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VO.XL PICKENS, S. C., THiURSD)AY, MAY 25i, 1893. NO. 36. ThE BARROOMS MUST GOC THE CHESTER CASES DECIDED I FAVOR OF THE EVANS LAW. Ti"eState Supreme Court 1U,stnoui I its Opinin, Which is cor:t:aml to thi Uases Before It-The T* xt of the 1 3ai ton. COLuMIrA, S. C., May 16.-The agon is over. The deed is done, and the lai hope of the barkei-pers has faded awa: What expectations ,here are in the It ture cannot be reilize,l until after th dispensary law goes into operation that is aettled. Few, indeed, will b the barrooms In the State that wil have any stock a nonth hence. Th Suprbme Court of the State, the on place where the liquor men expected t( find comfort., has turned a cold shoal der, indeed a very cold shulder, on th liquor interest. By the unanimous opinion of t h Court the cast s of Groeschel and 11o ver, who petitioned for a madainus t require t he council of Chester to issu an annual license, were dismissec The Court, ho,vever, only considtere( the bill ih so far as the constitiut ion ality of its passage and of its prohibi tion t>f licenses for more than si: months were conctrn(d, but did no conceive that under the circumstance it had any right to go into the consti tutionality of the other provisions o the Act. To be candid, the iling o the decision at a late hour of tihe eve ning seEson of the Court was tlto gether unexpected and occasionei quite a stampede of tewspaper met who have been anxiously watching fo this all important dociment. tie tol lowing is the text of the decision [lic p in the Chester dispensary teit case: The relator by petition in each of thi above entitled proceelings asks tha t.hls4ourt will issue a madamu.s to th respondent rtquiring that a license h( granted to the petitioners respectivel as liquor dealers in the town of Cheste in this Stare from the s,-cot,d d-ty o January, 1893, up to and inclusive o the 31st of December, 18193. Both petitions being b sed u pon fact identical in j character have been hear( togetner. Tne respondent denies the ri;ibt o each petitioner an(I travers,,s soie o the allegations of fact. Under sue circumstances by ar agreement. o counsel for relators and i espnndent i was referred to Mr. Thos. S. Moorm:u to take testimony as to the facts in tits pute, The relort of such testimon was made to this Court. At the hear ing >efore us the following facts wer disclosed: 'In 1888 (20th Statutes at L-rge, 14( the to%n council of Chester wete atu thorized by the Uleneral Assembly o this State to grant licenses to sell spir ituous and intoxicating liquors unde certain restrictions and modifications Under tbe general law of this Stat pertaining to such matters no licens could De given for a longer period thar one .year and not extending beyend tIt 31st of December of any year. On the 22nd of January, 1-93, tie re lators, after a strict compliance witl all the requirements of the Statutes o this State as well as with the ordi-nin ces and regulations of Chester, applic( ter a license as retail liquor dealers t begin the 2nd of January, 1893, an encing the 31st of Deceniber, '93. 'h respondent, however, ref ied to grant I license beyond Jiue 30, 1893. aliegiuiq as a basis for such action on their par that the State had passpd an Act, itp proved Deceimter 24, 1892, whereby al licenses to he granted by any t->wns o cities in this State should case tu dett rmine on the 30th ot June, 181K providing fines and penralt.ics upon al persons who shall disregardl such i--gie iation, and this ret usal of Cnester wmrit the above ground therefor was pu upon the minutes of town counci] The relators under protest at ever step paid for and took out a license iun 4 til the 30th of Ju ine, i193. bu t. e 'm v ing that they weI re rintitied to licenase up to 31st of U)ccemnber havi ;ipphel for a writ of marndainus to force msuel license, and alleg~e that the Act of Dc cember 24, 18912 was uinconstitutiona]~ on the following grountds: Hlere.Justice Pope rt i lus the t u elv 6 constitutional poinuts raiser by bla;j) T1ownsend in his argumemnt, aiil i tuei have heretofore 1 een published. Tlori was done in a rather brief mniner, ;ai included the points as to the imprope passage of the bill, and its much dlii cussed readings and wanideriuig through the Legislatutre. LIn discus lng the obje ction raised by the At ton ney Geineral as the right (of use of th name by the Court,it is said: We remark that, the point, raist d b the Attorney General is one of seriou 'constaquence to the relators', for iti should be determined that only thos are entitled to time use of t he St at e y name who have t lhe coi;Seut of t he Al toruney General for sueh b purlpose, ou duty might tenimnate at an earl stage, but, ne der t,be pteclibar circuit stancus of these petitioners, who hayi determined to waive I ihe conideulra'io of this objection, r.cithuer aflirmirng ne denying the p)ropositionu of thu Atti naey Giem ral, the Court I urt.her det lar that it wi riot undertake to canvj the question us to the exercise of a di' cre,ton by. town council of Chest.er, ur der the laws to refuse t he applicat.io of petitieniers for a l'cense. lIrdeed ni feel that t he town conicil having elet ted to rlace their rt fueol to grat license to the netitone rs up"n Lh Sgrour.d that ihe Act or 18932 forbadl any other licenrse thtait that, grant ett b them, which ground tiley phaeed upo) the minutes or said cuo'rcil, they ar estopped f rom raising thus adii ni -ground of refusal. TJhe' Court sa4s prefers to pass drrectly and( siniarel upon only such as relate -.to 'h ulaini 84., up by relators to haxve bie:ernei sued to themr, without unidertaktiig t consi(ier or decide whether the D;spei Bury Act contaima other features um applicat le to these cases In conilie wit,h the State Constit ution. WVe desli to say that our juidgmeint, nust be cot sidiered as to those i:-so a and ntir others. A different Court. woul I extra judicial. T1he Cou)trt (eniumeitrtes four reaisoi on which the conistil ut iomalty of t.1 Act is aseniled and four reasons (. wb)chm it is clatimed that the bill is f t:4y defective. The question as the Illegality of t he b)11 on the grour of Its Improper passage was discusie toget her ITie originial bill, whidh h been enr~Iled and ratifled in the Sena as is evidenced by the signatures of ti President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives. and also approved by the Governor and deposit ed in the oflice of the Secretary ofStnte, T shows on its fact that it originated inl the House of Representatives, reve!ved three readings in each House, and wa therefore, duly enrolled and ratified. it Yet it is contended that notwithstand ing this due regularity of the enrolled Act that the journals of the two houses fail to correspond in every par ticular with the entries of amend ments (in the original bill. Thus is pre sented for one consideration the ques- ti tion that has given rise to not only much dis:ussion in the Courts of the w different States of tiis Union. but also et a contrariet) in the (ccislons of such ill Courts of such questions, nor has our ni own State Supr me Court been free et s from either difliculty in our past hi- bi tory. w IIere is where Justice Pope again ti breaks a record and says: "We feel at that this is a proper occasion to place I tht Court fatrly and unanimuously on &e recort in this mattpr. There have at been two decisions of this Court on t this subject and both most unsatist-ic- w tory,. there beinv a strong dissenting p) opinion in each." The cases of the Sta'e vs. Patt and the Statevs. Ilagoodf tl were discussed at length and he quotes Nl freely from t!,e latter decision. Very hi extelided extracts are made from the ci ouinion of Justice Harlan in Field vs tt Clark, 113 U. S. Reports, 619, which is h! in favor of a bill as passed and enrolled il speaking for itself. A cyclopedia of tt cases are cited from various States, rc when the Court says: Everyone admits )l that the English rule has unswerving- ti ly upheld the doctrine for which we t, siill and do contend. Therefore how- at ever unpleasant it may be to reversp al previous decisions of this Court, still u after full and inatur-A consideration.i w we feel it to be a duty we Owe the State that the case of the Stato v Pl itt, supra, should be, and is hr"by of overrul!d, aii as the case of ilago.-I, h supra, wvs re-llv decided iponi tihe all- : thority of Platt's case, i- follows iic essarily that the ca's" of Mig-iod m1 i*s" fall whi n tihe foumd ation tipon w I Ic!1 it res: s is taken away. Ti- a-inottmwe. iert that. the true rAe i that whnviico an Act ha ,bheei itily -igied by the Ire- w siding ofic-r otf the General Asseim:ly, t in o1en sussion Iby the S-nite and louse, a-pprnvel by tile Governor- . 0 the State and dulv doposited Ii th1- S otlee of the Secretary of '- n' 9 it i I st- v: f ie. nt evid-'ce, ithiig t') t tie contrt- - ry app,arinag upon its fac, I hat it passed I he Gmtwral As.e!nIbly, 'ind thi, u it, IS not Compolen1t, eit her by tVe jour': nals of the two hons-., or either of c them, or by any other evid-ne-, to im- a pwaclh Sue'l ,I a.'t., a'id t is being s-) it. t follows that. the Courr is not. at liberty to inquire i!tto what t lie journals o' the twolhouses may show a.s to the) sule cessive step. which MAy have b"ee a taken in the passaze Of the original bill . It will be observed thit this conlusion t byt no means negatives the power o! d rthe Court to inquire into those prere- .1 quisites fixet, by tho Constitution, and '. of which prerequisites the journals of rt the two houies are requir"d to furnish cc the evidences, sucl for instance as the organizAtion of ti two hotses, the tl pre.,ence of a quoruim, the votes two- ti thirds of the nembrs.u by yeas and . nia s to he entered on t-he j,)urnals Iin 1 certain cases. As to the objectionl asI3 to I lie title being Io0o narrow, the Court o cites four South Carolina cases on the el point, and in the last c.ise quotes from w S:im Antonio vs MAlify. 1) U. S. Whe li0 n an Act of the Legislature expresses in u its title the object of the Act, the title tc eibraees and expiesses any lawfil o1 mitans to achieve the olject., thus ful- Ii filling tle constitutional in.junction r that every law shall embrace but on-' sibj-ct that shall be expressed in its t title. Applvi!ig the principles decidld j ny those cases t,o thle Act we are now e. consieriug, we are iinaible to seel that ti it dos not fully an~sw.er the req ure- c ments o this section of the Constitu- ti L:astly,th Court Considers the consti- y, tutinal points andi says: As to these -several points embjodied in the four ob- te j-ct ions, wherein it is claimed that I he t, .\ct we are now con)sidering Is in vio t( l:dt ion of certain provision d of our Con - stittiion, as wveli as that of' the 1' nited a States, we (10 not see how such clues- i lions can arise in this case. The onily question really ivolved here is wheth er said Act violates the Constitution in Li rforbidding the granting of licenses to Li ret ail spiiuu iqosbyn the ~ Stiorn we have con lned ou r attention, is r and having reached the conclusion a that the said Act being in affect an a Act to reg'ulate thle sale oif spirituiotus ci -hlquors, il e power to dG which is ui- c< versally reogized, it is quite clear y that t here is nothing uncoinst ituitional iLu forbidding the grantirig of licenses t.o se'll li quor 'xceplt ini thle mnannier a p jrescrtied by the Act. u', whet,ber' t the Act contains other fe-atutres notl. Saffecting the right of relators to th le licenses clii med( by themu Is a quiestion t hat cannot properly arise ini these r causes aind cannot, t herefore, hb' consid erei, for, as we hae~ Y said above, it wouild lbe ixtra-jud(1icialI to do so. It, is thle judgmienit o1 th is Court that the y Spra) ien of tlhe pet it Moeii'rs he (dei ed and il r thie petitions for muanda m as he dis s The dielsion covers Lv. elve full pages oflealcp writ ing in t he small chtiro-. - gra.hiy ot ,Justice l'ope.--News and e Coue,rn r. IA i.ou: Poli Taixon. 3 Co:uMinA:, May 18.-Theuc following i d "cision renidereid by thle Attorney t, SGeneral in the matter of the p)oll tax I! Sque'stion will be of initer(est. It is e addressed to the Complltrolle'r General t, ania Says: "Yours has been submitted to me the ~ e questioni when (foes a mnan becomo C l I'able to pay roll Lax ? In my opfinioni ( t if he is not twenty-one years ohld at the b'i gil:itimr ofthe fiscal year, viz.: first t' ~ 'a Noevt:iar, he will riot be liable to pay pl tI ax for Ihfe e'nsui ug fiscal ye-ar.' Sl'ax re: eerns are matle bet we-en the fIrst I .1 e .eaniary and( the t wr'ntieth clay it of ,.1 Iy. It att man cani show thait lhe was not t w''niy-ne S ears of age On tile i e ilut clay at Noivember preceding the Srefturn ihle is noit I ablde, cothlerwise he ti e will lie li atble 1 h.ave I hie honor, ect. "V Yn or ohi lient servant, ' "I). A . Tow N>:N i>, A ttoiney (Gen. Th'at ., 're-'. ent.s n G iu-:1:Ne \i11,1,1:, Mi ay 15-In an inter- f i- view to-day, ,1 u&ege Cee hriln statedl that o0 he sim ply e-x,a n ied the wvit nesses and(l d made thec argumnent in t he liland-Clisbyc d case in Edgelficeld. solicitur Bonhiam is drew the inidictmenit. summoned the ' te witnesses, and then tumned the case I ie noer to J ude Cothbran.-State. M. BRjALY TALKS V HE N ATURAL. RELATIONS OF FED E RAL AND STATE POLITIC. fpaubl'can O11C.<-holder's wIII not, hes t I Insturbedt Until ihoir Timo In Out, anud they wl b Succcedeut by Voung D)emo- t 5 r.rat t4. e VAslIxN'Tox, May 16.-RLepresenta- 1 ve Branley has been here for several t eeks looking after the interests of his d is.tittuenlts at the vIito Ilouse and f the variou departments. lie does it, play politics with a brass band ac- t mpaniment, but ho is anl Indefatiga- v e worker, anti his personal relations I ith the Pres'dent ant t-ie members of I .e Cabinet aro suvAi as to render himi I exceedingly valuable member o' the ouse. l1e is the natiral loi:ider of the t mtith Carelina delegation ln the I[ous1e f id his intl'henco vill uinloubtedv b.3 i; It, wl-en the Admiuistration proceeds 1; ith the distribtlio of tula Federl 1t ttronage In thi, Staflo. Last evening I called upon 'presen- e tive Brwiey at s apartinentrs in tI t,. etropolitivi Cu; b ch vmbori an I tomi id in hard at work with a m tis ot olli al correspondence. l[is fr:enIlv a' ti- 8 ide towar.I the AdmWiiii.itr tim v; a i s hi-Zh stnduig in Conrre.s is well iderst o.d at. honvi, aid Ie I t o t v .e ponalty of his pputlarity. Ii wor- v spond(n,ce is probasly more vidmnnin 1 l is I hart t!:tt. ol' m othi\ r i mb.-r of b ( dt I' i-. I -n- eavors 1, o IepI L V.ery ).n fi m:ii.Lt ioi lie reo.iv! . lt Ilis ol.v regri t is th t In . 1 .n.11, Ways Senl Ii su-1h a rte):y asi hi4 Con w(aIr s h p for. if t- its L: ne fr ith I hem, ai avoids mi:-I c.p-- e t h,1 li h' s dvirr, v. I st;ujet:d t0 hio I thy 'lm ra-t -r-; Ihe N' x-, nid CoGrier wio! i j!e la vit'te of t ihe h r of "s mi." . is br; ly r -t-rro-l I.) trt.,, (I it 11ii1Ii'11'- t hi'1 1 lit' L' ii Ol 0. h %V vvrvil til.- qoi-s o'. 1 t I t .:I ii u' it u "Y ) -h 1 1 a l it I i , -ea m t is in - egton-I o' ii sr<t r x aref l :n ra-erl h 1) s'!o-I I bt-. i f'. iIc owI lire ";sls .ht ti i - er ie "(1 ', rhI hvUit.:.1 lIt"m rveyoe - ' i m ri. ikmi I i- it , n i l- r .'i t i e ot, v . -i i n . ti I -a - te i i le - ret. 01 is ai rb j e . cizt :: hh -' t rlil fo .- l-ienr, t o a n -th Iol Luititt ins orE :rir > zrea' ) b ...1 iN bee <ib pot to ea' i.the a..i ' h. idM roi..m. io i n.:r tin t l t ier-.' I dIllink I3 Hiit 1 nt- oi+rst:i1 i,I an11. hIIgC (10 WhiCh :tO1fl-1,z ira, ',Li h Will, bo -t w- sis wil bgivi, utxitse to thosb I t I npr tri to -ti io 1ay iti ; ,an1r,o ib ftiheiony o- sra reitio -ls . I "ino, dirlit d willno av iaio o. to :u the 'Mt. C i tie dn oie ratoir .s ri p-it l, imr deii or tim mgero whic wici irv hnd mtt 11(1 mish-i anbli jwrs-mal.II reo ifii e ad th hs1 win te jttst m ei, e o tlst' i molint, and ill ti)I. hoievr nto oieile tof the pelniiio Ilr fo o Piish fro presen 11vi l meny othervt il bi( at n p ic sniozsa.ti . ii IM "iNt, ta i no re to the actio o te alldryisno ib-levestat ioeye I Io Ill"l ti my avi ention or a iv ril - rte Io ot ioub (k t t w millbe om and uarendi ordi mita iin in te p)rinc pls whch he rea :tsuj i;t teihes ony ateIrsoalreetmntto ardsa thskelomy hav le apposetd t.o 4 >intin. an will ntndeaor otote me the policr of the Ad mist ri-n o-ti whes o bae fixfed thonetly oitaer illnb fath win th ervgohed ers of he hotler an lieve ICsthat howeoer muere , to nhayve beenl Ilettd wsriv upo 11. irt )]hnatutions Thay s wittun hlt me tb igt conleterind.'letils ate linnaal rtyublt iir ic thse mntr wis nb w involvedity r iesonll of ' 'tNo twIsetI tegiltaon ont sit wit tref eorind tour pehle t ai mriy t ews. ttI theror s lookto ee im' ''pt a olic alcut l at. to htrenhen itl 'il e 41w ae ci aor i h him nl fo e'h prWipehc for regards as vh')litl i It e u y ai' t large." ))I' ift "anyo itijive meI 11y Iinformatiotim "Nolt-. It iswotily that, ith ap-fu >inlients' wilb' md'orsm ml e asl the1 tolcy for thte Adinistra on11t4 aeems tt ietaal lcrs ill be allowed -torve 'thir tersi un. a i s 'tr som seca casefo iattrem oar x pt. Tyr i soel y uncertainly 'as -.0 hthe thet-i ,timae s:hall be cnIderedc't lii t have)i cmnce wtithi2 tiist, a ntry thnto ttic or~- arom thee date ott acionrman Tha m is a maIti-'tter no a xt abdolutely det.ermined." t liworI "D tou otink thaette 'Ie i' po- t .eos i rou acetedtby h"ec leiren? "Ni , ex onet'ttink , anuthe t'xcit wgi ct re lere tlsso, 1 he nolp autrity to >eaktei upon tisujei." vishp oveno ITylelmaoand in faor itf thnder' xisting conditions to continue in the ame party organization, but I would xhaust every possible effort at concil Wion before assenting to any policy ,,hich would disrupt the Democratic arty in our State. For these reasons think that it would be unwise for hose of us who are in accord with the Ldministration here to ask it to adopt ny policy of proscription, nor do I ink that Mr. Cleveland would accept uch advice if it is offered, for he is an minently wise aud just man, and with 11 the facts before him as they have een presented by both sides. I think bat we can conliently rely upon his oing whyt the fair-minded people will ael to be thi right thing. "I wish to disclaim any Knowledge r his intention or any authority of that he is; goiig to do, but. in my opin mi ho will prob:tbly select for the chief 'ederal oflices in the State young men 1ho have not been specially prominent s partisans in the late factional con ests, and mon who have not been so it connected with any former admin rirations as to be fully chargeable with elongiIg to any cliques. lie will pro aibly expect such men. while faithful vI diseliartriig the difties of their olli es, to repressent the policy of the Na ionil Democratic party. They will in icat,e to the people of the State the lass ; arid character of inet that are con d-red to be i- i epresitatives of the arty. Tho Coisvrvative' Democrats f the Statm who wish to be iii accord iti t ie Nati-nal Dinocratic party I thus havo a rallying point. I olbt, it anybody, eve-i Mr. Cleveland inisolf, has any definite knowledge of ik- perswns iki lv t ) i):: chosen." NWh%n is it likily that, the collector f te por. and other Chiarleston olli \I will he :Ipp-liitud?" " i'i- 1 'olle. r vill prbably not- be u t l til, .m it d ot the t:r i of i-w 1ueimbnnt., vihichl -.Vill b-. about Ohe o niie vcar. I see :1,t vol statd v'-ek i b I w:., h;i ato woork Iry i Io !I:tvc,a coll eto upinp1llted. Thig )ni l- no,al~pt a i'V. I ha ue a nto I rs I e,- .. hav ulil ttennt to i I :l ,ii: i- , V> .:a iiisl t o b-co i te a c.t h Ema ideItshe alicant fo tie- - si" dly d u a e., iit in :rep:ort e 1n ici-a s-iius woull lil a*iowkd tat o:nhylsoer-.ts 1-ighl -S o spp, 'i e .ire m .s taj. I wou4d, (fl ,r hese ldC ani tso- hai-nrt sub 1i-' c:oilewto", ba st. I 'tii Ul ):,ko all vharge: tOW, OlxI i ;:(thd t hr Llby hi lowpu -%-v; d i of my v, r tin-faor. Iu' nt-: that sho hiii i ,' ll a :lt p-e o hs . s I V g hP- ii o . : h"iit, guti iol ne I' lori'1 im to ocupy te hin b - min kt,v of. Thrr a ppl.c ."if:i c:l Iii-, ;Ind it a InmY .i h chnti: r.id. whenteerio i t.his scal-u C v. -, i it L)-bt miin d that I hv H)t all)%Vw!d Imyselft to becomle thle ad Ocatti of afhy of tho applicants fo heso Federal ofil ws, and any report " thie c it rary are afounded. I thinr )at- verybody has t he rightto appI3. or these pl;aces and to hae his clit utly considered, and so far as I ai UW,In'lned (-ver. hody shiall have a fair low, maduce or fall by his own] writ-s, aid no by reison of my favo ri dh-avor. I don't intend that mey ifmiies or ainy unfit persons shaill get icz- if' I cem: ht-1p it, but atnong my J.Inds 1 don't% wj.-:1 to occuipy the unl leasant, position of choosing etween wm when thcre i ni call of duty re uttflg it." "What, are the prospects of an extra rthSion of Congress?" "I think it will e called arly in "hyO!u th,inkc that the ,ihermian sit eadwfus will be repage in;s" "thi enkcio haegthe Iiotie will epa it. lii amioiihtsote Senate, but. "e sar ofepulicl ono ay abyr riist ime mci iestil.ee prbis aitl reat crahg of tenftimenti on tht les hem,o pricul alineat e Wes nandc bere (isio rruch cage iitey outh hr ih Iings move mire slowly. h wtit b t ut th folly ofpoaig out lage aorair qui ilyn toi( buiy iler- whic i aord away dinthes aul ofiitecs ,ra ry that ait conriotlner dr,.n,a haearad Caid,eL te rdite heaof usIL, due in~ larg ma.-- ue tt hi'ts petrii legi!tslion, wil haister "We lient veiittry iel t haviexanr ry()'i summi ter w:iite poaii heApepl ill relie that they' iNne: hisl shuir oui tie pted t haay ad e aly r(X mis'dt'ytiteresited sehu )-wst alltinCuier.0iipi-iinrt ii Aa ~' Cautihc lv toer.~'r i iC'Lin( tA, (It l., Ma re .--iThei P Sat >ft his' morimr 1 iisys thii~ foloi tlet eii r tt Shiff. ~ Feruso ii)S'l hat or oat I O N nti 'itetiry aiits i s fxp-l '(ttory and) rther' c:tslCtif )i.oi' XI 5;.t in: 01 se it'in pta' Newroti '(tt d Cuileril -it' art eptd to h avt Ni;a i Carlos's-dethsenenc at >il S&t1n (om ute d tov ir isoment: v ocive ino (1ti lar ilii th her up t pris ,risone toIa t sieriten of te \t was-r voor buai nes to have nlsotite ill et (Ijlle. It aIn (s~tiisef" thlat toi ilav !o tri doefforts y-i i t mus ~ t knoi ht.(f hei ny ientir iauth.inlorite.a ecSeie noe-a ntie oft t isner'g You. ill pes.n whatn o 'ilth lisiC mat, itt onc nc in . hi. Tiof,L.i AN Sprz' t the shops armecr od poe: die hle thloe op, ut the druwna n-leetin aoineoeavd dscvee TIIE COLORED LEADERS. THEY HOLD A CONFERENCE ON THE CONDITION OF THE RACE. Itesottlo,i Adoptvld, WiichI tave Nomne of Tho I'Ire of The Iesoiu'loti .Adclited by the CoiuuIaand Charlestca Indi_ nation Meeting,%. COLU31LA, S. C., May 11. ---Promi nent, negroes of tho State met in con vention here yesterday at noon in Stenhouse IIall, and after a long ses sicn issued an address to the peopl- of the State in regard to the recent lynch ings. The convention was (pito a large one, and Congressmenii (eorge, Murray, J)eas, Aliller, Fred Nix and other leading negroes were among those who attended. The Iev. E. A. Wilson of this city was made chair man, and the l'ev. J. 11. ,1ohnson, ste rotary. 'Thle convention Was Compost-l of t he following delegates, repre:eoting tw ii t,-two counties: T 1. T . 1B. Reed, E. \'. (m.as;owavy, G. T'. Coleman, E. .1. l)ickers-ni. Fri d Nix, Jr , Itev. It. 1). Itice. Rev. .1. C. Tobiln, E'. L. Nelvon, .1. (,. Riowe, C. C..f am)b4, E. 11. Coit, W. E. Johnson, S. E-. Sin gleton, S. 1%. Aluck, C. L. Nelson, 1. A. Stewart, W. Al. lcli)tlii. E ). White, A . It. anote, '. S. I)'hier, I-. 11. I.-a'i, A. J. Streater, .. W. l-asly, F. II. Me Neil, 0. S. Ford. .1. F. AIioic, 1). M. AlcGill, It. I). lc I r iosh, .1. 1t. At al!e ton, A. W. lowdll, W. El. IBoykil, I). M. Shamilnon, .1. I. .ohls In, 'T'. A Saxon, 0. S. -'akm,,.It. (lowd 5, \W. ,1. Youn1fg, 'J. S. Ivivls, 1). A. Urn .J. S. lerrin, .J. II. F,ordhnVn. .1. Ii. ('leaton, I. Cari,lA. .1. W. Alt rris, .S. It. Ilomip,oli ,J. C. mn-b;, It. If . Po ford,.1. L. Simons, \'W. 1). C" l;p , . . L . Waltoni, E-,. B. Th'l 11n1 s(n. U. V llart, It. \V. BaN I ir, .\1..1. \\'ihuus, . ?. )unbar 1 I . e,r.v, I-:. : '. *ea 111",o., R2. 1-.. \\'Al, 1). ,J. (I.-:u-v, \V. 21. Tonu's, I' "t , A . , - n C,n, 1e , ). A . G;ao.1%w iii, ,1 It. \\ I'.ll .; 1: 1. Add!sn, (k,lC -r W. X r. v ' . Cart er, I-', 11.\ W1lson, lb-x' 'G I Atra ciumiide:'abwa pr'ell-;. .n bi. cls-,lon the f!a- n ni-o a -jit. d It dr0, ';. i. a t h. se peof 1I. si 1n : \W . 1) '- . , chairmivi;.aa; I. i il'- , . - oll, Gevo. C. Ut, o El-. \V 1. 1 T.Coe.o , --1 o on T. I% o,r , A 1. ,1 t t r, ,1. \\'. 1: s- , T. . - N i!.,ti 5 ,) o th . : i tinir y, i;i i-ii .v . -- vas rew b :Jlurr.v. Tit r l -v.it .. I [art obl I ed I(o i. 1 - 1 of 'h' t rI "l oteclivi. chIb4." il.! u ha . .lthotlglh th!vir. obJe.Lt:3 f t o l w .as fil!v explaiied, tii.; v: w .1hl give opporti ty t' r I hliir i -e 'I,] s constrinilpg it ii all kind : of' m10ae. r 6omfle ole Lse wanted to strike t)11 the word "mobs." An ola negro sig gested that the words "Ilegal gentlie men," b>o substAtuted and 'lie id,2.t died ain1d heai ty langhter. I. AJi. lier, of Columbia Imade a very incendiary spech which met witil no favor in t he convention, iamn .i real o Iug to put him out . lie sai t h Iw ad dress was notstrong enough. It.took brave men to lead, not cowards, arid they were sleeping on their rights. ''hie best thing for all of them ito do was to get a Winchester rille and keep it, in their houses, and "whei they coit to take our rights choot them like dogs." Miller was comipl-ti_-Iy,howle0l down by the conventioin. Fred Nix then took the ilo(r and made a very cont.;ervative speech . 'I'y did not neced any gutns, anid I uwvers, ini somec cases, would not do iimh good. lie was not afr'ai't to go ainy where. TIhet colored men, wh'len they sn-e their right s being takenm from t hem in an~y viinit y', sh:>uld withdlraw froini it; shlit leave plantations andi cease toi patronize their enemies. Thie colored inen shouldh also bei taught to re'ad the newspapers. A public setitlmerit for j Itstice al114 right woui be1) created at once. I f they t rie:l to inllame their own p)eole the cons.e < uences would tall onii h le shioulders of' trne Iiore hlpliless of tl'c race. AlIter conusiderale other talk the add re s was adop)tedl as report.ed. T'li AnI)ni:ss. C'laimuing tIe p'acefuil right of tIhe possession of Iifec, ioet ty anid t ho pu suit of happinets-s, whlil toing~ ithin1111 the conlstitui ionai h arriers ar.d lunit.a tions erected for the giilu ichu.e of law abiding citizens, coniced in~g the1 righlt. even of capit al punishinentI, whent the law has beeni violetitly and ruithilessly broken,* aunt regardnii i the' atti'mp lt to mete out punIihmen t for any' tritie - what ever withIiot, t.he regul ationt s es - tablishime d for the good of society as being aes gihty as the victim of thiei r savage anrd utmg uided vengte'ance, anud on accouant of the4 examlen madte of break ingi law iniIl the nme of laiw, ittore harmiful to society, anid viewing withI alarm thle wi lisprea'rj .rev~alance of snech critiie, we a pj'eaIl to th le pce-(1 lovi lg, conisi derat e, Ithi iotae I aliiip triotic judgnuenit of 1the Anli ricane peo)ple, whloset oiion is thle hutlwark of' life, liberty and thle pe'acefuIl pnois s - 8101n of property, hi'yoi whit;. tin' tus,vicious, <biring tawt-breah 1' r 'cit ble topas, hatthy ir nak oun no lt linceertaini sointi in relaitei ti. iis novel, fanatic ao ti barbirouts inno a '.n int10otit laws 5eYtah.isedl fo' the govt jn ment. ot ('iviliz. el o-t, s)I ha'. in!'e vtalial cit m'zensm.ighin~t tinde ra an.ifI ihe Iboastfiul c'ivIthz:tioni of the tine en ii cetuIri, WithIi ts lawsand (1('s. iin-, Ih. bei'n titi overh'nn.udi, andil i n -de Ic 1151 e'achi naili. as torii\e~r,io h ' it - prcie ( I. the( age it V.lc Iin'~Ie erC aitnt barnairons savag'' rt9 i.: d to l tent4 wit h t he: ghat'ii, hA.t oi ha f foli l ei f(lOli "tilla cht:, ai'I in) ijtit St ihelua to l!it ut !i i t at .;i :(,<-- ot I ineir <Oii oit ina speaki':g out, . - (melantoi alhii lu:iUi n~ g i ajat:t ['i' ih conitiIlion, writ' iiilate, im any non,ii or - pre'xst telawsof c thne.t':t '. WV aaii-. ,iiii t)> tmi th ait' iearable injur1y 15 t ) on. 111n "'ta by i'ui'h ernes 'a, tlle t which arte oif altui st ([aily )ccuirrebiul, n In driving away canpit al andt unmse'tiinig 8 labor, as welt as I lhe blight ing inoar d g effect of' creating race prejudice, t) n creating disrespect for law; ii: shorn, o1 a8 feeding all the tur Dulent paissionis ant nrejienaund forming a volcanic be Ig I OF COURSE I1S FALSE. P. In NO TRUTH IN T HAT BARNWELL EMI In GRATION STORY. 10 re Senator Mayfeld Does not ieievo That One Car of Negroes Could be loduced A to Leave the Courty-3ot.h Races Get. S, ting Along Amicably. DENMARK, S. C., May 15.-Your n correspondent ask3d S.nator May6eld d the following question: "1Do you know, or have you heard anything about the statement of the Savannah News of the 11th instant that a fund is being raised is to carry all the negroes out of Barnwell connty?, r In answer he said: "I have not e heard anything of any fund being raised to remove the negroes from Barnwell e county. It such fund was raised I do not beli..-ve the colored people would e leave. We have, i.a times past, had several enigrations from Barnwell K county set ou Foot by interested parties. and siomie Few famiffies have left this couai.y, but their sad expetlence out in the West has led them to return poorer ( but wiser. In fact, I am now being o appealed to by fri u(s of families who went off to pay their way back to South a Carolina. M "If the agent3 who are so assiduous. 1- ly working the Peterson allair were to it trive four months notici and find a I train to carry tamilics out West the cars uwould be empt,y. I do not believe a nule family wod l1av,' this section, If there i- ii i . t-\ m nt or dis rkcontent It ev porv-, C idh Dirolina Of or thie Unit'-d s - .rw l k,couii:y .'.e w(ul I iud. c . a Rp ire xhe'e w s .er a ime vi nthe h M- ' EINIl hi t -e.r h. iu lCV w ', d:t1 ee 'mii' e ( i:' '! j o ot h o1. '1e u i:ny m da n likein h Wl )yce 'd. r. riIp'.au a w ite svonmui let, hhu leaive lcunw l enunty, !I thd section is not m t om uA.; peopil' who will1, at any cost, OCt11COm co'e amo11 i 11s ai we will pro-. of ' CI them n1 their. Irom lustful at u~d .Lackis; and the neuzroes living in Barn at well county do not endorse the views /Ur'gedl by certain newspapers. They II- feel that, the white jpeople are just to ry thiemi and will protect them inl their ir ri2ihts. 'rie manly stand taken by The IoTrnal is appreeiated. It is a clean shaieet.''-Columnbia Journal. Ly - _ The iWtn i MuSt, to. WA I 1 NTI1N, May d7.-Congress man Caminetti, of California, had a 'd short conference with the President h L l this morting, and left the White SIlouse feelingassured th it it was t.he Itention of the President to see that Chinese restirtion is enforced. Mr. CamIetti (denied tat it wouldl take any f- thing like the sum of money that has r- b)eeni mentioned1 t,o enforce the act, for i the reason that those Chinamen entitled to remain would have to secure their k- cernificates at their own expense, aud it hat 1hose against, whom the law really ci- aimedI would be frightened out of the 3- country the moment an hlonest attempt nsa made to enforce it. He says that h, the impositioN of tle pushment pre. 1- scribed, a year at hard labor, upon a few e of the ol-enders would be suflicient t t' to drive all the otlers out, and that the ai United States will not, be called upon to r deport, the great mass ot people. Mr. lo Caminetti is of tie opinion that what r- aitional money ma be neede(f will be a votedl at the next iession, and he fears Sno r eieal of the law. It, is understood til te P'resident is to hold a confer ence withl Secretary of the Treasury for tie p)urpose of devising means for the Senfiorcementil of tile law. Reports from kforty of sixt,y-three internal revenue dis ties shlow that 3,444 Chlinese have reisitered. No reports have yet been receivedI from the Pacific coast districts. A DIbscouraginst Outlook. i llirni'iis, Tenn., May 17.-News from the overflowed districts in Arkan sas and Louisiana are of the most dis f- couriaging character. Specials to the -Commercial from points on the West dside otf the river below Mempis report ea distressing condit ion of affairs. The a water which lhas been flowing around the head 'f the levee system ab wve Os cool't Ark., has inundated St. Francis basim, farmers being compelled to aban dton~t the hope of raising a cotton crop. Almost eve'ry foot of land in Chicot Cotly, Ark., 200 miles below Memphis, rellas beeni flooded by water from Lake rel'ort, lrooks Miill and Grandl La'ke Icrevlases. TPhe Grand Lake crevasse wais reported to be 6100 feet wide at 5 i1 o'clock this af ternoon anid is stiid caving hic rapidlyv. The w.ater from th>s crevass asj is looding the Northern portion of ,L'ouaishma and 's makiog ii s wr ac'ross im the( sw. mtlps mto the 1 i dIRiver ('ounltry. re Rd Hi ver is aliready very high and a (e isastrouis overflow in that sech On is p, rgarded as ertatii.. Tfhe river att Memi n.plus began falling todiay. The gauge ed tum tii~v,51Vt show . 35. feet abov-" low wa ater, a tah1 (of one irih in twec y-four ca hi urs. Thle hit;vy rinis in the Ohio iiValley and onl the uipper Alississippi and A1$ 1 is'onri have cruated coesiderai le ap Jlt prehetitson, as it is feare.1 that t he fall at- here will be checked andl the river go ldhigher. s SiMoGU n, ind., May 16.-Lo)u Trenk, dlie who nmurdered llenry itaedler a wedk beag(. last bunday, wvas hanged at Blrownt stown at 2 o'clock this morning by a ed mob from this place. The lynching edparty was composed of the same party pA. who lynched Turley at Bedford yester day morning. under the very structure of sociel which, unless speedily stopped. will e long burst forth in such terrific eru tion as to carry all that we prize character, property, virtue and life its common ruins. We appeal to the matrons of tl State and their daughters, who we cared for and protected, and the sancl ty of whose home was defended I some of us and the fathers i others while their husbands, father sons and brothers were many hundr( iles away, bleeding in battleor suffe ing in hospitals or prisor.s, to raise the voices in the interest of truth and I behalf of thoir former protectors an their suffering sons. We appeal to the magnanimity an chivalry of the Confederate veterau and their sons, who when leavin home to engage in the direful fortunt of war, coinmitted theit wives, dangi ters and infant sons to the care an protection of our fathcrs, after fori years abseic" returned to acknowledg that. mortals never performed a trun with more idiLy, and who, in tt ienorable canpaign of 1876, pron isled if given control of the Stat governinent, our lives andl propert shoti.lit be sacredly guarded, and as that they demland the monster, jtidp lynch, to hait not only for the preservi tion of theIr own character and tt: bmislttil civilization of the chaviliei but also in defense of the victimizE who have always been so faithful t theut. We appeal to the miniistvas of ti gospel, irrspective of race, who possi such insurlpasst-< opportinit y and ii fltece in noullding tlniblic aentimei 'ind leadivg I lie masses, to let the bug blavts of gospel truth, good will to imte ad love to God, resoundt in zuch lot da contiuius straius from their lo 1y w atch-t o er.i Ilhat. members of 1th iiov: wan.! rinz t- bout undor t he da -'Ilds of '2:, a1id who ill the Tmile virt.no are p-rforning lthle (evil's wol i. ichtc at o ald retuin iii t he sui li;v .1(I*e:!M1 ;1n(1 jtistu-4., ill wim lle ,11 v~.cr.t d an d:t,, lina'lty and r1gr -ap: to Ihe Gove(rn 'r of I sA 1lk o li,b atI D"111111in'1 i, lit I l f Ie .I':* X! L 'ie ->. :ni -e iint h -- i ~ : 1 1 , t 1un Sry cd lc r-%ivr ci,0r1- 1 ill,WI, It., lit VVt! i oil 1i itt-d vt li I j i ci r feu i t.: L 0i'llio ho, o I I Ie i a; I \ dt1*0: (th#-rs, and shim the . l.ntdation hliae--a places ol' -ll who nu.(tr: ( liv'ill. lVe apiwal io the press ani jon, 1s0.9 cviiti hi warolii,t anl the couint Li col. illi liev it1u the power of' e great.i ilhienc in cret ng ad henltt pucI Ilesel iittcl9aainSL lnChiFlX af d1i11stice, a rid cont-intieto tirge that ti It%v he iipa tially enforced. We urge the organization of pr t-I lve societies i each town in LI Statpa with it wull hlled treasury i will eniiale is to iset the emergenci conistaitly arising iu the hrate, wit lIe be't, leal talent. the ad(reoss is signed by all 0I linin bers of the coininittee. icatal AcIcaetaa. C iiA Li.1-:sTION, S. C., May 17.-Tlhe lisl ing soick, Alary 1X . .lenkins, founde edi on t lie bar Itodiay. TIwo colored in belonigitng to the crew were drowned. MA N F"RANI isco, May 17.--The Oal land ferry bioat "liay City" last nig) rain downi the "White 11lull," a boat col taining live persons. All were drowl ('iC'.eo, M -iy 17.-Mrs. J1. E, Couig wI e tof t lhe well-k(nowni Baptist missino a ry, inet. a frighitfl'e death today. Si was kallb d by a foldimng bed, which co ed upion her ani crushed her, while daucghiter stoo.l by powerless to help he Iliti' d S ites life taving crew undIe I ook t) rescute two unttinownc meni in row ho:it amtidst an awful sea at tI utihtl of Cutyahtoga li hver this afte itooni . 'T'e c hfeat caps5iz'ed and ses 'in of the crew were tdrowned. CotA NNi:A'-', O hio, May 17.---The it (Cottin entat a t l a scow wert washt tl intlo the lake I rorn the harbor th inecrtinig and lounderedl. Seven mc andt two woment'i on b)oard weredtrowne Seven ofl t he inte were ini sight wht the boat wentt diown. G .:N1:V A, Ils., May 17.-The buildir of Charle.o ['ope's glucose cotinpany, ;eveni st ory britk sti tctuare, in wit o ver It/ men ihwetre etinplocyed, was el t rely v reeke'd by ant expjlosioni thtis a terncon. Few ofi the meni got out i huiirt. F"ive bocdlies anti two injut itmentc hae so far been taken froma ti ruins. 'T' causie of t he explosion is 11y3stery. It stily tiurt. tra i N >. M' w...c wr'eckted here t.)o-nigf w'i .:il huudadi1c~c y ,rds of the deuri n-n ride werct fatally~ inijured. T1 ic DoIomactu~rk anud Htmberg. T1 top ,rt to ti' tri'.l tuamnt to.let,ber hi. eu' ne wats 'ctcoppin..e at thte static andi a intal w.rceck of a ball dlcz -u cars I:: ci t andc im v d.' t'ulic 'fte et h- tw"n: y orc thity rea!y hanitds a dl, :'.' T:n wverc. in ' ltthGtVy iiast . c' bri'd u,:, andi w'e'ie t,aken ti li.teI in ttownt an!d toIV ui:ltter umedi t' tent ThePIcy tiacv' thir~ namesttic P. A.' M-drai tcnd T)mf 'Thiomnpsoni, a ''niti' m.mcc int to vtu rt coLgnizedl the - c-t' e ' 0:-'tiu n''wcp iper mant inn Ii ierne T[alley, Irom Wt Vashinit.on. C. Talle y :s diri~out! now, atn'] sutler te rtibly, btut, may reCcover. lpafl inrnally ijued, and wdt1 probably toiVt. Theiy are both respect.t lookinh' youngc. metn, andl( claim tc trm rgod fa milies, and both be. thai, their niatnes not, bo given to the