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XXL?NEW SERIES. NUMBER 31.
1101! LtfD l'OPE.
< *_ the
chairman of the executiv
committee in defencel>r.
Siiiiii>H'in I'opo'r. ChnrK* Ak?'iM Iih A
IImi.-l'lu'Ca*u Up iih It Stain
.* (1 I'l'mciitcd to tin* I'ublic.
The following correspondence bi
t ivi?ii Co! lames A. Hoyt, chairnm
of lite i> uocnitic .Stiite Executiv
Committee. and Dr. Sampson Popt
of No.v berry, S. C.. explains itself:
(iKKfcXvu.LE, S. C, July 7, 1800.
Dr. Sampson Pope. Newberry, S. C
Dour Sir?In the proceedings c
t In- JX'tnocratie County Conventione
X wberrv Count v. i find the follow
nig statement in 1110 preamble am
iv.^olutions introduced by you: "San
Executive Committee did meet, tiu<
by u vote of thirteen to one did rt
lose to give us u State primary.
As tins refers directly to the meet
in *of the State Executive Committee
in*i>I "May 0th, is;)0, 1 respect full,
n-A that you will furnish me wit)
your authority for making tho state
ment. It is a matter of simple jus
tiee to th?' Executive Committee tha
an 11 in | unit lied statement, purporting
k t^ give its precise action at a definite
W time, shall rest upon good authority
or else that that the statement be re
t raoted. if unsupported by such au
tlioiity. Let me assure you that n<
such action was taken, and that you:
information is entirely incorrect. Tin
Lvi'i-ulive Committee has never vo
i d iijiou the question of a State pri
in .. v at all. 1 hope you will recog
i: ,e I iK- importance and propriety o
t ?i ieeun ; so gross nn error, wliiol
?.iesa 11. ig rant injustiee to gentle
i.i. n occupying u responsible posi
i on 111 the Democratic parly of tlii;
o. ate? On oilier points we may dif
i . widely, but there can be no tlif
S eii. e o. opinion as to the obviou;
> . u se on your pavt to rectify thi:
' M ni liter, winch has obtained the sane
t in of a County Convention tlirougl
your .estiumeutnlity.
Very truly yours.
Jamks A. Hoyt,
Chairman State Democratie Kxe
eative Ctuniuittee.
N'.avni iiKY, S. July Hth, 1890.
De.ii- Sir---Tne resolution referred
to the refusal of the committee ii
May (a tlay or two after the llidge
way speech) to call a conventioi
looting to Hie ipiestiou of a primary
b nig submitted to it. My reeolloc
ti.ui when i drew ii, was, and is now
lii il N.d. G. in ln> letter puhliskuc
I ue next morning in the News am
( miipr.staled the Kxeculive Com
m;.ice stood 1J to 1. and slated, J
4-1. .?]- Ci 1| .it if U'fi J uo/iiv^t " T f V/U
have ilu' p iper you run, by cxainiu
ing il. see whether or not I win
wrong. I have not ii copy of it.
Very respectfully,
SAMI'S?N Poi'E.
Gt.i knvm.i.i:, S. C., July 11, 1890.
Dr. Sampson Pope, Newberry, S. C.
Dear Sir: Your favor of the Stl
in !., has been received, and auswo]
delayed by my absence from home
As 1 have ulread.y assured you tlia
the Slate Executive < ommittee da
not vote upon the question of a pri
in.;;y at tlie meeting held May Mil
llii1 reply you make is quite unsatis
factory. You have based an attael
upon the Executive Committee on in
formation that is totally incorrect
and your statement in reference t<
what N. O. G. said the next morniiif
in the News and Courier is equally
wide of the mark. Ho referred to tin
Executive Committee as being 15
against and one for Tillman, but tlii;
is very ilillorent Irom ret using "i<
give us a Stale primary" us you allegi
was done. I will he very glad t<
Know whet her you propose to male
t in-correct ion, ami incase you tic
el.ne to do so. 1 will print this corrc
spondenee in justice to the Exeeutivi
('oinniit tee.
Yours respectfully,
Jamks A. Hoyt,
W Chairman St ate Executive Conunittec
Nkwiskiihv, S. C., July 19, 1890.
Dear Sir: Y'our letter of tho l it!
was received, and in reply I have thi
to say: Mr. <ion/ales obtained infoi
lnation from some member of you
committee upon which he based hi
letters of the 9th and 10th of May b
the News and Courier. I have bee:
v i ible to get a copy of that of th
! h. the one of the 9th being shot
i accout of the lateness of the lion
(> adjournment. of your eonuuitt.e<
He stated, if I recollect correctly
tled the question of a primary wa
acted on, and further stated thnttli
e niiinittce stood 19 against Tillma
b?l for him. Iff recollect properl
i lis last statement was italicized an
in figures. Your committee mc
^ ;"4'iiu on t he-Jot h of June. Our cot
V M illion met on the 28th of Juni
During all of this time that elapse
I'' tween M iy sth and June 25th n
coerect ion of Mr. (r.'s statement \vn
made by your eonmiittee, nor \vu
anyaiioa taken upon it at you
no ci ing of .Juno '25th. You allowe
ii to stand that lb of the I t membei
present were against. Mr. Tilliual
ri l ii was only after the publicatio
>.' our proceedings had 011 the '2Ht
ii" .June that we hear of any denia
V\ e hail a right to infer from tlm
statement that a vote 011 calling
oiiveiition for primary had been ti
ken, and that it stood lb against an
1 for. You say that 110 vote was h
I..11: you say no action was taken 0
i.ie primary. Is it not possible, tin
hat an outside agreement was ba
on 1 lie <plest ion, and decided so as t
u>o ! 1' 1 .|:? stieii coming up in tl
A m, line' it yon will give me tl
* ? 1? iii? - on- nr more of the lb wli
ho01 .1 a convention for primal
outside or inside of tin1 niee
nig 011 the stli of May, I wi
cheerfully cor rect to that extent.
You go so far in your ti 1st letter 1
me aa to sa*, "tlie Executive Coin
mitteo has * never voted upon tli?
question of ft primary ftt all," am
that, too, after they had called aeon
\ention for that purposo t*> meet 01
e- August 13th. f am not a member o
,H your committee, aiul do not of coursi
know how you decide matters com
b- mg before you, but I do know yoi
n decided to call and did call a conven
>e tion by some means known to your
selves to meet on August 13th totak<
into consideration a primary. These
iu-e not days for quibbling or hail
splitting. I am willing that the pub
.: lie shall decide whether or not I havt
>f misrepresented your committee. Yot
if are at liberty to publish this corres
r- pondeueo from beginning to end and
d the letter of Mr. Gonzales, published
d in the News and Courier of May 10th
ii | with it. but it must bo all published.
> [ Very respectfully.
sampson l ope.
, Gheesvillk,-S. C., July 17, 1890.
y Dr. Sampson Dope, Newberry, S. C.
ti Dear Sir: I am just in receipt of
i- your favor of the lGtli iust. 1 regret
- that you ilnl not see proper to int
form yourself as to the facts before
introducing the resolutions into the
0 County Convention. You seem uii-,
fortunate also in not being able to
i- proeure a copy of the News and
- Courier of May 10th, as that seems
3 to be your authority for making the
r positive statement to which your ate
tention has been called, namely, that
i- the State Executive Committee by a
- vote of thirteen to one refused to or
der a State primary. In order that
f you may learn, at. t his late day, what
1 X. G. G. said in his correspondence
- on the 10th of May, I will tpiote the
- paragraph in full: "The members of
a the Democratic State Committee left
- for their homes today. While they
- have taken no oftieial action in the
a matter, and have endeavored to make
a no discrimination in favor of either
- the Tillmanites or the Anti Tillmanl
itcs, it is an open secret that tho
members of the committee regard
the Tillman movement, as organized
ami pressed, a serious menace to
- the solidity of the Democratic party,
and that none of the fourteen who
gathered here last night are support
ers oi riiiman, except air. vtarv, 01
I Abbeville."
i I do not know the source from
- wliicb Mr. Gonzales received the iui
formation, and which was evidently
,* obtained after the members had left
! the city, but 1 ilo not doubt tiie cor.
rectness of his statement. Yet what
1 is the relevancy between his state1
meut and the declaration you made,
deliberately and without qualification,
L that the State Executive Committee
i had refused by a vote of thirteen
to one to order a State primary? You
? arc obliged to admit that there is no
connection whatever between the
statement of Mr. Gonzales and the
declaration contained in your resolu
tions. Because thirteen out of fourteen
were opposed to Mr. Tillman, as
a matter of fact, is no justification
i whatever for an absolute declaration
r that is utterly groundless and w ith
. out the shadow of foundation. The
f thirt -en members who are thus niisi
! represented by you iia\e just us much
right to oppose Mr. Tillman as you
i have to support him, and to distort
- their opposition to him as being
i against a primary is one of the very
queer features of this campaign. 1
>, repeat again that no such action was
j taken on the question of a primary
* election on the 8th of Ma}*, or auyy
thing akin to it, and the statement
c contained in your resolutions is enf
tirely baseless and gratuitous. Theres
fore, you had no right to infer from
j the correspondence of N. G. G. "that
b a vote on calling a convention for
3 primary hail been taken, and that it
d stood lit against and 1 for." It fol
lows that there could bo no denial of
thing which never existed, and it is
o plain enough that your authority
disproves your own assertion.
The only vote by yeas and nays on
that occasion was upon the date for
>. holding the nominating Convention.
Some favored September Itril aud
others September 10th, which was
li ottered as a substitute, and the vote
s was upon a motion to lay on the ta
- blc?ayes 5 and nays H. The substi
r tutc (September 10th) was then adop
s ted.
o I am not writing at random, but
u with an exact copy of the minutes be
0 fore me, nor am I taking so mud
1 pains to correct your egregious error
r on account of any personal reasons
. but because you succeeded in getting
', the endorsement of the Newberry
s Democratic Convention, thereby
0 giving the declaration an importance
n in did otherwise possess.
.v I cannot closo without giving r
it moment to tlie extraordinary quer.>
't contained in your last favor, whereii
1 you say: "Is it not possible, then
\ that an outside agreement was had
d on the question, and decided so as
o to avoid the question coming up ii
is the meeting?" The members of tin
is State Executive Coniinitteo haveal
ir ways shown the courage andmanliness
il to net openly ami in accordance wit 1
h their convict ions, ami the insinua
i, tion you make is only another ileitis
11 tiee added to the injury already done
h There is not the slightest shadow 01
I. pretext for this violent suppositioi
it on your part, which is m keeping
a with the spirit of your resolutions,
i I will furnish tliis correspondent<
d to the newspapers, so that the puh
i lie may jud^e as to your course ii
>11 this matter Respectfully,
ii Jam km A. Hoyt,
1 ('hin'n State Dem. Kx. Com.
<?
ie - ie
io While trying to stop a lii_rht a
y Ihikersville, N. C . on Friday. Stoke
t lhirlinson. a prominent citizen. wa
ill stahhed to death by Mitchell Groci
a notorious rouble Green iH in jui
to and may bo lynched.
! ' .THE'BOLuiER WAS A FATHER1
A lloiimnllc and ThrlllliiK Story of|ttoo Civil
War?How a Letter From Home
j a l)?werll?n.
? ! (Kr.. u the Baltimore Suu.)
3 New Yohk. July '23.?There was
- buried at Greenwood yesterday a
1 man with a curious history. Ho had
been a Confederate soldier, as brave
j as any of his comrades, but ho dc?
sorted his army during the war and
was tried bv court martini for doing
so. Edward Cooper was his name
> For the past year he lias been living
t at No. 355 Fourth avenue.
One bleak December morning iu
I l.st)2 he was before a court-martial of
[ the Army ol' Northern Virginia. The
i prisoner was told to introduce his
witnesses. Ho replied, "I have no
witnesses." Astonished at the calmness
with which lie seemed to bo
submitting to his inevitable fate, Gen.
Battle said to him: "Have you no
defense? Is it possible that you
abandoned your comrades and deserted
your colors in the presence of
the enemy without reason?"
"There was a reason," replied
Cooper, "but it will not avail mo before
a military tribunal."
"Ierhaps you are mistaken, said
the General; "you are charged with
the highest crime known to military
law, and it is your duty to make
known the cause that influenced your
actions."
Approaching the president of the
court Coopor presented a letter, saying
as he did so: "There General, is
what did it!
The letter was offered as the prisoner's
defence. It was in theso
words:
"Dear Edward: Since your connection
with the Confederate army
I have been prouder of you than ever
before. I would not have you do
anything wrong for the world, but
before God, Edward, unless you come
home we must die! Last night I
was aroused by little Eddie crying.
I called to him and said: What is
the matter, Eddie? lie replied: Oh,
mamma, I am so hungry. And Lucy
your darling Lucy. She never complains.
But she grows thinner aud
thinner every day. Before God, Edward
unless you come homo we must
die. Yoi'ii Maky.
Turning to the prisoner. General
Battle asked: "What did you do
when you received that letter.
Cooper replied: "I made application
for a furlough. It was rejected.
Again I made application and it was
rejected. That night as I wandered
about our camp thinking of my home
the wild eyes of Lucy looking up to
mc uuti tlic buvniiif; -Trcndn of Mmj
sinking in my brain, I was no longer
the Confedeiato soldier, but I was
the father of Lucy and the husband
of Mary.
"If every gun in the battery had
been tired upon me I would have
passed those lines. When I reached
home Mary flung her arms around
1113' neck and sobbed: "Oh, my Edward!
I am so glad you got your
furlough." She must have ft It in<
shudder, ior she turned as pale as
.1.I,,..- Kvo.Oh n i
evorv word, she said. "Have you
com? without your furlough? Go
buck! Ed .vard, go back! Let nic
and the children go dowu to the
grave, but for Heaven's sake, save
the honor of our name!"
There was not an ollicer on that
court-martial who did not feel the
force of the prisoner's words, but
each in turn pronounced the verdict
guilty. The proceedings of the
court were reviewed by General Lee.
and upon the record was written:
"Headquarters A. N. V.?The linding
of the court is approved. The pris
oner is pardoned and will report to
hiscompany. "It. E. Lee, General."
Two llirds "Willi One Gnu.
Savannah, Ga., July 19.?A special
to tho Morning News says: "At
Guy ton to-day It. G. Norton, Jr., son
of a physician of this place, shot and
i killed two brothers named Willie and
John Bird. Yesterday young Norton
and Willie Bird traded mules. Today
Willie Bird, accompanied by his
brother John, went to Norton's place
to get him to trade back. Norton
, refused, and John Bird, drawing his
pistol, told his brother to open the
i still>le door and recover bis mule.
At this point young Norton shot the
, Birds dead. Norton fled."
Ilis Face Was Clean.
A rather precocious infant had its
christening unfortunately deferred
until it was able to talk, and at the
1 font was lifted in its father's anus
for the ceremony. After the minis
1 tor had dipped his fingers in the wa
' tor, and made the sign of the cross
1 on her forehead, the unawed child
4 leaned down, and catching up the
1 long sleeve of his white gown, wiped
the water away, calniyl remarking:
"Baby* face llean. Don't want was1
sin; dot it wassed fore us turn mod
1 out!"
Killed l?y a Crow liar.
Union, S. C., July l?.?A Mr. Cox,
, superintendent of Messrs. Jones \
, Co's. works on tlie Georgia, Carolina
tV Northern railroad, was killed Weil
t> nesilay evening, near Fish Dam in
, this county. He was sitting down
u while some negroes were at work
building an arch and while some ver.v
heavy rocks were being moved a crow
bar slipped and struck him on tlx
head. He died almost instantly
j lie is saitl to have been very wealthy
t 1 he Governor has offered a re
s ward of one bundreil doll U's for tin
s apprehension and conviction of per
i,' sons who attempted to assassinati
il ! the [town marshal of Jaoksonboro
1 Colleton county. June 27th
Wrll I to AND BLACKSKffort
of the IxMl^e llill...Tho Mnwurc, If
KiiHettMl anil Knforci'il, Will CaUM Trouble
in the South.
New York, July 24.?When asked 1
l'or his \ iews of tho probable ell'ect on
the industries of tho South of the
passage of the Lodge bill. General
Koger A. Pryor said: My opinion is
that the enforcement of the bill, if
enacted, will invitably provoke collisions
of violence in the Southern States,
and consequently capital will be withdrawn
from the South, or at all events
1. will no longer be sent thither, lie
lations between the races in the South
are at present perfectly pacific and
satisfactory to both, but any attempt
of the federal government to influeuee
the electoral franchise in the
South and so to disturb the equilbrium
of the races will provoke resentment
and illtlnine Pffid'tMAj with
public oi'ler ana tranquility.
No man. whatever his political opinions,
can travel in the South without
being favorably impressed by the
contentment and prosperity pervading
colored communities.
"It is to the peaceful relations between
the races and their cordial cooperation
in industrial development
that the present extraordinary progress
is attributable. To set the two
classes in hostility, as this bill would
do, would infallibly arrest the course
of Southern prosperity. It is a notable
fact that collisions between the
races in the South have invariably
and exclusively been caused by polit ical
controversies. On every ether subject
the harmony between the races
is complete. At present there is
nothing in the political contests of '
the South to exasperate one race J
against the other. But this bill will J
undoubtedly array the factions in implacable
antagonism.
It may as well be understood, once
tor all, that the whites of the South ,
do not intend that the blacks shall
acquire the; ascendency, and in so far
as this bill tends to the accomplishment
of that ascendency it will dial- ]
lengc resistance. If the races be left
free from Federal intervention, they
... i- i. ii,. if. l J
Will WUilx UUl Lilv 11 pueilic III1U ill fill I
nest co operation, not only to the
benefit of the South, but to the wel- ;
fare of the entire country. It is lamcntiible
at this juuct uiv, when every- ;
tiling is so quiet ami prosperous in '
the South, that ft measure should be !
introduced which cannot but result I'
in discoid aud disaster."
Hon. J. Siuims, president of the !
Fourth National Dank, took a differ- !
cut view. He thought the South I
would acquiesce in the operation of I
the bill if it was made a law.
'are not tho^da^s^weU' a'C
South is law-abiding; so that while
there may be some "resentment it
will not occasion any serious disturbances.
I don't believe in the bill. I
am not apprehensive of any violence
on the part of the South in case it
should bo enforced. Of course millions
and millions of Northern money
have gone South for investment in the
last few years, and that very eonnec- j
tion will bo an influence tending to i
control any outbreak that woul l cu
danger the enterprises that Northern
capital has built up."
A Meteor Dropped into His Wagon.
Versailles (Ky.) correspondence
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: John
"NVhittaker, of near Oregon Bond this
county, was driving home last night,
when a meteor 1 lathed across the
heavens, aud the next instant a huge
..i. _ : 9.wvi L,
bLOllU, lUt'llHUXlll^ UUUUb fiyui ICt't HI
diameter, came through the air, and
with terrific l'orco crushed into the
bed of the wagon directly behind
him, grazing the sent he occupied us
it fell. The horses were wild with
fright, but the heavy stone pinned
the wagon to the earth, and us they
could not break the heavy chain
traces they were unable to run oil".
Mr. Whittakcr says he heard the
meteor whizzing through the air, but
had 110 idea what it. was until he was
jolted out of his sent by the crash.
A number of sightseers visited the
spot today and inspected the wonderful
rock.
Corpulency Cured by Fasting.
Pouuhkeei'sik, July 24.?Dr. Chas.
K. Barlow, one of the leading dentists
of this city, has taken no food of
any kind except a glass of milk or a
cup of coffee each day for forty five
days. When he began fasting he
weighed 215 pounds and measured
10 inches around the body. He now
weighs 201 pounds and measures J5
inches around the body. When the
forty five days were up he was
ready to eat something substantial,
hut iiis appetite failed him and has
not yet returned. His board bill for
lifty three days has been less than
?2. He says he feels good and has
worked hard every day during his
fast. His entire food today consisted
of a glass of milk and a plate of ice
cream. He is nhout forty years of
age. His eyes arc bright and his
movements sprightly.
Attacked by White Houghs.
(lltKKNVILI.K, S. July 2t.?JeSS
Markey, colored, was seriously cut
imd beaten on Sunday night last by
three young white men, whose names
are George Hot terse, Walter Heard
and John Smith. Mnckey claims
that he was near the Columbia and
Greenville railroad in the West End,
when he was attacked by the men
mentioned above, and if he had not
run away would have been seriously
hurt. As it is he has a knife wound
in the back which is considered dangerous.
The young nu n are under
arrest to await the result of the
I wound.
?The State Farmers' Institute
, will be held at Kidge Spring. 2utli
and 20th inst
T11E STATE ALL1AJNUE. ?
THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL
SESSION AT GREENVILLE.
CM
lln> .Annual Adilrof>> Mmw* tlie Order l?? So '!
in it i'lotirinhlni; Condition-A Plan for ? !'
Mu? toil l ire ami I.lfe IiiHiir.ii; c? Company ^
to Ih> lilacusaed The Klection of Officer*.
(tj.EKNMLi.E, July 23.?The South
Ciiioiina State Farmers' Alliance met n.
here to-da\?niost every county be- n,
ing represented. The morning ses
sion was devoted chietly to organi/.a- ii
l?on. it,
The annual address of President
Stackhouse showed the meiubersliip
to have increased to 17,501) in the last
two years. There are 1,052 sub alii js
ances in tiie State.
Colonel F. F. Polk, President of
the National Farmers' Alliance, ad
dr essed the alliance in tlie uroxniim, ^
hiuYtouiglit delivered a public address )T(
in the o])era house toil lage audience.
The most important action was the <vj
appointment of a committee to con "j
sider plans for a mutual lire and life
insurance company to be operated l?y < .,
i I ill*
ine iixiiauee.
Dr. J. William Stokes, of Orange- (j,
burg, editor of tlie Cotton Plant, was
elected president by acclamation to- m
getber with all the old officers.
Spartanburg was selected as the
next place of meeting and following
delegates were elected to the
National Alliance: J. William Stokes, 1
W. J. Talbert, A. C. Latimer and Dr.
Eugene Juniigan. t.:(
skcond day. in
Gueexvili.k, July 24.?The Farm
ers' Alliance of Soutli Carolina met
in the Opera House at 1) o'clock this
morning. The proceedings during Wl
the day were largely devoted to dis
missions on various topics. The com- sv
mittee which was appointed to pre- rl
pare the reports to lie given out to
the press gave out the following: The
committee on legislative demands XV
made a number of recommendations
in line with the demands of the Na- -'*
tional Alliance. The import nice of *"
pushing these demands was set forth.
and it was urged that 110 candidate s<
be supported who is not iu full sym 11
pathy with Hie demands made. The ^li
Secretaries of the State and County 1"
Alliances were forbidden from here 11 (
after giving out a full directory of the 'r
County and sub-Alliance officers e\- ,l
cept by permission of the president ,1(
anil chairman of the executive com- su
mitte??.
An appeal was made to the Alii
aucc members in the North and
Northwest to unite w.tb the Soutli '1:
Carolina A liance in condemning the 111
Lodge bilk and requesting them to
conns xom??mo'"].'rpyPntTirg -*,r
passage of said bilk tho^inteut aua ,u
effect of which, we beliCf^,'will be not a
to benefit any class of citizens, but U1
will serve to break the force of our
united brotherhood in our demand ',l
for financial refo-m. *pJ
Several amend, .ents to the eonst.it u- * '
i/iisxi wvi %j aviupirvi.
The sub-treasury bill was endorsed, 11
audit is the sense of the b >d.v iha! ''
no candidate for Congi er- hould re
ceive our support unit lie favors w
that measure. d
TlteAlli .nee was positive in its opposition
to national banks, aiul de
manded the removal of all taxes on all
State barks.
Sub and County Alliances were en
joined to take more active interest in (j
the schools of the country. jy
The President urged upon the
County and sub Alliances the iiupor j.
tance of having their individual seal, y
The secretaries of sub Alliances (j
are urged to press the claims of pa
pers that have pres ed and will press
the demands of our order. ,,
Tin* ProHitleiif'H Atliln***
y
Brethren of the State Alliance In a
turning over to you the high trust e
which 1 have endeavored to execute n
for you during the two years since < <
your organization, I congratulate you ti
on the growth of the order within the n
State, on the good your organization o
has already accomplished and on the r<
open prospect for future accomplish \s
ment. The report of your State or- b
ganizcr shown that the organization n
has now been planted in every county si
in the State. Your secretary reports n
that we now have 1,052 sub-Alliances g
in the State, an increase of 298 since
your last meeting, and an increase of
17,500 members during the year now
closing. v
IJENK FITS OF TIIK OKI'EK. s
S
The improved business methods in r
troduced by the order have saved t
hundreds of thousands of dollars to n
the fanners of the State, but import a
ant as is this money saving to the n
/d 4 1 ?r\ Ct 1.4/1 4 lw? inim it? in ll
i <u mi i r> wi tnv man., nn ^tiiii ah hi ?
formation and manhood is vustly more t
iiiiportant. The Alliance has not only t
demonstrated the practical benefits
of unity, but that it lias stimulated
and has given direction to individual
efforts, is the testimony of observers, ii
both in and out of the order. The li
farmers of the State are more cheer- i
ful and hopeful than they have la en I
for many years, and it will not be de a
nicd by t hose who have observed and ii
studied the farmer's condition, that i;
it is mainly due to the bencticicnt a
teaching-; and operations of your no t
ble organization e
OL'IDEI) BY NOBLE 1TH1HMF.S.
In looking to and arranging for <
future ope-ations, we must be guided j
1 >3* the same declaration of noble pur J
I poses that has enabled us to stmt so i
well. They are founded on truth and
equity fad in study them and be
guided by them The safety am
sin e. >s o. ouroi .ini/.ution i, depend i
e,p on o. ii? v and devotion to t
these noble purp.'scs. t
i
economical education
I Tlio first tleclftiatioji of purpose l?y i
ui" oruor snows that it looked to tuo
dueation of the "Agricultural class"
-that they might be prepared to
nipple with organized ami entrench1
monopoly. I respectfully recomlernl
a careful study of I his entire
rst deck: alios of purpose to the
rotherhood in South Carolina.
The education of the "Ageieultural
ass" is the most imi>ortant work of
le Alliance, not only in South Oarona,
but in every State of this great
ition. I recommend that you eonder
carefully the best methods for
le accompiisluuent of this great edcational
work.
Monopoly?intrenched monopoly,
itli its mighty intluenec and power
must be met and defeated. This
a task worthy ?f the supremest
o ,,f (lw. nf tlw>
iv/i i n vsi inv i v'iiiii^ uiiinoi n \m viiv
jople of the United States. It. is no
icape if we would pi' ctuate free
istltnttrrrm nrlrt enlhfhteriM Cifristian
jvernment. The toiling masses of
io people of this great nation are
rding themselves for the aeeom
ishment of this task. The agrieuliral
States of this Union are uniting
r the aecomplislunent of this grand
sk. The great Northwest and the
otton States will stand together in
to coming battle with the powers of
onopoly. The assaults of the first
:irmish will be recorded in tin* elecm
results of the National elections
r lH'JO. But the monster?Monopoly
is too firmly established for to be
feated in a skirmish. It will retire
the great battle of 18H2 to de
ile whether the people or whether
onopoly shall rule this great nation.
I'OI.ITIC.U. PANOKll.
The charge of our oponents that
e have abandoned agriculture and
>ne into polities is sutlicientl.v an
vered l?y t^ie statistical fact of in
eased area and superior condition
' the growing crops. Whence this
ar of the farmer in polities' But
e must ever remember that our poll
i*s are to be "stiictly non partisan."
ny departure from the rule will be
to the extent of the departure?
tal to the success of tin* reforms
light. The Alliance is in no sense
political party, nor does it look to
ie destruction of either of the great
litical parties, but it is a "strictly
>ii partisan" organization for the de
nee and protection of the "agricul
mil classes" against legalizedspohuun,
and will wait for no change of
Iministration to present its de
an ds.
T!;1 national demands foi Ululated
r the Supreme Council at St. Bonis
ive been considered and passed
I ion by the Sub and County Alliances,
^jeeoimiieiid that these demands
lj? Ooimt^^iance?7ilw^J^d to
special ciMDiiimee on legislative uenuiclfl
and that all matters in reforice
t<, legislation. State or national,
f referred to this coininittee. The
teat, consolidation efleeted at St.
ouis since your last met ting, ami
te unprecedented growth of the Na
onal Farmers' Alliance and Indus
i:i! CJiiioi inspires the hope that the
. mauds o; Hint grand organization,
ill?at no distant day?receive ie>octful
consideration by t he I .'engross
f the United Stat* s.
IK AOKlel'LTL'llAI. ANJ> MKt'UANl v'AI,
eoi.i.r.u:.
1 congratulate the tanning and 111
ustrial classes of the State on the
let, that since your last meeting, the
tate lias made provision for the es
ihlishment of an Agricultural and
Ieehanieal College at Fori Hill, and
iat the work of eon struct ion is now
regressing.
The report of your 10\ cutive (Join
lit tee shows good and t d'e linaneial
lauageiueiit. They have enabled
our Slate organizer, State leetnrei
lid State president to meet, to tin
xtent of their ability to do so. all de
lands made for their services. I re
oniineud that the committees con
line the same equitable and wise ar
ingeinent in reference to the work
f the State lecturer, and that he he
equired to give his whole time to the
ork under their direction should it
e demanded. And I suggest further,
ow that* the work of organization in
o nearly completed, that the comlittee
impose the work of State oranizer
on the State lecturer.
CONSTITUTION.
The Stiitc Secretary, who has made
our State's constitution a special
tudy, has, by request, prepared foi
ubinission to your body a new or n
evised constitution, with the purpose
o make it more systematic in arrangeicnt.
less doubtful of interpretation
nd easier of reference. I recom
aend that you take such action as
t ill best secure a careful consideraion
of this new or revised const it u
ion.
M.I. IA X(' K KXlHANOK.
The plan adopted at your last meet
im for the establishment of "an A1
iance lOxchan^e has been carried
nto active and successful operation,
his report, submitted to this body
s infoi mation.will sutlicientlyexplain
ts operations, its continued succesf
idirectly dependent 011 the patron
L,ro of the Alliance brotherhood ol
he State. When the business world
owes to understand that it lisiicoinc
to stay," tlmt the Alliance peo
>le of the State will support it to the
xtcnt of their abilitp. it will surely
>rove a fpand sueceHH and hen<>titth(
Mliance membership beyond tlicit
nost santruine expectations.
VOt'll OlCOANS.
The- (,'otton I'hint, your State or
.mm. i > worthy oi" and should receive
he support of tin.1 I rotherhooi
luouyhoiit the Stale. It shouh
make its weekly visits to every Alii
Mice homo in the State. The fac
I hut most oft he State press is opposd
to the ueiuanilsol the Alliance iuakeB
it imperative that our i>eople should
road our State and national organs.
Tlio National Economist, your national
organ, is combatting with cbinniendable
fairness tuid great ability
the evils and dangers of monopoly. I
recommend that the brotherhood of
South Carolina trive it liberal natron
age.
salaries.
I respectfully surest the propriety
ami justice of increasing the salaries
of your President and Secretary, as
t He salaries, as now fixed by your
constitution, are not fair compensation
for the services rendered by
those officers.
I trust you will remain in session
long enough to give careful consideration
to all matters of interest to tho
Older in this State.
In conclusion. T want, to say that
the effort to serve you has been, to
me, a labor of love. I have brought
to the discharge of the duties imposed,
my best efforts for the well being of
the order. I have been conscious of
my inability to measure up to the responsibilities
imposed upon me. I
invoke your indulgence to tho deficiencies
and errors in my official administration.
I want to record my
grateful appreciation of tho prompt
and genet our aid given me in their
several departments, by those who
have been associated with ine in tho
discharge of my official duties, and I
congrat ulate the brotherhood in tho
State on the wisdom of their selection.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
I
Henry V.. Stanley's manuscript
is very legible, and scarcely an alteration
is made in a folio.
A woman buried at New Madrid,
Mo., a few days ago, weighed 750
poums. There wore If? active pallida
re s.
One of California's pretty heiresses
is Miss draco MeDonough, who
will inherit a fortune of $0,000,000
from her mother.
Senator Wade Hampton has at
lust shaved oil tho snu' whiskers
which he has so assiduously cultivated
for lo! these luauy years.
Tile cstiluntt d expenditure in the
I hit is t navy for the year will hi',
lVoi.i all sources, C10,202,022, while
I hat of the army will he ?10,017,800.
Hie Emperor of 11 issia, Alexander
U. las just had l,??0o pheasants
sent, froin England to his shooting
place. 011 the Gulf of Dothnia, at an
expense of a guinea each.
?A report having reached the ears
iVftrnnn* thfrt the gyavo of
i ir? ^ '
strewn with flowers every day.
-Great fears prevail all over England
that the harvest will he a total
failure, and the archbishop of Canto
l>ury has ordered prayers for tine
weather to he oll'ercd in all the
churches.
? Experiments prove that the Atlantic
breakers have a force of three
tons to the square foot; thus asurfaco
of only two square yards sustain a
blow from a heavy Atlantic breaker
equid to fifty four tons.
?According to the statistics gathered
by Mr. E. Payson Porter, statistical
secretary of the international
Sunday School convention, there are
in the United States 100,252 Sunday
Schools, with 8,0-12,255 scholars and
1.1 12,100 teachers and o(lioors.
In the course of Ills successful
career, Capt. McMickan, at present
the commander of the Cunurdor Umluia.
has made 178 passages across
the Atlantic, carrying 105,570 pas'
scngcrs, and sailing on all voyages
over a distance of 2,120,800 miles.
?The Hev. John Prince, a Methodist
clergyman, aged 80, and Mrs.
Cynthia Wood, aged H I, were married
recently in Montreal. They were
lovers in childhood and would have
been married sixty years ago, hut
their parents prevented the match.
- James Melvin, of Concord, Mass.
has for 12 years lain upom a bed withi
out changing his position. The osseous
iKirtions of his body have
united into one piece, and from tho
crown of his head to the soles of his
feet there is not a joint responsive to
his will.
?A German of Detroit tried to
figure the height of 100,000,000 silver
dollars if placed one on top of tho
other, and because he couldn't get it
1 within u foot or two ho jumped off a
wharf with suicidal intent. Although
ho never had a pile a foot high ho
wanted to he exact about other |x>opie's
money.
John Mcrnman, of Rhode Inland*
. called himself a humanitarian and
brought up a lot of old horses ami
turned them out to pasture to cud
their days in peace. Ho had got
about thirty and the papers were
wulogi/.ing him, when his wife got a
I divorce on the grounds of extreme
cruelty. She proved that he almost
. starved her to death.
Iii speaking of Sum Jones's ser;
mount Oxford, Justice Lamar said:
"It was striking in many senses.
' l'arts of it were liken Pullman palace
I sleeping car?capable of being bitchi
cd to any train, going in any direction,
at any time?fitting any whore,
j acting automatically, and capable of
; emanating from no brain other than
that of the original Sam Jones."
r ?In 1111 interview with the Ilockester
Union (Dcm.) Hob Ingersoll says:
"I believe in protecting what aro
called the infant industries, but after
! tlie.se 'infants' get to be six feet high
j and wear No. 12 boots it is about
1 time to stop rocking the cradle, es1
pceiully when the 'infant'tells you
that if you stop rocking he will get
t out of the cradle and kick your head
1 off.'