THE WEEKLY M? 0II81 TIMES. . V Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic Economy, TOpte Literature, Politics and the Current News of the Day. 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. 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 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. 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 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 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.'