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& \ * ' > * * gST . v f' I. Tir*lEKLY Ml DUO! TIMES. . Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic Economy, Polite Literature, Politics and the Current News of the Day. | XXI.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY II, 1890. NUMBER 28. I HURRAH FOR HEMPHILL r HE STANDS UP IN CONGRESS AND DOES STRAIGHT r LK'NGLmlge Make* a Labored Kffort In llolialf of Ilia Infant urn Scheme?HampHlll'a Splendid Argum nt?Other S|>eechea. The debute ;u the Lodge election bill commenced iu the House on Thusrday. Lodge made the opening speech, urging the measure as necessary, just, wise and constitutional. Hemphill, of South Carolina, followed, beginning with an argument to demonstrate the unconstitutional ^nature of the bill, that Congress Hfehould not interfere with the returns. HHHucad of the legislative declarations in the past by the States of New York, Ohio and New Jersey against congressional usurpation of tha right to conduct eloctions. He declared that this was not a national bill. It was sectional. Under the provisions of the first section some portions of the ^^fcited States would be under the ^Wpervision of from two to five super visors according to the respective size of the congressional and judicial districts. He could conceive of no honest purpose for such provision. It could hav6 no effect but to place the peoplo of some districts between the upper and nether millstones. As to the terms under which the law was to go into effect (petition of a limited number of porsons,) why was it so limited if it was a good thing? The law should bo universally applied. Why was it that this very complicated and unsatisfactory provision was put in unless there was an intention to jut the jrokn .on some portions of the people'of this > couilfcy and allow others to do as they saw fit? He called for an'explanation of that provision. Now suppose the United States Courts were corrupted and from the amount of corruption reported by the gentleman from Massachusetts it might safely be inferred that one-half of the people were unworthy of trust, that they were to be watched as criminals or ticket of leave men. Suppose that the supervisor were to turn to a Democrat. He had a iife tenure and could not I5e removed. That hadn't occurred to the gentleman from Massachusetts. This was a measure to rob them of their dearest rights. He had marched before the glittering bayonets of United States soldiers to cast his ballot. Troops of soldiers had been . sent to his town, and every soldier it was proposed to revive, the peoblo of the ooiun una i>een robbed by picked villains of the North, backed up by tho bayonets of the United States army. The South didn't want to be caught in that position again. "We," Hemphill continued, "know that we must either rule that country or leave it. Now for myself, .before the people of the United States and before God, in all reverence, I swear we will not leave it. (Applause.) It is the home of our fathers. There their bones lie buried. They bought it with their blood when Concord and Lexington were the battle fields of this country. They have handed it down to us unimpaired and, gentlemen, arc we not our fathers' sons? Shall the blood first turn back in our veins? Shall we transmit to the coming generations a great and noble State which has been overruled and down trodden by those who God never intended should rule over us? I don't hesitate to say the colored man has as many rights as I have, but he can't have his rights and mine too, and this law is intended to put him again in control of the Southern Kf.rtfua infhn/lorl Ia wn lm*? r^vtvvvw *MWM\?VV? W VT lllACIi IlilCii [JI U" judic?,<&rhich we fast dying out?intended to bring about again that constant irritation and clash between the two colors in the South which will retard its growth and which will bo the destruction of tho joys of human life." Hemphill then read from a recent address by ex-Governor Chamberlain of South Carolina, Republican, in Boston to show what a former Gov. emor and Republican thought of tho negro situation in the South. He jggkaev.'it was useless to ruitioy with cer Retain m?niu the North. ^Chey did not pjfWaMlktyTliid would not oelieve anyBathing the South might say. But there i were many people in the country who believe in honesty and he had not B doubted that "when we pass back of | politics and get to the great body of I the American people and have stated j0L<?m honestly and fairly the truth 9 80b the Southern country and the ^Black man in it; when they have unH^^l^od the whole facts and have ^^^^H^^^^usion, I havo no doubt people final M^m, for the bill arose chiefly from the condition of affairs in tho South, and upon being challenged for specification by Southern members lie gave instances in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Arkansas. His assertions wero disputed by gentlemen from these States so constantly and stubbornly that at times two or more members would be speaking at once, ltowell, however, held tho floor and abated nothing of tho sweeping nature of his charges. Lelilbach, of New Jersey. Republican, said he could not favor the legislation. He admitted the condition of elections in many parts of tlic country would seem to justify tho passage of such a measure. He had no doubt frauds wore perpetrated to a certain extent both North and South. It would, however, in his opinion be worse not to let the people of the several States regulate their own elections. [Loud Democratic applause.] The moral sentiment of the country and education would bring about the same results, and ii ? 1.1 i? in... iviiui turn ?uuiu uu xuu bill was not general anil uniform. He questioned the right to make a law applicable in some States and not in others. It should bo uniformly applicable and not dependent upon the petition of any number of citizens. United States supervisors were to be appointed and supervisors, experience had shown, were liable, like others, to seek to influence elections their owa way. He thought the law would bring about a conflict of authority between election officers chosen by the people and those appointed by the United States Judge and this might bring about a deplorable state of affairs. The law could not be en forced when moral sentiment was so "tow us to ruvur corrupt elections aua when that sentiment was elevated the law would be unnecessary. Tucker, of Virginia, opposed the bill specifically and generally. He claimed that it gavo supervisors the right to determine the qualifications of electors, a right reserved by the Constitution to the States. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ?The board of visitors of the Citadel academy lias "determined to omit this year's encampment, on account the recent sickness among the cadets and the possibility of exposure. ?Albert Ithett, the twolvc-yearold son of Col. Jno. T. Phott of Columbia died on Tuesday, of lockjaw brought on by a wound in the foot, BYmiift ifeiflM- a ft i ?On Moiroay an ox which belonged U> J.'Land Scruggs of Green villa, county, which was tied up to a tree in the horse lot, was struck by lightning and killed instantly. ?On Sunday night, during a very severe thunder storm, the store of A. M. & J. Tj. Lopex, at Coosaw, was struck by lightning and set 011 fire. The entire si oro and the stock were destroyed. ?James Forlner, living near Marietta in Greenville county, committed suicide early Monday morning by cutting his throat with a razor. He had been insano for tlueo days and killed himself a few minutes after his attendants left him. ?The Sans Souci Driving Park Association of Greenville are making great preparations for the races to begin there on the 30th and to last tliree days. Crack horses from all over the State and other States have been entered. ?Mr. Noah Clements, an aged and highly respected citizen of Darlington county, died Sunday night last of hydrophobia. He died forty-three days after having been bitten by the rabid animal, and his death occurred under peculiarly sad circumstances. ?The following statement shows the salaries of the Presidential postoffices in South Carolina as they are arranged under the present adjustment for the fiseal year beginning on the 1st of July: Aiken, $1,500, Beaufort, $1,500, Camden, $1,300, Chester $1,500, Darlington C. H., $1,300, Georgetown, $1,200, Laurens C. H., $1,300, Newberry C. H., $1,500, Rock Hill, $1,400, Sumter C. H., $1,700, Winnsboro, $1,100, Anderson C. H. $1,600, Bennettsvillo, $1,200, Charleston, $3,200. Columbia. $2,600. "Flnr ence, $1,500, Greenville C. ?L $2,500, Marion, $ 1,100, Orangoburg C. H. $1,500, Spartanburg, $1,800, Union, $1,200, Yorkville, $1,200. ?At the recent unveiling of Lee's statue in Richmond the veterans of the Stuart horse artillery held a meeting and effected an organization fer the purpose of preserving the record and history of the gallant old command. Col. R. P. Chow, of Virginia, was elected president and Col D. Cardwell, of Columbia, secretary. Hart's battery was attached to this command, and those of its members who desiro to aid in this work and enter their names upon the roll are requested to wtite to Col. D. Cardwell (of McGregor's battery) at Columbia. ?A prominent member of tho Columbia bar, who has investigated matter, furnishes the News and the following inform a Supreme Court of South ^^^^K^resentH a most remarkable 'or thirteen years Justice not been absent a single ^ fl^lis seat upon the bench. ^^^^^^Aears Justice McGowun one day by reason ^^^^^HKhsposition. Chief Justen years has been of one day by reason his family. Except been ordered to be has gone over anthe decree has been ^^^H^HJ^Hfore next term HIE STATE CAMPAIGN. THE CANDIDATES CONTINUE TOADDRESS TnE PEOPLE. A LnrKO Meeting nt Wlnimboro In General Itrntton'rt County - Some Account of the I'rncocdliiRi. Greenville News. About 1,500 people were present, including many ncg.ioes. The ln.vi iug was called to order by County Chairman H. A. Gaillard, who made an appeal for order and a respectful healing for all the speakers. As soon as ho finished there was general cheering for Bratton and Tillman. The exercises were opened with prayer by the Rev. Herbert Jones. General Bratton was the first speaker of the day. Ho spoko very briefly, but his remarks were punctuated all through with vociferous applause. He repeated his former warnings and emphasized them. He also renewed his attack on the present federal administration, as oppressive to the fanning interests. He begged of his people a courteous hearing for other speakers, saying they only maintained their self-respect by being courteous to others. Colonel Earle, who was the next speaker, was greeted with loud cheers and throughout Lis speech was listened to with respect and attention except one or two attempted interruptions. His speech was very aggressive. He said the State Government had been charged with extravagance and ^prruntion. He said the reoort was that Capt, Tillman only paid $43 111 taxes on 1,800 acres of land and other property. Tillman said that was State taxes. Earle said the report said all. Tillman said it was a lie. Colonel Earle said the railroads in Edgefield county were returned at a low valuation and Tillman was a member of the board of equalization. The railroads were compelled to make returns under oath, though Gary said they did not. Tillman said he didn't thiuk the county board of equalization had anything to do with railroad returns. Earle said under the law they had. Colonel Earlo defended the agricultural bureau and cited the benefits arising from the establishment He mentioned the Abbeville proposition, said he believed Butler was an HH est man. He thanked God lm. fflR made him acknowledge the lmiesty of one man against whom nad made charges and if that \ras all I he accomplished ho felt his canvass I of the State had not been in vain. Earle accused Tillman of slandering tho State and read from an article published in The Cotton Plant. Tillman had in this slandered every officer the State has had since '76. He went through the institutions of the Shell manifesto amU- platform and assailed the objectionable points. He asked Gary how he got on tho ticket. Gary said ho was tendered tho nomination by Shell. Colonel Earle spoke of the primary and alluded to tho rejected proposition at Union. He closed amid rousing cheers. AVhen Captain Tillman was presented there was perfect pandemonium. Tillman said it was the most impartial crowd he had seen except in Columbia. All the candidates;had been received ho warmly. He said it was the fourteenth county he had been in and there were more Bratton and Earle men here than all the others put together. Tillman was4coutinually interrupted by the noisy wrangling of the crowd. Tho spirit of the anti's seemed to bo to listen, but the two sides wrangled so among themselves that it was almost impossible to hear. Finally Tillman said he had twentytwo more speeches to make and he would not bo howled down by ajmob. A voice cried out, "get down." Tillman said, "all right, sir, I'll get down," and took his seat. The intensest excitement followed this incident and anything bke order was impossible. Ono man walked up on tho stand, shook hands with Tillman and said he was a Bratton man at first but now ho was a Tillmanite "from hell to breakfast." A prominent Bratton man said it was only righteous indignation for J-l A- A ? - - ? tu? treatment 01 nratton at Liaurens. After five minutes of confusion thrice confounded Tillman again proceeded and was heard with re spectful attention till the close of his speech. He rehearsed the charges of the campaign and endeavored to defend the action of the March Convention. He said he was the head of the ticket and the only man suggested by the nrcftllivflfinti niwl it l>/> -1 _.0 ..mt it iiu miD uiwuill It would be one time the head would wag the dog. Ho would not allow the lawyers on his.ticket to dictate his policy. He said he would carry all the counties in tlio State excopt two or six, and the people were going to have a Governor Tillman in spite of themselves. In alluding to his prospects, ho said ho knew of only one thing which could beat him. It would be for the News and Courier to turn over and advocate him for Govornor. The people would then say he had sold out. He charged many impositions and extravagances of the Stato government, naming the cost of tho penitentiary, the experiment stations and agricultural bureau, and giving the figures of the reports of the cost of tlio Agricultural Department. Earle renewed tlie proposition to have an expert to examine the department. Tillman said ho would mako 110 investigations till he was Governor. Tillman read a letter of Senator Woodward accusing him of assaulting the State Government. Woodward denied tho charge em phatcially. Another episode seemed imminent. Woodward said there vero Tillmanites on the stand with Hi ir hands 011 their pistols. James Tillman, son of Congressman Tillman, construed the remark as applying to himself and some hot words passed but all was quieted in a few moments and Tillman closed his speech. Pope, Gary and Crawford, Farley, Rico and Townsend followed with brief speeches. Tho meeting showed a decided Tillman sentiment. Thorc were two or three fisticuffs. Beyond that and the vociferations of the crowd, generally the meeting ivas good natured in the extreme. c. b. h. THE NEW FORCE BILL. How the Kxtrnonllnary Measure is Received by Soul hern Republicans. Mr. John R. Lynch, the colored ex-Representative from Mississippi, and now fourth auditor of the treas my, writes an exceedingly lengthy communication to the Post in favor of the proposed federal election law. Mr. Lynch is one of the ablest of the colored politicians of tho South, or rather he was, for practically Washington has been his abiding place for a number of vears. and the rmly inhe appears to take in his race is when he wites an occasional letter or makes an occasional speech on Southern affairs. He is a thorough politician, and a professional colored politician can not be expected to give good advice to his people. There are no strong points in his argument in favor of another force bill. It proceeds on the old assumption that the colored voters of the South are never to have any liberty of opinion, but are to be forever chained to the hind wheel of the Republican party. In opposition to Mr. Lynch the voice of a great many of the real representatives of his race have been raised? men who have not come to Washington to look for office, but have stayed at home and cast their lot with their own people. But the most significant circumstance about this whole r TfflrtteherJ^fll fo"15e7#ilild in the strong' olAfljttions raised by many of the prominent white Republicans' of ihe Southern States. The most sagadftus ituu me most respcciADio oi tnese questions very seriously the wisdom and the expediency of the measure. Mr. Thomas 13. Keogh, of South Carolina, for many years the most influential Republican of that State, while in the office of the Sun Bureau today, expressed decided dissent to the policy of any more legislation to regulate elections in the South. He said tho caucus bill now pending in the House was needless, that it was plainly unconstitutional, and if enacted would entirely fail to accomplish the purposes for which intended. Its only effect would bo to disturb harmony and promote ill-will. He said there was a time years ago when the Republican party in Congress, if it had had the courage, could have settled the negro question, and settled it permanently. That time was passed, and no legislation which the Republican party may over bo able to enact can suffice to repair the errors which it has committed.?Baltimore Sun. ANOTHER CONFERENCE CALLEDMen Who OppoM Tillman Invited to (lather at Columbia. The following circular has boon received with permission for publication: Columbia, S. C., June 30th, 1890. Dear Sir:?I have been instructed by the Executive Committee of tho Democratic Campaign Club, of this county, and have been requested by representative men from different sections of the State, to invite a conference to assemble in the State House at Columbia, at eight p. m. on 10th July prox. Tho conference is to be composed of Democrats opposed to the "Tillman" party and methods, and it is suggested, as largely as practicable of formers and mechanics to represent r1 " _1 torests, it is alle$ garded by our since 1870. Sim addressed to sev< county of tho Stn request that each other work for th before us, and i patriotic men, w peril now pending will apply their ft energy, and by her. There is no res The larger the better wo will be what is for the cc You are urged once in person an tendance of othe requested that, at you indicate what sentation from y< Very rosj President Den Club Richland C< ?Throe oartlu) felt at Santa lb Tuesday. STATU EXPEN DITlllKS. STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE COST OF THE GOVERNMENT. lolin C. llitnkoll'H S|?e?*d? in Columbia?Tlio 1'armeiV Actual Proportion <i( tlm OIIUth uud legislative I'owcr, Population nnd Taxable Value*. Ladies uud my fellow-citizens: I come bofore you to-day asking no yffico lit your bauds. I am here in answer to a call made against our mother State, to toll you the upon the matters under discussion in litis moment out* canvass. I came here to-day though my business called me away, to meet face to face this man who claims to bo the Moses of the farmers; to question him as to the truth of the charges he has made against this State ond her people: to prove to him to his face that his charges are false, and now I find that he has gone. (Laughter and applause.) I gave him notice, for I called 011 him to stay hero to answer and to make good his charges against the people of this State, or here, in the face of South Carolinau, to acknowledge that he had spoken falsely. But he answered that he would not stay, and in fact he lias gone. (Derisive cheers.) There can bo no denial about the fact tnat he has arrayed class against class,aiul men who have stood side by side in the war, and who lived under and redeemed themselves from the worst government the world ever saw, up to the redemption of 1870. His claim to the governorship is based solely upon the '.grave charges ngaidst men who have striven to support us and our State since that redemption. He has arraigned the T.ogiHlnliu'oaiul imliotcil it for eltravaganco and corruption and for the suppression of the rights of the people. I propose to give him and you some figures to sustain my position and as a complete answer to his charges against our people and government. They may be tedious but they are necessary. From 1870 until the present day there has beon 110 Legislative Assembly which had less than 12 majority of farmers over all other classes of representatives from the State. The largest majority of farmers was 28 in 1878 and the smallest was 12 in 1884. Now, I challenge any man in his senses to answer mo how could the farmers have been wronged or ruled by rings when they had a clear majority in every Assembly since 187G? Now, as to the oppression by lawa single one was a lawyer. There were Hampton, Hagood, Jetor, itichardson and Thompson, and not one of them a lawyer. Of the State offices a majority of them were filled outside of the profession of the law, there being no lawyers except in the Attorney General's office. Now thgn, what does the charge amount to if it does not amount to this?that the Legislature beincr in the hamlet of the farmers since 187G, that they have been false to their* trust, and that the white people, the white farmers, have proven themselves unfit for self government? (Great applause and cheering.) That is the .charge, my friends, that he has made against the good name and fair fame of this State, and that is the charge that you must rebuke by your verdict at the polls. (Tremendous applause and cheering.) There has been a very common clamor that the farmers have never had a fail* share of the representation, and although he is not here it has been repeated by men upon his ticket, but, by the way, let us iirst look at the ticket and see how it represents the farmers. Who are they? There ii.. . tii * ? ? ih mo candidate ior Attorney General, Y. J. Pope. He is a lawyer. There is the candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Gary, and he is a lawyer, and there is the caudidato for Superintendent of Education, Mr. Mayfield, and he is a lawyer, and I believe the rest of the ticket has not yet been filled out, and there is Mr. J. E. Tindall, who is a farmer and whom I believe to be a good soldier, for we stood together for three years, and I know him to be a brave and true man. Let me call your attention now to the other claims made by this reformer. Tf we look at. the tenth census we will find, on page 785, that there are in this State farmers and planters 89,000; members of other professions 60,000, or in other words four-sevenths of the white voting population are farmers and the three-sevenths professions. The pay $319,000 of igures cannot be from the records f the State. Now, have only fourite voting populatliree-sevenths of the farmers com .vo live-sevenths of ? If a ring liaa y are tho ling, for o themselves. But ug and tho charge se. But some jieo .tiafied. man in this Stato, uphill, of Abbevociferous aupHo was continuarge of extravatate government, riment with liim. bill and asked him moat economical Ln what he thought I a expenses. Ho p footed it up the ^ed thousand dolippropriation bill, .use.) I intended l'h, self-appointed ell us what lie i proponed to do if he should ba elect d Governor, and where ho intended to cut. oil' the expenses, but he has gone. Well, the heaviest uppropriu- p tions made in this State were made last year and by a Legislature overwhelmingly elected in the fajrmersi N interest. They claimed that 'they were pledged to give the people the Cleinson College. They appropriated ?9-40,000(nnd this was done by men r pledged to Tillman's cause, ai d, t as 1 said, it was the heaviest h expenditure ever made in South ii Carolina.) How was it done? ? Since the judicial and election o and executive and other depart- f incuts were the same, and the inter- r est 011 the public debt of ?383,000 c must be paid every year, how could t it be done otherwise unless we had repudiated our publie debt and made t no appropriation to meet it? Here t uro some of the items: $100,001) was f appropriated for the Lunatic Asylum, c aud I do not believe there is a man > in the State who would begrudge tlnn 1 assistance aud more to those poor ^ afflicted, God-smitten creatures. So } far as this item is concerned, we sim i ply appropriated the amount neces- 1 sary to conduct that institution. The t increase camo because of the pension bill, which called for $50,000, and was introduced by Ml*. Sampson Pope. The Clemson Agricultural College took $43,000, and the Stite House $00,000, which, by the way, was recommended by a committee, threefourths of whose members were farmers, and I voted against it. But that is a sufficient answer to the charge of extravagance. I had trusted that Tillman would have been here so that I could make him admit, item by item, that he could not take oil" a single dollar without repudiating the State's honest debt, or striking at the noble charities of our State. He has elected to leave this meeting, but let him answer me when he will, and when he does ho must admit his nvrnv But, gentlemen,in addition to this, ( what lias this Legislature done? j When did it ever fail to pass an aet ] called for by the farmers? They demanded the lieu law and it was enacted. They demanded the seed cotton law, and it was enacted. They 1 demanded the creditors' preference law, and it was enacted. They demanded an agricultural depai tment in the College. Some of us objected to it, but they said "stand aside," and they got it, because they had a majority, and it is e\en now a subject of attack by this self-appointed candidate for Governor. He ha < hai^i i directly, if not by inuenu . hiyli j ruption, but brought face to face n a; .: him he retracted his char^; He alleged that he could not muhaul I the accounts of the department. A don't know how that may be, but only ten days ago Governor Hagood said that there was not an old butter anil egg woman in the State who could not understand that expense account, and ho denounced as false any cliarere of t he niisinmrn priation cf a siuglo dollar of the ngri- j cultural fund. Captain Tillman lias , been reduced at last to one charge , which he has not withdrawn, and that , is the retailing of the slander of the ; half idiot who charged Governor 1 Thompson with taking the State's , property from the Governor's Man- ( sion. Tillman has retailed the story of this half-witted creature, which any man would blush to repeat. He ( has attacked the Legislature about the reapportionment matter. Let . me give you the history of it. In , 1884 the bill was passed to take the j census, but the farmers' vote was , heavily against an appropriation to pay for it. Failing in tliis the Constitution was amended by the resolution brought in by Senator Munro to adopt the census of 1880. It was a crying injustice, against which all ' exclaimed and the best lawyers declared it unconstitutional, and this [ was done bv men who bail nnt.Hmicrlif political ollicc, and among them was , one who is now on the bench. He, , too, lias been assailed, and for the ' first time in the history of South ' Carolina we find the judiciary of the i State attacked by more than innuendo. (Interruption of ''Hurrah for Izlar,'' ' applause and cheers.) Well, that is a sufficient answer. Gentlemen, is there oneof you who believed Tillman \ when he got up today and made his , labored effort to show that leprosy meant greed of office? Neither you , nor I have ever heard greed and the i .louiv.. f . vt\ oil u 1V/1 uiiiw VIVOV1 1L/UV.1 UU1UI U lirj , leprosy. But that is uot what lie meant. Ho intended to charge and did charge depravity, moral depravity just as ho meant it when he said there was something rotten in Denmark. (Cheers.) But, whatever he said ho has come out of it all himself as the chief of lepers. (Applause and cheering.) All, gentlemen, this constant making of charges behind a man's back, and retracting them face to face, is sickening and dishearten* ing. " Death of Dr. Meynrrdio. Rev. E. J. Mnynnrdie, I). D., died in this city yesterday of apoplexy. He was well known in South Carolina as an able minister of the M. E. Church, South, having tilled most of the prominent charges in the State At the time of his death he was pastor of the Methodist Church in Camden. Dr. Meynardie was a native of tho city of Charleston. The news of his death will cause sadness in many hearts. Ho was a consecrated preacher of the gospel and a patriotic citizen.?Columbia Register. ?Col. Robert Aldrich of Barnwell contradicts tho statement that he , wants to lie Attorney General. NIK SOI Til GROWING. iCURES OF THREE MONTHS' MARVELOUS PROGRESS. early 1 New KntorpriKon Organized Again*! (MX) Tor the Same Time I.aid Year, mill Itriglitcr I'roHpccta Ahead. The Clmttunoogii Tradesman reiorts for the second quarter of lSiH) lie organization of 1.41M enternrises ii the Southern states, against, 690 11 the corresponding quarter of 1S89 nd 719 in the corresponding quarter f 1888. Tliese reports are compiled rom carefully prepared statistical eports sent the Tradesman from ae: urate sources from every point in he Southern States. During the quarter just ended hree agricultural implements facories were established, live barrel actories and live breweries. Fortyme brick, works were commenced igainst eighteen iu the same quarter ast year, and one new bridge works vas established in Kentucky. Six loot and shoe factories were est.d) isliod, and ten car works, live in Alalama, three in Georgia and two in south Carolina. UTII.17.INO SMAI.I. K1U*ITS. The disposition of the South to itili/.e small fruits is evidenced by lie establishment of fifty-six canning "actories, thirteen in Georgia, ten in Florida, nine in South Carolina and lie balance equally distributed in lie South. Nine new cigar and tolaceo factories were started. The textile industries received their share if attention, a total of sixty six having licen organized during three months, twenty of which were organized in deovgia, nine in Alabama, nine in rexus, seven in Louisiana and six in Jouth Carolina. Twelve new cotton compress companies were formed and six new disilleries organized, four in the State jf North Carolina, Forty nine electric iglit works were formed, and liftyjne Hour and grist mills. Seventy foundries were organized, Alabama leading with twenty. MANY NEW BLAST FURNACES. Aii evidence that the South s increasing its product of raw metals is furnished by the fact thai twenty new blast furnace companies were organized in three months, against seventeen in the corresponding quarter of last year. Eleven were organized in Alabama, three in Virginia, three each in Texas,Tennessee,North Caiolina and Georgia, and one each u. Arkansas. Kentucky, West Virginia. Forty-four ice factories were estabLittLnJL . Ximft Uuu?l?<u\ unJ nweu imtrv ing companion were formed. Forty- i seven new oil mills wee established, against sixteen in the corronj i a ' ag quarter last year, twelve .-i \ aich we)<e ui Georgia, el".< 1:1 .South Carolina, nine in Texas, and five in West Virginia. OKEAT ACTIVITY IN It AIT.ROADS. One hundred and sovcnty-cigid new railroad corporations organized. AJ1 of these of course will not be built, but the fact that the companies were formed is a substantial proof of the interest in that direction. Nine rolling mills were established in the South, and twelve stamp mills, and smelters. Fifty-five new street rail way companies were formed in the juarter and and fifty-two new works, uul in addition 22") wood working establishments and 225 miscellaneous establishments. The Tradesman says there is greater activity in the formation of new enterprises to-day than ever before and the prospects for the coining year were never more favorable. The Hodge Hill Passed. Washington, July 2.?At 8:20 t he reading of the engrossed copy of the Lodge bill was concluded, two hours unl live minutes having been consumed thereby. The question was Jien put on the passage of the bill, the vote resulting yeas 155; nays 140. Messrs. Lehlback, of New Jersey, md Coleman, of Louisana, voted igainst the bill with the Democrats. With this exception it was a strict party vote. A few years ago the Democrats of the Sixth Kentucky District grew in clillerent and supposed that there was no need for exertion. The result was a still hunt by the opposition, and though Mr. Carlisle defeated his opponent by ovor 1,500 majority, the contest was carried into the House and the Republicans'voted almost solidly to unseat him. Fortunately the Democrats of that dis trict are attending to business) now. They have just elected Hon. W. Dickerson as Mr. Carlisle's successor by 9,800 majority. Democratic organization should be kept strong and ni'livo in hvavv iliuh'iof in 4lw? T'i!if4>jl States. It must bo regretted on nil Hides that there has been so much disorder at the Democratic campaign meetings. Surely there ought to be some way to stop this. If no other device will accomplish the result, it might be well for all the candidates to enter into an agreement to quit speaking as soon as there should be any bad behavior?such conduct, for examph s, as was seeu at Laurens, Aiken, Edgefield, Columbia and Winnsboro Judging from the doings at these places, wo apprehend that the rougher elements rather took ixiscssion of the meetings. The sober people on both sides ought to take charge of things?the sooner the better. Corns, wai ts and bunions removed quickly and surely by using Abotts . , " East Indian Com Paint