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VO. JXM.Xju3MltNj1 XXI PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, DIX18 THE GOVERNOWS MESSAGE AN EXHAUSTIVE PAPER ON OUR STATE AFFAIRS. The Condition of the Finance, and of the Several Public I nstitutionn---Sugged tione to the Generul Aesemubly. Governor Tillman sent in his annual message to the Legislature on the first day of the current s assion. It is an ex haustive dcionent, touching upon all matters of interest to the people, Be low will be found i synopsis of its statements aad rtc-mmendations. - am t FINANCES. The 'cash liabilities of the State on October 31, tioun. ed to S621,389,91 this sum including impaid appropria tions, togettier with accrued interest on the pu>lic debt. The cash asets, on the same date amount.ed to $419,64101. 'The valid debtot the State amounts to $6,408,606. The revenues for the last fisca year (excusive of inoneyi arising frc m county, school and special taxes, amounted to S1,202,172 414, and the ex 1 penditures, foi public debt and State purposes, were $1,125,038.56. The bal ance in the treasui y, October 31, 1891, was $64,615.02. The balance on Octo ber 31, 1892, was $201,748.94. The debt maturing next July has not yet been refuadel, but negotiaious are now pending tor an adjustment of the debt-which -,he Governor will submit to the General Assembly early during the present a ssion. "The State iailroad Board of Equal ization last year Increase. the assess ments of the railroids from $17,905,014 to $26,066,890. Thic increase has been resisted by the roaas and suits are now pending in tie Uni, ed States Court to enforce the collection of this increase of taxes. The casci will be heard in January, and it, as we confidently ex pect, the justice of the State's action shall be sustained, there will be a sum amounting to about 835,000 going to increase the money in the Treasury. "The Itepoi t of the Comptroller-Gen eral shows the total valuatioi of the property of t.ne Stat ! to be $168,871,227, a very slight increi.se over last year; and, considering th.e depressed condi Lion of our agricalt.ural interests and the low price of our staple crop, this is a satisfactory show.ng. The eflorts ot the Comptroller to b ave property in the State listed and asscssed in accordance with the laws have been largely frus t trated by tho action of our courts, and 1-will call attentiof. to this matter in another place-. Sowe amendments to the Statutes in rel,;ard to the assess mnauts and levying vf taxes are needed, and some declaratory Statutes are sug gested by the Attoraey-General, which 1:hope your honorable bodies will con sider favorablV." Th,e total taxable property of the State is $18,871,227-an increase of $608,558 over that of the fiscal year 1890-1891. The Governor thinks that 9, ' our taxable property would be about $300,000,000, if all the property were subjected to taxation and assessed at ils true value. Ile urges the adoption of a system which shall prevent tax dodging, and enforce the assessment of all property at its true value. lie re peats the following recommendations made in nis ainua' message of 1891: "The office of County Commiasioner should be abolished, and in place of it a government by to .vnships substitut ed. Three intelligent men in each township, elected by the voters thereof, should be entrusted with the manage ment of the roads and bridges, schools, and assessment ot property in the same. The chairnien of these local boards should constitute a county Board to manage the County finances, audit account and oreder expenditures. The salaries, ii any., paid these town ship commnissioners, or select men, can P- be determined by the voters or fixed by law. The Constitution can be changed to abolish the ollice of Conuty Scho~ol Commissioner, aind r,hese changes will inevitably result in a great saving to each county, while there wvill be a cor responding increase in efliciency. .Pro perty will be a:-sessed at its real value, and millions now hidden will be made to pay their sh are of taxes. This coun-. ty board shoild also constitute the county board of equlalizationi, instead qV of being appo;nted as at present by the Auditor. "In this connect ion I suggest the pro 'priety of requiring all notes, &z., to be stamped by the County Auditor and placed on tax tooks to make them col lectible by law. Make the note shaver or lender pay taxes as well as the land owner whose property stands in his name, while lhe perhaps owes as much as it is worth." TUE PUBLIC ]NSTITUTIONS. The lunatic isyluin Is in a satisfac A tory condition. The Governor urges some Jegislati.m which will better reg ulate admissions to the institution now very msuch crov,-ded. The numbi r of patients undsr treatment at p)resent is 764. The total income of the institu tin from all sources has been $115,385, 57, and the expenditures have been .$112,871.73. The peinitentiaury nowv contains 900 convicts--an Incrosse of 107 over last year. While the yid of cotton on the State farms huas been small arnd much of it has bt en sold at a low pric, an abundance of' -orn has been raised. The third inst ailmient has been paidl on t,be State farm. which ws purchased in 1890, and is being rapidly put into a hiebh state of cult ivation. - The policy hitherto pursued of working oii shares in the Congaree 1-01tI oins with Messrs Seegers arid ot hers has been discon , tin ued, and the convicts are no w being hired out at a fixed rate. The 500i 4 horse-power 'vhich the State reserved when it do nate'd the canal to the city of Columbia hais been developeul tunder 'lease to the Columnbia Electrict Lighlt - and Itailway Compiny at a iental of *2,500 per an aim, with a r(servation . of 100 horse-po wer for the use of the }State whenever it may need it at a similar rate. ErDUCATION. O The Giovernor considers the free school system so dh-feotive as to be "a humbug and t otally inadequate for the -purposes desig;ned." The attendance of pupils last year, as cornpared with the previous year, shows a decrease of 2,180. The Governor states that there us widespread Interest in the State, on the subject of popular educqtIon, and that the pecpie will cheerfully- bear any increase of taxation, necessarry to aroyer p)roviion for the comm'-on TIIE SOUTH CA ROLINA COLL EGE. -4Af ter stating the small attendance at the South Carolina follege-there being now but 70 students, the Gover nor says that the falling off is duo to the transition from the old systen of education; to the financial stringen cy; to the "plitical and social antago nisms which exist in the State; and L( the location of the college at. the capt tal-the people of which are bitterli opposs.i to the present administration though it was put in office by an over wbelming majority on issues, the prin cipal of which was what, should con. stitute our system of higher educa tion." Comparing the old idea of high er education with the new one of prac tical training, the Governor corsidert that there is need and i oom for both He thou goes on to say: "But the adherents of the old re, girno have largely withdrawn theii patronage from the college because they could not have their way in con trolling it, and the county of Charles ton, which has always supported the college zealously, has at this time nc student within its walls. The adhe. rents of the new order of things, while paying taxes to sustain the school cheerlully, and indicating their inten. tion and purpose, in no uncertain man ner; to sustain it liberally, have felt nc inclination to potronize it because of the inhospitable atmosphere surround ing it. Another thing: There is com. petition between the college and the denominational institutions at Green. ville, Spartanburg, Newberrv and Dut West, to which scnools the Reformert of the State are sendmg their sons in preference to sending tham here; and this will continue as long as the pres. ent conditions of social and political antagonism exist in Columbia. Tht wealthier class of boys from both political elements are being sent out of the State to Harvard, Yale, Princeton and the University of Virginia. The competion and consequent unfriendit. ness of the denominational colleges tc the South Carolina College can be got ten rid of in only one way, and that it to make this college so much bettei and higher in Its requirements arid facilities for teaching, that their ttu dents will seek its walls to coapletc their education, and when this is dont the incentive for you.g Lien to gc abroad will no longer exist. Factional feeling must sooner or later pass away or it will wear itself out, it the good sense and community %i interest of our people do not frown upon and de stro3 it. The broad and patriotic view then, to take of the situation is to givt the school all the money it need:, antd leave time, the physician, to restore il to health and vigor. The pledges givei by the March Convention of 1890 musl be sacredly kept,and the friends ofClem son College continue to givo a cheerfu) support to the South Carolina College The trustees are keenly alive to the responsibility resting on them ani with your co-operation, we conAdent ly expect to see the college, eer long occupying its wonted place in the at fection arti confidence of every Caro linian, because it furnishes an educa tion such as no other college in th State can give." CLEMSON COLLEGE. The Governor states the causes o the delay in the work on Clemson Col lege-attributing it to the failure t( get $20,000 expected from the sale of the Agricultural Hall and a falling of of $20,000 in the privilege tax on fertil. izers. lie estimates that an appropri ation of $40,000 will insure the open ing of the institution next May, but thinks that the $50,000 asked by tht trustees will put it on a broader bash of usefulness. Ile states that nearly a thousand boys and 3 oung men are now "awaiting the opening of its por t'lls." TilE CITADEL ACADEMY. This institution is reportet to be it a ilourisIing condition--the roll o cadets numbering 137. The Governnot thinks the numnoer of beneiiclaries should be doubled, and the annual al lowance to each reducedi from $300 it $150-the cost of maintainance beli redluced. i f possible, in a like proper tion. lie touches on the advantaged en.ioyed by town boys over those fromx the country in competing for the schol arships. lHe thinks that if the corn mon schools could be improved at they should be, these cadietships coulcj be open to poor boys as prizes to be contended for, and awarded under the auspices of the County Teacher:,' As sociation. Tlha ambition of teacheri and students both would thus be stim ulateti, the boys to get the placas ant the te'achiers to have their students I< g et theme. And wve wouldi certainlj be rid( oft the complaints new cornng from many qluarters that the town school boy s are receIving nearly al the benelit of this charity, and that too, when they are not entitled to it On this point the Governor concludes "It, is icoc always the brightest b0) or the one capable or th-. greatest men tal cultivatiou who answers the ques tions best at the examinations, for I is frequently only a difierence of op portuinity. "Ijf a certiilante, under oath of the three township assessors where thi applliesant resides were reqlulred, of t innhIl)ity of the boy or his relatives t' paLy for Ais teiication, it would largel1 cio awiy wit,h the comnplaints whici are~ imado a',out boys who are able t' pa their way getting the appoint m.i. ts. What the aiae wants, an< w liat, was contemiplat elt when the Cita dcl Wats founde(, was to take the birightesr, youths among the poore: el;'an' and give them a practical edu c etion. The welfare itad popularity o the school will deped on this schem beitng honestly carri out and th elimination ot the abuses which nov exist. If these recommien:iations men your appiroval, in lihe counties wher< no teachers' associatIons exist, the con duct of the examinationis anti the in vestigation as to property, etc., conic be placed in charge of t he members o the General Assembly, who, for politi cal reasons, if f or no other, would en deavor to see the law properly en forced." OTIJIR SChOOLs. Thew Witithrop Traning School Is re piortool as Ilourishing, and "doing ad mnirab)le work." Referring to the fail uire by reason of legal ditllculties,of thi bid of the city of Anderson for the lc cation of the proposed industrial schoc for young women, the Governor expres sea the hope that, the bids being re opened, the school may soon be an et tablished feature of our educationat system. The institute for the deaf, the dum and the blind is still pursuing its nobi mission. Them Governor commends to the generous consideration of th Legislature. Claflin TUniversit., for colored .ti - dents of both sexes, is reported as dol a most excallent work. TIE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY. The subject of tie assessment property for taxation and the collectiq of taxes is most exhaustively consider by his excellency. He reviews ve fully the litigation in the bank cas and the railroad cases and cities t] laws bearing thereon. le further sa) Every government claims, and mu have, a certain and speedy method collecting taxes. In an atmolute mo archy it is a very simple process, at used In the past to greatly oppress t people; and, therefore, in a constit tional government there is an attem to balance the prerogative of the so ereign and the right of the taxpay The Board of Equalization and Assei ment directly represent the individu taxpayer; the oflicers elected by t people represent the State. When t1 asessment of property is too high t] Board of Assessors can reduce it. Th is the safeguard of the taxpayer. Section 239 the correlative right is giv4 the State to increase when the asses ment is too low, and this not upon ti persohaal knowledge or subject to t whim of the Auditor, but upon swoi testimony. The tax Acts must be co strued as a whole and as forming a sy tem designed to secure uniformity at equality and affording equal protectih to sovereign and subject. You cannt without disarranging its nicelybalanc machinery, grant the taxpayer a rem dy when the Ps8esement is too high at deny the correlative relief to the Sta when it is too low. Yet this isexact what the decision of the Supren Court has done. "Very few men,however, believe th any privatecitizen would havereceivi the consideration given the banks; at though I stand ready to accord all cc porations equality before the law, I ca not remain silent while the laws a trampled under foot and see them H corded privileges which a private cil ren feels he cannot obtain.' The Governor recommends that ti Legislature at least make the tax lav so plain that there will be no need fi judicial construction, and no prete: for the intervention of legal procees i stop the collection of revenue and tht clog the work of government. PROIIIITION. The Governor devotes much space the matter of prohibition. He recit the numerous instances of its failut because public sentiment does not sti tain the law itself or the officers in e forcing it, Ie gives a table 3howit that in most towns the public reven is derived chielly from liquor licensi le repeats the opinion, expressed bis last annual message, that all moni derived from this source should go in the County and State treasuries, whl leaving the question as to the issub1 of licenses to a vote of the municipali just as it is now. He calls attention the fact that "the absolute refusal license the sale of liquor will cause increase in the taxes of the count amounting to one-half mill; and it m as well be understood now that unlh the prohibitionists themselves organi some detective agenoy to take out wi rants and prosecute those who brei the ,aw, the State itself will have provide something of the kind or t law will be a dead letter. All this w increase taxes, and taxpayers had ju as wel understand it. If the promi cuous and improper use of liquor ci be stopped there will be a reduction the number of crimes committed and decrease in the Court expenses. "Another danger, which we cann be blind to, will be the probability of desperate political struggle between t] prohibitioniRts and the anti-prohit tionists two years hence, with an a peal to the negro as the balance power; for in evrery town and coun where this question has been fought o1 at the polls, that has been the effe< and when applied to thse .'ilste we m look for a lIke result. "hlaving thus distharged my dui frankly and without bias, and present the question as it a ppears to me,11 ea it with you, and will cheerf ully appro any law you may enact." Reference Is made to the organizati of so-called 'social clubs," designed evade the law touching the sale of quor. The complaints of the sale liquor on Sunday at Hamburg a stated, and the repeal of the charter that town is reco)mmended. AOR'UULTURAL IIALL. T1he circumstances~ of the sale, or 1 tempted sale, of Agricultural Hall a set forth in full. On this subject tl Governor concludes: " Whatever may be the results of til suit to me personally, I am confide .that the Court and jury will not awa 'to these conspirators possession . property that belongs to the State, al -of which 1 am not, and have new be.en, in possession, or force the Sta to engage in a tediious and vexatio controversy in the United States Cot to test. the validity of the 'Reven Bond Scrip ' The Sta8te is not a par to this suit, and cannot be made a pi ty to any suit without its consent, a1 the 'Rteven.m, Hond Scrip' has be passedl upon by our own Uourt, whl declaredi invadld tii debt created . tha infamous Rtadical government South Carolina." - TiHE DIRECT TAX. 3 A full statement ia made of the cc r troversy over the fees of lawyers in' t -direct tax cases. Hei recommends th t' the Legislature authorize him to ( 3 mand of the Master in Obarleston '. s ntames of and the amounts due to t r parties thus situated, that I may p L them what is due without awaitingt i issue of the trivial appeal to the Unit States Supreme Court. PENSIONs. The Governor refers to the destit .tion among Confederate soldiers .their widows, and appeals to the gent .osity of the Legislature in their beha He thinks better safeguards shou surround the granting or the pensiot and urges that the Confederate stur - vera in each County be requested - form an organization in which eve -survivor shall be enrolled, to which t s whole matter be entrusted. There a -many pensioners who can easily I without the pitta.sce they receia -There are a considerable number wl - must go to the poor house unless th get more. Several attempts have be .1 made at different times to found a ai diers' home in the State to give to the b heroeE a comfortable resting p lace t e they "cross over the river." The Oc .t ernor p refers the pension system to tl e establishment of a central home, b submits the matter to the wisdom a. the general ansemaly. Hae thinks t ig veterans would prefer the present plan "and if the Confederate soldiers of each county will take the matter in hand and give it the attention it deserve o their orgaqzUation, which might be made pleasant and useful in many othei ways, and especially in the collection ry and preservation of data for the fiture e historian, can be of great service in .e smoothing the path to the grave of their '. less fortunate brethren. I feel satishe(d st that. if this scheme is properly carried I out, the soldiers, who are also taxpay nd ere, can be safely trusted with the id meney, and if it-becomes necessary the amount can be increased. The pro rata U share of each County should be on ti basis of the number of ex-Con feaerate V soldiers in that County." Is- REGISTRATION. al "The Act of 1882 requiriqg And pro ie viding a system of. registration ot the voters of this State, by reason of its e provisions. has brought about a condi is tion of affairs which becames more and [n more the subject of complaint and di:, satisfaction. The loss of certiiicates, the change of residence with6ut trans fer on the books, the inability to regis. ter where one failed to avail himself of ethe privilege within the first year, ha ve resulted in the virtual disfranchise a ment of a large number of citizens. 8* Then the mutilation of the book; by id use and the names of dead mcii on the 1 lists make it necessary to provide for a new registratien or a revision, with such changes in the law as will restore ed the franchise to those who have never t registered. I direct your attent ion to the matter, assured that you will (to whatever is wise and proper. Under the construction now placed upon it t the law is clearly unconstitutional, in d that men are not allowed to vote d though qualifled, because they had not, Savailed themselves of the privilege in r-1882." CONCLUSION. re "I feel it to be unnecessarv, but. will nevertheless remind you that the sti-in gency of the times demands the mos ke rigid economy. Niggardliness is nwt veconomy, and I would not be so unide: r stood, but the straitened condition of the people forbids the snialleet ex pend - iture that is not absolutely nece.-sarY. I trust I shall have presented for i y signature an Act substituting salari. instead of fees for county olicers, pIt ting the fees into the treasury, and Lo making a reduction of salaries all alorg es the line to a figur corresponding to e, the increased purchasing power otf ,s- money and the decreased ability o' t he n- people to pay. Thesaving will be little ig but we have reached the point where ie even a small economy is of material ,a. importance. The laborer is worthy of in his hire, and our salaries are not .4 all )y extravagant, but men who seek it to offices for salary alone are unworthy t t le hold them, and men in the pitblic ser ig vice should not receive more than Ei ni ty lar service commands in private buFi to ness life. to "Pledging you imy hearty co-opera an tion in whatever you may attem,L in es behalf of the State and its people, an( ty praying for the blessings of All-wist ss Irovidenco upon your labors, I wel ze come you to the Capital, contident that ir- your work will Aaerit and receive the ik well done of our joint constituency." to Oft for a Two WekTrit. il PHllILADE.LPiiIA, Nov. 22.---l'resident at elect Cleveland is on his way to Ex s. more, Maryland, for a two weeks gun. in ning and fi1hing trip. He left Jersey in City at8:15 o'clock tonight, in company a with Charles Jefferson, son of J.4oeph Jefferson, in the private car of General )t Superintendent Kenny, nt' the P1htila a delphia, Wilmington and Baltin,)re ie Railroad. The train arrived at Broad ,j. street station at 11 o'clock and here P. Clark Davis. editor of the Public Led f gor, an intimate friend of Mr. Cleve. y ads oined the latter and his associ it ate. The three will be0 theo entire c.nm ~t, position (if the party. y A reporter of the Unit.ed l'zess sent his card to tihe P'resident-elect by a por yter, but Mr. Cleveland declined to be d .een The porter's answer was that a Mr. Cleveland says he cannot read we writing." Every effort was miade to re keep the destination of the distinguish - ed party a secret, but the place to which n the private car was bound was learned t fromn a conductor. li- "Mr. Cleveland," Mr. D)avis nai:l of while he was awaitig the arriv il at re the train, "thinks it but inst that tlhe of public should not know where. he is going. lie wants to get rid of the enormous correspondence which is pii. 0, lng in upon him, and also to absett re himself from the many callers whtom~ e he has been compelledl to receive sint"e his election." As Presistent questioning failed t o inak e the editor divulge anything detir.ate rd and it was when the train was ahima of to leave the conductor quietly toh.l thm. rid destination. er The train, which Is the Old i'd>in to Comfort and Norfolk express~ gin' us down the Delaware Railroad, al ti rt leaving Wilminigion, D)ei., whic'h pla;' ue it reached at midnight. T1hie trio int' ty amply preparedl for a geninie sparCa ar- man's jaunt. __ rid A Big Fire at Yorkvtt.. en TORKVILL~E, S. C., 'Nov. 21. ---A t ch o'clock this morning tire broke oi' by the law oflice of C. E. Secucer,. in mai In of the court house. Tihis h)uildhni a the county commiss'onera' otlice, nex south of It, were or woodl andl b.u:'um *n- rapidly. Hunter & Oates' large lie goods houso, and the opera hiouse oa i at second floor next took fire. TIhie coui e- house was also soon .in 11ames, andl al ie tour of the buildings were burned he Hunter & Oates saved most of' their Sstock.* C. E. Spencer's library anm ed papers were mostly saved, as were also the records from the court house. '.Hun ten & Oats' loss is *22,000 on build im an stc;israc,$,0 or nhul.l li ar.ilord and P~hremitx. The count' Ifloses the court honse and the ad jaceni td olice buildings; no insurance. Til: s, lowcr story of the c>urt house, iti ri- hoped, will not have to be rebuilt. Thn to county's loss is about $9.000. C. l ry Spencer, WV. B. McCaw, IHart & int' be and Filnely & Brice suffered considera bh ne damage in removal of' books and pancer 1o also Mi. & P. C. Strauss in removal n re- goods, covered by Insurance; loss abaou in *1,500. The Rock 11i11 and Chester hir sy departments responded prompt,ly to th call for help, ad although the (Ire wa ewell under control when they reache lhere, their efl'orts saved the court hous v- from being a total loss. At one timue a with a high southeast wind, it looked ut like the loss would be fearful. The tota of loas is about $3,000, with *7,000 ol in tie anranc.-m3ae CL EI1ND) SPEAKS. HE WARNS THE DEMOCRATSOF DAN GERS THAT MAY ARISE. I lIealizo the It olilntibilIIy the People 1 aVe Plact di Ulin 11im-The Stantarl of Truet Democracy Mutt ,Wayo for tisa Years to Co,nw. Y -:w Yony, Nov. 18.--The speech which Mr. Grover Cleveland made at a dinner given by Mr. lenry Villard last evenlilg is just miade public. It was at I,)I1oWQ: Mjr. illard and (entlemen: I lim I' it ip').ssible to ridl myself at this mo ncut 4f conilleting emotions which st,0 .ithin me. I see h etc assembled _-oo< aid staunci friends 81ho have laborec incessantly and devotedly for the sue c -ps which litis crowned the Democrathc (i 0rt lu tIle calvass just clesed, and I (innol, forget how ureatly these eflortU lviet beeii characterized by the persona i e Lchien t and friendship f;r the candi. <t- silected to carry the Democratic hannTr. This awakens a sense of' grati. tk:(c which; it ii a great pleasure for me to thankftlly acknowledge. I confess, tlo th it I have fully blared in the par. tisan satistation which our great victocy is cak ulated to arouse inl every le lit so thorouhly D~m.;trai.c as mine. It is s1e Imvivel to mail to contemplate such a stpledid campaign, t) maiterfully arr:mtigu (I in his be!hait oy such [good ir 1nd.1, !'lowed by such a stuPendou i at;(I ,onmplete triumph. I should not perhlapl3 iltroduce ainly Svoilbre .on thl, oc.. in, buo I kn:V V l il frive ti.e wIeni I SAY ti. r, feeling e1 it jubilation and cven II e V u ot' gra 1tituic i-; so te-mpered as t(h ahn-,sqt niir.:4y obscured by the "kij.arm n a ly il'if1I, ut t t.e rei I ibility I have a1umd inl Sit_hlt, 0 LL.C A merict ai oLople. \I v love of country, y at achmentL to tLhz p inciple.t of true J appers.cy, lmly a e':ioni of the obli atio' I 1-aVt er 1dLRA into with the best a'd mlwtt colibhIidu. pecl'10 in the world, at,,i Lh < ( olsliousnesis ol, mlly own weak tue a1*)nd hnperiections, till conpire to fil n' u milid with sobir and oppressing rell,ctioi whvin I coisidcr all that we ve t do ai a parLty cliged with the cAnIol oI the pi-overnmet. I xvl that our campaten, instead of heir. mn' iuded, is but jast begun. % t.IL 'Alh.l ou lperto'mance be of thc co.tracL we hiaVe lilald with our coUn tr. men, ant hov well shl1l we ju-ul t, 1rust they Ive imposed ol us, it WE seo nolhin-; ill our victory, but beensm to I evt I inl tlia spoils? We shali Li .0 (very point. 11twe nerely prxo k-s to ente'r upon cur work, and il wi iakE nll aparent, endeavor to do it Ut c *Vr a se ein- parti.ian advantage, we hili invit. contempL and ditgrace. I wi! alttmpt to dscharge our duty to th< pt opic without complete party harmony in tho p.,Lriotic acLion, we shlia demon --I ate our inlcoml potency. I thank G od that ihr above all doubts Ind misivinga aitd away beyond all dit ficulti-s we mIlay constanlly see the lii b s of hope and salety. The I ght we st is the illumination from principles ol' truit IIhILonet and pure )emocracy &o.vin the way in all times of danzer an.1 lean ,: ui to the fulfillment of' p liti LiL ainid the redemption of all our lpltdge This light is kindled in loye of Jwutcc anii in i devotion to tle people's rilhts. IL t i.wbrit, iln a c'onsiant, pat.ri ous tU m111iiI lil a nan' iromnise. Le1tt us not hi misl'ul to outr undoing by the huis ot l'als2 Demiocracy which may b kindled in broken faIith and will, iI tioiVedi, lurs us to rocks of failure anti <b1Y1race. If we see stern lablor aheat of us and1( if dilliculties loomi up upon our' horizon, let us rCfemember1 that in L,hi thickest weather the mariner watehch the most, anxiously for his true light. Whloin our party charged with, an resp)onsibility L.) the people has no0 pliuI'd his tdevotion to the principle o r-ne Ih-miiiocracy, and wh:: among us hai nu:de ptledges with the ient to deceive I have ilith in the mtanliness an<1 L,ruth U n'neu of the I A mocratic partyL M Jy i el:et'in our pr'i nces and my fa ith ini (alr par y const51itutLe my trust that w< sallas-v~Ir ihe exp:ectations of oul * .-e suub.rl of true D)emocracy tI) ez/. for1 nmu13 Itral' LI come oh a pros pi l"il, happ' andl lolntentedh peoplIe. A m Allnasmo,1 i'vIb FeIast. ()las' \W edlesday Li large rnmber o banceii t'e If rom ' I all parts (of the Stat, wer it ('Ahonhliai, ()rangefburg bems~ wse'i rteprl iied. Tihe legister say3 t? i. p:t I. I th 1 me very pleasantly ii tu-aeg on I hie F dfr grounds uinti inn ti' her as ;inledllt in$thle hall of ti 1i)i1 i m I If l'resenttLives to hold(1 ir:t eriii mee linlg in the interest of tlN rl 1, r.I 10 ) nwetm I was called to or' di r' by i-r s:ient M. L. Dnnalson, wh<( a' i'Oo''e thait the dlistinguisht b .. er tI fron ot ther 'St ates, who hat .ta 11 mi'ted to maiLke. addresses were p' venltedt from being present by vLari ti's ('ans e. liy previous Larrangemeail bet s een tile i'residenit of the State A: lianlce and11 thle P'resident of' the Stati Agricultural anud Mechanical Associa tion, nloLien had been published thaLi this inIcting woul take place in thi evening aIt half-past 7 o'clock, but hu order tha;t Allince member might par ti--ite~ in1 the Cleveland ratilication whichi wa.s afI terwardse appointed 1o1 til' sam:e evening, th at'ibove menitioniec et,ange'l 3f o)'clock waslh made(l, thus disap p ,inlt i'ig aI considerabie nutmber wh<It c timl inl til the1 evenit g train ms expect ii i to b pmre'senlt. 'he meeting, how l'r er. wLs hil~rgely attendedtt and grea lilthulsiasml mratestedt. Colonel Beyer .ly, a1 promnnent Aliliancemian from Vir Lgiant, was present andi maiLde a shor ad(a1ress. The prlesident and( .sevet a ni hers alsto iliadlo stirring speeches or topics' of gzenelral interest, to the fratern ity. A dtirlel)t lanIls far introdtctnj hetter andit m,ore systematIc method; inito work of the order were discussel anUd recollmended to the favorable con sideratio' of t he execuitive committet T1he re'presentative. meni of the orde feel saltisfIied that the Alance in thIl State is ini a healthy and vigorous con 1dition, and11 enmtertailn no doubts what Iever oi its linially accomnplishing theo01 -jects anid aims for which it was orgat N BXNKRUPTTREASURY. II WILL THE NEW ADMINISTRATION BE r- FORCED TO BORROW? an by A 'robeiet that is being Seriously DiMe ,to cuspett I,y Mr. CIevOIa0ud an' his FuiendS do --Tho i ltL of ti,ubllcan Lsyehnese. re- WASiNWrON, Nov. 21.-Will the u- Cleveland Administration be obliged to lid ne,!otiatei a loan f.r $50,030,000 or er 0,0,000)0 t) cover the probable de fly ficieicei in the treasury or will an in. come tax be necessary? This proposi. Lion has been seriously considered in nd New York by Mr. Cleveland and his im. Irlediate triends, au-r the question is still iyt debatahic one. [ds The first intimation that such a con ei tin-2tne v might arise was brought to this iot ciy by i prominent Democratic leader, he14 wlmsc nmlle has been mentioned in con tO iection with a pl3ce in Mr. Cleveland'a W Cabinet. ch Acconting to the geutleman referred )1-. i I here i a strotij pro!ability that de there will t'c a big deliciency in tu VCreasury wlie the Cloveland Adminis tratiou come into power. It is thought or Llit it will be to the political advantage t of the Denceracy to aunounce to the ,- country that they found the Govern e, Ient, in a bankrupt condition. Then he comies up Lit e question of issuing new se honds and increasing the public debt or rv icreasing tixation. Under the circum t I stances it is :Jilmed that many of the vt Icadingv Democrats agree that the peo. he Ill would rither see at new issue of '1 h0ids put ulon the narkQt, at 3 or 21 per ceit., Zhan submit to an income tax r0 .111 iniva-e m the general taxes. It a tep is ncessary to meet the ob. hW'.laionJt the Government, tile sooner iL i., 1:! t hle better. () t mu this idea is advi.iced upon 1 lipA-:. ion thiat, there will be a d,. y " en. -eretary Charles FoEter is 1 .ot 1i p ' ep::red to make sne m ad -i-. ( ) ia i treasury olioials, who re quiyas !'amiliar wid,h the finati il conditiii ol the Ireaiury at the pres f tUe, ae t1mre apprehensive On that mt ihm t!ht.ir distinguished chief. The ire )u- I of such a thit.g CaUsed (1te, a s .niation amonig promitieut, Llk%sjly c.il 'ils today, and they at once, s ielmeu di i.0 speculate upon what o r vilght Ilw. it was ffenerally agreed i it it loai would be more p> pular with Il. I he unis l tli an inerease in taxatiou. r There wouhl be no ditliculty in iloating h' M ,000 or~ tc4(imm000 of Govern li tn I houd at 2 oi 3 per cent,. Such an1 uiusd proceedting would, ot' course, it retmire the .iction of Congress. Not si,co the war has there been a n,011SAit) to lssue bondi 1o meet the regu lar demand. (f the Government. In iS-15, when .John Sherman was Secretary all tle 'Treas,urv, lie obtaIned authority It (oil Cown-ress to issue $65,000,000 of 4d iy- per c(,nlt. t- sustain 1. im in carrying out, ib- the tesumption Act. At that time but p- hitle gold or ,ilver was to he had at thie S0 treatsury dup.i-tment, and Mr. Sherman 110 did not propose to take any chances in "I having a delicitecy through the carrymg out. ofk i resumption scheme. The is. toe 01refuinding, certificates, under the Act ol February, 1870, was also in tile natire ot ia loan. That was the Act d Ili, Ih authorized tile 14ccretary o' the 'frieasury to i3ste certilicates orI deposit ol the denoninatien of ten dollars, bear e, inig intet ist at tLi rate of 1 par cent. and or conm ertih!c into 4 per cent. bonds at any n. m.'hie leit repo:t of .the Secretary -r ot the Tr'eaisuriy tiiows thalt $40,0,12,750 toin certilicites wiere issued, of' which lY 9 12(1 we out."taniding. The occaiion ~'totr the i'itutace of thie-se certitlcates was ti to enale pei sons of lii,dmeans to iiialo imll invest,ments in UnitedI 'tates securit.ies. It was not, due to a hleich-nei y, t.hreatened or otherwise, in thei treaIsury~'.-News aind Courier. Murderu'd in a Jail. A T L NTI'A,G a , Nov . 19.-Tiom Evanas anegro twenity -one0 years of age, was instantly killed at F"ulton County Jail III t.a by ( senreral i)eek, a white prison r,on a chiarge of assault with intent to imuirde'r. Th'Ie two men were in a corlridlor of a rock jil aind were disput n g about.1 lankets claimed by Evans. Titmi ne gro claimed that Deck had spit oni tIhein tr ol re-peatedl the remark, when it I>e)ts sa- ~ id hie wvouid "cut the d--d niegio4's hea u1t(1of if ho said it again." I vIa n re peated the remark, and in an a insat l)eck laud pluingedi his knife ini lisi ineck. The b1 llade entered jutst be Imuia the ear and passe'a. ahlost throngh ihe niek, enittolg the jugular vein comn pI.- 'Ily in t wo. lIn a few minutes the in iiihid to A'.th The verdict of the roi n Ui r's jury svas murder. A (emIfot.aliO Majority. Sld ot li 'iresuritat.ives in Congiecs b' led I.adt week imade up from returns v ~el tr, the D)emocratic national nodi,Li; ando cOInlaredl with those i vd by the clerk of the Ilouse agree p a b'antian wit.h the estimate sent out hv th As asoiatedl l'ess. It, shows that I he ltios lhave elected 222 mem80 h .e I( l abica;e:s 125 and thie P'opulists, Y ,.!vin! the I kmrocratq ai majority of90. h e DeumoiraL cart y the election for Cionigreinmin in ll'iode Island they will have at maij >city > 92 Gvet all opposi oil - hie - Lost. mii l'ii A cii'i iiA, N ov. 20.-The bark E 0. Ciark arrived at this port today, ati est a blishued beyond doubt the loss ol' t he British bark Platina, together ti-wt Capt. Lawrence and hscrew of a-thir teen men. Capt. Manon of the bark ro- Clirk saw nothing of the Platina nor its (lid lie leave. any vessels in Ivigtut, to I at wvhich port the Platina was bound, ex n- cept the government steamsipu iox. ird Tlhe bark Argenta reported( to Capt. ill Manon passing a vessel bottom uip tes wardl, which he believes to be the Plha nk inia from wvreckage found in the vicin lei - it y of' the vessel. the ~ the Dle th at a Feast. law a.rmoni.:, Nov. 21.-Death un nori cermioniouIsly vistit.dt a wedding Ieast ded( here this mornling and struck down 01n Joseph Kulwa, the fathier of the bride. Mary, his daughter,' bad been married at, an early hour. The bridal party had ii., just seated thiemselves at the festive ver board when Kuiwa suddenly arose, in placed his hand to h\s sids and fell dead, ak.r 1enth wna dun to hat dlisae. COL. TALBERT HI'S BAICK. tie Repirm to cnairmaian emlugiam Intie rv Iew. COLUnIA, S. C., Nov. :0--In vest, day's issue of the llgister appeared interview wivth Mr. T. .. Cunninirlt in relerence to some action takenm the Board of Directors o1 the St: l'enitentiary. In order that nt,) itji tice might be dole alli that. each si might have a rair show a lUegister porter called on Col. W. .1. Talbert, perintendent of the Penitentiary, it asked for it statement. from him in r erence to the subject, lie e!i -nrfu Complied and gave hi: vie ws a. 'ollol "As to the statement of' Mr. T. Cunningham, Chairman of the Bo of Directors of the South Caroli l'euitentiary, in his interview yest day, I desire to s:ty ti0, it, is (t,ir misleading from the fact. that it It; one to suppose tiit I have attemnpi to usurp authority, wi-n suchi i lie case. I ktnow, as he sa.:;, that. I Superintendent is not iuAthorized make contracts, except by inutircti( of the Board, and I am glad ihat, st is Lhe case; bu', N ill say I Ia the e tract in question was, I thought, ni in that way, and 1i. is the first ole ti the Board has ever ieftised to eao during my t%%o years Superintenden and I have made all the Contracts thi8 institution during said tite, I have been made, cxcept those lit 2 derson with \essrs. Newell & lngst and have always submitted them to I Board for ap;proval, and they hI: never before, as I have already said, fused to approve any centract tha have made, or any action that I It. taken loking to tihie welfare o'l t 'oniti,ntiary. And (rid ve, iri th time I took charge, alwa3 : at ti muontily lilt, ti ni looked over I mo%hv ork anii :ippromd al;th Pa ha.d done;- anld ml makIng : 0. t'i01 with Mir. Seeg.rv, I was sin.ply doi what I have ahway dIon- e heretofi actinlg in good faith, utoier Ihi. i(ItIuIr siol tat they had given ilie to :nh st:n that they woul approv. ' I act.i1n it. the 1atter, aind W:a il., th. above Ileitl ionledl intervi. w wr lead one to belit-ve, at tempt ivi o',It authority, and, therefore, I do It I' that I ani reponsible '41r wi 1, t-ranspired i lite niaticr, iut thaI. this rtponsihility rests untir wY1 i the oloara. "At. a imeetini ii the early l- b year they passed a rerolutiot aga;i naling aiy morv volitrctt' oln Sht; and authotized in to coniriact I wagCs, but is te end Of the \ea;1 proached I lound that, I w:q)sily 1 not be able io hire out. all of t.iir il for aireet, wages, and so stt afd to i board at a subst (iten' inct itg i asked permission to rtenw c,ie tracts in order that iillv labor iii nlot aCeti ulit e on the vard as it ! J bugun to do witli Mt s-rs. Wolt e & ,in1 wichi aut hority the board gave ine. tLrefore, contracked With thts- g tienu, requiring thein to evI I hands three months and payv for guano. After the terrms were agr upon hetween these gerit leiniei aid it self', as was and is my clistom, I si mitted them to the board and ihey proved the same, and they have a renewed these contract a seaond ti for three years, and this was done the itface of the fact that. t hey hadi the above mentioned resolut ion not, make any mor.i contracts for shar They did it becattse ciretimstances tered cases, and as good bisiness in they saw that. th contracts were go ones, and under these saie circmnsti ces,the board having agi ced to appro I went ahead and imade this cozitr. with Mr. Seogers, believing it to be 1 the very best interest of this inst ititi "'Mr. C tunn ighami says in hi iis initu viewt that. I, for reasoini- best knowit insinua ting that tny mlot. I ivsin II matter wter good, et.c. Now I do know what Mr. Cunriighaminlieanis this, but if he mteants to saty I ha Ih were ariythinlg other I harn 1eor ie vt I am supe'ridtdet, lie dot a ire gn. injutiie. "Now as to thiis ot,rt,te with . Seege'rs, I know the hoard had iiasse, re'solu;tion agamast retniewa , biut at Ihe the Ocvtober niutiigs I iti ime-l matter to thteit and ;',mii if 1i. u r not comolt iudr the samne head as >ir I& Wolfe's: that,j is t ol i dtree intir a.nd pay tor all pian, a, at a'.ked' the board ditd not tie. mi it, prudienit. retnew also hiis (Seig .rs) contI rtel , a whtile they dlid ntot 1, tke any oillictild Itlin, thte y plainly atgried witlh tte ft such was thte cas', at d un iithis I s; Mr. See'gers, ant hte agre: d to it, i-ti toild himt tht. the bouartd inu:i lbts', t)n Mofnty latst, 1 subttnil'eti Ih lina tt tbemt, arid they dtt'err''d i for: fi ther conisider'ation; mt ont Tiu'.,d morning I siigti htht intinbrs gthetr s'-ine intie duiring. the ey a apprrove 1t.h conitr:tet. .lIiv ir hadrt a mneetiung ati trok ato, - . it. I tolld the bmoar-l I liithuIht Go ated'. in ba-l t aith towm';us o.* w- i mratter andt that, if \tr. :.i tr i. temh-td for Lt',he t c-ret be wif h might set tle thme oi it t'r. "'in tl,hisgZen rtI way I h-aK Vnr] On thie nuia ge~,~ mii't iof I i:; I':.st ii : anid v. ill refer the1 ubb l)mi ihe anm'di think and have to say of ta' mian:. menit, tind court, ani invest gar 'mi out t,erms of every co:i; rae tmadi' by anid submtttd to them tot' appr.',v.l "A'1s to (Govern or 'tillbi .in's dfict ati to the board ini this c.st' I he ve t pu)tblic to juditge f'or Ltemtsilves' ft MIr. Cuinm i gh amr'., ow V.iSt aIi timt. sltte lian kn comin tg, A'TrJA NTIA, N ov. 18.---A lill was trodutc'd ini t.he Legislature todlay t o low Stat.e banks to issue hills. ~It p vides that the Governor, the St. Trreaisurer andl Compt roller shall bi commisaIon to hiav. engr aved and p)ri ed, in a matnner best calcuilated to gmi against counterfeitinig, at the texpel of the banks issuting them, such nie as saidi bainks desire, aiter said ha deposits as collateral Stato or mun pal 'bonds to an amnounit equal to notes. T1o protect the circulation, State shall endorso the notes. Thet Is to take effect as soon as the Gover Is notified that Congress hats repem the act levying a tax of 10 per cent,. the circulation of State banks. -rarents and Guiardtianst, - It you want toreduce your .e. e I f ifty per cent. buny the 'I no0 -School Shoe," the beet fIttinig , o the world. Sola by Marchant & . a