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A LETr'ER TO RAMPTON. MESSERS. EVANS AND STOKES AN SWERS THE GENERAL'S LAST. They 4laim that Moat of the A11iance Da nmande are Endorsed by a Mdorisy ot the DeMocrats in UongreS and Asks Further Questions. Hon. Wade Hampton, Washingtin, D Dear Bir: Your letter addressed to us and published in The Stateand Regis, ter ot the 9th instant has had our care JIM attention, and candor compels us tc say that as a reply to the questions we propounded it Is a sfreat dlsapnointment It will prove a disappoint.nent to thi great organization of farmers we repre sent, whom you attempted to read ou of the Democratic party. It will prov( a grievous disappointment to the grea mass of our people who honestly believe that the principles underlying the Ocalt platform are Identical with the Democ racy of Jefterson and the party he found ed; yet, moved by memories of paqt as sociation and confidence, were willin even to hold conviction itself in abey ance until the man they had truste in the past might at least. eive reasoi for the bull of excommunication he ha issued against them. It will be a disappoint ment becau you distinctly decline to answer th questions asked--)erfectly plain ques tions-that embody every principle in volved in the 9cala pla'form and tha might have been answered in much ,i space than you have actually used. I Is a disappointment all around and nior< than all because your remark- are no ebaracterized by your accustomed s triaigh forwardness and courtesy. Remembering that the people of thi State had repeatedly honored you loi your reputed liberality and aiatoman like cast of mind, we purposely dis carded verbiage about which more 0 less prejudice bad collected and aw.ket you to discuss great pri ciiles that lIr behind that verbiage. You decline t discuss principles and talk about plat forms. Since you have choen after r month of deliberatior to briir the ( s cussion down from the broad plane o statesmanship upon which our question,1 put it and place it appar. ni ly ui)m th< ow plane of narrow Jactional polic-iis i this State, why, perforce we must to some extent try to play the politicaan, too. 1. In the first place, then, you dii. pose of the first Ocala demand, agalist the national banks, thus: "No sue: demand Is made by the I)emocratic par. ty. It may have escaped your memory, if you ever knew the fact, that these banks hold charters which do iot expire until 1907, so that there will be some difculty In the immediate abolition 01 the national banks." Indeed, and, ho cause, forsooth, there is diflculty in th< way it is undemocratic (that is what voi were to show), to agitate it, howevei righteous the principle. Is that the posi tion, General, to which you would coml - yourself and us? Wrath are honor able men of bpirit to do with difmculty where principle is involved? But urn you sure, General, that uo such demand is made by the Democratic party? - To borrow your own choice phrase ology toward us (whict The State a4 sures us is studiously courteous) "It may have escaped your memory if you ever koew the fact' that the D)emocratic platform 1856 contains t,he followmni plank: "Congress has no power te charter a national bank. We believe such an institutioin one of deadly hos tility to the best interests of the coun try, dangerous to our Republican inistitui. tions and the liberties of the pieople, and calculated to place the business of the country within the controll of a concen trated money power and above the laws and the will ol die people.'' Moreover, "It may 'have escaped your memory, it you ever knew the fact," that t,hus p)lank was rea1r-ned in the platform 1860, coupled with the declaration that "Democratic principles are unchange able In their nature when applied to the same subject matrs' "It may have escaped your memory,"' too, "if you ever knew the fact,'" every D)emocratic platform ever utteredl by the party (save the lirs ) down to 1864, containe't pre cisely that same stroug 'language agaInst national banks. ,Li, then as the party has more thain ice declaredl its "pin ciples a erimchangeable,'' it, is a lit.tle difflcul# to find jutlleation for your' char~ of p)olitie.il heresy arzainst those of us who in 1893 held t.o the principle that from 1810 to 1864 was the height of Demo:' at,ic virtue. 2. You say the sub-treasury idea is unconstitutional. Well, really, honored sir, we thought it rather beneath your dignity to go cracking p)olitical chest nuts like that. Your readling must have been exceedingly limited if you did not know that as p)rominent a Dem ocratic lawyer as Judge Norwood of Georgia and others of equal p)romi nence had expressed a contrary op'in Ion. But suppiose we admit that the scheme is unconistitutional, do'es that debar us from agitatmg it? It it be a gooc thing for the masses uinder the changed conditions andl progress of the nineteenth century, why should the Constitumion forever stand between the people and its enjoyment? Are you se rious. General, when you teach bv implicat,ion that it is undlemocratlc to seek any change in the Constitut,ion bowever righteous and desirable that change may be? And mark you, it was the Democracy of this demand you were to discuss. 8. You dismiss our demand for free coinage of silver wit,h the simple ques. Lion: "Is this demand in accordaunce with the Democratic p)latforml? And is this the best that, can be done? You set out to show that it did not en nform to the Democratic p)latlorm. You only ask ,us if it does. Assuming that, you ask in good faith, we, at least, will not evade a direct question, so we answer unhesitatingly, yes, it does; and was so held by the brainiest and best, Demo - crats in the United States Senate--such men a- Morgan and Daniel, and Irby and Butler and a hoAt o1 others. To borrow another choice phrase di rected to us (and whizh we are assured is studiously courteous), "you have, we suppose,read the Democratic platform, and if you compared it" with the Ocala you will see that both condemn the 8herman act. Thus far they are iden tical. The Ocala then demands "Ir lieu thereof the free and unlimite A coinage of silver." The Democratic goes on to say: "We hold to the use or both gold and silver as the standard money of the country and to the coin age of both gold and silver without dis orimlnation against eIther metal or chrefor mintage." The meaning is prcsly the same. The reading pub lcwill note how signally you have failed not only to justify your charge that "no man who upholds the Ocala p latform can properly claim to beoa Dmocrat," but even to show that the platforras are wholly antagonistic. 4. You think it a suMlent answer to our demand for the ownership of railr6ad and telegraph lines, in certain contingencies, that it would cost sev eral times as much as the civil war. Supposing this were true, that does not prove it is undemocra"ic-and that is what you set out to show, mark you. You were to prove that "no man who upholds thi% can properly claim to be a Democrat" and you simply argue that it is costly! Again we ask-what have honorable and spirited men to do with cash where principle is involved ? Away with such sordid standards of expediency ! Let its probe these ques tions to the core, and if the principle be correct and best for thn masses of the people, let us inaintail tlIII though they copt myriads of mnonev and men. I'lat was the spirit, that animated the ihiocratic party in 1860 They did not sto to o nt. tiup cosis when the rights of the people were threatened. 'he rights of the peo tion whether the p-ople Mhall owa the railro-li or be owned by them. Al ready in this State itisolveilt railroad.9 refiitE to pav tax-s aind boldly bid de flinm to ithe peop!e But are we shit into bovitig these roai already bil -it the iradu silently miln.ited valuatiot of wst ered stovk ? I the frautilei water were sqeiez-d out of them Ui ac'ual cost would probably not excov a fourth of .he muit. climed. Wha I is to hietr tll governient fron Sbuiildinv its own linei? Certainly su-i asn enter,rise woild he a Godsend t the three million mIen who are tOai. moneyli-si ani homeless, with starvirn wives alld eiiAren among th-m, sill ply bcase I tio national banker's pLnii hai st Ilpped ie wheels of idrtisf ry am dae I I up iisery ipon the peopc A 1).-noerit ic adminmi ration is pend ing million- a ye:.r in permaien strictirei sor the :afetity awl distri;iu tion oi I he mails. What, would be th differen-e Ili principle between doinj 1his aid constructinw lines for th transitission of those mails? A meas I r' that at, the saie timec protectt th invade d rights ot the people and fri inishes a gtineral relief from an over shanowiing menace, F)oks very dis tinctly Democratic to us, and it wil take something more, (eieral, than a exaggorated estlm;tto of cost to fright en Iit pvoule froin it. 5. You Lay in regari- to our deiam for the election of 1 nitt I States Sen tors by the people, that it will requIir a change of the Constitution to vffoc this. There is no news In that. "Vot have, we sippose, read the dei-aid ai pdrinted in the body of your articl and you minst have seen that, it. is dis tinic ly a di-mand to change the Con stiat iotn. You fall utterly in this, w In previois instances, to adrice a sits gle argument why la it uindemocrati( to propose,a needed change in the Coii stitution. You say you "hardly think that the change will be made in timei to allow any ofCi the present young aspi. rants of the Alliance to test their strength beforo the people." Ju lst what bearing this little Iling at the "young aspirants of the Alliance'" hai upon the indeiocra,-y of the demand (that ii what you were to prove, is not p. parent. You say you "have never de notinced the Alliance." 'erhaps not ;bul covert Iliv-., at its leaders ha4 been a favoriT_ way of trying to injsiure it among people who for political rea sons dare not denounce it openly. 6. Yes, as a rule we as individuals opposo the State bank propoiftion of the Democratic platform. But whit has that to do with the Ocala platform which you set out to prove inconsist oit with the )emocratic? "You have we suppose, rea'' the ()ala platfor, and if you (lid you1 must have seen thai it makes no reference whastover tc State banks. What bearing then hss our individual opinions uipest your isropositlin that '"n1 man1 who uplhiolds (the Oc.ala platform), cans properly clal im tos be a Democrat ?" Bitt if we are to be kicked out of the Democoraitic party because we as ini v'inuals oppose onie pla'nk in the party platform, we will have a goodly coin tinigetnt in our comlpanly. We will have a majority of the D)emocrats in the Untted States Senate, whlo opposed the~ administration view of the silver planik of that platform anid we will have with us tl'e great masses of the Amuerle in peOople. W hat constitutes the test of a Deo crat any way in this degenerate (lay ? Is it niuestioning adhesioni to everj platnk of the D)emocratic lplatformf ? Is it idelity to p)rinceiples ?. Cdrtainl y not, If we are to jurdge by the pract ica of the party. WVe have gout bug D)emo crats and greeniback Democrats, fret trade D emocrats andi( protect ion D)em oerats and tariff for revenue D)emocrats. Thie part,y of free trade elect.ed mnore than once a high pirotectionist to thi highest position in the gift, of a D)emo cratic Congress; and evenl now a form er ltepuiblican candlidate for the Pres ideiicy occupies t,he highest place in tie cabi net by appointment of a D)emocrat ic .President, who had behind himt a D)emocratic Congress and the wVhole mnachinery of govern muent. I f adlher euce to every plankl of the platform were nee'Psary to co(ntstitte a man ai D)emocr d, then Saimuetl ..1 Randall, a prontonnceed prot ect ir isst, couldr never have been speak sr of a D)emoc ratie Congress, anid Walter Q G resaim, -former I 'Hej slican cand 5iato for hue P're.iney, .oul n11iever 5 e chief ad viser oft a IDemso'rht ic P residenit. What then is I he sosl.. tt st of a smans De hm 5 racy usnder I he practice of Ih p, lirty y' Evideintly it is hits suipport of the nois inee In thle genieral election. Finally. after all your s)mew h at lengthy discussion, you fimnd onuly iivye ouit of twelve p) >[its upan11 whsic i you. take Issme wit,h thle O)cala platforim. You dist-inct,ly asgreedl with two, as (toes "suvery D)emocrat," yout say. T'o hiat extenut you you rselfI uphold thle Ocala platform, and utnder your own 'uillng you cannot "properly clatnn to be a Democrat." The most casuial readingr of osir let ter will show that we made no obsjec. lion to your organizinig what, in the last analysis, woutlo be D)emocrautic clubs independent of our Stat.e D)emo cratic organization. Ilst we had no conicern about that. We simply aske:I you to excplain your statement that "110 man who uphiolds the O)cala platform can pioperl y claim to be ai Deniocrat." Y ou ref used point blank to answer the qlueStions we askerd, .md proceeded to comp)are p)latforms, with the result shown above, that not even ion that groand could you defend your charge against us. Tis effort to make it appear that we objected to your organizing Demno. cratic clubs is entirely apart from the questin you you rself raised, and Is not warranted by any thing we wrote, it appearc' to be in line with yotir other efforts to read Alliancemen out of tho l)emocratic party and discredit the "young Alliance" leaders, while pro feaising great respect for the organiza tion. W. D. EVANS, President South Carolina State Alli ance. , W. sTOEgS. Lecturer South Carolina State AllI'ance Lynced. SPAJRTANBURO, S, C., Doc. 21.--Ike Anderson, a negro boy, was lynched at Reidsville, for Intimacy with a white girl two years ago. It la said the girl was infatuated with the negro and1 wanted to run a.wny with him. NEW DISPENS-UY LAW. [CONTINUED iROM 'A(vE ONE State for sale or use therein, except by the Dispensary, shall suffer a penalty of $500 and costs for each ollense, to be recovered by the Solicitor of the Circuit Court, or the Attorney (eneral, by an action brought therefor in any court of competent jurisdiction. Tho State constables, Sheriffs, municipal police or any lawful constable umy en ter any railroad car, or express car, or depot, or steamboat, or other v'eisl, without warrant, and make search f,r such contraband liquots, and may ex aitie cte way bills aud freight btmks of sail common carriers, an( any oie interlering with or resisting such ohi cer shail he punished by a linie not ex ceedivg $100 or linprisounnt not lon ger thaii tirty days. . 34. Tliat any j!rson detect.e openly violat-ing ty of the provision ot this AcL shall be liable to a:rt-si wilhoit warrant., provHe a w"rrnvit shall be procured within a re:sonablb tilit) thereafter. See 3). I'hat, viol%tlois of a.y o, th, Ssectiois of I iis Act, where piiishineti im1oni conviction is liot (swcaly pro vided for, the peison or pi smns or cor porat ior so conv icttd shall bt p:miisif in the (isretlion of the c tryini tlhe samte. All alcoholic hi1ur1's, 40,he1 than dmnes'ic wil, 111(i I Jutant it m->re than live gallm.i, whicit do in have ont the p tekiges it whicll thev al contalied the labels am cert.ilica es g IWg to show thai. they h:vo baeii ptur chased f rom a State olicer aihioriz' to sell them are herbey declhai. d c im I raband, and on sei.ire will be forf*ei. - d to the "teIl as provide in Nectioi 31: l'rovided, Thai. this st-ci;o sh;d iot, apply to 11o 1or hubd ny I he ' .k wvr of registered stil:s. 'ersn:i havini; L more than live Kallows -if liqtor el.e where tihan at his or hor homv, winc e they wish to keep for tho-it own use .uty throw the protection of the liv around the xame by furnishing an In ventory of the tjumntity and kinds t the S'ate Commissiotter, a(1 applyin for certillcate3 to aflix tht-reo. AI te sixty days from the approval ot ti. Act any liqtior foind in the a no hlavit)g S114-11 certilivtes maI.-tv ho seiv/ and cotii -ated. 'erscis h'viag muor than thvy wish to use 11m)y ol , ?atil C, r tificates to ship bey"dit th'. liits (l the, Stite. Atny p-rson allixig, oi caisiig to ht- allixed, to any j.ickag( containig al.Ai0oliv liqtior any imita tion sramp or other printed or engrave lab-l or device ttian 1hos 11113'ied ) the Slate Coimissioner shall for -act offense he liable to a p,nIlalty of tc) days' imprisoneint or :25 line. Sec. 3. Every person who dispjsseses or resctes from a constable or otlier ollicer, or attempts so to do, any alco. holic ltquor taken or (ttained by such oflicer charged witlh the onforcemient, of this law, shall, tipon convit-tioni be imprisoned thirty days or pay a line of' $100. Sec. U7. Any person handlinig contra band iior in the night .UnI or deliv erig the saine, sh ill t guilty of a misdeiinaor, and oil c,nvictim, sh:ull be plilisled by imprisoinmenit tor t hirty days or $100 line. Sec. :.. Any vagon, cart, boat or other convoyance t riasportiny conltra atid li<Itior Lt night oter thani regular passenger or freight s'eaneris and rail wadky C-1r, shall be li.ble to s(-izttrt and conti,scation; and to that en1 the o tli 'er shall cause the same to ie appraise(t by three disinterested cit izens, and tinlesi recovered by claim and v delvery pri. ceetd igs anld sit able hondl, shall1 be lid vertised and sold and1( proc Ieds sentt i.a the Stat.e Commtoissionier. S-c. 39e. Eveiry I )j-;pensor, whenl lit stells a palckatge cont alitig 11ig')or shahll put ai cross imark in ink on the labhel or ce'rtilicate t htereon, ex tendinug f roni the top to the bottom and11 froim side to side. When anty iuor 10'Is stized be caulse It hals not tht ui2Sessar'y certili - caites and ilabies rcqmired 11y this Act, the burden of proof shall bet upon the claimltant of said spirits to show that tio frauid has be.en commiittted arid tha~t the whiskey is not contraband. Sec. 40. That anly raiilroaid, steambloalt e'xprelss comfpanfy 01r ot.her conimnon car rier shall Incur a penadly of treb)le the invoice price oif anly alcoholic liquiors lost or stolen In transit to or fr'om thet l)ispensary, whether slipp POI as re' leased or not, such penailty to be recov. ered by action In aniy couIrt or comnpe. tont. jutrisdiction. Sec. 41. 'That it shall b, itnlawfuil for ally person to take or to solicit orders or to receive money from other p)erson2 1for the puirchtase or shipment oh anyt ahllIC liqulors for or1 to sitchl o)tht'r pelsons int tis St.ite, except for littpion to lie purchaQillsed( alal) sip e fromII i) the I )ispensary, and1( anyi pm'rs i violat in dl'Ie(e gilty ol' a ansdteeanor, andt shaill be pun ishted by imiprisonmitenitnt to exceed thirty days oir b y ha 1ne tnot t( exceed $100. Se~c. 42. It shaill he flie duty of Sheri lifs, deputy shert Ifs ala11 conist aleIts hiav I rg not ice of the vi olat ion of any13 of the prioiions o1 this Ac', to notify) the Ciirctit S ilicitot ol then fact oh surh v iolahtion1, andlI to fur n i-tih him lie namestt' oft al~ iVwitiiesst's uii itin their kunowle-dg by whioil siuch violhion cani bet proven. II ainy sucliihict'tr oc 'i, licittor shall willy 13 tail to e.uly with the pIrov'isionis of this5 5e-:ion1, lie shll, uipoit conlviction, twm le I a sum not. less ihatn $100 nior tin ie i ha .50t; andi( siuch con vict ion s hal w ork ,i person;i and( the court biioroi whtom stuch (oni'ction) is hid si:i0, ini addl. tioin to I lie iml posj it itnof t ihe111 lin afore said(, order an d amdjudge thle forfeu itrt of his id iti .' Sec. 43~ Tihie v ernor shiii ha ive ati thority to fipploinit o 0or inlore S talte con)stablIes at a salairy of 32 per diy aind expentses when'i ont tdtty, and1( t wo c'iief coni...ables1 atl .92 each per' day lnad expenlses ti 5e tihat this Act is i-i. forced, te~i iato i 'be c h argedi I > the ox petnse of' thle Stalte Comm ision0ter, -x - cept as eUher ise prtovidedl im this Act. Sec. 44.- All Acts or parts of Acts itn constistenit with thIs Act are hereby ne pleld. Sec. 45>. 'Thait wherever uin this Act it is p)rovidle(1 thalt process shall Issue up onart affidavit based on informnation, and belief, the afldavit shall corntairi a statement setting forth thle sou rces of Information, the facts and grounds up. on which the allint bases his belief. Sec. 46. Tis Act shall not lie held or construed to in anly inanner repeal or affect exIsting laiW. proihtbiting the sale of Intoxicating liquors wIthin cer' tain dIstances of churches and schools. Sec. 47. That brewers in this St.ate of rIce beer heretofore enIgaged in the' manufacture and sale of nIce leer con tamning not more than 2 per centt (If al cohol shall be allowed thirty days from the approval of this Act to dispose of their manufactured products now on hand. Sec. 48. That Chapter 7, Title VII of the Code of CIvIl Procedure of this St;ate entitled, "Of P'rovlsioa Rtome dies In Civii Actions," shtall not apply to ary oficer or person having duties to perform under this Act and in no case shall an action lie against any such officer or person for damages to person or property as provided in said chapter. Sec. 49. This Act shall take effect im TH E CLOSING SCENES. THE LEGESLATURE GETS THROUG Wi' H BUSINESS AND AUJOURNS The Uuunty [till Pwomed--A St ite Prit EMected-The Waspansary Ameuded--Ti r S tIarley to ba P&1l to C. unty Supe vI sore. COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec. 23,-TI Legislature closed its work last nigl e and adjourned. Tte most imtortai L feature of yesterday's session was til I election of' a State Printer and the tini s passage of the County Government Bil y The two houses mnot inl joit sessic t, for the election of a State Printer at r Mr. Thomas. of Richland nomuated ti Bryon Printing Company for the pos e ion. le stated that that company he 2'ffered to do the work required by 11 at pr:ces varying from 8 per cent. to ( per cent. less than the prices named Lhe bill ander consideration, and mov< that the Secretary of btate transmit the House for its Information "all pr nosals for public printing'' filed with hi a in pursuance of law. Mr. Thomas sit j. that as the bill to elect. a printer hi )t been passed this resolution was Al'er ps in order that the menbers mi,2 is have inlormation laid before then. )n After some discussio! the motion w 'n voted down as followe: 'i Yeae-Ashley, Bacot, Blease, Ca )d roll, Evin, Farly, Foster, Glover, Hat MeLl, Hardin, Houph, Ilou,hea, Jobr d son, Knotts, Kitkland, Lofton, Lol as rance, Manning, Moses, RIers, Rto he land, Sulvan, Taylor, Tionias, V, n- Kolnitz-25.' 3 Nays-Breazeale, Buist, Chandl< e- Cox, Crum, Davis, Dendv. DuBose, as T. Duncan, EJwards, Elder. Feldt Garris, Gary, Graham, Gunter, lard Harvey, Harper, Henderson, Hill J4 a- feries, Jordan, Kennedy, J. D. and I m J. Kinard, Lancaster, Lemon, L2sesn st Magil , L. and W. II. Mauldin, A] r- Laurin, McWhite, Mishoe, Mitche 4 Nettles, Oliver, Parks, Pearman, Ph ' lips, Rast, Shuman, Singletary, A. and J. L. Smith, Stackhouse, Stalve v, Stokes, Sturkie, Tindal, Vaughan, W 1. ters, Watson, WhItman. Wilborn, W jt liamson, Wolfe, Wolff, Woodwa:d, Y4 id dell, Younans-63. mn Oenator John Gary Evans said thatI is thought the remarks that had been ma, -d were not pertinent to the occasion, d the Assembly had met to elect a pri ter under an act, which act fixed t1 scale of prices, which prices could n be devlated from. lie nominated M yt Charles A. Calvor, Jr. Ile thought it c insult to the House to bring upsu,h di cussions as had been indulged in. Senator Smythe declared tbat the A . sembly was not otly there under l: . act, but the members were also thet under their constitutional oaths to di.9 charge their duty, which in this cat d was to let out the printing by con trac d I fail to see, said he, where the insult i to the General Assembly can be when responsible person announces himself i a candidate for public printer and quoti a orices that will save the State aboi Y $3,000 annually. This :s a pure matt of business. We come here as truste a of the State to deal with the people a d money, and we are bound by .ur oatl n t, get the work done as cheaply as v can. We must be prepared to say to t p)eople that what we have done is tl best we could do. It is true we ha e passed an act stipulatIng prices, b)utv v: have a candlidate who comes here at n says he is willing to do the work f< n legs, anti if the time has come when h is an insult for a candidate other ti Ithe one that was wanted to come to tl P Legislature and bay he would (10 t1 twork cheaper and would save the St,a *y money, then God save the t,imes to whl< d we have come. If this scheme is co '- siwnated we may rest assured th a there willl be a day of accounting. V t-- casnot sit here as intelligent men ai (Vdisregard these facts. t; Senator W. D. Evans in secondliI al the nomination of Mr. Calvo said he d r- so, because having been a member er bot.h IHouses for a number of years a- knew that, Mr. Calvo had (lone the wo Lt. most, efficiently and he had the wordl y3 the Senat.or from Charleston (Mr. 5nm atr tbe) who had stated on the floor of t ill Senate that the printin i done by N of Cilvo was as well done and as cheap a- it had been (lone for twent,y years B~ se sides this he had the evidlence of it, 1 st fore his eyes every (lay. Ig Mr. Nettles stated that the com ni tr tee had had a representative oh the Br' mE an Comp any before them and from 1 Li- own statement he knew that the Sta of couldl not save *10,000 a sear as bi i- heen stated. TIhe contract ounly requiri >e *20,000 and no one would con tend thi P- halL could be saved. as Senator Wilson made a iece'a. I g said that, thie speeches made had caver' m[ the same *ohd groun 1 and( wei e utter e~ useless as briLging out any new arg id menct.. What does the Bryan oil amount t.o? Where is the element contract in ii? They simply p)lace a pi p er on our desks saying they will dog~ and so but that is not, ninding nor is a contract. There are nio p)rovisiol in this act for any such bid. If in r campaign a man makes an offer to gi' so much of his per diem and mileage -the count y if elect ed there is no con'.ra e and lhe may b)reak it. This circul i was a bid for votes and nothing els e The State had for years been in a pos L ion of bat tledoor aad shuttlecock In r 11 ference to this printing business andJ sl should be independent. The law as e actedl having fixed the rates any me elected wil get them no matter whi Mr. Weston asked him didn4 tl DENS "THE WORLD'S GRE a THlE MACUl T he O n t FOR TYP'EWRITERS ATr THLE e "NO0 MACEllNE COULD BE ANY.EETTER. iT [S -PERFECT." if prlvave statement of one. e of the Judges. ResponsIble O01 J. W. 0ril t' GENERAL AGEN' present law of North Carolina, from which his side loved to quote, provide that in letting tile contract it should be a I done to the lowest bidder k Mr. Wilson replied that be knew f pothine about that, but that this tllog a wag all politics and no business in it. Oa motion of Mr. Hardin, of Chester h o the notnination were closed, and the n vote resulted as follows: For Calvo-Senators Bartor, .3ease- I ley, Price, Brown, Evans, (W. D.), N Evans, (John Gary), Fuller, Harrison, p 0 IIemphill, Magill, Mayfeld, McDaniel, ti it Ritzin, Rtedflearn, Sanders, Stribliog, tI it Timmerman, Williams, Wilson; Repre- a: 10 sentatives J)ea, Barry, Breazeale, d I Buist., Carpenter, Carroll, Chandler, a - Cox, Covington, Crm, Dardy. DuBose J n Duncan, (J. T.), Edwards, Elder, Es- C d tri 'ge, Felder, Foster, Garris, Gary B ( . B.), Graham. Gunter. lamnmett, Il- lardy, IIarvey. Harper, Htil. Jeffries, d Jirdan, Kmnnedv, Kinard (J. D.). Ki W nrd (11. 1 ). Lancaster, Lemmon, Le 10 sesne, Mgill, L-1ban, Mauldin, Mc ll White, Mtshoo, Mitchell, Nettles, Oli ,d ver, ParkR, Poa, man, Philips, Rowland, Lo Ro- eit, Shuman Siniletary, Smith (A. J.) Smith (J. L ), S.uraie, Tatum, Tin in d1, Vauhan. Watson, Whi'nire, id Wilborn, Wolfe (W. U.), Wolff (0. S.), Ld yeldell-81. d For the 1ryan P1cinitiz Company IL Senators Buis8, Finley, Jenkins, Miller, Moore, Mower, O'Dill, sloan, Smvthe, ais Verdier; RIprcsentatives Ashley, Ba cot, Blease, Glover, Hardin, Hough, r- lughes, KAlley, Loft.ou, Lw,3aUce, i- Mannuin, Moses, Ithodes, Sullivan, - Tavlor, ThMIS, Westou-27. Y Mr. Calvo was accordingly declared V- elected Latte Printer. ) The county government bill discus sion was reeumed after sonis iweliuiina- " r ry business, whereupon Mr. Johnson ot J. fered an amendmnctit providing that it .r, should not be required of tho Couuty Y, SupeLvisor to pu!. lish a financial st ite f- meiat ol exponditures and revenues of I- th- county. Messrs. Moses, Wilborn e, and Jordan opposed the amendment - and on a vote being taken it was lost. 1, The bill was theu read to its end and i the amendments offered to different J. scetions wyere unanimous, but the bill V, passed its third reading without beinz a- matetially amended. l- The cal aries of the Supervisors In the 31- counties are: Abbeville, $800; Aiken, $1,000; An- T ti c derson, $600; Barnwell, $800; Beaufort, c le $800; Berkeley, $500. Charleston, $1,- a IS 000; Chester, $800; Cnesterfield, $400; n- Clarendon, $800; (olleton, $800; Darl 1 ington, $600; Eieliold, $800; Fairfiold, 3t $650; Florence, $500; Georgetown, r. $750; G.eenville, $600; Hampton, $600; Ln 1Iorry, $500; Kershaw, $600; Lancaster, 3- $300; Laurens, $600; Lexington $600; Marion, $800; Marlboro, $700; New ber 8- ry, $750; Oconee, $500; Orangeburg, M 0 $800, Pickeus, $300; Wchlaid, $900; a - Spartanhurg, $1,000; Sumter, $1,000; Union, $600; Williamsburz, $600; York, le $500. They take effect 1895. t. O .A Fight to the Finish. A unique feature of the Keeley a Treatiment is the fairness with which Is it treats the enemy. "Do your worst," A it seems to say to the whiskey bottle, iU "and we are ready for you!" If the pa er tient craves the intoxicant to which he es has so long been accustomed, he is not )s put off with a substitute, but given the is very stuif itself, and the bsst of its re kind. There is not even any attempt :ie made to taper him off atter the old Je time fashion with the poor wretch ewho "had been m o r tgaging mi nserable mnorrows for nights or mnadness." Th'Iere is no restric tion when stimulant is demand e d, neither is there that overdosing iwhich has often been suggested, and in perhaps tried a time or two, by enter Ie prising reformers-putting wvhiskey in 1C the patient's soup, coffee, beef gravy, te etc. On thle cont rary his dram is not :h only readIly furnished, but made as n. palatable as he is used to having it at leaving first-rate whiskey and the re D)ouble Chloride oi Gold to fight it out a id between them for the possession of the c iniebeiate's body. WVhich is the strong- D em is being every day proved by the usual result of the battle at the now famusKeeley -Institute, Columbia' rk Mi"r,Yearin'slioedy Found. 1fIlicA, N. Y., Dec. 26.-The body of 9 y-Miss Ye-argin, who was drowned in Ca he yuga lake several weeks ago, was. [in. washed ashore last night near the de- i as pot at McKininey's Station, on the Au- c burn branch of the Lehigh Valley P road. Miss Yeargin went rowing with 9 Insrucor erramof Cornell College e some six wveeks ago, undt .failed to re- ' ~turn. They were undoubtedly drowned. y* together by the capsizing of their boat. 1s (reat interest has been taken in the te case on account. of the prominence of as the young people. At one time a re ul port was circulated to the effect that at Mr. Merriam and Miss Yeargin had been seen together in New York city in after the date of their applearance from 11ithica. Tihe finding of Miss Yeargina's yv body disproves that story and no doubt remains but that they met their dleath by the accidental overturning of theti e31 boat. Miss Y eargin was one of the fprominent young women at Sage Col a. lege. IlIer hiomte was in Lauirens,8. C. a io Dr. Merriaim's home was at Chattanoo it ga, Tenn. P is - ___ _ a 'ia,w. a, an O rgan s. ie Now is the time to buy summer plan p to $25 cash balance November 15th 189t3. et Will buy a Piano at spot cash price $10 ir cash, balance Novemuber 15tn 1-8930 a a Will buy a organ at spot cash price. 'See the list to choose from. Steinway, t Mason & IIamlin, Mathushek and Stir- a lhng Pianos, Mason & Ilamlin and eStirling Organs. FIfteen days test ti *trial and freight both ways if not satis u" factory. A large lot of nearly new and a it second hand Pianos and Organs at bar- d gains. Good as new. Write for prices eW.N~'. Tirump. Columbia, S. C. ATEST TYPEWRITER." NE TIIAT TrOOK l y Aw a rd STATE FAiR, NOV EMBER 8, 1893. T1IIE ONLY AWARD WAS .ALSO .MAD)E 'To US FOR TiYPEWRtT'1ER'S SUrPLIES. inty Agents Wanted. >,bes & Co., l'S. L !OOL11MBIA. s.-0. A Uloody Chrlstms, YORKVILLE, 8. C., Dec. 27.-Fur ther facts have been elicited by th< coroner's inquest concerning the mur der of Mr. 1). P. Blackburn, for whicl t he negro, .Jeff Cr:a wford, iF held. Craw ford is about forty years of age. Whei seen at tihe jail ty a reporter he sai that lilackbiurn came to his house Sat urday night, to get shaved, preparator; to going to North Carolina. Afte shaving him, Crawford says he wen to Rock llil, aisd returned next morn ivig. I1e denies all knowledge of th, killing. lint statements were ceai but guarded and careful. The facts dc velopied at Iihe inquest, however, mak things look bltck for th neRgro. j blo06 y razor is satd to have been fouin at ''rawtor's hims-, and idlentitled a his property There was anit emnpt half 10it lia3k iii Black burn's pocke and the theory is th it Cra%word, c wioever killed the unfortunate mal lurvd himi into the woods oil preten( of Iftlidig !iin to a whiiskey wagon. T\\ 0 111.tl1-:LS KiLiLED. ^A tTAxNi;m,im4, S. C., Dre. 27.-TI foll, wllig ta,. j ist reiched here froi 1 n ain, S. C. N ews has just reacht h< re I roini ('u svii le, a str all conuti tci jwit ovur the N rih Carolina lin - ab it lit ten miles itorth of here. of l ttrib11e rage<ly which occiirred ye iray vvtning. One Wilkinson sh, int kilb-d lBt ii Rotwrtson, and perhal l1lort:ly womlled .John ltobertson, h t eiler hrothwr. List Studay afterno( INi11s R"lA w bertson, a sister of Bt -nd l,ni, w lt married at her fathei howe, and aivng those wno atteudi were thc Wilkinisou boys. They g i 1nto a dhilitIulit.y with two of .1olhn a -Bion',s yuingor brothers. John, B i aid teier father, learimrg what w I going on, promptly appeared on t, i secee, tnd kicked one of the Wilki 41)(1ns a few inics and ran them off t -jdaice, one of theu leaving his hat L hi li. It is suppos'd that this row w I lie cause of the killing. MUDllDEn IN NEwIIiEl-Y. N wtt-itlity. Dec. 27. -11enry N. A ton, a w-ll digger, died here today fro tLhe rvsult of a trivial matter. La niaht a dficulty arosf. between ct tat inill operatives. Itube McGow. ti-. 'rank Stmith were engaged in I knock-.mtdwn light about Siith'k litt 1;oy boing "liped by INCowan. 11C ry Wet[z, AIcio w;n's son-in-la joined ini the light, when Anton e dreavoredl to separate all parties. It words 4ollowtd between Werts ai Anton. Werts then struck Anton the head with a brick, breaking h skull, with fatal results. Werts t last night. A warrant has been i3smu for his arrest.-State. A VICTIM IN IROCK IIIill'. I1'. 1c i Ii,i,, Dec. 27.-Charlie J. Mi ler, white, a desperate character, sh4 anti killed a negro named Cally Doul lass, in front of' J. W. Taylor's3 ine, inarket tonight at 7.-15. It seenus as the men lind been engaged in a quarr for somne time when Miller drew a pi .21 and shot D)tuglass three times, kil ii.g himl alinost instantly. Miller hIE bt-t-i eimpl->yed as a guard at the stocl aile heri- for four months. IIe skippe inut diately after the third shot an 'htni list seen was rulnnilIg in the d rection of Black street. sit rr AT A ( 'i i.STMAS F 1,1 C. LIA.isA NT rIi Li,, Dec. 20.-Williar Watts was fatally shot last night L William Mellwain at a negro froli near this place. Watts died this mori ing. The shooting was done with double-barreled shot gun. It is s:.. t'iat there was an old grudge betwee themi. Ik>th are colorec'. 8,,tceeos in tite South. A IllIsA, GiA., Dec. 27.-TI CThron!tle wvill s iy editriaily tomorrov "'In ai ye:uir of' unecxempuled depression c otton~ marnufacturing in the eastei Stain~ the mills ol Georgia and Soul Carolina have been running on fu time. With elimatic advautages, chea water pow~er andl raw material at firi cost all large~ factories havwe made morn andi paid thvideuds. The mills in atl around August,a make a itplendid shiov intg bir the year just, closed. AIgual factory, caital $600,000, 6 per cen -l ividenld; Euterp*ri3e ma-nufacturitr eci>mpany, cap)ital $750,000, 6 per ccc .- 1 .000,000, 6 per cent; Kinie manuflactu ini' comiipanly, capit.al $ 1,000,000 6 p cent; Giramiteville manufact uring cor liany, cap1ital $00,000, 10 per cer Thfe ILl mn.ley r' aniutactu ing comn par has1 incrle.iSed its c.pital t.uingf the ye f r om fa 10 t000 to 600.000 and wv h'ay ai se ni anuall dividend tuce pert cent. on: the i ternsed capital. The records ot the inuai li ow that, the S(;uIth is the a inittingri Iiehl I> ot tonU manufacturu anl I thie imbhe rtionis are that in the ne. tuiture new faub>ries will be st,arted this s'ectionI. lin 1s80 the South co tuied t , huntdred thousantd bales to' tun. In Is9;3 the snouthiern mills co sum edl1l 60101 isles. TIhere could no, st'~ r tevidenice o1 tbe South's su e'rior'i I verC the N)rth in its adIvanlta2 f,r e'. m~ mnariufctur'ing thau duch th e law t y ar( ni iothern mnills have b)e shu11tlt)b>wn wb.e m1d.1sin the Sou h ha' 'been ruu:mn'. IItOi full time andi have pa The ii' l,,j,i ',y of (Irad rate n. Thilil qiet testimoniy of graduates< thit Kelh-y TIritriitent, by their lifec sobr'iety~ a mong neighbors antd comnpar ionls who kneitw I him formerly as helj less Ihi bies of i nebriety, is a fact( whto'h wI mlia nott ailwatys appreciati buti whnich opelrates constantly neve] tht'h-si. JThis is the chief among Lth (t' frrs which have been at worl grtithttlly but surely to transform Lb phplalr ikepticismn into a practicE aaith in the Keely Treatment snd fu atceptance of It as an established insti i' 'ion in medhical practice. 1t has18been a great source of satisfa< LiWn tto notice this progress here in thi metropolis of the country. Only year or two ago New York was corn vulsed by the very thought of a cui for drunkenness. .lut the spectacle c we'll-known "men about town," fornr erly marked for their convivial habitt but, no w abstaining altogether and uul able to be tempted, has been working remarkable change of conviction o1 I his subject in this city.-Golde: N ews, Nov.20, 1893. The mimeo may be said of ColumblI a numbner of our brightest and gayei citizens who were curedl a year or tw< since have given proof of the eflcac oif the K(ealeny treatment to entirely era dlicatte the old hiabit. They have th profounid respect and best wishes o m:mny sincere iends. -Ih-nied the Usno of the Matis. WAshIINOTON, Dec. 21.-As sian Attornavi Genreral Thiomas of the Post oflce Deparatment deccidedl todao tha t'ie Atlanta Iuvestment Company Atlant-a, GaI., was riot entit,led to ih use 01 ho mails. In his opinioh. Judg Thomas hols i,hat t,here is no substan tial diffecrence between tihe princIple upon which it, will proceed and that ad opted by otber so-called hond Anvest mient companines. Hie believes th scheme a lottery. Tile company ha rnot, vtolated any laws, as it submitte its plaus to the Postoffle Departmen before commancing businesn. 1omlde In Pickons. EABLEY, S. C., Dec. 21-Henry Oats res ectable young white man, was lileX by ".Babe" Moore last night at a olio at the house of Moore's father, bout f jur miles east of this place. Oats as under the influeace of whiskey,and ad had a flghit witi a young man %ed Snod dy, and also with Moore's Lther. Ile then drew a pIstol, and ent back into the piazza o the house, 'here Moore met him with an uxe. - [oore claims that Oats pointed his Istol at his breast, and at the same me threatened to shoot him. Moore ten struck Oats on the head with the ce crushing in his skull and causing a within bn hour. Moore made no ,tenpt to escape, and was carried to il this evening, after the Coroner had mncluded the inquost. , ] A' THE FREAGI 14a 'v xiremn Nices for Goods! ,:-, for a ti'T-jvo and See What You Can SaMI 11-2,.aa iAll 11-0 $ 96 r 37 .~N r1k 1I. .1 t16--.4 -No frvi;il jmid onl i him or 1-a . (111tranie( to ln a g-mid organ or ,oniy re a, \en -har. ine ug(',ir, p)ivan aid- <b. s -m.r b 45. W111 delivel to your<dep->I,' *343. ---.... TI Is No.1 )J COOKING $ 1011I with 21 - pieces of -- J ware will beode iver% ed to youi - depol for regu ar price 51?, ith atill aiiT o nts, for ---OrALY V0.50 delivered t) . r pot. Tie reguaIj1r p-i. (,f this 1 G(Y (4 1 .4 o ( . d r.) le iattif-cvirf'r p;.;y4 a1l .4eexpe'i~nss nei I -'- t er ) you for gg42. .. Da guarantev (very one a argin. No fre4it paid D this Buggy A *00 PIANO Blivered at your depot 90 freigh'_pti.i r $10 Send for entalogues of i'uriture, Cpoking loves i3tiy c'arriages, Hievles, Organs, Pi moe, Tea SetR. Dinner sets, Lampi, &c., and AVE MONEY. Address .F.PADGETT "lro ","Gr.et -THE, Tozer Enlines For Agricul tural and Gin ~Ir~eral Plantation Use, have earn. ed their reputa tion as the best on tne market. For 8implicity, D)urabilt and Economy In fuel an dwater THlE TOzEIR, IHs no Equal. TO~.'I FARMERS ARMECURRS: As a matter of bi-uiess inItorest'o yo.o ad ourselves W3 ask you to allow us the rivilego of making estimates upon any tachinery you may wish to buy before lacing your orders elsewhere.' Our facelties and connections with 'man' facturers are such that we can' quote on to same goods as low prices as are obtain ble in America. It ie but a narrow "mind tat wouki pass by the home doaler to pay a equal or greater prico to a forel'r ealor or manufacturer. Only give us the opportuuity and we Wi a irve you to advantage, and1 krep at homre small part of the money which ia going way from our Mtate to en rich others. ---0 V. H, Gibbes Jr., & Co. COLUMBIA. 8' C. Rice Planters and Rice Millers can uy a single machine that will clean, tull and polish rice ready for market ar $350.00. Corn Millers can buy the best French urr mill, in iron frame, fully guaran eed, capacity ten bushels meal per our, for $115.00. Saw Millers can buy the variable Iction feed DeLoach Mill from 1190.00 up to the largest sizs. Also Glang Rip Saws, Edgers. Swi'ig ' aws, Pianing Machines, and all kinds f wood working machinery.. "Talbott" Engines and Boilers. Special;discounts made for casth. V. C. SADHAM, COLUMBIA, 8. 0.