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Ihc forftviUe #ui)uiw.| YORKVILLE, S. C.: ; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1894. ? The senate is still busily engaged in takinc all the tariff reform out of the Wilson : bill. It is not probable that a final vote will be reached before the last of next week. ? Muley Hassan, sultan of Morocco, died last week, it is said, by poison ; but as the sou who succeeds him is an absolute monarch, with power of life and death, the attending physician wisely diagnosed the sultan's trouble as dysentery. ? Various senators who have been caught up with speculating in sugar pending the consideration of the tariff bill, gave the excuse that they did not think they were doing anything wrong. Since an investigation has I commenced, however, it is a noticeable fact that the speculations have ceased; but | . whether it is because they have learned the error of their ways and are merely waiting until the investigating committee is discharged, we are not prepared to say. ? So far as the South is concerned, there is ' just one great and burning issue in'national politics. Ever since the war, the Northeast has been systematically robbing the South 0 and West. Now it is incumbent on these j sections to first stop the robbery, and then devote their attention to the recovery of the wrongfully appropriated plunder. It is a big undertaking; but by a properly concerted and determined efTort, it is now at last coming within the power of tfiese two sections t9 compel tardy justice. "The most beautiful sight in the world is to see a family gathered around a hearthstone with the head of the household reading the local paper? , paid for in advance."?Rev. Sam P. Jones. This is a beautiful sight indeed; and if the Rev. Samuel would just follow the mails of The Enquirer from Yorkville on I Wednesdays, he would find such a per cent, of the people reading the paper?in all cases paid for?as to lead him to the conclusion I that this is the happiest area of the same' size to be found probably in the whole United States. ? George Peabody Wetmore sometime ago put $40,000 into the Rhode ISlaud Republican campaign, and has realized on his | investment in securing an election to the | United States senate. It would seem that i $40,000 for a six years' job at $o,000 a year I would be bad business; but hardly so with Mr. Wetmore. Notwithstanding the fact ka Jo n fioVi man hnvinrr hnilf*ht his ! tilttv HO JO U JlVti tUMti) ! %*. .?D ? 0 . way into the senate, he will see to it that he J gets his money back. It is just such men as < these who are especially sought out by rep-! resentatives of the sugar trust. There is j seldom any difficulty in striking a dicker. ? The Atlanta Constitution is urging the people of Georgia to charter a State bank with authority to issue notes, the object being to test the constitutionality of the 10 per cent, tax. The supreme court of the United States. has declared the tax to be constitutional; but' as it now seems clear that the decision was ; more of a war expedieut than good law, it is hoped that it will be reversed. Such a, thing is possible, and we may also raise the 1 point that since Commissioner Miller has declared clearing-house certificates to he nontaxable, he will probably find it extremely difficult to draw the line between these and the ordinary State bank note. ? We today present portraits of Governor Tillman, Senator Butler and Mr. John Gary Evans. Along with the candidates for the senate, it has been our hope to be able to present all the candidates for governor. Mr. Ellerbe was spoken to for a photograph from which to make the engraving several weeks ago. He promised j to furnish the same ; but has not done so in j time for us to secure the engraving. Mr. j Tindall did not announce himself positively i as a candidate until too late to have his' picture made, and Mr. Pope had intimated that he did not propose to make a canvass of the State. This is why we fail to show up1 with all the candidates. ? The royal labor commission of Great; Britain has proposed a happy plan for the; settlement of labor difficulties. It provides | that the unions of both employes and workmen shall he registered as corporate bodies,. and upon the origin of any misunderstand-! ing or difference, the corporation which lias reason to think itself aggrieved, shall sue the other in the courts, when the matter may be settled on the same basis as other disputes. As the British government at this time has the reputation of having the purest and most equitable courts in the civilized world, possibly this may serve as a wise solution of the quarrels- between capital and labor there. ? Strong efforts are being made by a number of newspapers throughout the State, to induce George 1>. Tillman to enter the race for governor. The Greenville News and The State are especially anxious. They claim that he is the brainiest public man in the State, and the only one who can harmonize the now widely sundered factions. The News and Courier fails to chime in with the movement. It says that Uncle George is a political lightweight, and does not like him much anyway ; but that is probably because he once went to congress after that paper swore he shouldn't. As to whether Uncle George will run has not yet developed. He has had nothing to say. If he should decide to run, there can be but little doubt that he will at least make the campaign more inter-! esting, instructive and lively than oth-, erwise. ? ? ? ? ? The Yorkville correspondent of The News and Courier, tells the story of a York county farmer who has been farming forty ; years. For 32 years he pursued the "all- j cotton" system, raising no supplies that lie could buy on credit. Notwithstanding the high prices of cotton since the war, he bare- j ]y managed to keep even. Eight years ago, however, he commenced the system of buying no supplies that he could raise at home, I and notwithstanding the fact that the price of cotton is constantly getting lower, he has managed to pay off the mortgage that was on his farm, and last vear made more clear . money out of a crop of seven cents cotton, than he ever made before during any one year of his long experience. We have secured the name of this farmer, and it is our purpose to, as soon as possible, give our I readers the benefit of his story. ? The Richmond and Danville railroad was sold at Richmond last Friday, under a decree of a United States circuit court, for $2,030,000. The purchasers were Messrs. C. H. Coster and J. Thomas, a committee rep-! resenting Drexel, Morgan & Co. The sale was under the third mortgage, and subject j to the gold debenture and equipment mortgage. It was immediately confirmed by the court, and this act constituted the re-organization committee, which had already secured a charter from the last legislature, a regular corporation. The old Richmond and Danville system will now be re-organized under the name of the Southern Railway company, and will at once enter upon a career of vast importance to the South. Whether this career will be for good, however. will depend upon whether or not the new company determines upon a general poley exactly the reverse of that pursued by the old Richmond and Danville. ? The* Spartan burg Herald seeks to work up interest in a gigantic scheme to develop all the power at Lock hart Shoals and deliver I it at Spartanburg by means of electricity, j The Herald has the figures of an expert.to show that the power can be delivered at a cost of about one-fourth that of steam, and suggests the wonderful effect that the per-; r?a* -r ? * loo wnnl/l luiVP I It'ClIUU UI Mlt'II an I IHC1|'1I0V mvm.v. . w | upon the development of manufacturing in- i dustries in the city. This idea is neither! wild nor chimerical. The like is being done elsewhere, and it can be done here. Lockhart Shoals, Mercer Shoals, and (treat Catawba Falls, all within a radius of thirty miles of Yorkville, in the aggregate, are capable of furnishing more power than is being used altogether for all purposes in the State. It is easily within the range of practicability to deliver this power to any and all of the surrounding towns for the purpose of running factories, street cars, electric lights, and iti fact for everything else that is now being run by steam. Of course, to carry out such a scheme, would be a big undertaking ; but the time is surely coming when it will be done, and if the present generation will only make a grand and united etFort, it may. at once secure to itself all the great benefits which mpst necessarily accrue. ? Senator Hill sees no wrong in senators speculating in stocks, the fluctuations of which depended upon their own actions, for the reason that there is no statute to prevent. This matter of doing questionable things because there is no statutory punishment, is one of the most vicious tendencies of the day. To provide a statute against every moral wrong, or erven criminal ofTense, would be a human impossibilty. Neither is such a thing desirable. Law is only necessary for those who are naturally inclined to be lawless. These respect it through fear, and the test of its strength lie - in keeping them in subjection. The real strength of J~... lino in ivlin nrfl cnnrnvlv concerned IUU I ICO 111 IUUCV HIIV l??v WVM. Vvv - -about its letter: but whose consciences are guided implicity by its spirit. From the very nature of things, the senate is a body that would be supposed to be the incarnation of right and probity ; and as a matter of ' real fact?not abstract theory?the senator who would do the things that are charged and make the excuse that there is no law to prevent, is worse than he who would wilfully violate the most stringent statute. In the one case the man shows the spirit of the unprincipled coward, and in the other lie at least exhibits the courage that would dare the consequences. ? llecent news from Honolulu fully and satisfactorily explains the cause of the late revolution, which resulted in the overthrow of the government of Hawaii. The executive council has distributed among the members of the constitutional convention, copies of a draft of a new constitution which the convention, having been packed for the purpose, will no doubt adopt. It provides that the government shall be known as "The Hepublic of Hawaii." There shall be a president?no vice-president?a cabinet of four ministers, an advisory council of fifteen members, and a senate and house of representatives composed also of fifteen members each. None will be recognized as voters except such as are able to read, write and speak fluently, either the English or Hawaiian language. The president is to he olected for a term of six years, and cannot succeed himself. He is to be elected by a majority of both houses, sitting together, and it is further provided that this majority must include a majority of the senate. Senators can only be voted for by those who have abjured monarchy and have an annual income of $0,000 a year. Such a constitution as this clearly indicates that the recent revolution was the work of wealthy foreigners, who are now setting up a government over which they are to have exclusive ownership and control. ? Ex-Judge T.J. Mackev?our own Tom? \ is making his living now-a-days by writing stories for a newspaper syndicate. In most I cases he selects as his heroes well-known South Carolinians, and recently he told a1 wonderful story of a duel that General Wade Hampton had with a Federal sharpshooter at Gettysburg. According to Mackey, Hampton had a heavy revolver, and the Federal a I musket, and at a distance of 100 yards or * i 1 - A 1 T i more, they exchanged several snois, Hamilton waiting each time for the Federal to re-' load before he would fire again. Hampton was slightly wounded by a bullet from the sharpshooter's rille, and he in turn broke the sharpshooters arm, and would have killed j him, had not a Yankee officer slipped up behim, (Hampton) and almost killed him with a sabre. Hampton was of course yi gallant man : but the whole story sounded so much like the fool-hardy doings of the days of the crusaders, that 'nobody would believe it j could be true of a sensible man of this plain practical day. Nevertheless, the story was widely published all over the country, and especially in South Carolina. In a recent card, (ieneral Hampton robs it of all further interest by politely saying that it is not altogether true. Anyone who knew Tom Mackey should have been aware of that fact all the time. 'TXJl'ST DISCRIMINATION'." The finding of the old cotton Jags mentioned in another column, suggests a few remarks upon the subject of Federal taxation. "Unjust discrimination," as well as we remember, was the general ground upon which the cotton tax was declared unconstitutional. The decision was just : but it was not altogether honest. If it was honest it would also sweep away the protective tariff tax. Immediately after the close of the war, the Northern Republicans inaugurated a policy which had for its object the laying upon the shoulders of the South, not only all the expenses that had been incurred on account of the hostilities: but also, as far as possible, the present and future burdens of the government. They did not understand the principles of taxation as well then as they do now, and naturally looked upon the South's one great exclusive staple crop as a fit subject for the accomplishment of their purpose. Accordingly they levied upon all American cotton a tax of three dollars a hale. After a little experience, however, they began to realize that the burden of indirect taxation does not necessarily rest upon those who have to first put up the cash. Of a necessity, this burden gradually sifts down until it finally settles upon the shoulders of the consumers of the commodity taxed. Though they had evidently not foreseen the effect, the brilliant statesmen who had gotten up the cotton tax scheme, were not long in realizing their mistake. Reing more wealthy and mure prosperous, the North, oT course, consumed more cotton, and consequently paid a larger proportion of the tax. The schemers saw it, and were not slow to take action ; but they were two smart to move for repeal. That would too clearly expose the rascality underlying their selfish designs. They encouraged me mailer through the supreme court, and with the utmost satisfaction, received the decision to which a carefully educated Northern senti- j inent had given birth. The South had no manufactures, but was a large consumer of manufactured goods, j The North was also a large consumer of manufactured finals, and had numerous [ factories in endless variety. Here then was the chance for the perfection of that policy that had already been inaugurated. Without delay, foreign competition was cut oil by means of a protective tat iff tax levied on every article of commerce save those produced exclusively in the South?cotton for instance?and including those exclusively used in this section, hut not then produced in the I'nited States. As the result, the j South was made to pay an enormous tax, not only for the support of the national government, but for the support of the Northern manufactures as well. But why did the South not go into nianu factures? That is only too plain, mei manufacturers of the North had been established for scores of years. These "infant" industries had become full grown, and 110 more could the South compete with them then or now, than they could compete with those of foreign countries before the inauguration of the first moderate step toward "protection." Here, then, we find the "unjust discrimination" that the supreme court saw in the cotton tax. As the industries of yie North could not thrive without protection against the industries of foreign countries, similar industries in the South cannot be established without protection against the industries of the North. . Under all the circumstances, constitutional justice requires either that the South be protected against the North as the North is protected against foreign countries, or that the protection to the North be abolished and the South allowed the benefit of the competition that will be furnished by foreign countries. All. this seems to be^j^m : but when will the South ever get justice? After the war the North set in to make the South pay the expenses. The South has paid the expenses twice over, and still they increase. Will the North evej let up? ? A Georgia government official has taken the trouble to compile a statement of the number of lynchings that occurred in the four States of South Carolina, Florida, Georgia and Alabama, during the year 1893. He finds that the total number of lynchings was 54, and the number of people was 59. I11 48 cases the offenders were Negroes, and in six cases they were white men ; while in 52 of the 54 cases, the victims were white women. Twenty-two of the cases occurred in Georgia, 15 in Alabama, 14 in South Carolina and 3 in Florida. Though we have ho tears to shed over this dark record of those who were "lvnched. or lost in the woods," "* "" "" "? ? we note one or two especial subjects for comment. South Carolina is usually credited with being the most lawless State in the South, and that is often given as the reason why we do not get our share of that great stream of "Northern capital that is constantly flowing to this section.'' Of course our people know that this is a lie, and here is the proof. Georgia leads the list as a lyncher, and also in the amount of Northern capital; Alabama comes next as to both; South Carolina comes third as a lyncher; but Florida takes the third place in regard to Northern capital. Our alleged "lawlessness" has nothing to do with the influx of Northern capital. The people of the North know full well that any man who behaves himself, is just as safe in the South as anywhere else on earth, and the only consideration that influences the placing their capital, is the hope of the biggest returns. They have found soft snaps in Georgia and Alabama, and health in Florida. They also came to South Carolina for their health, regardless of. our alleged lawlessness; but \hey don't make any investments here. The reason of this is because they find that our people fully understand the value of our wonderful resources, and, as a rule, opportunities to pick up big values at small prices, on account of the] ignorance of the owners, are not so numerous in this State as in the other States mentioned. MERE MENTION. President McPride, of the United Mine workers, has issued a circular in which he declares the great coal strike, which has been in progress for the past seven or eight weeks, at an end. A swarm of thirteen year locusts blew into the open windows of a New Jersey passenger train in such numbers one dav last week as to cover the seats and lloors of the ears to a depth of several inches. Lady passengers were almost driven into spi\sms by the invasion. S.' C. (iriflith, a prominent young business man of Tampa, Fla., was struck in the head by a baseball one day last week, while playing a game, and so badly injured that he died within a few minutes. The Democrats of Fulton county, (ia., in which Atlanta is situated, have passed resolutions calling upon the national administration to carry out the promises of the Democratic platform : Uovernor Mitchell, of Florida, has commenced another crusade against the proposed Corbett-Jaekson prize fight, booked to take place at Jacksonville next fall. Mrs. Mary E. Lease, of Kansas, who has been so ill for some time past, is able to sit up. She says she is entitled to a nomination to congress and she proposes to have it. The Populists of Kansas have renominated 1 Jewelling for governor. "Lawyer Carpenter, of New York, is 91 years of age, and still practices in the court. He has never been sick a day and seems to be good for ye us to come. \V. T. Briggs, of Nashville. Tennessee, one of the most eminent surgeous in the country, died last week. The Knights of Labor have effected a cos. lit ion. with the American Railway Union. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is hostile to both organizations, and a long and deadly light is expected. Striking miners in the Birmingham, Ala., mining district, are being replaced; by Negroes, hired in Chattanooga. Tennessee. (Jeneral C'oxey has a number of engagements to lecture at various town in the North and West. A big lire occured in the "paper" district of New York last Friday resulting in the destruction of ^2">0,0(IU worth of property." Thousunds of people are dying in Hong Kong, China, from a disease which is said to be identical with the plague that ravaged Europe during the middle ages. The post ollice appropriation hill lbr congress, carries $S7,2o(>,">!l0. "The steamer, Ethiopia; from New York to Liverpool, ran into an iceberg in the Atlantic last week and had her bows stove in so badly that she spi ang a leak. A wall of sacks of Hour was piled up around the leak in such a manner that it solidified into a cement, which protected the vessel during the rest of the voyage. Without the Hour, the ship would have gone to the bottom. Seven hundred and twenty kegs of powder, in the mills of the Chattanooga Powder company, were accidentally IsimI l-Viihiv The exnlnsioii was heard a distance id' twenty miles. A Hamburg, (iermany, blacksmith has invented a coat which it is said can be worn without inconvenience, and is absolutely bullet proof. WoIIK or thi: IvKD Cross.?Miss Clara Barton and the Red Cross stall' closed the Held of relief at Beaufort, S. ('., on Saturday, the tltli, says a Washington dispatch. The sea islands, with their population of .'>">,000, after nine months' of hard work, are left in a condition to support themselves. The cyclone of August, 1N!>:>, destroyed over 2,000 lives, devastated I"?,000 acres of land and ruined 0,000 cabins. The people have been fed, the (1,000 cabins rebuilt, over K?0 miles of ditches for drainage have been dug, and roads ai\d bridges have been constructed. At least 1 ">,000 acres more of land have been planted this year than ever planted before of the famous sea island cotton, which has heretofore been about the only product, and which left the small land owners and laborers in debt and practically in the pow or of the merchants. I'nder Miss JJarton's management, nearly 2S,000 acres of food i crops have been planted, and, as' a result, the population of the island can depend on their own food crops and are independent. Outside of the clothing and other supplies, a great part of which was contributed, the amount of money expended by the society lias been about $.'52,000. Miss l'arton at present is in Charleston sutiering from exhaustion resulting from overwork. She will remain there for live or six weeks. LOCAL AFFAIRS. ! INDEX TO NEW A l> VEKTISEM10NTS. J. II. Kiddle?Has Western hay, 1(H) per cent. Hour, oilers 2(1 pounds of sugar for Si, Lorillard's snutl'at of) cents per pound, and the best hams at 13J cents per pound. Inman Brothers?'Talk about furnishing goods, j negligee shirts and neckwear. 11. ('. Strauss?Says that the big black reduction line has been drawn through his stock, i and this condition of things will continue until July 1st. I.owry tV Starr?Tell of a case where a lady was | cured of headache by drinking coca-cola, i and let you know that at their soda foun- ' tain you can get lemonade, limeade and i other pleasant drinks. They also have I lemons, ice and cigars lorsaie. W. 11. Edwards, President?Gives notice that a ! meeting of the County Alliance will he held on the tith ot July. T. S. R. Ward President?W ants the Heforniers of ltroad River township to meet at Hick- j ory Grove next Saturday and organize the ' Hickory Grove Democratic club. S. W. Watson?At his gallery on Cleveland ! avenue, is prepared to take photographs j by the latest and most improved methods.Ferguson ltros.?Announce that owing to the ' decline of the sugar market that they are. now retailing 20 pounds of granulated, sugar for $1. Louis Roth?Reminds the hungry that they can always get a meal or lunch at his restaurant. ('OMMKN'CKMEXT PROGKAMMK. The Enquirer has received from Colonel A. Coward, superintendent of the Citadel, a programme of the commencement exercises of that institution, to be held in Yorkville next week. It is as follows : June24, 11 o'clock a. in.?Commencement sermon in the Presbyterian church by Rev. W. R. j Atkinson, D. I). ' June 27th, 4.30 p. in.?Competitive drill for; company badge and individual drill'for Teague medal. -I June 29th, at 10.30 o'clock, a. m.^-CoininenceU, ment exercises in the court house; annual ad-1 dress by General John I>. Kennedy. Addresses , by members of the graduating class," and conferring of diplomas by General Johnson Hagood, ] chairman of the board of visitors. Theopenipg [ nraver and closing benediction of the exercises j Will he by Rev. W. <L Neville. WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT IT. Governor Tillman and Senator 'Butler were asked yesterday about the alleged importation of "Butler shouters" to Bock Hill. Governor Tillman says that shouters were i certainly imported, and that they came from 1 towns along the C. C. & A. and Air Line, i including Charlotte and other points in. North Carolina. Senator Butler says that j all lie knows about the matter, is that he had j as many friends in Rock Hill as Governor Tillman. Where they came from lie did not know, and as this is a free country, lie did not consider that it was any of his business. He was certain, however, that if they came on free passes, he had no previous knowledge of the matter, and nothing whatever to do with it. PRISONERS IN JAIL. The.following prisoners, all colored, are in ; jail awaiting trial at the approaching term of the sessions court, which convenes on the first Monday in July : HyderWylie; house burning. He is accused of having kindled the recent destructive fire at Fort Mill. Wm. Leaks, Henry White and Jim Parks;' housebreaking and petit larceny. These are i accused of being members of an organized j gang that has been systematically robbing j certain farmers in Fort Mill township. I Frank Lindsay, alias Alexander; assault j and battery with intent to kill. Joe Chisholm : obstructing railroad track.! Prince Holly ; assault and battery with ; intent to kill. Rufus Lindsay ; burglary and larceny, CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Lay service on next Sunday at f 10.30 a. m. Sunday-school in' the after- j noon at 5 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?YorkVIi.lk?Sunday-school, at 4 o'clock p. m. Tirzah?Services next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock conducted by Rev. B. H. Grier. Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langs ton, pastor. Yorkvii.lk?Sunday-school a.t 4 p. m." Services Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening'at 8.1^ o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.15 o'clock. Services next Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock. Sunday-school at 5 o'clock p. m. Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor. Services Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock. Children's day exercises at 4 o'clock, to which the public is cordially invited. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 3 o'clock. SUMMER BIBLE INSTITUTE. The following programme, says the Rock > Hill Herald, has been arranged by a few, members of Bethel presbytery for thc.sum-1 mer Bible institute for Christian Workers, to 1 be held in Rock Hill, July 9 to 14 : 1. Prayer. What the Bible teaches as to-| prayer?its necessity, etc. Rev. J. H.! Thornwell, D. I)., Fort Mill, S. C. , 2. How to use the Bible with backsliders.! Rev. W. G. Neville, Yorkville, S. C. 3. How to use the Bible with the unbe-1 lieving. Rev. W. G. White, Rock Hill, S. C. J j 4. How to use the Bible in the sick room. ! Rev. B. P. Reid, Kershaw, S. C. 5. Christian Worker's deportment among, his fellow workers, in pirivate, in public! worship, and in Sabbath school. Rev. I). N. McLaughlin, Chester, S. (J. (I. In search of the distinctive doctrines j of his church and teaching them. Rev. C\ i W. Humphreys, Lancaster, S. C. 7. The Bible doctrine of the devil and sin. j Rev. Alexander Sprunt, Rock Hill, S. C. 8. How can a Christian worker help his j pastor. A. P. Brown, Esq., Heath Springs, j j S. C.; Clarence C'ulp, Esq., Fort Mill, S. C. j 9. The use of sacred music. Rev. M. R. j ' Kirkpatrick, Blaekstocks, S. C. ) 10. The Christian worker's need of the nower of the Holv Spirit to lit him for ser-1 vice. Rev. 1). E. Jordon, I). I)., Winnsboro, i IS. C. Every worker is requested to bring his I 1 Rible and song book?(Jospel Hymns 5 and (i. Special attention Will be given to tliei I conducting of song services. The music will 1 be under the direction of competent leaders.. Let every one come praying for the baptism i of the Holy Spirit. KKCKXT DEATHS. J Miss Maria Mcl'heeters, an estimable Christian lady of Vorkville, died at the homp,j of her mother, in this place, last Wednesday I night, in the "?2d year of her age. She .had | been sullering for many months with malig-j nant cancer, and this was the cause of her] death. The funeral services were conducted j in the Presbyterian chnrch, of which she' was a member, on last Friday, by Rev. W. i (!. Neville. Eugene Hackstrom, the infant son of Mr.' and Mrs. W. .1. Waters, died last Friday j iiioi niii.r <if t viilnnil iK ?i>ntcrvv sifter ail ill. ni'ss of several weeks. The remains were j interred in the Yorkvilie cemetery. Ilev. Dr. It. II. (Jrillith, principal of the Baptist High school, undone of the most | prominent Baptists of the State, died at his home in Yorkvilie last Sunday night at 11.BO o'clock, aged (>8 years? months and It); days. Rev. Richard 11. (Jrillith, 1). 1)., was | horn in Henrico county, Ya., on October 7, t 182-"); and became a member of the Baptist church when thirteen years of age. lie spent one year in Richmond college, but j afterward went to Columbian college, Wash-} ington, I). wliere.be- took his degree. After teaching several years in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia, he removed to North Carolina, and labored for live years asa missionary of the Baptist State convention, lie was next called to Charlotte, where he remained for fifteen yegrs?eleven years as pastor and four years as agent of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary in North Carolina. In 1882 he became corresponding secretary and treasurer of the Baptist mis-1 sion board of South Carolina, and in that | capacity rendered most satisfactory service' during four years, until 1S8(>, when lie ac- i cepteu uie position oi nnanciai agent ior Funnan Fnivetsily. Next, in 1891, lie be- i came associated with Captain 11. 1'. (Jriflith as principal of Cooper-Limestone institute, at! (Ja.lfney, and for three years did a great deal j j of very clheient work for that well known j school. In November last, at the earnest solicitation of the Baptists of York, Chester, Lancaster and Union counties, he came to | Yorkville and took charge of the recently projected Baptist High school. While at Limestone, however, he was attacked with the grip, from which he was unable to recover. It was the cause of his death. | Though broken down in health, he has done a irreat deal of work in the direction and organization of ttie school, as well as*in the class room, and there is now every reason to believe that the institution is well on the way to a useful career. I)r. Griffith was! twice married, and leaves a widow and eight children?three daughters and one son by his former marriage, and two daughters1 and two sons of his last wife. The remains were taken to Charlotte, by way of the. early Chester and Lenoir train yesterday I morning, for interment. The funeral services i were conducted in the Tryon street Baptist church by Kev. I). M. Austin, assisted by Kev. L. K. I'ruitt, with a discourse from the text, "I have kept the faith." The) deacons of the church acted as pall bearers. RBMINDKIt OF THK COTTON TAX. Dr. John C. KuykeiKlal's special hobby is the collection of curios. Almost everybody Understands this characteristic of the doctor, and whenever they run upon an old coin, peculiar Indian relic, natural monstrosity, Strange bird, or, in fact, anything out of the j usual order of thiugs, to him it is taken for! proper appreciation. For some time past there has been lying about the court house, where they were probably left by the late John L. Watson, duputyi collector of internal revenue, a; Lunch of tags made of sheet brass, with long! b'urb-pointed stems. But few of the younger generation have ever seen one; but our older readers will at once recognize, even by the description, that they ore what was once well Known as "cotton inx tags. i-Miieiem jwuple have seen the tags lying about the court house: but comparatively few were even sufficiently interested to ask what they were until Dr. Kuykendul happened along. He pounced down on some of them at once, and j they became of more than passing interest. Among other things, it was rehearsed that) shortly, after the war, the Federal government levied a tax of a bale on cotton, and j required the fixing of one of these tags in j every hale before it could he sbld. The tax was finally declared unconstitutional, how-' ever, on the ground of "unjust discrimination," and was abandoned. THE ARRIVAL OF THE CADETS. | The corps of the citadel cadets, 1312 in j number, arrived in Yorkville from Tirzah yesterday morning at about 11 o'clock, having spent the night at that place and marched here in about two and a half hours. They had intended to leave Tirzah later in the day, and practicing the skirmish drill along the march, arrive here in the afternoon. As the line marched up Main street, it was composed of platoons of eights. The cadets were clad in the regulation uniform, composed of brown linen pantaloons, short fatigue coat of the same material, and helmet. Each cadet carried his haversack and canteen, and on his shoulder a heavy riHe. In this way tliey had made their march ftbm Kock Hill, and though footsore, fired and slightly muddy, they presented an appearance handsome and soldierly, and altogether creditable to the institution from which they got their training. The tank and tile of the battallion was composed as follows: Lieutenant John ,M. Jenkins, t*. S. A., commanding; staff, A. E. Logare, adjutant; (J. M. Stack house, lieutenant andquartennaster; Chris Mat besot), sergeant major; H. Schwecke, quartermaster sergeant; and Paul Ed I lotto, asI instant.' Company A.?Captain, T. E. L. Lipsey; lieutenants, J. T. West, I. J. jturris, Edward Mclndtwsh ; first sergeant, J. H. Allison ; sdrgeants, ('. Nfnith, Booth, C. Green, Wallace; corporals, Murphy, Carmichael, P. M(-Master aiul Clyhurne; privat&s, Asking, Cheatham, Cozby, S. Deal, DnPre, Kpps, l-'ell, Friday, Harris, Gregory, (luess, (Jwyniij lliers, llinnant, Hughes, S. D. Jervey, Hammer, Langley, Moore, Moroeo, bdom, Peurifoy, House, J. Smith, Tillman, Taylor. Company B.?Captain, lie Pass; lieutenants, Tomkins, Gregg aim Anderson; lirst sergeant, Minter; sergeants, Heaves, Livingstone, Levy, Barnes; corporals, Dickson, Croft, Wiley, Wil.ieOK; privates?Allan, Bartless, A. Bask in, P. Bask in, Beatv, Brown, Coward, A. Deal, Douglas, G. Kishburne, ('. Fishburne, Grausman, Hill, W. Holmes, llugucnin, Jeflbrds, St.-J. Jervey, Josey, C. Martin, Ma/.yek, McCleod, Milan, Parker, llodgeix, I). Sniith, Spr.ftt, G. Stone, H. Stone, T. Stone, Stuekey, Terrell, White. C'om])any C.?Captain, llorlbeek ; lieutenants, Peterkin, Johnston, Stevenson; sergeants, Hayne, llarvin, Boggs, Downing, Fleming; corporals, Ilolman, Matthews, M. Martin and Carwile; privates?M. Anderson, Hahh, Clement, Dial, DuBose, Fike, Galvin, Garner, W. Green, llagood, Haile, llorton, IIutto, Jackson, Kearney, Keith, Langford, Lee, Logan, Marchant, McClellan, McKlrov, McMaster, Morris, Pearce, Head, Ready, Rollins, Stokes, Tongue, Watts, Witseil. As they matched through town, the cadets met with a most cordial reception at the hands of the whole population, and it was with a degree of satisfaction, we have 110 doubt, that they beheld the bevies of pretty girls who came out to do honor to their arrival. Upon reaching the grounds of the Baptist High school, they at once went busily about the work of pitching their tents. Later they had dinner and yesterday evening the committee in charge provided a bountiful supper contributed by the citizens of the town. This morning the cadets leave for King's Mountain battle ground, from which place they expect to return on next Friday afternoon. ABOUT I'KOPLK. Mr. Peyton Moore, of Chester, is in town. ,Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Mel low are visiting relatives and friends in Lancaster. Master Paul Xecly Moore visited friends in "Lancaster last week. Sue McQueen, of Wilmington, X. ('., islrisiting Miss Kdilh Wallace, in this place. Miss Mary drier, of Charlotte, is visiting the family of Mr. B. X. .Moore, in this place. Mrs. Wm. T. Dunlap, of Charlotte, is in 'Yorkville," visiting the family of Mr. S. L. Jlnplson. airs. C. C. Handlcmaii. of Kings Mountain. N?U., is in Vorkville, visiting tin* family of Mj'. Brooks Ionian. "Mrs. Mary J. Ingohl returned homo on last Saturday, after a pleasant visit to relatives in Kings Mountain, X. t'. Hev. W. T. Matthews and family, oftireenwood, are in Vorkville, visiting the family of Mr. J. < >. Walker and other relatives. Miss (Jeorgie Witherspoon returned home last week from Brooklyn, X. V., where she has been taking a course in music. Mr. William Allison, who has been attending Davidson college, returned to his home I at Tir/ah last week. Messrs. ('has. K. Spencer, Jr., and Star Mason have returned home from Hampden Sydney, Ya. Misses Julia and Bessie Barron, and Mary Foster, of Berry, Ala., are in Vorkville, visiting the family of Mr. W. T. Barron. Mr. Kufus Dobson and grandchildren, of! Stanley Creek, X. ('., visited the family of Mr. J. W. Dobson. in Vorkville, last week.! Kev. (V. T. Matthews, of (treeuwood, S. i ('., eoiulueted the union services at the, Baptist church ofi last Sunday night. ir.. \Ti>? I If Stewart, of Rock Hill.! spent a few days in Yorkvillc last week, the | guests of Mr. II. II. Heard's family. Miss Berta I'ulmer, the popular milliner of I)obson's Racket store, will leave today for, her home in Baltimore, Md. . A private letter from Mr. .1. A. Tate informs lis that he is very much pleased with j Texas, and expects to remain for sometime. ! He is located at < >ak Clilf, Dallas county. Mrs. Belaud Moore, with her daughter i Dorothy, of Charleston, is spending a few weeks with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. S. A.. Weber. j Misses Louise and Lizzie Slierfes.se, of*I Hock Hill ; Julia Richardson, of Decatur, (Ja.; Mrs. H. K. Harrington, of Darlington ;| Mrs. S. If. Hemphill, of Chester ; and Mrs. I M. E. Hanks, of Fort Mill, are in Yorkville. visiting the family of I'rof. A. K. Hanks. Miss Fay Crillith. of Charlotte, is visiting j Mr. John M. Kawlinson's family. Miss Lizzie Bratton.of Winnsboro, is visit iii<; Dr. J. It. liraton's family in (his place. Mr. C.J. (.'. Htitson, of Hampton county,'" visited his son, Mr. Riehard llntson, in this i place, last week. Mrs. Paul Bratton, of Charleston, is visit-1 ing relatives and friends in Vorkville, the guest of Mrs. Ed Erwin. Mrs. Aslniry Coward and daughter, Miss I, Hcloise, and son Master Osborne, of Char-1 leston, are visiting in Vorkville, the guests!; of Mrs. Carrie May. . i Dr. F. L. Darker, the distinguished special- |' 1st of Charleston, will be among the visitors ; i to Vorkville next week. His business will be both social and professional. jj Rev. T. M. Dowry, tinancial agent for the Columbia Theological seminary, is spending! a few weeks in Vorkville with his parents Captain and Mrs. T. M. Dowry. Professor \V. D. Weber, of Millsapscollege, 1 in Mississippi, is spending a few days with i his parents at the Methodist parsonage. He 1 will start in a few days for the Chicago university, to take a special course in English. | W. H. Miller, Esq., editor of the Shelby j Aurora, Mr. Tillman li. Gaines, general canvassing agent for the same paper, and Mr. W. W. Jones, of Shelby, N. C., favored Thk. Exqi iukr with a visit on yesterday. Mr. Edward Thomas, the veteran uiachi-j nist in the employ of the Three C's railroad at Blackhurg, was in Yorkvilie last Saturday. He had the misfortune not long ago to sustain a severe injury to his foot by having a j heavy piece of iron to fall on it, and came down to secure the services of Drs. Braltoi ' it Bratton. OFF FOR NEW JHIISKY. On last Monday morning, about an hour after sunrise, Mr. II. II. Heard released ten homing pigeons belonging to the Trenton, N. J., Homing club, and sent to this place' for the purpose of testing their flight. Immediately upon their release from the basket, nine of the pigeons shot upward at an angle 1 of ahout 4o degrees, and upon reaching a heighth of perhaps 200 feet, struck due north. They continued in that direction for about a half mile, and then veering slight-! ly to the right, disappeared on a straight line, to the northcast'in the exact direction of home. The tenth pigeon was at first not so [ sure of its course. After flying a short dis- j I tance, it described a complete circle of sever-; al hundred yards in diameter, and then struck i straight after the rest. As yet none of the! pigeons have been heard from ; hut it isprohahle that at least some of them have already j arrived at Trenton, a distance of ahout 500 j 1 | I miles. On the 18th of last June, just one year from last Monday, Mr. Beard released j a flock of twenty-one pigeons for the same club. One reached Trenton on June 20th, j and another on June 21st; hut as to whether any of the others ever arrived, we have no j record. Thirteen pigeons, released at York-; ville ahout two years ago, left here at sunrise, I I and got to Philadelphia, Pa., on the after-1 noon of the same day. ? LOCAL LACONICS. Tin* Supreme Court. ? The supreme court has adjourned until the November term, which begins November 27. The Sixth circuit will he called Deeem10th, and given five days. i Continued I'litil Next Full. ? The case of Ingraham Wilson for the j I in unlet- of James T. Gladden was called at i j Lancaster -last Monday. The State ani nounced its readiness to go to trial. The defence, however, asked for a continuance on i the ground of the absence of material witnesses. The continuance was granted, j Looks Like Old Times. ? The Chester and Lenoir engine referred j to by President Harper in his recent report j as being in the shops for repairs, has made j its appearance on the track again, in lirst| class condition, and painted on the sides of j the cab, as as before the road went into the : hands of the lessee, is the name "V. A. Mci Itee." j Commencement at Krskine. ? The commencement exercises of Ers'kinc college, Due West, began on last Sun day and closed yesterday. Among-the full graduates, is the name of Mr. A. S. Rogers, j Kdgmoor; and among the partial graduates, Mr. T. P. McDill, Hickory Grove. Mr. Rogers delivered an oration on the subject,! I "Freedom Our Heritage; its Conservation I Our Trust." j Honors at Davidson. ? In a contest participated in by repre-1 sentatives of the different societies during j the commencement exercises at Davidson last week, Mr. F. B. Jones, of LowrysVille, carried off'the medal with an essay on "The I Poet as Teacher." Messrs. W. A. Huffher, | 1 of Blairsville, and S. P. Watson, of Rock j Hill, were graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Tin? Addrt-ss of Welcome. ? ? Tim committee in charire of the enter-1 taiumcnt of the citadel cadets, lias received I i a letter from General Law statin# that he | will be unable to lie here this week. \V. B. McCaw, Esq., has consented to deliver the' j address of welcome in behalf of the town, j upon the arrival of the cadets from King's Mountain next Saturday morning. Kxeoutlve Committee Meeting. ? Pursuant to the call of Chairman Briee, a special meeting of the Democratic executive committee was held in Yorkville last Saturday. There were present Chairman, Brice, representing York precinct; It. J). j Sealy, Antioch: 10. M. Bankhead, Bullock's ; Creek; J. C. Blair, Blairsville ; 1'. M. Bur-: ris, McConuellsville; W. IT. Crook, Fort' Mill; X. B. Campbell, Bethel; I). A. A. j i Watson, Clay Hill. Beyond the perfection i of the arrangements for the speaking yesterday, nothing was done. A Three <"* Flyer. ? Notwithstanding the fact that the pas-f scngcr work of the Three C's is done by one j train, which makes the round trip daily ex- j eept Sunday, the service is undoubtedly the best that the road lias ever had. The train leaves Shelby at S o'clock, gets to Camden at 12.40, starts back at 12. "> ">, and is scheduled to reach Shelby on the return at ">.1"?. | The whole run. including stops, is made at j about the rate of .">1 miles an hour, and all the work is done by one crew, with ('apt. .1. ! K. Barxteil in charge of I ho punch and bell cord, and ('apt. George Maring at the throttle U'? ere informed that tile roadbed is being kept in line condition, and ilie aulhorities have just had laid down about 2,000.000 feet of timber to go-inlo the various trestles. Special ICnmid Trip Tickets. ? Colonel S. 15. Lumpkin, general freight and passenger agent of the Three I"s, was in Yorkville last Monday for the purpose of making arrangements for the transportation of visitors to this place during the gala occasion next week. He has decided to! sell special round trip tickets, at reduced rates, on June 2(i, 27, 28 and 20, good until July 4. On Friday?commencement day? a special train will be run from Camden to Yorkville, and return late in the evening;* and those visitors coining from up the road will also be allowed to stay long enough to, witness all the exercises and gotten hack without having to remain over night. 1)1*. I.uthan's Address. I't'* Olltlll-lllill. 1 IJU ICUIIUU til IIV'At ??Ui\ o viuvum.i ment of the citadel cadets, in which the people of the county generally will be most deeply interested, is Dr. Lathan's historical address on the subject of the battle of King's , Mountain. Dr. Lathan is, without doubt, llie most thoroughly informed student of j; South Carolina history now living in the, State. He has given the whole subject a , most careful study, and written enough on , it to till a large volume, lie has had oeca sioti to give especial attention to the battle 1 of King's Mountain, together with the events ' i leading thereto and in the results which fol-_ lowed, and in the address that he will deliver, it may be confidently predicted that the i | people not only of York county, but the j i entire State, will liud a contribution that ! i will be esteemed as an historical treasure. |l Till! mm n\\\m.!; \ It Was Formally Opened in = Yorkville Yesterday. \ riLLMAN AN!) HITLER ON THE HISTINUS. ] I'aiididatcs .Announce (or the Various ( Stair Officers? Strait and Fin try for |! Congress?York an Hxainple Cor Future Meetings. Pursuant to the appointment of the .State . ' Democratic Kxeculive committee, the State * Democratic campaign was regularly opened 1 in Yorkville on yesterday. A large number ? of people came to Yorkville from the stir- 1 rounding country in private conveyances, as I many more came on special trains over the j Three C'saud C. it L. railroads, and alto gether the crowd numbered probably lifteeu J ll 11 tl f 1 I'Oll The meeting was lie Id at the same place < used two years ago?in O'Leary's grove?in | < the northeast outskirts of town, and the j ? speaking was from a substantial stand i erected by the county executive committee, i The only decorations about the stand were a ' few large conservatory plants, in front and | to the rear; in green letters on a white field, ] the legend : ' Our Interests are One?-York." 1 The crowd having assembled, after music ' by tbe (told Hill band, J. S. RricP, chairman | of the Democratic Executive committee, I opened the meeting as follows: j ] "Ladies and gentlemen : Two years ago, , in this grove, we had a model campaign meeting. The order was perfect. Today I SEX ATOH M. C. lU'TLKK. the State campaign is formally and oflicially opened here, and I know that yon, men of York county, wish to set your sister counties a noble example l?y keeping the same perfect order as before. I know that you will give each candidate a patient and respectful hearing." Mr. Rriee then announced the order of the speaking as follows: 1st. Candidates for governor and other State ollieers. 2d. (,'ongres- i sional candidates; and senatorial candidates last. After this the exercises were opened i with prayer by Rev. \V. (J. Neville, and Senator John Ciary Evans was introduced as the ' lirst speaker. Senator Evans expressed pleasure at thej privilege of addressing the voters of York,! and referred to a mistake of the chairman in crediting him as being from Edgelield, instead of Aiken, as perfectly natural; because j so many candidates came from Edgelield county. He was born and reared in Abbeville among the oaks, he said, and having moved to Aiken among the! pines, thought that this place in which the oaks, pines and hickories harmoniously j commingle, was especially fitting for the an-' nounccment of his candidacy. Then, he continued, having been connected with the. Farmers' movement platform from its incep-' tion, he was here today to show that that; platform was right. We started out to give | the people local self government. We start-! ed out to make the people who aspired to be your rulers, look you in the eye, and ask you for your suffrages face to face. We have broken up the little ring that used to rule the State, and now we are ruled by a ring that is composed of the entire people. This is the only ring that can preserve the liberties of the people of South Carolina. We yere. brought into power through a March convention, and at that convention a platform of principles was adopted. With a few exceptions, the planks of this platform have been enacted into law. There is a demand for a constitutional convention with i which we have not yet complied. True, itj has been passed upon by the legislature, but j it is yet to be submitted to the people. - . i... r a... i* til,.*: 11 l)us uccii sunt l?^ juiiii v. vuiiiuuii, luut . no constitution can stand that docs not I spring fro in the people. The constitution I under which we now live was not miule1 by the people of South Carolina, andi I can show you provisions in it under, which, if the party by which it was i made should again come into power, could destroy every public school in South Carolina. 1 have made efforts in the legislature to j amend this constitution so us to get rid of| the objectional features. To amend it, how- j ever, requires a two-thirds vote, and as the people of Charleston and Columbia were I always against me and almost controlled that many votes at least, my efforts were tinstic- j cessful. My friends, we pay too much for the edu-j cation of that class that is opposed to our in-1 terests. There is a provision in the constitution my friends, which provides that every school supported in whole or in part by the State, shall be open to all people regardless of color. If the Republicans should get con- [ tiol, they could send Negroes to Clemson and our other colleges, or close them up by j mandamus. Negro children will go to; school with white children, but white children will not go to school with the Negro j children. We don't want them to, and; neither do we want to pay as much for edu-; eating Negro children as our own. When I. proposed the abolition of the two mill school tax, they said I was opposed to the education of the masses?that I did not want poor children to go to school. The truth of the | matter is, there never should have been; such a provision in the constitution, and it i takes six years to provide a remedy. Thorn-; as Jelferson said that the life of a constitu-| tion is :t(J years, yet we have been living under a constitution, with the making of which we had nothing to do, ever since IStiS, and in this constitution Confederate soldiers are called rebels. Referring to the adoption of the Oeaia de JOHN OAKY KVANS. ? mands by I lie I >cmocratic parly of this State, Senator Kvans said that South Carolina is s the only State in which Democraey is a mat- 1 ter of principle. We fought the war from j principle, he said, and got free Negroes and ' i poor houses; but the principle was right 11 then, and its right now. The Northern peo- \ pie are Democrats for revenue only. Next Senator Kvans touched on State pol-1 < itics. During the first year of the Keforiu : administration, he said State taxes were re- , iluced three-quarters of a mill. Then he I reviewed the history of the refunding of the State debt. The debt was $5,500,000 at (> ' percent. It had been refunded at 4.1 per ] cent. The opposition had done all they1 i could to poison the financiers of New York 1 against the State, and succeeded. (Jovernor | Tillman, himself and others, then slipped oil"11 to Hallimorc and got the debt refunded before the opposition was aware of it. Next Senator Kvans spoke of the fact that j, the doors of the Kcform party were now j I open. John Sam Yerner had been baptized |1 in Columbia the other day : and, later, Sena- j1 tor Butler was also baptized. But don t let j i hem all iii at once. In* said : they will muddy ho pool. He also said that even the Cniiiiiliia State had applied for baptism ; hut it votild have to he marked with a red eross ind sprinkled with holy water before it ' mill he let in. In conclusion, Senator ?vans defended the dispensary law, and round tip with some complimentary renarks to the ladies. He was greeted with a ew cheers when he referred to the baptism )f Butler, Veruer and The State; hut when le sat down, there was no applause. <;KN. W. JI. KI.I.KKUK. The next speaker wHa (ieneral \V. II. Klerhe. It had been said that he was no speaker, hut judging from the applause he received, it seemed that the crowd was rrentiv oh-ased I have been VOUl* eomp roller general for four years, said Cieneral Kllerbe, and you are familiar with my reeoril. \ It hough I have heen cussed and discussed, I lave no apologies to make. I have done nothing ;xeept what I believed to lie right, and I think so yet. Iam not a speaker; I never made a speech in my life. I leave that kind of work to toy distinguished friend and kinsman (John ?ary Kvans). lie is my cousin, but lie does not *laiiii kin with me. It is because I am i kind of tnossback, and I am going to beat him for governor. [Laughter.] Hut really he is a bright young man, and I am so proud of him hat I want to help him along. He would make i capital trial justice, and when I am elected I propose to give hint the ollice. [Laughter.] eneral Kllerbe then went on to discuss the principles of taxation, and showed how he ivas right in raising the assessments on railroads mil banks. He cited the ease of a railroad that ivas bonded at $17,0110 a mile, and though the lionds were worth par, the road was returned at less than $7,f>oo a mile. At this there was lots of kicking, and it was necessary to tight the matter h rough the courts in order to prove the right of the State to tix the assessment at a fair valuation, lie also showed by figures, the justice of taxing banks on the value of their capital stock. Then lie told how he had been trying to do his duty without fear or favor, and in graphic language, recited an incident that occurred shortly after he was elected to ollice. One day, while at dinner, I received adaintily scented note, asking 111c to call at number so and ?>, such and such a street. It was signed by Miss Hlank. Wondering what a lady could % want with me, I twisted up what little moustache 1 have, brushed my hair and called around as requested. I was ushered into the parlor, and Hl'OKontlv n mwiiI 1,inkitifr VOllllfr llldv cailie. After a few commonplace remarks, the huly got down to business. She said : "General Kllerbe, the shcriil'has been around here with a circular issued by you, and he proposes to levy on our property for taxation. My mother isthe invalid widow of a Confederate soldier, and she has not paid any taxes in four or live years. We want you to put a stop to this threatened execution." I told her that I was very sorry and would l)e glad to do anything I could 'for her but I did not see how I could stop the execution. .Fust about that time her mother came in dressed in a Mother Hubbard. When I looked in her eyes, I got scared. She said : "What you say, ypu, you old Tillnianite, you ! You at tlie head of the government and can't stop a tax execution ! \\ ho was your father, anyway?" I told bet that I really did not know, and at the time that was true, for I didn't; but when I got about a hundred yards up the street I could almost swear?I don't swear?that 1 could whip any woman in the. city! [Laughter.] Next General Kllerbe told of the tight with the C'oosaw company, and showed liow the State had won the suit, greatly to the profit of the taxpayers. Next General Kllerbe spoke of the Alliance. He said that he had joined the first Alliance organized in his county, and proceeded to defend all the demands, not only , as constitutional, just and right, but the only | hope of relief for the people of the South, lie spoke of the burdens of Federal taxation, and siiid that if it were not for the tariff tax, the clothes we wore could be bought for half the amount we paid for them. In conclusion, he deplored the factional dift'orenees in the State; but said he was not willing for the minority to control the majority, and will see no end of the strife until the opposition was willing to stop the light. General hllerbe's speech was weli received throughout. MKCKKTAKY J. K. TINI)AI,. Secretary Tindal said that he was not a candidate upon his own volition, but at the earnest solicitation ofcitizensof Clarendon and other portions of the State. He wits glad to meet the peo- t pic of York again. He had been here several times. The first time, became the people were suffering from a dead lethargy and stagnation. They knew nothing of politics, and his speeches were for the purposjeofenlightening them. You are out today, said "the speaker, in obedience to the principles I taught you then. After this preliminary, Secretary Tindal waded intifa splendidly worded, well connected speech. The other speakers, he said, had so completely covered the ground as to leave him but little to talk about; but, however, he would .touch upon the railroads. Hiitil the Reform administration came in, the railroads had been in the habit of saying to the people: "We will pay so much taxes, and that is all we propose to pay." The administration, however, had claimed the right to lix the value of railroad property, and, after a light, had won. Hut, said Mr. Tindal, this is a matter in which we must proceed with due caution. We need the railroad*. If we tax them more than is just, we will cripple them, and if we allow them to say how they will be taxed, : they become arrogant and they will cripple us. : CUVKKNOK H. It. TILLMAN. One thing we need is fair minded, impartial railroad eommissoners, who will do the right thing between both parties. Speaking of the Alliance in politics, Secretary Tindal said, a prominent gentleman had objected to it to him on the ground that he thought it dangerous for the country to be controlled by a secret organization. 1 deny that the alleged danger exists. 'The Alliance was organized for the purpose of teaching correct principles. While the organization has its secrets, its principles are as clear and open as the noonday sun. Everybody knows where the Alliance stands. How did the farmers come to organize? Looking about them they everywhere saw trust and combinations, adulterations, etc. They saw that the Northern farmer voted for no other purpose than to keep down the rebel sdldier, and they themselves voted to keep down the Radical. They say that the only way to seecure unity was to organize, and they sent forth the word "brother." It went out like a tlash, and soon the farmers all over the country began working to the same ond?the relief of all. The Alliance controls no man's politics and binds no man's conscience. Mr. Tindal then went on to read extracts from the platform of the March convention, and showed how they conformed to the principles of the Alliance. In conclusion, he said that the people were the safest depository of political power, and showed how ths Alliance was merely a school intended to promote the wise direction of that power. Kit. SAMPSON I'Ol'K. The next speaker was Dr. Sampson I'opc, also a candidate for governor, lie said that he was the orphan boy of the show, as he was the only man who had come out solely because he wanted theollice. Because he was last in the procession he hoped that the people would take liiiii up and bring him out lirst. It had been said that all the bad blood between the while people of South Carolina was due to the Helbrmers. That, he said, was not true. Time and again have we extended the right hand of fellowship, but they would not have it. Referring to the refunding of the State debt, lie said that the only editor of the State w ho lent a helping hand, was Mr. Williams, of the t i recti villi; News. The anti-editors were so bitter that they could not even spell the word. "Reform" correctly. They spelled it "r-e-f-a-w-m." Dr. Dope then went over about the same ground as that already gone over by the other speakers, except oti the tarill' question. In this lie di tiered Iroin the others in thai he believed iii protection. On the liiptor question, he saitl In* was lor Hit* dispensary lirst; and if that should ho divided to lie nneonstitntional, he was for high lieense. SKNATolt li. K. I-'INI.KV. Senator Finley was the next speaker, lie was reeeived with the most liheral applause that hail been manifested np to the time of his appearance. llesaid that this was not the first time that lie hail appeared before the people as a nanlate for olliee. lie hail held olliee for the past four years, and had always done the best he oulil for the people of York eounty and South Carolina. Originally he had been eleeted on the Mareh platform, and all along he had voted to arry out its every demand. Some of the planks Jid not meet his views exactly, hut as that was what he had promised he tried to carry nut instructions. The Reformers had enacted some measures, not demanded by the platform which lie deemed unwise and he had refused to support them, lie thought lie was working for die best interest of the people then and has not liad occasion to change his views since. Senator Finley reviewed his course in the legislature, referred to a number of important bills lie had introduced and stated that he had not roted for the dispensary or black district hills, uid then turned his attention to national polities. I am a candidate for con cress because I want he ofiice, and lor no other reason. I think I liave the capacity to represent you and if sent to tVashington I shall do the best I can to look liter your interests. Though I have no time in vliieli to elaborate tny views, it is but due that I state my plat form. I believe that the financial ssuc is the greatest question affecting the interests of the people of the South. To discuss this ipicstiou would require hours. It issutlicicnt to say that present conditions arc lie result of abuses that have existed for years, l'he beginning was a few years before the war, vhich was forced upon us on account of jeaU jusy of our prosperity. As the result of the ,var, the negroes, which were our principal nisis of wealth, were swept away. Not satisfied villi this, the North has sought to make us pay he expenses of the war and it has succeeded. You remember they first levied what was cnown as a cotton tax. As this kind of a tax