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TrILLMAN IN NEW YOR K. WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT SOUTH CARO n 3 i._ LINA POLITICS. He Frt dicto a 1'etceful Demnocratic Vi ti torl-What a Non% Yotk 'aper Th.i i of 1 Our Goiiern,r-'rhero I No Third 1-rt y in thits Ntat.o. .Niw Yoii, Oct. 13.-Governor Jhen-a jarin Ryan Tillman, of South Caro 1ins, and W. T. C. .ates, State Treas- I urer, are in town to stay until after the Columbian celebration, and in the mean- t time to fund their State debt. Gover. a nor Tillman is the man who overthrew u the old aristocracy of South Carolina t and defeated the old, big slave-holding ti families. He was supported by the 1 Farmers' Alliance, and with their help a he captured the regular democratic or- 0 ganization and is now the regular demo cratic nominee for reelectton. Und( r a his leadership the farmers of Soul h i Carolina stayed In the Demecratic par ty, and there is no third party vote in his State of any consequence. le is not the kind of man the ordi nary opinion has conceived him to be. Though lie went from a plantation to e the executive mansion, wit! no previ ous ofse other than capta'i of a mAlitia I company, lie is a good classical schola-, ;And his conversation abounds in it old-style allusions to lloman sun:lt i and emperors. lie is tall, sinmolh shaven, with jet back hair worn lem arid the frock coat, lack oF tou,e -hoestring tie and I hi! w!-r bw of the ipolitician iron the Math. ie was only 17 years old w !v t'e ivil ar. ended, imd ho is one ot the first proii, ent politicians ot the post bellim 0 a from tile sonth. 'ihe Soulth I.rolina State t iniotist to about 11, t ", 1, , St te w'.nts to tuniost Of it ai 4 pi-r cent. (overnor Tillmai w;ts mtvio to attend the Coh1imb1IianI celeirl i"11 :n New York, and at the sanie Ii. h r ranged to meet, sonw1 New I olk 1 -l ers in regaird to tlie dot. IN is an intere8ting tallker, wiih a resonant voice, a strong Siouthit,ern, ,c cent, and the habit ()I prolonfging? '1nid sotteing Ie vowels, which a(7 .o much lo the cliarm and indit inctI' ss of Southern speech. In the course o) a long convvisation he said: "People outside of South arom never seem to understand correcti our political situation. All the daily p:pe-s im the State and three-quarters of he weekly papers have been opposed t o me, and the view of our politics which people outside theState may got from them was not without bias. "Our struggle was to get rid of the rule of an oligarcy which grew up ait ter the white people got possession of the government in 1876. This oligarchy engincert I and controlled affairs by a system of conventions for nominating cididates. By perpetuating them- I selves in the conventions they cont rolled the State government. "We have an epormous negro majori ty in touth Carolina. South Carolina suffered more than any other southert State from negroes and negro rule from 1868 down to 1876, and the struggle which brought about relief from that i..s so terrible and so costly that t.hert is now no State in the South ail(l no people in the South who will do more and bear more to preserve the uinity of the whites, and prevent the recurrence of this danger. What has kept, the people of the State together is the knowledge that when there is a division of the white vote, as in Georgia, A laha ma and other southern States, bioth sides appeal to the negro, and thev I ry to divide the negroesandl to take oif the negroes with them. Yoeu can't f.ouch pitch without being dlelll, and you can't take up with the negro without encouraging negroes, andi a return toi power and (dOmfi- ation. In Soulth Cairo dina the white people settle their dilie ences among them jelvyes. Tfhey be' eve that an appeal to thle negroes to oett le wvhite dilferences would be demitliliz. lng, "Two. years ago this oligar-chv~ I aspoke of was dleieated, anwl the coin en tin system, which w as then in v-ogiue was discontmnuedl. Th'e ptr en. 5 st eim is to prevent dlivislin of the whit e zm, scrub races and free-for-all ntoniuina. N.. tions which might encourage niegro power. Tfhe old politu(al bjosses have run themselves suit. They were ioa a ized. Trheir struggle was to reham -I' tate and re-establish Ilthemslv, s on e old antie-belluim basis. \\!ie.n a on dleck and bogrian to I tow rue 800on had foit-lilhs of lihe propi. hind nie. When I " tipped Ii. 1890, and , iudge IIas ili e ied publitzms and1( negr'ort'., to hielp 1 peophle' as they called I h.emiseld save the State, he~ ,tot onily l4,i'u and of thlemi 10,to were ':ast b y iiueI' and only 4,000M by white linu. "-.ade r our systemi ihe ha:v.- t ol-ct lo, one11 for nomin ions 101 !' other I ho regular election mi the. I. cOlrnir Ithe action of t he Iirst (ite I 0 at the Dem'uocratic pal iar ies. I white man votes at the lIrst elect I anld thiir decision is rai.illed at h regular statutory electIon lii Noam ber, when the machuinery of tw gae (irimet at i if anid nitkes law~ Iu of what the people int\ e done ini thir i manes. "lin this yeau 's camupaignt thle o01('i garchy triedl to rteapture the govern - rwent, .1The old ring met, and put ont a ticket against the presenit ollicers. T'here were some disturbanices and a pretty big time at some of thle met mngs, but no bloodshed, I carried thir ty of the thirty-live counties, and I had a majority of nearly 23,00u. "Forty per cent, more votes are cast at the primaries tihan at the regular election. The primaries are regulated by law, and any cheating Is punishedl n as at other elections. They are also controlled by the party machinery. it It is a white man's fight. :No negroes arek allowed ,to vote unless they are Demo crats. Republicans and negroes who are not Democrats are, of course, not allowed to vote at Democratie pr'i ma ries,.0 "There is DO third party in South i Carolina. The third party movomnith is absolutely without organization P there. Some third party sentiment ex lets as everywhere where the Farmens,'c Alliance has been disseminating its pe. C cnllar ideas, it is pretty strong int some counties. Some feeling-a sort of hopeless feeling of resentment-ex lets at the other end of the line among ht what we call the old ring, but fronm present aDpearances there will be scarcely any votes polled for Weaver and his third party, which is without y organization In the State, The other ti side, the remnants of the old oligarchy,a will perhaps signify their displeasure by remaining away from the polls in b November. The large bulk of both e factions will vote the regular Demo- I cratio ticket. As they say In South 6, Carolina:s "The Tillmanites will eat Cleveland crow, Thge Sheppardites will eat Tillman crow.'" c "Mr. sheppard was the aandidate j' against me thiis fall for the Democrat- p to nomination for Governor, and, as you knew, the South Carolina delega tion was oppos,.d at Chicago to Mr, 1 Cleveland's nomination. "The feeling is growing better ever ti day between the factions; bitterness is S ibiding and both wings wil! tp cr flop tegether to rit p a big ma'ority for the De ocratic nominees, State and n. onal. South Carolina is as safe fol leveland as New York city. All th( lis live in the towus, and nearly all te Tiliuaniteu in the country. Ifert ie anhis seem to Jive in Westchestat d IIerkiuer, wre they raiso milki al gr.Aprs. The Repul'licans ini Sitli . rolina have no Stato ticket, and they a,e nitominated only electors. They re almoat. all negroes. Pretty fei hites are Republicans in South Caro na41 now. " We do not kn(.w the difference b ve n one Republican President ai aothur. They a.e all bad. They giv( s ignorant negro post masters and pos il clerks. They do everything whict ,nds to aggravate race feeling anc iake the vAme of Republican odioui nd vile to us. We realize the dangei f the force bill. It would tie th ands of the country North and Souti nd lurpet,u.tc all the deviltry of th epub!iean party has been guilty o )r the last t- enty years. The bable i South Carolina know this.--Sun. Tom Watnou aut 3 Traitor. AU;sSTA, Octobe1r 12.-Circuml Laut,ial evidl 'e is very strong tha 'oi \Vatsoa directly connected witl 'o '.s Buck and tic Republicati purty 'iII il the,.,y are w,rkin,g haud inl v'it > '.it tiv Din"cr"'rats. a G'eorja "wit1arv inl li ( Congrezional itri ;t mtion w:t W d0eelopd I.ty en Iter-la y so:.x aschol g'~j irl bi 1a Thom-v utov , -vh ere Watso.wn lives,M loundi At'1 I IIn ,o I.-e . Im d i e 1ir 1'.ci.n i, ya i 't'e tto it by -e og "I'vol0c i i. r (oI4 -lvh I know y u wr ni -. ! i i: .iev ! t . III ( ..' ci-v don ,cus a t '.l t rie I i Ic \ i'lt ies,. t th t o u ., 'I g ,i a i ! ; ti k Q iuBt c t; 'ilc! ; . i, c lilt~~~~~ ,I1a itt lt (llc. -a1Ch (uli A i t"it a vw ee. i hr l-t ;olle the u 'eo,le's Ilarey ticket a-: m0111(1 with 1 acrion ele-ctors, s I: om.e !,ood men-1 Canl vive theml t >tht >Oor wwite tenails a well as to ih Ite!r 1, anl til e poor tevils can pi ic.e ticket ill Lbeir pockets, 11n1d Wilei lie D>monr ats ve thetumi tike I t "ote 1.h1y cnl take them and _"o to t,h ols and vote our ti<!ket. Y-u g ack to your ovn district and st1 here. L would rather lobo my ri,, nd than ece you beaten. "Yours t he IA. 1.). N. A." 1). N. S. is sup)os( d to be 1). ) anders, who is s.2.retary of the Pe jie.4 lrt.y papter ia Atlanta. oi whic Watsoi is pelen. Th1 tkidr-a lear colonel is be_-heved t) mean Wa sol. Vhile Ili Thomson oni Sin(lay %\Va ioi was talkii,, t-) ic about, the Mace Telo"icIII)r and as'ed mle if that pt )I had any money. Ile secied to Pir -stran-e ot the Ttlegraph coming to I papr t.o l>orro%V orI bily papr. Ti lotl t hul tor Tomiuine, and 1ih lett. will d him great damilage it it, does i kitlllhis chiancces for re-election ailt' get er. It. clearly shaows how close2 ILeck itnid Waitson keep ini touch of < :nohe r, a'ul( how I 'idly 1 uck Ns i IlCl(din.' his gaper monecy, Wt*rriegl to) l)oth1 liV Iad iIoy7N. Curru^i~ M , ONT, Oct. 13. -Ove ome w ith shiame anrd anger lit, heri i 'i' Lvt h lunish onie ot t.he ietiactori I Vi ti her chiool yesterdayi afiternot: t iss Alice Graxnu.er. a school teachecr ootk heLr lif by meanCihs t iiot'mocpi.' ~lies Grangitcer hadl care oi the schio otr three yecars, 0n itt'c id aas hee; liccessful n.thc her pupil unI~8 til i th 'ist n t rmici, whlen ai halt d<t z.eni ineo ibltte btoys en ie undectr ther e mn:rol -ortsu w:! a y mad llt;i.:e ahrtin'l '' e by SelU IV!- ht; ',e us . ; a as'wa i'. iembt . are the ht ii. th ';cu.:c 'iccup Ii' : er relvd iny .1efnal et, r I ' . li r (h/! l ' ;: i ch itl bl..*earl ~t' icacer' ees . I o1e- t't - i ct. e n,>l mi. retuarc.e it I '-' Ict ab'tich was'tt I ten I \: ' ' 'eatI hit ho :y.s." Ita,ii lai ' t ..cct - -~c IA broad-shou lr..I heku.siocn wa .ilt an<ci thet visito tidi tha.t he'lIaid r;ea.l the initional comu citte; eir lt iin iig i-cr pop1)11tr sub "1 dion't. (1ar1 ve. ry muiichi mioney," sacit ie visitor, "only c83 per day, IJut] live mIanagedi to stave a little, andic hert # 10 that I can spare andic I wc'.it yuc > take it." Mr. D)ickinson inqulliredi it' his visitol as married andt if lie did( not nedt thi oney Iinniself. Yes, he was married 3 said, but he was all right anti couild ok out for himself and little Iamil ery well. "I dlon't know where I can put thu 10 In a place that wi"1 do mie morn )odt tha'1 light here in the icand for le D)emocratic cause " saitd he. lie Insist. d upon lv r. D)ickinson tak g the money, and lie wvent away hap. "That wvas one of the p)leasantest In, dents that I have met with in thi' impc.:gn,"l saiti Mr. D)ickinson a fter artd. "le woultd not give me his name e said that lie did not iwa'lt to have get into the newspapers, and a'1 that WP' V I to) do wasi to contribute.' CorpseS In tile sea. LON1>ON, Oct. 12.--A dIspatch to th( e ws f rom ]3oulogne-Sur Mer says that te captain of the sloop which has just rlveu there reports that between 1 andh o'clock on Sunday mornhig the sloo ~ing then about two miles off St. Val y-Sur-Somee and driving through a irious storm andi passed a large num. sr of humarn bodies floating In the s irrouuded by a quantity of wreckage. he captanit says he countedl forty gr hem tod,from thir appearance, tssenlgers of Borne steamer. WE SINCERELY hope that governor Illman and State Treasurer Bates' will e successful'In their efforts to refund( ie State debt advantageously to thi ate and ita people. THE TRUT'H OF HISTORY. I Firt: Shot of tie War anl First Rud Sec. ond Fi: i! on Sunter. The quest on it.: to who fir,d the li.st shot in the late war has been agoin raised, and Col. J 1'. Thomna In a r cent curd in the Columbia State clai:'-s I that Bishoop . Y. Stevens, of Orang burg, who rose l-> the rank of bri- t dier-general in tie Con federvte ari,: was the man who fired the first shot. 0 Col. Thomas says: As to the affair or the "Star of the . West," the facts were given in my His torical Sketch of the South Carolina Military Academy, written fliteen I years ago, and published in 1879, thir- q t(en years ago. The following is the extract from said sketch: "On or about L5th Dec., 1860, Maj. t rI. F. Stevtnson was ordered by the C 'xecutive of the htate-Governor F. a V. Pickens-to take tD Morri-3 Island a s ietachment of cadets and four 2 )ounder siege guis, and to put the aune in position ') command the chan- 1i nel, with a view o keeping out all sus- ( picious vcssels fi ,i Fort Sumter, then i: invested by the aithern troops. The t .Vigilant Rilles I' Charleston, a lire t company organ 'ed into a military c company, under -ommand of Capt.S. 2 Y. Ttpper, were also order to Morris ; land. On the nlight of Decembear i 31. 18iR, Lieut. (!of. John L. Branch, e i-ti First [P'gimu"t t of itillp-, Soutn i C- C rolina Millitia, ru,': eiv(:A or-ders t-, i - f:Oio Jiree (it' his coinpanic' to Nlorri .3 I - Js'and. On the aternoon of Jania: v 1, "i, he rr tch t that point. Beinr e a the senior ofleer :u a Lum- cl e.omann.-t I or-01i1,11 11ritl! 1.11 ar1rival, a F-.yl weW'l' substqiie , oi. ol. d.J. P'et t(o. Irsuch fCn I Maj. Mlevens a:d ).-, coinnand v nlti (I tit constrtctiv er v.)at waVns :It. I t he t. hQ of tAw, a:I t c.i1j. .1 ".star i t'ie W crst" ]at vr a, i r n I p .'o l twith t-, a 'y r ' rs in'inned by th, t -I i tht' N ~ (~1it"d "fates -, ' s I :l ol. ' ha' \\. ." -t driveni <if h.)IHu t!'teD in h th reliV0rt tm r "I'l.us it, :iata --t or ait it Imuplies--- vi I tht !'jIo! i h - a iter the cot- ' nM111d of' es 1 i C :.a cominandiZ-. t eieer of t a poi, hd of Majr. 1teve, n Sinom ' a'uly S it - -:rg of th." gtw,l fir- i ir tr ihe of t he %war of sewr - moh. Col. Braiwn anid M:ij. Stev<iil , v iit coui -ted e the irst hot e a iarcidel.. of t war, were both 0 t gradu- es of ti uh Carolina iliuc- s U ry Ac: lemy. d it was the Gover- 1) e i0 of Soute Cal ;ita wo had order. .I t t them to the ro at ,he er ninat,in i t o the crisis whi had b m brought t t upon tre State." o T This is the utcialleng i tri ath of U history. The fol o rang detai- .1 ac ycouint of'the same alLfir is taken from an article in the Charleston Y r Bookj aor 18', entitle I "Confe -rate fencea ol M Aorris Islaid ' ".Aft.er Sutter had been occupied by M1j. Aderson aid the U nittd Stat(, I troorps i Wder his commtrand against or ders, to prevent reinfot, mrentS or sip plies being sent to * iis .Trrisoni, a two I- gun battery was erected on %le island I about lifty or seventy-five yards south L- fromn thle spot a eter vards occupierd hy 4 u1 Fort Wagner. A detachminent of Cita. -I :r <del Cade(s, uinder P'rofessor (now Bishi- r Ik op) P- F. :Sttevens, miano ii the guns, t is supported by the Ch arleston Zouave Ca- I I dets, Cait. C. E. Chiclster, and (' r inan Riteemen, Capt. ,- 'ob Small, ais nr Wfantry. The Vigilant, Itilies, eglity strong, under Capt. S. Y. Tupipe, 'were -t stationed at the lower end of' the isilav .V to dlispute landing. 'I.he battery was te (of the simplest character. Itsi arma to tment, two 24-pouun1er siege guns, "on barb)ette'," withtout traverses or pro' 2-] tion of any.kind . It had bc.:n built very hastily, so that the go rs andl gu n-. ti ers wvere a tirely exposi -1. A bJroat-| r. side of light navy shell guns coul d y lntve dis-ibled it, anid the guns of' Fort I ,iumte-r comoiletely comumanded it. t "A little after daylight, on the morr tgof thVth, January, 15ti, the longt roll was beat andl the troops were gota tunder arnms. I lhe htoriztn a steamer was (discrin : coming Over the bar. Wehrarmed( or unarmtued, no oteti kitew; but the order'.i iu Cove'rn!'r I - l'ickensi were po sit,tve to tire inito It' r a and pr.eent hetr :tI)jiro:a'lehL oSumitkr. t I "Al 7:l5 A\. ,1, she W.3 with.i p r rente' .f the hi:: r'.. a~d .iaj. Sftevr s /al ht~ 1,.// wu P' 1:-li acrossi I .r g .ow-i, At, this hei rai it rp a laren ci . i ed St-ietes gw rison ibig to her lot-e. o . 3; sIc <I(ti t not 'i, otherI shtt wI .I i' vi d: botut six in all. I ).lv three *r o dUrl' Liur-k lher ol':g 9: o .' ~th ge of t i ly cosqec .as t he ta' g w:t c Ir 'tpth' anid nia :y atu nPxious ( . 3 - t It 'to ti hle reair, expecug e~u'iach - t Ii -t en t to :j'e her-I' ichi fort a a Ii ie wht It ilii s d,mi to :.' -en th. 'Stars ant ahu the Nor'l'urn-eart, bitnttt~iI .ht h (I' Jatuary inl~ II1, still-boreX." - This~ ii ila yt' the irndi-*wataH'e r . rIuthi of history- 1 t h dbate as to .wiho lir ed t he 't -,t htostjile 3.het ot thte .war" luay be deem edl clos (.h : shot on Sa umteor :s aniother inater. -do inot propose -o enigage itn this dIi- i - cus:non-- except. t o say tlhat I c:ant have no doubt as to ie statement oh' Maj . ht l W. 11., G ibbes, ani ex-cadet of' then South ii ('aroliua Mrilitar', Academy and a WVest tI Point graduoate. hlowever eminent ni etGe. 5. 1). Lee may be f'or trut h and na character, Major Gibbes is not li 's so. Beinig on the a'ounid, anid speaking It from a pea donal knowvledge ohf ev: its to fateful and so ctc ely related to hi-n-. self on that ocLasion, I cannot bait conclude that hh, statewr ent of lihe (U ;e should outweigh the er-gument of GUn- 'J eral Lee. sE .With regard, however. to the ques. tt lion as to who deliveredl the s' 3o'd er shiot or shell on Sumter that famous April morning, I feel that I eannot be in error. I was at Cumminirs Point in commandl otf the new rlib.d gun that had reachcd the islan zd only the er1 day before. Near my battery was a mortar battery, commaunded b)y Lieut. ~ N. W. A rmstrong of the Citadtel Acad- ci emy. Mr. Edmund Itullin. an old ma' but a fiery Virginian, was a volunteer t with us, andl had request' d to be .- ft towed to open the fire from Coum- -'i mtings Point. This prililege had been el accordled .to him. When, therefoie, at the sIgnal gun or mortor wi-s hoard CC from Fort Johnson, my recol' stion is ed t'tat Mr. ltutlt', near whom I stood at el the moment, pu4l - the lanyard of the first mortar that sent a shelt over Sum ter. Thus the second hostile fire came w from Arnhstron g's mortar battery. I. may add, Mr. Editor, that while I do jl not invest these questions with spc & d tat signifle'ince, yet I deem it my duty m to make my contribution to the accu ni racy of historical statement. As to Cadet IIaynswortti, he serv,d ct gallantly in the war. Afterwards he y, became a lawyer and developed into a model citizen of high character. As a trial justIee at Sumter, wh ile -en gaged in adjudicating some heated ease, Pistols were used in the room ii ad he fall a vtima ton ooidenteJ d >al-thu1, dying at his pomt in the her Icss of los i 111ce, amid the sympath0es if a berav I C-mmunity. JOIN P. Titom.i Calumbia-, S. C., Oct. 11, 1892>. 'TALK ABDU I TO BACCO. t Will Swom-, Day Enpllantt King c%,*nj in Sout!% Carnlina. FLO.:t;Ne;,S. C , Oct. 12.-The itsi:e f a tobacco warehouse on sah:sd;y >resents some interestitig as well as musing sights to the novice in the to. acco industry. To hear the everlast. ig voice of the auction .r and the nick and snappish bids of the buyers iduc s one to come to the conclusion hat cotton is no I' iger king in ' ith arolina. The buyer eagerly seeks tbe rticle and pays a good price for it, in tead of the article seeking the buyer no getting a small siz- I nothing Florence can bopst of having the irg -t i .b; ) warehouse i 6-oI -i larolina, which fact indicatcs t hat th's Idustry is assuming Aizo in this Ir iculn-r section of the Statx. Flo:ence county farmers have wis*lv omne to the conclusion Ihat lobacc at, 4 cents a pound beats c.t ton a.. 6 cenit, nd the cor quence of this c-nclusierl j that tobac ) has almost entirely sup rced.-d cotton. Other count i( s shoud mitat- Flot -nce in tI ,s particular lit.e, ud they wil i s-wn shake off the "Si:tck 's of poveri '." You S y yo! Iill havi. o hi . s10 me xuerienced ra i rom Nt-r'h Carv!,: -i r Viniaio on yoi :h1bsi. Icear w' oat ont. ,l who leea i I e lisine. 3 himslf, ill af s- to tv- i orter's b . .Do uol wc .y ',lit yoi h-1 V o C t0 iDSteICt 3i i t.C.ieC I W\2, "i., I uS2d c'ninh S . e her wi:h miniiti g1, ed I 00k!, ald D: .) r- deVOtd 'o tw Culiu , " t ill.ceo " In e soehn aot eur lhere is To!t1 much to t il, but: :h:it tIhere is, yot art, welo-ni, 'o1. 'hree yeais :)% t. c)inImenedvei tttplant, )b'Icco, si m' p:y :Is au exle 1moti dill ot have much fath ina it as ;I 1of1-e rop in South Carolina. At theid i o l first year I cavl' out. so -weil that I as induced to fry it. on a4 laiger seae, not he third ye:ir 1inds me plaiting lly ten acres of colozi, ji-'.. for t ho ake of -before the war.' The lirst crop iought me in about $150 per w dae, and Me second and third crops have netted lo about a thousand dollars for every ei aeres; ot, in othe wor's, I c.ea~r bout one hundred dollars per acre." "What pecuiio ..t.y does this soil pos ess which makes it geod for tobacco '" "Nothing, sir. Tobacco will grow ust as well !inywl' -re in South C..r lina. Goo( cotton '-md : g-.)d tobac. 1, lend." "Weil volt ptit )1 mutich expens a iw ilding y irt tobco 'Jarn ?" "No, sir. I buil, it with my ov.a kaids, .tnd at every little expense." "In transplantir g your crop, do You lave to wat, for ra.ny weather?" "Not at al'. Dry weatier i- just as ,cod. The tobcco plan. is ilno,t Ps ard to !ill as u t gras- or willgmrs. L'obacco 1-.rms are bo-c-ming very .ium -rous in this section, aId we are g.,.t .ing better prices here than the plant ,rs of Virginia and North Carolinv." The questions propound: I by the rv 'orter and answered by this planter mzow that, the tobacco culture is a~ power 1.1 thfis section. A bityer of Virginia says: '*South C~arolina tobacco is veay linie and corn nands the hi st pr-ict i. It b'rings as~ gh i $24 [ 3r hundred pounds." T1he piam!ers brin'g their tobacco to he .Florence wvarehuouse, where it is uctionedl oft in pil a. ieah pile is of a liff'erent grads' Thel Florence wvatre I0ouso, one of1 the lairgest of' any tobac. 0 State holds atl. seven hundi ed dies. Salt a are mt .tde eve'ry <bay do tugi he tobacco seas an. A':onit eigiht thous .ind )'ulnfds of tobacco us s >ld at ti- s varehouse eaSc'h day'. If the cottmir cranks wIol stop pick rig a shart while and Visit Florence or )arirngton amnd see ho 'v touch they are iak imt~ out of l he arn ive'-sil weed.'' in w%o .\e.t rs Soot ht ~ir r1-a wom'd ijot I tduce 4'nO.4h (('.t>t to s , 'l a pul. 'w. rown to in ' .nov' .i a tI I t. tob,acc ounties of' bonrth ( 'aro I na. Wh' y can rt ~IThe F'l,re-scg t' obc'o a tt, oy ~ I Virginlila' a Yorthi ('m-i funtirw in ti 3. K-e n Le!t 1893; he-no a-t,hnm. yea.r mad ma 'rk it dlownIfall ot Ilis M:iv I' ting C(, tu. --Colirumi o'.i .'an-a byV Io .iii. Nu:w Yior1.. OIct. l--.---TIhe J.ru. alit State c'trammce mt' to-'k a te I loffmani If 'tu(se tonm n':. a eii. .le lor .Judtge oh the Cort' ' Ap, he nanme o! Ju'die C .arle's I". An114. y W irlliat i,r l-'rik of : r uso :;,it 'ondei by Wt. Hamte . Ct chirain on .be dii of Tammanitny iilall. J1ud-ge Atnd Ws 's noinaliititon,I waVs alo sionded(h t y Di1strit. A ttornety Id ewayCtV lin bc i I of' t,he KI(s (County Dcmuocrat - idgeway madJe a spchc', refeir'rng I> Ie fact that ,Judghe Andlrews watS nom - at.cd by the Demo.:rata mn 1881. The 3minlation was then nmadhe unanimous. A letter was reado fromn Judge Whee r HI. Peckhamn, who was himself a mrdidate for the oflice. Ini this let.ter idge Pecckhamn stated1 that if the Reo iblicans had dlicidotd to recogn'to IdLe Andrews's twenty-five years of rvice on the bench by nominat.ing him, e D)emocrats could n ,do better than idorse him. WVelt Done. NEW YORLK, Oct. 12.-D)on. M. Dick son, chairma 'n of he national Demo atic camp- gn e ot -nitt h yesterday cei vedi the following t 'igram f rom Duis Baker, c; '.nan of the Demo ti Stat ico.nm.tt. of' Minn- 'ota: pour of Minne ota's I residential elr rs wer e to-day taken OUt of the doubt I column and pih ced in the anti Hiar Ion column. Fcour People's party ectors with Democratic antecedents e endorsed by the D)emocratic State mumittee and will cLrtIiy be elect ,and the Democrats are hopeful of icting the emairing five." Rule or Ruin.. FAnoo, N. 1), Oct. 12 -Judge .John' '.Ilennett, a prominent Democrat, has nouinced his intention of voting for arrison and Read. ile says lie shaill this because the D)emocrats have a-.le a fusion with tihe People's party id withdrawn the Democratic prest untial electors. .Judge i3ennett wa's airm4.n of the DemocratIc State-con ntion. THlE OIEOROIA A ND FLORmA rebels at Weaver was so anxious to hang 1868 have good memories. They >wned this old South hater last week tHE DOUB TFUL STATES. Uohgr4smanIl McCreary nrings Cheelui News fro.m Them . WA.I'-NOTrON, Oct. I2.-leprc-:enta tivo McCreary, of Kentucky, whlio is member of the Democra'ic Congres shoal coinmittee, has just arrived it va:'.m1,1ton f rom a; campaining tolir Ile has been iu commuilkjratio w; members of his party in all of the doubtful States, and he is confidend that Cleveland will be elected, and thal the Diemocrats Will retain control ol the Mouse of Representatives in tht 53d Congress. In referring to the poli tical situation in tho Southern States he says: "If anything was needed to make thi South more than ever solid the tip o Weaver and Mr. Maggee's mission tc Alabama flrnished it. On the qucstiotj of tile tarill and the force bill the p. o pie of the South are of one mind. The Tiird Party movement am.mits to nothing in thii ligit. The Alliance folk-s III thle Smuth are arguing this way: That aI a rt suit of the present light. either Mr. Cleveland or Mr. Har rison must win, that there is no chance o! elect hii a third candidate, that. be twceu thos3 two candidates Cleveland represent s them on the tariff and in op. po3ito:l to the force bill and e xtrava ,it ex penditurcs, while the elec' ion f I air !on inans the supreniacv of tlhe pinciphs wic t oppM. Tliy therei sie,say thatt they art D'emcrit for th:s 11tilt, ind that whltevlr ir w -ill try t .)settle it a t O re o pp ort . tto iS Os ari.tically tal!.es thie TI' Ir 1'r V out ot tihe way as a factor in tLl 1 di sc' ialI campaign . Mr. CievehcL::. i1l c irry e very )ithern St by large 1w:jority. Lven We'st. Virgii SI->t m do-ibz, zs I look at it. " The whole oitlooh.'' he continit 'd, i icverabl. to Mr. Citeveiv., and I ami not ,IIaI aboul~it the resuIlt. Ta' Iepublic:'-is htve sio wn very few siv o' lecov, I y trom i heir terrible de,.t ni I ) n' 'y o t lly l)spkblic . friends in Coolri .-s were teililig m. I - \\i Lr h,w i,cie i:i h 1 , re;t.:' jlj !i tlh-y wa,)I d carry a ot o Soot irn 'T1StW.-_Nm .h Car0ilitn, G,c-r gia, F loz tda, T-no ss-v, A rkanss a ttitrs-tha I iskEd wily they dii not, ilc!ude Kentucky a n make the swe-, ,ori ;iete. Tihe elections in 6eorgia, l'lUrli aud Arkansqs, and t h. obvious coniition of allhairs throu. At the South, show how vain were th-tr hop' s, and that 1he expected reaction is not coM ing. I have been in New York and hear from there quite regularly. Pros pects were brightening up for tne Dlem oCrat s when I was there and letters and reports received show that the situa tion has been steadily improving. I feel no hesitation in predicting that Cleveland will crrry New York by 30, 000 majority. I think his i-ijority will be between :30,000 and 40,0 ). I have been t'i )igh Indiania tw;ca and lave talki d with a good many of our folks who have been studying the situation there. 1. regard the State as surely 1)einocratic, and I (o not find Demo crats who are in the campiign there confessing any doubt about it. "I was in Chicago when Mr. Steven son held his conferenca with the Dein oerttic m:rna '7s of Illiao's. I had a long talk with him and with EK-Com m-sioner Black, who is running as the Diemo,atie c ididate for Congress mnati at l-. ge, nd with a number of other Demiocratq who were as.emblel in Mr. S veimcis' room. They k.'1 tohl me tliat they felt no doubt thfat the Democratic canid(ate for tIlOVernior Gen. Bick, wvould be elected, andm' thmev felt some hopa of carryinig the :mian f or ( levehmnd, though they'would not venture the prediiction that the hope wouldt be realized. "I lhave IeCcIved a letter from G--n, Mitchell colt erninig the situaition ini Wisconisin. iIe says there is a desper ate strumggle for the Staite a nd that the D)emocrats are hopeful and are doing all they caui. Whlenm I was up in Mlas. s ihusets the Demiocrats there .seemeal alnmost confhident. I should not be siur p' ist 'I if' Clevelandi shoul carry th:. State'. II ussell is undoubtedly strong in thec Stat 0, andu Ar. Clevyelantd thinks t hat he hiiinself is strong there, which seems to me t.o he t rue. I presonal ly met a it uber of lieputbicans in lios ton who 'ol imi thai. they were gin .r t o vo om' Cl.evchmdI. Tiney s tid lta,t I lay w.1. * r.ot going io hC ee:.mo, D)ro. ilubij i ;'arty perm:lan'ntI, bt woumi v'ote for' Clevel an'I julst Lihis~f r,ce." --Naws ad Couieir." A sra,v. ('i. T TaMAa, Oct. 13.- -Chtat{; l;.':ga ye '.eri lv <-let ed seven Dt m)ao erai; ''t saf eight, alerntusa i.midlae.s. .-cuinig conirl f th iygov\ernmen:t for the , t imi' in the city's htistory . T feet is ftaken ass5igniliciant.,ot' ther ,' Lth l'I'atmid(ent inl(I e tion . All I T"ne'dst itheirto bee n llenub,ti N t*W Von,mi Oct. (.-A daispatchl from l'I]l 'elpla to L,he Heiral I s a ys: Therei was r.n inter'est:ug conferenace somie dlays nzo ait Ma1yor ?'tewart's A i er the meeting htad ad(justedl i tsel to htsess it was announced that the NatL'nal R~epulhican Campaign Comn mtittece requir ed1 exactly $2,000,000 for campaign) puIrposes, and tat Phila dlpia was expected to contribnte lIb)erally to the fund. It was necessary .0 begin work with out, dclay and report, the amount subl scribed before the close of the p)resent week. After somewhat protracted dIelibration the delicate task of aolicitiuo money was mass i"ned to James T. Alte inus, a conspicuous member of the firm of Coffin, Alt,emus & Co., who is pro minent in wholesale driy goods circles. Altemus at once sallied forth on his field of conquest,. Drexel & Co. subscribed $10,000; Thomas DJolan. *10,000; H1am Disston, $10,000; Postmaster General Wana. maker, *10,000; John Si ,James Dobson $10,000. There is anothier $10,000 sub scriber whose name I did not obtain. Coflin. Altemus & Co. pledged $50,000, as did Strawbridge & Cl othier. One firm has conditionally subscribed $200.000, while another company has pleged $150,000, Much of this money w ill be used in New York. SAW MILLS 45O6.00 TO s5900o.. . IMNINES&BOILLJlS TO SUIT. 100 IN STOCK. LOMBARD * 00.. Augnkta. (Ga CHILD BiTII MADE EASY? ally p : dwut a"u bine.. 11: uUfr a ion \VILE' DxptO dn th.' E rinied t'pe o ~~ i;v ~AL TU ((Ij l"- 1l CRflA itANDIMOPk. Labor Lessuls Painl, Diminishes D;mger to Life of ollther al Child. Book to " Moi-tim i " milued FROE, con taivivg vhluable information and voluntaiy testimon ials. 'ienthby ex pressoen rec.:vpt of price $1.60 per bottUe BRADFIELD R EGULAUl CO.. Atlan.ta, Ga, SI- N FV I LL 1, RU t'-gS A FULL LINE OF 13UGGlS - tAov f LAGES AND W AGONS Onl hand. W will meet anly oompetil.iI Gl~ IN MAC ' E . Will .so'l tht. Wall UolumiA Oil Mill plant is a who or In d l. . Ani e. cellent lp'm nity fle t. 110ils 1o com pletet ler eqipme Columbia, S. C a5.00 for t a"I'u m 1"Po FaD o StoETT. Wido f' ha'k'es with F ing 5 cen. Nikl RoundA C~0 ck.... to.....,5c T aptb-----. -- --.......2 t p RuGIN s ,--- ...... ..........5 es p CORPAD GETI~A TIlls TRIC HOUSHIFURNIHE, MAC- -IN EROAE a * Cs'..Oa'r.O GINS,NS n CORNANDCOETO PRESSES. aboS MnILLs.adSw IIu FeOTTl. O GhINS Thebes ovr ivened Tabt'In'esadSwMls * - I will sell a 1tum1ber of Weil iiprovei an " 'Vovelintly located either for cast or on the INSTAA.MENT PLAN You will not rat wherli you can OWN YOUt OWN nOME on equally easy terms. Tlsais your oppor. t uIty. I will soll, among otherp, one PLA'L'TATION o 5d0 acres, highily lmlorovel and finely loented for a COUNTRY STORE & PUBLIC GIN. lefore arranging for 1893 or INVESTING MONEY tind out What I can olTer. W. L. RODDEy, spt 14-2m - Rock Hill, , C. T 11 MAASSACAUSET TS Ile, N E .1 F -1'VP I the ndhest, I st, stroi(.,;L Natural I Preinm Life Imuorawce Coupaiy in New England. It IssueS a I at: Poli.- for prooation more than invest::t, abott i yer cent. less than the old line lnipaities charge. This Policy is lor (E-Nite amount, pays a cash aniuual dividen, has a surrender value, Is non-forfleital)e, k contiqued 4 without further payment atter reaehing the expectancy of age, Is incontestible, has no restrictIons upon reii(tence or i avel, and one-half of iz- value !s payable during life in the event of tota I and pei manent disability. it also writes two -term Polief olesfive aind ten years each at tsvo-thirds of the cost of Its regular Life P.licy, which pay dividonds of 36 and 41 per cciet. respec tively. It has over 28,000 policy holders, over $95,000,000 insmuance in force, and $1,000 000 of surplus o emergi.cy fund. It. M. SIAS, Go:1. Agent, 1311 'Main Street, COLUM BIA ........................ ....,.,,....S . C. I'tlno and Organm. Where to 1)u Pinn;as and Organs representing t. worl, s greatest ma kers. Stinwa-, & S na Pianos, Ma thushek Piano.,, Masa(. & HIamlii Pi anos, Sterlin I'-nos, Td',on and H1am lin Organs, Stl.i ling Organs. Lowest prices aie:ays. Psie1. terms possible. I freight, p.an;. Cot-plete outfi. free. 'ivye years gu. tantee. One pricem to altl. F-.juare de:' ing, -.loney aSy ed. We (10 not a:' big prices a mtany dea'ers doe, and *hen c itue do a-n. Our moltto- One pri.e to n i and 2iat. the lowest. WhO 51 i 01n tteen (lays' trial to any dlepot. 'ri p.,v freig it both wvays it' not Th-fa: Ory. \\ rite for ill Istrated cnt-i J-re. N. W. Tru~ mp, (kolumibia, S. C. -* Le-ysUle. N. Os, CO-FDUtCATIONAL. Opents Septemb"'r 28th with a larger Fa culty, miore compi 'hensi ve Course of Study, and more D)epartmentsa 162 Pupils last year fromi twelve countie-s. rimiiary, A cadi-:mle and Col legiate' De partmeonts; Busi': s Comtse: Musie; T'eda ggics; Elecutioni: G7ymn astics; I)rawing r ess Cutting. bomeost e Ecotuomi, Week ly lIible Studim E'leganit uiel .ag. .4para 'Itfall for hoar td ing 3 puni gu dics ii-der mualnagement of the Pre(sident.4 ploiion for .yorung laidies to rednee ex itenses by doing domnest ic work. Corres pwndence folicited with thtose whio wish to take advantage otf ttis provis;ion. L4ocationi Is nlusurpal.ed ii thle State for hbealthlfuln:ess---760 ft . aove Se:i level, 400 ft. abovo Cohnnbnia, 128 ft. above Aiken. For Catauloguie, address., L.. H. iiANY NES, A. M., Presidtent, u h r a ait,a co for the care, of adi -t-?r v cao. ctrv an Teti o~i t~tI,'B s oa m alt m eel C t Ue, ht CURaakIIIIESol, PPifPON, ,"P P ' Emi ept Pt P t* ........l. rac..ele te PP URE ; d wvo~ .i,aepon tAdwo.ho (PRA BROS.,' I-Il ABr riet1, Druggi at. Llppman's BloCk. A L ~a.