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& ''Sfk* CiLAELESE. K. DRAYTON,Manager. AIKEN S. C. ; TUESDAY, MAY 25, JSSG. YOLCJME 5.—NUMB EE 32. V •Ir'H e*»3sir&s«(&i«r35?«=2fc»r=a^^ nBBHHBHHHBBI aHJBDEMOCiV^CT OF SOI TH CAll- OIvINA A*W> ITS DUTY. Stall: Govern uient—'ili.« < Nccil of Dem ocrat ic KcorjcaiAz-atJon — Pi-Jmary Elect >oii«—The “Hat Game”—A Call for a Convention. • Chester, May 13, 1836. To the Editor of the News and Courier: It is said of republics that the existence oMwo well organized parties therein is a necessity, and the nearer these parties are equal in power and representation the nearer is the approach to perfect health in the body politic. This has Bimo^t become an obvious truth, and. therefore, the condition of Booth Car olina with only one party is not one of uualjoyed happiness. The Demo cratic ship is becalmed ami the sails of its usefulness flap idly against ^tlie masts. Each year, like sailors in a -- calm, we whistle for a political breeze. This has been too often tried, so that d^^fl^Jthe approaching canvass it hard to create a ripple of in- tSTest, much less of excitement. Bince 1876 the party lias existed in full power and compactly united, because of the continued attacks of the Fed eral Government on our election laws; that force being removed, the menace comes not from without, but from within. The first consequence of having but a single party, practically without an antagonist, was tho establishment of prjtpary elections to determine the dhoice of candidates for members of tho Legislature and all county offi cers, including those offices tho ap pointment to which is the exclusive prerogative of the Governor. These primary elections are now an institu tion in the State, and upon their re sults the fate of candidates absolutely depends, and the general election is jnerely used to record tne results and have the sanction of the law. All interest is centred in the primary elections, and the vote is large because the candidates must necessarily enter the arena of contest, their frieiulsand -partisans are aroused, and it partakes of all the excitement of an election with opposing parties. The choice of caiujidBb-'B rendered by Democrats at t’A^^lcctions is cheerfully acquiesced ji^End, therefore, they are generally preferred to conventions. At the gen- elections the attendance and the pte gcp> less and less each election “Very obvious reasons, and it will pot be a matter of surprise if some day it is announced that at certain re mote polls in the counties no one but the managers have voted. The situation of inejTness in which the Democratic party of Souili Caro lina finds itself has produced a move ment recently fraught with most in calculable danger to the State, if the result had been as feared. The Far mers’ Convention recently assembled at Columbia, under quite a specious disguise, was really projected by its originators to assail the Democratic party, and its recognized leaders; and it would have been a success in that way but for the fact that the farmers ■?>£-Bouth Carolina lovo the party of their fathers, and knoib that in die ab solute, irrevocable union of Us mem bers depends 'he safety and life of this jState, and, knowing this, they could pot be used for any hostile purpose, It is, however, useless to deny the fact that some of the utterances coming from that convention had truth and reason in them, and have taken hold of the minds of those who, by their votes, will determine the complexion of rV next Legislature, and tho climee of our State officials. It is true that the business of agriculture, is not now remunerative, mainly due, how* ever, to its being jfffirrkHl on under a system of runiouscredit, and the dis asters of three years with*the crops. It is true that the present machinery pf government as organized under the Constitution 1868, so far as the B^eounty goyer^^fcits are coneemod, i> too expensivJ(!P*tem for a poor peo ple, but it is not true that the State Government, executive, legislative and judicial, is carried on in extrava gance. It is true that there is need and opportunity for retrenchment and reform, but jt is not true that State taxation is excessive, *but on the contrary it is quite moderate, and the burthens of which the farmers com plain arise in many counties—as in this county—from self-imposed rail road taxes, aud generally from the expenses of the county governments. It is necessary that the Democratic, party should take heed of all the well- founded complaints announced by the Farmers’ Convention. That conven tion was coniposed, with but a half ject of primary elections. They have grown up outsidy.vf the Constiiati- u I of the Democratic party; have li“cn adopleuas a system by the act ion of the j county conventions of the various I counties, and in no two counties are the rules alike. It Is clear that the whole subject should .be regulated by the supreme authority of a State Con vention to adopt one common harmo- uioussetofrules to govern them. Itwas suggested at the Farmers’ Convention that the candidates for all State offi ces, including the Governor, be ’chosen by a direct primary vote, and also members of Congress. This proposition involves a distinct revolt from the system of State conventions. It seems impracticable, nay, impossi- possible, to’carry this into effect, yet the idea has taken much deeper root in the minds of tho people than many suppose. The duty is imposed upon the Dem- cratic party to consider this matter well and to announce itself distinctly, and, if any beneficial changes can be made in the method of choosing our highest officials, to adopt it. There is an evident demand that the manner of selecting candidates should be pop ularized, and I venture to propose a change in that direction. For exam ple: It should be required of the can didates for Governor that early in the season they address the people at the various Courthouses in the State, and that the county conventions io choo.st delegates to the nominating conven tion shall not he assembled until such canvass is ended. This will bring the candidates face to face with the peo ple, and thereby arouse public inter est and save us from dying of stagna tion, which is our present danger. An amicable contest among candid ates for political offices lias become n necessity. The same course should be qnirsued in the Congressional districts. It will there give an opportunity for all the candidates in each county to be heard, aud break up this intolera ble practice of every county having its own candidate, every candidate nominating his own delegation to the Congressional Convention, and every such delegation being sworn to stick to its own man, resulting in a dead lock, and a resort to that most dis creditable piece of legerdemain called the “Hat game ” It seems to me imperatively neces sary that a Democratic Convention should assemble early in July to con sider all these matters of organization, and also to put forth some decided ut terances about things of general in terest to the people, such us education, tho interests of agriculture, t he ques tion as to the finances of the Biate and county governments, taxation, and generally of retrenchment aud reform. Such a State Convention, coniposed not of representatives of a single class, but of the entire people, .backed up by all the time honored au thority and dignity of the Democratic party, will infuse new life and con centrate all the elements of strength within the part}' itself, and, with re newed vigor, our political affairs for the ensuing year will be carried on to a happy aud harmonious result. H. DC \XTI I. iXO'S H V DROPHOBIA. slightest patient.” perceptible effect on the Ir. Herttine Expires at his Ironic al . _ ^ „ .. A post mortem examination of the i.i wo a., , o . „.fn, in ” i remains will be held to-day bj the at- with His Attendants and Bering , teuding physicians and S everal prom- doz^ft^oeptions, of Democratic vot ers am^f those who represent quite B majority of the voters of this ^^^I^Hnly livVbut‘prosper. There f r. In consequenee of the enmity of the Republican parly of the North, the hostility of the Federal Government at home, tho policy of the Dem- OCratTsgparty since coining into power has been hue of expedients; iiffeuded |o be purely temporary and tolpadge pver soRie present difficulty. I Geueral Assembly it may be practically not to exist; the party ca pus is gone, the party lash hangs i upon the walls; and it has not infre quently happened that important general laws, vital to the interests of the people, have been determined by tho votes of the handful of colored Republicans in the Senate aud House. This cannot longer he. The Demo- cratice party needs a more perfect or ganization, and it must announce its State policy on all important general measures. To meet the present con dition of public affairs requires a bold and uoPa timorous policy. We have no party discipline, and to this laxity piay ho attributed every attempt to Slbatc new Issues aud new political instrumentalities. The most vital matter of organiza tion which suggests itself is the sub- Emigruliou to Liberia. Savannah News. Advices from Washington indicate that the question of the colonization of the negro is not only alive but a growing one. If it is true, as has been stated, that Southern and Western Senators and Representatives are con tidually receiving petitions asking that appropriations be m ade to assist the colored people to emigrate to Africa and help sustain them there, it is probable that such a petition will sooner or later meet with a favorable answer, and that a great impetus will be given to emigration to Liberia. It is true that there are arguments against making appropriations to aid emigration to Africa, and there arc serious doubts whether the colored people would be benefited materially, morally* aud mentally by emigrating there. It seems, however, that a great many of them desire to become citizens of the black republic, where they cau work out their own destiny in their own way. This is a natural desire and it ought not, perhaps, to be discouraged. The negro has given up all hope of ascendancy in any part of this country, or even of equality with the whites for generations, so cially, mentally, and morally, and it is not strange that those of the race who do not feel content here turn in their minds towards Liberia as the land in which their fondest hopes may be realized. It is generally agreed that Liberia is a fine country, where with ordinary thiift aud prudence, the negro can are nd the unhappy political compile*^ bl , t by the aid of lhc hold the sorrowing attendants in an awful fascination. Unearthly delu sions appeared to fill the mind of the poor man. He clutched the bed clothes as if to save himself from fall ing, then raised his arms as if to ward off' some approaching form and screamed to those about him to save him from the fiends of his distorted f.mcy. The story of his last night on earth cannot be told in words. It was a constant succession of ineffable tor ments, heightened beyond the pre vious ones by the gradual approach of the final struggle for life, All through tli •long, weary hours of the night the watchers were forced to be hold in helpless silence the awful an guish of their friend. Soon after sunrise the infallible evidence of the death of hydrophobia patients showed itself. Hertline be came restful and had comparative ease. His face resumed it’s wanted ap pearance, the twisted lines of pain passed away aud the eves lost their uncanny glitter. His family came to his side and ha bad them the last fare well. He placed his hand in that of a neighbor aud with a peaceful look said, “Ah, but you arc my good, good friend.” Ten minutes later he was <lead. A feeling of almost happiness that he had been released from his suffer ings came over all. “I thank God that poor Jaccob is free,” said one, “an£t T pray that I may never again see such a night as this has been.” Hertliue’s case has been one of even unusual severity. “Hitherto I have really doubted whether there was such a thing as hybrophobia.” Dr. Kret- Poor Ireland last year consumed schmar remarked to a reporter. “That is I did not believe that it was a verit- but what I uo doubt, difficulties to be encounter ed in establishing one’s self there, .‘’.s there are such difficulties i.iall new American Colonization Society such difficulties have been reduced to a minimum, and if the government aul for emigrants of :fiOd per capita asked Id be granted, there would be pperent reas.ra why several thous and colored people should not safely find new home* in Liberia every year. If a few thousand of the more intel ligent and upright of the colored peo ple of the Souih should go to Liberia, the condition of that country would doubtless be very much improved within the next generation. 5,069,028 gallons of spirits and neariy 79,000,000 of malt liquor at a cost of about 155,000,000. No wonder she is poor! Preston Valentine, the murderer of Win. Vales, of Augusta, liasbeei*seii- tenced to be hanged on Friday tlie 2d of July. them to Cut off the Wounded Hand Four Strong Men to hold Him in Bed. New York, May 15.—Death came yesterday morning as a welcome guest to the home of Jacob Hertline, at No. 146 McDougal, Brooklyn street. For a day and a half he had endured the most terrible agonies that can come to mortal body. No human agencies seemed capable of even alle viating the pains of this latest victim to hydrophobia. Peace came only with the departure of the breath of life. On the 6th of March—as was told in the World of yesterday—Mr. Hertline was bitten in the hand by a mad dog which he had attempted to drive from ids doorstep. The wound was cau terized instead of being allowed to remain open in order to facilitate the escape of nocuous matter. The accident apparently passed from the mind .of Mr. Hertline. At least, he never made more than a passing allusion to it when it was mentioned by his more inquisitive neighbors. He was a man of excita- ble aud earnest temper, hut without a ti nge of morbidness. The disease which laid him low is not supposed to have been the creation of a distorted imagi nation. He was greatly frightened by an attack from a dog five days ago. Cn this occasion Mr. Hertline was stand ing at his gate in earnest and rather vigorous conversation with a neighbor when a brute leaped over the fence from an adjoining yard and seized Mr Hertline by the beard. Though there Weis not the slightest abrasion of the skin the shock of the unexpected at tack agitated Mr. Hertline to a notic- gble degree aud may possibly hav«e hastened the final disaster. On Wednesday morning appeared the first premonitary symptoms of the dread diseased. There were shooting pains through the head and the wound on the hand tingled and burn ed as if touched with fire. The victim asked for a seidlitz powder, but as he attempted to drink, convulsive shiv ers run through his body and his breath.came in gasps. Dr. r, the family physician was summoned and he at once under stood the awful meaning of the pa tient’s actions. Hertline seemed to read his dreadful fate iu the physi- ciau’sface, for,throw ing up his liamis, heyjried in agitated tones: “Oh, my God! I knew it! I knew it! I am beyond hope!’, Immediately he was seized with violent convulsions, which at this time yielded partially to such power ful opiates as were administered. Still the unhappy man never for a moment failed to realize the horrors that await od him. When he saw Dr. Paul Kret schmar, who had been caliod in con sultation by Dr. Hartung, he begged that poison might be given him to shorten his pending agonies. But oven up to this stage of the disease t e patient’s system was subject to the more potent narcotics. Morphine and chloral in copious'doses contribut ed materially to his relief. Thursday afternoon, however, the inevitable end gave signs of its op- proach, Hertline became so violent that four strong men were required to hold him iu bed. The convulsions followed one another in quick succession, and were of startling in tensity. The sufferer writhed and twisted until it seemed as if his mus cles, would he torn out of his body. As lie gasped for breath there came from his throat that uncanny noise that s ems like a suppressed bark or snarl. Froth flecked his livid lips, and his gleaming eyes were blood-shot. It was a ghastly sight that seemed to inent doctors of this city. WISE COUXSFIi TO WORKING MEN. the blaster Knights of able physical disease; have seem during the past two days convinced me of its terrffiig beyoni 1 renst >na nest ic however, the sufferer experie* a: the sight of water we fcave-dUp ed.' A pitcher ot w«U-r was ciupwd concluded pot n.m at hU Ivpdrtdb without tUp • at ali.’k- The Manly Words of 'Workman of tho Labor. From the Few York Herald, The circular addressed by Master Workman Powderly to the Knights of Labor contains much wisdom and good advice, which may profitably be heeded not only by the members of that body but all labor organizations and workingmen individually. Mr. Powderly admits at the start that the organization of which he is the head “has been losing ground, so far as public opinion is concerned, for some time,” and gives as one of the chief causes of this that unwise and unjustifiable tilings, for which the or ganization is not responsible, have been permitted to be done in its name. The Order, he says, has been “used as a tail for a hundred different kites,” and for selfish ends which are foreign to its purpose and detrimental to its success. It must not. he emphatical ly declares, be worked to “further the schemes, of individuals, cliques or parties.” Mr. Powderly strongly denounces boycotting. He “hates even the word.” It Is a “bad practice,” not to be resorted to except.“w’hen every thing else fails.” He might well have made his denunciation without the exception. The boycott, as a means of coercion, is to be compared to dy namite as a destructive force. It is against the law and condemned by the popular sentiment of this coun try. It is a thing which must in the end prove more hurtful to the boy- cotters than the boycotted. Of course, Mr. Powderly condemns “guns and dynamite,” or violence of anv kind. In doing this he does not assume that the mass of workingmen are not themselves law-abiding and orderly, but that they should unite to discountenance and stamp out law lessness on the part of professional agitators and reckless characters, who are the worst enemies to the cause of labor. “Keep a jealous eye,” lie says, “up >n the doings of the laboring men who never labor.” Finally, Mr. Powderly declares that the man of capital and the laborer are not enemies, but friendly parties to be “brought closer together.” That is a trite saying, but a true one, and, eom- i ng from their chosen representative, should have much iuiitieiice with workingmen. The counsel thus given the Knights of Labor is well calculated to strengthen and improve the Order and to promote the interests of em ployers as well as employees. How a Strike Was Prevented. From the New York Tribune. Ex-Collector Charles A. Gould, of Buffalo, told me yesterday an incident that occurred at that place where a long-headed proprietor of a stove casting establishment prevented a strike by taking the bull by the horns and striking himself. Said Mr. Gould: “The old fellow got word one day that all his employees had at tended a meeting the night before to organize an assembly of the Knights of Labor. In some way. too, he heard what was said at the meeting and knew at once that a strike was com ing in the not far distant future. Forty-eight hours later a notice was posted up over the establishment. It read, ‘These works will close on Sat urday night until further notice.’ It was Friday. The following day a committee went to the olliea to in quire what it all meant. There was no one there but the bookkeeper. In quires after the proprietor <>n!y elicited ihe response that he had gone fishing and would not return for a week. The old nia i stayed away until the folio /big Wednesday, When he ap peared a committee was waiting to see .lim, composed of every branch of his labor. They wanted to know what was up/* He sat down and told them what he had learned. Then he went on and told them how much he had made in the last two years, how he had run his shops without earning a penny merely because he felt the responsibility of keeping the wolf from th« door of the families of the men in his concern. He said that he had made up his mind that if his em ployees did not appreciate these things it was no longer his duty to keep the works running, and lie had simply decided to close them unti! furl her notice. ‘I will net say what might be, if you disband your assem bly and make up your minds that you want none of this new-fangled affair, but I would study over it and see what could be done.’ The men con sidered for a few minutes and agreed on the spot to let labor organizations and strikes alone, and the works re opened.” Col. Aiken Declines to be a Can didate. Colonel D. Waytt Aiken, Represen tative from the Third Congressional District, will not boa candidate for re-election in the approaching elec tion. This decision is announced by Colonel Aiken in a card published in the Abbeville Messenger of May 18th. In bis card he says: “Latterly I have received numerous letters,from avowed friends, inquiring whether it was my- purpose to enter the ap proaching canvass as a candidate for re-election to Congress. Justice to them and others demands that I should make mv determination * *• fhown. My hcaltl\ at present is so i-arious that I can venture nothing ilpuit thefuture, and I have therefin- fo enter the canvass Ii UBOR. A "Warning to JBoycotters. Milwaukee, Wis., May 19.—Judge Mallory, in his charge to the grand jury, in reference to the labor riots here, says: It is not necessary that a person should have actually partici pated in the commission of an unlaw ful or criminal act to make him re sponsible for it. But every person who counsels, hires, procures, or in cites others to the commission of any unlawful or criminal act is equally guilty with those who actually perpe trated the act, though such person may not have been present at the time of the commission of the offence. An agreement between two or more per sons wrongfully to injuye or prejudice a third person or any body of men, as for instance, a combination to injure a man in his trade or profession, is con spiracy and as such is an indictable offence. If two or more persons con spire together for the purpose of boy cotting a man with the intent to injure or destroy his business thej- may be indicted for conspiracy. Men who, by incendiary speeches aud wild harangues, cause breaches of peace must be held to strict accountability. Our Constitution does not protect any such freedom of speech. Our people have tolerated criminal conduct of Anarchists and demagogues quite too long. THE LOCKOUT AT AN END. Newark, N. J., May 19—Twenty- one fit ms, comprising the Newark Fur Hat Manufacturers’ Association, which locked out the makers on the 1st, decided to end the lockout to-day and notified the men to return to work. O. M. W. POWDERLY INTERVIEWED. Scranton, Pa. May 19.—In an in terview at his home here this even ing, Grand Master Workman Powder ly was asked if he had recieved any notice of Martin Irons announcing- himself as a candidate for Grand Mas-- ter Workman. Powderly replied: “No, sir; I saw a dispatch in the pa pers yesterday to that effect, but there is no truth in the statement. By sucli an announcement he would virtually defeat himself, as it is against the rules of the organization.” When is the Grand Master Work man to be elected ?” “The convention will meet in Rich mond the first Monday in October?” “What is the object ed the conven tion at Cleveland on tlie23tli?” “To perfect rules for the government of strikes tliat are liable to occur in the future; to consider the question of boycotts and several other less im portant matters that may be brought up?” “Will the convention at Richmond be a large one?” “ Yes, sir; it will be one of the largest gatherings of delegates ever held in this country.” Mr. Powderly will leave for Cleveland Saturday. THE MEAT PACKERS DECLARE. C.* cago, May 19.— Several promi nent meat packers were interviewed yesterday audlasteveiling as to wheth er they would returned to the ten hour rule next week. The movement will affect directly or indirctly 39,000 persons. There are about 10,000 men employed in 9 houses, at the yards, and the butchers and tiie others will bring the total up to the figure men tioned. They are all more or less con nected with the packing houses and should the packers carry out their threats to shut down in case the men make trouble about returning to the old time they would necessarily be injured. Armour & Co. say: “We cannot go on as we are now. It is simply out of the question. We must either return to the old system or close up. There is no other way out of it for the packers. It was a mistake to ever give the men eight hours. At Kansas City, Boston and other places the men are working ten hours and we cannot begin to compete with them.” THE SCHEME WONT WORK. St. Louis, May 19.—The furniture manufacturing companies of the city on the first of May, resolved, in order to avoid a strike among their em ployees, to give the 8-hour system a fair trial, and if it should be found that their business could be conduct ed profitably upon that plan, to con tinue it independently, but if the con trary should result,to return to the old plan. Representatives of all the fac tories held a meeting last night and in view of the fact that iu other cities a majority of the factories were work ing ten hours, and tliat it would be im possible for the employers to compete with them on the basis of eight hours, it was resolved to return to the old plan after the20lli instant and lock out all employees who should refuse to work on that plan. GO BACK TO WORK. St. Louis, May 19.—The striking employees of the Southern Barb Wire Company held a moetiug yesterday aud resolved to return to work on the plan of ten hours. The President of the Company refused to receive them back unless they should promise to make upduifing the week all time lort. The promise was given and to-day the company resumed operations. m STRIKE AT AN END. Chicago, May 19.—After a fort night’s struggle the strike of the plan ing mill employees here for eight hours work at ten hours’ pay has come to an end. The men have formally asked to he taken back at old terms, stipulating only that their wages be paid week- ly * -"-s IRON WORKS BTARTJ Shauosc, Pa., May 19.—The Iron Campany’t^T&rks at this place were lighted la.^Wight after an idle ness of nearly a year, and anV running in full blast, 'rue imtieutions point to a steady run. Every furnace in Sharon is now iu blast. \ A LIVE SNAKE LV STOMACH. A BOYS SPEAKER CARLISLE'S BITS TAKE. THE CITY OF i.4 K SKY LAND. He Died from Hemorrhage Soon Alter it had been Put Jed from his Mouth Lewiston, Me., May 13—The al- i most incredible story recently print- | ed about the death of a boy near Grand , Falls from hemorrhage caused by pulling from his mouth a live snake which had grown to his flesh proves tobe litterally true. The lad’s namewas George Murchison, and his age 8 years He was a bright little fellow, and liv ed with his parents on a farm about four miles from the town. Early last wiuter the bo} r began to act strange ly sick. He had a most voracious ap petite, and it was impossible for him to get enough to eat. His friends got alarmed about him, and sent for phys icians who began dosing him for worms. As the winter wore on the boy grew worse and worse, One day he felt something crawling up from his stomach iqto his tnroat; He ah- mist choked to death, for the crawl ing creature tried ineffectually to come nut by the nasal passage. In a short time the snake (for such it was) forced its way up the boy’s throatand stuck its head out of his mouth. The lad’s sister, who was near by, saw the head of the serpent just before it drew back into the boy’s mouth. Very soon the snake stuck his head out a second time, and his little sister made a grab at it and pulled from the boy’s mouth a live snake fourteen inches long. It had a piece of flesh attached to its tail nearly as large as a lion’s egg. The boy lived a short time only after the snake was taken from him, dying of violent hem orrhage. It is supposed that the boy had gone to sleep in some field and the. snake hud crawled down his throat. The reptile has been preserv ed in alcohol. His Baptist Statistics. The secretary of the home mission hoard of the Southern Baptist conven tion in his report compares tho pres ent with forty years ago. Ho says: “Then there were 1,090,000 professed Christians; to-day there are 4,000,000, and yet the work is three-fold-greater than then. Last year the work has been extended beyond any of its past history, and there have been in the employ of the hoard 225 missionaries during the past year. Of these one has been sustained in Alabama. The board is endeavoring to make the Indian churches as far as possible self-sustaining, as only by this course .can their Christian manhood be de veloped. The Laming manual school is in a flourishing condition. The re sults of this school are most gratify ing. The hoard continues its co-opera tion with the conventions of western North Carolina, Florida, Arkansas and the general association aud State convention of Texas. The home mis sion society of New York has with drawn from co-operation with the Texas convention in mission work, except among the Germans. “The consolidation of all the de- nominatienal bodies of Texas into one convention has been agreed on and will soon be a consuiuatien. Washington City has appealed to our board for help. Arrangements have been made to grant the request. Sat isfactory arrangements have been made for the publication of nine Sun day school papers. In addition to the papers, quarterlies of different grades will be published, together with a magazine for teachers. H. II. Caba- niss, of Atlanta, Ga,, has been selec ted as publisher. “In church building more has been done than ever before. Forty-nine churches have been built upon mission fields in addition to Valence street church, New Orleans. The work in New Orleans and in Washington is only an evidence of what can he done in other cities. Already Memphis and St. Louis are making appeals for hell). Aid ought to he rendered these brethren who are endeavoring to establish self-sustaining interests in these cities. The board renews its ap peals for $100,009 from the several southern States with which to prose cute its work. Tire board desires to enlarge its work among the colored people and needs aid in this direction. Contributions were $34,522. Dr. H. A. Tapper read a report on foreign missions. After three decades, says the report, the convention meets again in Montgomery. The stride- made during that period have been marvelous. Dr. J. L. M. Curry, pres : - dent' of the hoard, resigned last No vember to go to Spain and Dr. II. H. Harris has been appointed in his place. The receipts of the Foreign Mission Journal during the past year have been $3,682, ami the expendi tures $1,632. Dr. Rider, a generous Baptist of Maryland, has donated in trust to the executive boaid of the Baptist Union association of that State $20,000 for missionary purposes. The American Baptist publication society has made a donation of $2,525 for circulation of the scriptures in for eign lauds. The total receipts of the bo., d for the year were $35,553. A large number of missionaries are sustained iu China, Brazil, Mexico. Africa and Italy. W. H. Maxwell, accused of the mur der of C. A. Preller in St. Louis, has been arraigned upon’the charge. It will he remembered that the mur der was a most horrible one, and the body of the unfortunate man was found in a zinc trunk in the hotel at which the two were stopping. Max well left a few days before the body was found for San Francisco and from ence he went to New Zealand where he was arrested. He was brought hack and has been confined in jail at St. Louis. H-* is confident that ho vyi’l bo acquitted, but the State Dunks a strong case can 1»« made out against him. Considerable iiifc edls manifested in the trial. Constitu^nis Wrangling Over a Post Office. Cincinnati, May 18.—Speaker John G. Carlisle has made a mistake which may cost him his political life, 'file Democrats of Covington, Ky., Mr. Carlisle’s home, and the princi ple city in his Congressional district, are indignant because he has caused Peter Nodler to be appointed their postmaster. It is charged that Mr. Nodler is not a working Democrat, and that the Speaker’s recommenda tion to the President was made after he had directly promised the office to other friends in Covington. The start ling fact is also brought to light that Mr. Carlisle deceived Ids constit uents in this matter. Further, it is said that Carlisle was induced to se lect Nodler through the influence of Capt. W. J. Terrill, a former Republi can politician in Covington, and the TUtM*- a:ho killed the Hon. Harvey Meyers, Cartttde's opponent in a Con gressional race many-veaxsiuro. Ter- rell is a very unpopular man inCtr ington, and the suggestion that he may be directing Carlisle’s action has greatly incensed the public. These facts have resulted in an almost uuAiiimous movemeutamong theDem ocnits of the district to defeat Carlisle for Congress next fall and retire him to private life. Even his most trusted home friends seem to be interested in this determination. To-day the Cov ington Commonwealth the Demo cratic organ, publishes a sensational attack on the Speaker, charging him with falsehood, deceit, and party trea- s m in the post office appointment. The Commonwealth, which has al ways been Carlisle’s strong friend and supporter, will lend Die revolt, and promises to publish Carlisle’s im moral record, which has heretofore been jealously guarded. Carlisle is expected home in a few days, but it Is feared that nothing can save him. Asheville Votes the issue of$100,000 Iu Bonds for Public Improve ments. Ashevillk, May 18.—The electica. here to-day in rau^trd to the proposi tion submittea to the voters by the city council as to whether the city should incur a bonded debt of onc- huudred thousand dollars for works, streets and lights, was carried. This city is irrepressible and Its brilliant future seems certain. All classes and all political parties seemed anxious for the success of the measure. j SOCIALISTS ARRESTED. Some of tiie Blost Tribe in San Fran cisco Sin»w Eight. San Francisco, May 17.—Five Socialists while engaged in harangu ing a crowd were arrested and charged with misdemeanor. The most promt lent of them is J. P. Rudeizk; , a Pole, who in his speecli advocated going to Knob Hill and sacking the residences of Messrs. Stanford, Brock- er and Flood and distributing what money and valuables they found among themselves. On Rudeizky’s person were found two pamphlets written by John Most, of Chicago, en titled “The Beast of Property,” and Total Annihilation Proposed as the Only Infallible Remedy.” Tho pris oners resisted arrest and the officers had to use their clubs. One prisoner, S. J. Warren, was rescued from the policemen by the mob but was recap tured. The prisoners were much ex cited over their arrest, but disclaim the idea that they were inciting riot. Prohibition a Success. Athens Banner Watcnman. For the encouragement of our Oconee friends, who are now engaged in a desperate struggle to rid their borders of the curse of whiskey, we will tell them what prohibition has done for Athct s. So far from injuring business, nine merchants out of ten wiil tell you that their trade has increased every month since Die law went into effect. Now, we do not claim or believe that-this Isdue to the fact Dial bar-rooms^itre closed, <rJ but is the natural and legitimate increase of a growing and prosperous place! It does show, however, that whiskey is not essential to tho commercial suc cess of a town or city. But the most marked improvement is seen in tiie people. A man staggering-along the street is a rare sight, w’hile the corner loafers have all dispersed. The fines ®f the police court are but nominal, and it is rarely that the police are* called on to make an arrest. The greatest peace and quiet prevail, and our people are prosperous and con tented. On our colored population, however, are seen the most beneficial results. -They are fast buying homes of their own. and their families show that they are now receiving the money that once went into the tiilof the bar keeper. We do not believe there is one-tenth as much liquor drank in Athens as before prohibition went into effect. Borne men continue to keeptheirjugs and bottles,hut D.e .great mass of our people are accustoming themselves to do without Intoxicants, mid of course they are better for i*. Like every other revolutionary law prohibition has its inconvenienced, but the great good it has accomplish ed far over-balances them. If Oconee will abolish her bar-rooms, we assure the people that they will never have cause to regret it. The New York Boodle Alderman. Savannah News. There is a great deal of speeulatipp in New York relative to the probabili ty of convictingotliers af the “boodle” Aldermen. The testimony on which Alderman Jaehne was convicted was tliat of Chief Detective Byrnes and two of his men. The detectives testi fied to a confession that Jaehne had made to Byrnes, in which lie admitted tTfftvUfi^lnid received $20,000 for his vot e i n the Broad way Surface rail way charter business. Of'course Jaehne, who was a witness in his own behalf, denied that he received a cent for hia, vote, or that he ever confessed that he did. Tho jurors believed Die detec tives, On the first ballot Diey stood ten for conviction and two for acquit tal. Inside of two hours, however, a unanimous verdict was readied. Jaehne was defended by two of the ablest lawyers in the country, who say that they will save their client' from the penitentiary. It Is probable, however, that they are simply trying to keep up Jnehue’s spirits while they are maldngtheir last and rather hope less efforts in his behalf. There appears to be doubts about the ability of the State to con Viet others of those indicted. No one of them has made a confession as Jaehne did and it is stated that no one of them is in a position to become a witness against the others. The “boodle.’ 1 it nl leged,was distributed so thatnooneof those implicated saw what the others got, or that they got anything. Much reliance, it is alleged, is placed on the testimony of Alderman Waite, but if he is correctly reported he knows nothing of a criminating character. The District Attorney and his assistants, however, appear to bo very confident, and it is not iinproba- ble that they have testimony of which the public knows nothing, whatever. If the entire number of those Indicted should be convicted it would Clear tho moral atmosphere in political circles iu New York, and insure honesty in the management of the city’s affairs for awhile at least. i® Don’t Fret. Selected. Don’t frot, for a fretful Christian is like a prickly pear, bitter within and irritating without. God says, “Cast your care on Me, for I care for you.** ‘No, you don’t,” says the fretiin^ Christian, “and so I’ll fret over my cares.” Don’t fret, for you are a witness fot: Christ. Vyhat is your testimony worth if ydur fretting contradicts His words, “My yoke is easy and My bur den light?” Don’t fret, though your lot is hard and you* 1 troubles many, for your Loj-d was oppressed and afflicted, yet .-.s a lamb led to the slaughter, “He opened not His mouth.” Dont’t fret, for fretting, instead of relieving from trouble, will lay on you heavier burdens. As fear slays more- people than cholera, so fretting kills more than real care. Don’t fret, for God controls all tliiiigs that are or will be, and among these are your troubles. Instead of fretting, “count it all joy when ye fall into divers trials,” for “tribulation worketh patience; aud patienee ex-• perience; and experience hope; and hope maketh not ashamed, because Die love of Goil is shed abroad in' our hearts.” Instead of fretting study that logic—and rejoice in God. Don’t fret, for God’s providence governs all things. Consider the hairs of your head, the fowls of the air, the lilies of the field. Thus stay your heart on God, and you dhall bfe kept in perfect peace. -mi* AiDoricr.nizu.ig' the Element. ]Vci h i {jtu.f 2W Dem.) As to the communistic horde that Europe sends yearly Westward, it will shortly find that this land of free speech and uutramelled action is a land where incendiarism is barred and anarchy is bound hand and foot. While it is impossible that we should he able to Americanize the foreign element as fast ai it arrives, there is no doubt of our ability to control it during the process, whatever the length of time it may require. c* i e - Protectfon. •i -i;i .»►.?. iW!' Shocking DcuR* Minister Pendle ton’s Wife. New York, May . 20.—Mrs. Alice Pendleton, 61 years old, wife of Ex Governor Pendleton, of Chio, and present minister to Berlin,was thrown from her carriage while driving in Central Park this afternoon. Tiie re sult was a compound fracture of the sknll and concussion of the brain, j from which she died ten minutes after the accident. i A Client Demands Siftings. A few days ago in the District Court, a prisoner, who had been de- tended by one of our young lawyers, (who had been appointed by the court) received the highest penalty the law allows for horse stealing, fif teen years. ' ^ J After the verdict was announced - ' this lawyer was observed to speak ex citedly to hi$ client, whereupon the client stood up and told the jhdgothift he looked to him for protection. His Honor,? Judge Noonan replied tliat the sheriff would see that ills' rights were not Interfered with. “But tliat is not what I mean,” urged Die prisoner. * “What do you mean?” inquired the judge, kindly. .“I want you to protect me. This >oung man you ’pinted to defend me says he is gwine to ask ‘you to ‘give me a new trial, and I want you <cr“ protect me, Judge.” And now that young lawyer - tells people that he won’t 'defend pauper criminals without being paid^ for it, not even if Judge Noonan sends him to jail for refusing. 1 ^ Tol jJ- -1- - :*• -4 Death Of Senator Bobo. „ ^ . . ..4k 2. Spartan bubo, May 18..—The Hon. Edwin H. Bobo died this morning A little after 2 o’clock. He will be buried 4*41 to-morrow. A:i Iowa Js:# : .gc has dccidvd ihut mill is in duty bo«#M to t II * ' wife where he spends hia evculnj, when he is away tVom iionu. * - • ' -'. ?<!»»»» * ■ ” •• '* ?»sa