' the m.'n was IINbert lrown, dle j)ity sheriff of! (ovington and the (-lalinnlo ighet- weight pugilist of Ken li-k1.-l aid a re-volver in his hialu, anI 11)1O pinung it, at lF>:rgu son, the young lnan who accomi 1ni1ed .\liss fierger, said : "Y Vou are both utarler arrei-st,." "Youel don't iletan that ," saidu Fergu "''1il sheow yoil m ighity qulick if I don't," was I rowni's replly. IIlis com..1 paniion grappleti with F"erguson , while lBro wn cheoked lis loerger into insen sib,ilit.1 anid olut ragedl her. F'erguson ibecamiie lo -se and rani for help, which sooni arrived, but. the two v illians had es.caped. Th le whole affair occurred within a few yard1s of a thousand peo ple. All the parties are well knowna and well connected in Coyvington. No More NewMI>OyN. Cii IUAuo, July 23--In a very short time the newsbo.' will be out of a job. P'apers have hee.i filed with the Secre tary of State fo:- the incorporation of a comnpany that will undert,ake to dis tribute newsj apers automatically and (10 away with the necessity for human news purvey >rs on the street cars, su burban trains, or any locality. Trhe general prmncip)le of the automatic ma chinle to distribute newspapers is simi la,r to "nickle-in-the-slot' machine. A penny or two cents, as the case may be, is dr-opped Into a convenient slot, a handle pulled, and the purchaser is conl fronted with the paper he desires. The newspap)er (distributors do not stop at merely handing out to the customer his f avorite sheet ; they wvill make change when required, and it is claimed will [lever make a mistake. If a customer dlroos 10 cents into a certain slot, or a (uarter in another, a two-cent paper machline willl imm ediately produce eight er 23 cents la change, as may be necessary. D)onaldsfon aned Cleveland. - N Ew YORK, .July 21.--Grover Cleve land held a reception In the parlor of I he Fifth Avenue Ilotel this morning. - D)uring the morning M. L. D)onaldson~ - National committeeman for South -Carolina, calild and said: "Mr. Cleve land, when you come t.o count up yout i doubtful States leave South Carolina out, for she Is in line with the iDemnog I racy.