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P?BLmHXD EVERT THURSDAY. '-. P. OLINKSCALES,1 Edito&s aitd )??. 0. LANGSTON, j Pbopbiitom. WEDNESDAY SEP1\ 21, IR92. TERMS: ONE YEAR..?.fl 50 SIX MONTHS. 75 The Australian Ballot system worked I well in Vermont and in Maine. It seems 5 prevent briber?, intimidation and large Republican majorities. A Florida editor says its too bad to be threatened with the cholera and the Third rty at tho same time. He say > if he to main cl.olco of either, give him fed cholera. . Kansas has a wonderful wheat crop this year. That now being harvested prom? ises a yield of nearly 70,000,000 bushels, feeding last year's crop by 15,000,000. le.crop of corn is estimated at 100,000, i bushels. _? ^_ T^dbert carried three out of the four onntiea in th? Second Congressional ict and defeats Georgs Tillman by a jority of 1,050. Talbert made the race hi the Ocala plitform and Tillman as a >emocrat simply. Mora than 10,(00 men are now at work getting the Jbnildingii and grounds Jy for ffia great Exposition of 1893. ? On a number of the structures work pro? ceeds day and night. Wonderful pro? gress is being made, and it Is assured that all will be completed in time for the ^opening._ __ _ .The officers of the State Agricultural I.Association have fixed Monday, 7th No jvember as the opening day of the State j Fair. Tuesday, the 8th, is the day for the general election, and it seems to as it would salt the people better and make the Fair a bigger success to have it come off the week following. - .' .We hope to see tht announcement soon ;-that the Pendleton Stock Show will take jplace again this year. The show was quite a snccens last year and would doubtless be tetter this time. There is much in the Pendleton section that is worthy to be put on public exhibition, t and would delight the eyes of spectators. - .. ?? The prospects for the success of the National Demcoraoy gtr , brighter every /day. The old party is aroused all over - the cyintry, and some hard work will 1? accomplished between now and No? vember. Grover Cleveland has reoenidy visited New York and conferred with the Democratic leaders, and say3 all fire junltod in thai State and will work for ' fthe party. . | The Committee of United Confederate 'Veterans met in Richmond, Va., last Saturday, and resolutions wore adopted selecting Rieb mond as the place for the location of the Jefferson Davis monu? ment and providing for the appointment of committees from each State to organ? ize immediately for the oolleetion of funds. It Is contemplated to lay the cor? ner stone of the monument some time during the montia of May, 1893. jjThe condition of cotton, according to this week's reports, is very little changed. From Texas oomes the same rosy-hued information that the crop, though not as -large as in previous years, is in good con? dition ; that picking is progressing rap? idly and shipping to the markets has begun. Arkansas reports are not so encouraging from the standpoint of the planter, and considerable damage is re? ported. Mississippi and Georgia crops are in a very bad condition, and that of the Carolinas is about as bad off as it is ^possible to be; Rust, blight and "too much stem and not enough fruit" is almost a general compiaint. Gen. Adlai E. Stevenson, the Demo? cratic nominee for the Vice-Presldenoy of the United States, has been making some- capital speeches in North Carolina, bis original home. He la sure that the tariff and force bill are the prominent issues on which to make the fight, and be has been cr sating much enthusiasm and attracting large crowds in his old State. By-the-way, it seems that both {^Cleveland and Stevenson have relatives in this County. Should they be elected (and may the voters so decide I) they would be nearer and more in sympathy with the people of the Sonth than have any president and vice-president in many a year._ Thors was one remark in the- speech of ""r. Ewing at Asheville which every man ihe Sonth should ponder carefully, . bear In mind so long as the Republi l party exists and has enough of a fol? ding to contest a national olection. Mr. Ewing said: VI can never believe descendants of the men who issued 1 first protest against British tyranny , stand aloof in this fight against cen tion and class legislation. There 1 more of encroachment upon your liber in the force bill and its attendant a high protective tariff, than there in the British Stamp Act" And "If the Republicans of the North i> the South will be what India has to England, a fertile land to be held . subjection." All this is true, and it Is id of truth that a people should nover 3t. Andb3causeitistrae.it fellows that the whlto man in the South who votes the Republican ticket, or for a Third party or any other Republican decoy ticket, is as much of a traitor and enemy to bis people as was any "Tory" in the State in the Revolution or any . Union man" In the last war. - : ? The World's Fair Board of Lady Man agero has issued a circular which la being sent to all the women's organisations in I the country for the purpose of securing information to be used in a catalogue of the organizations conducted by women for the promotion of charitable, philan? thropic, intellectual, sanitary, bygienio, ...Industrial, or social or moral reform ? movements. The idea is to secure infer ; mation sufficiently elaborate to base con? clusions on regarding the growth of] .: women's work in the way of organised societies, and the good accomplished by the same. All this from the various 8 tsttos will be duplicated from the ency % clopedia being prepared under the auspi clea of the Lady Managers for the Wo? man's building. The statistics collected through their efforts from every country in the world will form a most volumin? ous mass of valuable Information. It Is the intention of the Lady Managers to - publish these statistics of woman's work throughout the world in a convenient u- afj^ inexpensive form. The volume will ~ begt*611 *way or sold for a nominal sum, as may be advisable, in the Woman's building during the Exposition. The Atlanta Journal, by its staff cor - respondent, Mr. Thaddens E. Horton, who is well known in this County, has exposed fully the detestable character and tyranny of J. B. Weaver as military cemmander at Pulaski, Tenn., in the winter of 1863. The Weaver of 1863 is the same who is now begging for South? ern votes as the presidential nominee of the Peoples' party. He used the power of his position as a military officer to extort money, horses, hogs, supplies, cotton yarn, etc., from the helpless peo ple of that community. If any resisted his power they were put in irons and thrown jntojail. He robbed widows and orphans as well as men. Still smarting ander tho recollection of the injuries dono them by the heartless and thievish commander, the people of Pulaski say they will lynch him yet should he ever enter their town. Tho right thinking people of the South will spurn tho con? temptible Weaver as the peoplo of New Orleans and the South would scorn Beast Butler of spoon fame. There is only ono candidate for the presidency of the United States who deseryes the votes of true Southerners and good men every? where. That candidate is honest Gro7er Cleveland._ south carolina heads the list. South Carolina manufactures more cotton goods than any other Southern State. She is recognized everywhere as the leader among Southern States in this important industry. Last year the mills in this State con? sumed 185,367 bales, an increase of 15,000 bales over the consumption of tho year before. The valne of that amount of cotton would fall little short of 16,000,000. As an auxiliary to the material growth and prosperity of our State and the South, the cotton mills cannot be over? estimated. They are centres for the re? ception and distribution of money. They furnish employment for hundreds of laborers. They diversify our industries. They keep in the South thousands of dollars that in years gone by found their way into the pockets of the manufacturers of far away bleak New England. Nothing oould be more natural, nor more desirable to the Southerner, than that the South should become the greatest cotton manufacturing country in the world as she is already tho greatest cotton raising country In the world. Tho con? ditions for the manufacture of the cotton are no less favorable than for the growing of the orop. It is in accord with the eternal fitness of things that the South should raise aud manufacture the cotton for the world. Every step looking to the bringing about of such a desirable condi? tion of affairs should be encouraged and pushed forward. It is gratifying to know that. South Cf rolina, while the smallest in area and population of the prominent cotton man? ufacturing States of the South, Is head and shoulders above all in the manufac? ture of cotton, and that Anderson is high up on the list as a cotton manufacturing County in this State. Georgia consumed 167,713 bales last, year, an increase of 13,000 from the previ? ous year, and North Carolina's consump? tion reached 157,600 bales, a gain of 20,000 oyer 1890-91. Georgia Btands second on the list, and North Carolina follows close behind her. "The South is rising upl Is rising up!" The Old Blue fiidge Beate, Harriman, (Tmn.) Advance. The meeting of the chamber of com? merce last night was the most interesting one held so far, aud the only regret Is that more of our citizens were not prori? ent, as all were highly entertained and instructed by the excellent talk of Cap Ii. R. H. Fitzhugh, one of the most accom? plished and experienced railroad engin? eers in the Union. A man who thor? oughly understands his theme and Is en rapport therewith is always interesting, ana so it was with the captain, fox* he knows all abont railroad building, knows every foot of the ground over which the proposed Port Royal, Harri? man and Northern Railway is to run, and Harriman being "the darling of his heart," of course he entered into the sub? ject with an enthusiasm that was noon imparted to his audience. Capt. Fitzhugh has been over the route, has maps and profiles of all former sur? veys and was able to give his hearers definite information on all points. A glance at any good map will chow that this diagonal route is almost ? bee line from St. Louis and the central West to the seabord. Port Royal will b 3 the coaling station of the South Atlantic, making a grand market for the vast coal deposits of the Plateau region, as well as the iron and timber. Cant. Fitzhugh road a long letter from the chief engineer of a great railway sys? tem of the South, highly commending this route, and stating that the road could be constructed for $20,000 per mile, and that he would be willing to take the con? tract for thatpiice. This was an aston? ishing statement in view of the fact that the line in the distance passes the Chil howee, the Unaka and the Blue Ridge ranges, but Cant. Fitzhugh, explained that nature had laid out this great high? way of commerce, and these usually in Buperable barriers were each ana all passed at natural water gaps, and no? where are tunnels necessary in passing the mountains. The only really tough country was in Sonth Carolina, for a distance of thirty miles, where a million and a half dollars were spent years ago, and the work for Borne reason abandoned, probably on ac? count of tbe war. About four-fifths of the work was done, so these rough thirty miles would be the cheapest part of the road. There is concurrence of opinion among experienced railroad men that the line would be a paying investment from the time of its completion, and with a com? prehensive report on the availability of the line it would bo an easy matter to in? terest capital. Chicago, St. Louis, Kan? sas City, Omaha, Indianapolis, Cincin? nati, Louisville, all are interested in the building of this ?hort route to the sea* board and to tbe finest harbor on the South Atlantic The chamber of commerce decided to raise 9200 to prepare suoh report, and ? large portion of the money was promptly subscribed. A. A. Hopkins was present, and stated as a matter of fact that this very line had much to do with the location of Harri? man ; that three years ago the East Ten? nessee Land Company had, on the quiet, sent an engineer over the route and sat? isfied themselves it would become a great thoroughfare; that a road from Evans villo. Ind.. to Bowling Green, Ky., was building in this direction for the sea? board, and that laying the ruler on the map at Bowling Green and Port Royal would show Harriman on the line. Address of the Democratic Rational Committee. Nzw York, September 14.?The Demo? cratic National Committee has issued the followingaddress: To the People of the United States-The Demooratio National Committee congrat? ulate the country on the result of the recent State elections in Maine, Vermont and Arkansas. In Arkansas the com? bined opposition, after so many extrava? gant claims, fell short by over thirty thousand of the vote of the Democracy alone. This has brought dismay to the combination in the South and its mani? pulators in the North. In Maine and Vermont the contest was conducted dis? tinctly on National issues. The Republi? can managers appealed for votes in these States on the ground that the "size of pluralities would exert a great moral influence on the campaign in other States," and that the poU will be "practi? cally our vote for the President." Similar appeals summoned to their aid all the potent resources of their national organization with its exhaustless treasu? ry and its splendid equipment of orators of national fame. With every favoring force at their command except public opinion, with no organization opposed save those made up within the States by a minority party which has been out oi power for a generation and which was unaided from without, the campaign of our adversaries for a triumphant test vote in these States, so carefully planned and so thoroughly and forcefully exe? cuted, has ended in conspicuous disaster. Our friends everywhere are entitled to take fresh courage from these results. ] They mean that the strong tendenoy of 1 public sentiment is with the Democracy and that tho people of the country are prepared to enforce, rather than reverse, the verdict which they rendered in 1890. William F. Harbitt, Chairman Democratic Committee. Dox M. Dickinson, Chairman Campaign Committee. ? In a letter to tho Atlanta Journal the Rev. Sam Jones, the evangelist, writes: "The old negro's delusion about the forty acres and tho mule was never more silly and ridiculous than the claims of the Third Party and the fondnesB with which Borne lcok to it for deliverance. I am in politics a Prohibitionist first, last and al? ways, but In the hopelessness of our mi? nority I can occasionally pick out men in the ranks of other parties for whom I would vote if my vote were necessary to their election. Grover Cleveland will be the next President of the United States, and ought to be. We never had a better President than Cleveland. Destruction?Desolation. Pbobpebity, S. C, Sopt. 14, 1692.?To? day your correspondent visited tho traok of yesterday's cyclone, Bix miles south of this place. Reliable persons living in and iioar the path of the storm describe tho condition of tho atmosphere as being exceedingly sultry and humid and heav? ily charged with electricity just previous to the storm. While speaking of these unusual conditions, a very dark cloud of purple hue, funnel shaped, was seen ap? proaching at a great velocity from tho sonthwost which seemed to be sweeping and licking up the very earth. Persons near tho edge say that two motions were plainly observable?that of the rotary and that of the whirling motion. The ele? ments raged and swayed with awful grandeur and fearful terror. The cloud seemed to laugh at the ease with which it twisted off the tall pines and stately oaks and hickory, and lifting them whirling and spinning high in the air, carrying them for miles in some instances, and then dashing them to the earth with fear? ful velocity and force. Devastation and desolation mark the cyclone's patb, which, fortunately, is not exceeding 300 yards in width and about ten miles in length?or at least this is the extent of our knowledge at present. Yet in the narrow Btrip the work is com? plete. The roaring of the wind as it ac? complished its * work of destruction is described by some as the noise of many trains moving at a high rate ofspeed ; by others (old soldiers) as the noise of a terrific and continuous heavy cannon? ading. D?ring the passage of the storm contr e the elements wero in an extraordinary high state of commotion and exctement and for miles on either side the earth trembled sensibly. The atmosphere was in a constant state of trembling and agi? tation. Words fail to describe the awful sub? limity and destructive force of this storm. Nothing approaching it in terror or destmctiveness has ever occurred in this county. The oldest people here have never experienced the like be? fore. Hundreds of people are visiting the storm path to-day?some for curiosity, some for information, and many to assist those in distress and need. The cloud first struck the earth in an open cotton field, on Z. W. Taylor'splan tation, near Smoky Town. In o open cot? ton is left in tho field, and much of the green fruit ia twisted and torn from the stalks. It continued its path to Wash Domi nlcks, a well-to-do colored man. His out-buildings are all blown away and his dwelling damaged. His mules are all more orless injured and one horse will die. His corn and cotton crops in the storm track are completely ruined. Passing through the plantations of H. P. Dominick and G. M. Bowers, laying everything waste, it struck the residence of John Riddle, a tenant on Mike Bow? ers' place. Fortunately Mr. Riddle nor any of his family were at home. His dwelling and every out-building is razed to the srronnd. Kot a vestige of clothing, bedding, forniture or food of any kind remains?all is lost. There are some strange phenomena on this place connec? ted with the cyclone. There is, or rather was, a ten-acre cotton field on this place very rooky. These rooks, which are all flint, were driven from either side to the storm centre, and are piled in a row as if hauled there for the purpose of making a dam. In this field and in some other places in the track are excavations in the earth, Six or eight feet in circumference and two feet deep, made by the force of the whirling wind. The earth is cracked at these places as if by an earthquake. The excavations resemble a hole made by a large blast o- powder. From Riddle's the storm passed to Lo? cust Grove Academy and Drayton I. Long's place. The Academy is complete? ly demolished. There was no one m the building at the time, Mr. Long's place is in a most pitiable condition. Every out-building on his place is completely destroyed and his dwelling razed from its ' foundations ar*d set E.boutfiftaonfeei from its site. Strange to say, neither Mr. Long nor any of his family received any bodily injury. He has lost nearly everything. I Even his flour, which was in barrels, is a total loss. The great force of the storm tore the barrels asunder and the flour passed into the general confusion of dust, rocks and debris of every character. To? day at least a hundred people are assist? ing Mr. Long to erect other buidings and relieve his distress in other substantial manners. The storm then passed through the plantation of Adam Hartman, dealing utter destruction in its narrow path. It then struok G. Mike Sheely's place, where it played havoc with his outbuild? ings, tearing away a part of his dwelling, and blowing down bis chimneys and doing much othor damage to orchard and crops. It even entorod the family bury? ing ground and Bnupped off the tomb? stones at the ground: as 10 many reeds. We next find the storm in all its fury at the residence of Mr. John A. Sheely, whore his beautiful residence and every out-building is completely demolished. Mr. Sheely did not succeed in getting his children out of the house, as stated in my telegram, but he and his seven children were in the houso when the crash came, but escaped unhurt. Mrs. Sheely did not roach the house, but she and one of her sons were caught in a fall? ing telegraph wire, from which they could not disengage themselves, and were rescued in an unconscious condi? tion. She was terribly charged with elec? tricity, and to-day is lying in a critical condition from prostration and shattered nerves. Mr. Sheely's loss la very heavy. One of his mnles wablown 150 yards, but does not seem to be much injured. Many sympathizing friends and neighbors are at work today removing the debris and making preparations to put up other buildings. A nice subscription was raised here in town for Mr. Sheely to? day. After leaving Sheely's place for about half a mile, the cyclone left the earth and passed into the air. Only the hand of Providence saved those good people. Chickens and stock were killed, but no human beings; At Mr. Sheely's place several ohlckens were found dead, with the feathers blown entirely off them? whether his or not it is impossible to tell. Near Mr. Sheely's place was a grove of large hickory trees, not one of whloh is left standing. Some were torn up by the roots some broken off, and some twisted off. At Mike Sheely's It seems that the pos? itive and negative poles beoame detached and two tracks mark the path for about a mile, when they again united with a fearful crash. To-day everything in the Satb, trees and vegetation, appear to be ead. It is impossible to compute the losses but they are exceedingly neavy. anotheb oyolone. r With characteristic and commendable enterprise, Editor Aull, of the Newberry Herald and News, issued an extra edition of his paper yesterday, giving a full and graphic story of the work of the oyclone in the lower part of the county, and, in addition thereto, the following account of another destructive storm, which visited 1 the upper section of Newberry about the j same hour. In addition :o the oyclone which passed ; through the lower section of this county, an account of which is given above, thero was another about the some time yester? day afternoon, between 3 and 4 o'clock, in the upper section of the county, near the Laurent line. We are unable to get fell details, but give what information is at hand. The first Information is when the storm I struck theplace of Mr. L. W. P. Riser, ! in No. 4 Township, near the Laurens line. It literally destroyed the corn and cotton of Henry Boyd, colored tenant of Mr. Riser. From thero the storm passed through the plantation of Hon. John W. Scott, i and stripped the cotton fields of Madison Griffin, one of his colored tenants. It blew down two negro houses on Mr. ! Scott's place, breaking the arm and leg I of one child and the arm of another. All the furniture in both houses and the clothing was broken to pioces and blown away. From there the Btorm track was to , wards the Thos. Ray place, upon which ' Mr. Thos. L. Harmon lives, and every house upon the place except the gin house and part of tho dwelling house i was blown down. The negroes were in I jured, whether seriously or not we are unable to learn. i The Btorm track was then towards ! Wade Anderson's place blowiD^ down 1 several houses thero and thence in the ! direotion cf Avery's Ford on Enoree Riv? er. Tho facts here given aro hurriedly : gathered, but wo hope aro approximately 1 oorreot. I The storm track was from Southwest to [ Northwest, tho same direction as tho I Btorm in the lower section and about the same time. I Whether it was prongs of thesamo storm or not we do not know. Wo havo heard nothing from the storm before it struck Newberry. The storm in tho lower Beotion passed within one hundred yards or loss of Mfc. Tabor Lutheran church. In the upper section it was within throe miIe3ofMfc. Tabor Methodist Church. The track of this oyione is Bald to have been about three hundred yards wide. They were ' both at tho samo hour. IT HAS THE BIGHT RING. Stevenson Handles the Force BUI Forcibly. Asheville, N. C, Sept. 15.?At least 2,?00 people assembled in the Farmers' tobacco warehouse at noon to-day to hear Hon. A. E. Stevenson's spoeeh. Ho was escorted from his hotel by distinguished citizens of North Carolina in carnages and a largo procession ot mounted men from the country adjacent to Ashevillo. General Stevenson was introduced by Hon. C. T. Rowes as "a distinguished graud-Bon of North Carolina," and when he arose to speak there was loud applause, continuing several minutes. General Stevenson began by paying tribute to North Carolina, saying that her history and traditions woro aa dear to him as anyone present. It would be impossible to overstate the importance of tho pending political con? test, especially to the people of the South? ern States. With them it is not merely a oestion as to who shall bo elected Presi ont of the United Skates or what shall be his policy on taxation and expenditures. The question is of deeper importance and far more reaching in ltaconsoquenee?. Shall they have the peace and protection of life and property which result from stable governmont 6*f States by their own people, or shall they be menaced by a repetition of tho evil3 of the reconstruc? tion period ? The present contest is between the Re? publican and Domooratio parties. Which shall it be ? To you tho practical ques? tion is: Will you have your State gov? ernments remain in the hands of your own people, or will you have a return to carpet-bag dealing and misrulo? Have you so soon forgotten tho sad lessons of the past? I addross mysolf to men whoRo former affiliations have been with the Democratic party, but who incline now to cast in thoir political fortunes with the Third party, a party absolutely with? out hope of success in tho pending con? test. Either Harrison or Cloveland will be tho next President and it is equally certain that either the Demooratio or Republican party will control tho next Co ogress. Your support now of the Third party candidate or the Third party is simply a declaration upon your part that in this great struggle, involving self government?it may be, the protection of property and of the hearthstone?you are content to remain idle spectators. Let the issue be plainly presented. I It is well to recall some of the evils from which the Southern people escaped by the overthrow of carpet-bag domina? tion. Fully to recount the injustice, wrongs and outrages suffered by some of the Southern States during the era of carpet-bag misrule would fill volumes. An you well know the Republican party had complete control of Alabama lrom '68 to 74. The best citizens of the State were disfranchised. They were utterly powerless to protect themselves against tbo.se who, under forms of law, sought to rob them. All departments of the State government were In tho hands of those who prostituted legislation and courts of justice to their own selfish purposes. During this saturnalia of misgovernment too plunderers of the people were men who, in many instances, held high place among them from 'CS to 74 when the Statb debt of Alabama was, by a Republi? can Legislature, increased from $8,000, 000 to more than $25,000,000. A large part of this indebtedness was created by issu? ing bonds to build railroads that were never built. In addition to this, munici? pal indebtedness and County indebted? ness were enormous. By earnest effort the State was redeem? ed by the Democracy in 74and the era of carpet-bag misrule and plunder came to an end. What has boen the result? Alabama fourteen years later under the Sovernment, of her own people has re uced her enormous debt more than one half and the taxable property in the State has increased nearly one hundred million dollars. In North Carolina under the reconstruc? tion policy?the Republican party?car? pet-bag rule was in '68 substituted for the government of the State by its own peo? ple. From mountain to sea the State was in the clutches of plunderers. Dur? ing the first session of the Legislature, both branches of which had large Repub? lican majorities, bonds of the State to the amount of $25,350.000 were authorized to be issaed. Of this enormous amount j.14,000,000 for the avowed purpose of building railroads wore actually Issued and not a mile of railroad built. Is it possible that the people of North Carolina have forgotten how this Legisla? ture robbed them of their school fund? For the education of their children the State held 9420,000 of bonds of the Wil- | mington and Weldon and the Wilming? ton and Manchester Railroad Companies. This was a sacred fund and should have been sacred\y guarded by those in power. Was it so guarded? The Republican State Legislature in order to pay the ex? penses of this Legislature by its authori? ties sold theso bonds for 8158,000. So the poor children of tho State were robbed of this school fund by men who wore solemnly pledgod to its protection. These wore but part of the schemes devised by this Legislature to plunder the people. By the close of the Legisla? ture the debt of tho State had been in? creased until it exceeded one-third of the taxable property of the State. You need hardly be reminded that during this long night of horror, the administration of justice was only mockery. The triumph of the Democratic party In 76 wreBted the old North State from those who had roobed the people of their heritage. During the eight years of car? pet-bag rule the State of North Carolina was openly and unblushingly plundered. Official corruption reached high water mark. The State was literally prostrated, and the robbers were those who sat in high places of power In the Legislative halls and in the courts of justioe. It was during this era that a distinguished Re? publican declared that "the Treasury ol South Carolina had been so literally gut? ted by thieves who had hitherto had pos? session of the State government that there was nothing left to steal." Stevenson then cited wrongs inflicted on Missouri from the close of the war to 1872, and continued ; 1 will not detain you by referring to Mississippi, Louisiana and the other States or the South. The history of one is the history of all. It was to the people a dark night of injustice, wrong and out? rage. In many instances illiterate and cor? rupt men were sworn ministers of law. The administration of justice was the merest mockery. Not oontent with rob? bing the people of their substanco, every attempt was made by those in power to foment discord and hatred between tho two races. During the four years of the Democratic administration of the national government, Northern immigration and I Northern capital found their way to the South to a degree unprecedented in our history. Under Demooratio ascendancy millions of Northern capital sought in? vestment in the South. Its resources are I being developed and a career of pros? perity it has not known since the war is before it. The purpose of the force bill is by intim? idation to control the election of Repre? sentatives in Congress. This is to be accomplished by substituting Federal officers for election officers provided by State law. In other words, the officers you have selected are to be displaced and their places taken by agents of the party in power. You need not be told that such legisla? tion argues unmistakably a lack of confi? dence in the people. This bill passed the House of Representative of the Fifty-first Congress, every Republican but three voting for it and every Democrat voting against it. With the aid of a few Repub? licans, the Democrats were enabled for the time to compass its defeat in tho Senate. A Republican Senator who aided its defeat declared at the time "It was tho most infamous piece of legislation that ever crossed the threshold of tho Senate." But for the fact that three or four Re Sublican Senators co-operated with the lomocrats this bill would havo passed the Senate, received the executive ap? proval ana would now be upon your statute books." He then reviewed tho provisions, aims and purpose of the force bill, closing by asking if it can be that the hands are now to bo turned back on tho dial and tho evils through which the Southern people had passed again become a living reality. As I have said, the force bill takes the election of Representatives in Congress out of the hands of the officers provided by State law and gives it to Federal agents. It provides for the appointment by Federal Courts of supervisors who are to have chargo of its execution. To secure its enforcement the supervisors are to bo backed by deputy United States marshals without limit. The registra? tion of voters is to bo under the control of the supervisors. Tho supervisors are to have power to inspect naturalization papers and to invade private residences in order to make such inspection. Should tho election officers fail promptly to pass upon tho qualification of the voters then the supervisors at once can do so, administer the oath and receive the ballot. They are created sole judges as to whether the election officers do their duty and front their decision there is no appeal. The supervisors appointed by tho Fed? eral Courts under this bill are to hold their offices for life. Under tho extraor? dinary powers given by this bill to Fed? eral agents, they are to supervise the olection of Representatives in Congress The control of such elections passes from tho hands of tho people to the hands of Federal administration. This law applies to all cities having a population of 20,000 or upwards. It applies to country districts, exclusivo of such cities, upon application to tho supervisors by 100 voters of such district*. At the option of loss than ono par cent, of the voters to be affected by it, this law, with all its harshnoss and great expense, can be put into operation, and this, too, without tho slightest intimation that iujustico or fraud is contomplatod in tho management of such election. As I have Baid, while this bill is intend? ed specially to control olootions in tho South, it may be put into operation in 6very Congrossional District in tho United States. Aside from its uttor disregard of the rights of the voter, its disregard of local govornmont and of tho sanctity of homes, its oxponao would be enormous. If put into operation in ovory Congres? sional District, as it may bo, it would call into its service at ovory polling placo, Federal election officers aggregating more than 300,000 throughout the entire coun? try. It has been estimated that its cost at your regular Congressional ele-jtions, if put into general operation, would fall little short of ?10,000,000. This bill in every lino and paragraph breathes destruction to tho pooplo. It is totally dostructivo of local self-govern? ment. It would bo difficult to find] on auy page of our history a more daring attempt to weaken tho power of the peo? ple aud contralize all power in the Fed? eral govornmont. No single officer en? trusted with its execution is elected by tho people. From tho Judge who makes the appointment of the chief supervisors to the lowest deputy marshal entrusted with its execution, all receive their ap pointment under Federal authority. Tho peoplo, the source of all political power uudcr our constitution, nave no voice in this elevatum of those who, under tho monstrous provisions of this bill, can sport at will with their dearest rights. This legislation, ray fellow citi? zens, is devised in the spirit of hate. Can it be possible that American people will consont to the enactment of a law so hostilo to the spirit of our froe institu? tions, legislation which savors only of vengeance and the successful operation of whioh would involve the expenditure of millions ol dollars and bring in its train untold horrors? Stevenson's remarks on the force bill were followed by a discussion of the tariff similar in substance to his previous speeches on that subject. Till man's Flan Refused, The board of trustees of Clemson col? lege have met and considered tho fate of that Institution, and the result is that nothing is to be done until winter about the reopening of the work. The board met at Pendleton on Thurs? day night in pursuance of the call issued by the chairman at the suggestion of Governor Tillman. The trustees present at the mooting were Messrs. Tindal, Simpson, Bradley, Johnson, Hartin, Wacnamaker, Bowen and Norris. This meeting was to consider the ad? visability of using a portion of the $33, 000 of the Morril fund recently obtained from the national government, the money to be refunded when the other funds that Clemson gets comes in, or tobe refunded by an act of the legislature. Although the act giving the college tho fund provides that it must only bo spent for equipment purposes and not for buildings, unless a sure refundment was provided for, Governor Tillman urged its application, saying he felt sure there would be no trouble about the refunding. He did so in order that the work now practically at a stand-still might co n Li n in Secretary of State Tindal has just re? turned from tho meeting and he sayB "tho work on the building will bo car? ried on as usual with the assistance of tho convict labor at Clemson. "The board did not think that it had any legal right to misappropriate tho money unions there was an absolute cer? tainty that it could refund it when the college oponed its doi.rs, The trustees have had every cent of money on which they had any claim. It must be remem? bered that the funds derived from the Hatch bill are used exclusively in the experimental work. The station is doing fine work, and now has an excellent crop. Considerable canned goods have boen put aside for uso when the college opens." "It was decided that a meeting be held during November, when the true condi? tion of affairs will be derived and a report of the progress of the work and needs of the college be made to the legislature," It may be mentioned here that in De comber and January tho privilege tax money which tho oolloge gets and the annual payment from the Clemson be? quest will be available and the work on the buildings can then be renewed, oven though the legislature does nothing. Governor Tillman, when asked about the action of tho board, declined to have anything to say until he seos Mr. Tin? dal.? The State. Capital Has its Vast Uses. Paris, Sopt. 14.?Tho Figaro published to-day an interview with Baron Alfonse Rothschild on tho so-called social and ooonomic crisis of tho present day. Baron Rothschild preluded his roraarks with the declaration that there was neither a social nor an economio crisis, as alarmists in all countries were pretend? ing. There had been momen* -y crises, resulting in unfortunate features, as for instance, the collapse of the Barings, but the general situation in Europe had re? mained unchanged by thom. The busi? ness world at present was far from a bad condition. "I do not believe in the so-called labor movement," Baron Rothschild continu? ed, "lam confident that the workingmen, generally speaking, are satisfied with their condition, ana have neither cause nor desire to complain. They are I am convinced, indifferent to Socialism. To be sure, some agitators make plenty of noise, but that amounts to nothing; they do not influence the reasonable working men. "In considering tho so-called labor movement it ia necessary, however, to distinguish sharply, good from bad work? men. Only the fdle, good-for-nothings desire the eight hour day. Serious men, fathers of families, work as long as they think necessary for their own and their children's needs. There is much loose talk nowadays about the danger of so much capital in the hands of a few men. This Is ail rubbish. Some men are rich? er ; others are poorer; to-morrow this is all changed by viccissitudes which no? body can control. It is the monoy which circulates that fructifies, and money cir? culates with the same risk to all. It is money which one lends in confidence for so-called good things which does not always turn out to bo good, All that ap? plies to the great as well as tho small ventures. Frighten and threaten oapital and it vanishes. Capital is liko water. Grasp it violently and it slips through your fingers; treat it gently, dig a canal in which to lead it, and it runs whorover you will. Capital is a country's fortune. It represents tho energy, intelligence, thrift and labor of the peoplo. Capital is labor. Apart from unhappy exceptions, which seem to be unavoidable each shares in the people's capital according to his intelligence, energy and work accom? plished. If a workman be discontented with his share he may strike, "It is unjust to compare a man with capital and intelligence, organizing facul? ties, invention and knowledge with any gross, brutal workman, who applies to his work only tho unintelligent work of his hands." ? It will be remembered that Congress? man Hemphlil at the last mooting of tho State Executive Committee obtained time in whioh to file a contest in tho election for Congressman in the Fifth District. Ho wont home to work up tho data for tho contest. A day or bo ago ho wrolo the chairman of the committee that he had decided to abandon the con? test and lot tho election of Strait stand unchallenged. _ A Little Girl's Experience In A Light? house. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Trescott are keepers of the Gov. Lighthouse at Sand Beach, Mich., and are blessed withe daughter, four years old. Last April she was taken down with Measles, followed with a dread? ful Coueh and turning into a Fever. Doc? tors at home and at Detroit treated her, but in vain, she grew worse rapidly, until she was a mere "handful of bones." Then she tried Dr. King's New Discovery and after the use of two and a half bottles, was com? pletely cured. They say Dr. King's New Discovery is worth its weight in gold, yet you may get a trial bottle free at Hill Bros. Drugstore. The First Step. Perhaps you are run down, can't eat, ca'nt Bleep, can't think, can't do anything to your satisfaction, and you wonder what ails you. You should heed the warning, you aro taking the first step into Nervous Prostration. You need a N6rve Tonic and in Electric Bittera you will find the exact remedy for restoring your nervouB system toflts normal, healthy condition. Surpris? ing results follow tho use of this great Nerve Tonic and Alterative. Your appetite re turnB, good digestion is restored, and the Liver and Kidneys resume healthy action. Try a bottle. Price 50c. at Hill Bros, Drugstore. ? Sonator Hill will speak at the Dom ocratio rally in Brooklyn next Monday night. Ho says that he will tako an ac tivo part in the campaign and make many speechos. Bettor late than nev? er. PROFESSIONAL CARD. DR. J. 91. BOSWORTH, of At? lanta, Ga., tenders his provisional services to all white persons in Anderson and adjoining Counties in diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, and in Minor Surgery. Chronic diseases will receivo special attention where surgical methods is necessary for permanent relief. Stay limited. Will begin receiving patients on Monday morning. 8ept. 26th. Office?Second floor of Mrs. 0- M. Ste phenson'* residence, Main Street, Ander? son, S. C. Sept 21, 1892_12_4_ PENSIONS. UNDER the Act of CongresB passed July 27, 1892, survivors of the Indian wars between 1832 and 1842, or the widows of such survivors, if they have not remar? ried, are entitled to a pension of eight dol? lars per month. Claimants can have their claims properly presented by calling on the undersigned at his office, No. 161 South Main Street, Anderson, 3. C J. W. QUATTLEBAUM. Sept 21, 1892_12_3 OTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against theEstateof Hewlett K. Sullivan, dece'd, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. J. M. SULLIVAN, N. B. SULLIVAN, Executors. LEILA P. SULLIVAN, Ex'x. Sept 21, 1892_12_3 NOTICE. THE copartnership heretofore existing in the Drug Business of Wilhite & Wilhite has been dissolved by mutual consent, Dr. J. 0. Wilhite retiring from same All persons owing the above Firm, oi ther by Note or Account, will please come and settle. WILHITE & WILHITE. Sept. 1,1892._12_3 AN OPEN LETTER! MR. EDITOR : I wish to inform my friends, and all who wish to buy goods at and below COST, to call on me. I have a lot of Miuses' Shoes at 25c, 50c, 75c and $1.00 per pair?worth more than twice the price asked for them. Hats from 10c to $2.00?worth 25c to $3.00. Horse and Mule Shoes, Nails, Knob Locks, Butts, Screws, Tacks, Soap, Soda, New Crop Rice, Finest Tea and Golden Rio Coffee. Best New Orleans Molasiei, and Muscovado at 50c per gallon. I keep a fine assortment of Wall Paper and Canvass at low prices. A. B. TOWERS. P. S.?I have other goods not named above. [ADVERTISEMENT.] HOW AND WHERE TO BUY SHOES Mb. Editor: We beg to call the atten? tion of our friends and patrons to the fact that wo have moved our stock of Boots and Shoes and outiro business from the llotel Chiquola Store to one of tho large and elegant Store-rooms under tho Ma? sonic Tuniple, formerly occupied by tho Alliance Store. Wo were forced to make thit movo for tho want of spaco to store tho largo stock of goods which we will carry in our Wholesalo Department. We also needed moro ?pico for tho largo aud well assort? ed stock which we havo bought for our Retail Trado. The enlargement of our business places us socond to no Shoo House in tho State in purchasing advantages, and we are confident that no one can undersell us. Wo havo man}- advantages, in fact, that no other Shoo Storo in tho State has? namely, our Mr. Jas. P. Gossett is con? nected with tho Bay Stato Shoe aud Leathor Company of New York, one of tho largost Shoe manufacturing estab? lishments in tho United States, and the advantage of his knowledge of the quali? ty of stock and workmanship alone is worth a great deal to us, to say nothing of the great opportunities that he has for picking up special bargains in the shape of odd lots of goods coming tbrougb the factories. His connection with tho Bay Stato S. et L. Co. places him on an equal footing with tho largest New York wholo aale houses in the purchasing of goods from other manufacturers, and it goes without saying that with those advanta? ges there are but lew who can compete with us in prices, and none can undersell us. We are determined to lead Upper Carolina in the Boot and Shoo business, aud we propose to do it fairly. Our com? petitors, so far as we know, aro all hon? est men and good merchants, and we do not want to make the impression that you cannot get bargains from them, but we insist and claim an advantage over them in tho Boot and Shoe business which we think they will admit. To prove our argument we will Bell 100 Cases of Shoes by the single pair at the regular wholesale factory price. We do not mean to say that wo will sell the Shoes at first cost to us, but wo will GUA.RAHTEE to sell them at the exact first cost to other merchants. This will give you an opportunity to supply your fami? ly for the Winter with Shoes at whole? sale prices. We can prove what we claim by the manufacturers from whom we buy goods, and will guarantee to do so if our statement is questioned. Wo challenge competition, and havo thrown our banner?a United States flag to the breeze, and our war-cry is, "One price, fair and square deal, quick sales and short profits." JAS. P. GOSSETT & CO., One Price Wholesale Boot and Shoe Store. LADIES' STORE STILL LEADING IN HANDSOME GOODS! 0 UR Buyer Las been in the Northern markets for three weeks, and has bought the HAND30MEST STOCK OF LADIES GOODS that has ever been brought to tkis market AT PRICES TO SUIT ALL. We have added a new feature in the way.of? a Bargain counter. Don't fail to inspect our entire Stock, for you will SAVE MONEY ! Thanks for the past and hopes for the future. Respectfully, MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. I TBE 1!" TRY OUR Direct Importation. Every one guaranteed! See you again in a few day*. CUNNINGHAM & HUMPHREYS. CTOHI^T T. BTJRBISS, Successor to Peoples & Burriss, still Headquarters for House Mlii ?oods, Fancy GMna, Dinner Sets, 7asfls, Holiday Groods, &c? __HE celobrated IRON KING COOK STOVE \t much improved ovor the old pattern. We have a fine Stove, No. 7, for $10.00, with 25 nieces, at ornamental as any first c1gb3 housekeeper need want. A big lot of Secosa Hand Stoves muet go at some price, so come in and price them. TINWARE LOW DO WIN ! Bring your BAGS, RIDES and BEESWAX to us. S?, Those indebted to the firm of Peoples & Burriss are respectfully invited to call in as soon as possible and seltl? their Account at the tamo old stand with | JOHN T. BURRISS. I SOMETHING NEW! f WE HAVE JUST OPENED A COMPLETE LINE OP GENERAL MERCHAN? DISE. A. Big- Stock Staple and Fancy Groceries, -AND A FULL LINE DKY GOODS AND NOTIOXtf. We solicit the patronage of our frien.ls. Come to see us at Barr'? old stand on Granite Row. 1HB- All Goods delivered FREE in the City. DEAN, GEER & MOORE. Jewelry, Jewelry, Jewelry. DON'T FORGET that I am still at the Old Stand of J. M. HUBBARD & BRO , ready, waiting and willing to itrve you with anything in tke? JEWELRY OR SILVERWARE LINE, And I hope by fair dealing, honest representation and polite attention to share a part of the trade so liberally showered on the old Firm. I want to do the square thing with everybody, and will do it if you will give me half a chance. Drop in and let me show you through, and if you don't buy a nickel'a worth it will be all right. WILL. R. HUBBARD, Next to Farmers and Merchants Bank. Sept 7, 1892 10 *v*k_ j We have just received theiHandsomest line of CENTS' AND BOYS' STRAW HATS! South of Baltimore, and can undersell any house in the City. Also, a line of Ladies' and Misses' OXFORD TIES. ALL WINTER GOODS MUST GO, REGARDLESS OF PRICE. Yours, anxious to please, O. B. VanWyok, The Shoe and Hat Dealer. happy and contented if you fail to see what the Famous TEN CENT AND BAZAAR MAN IS DOING. MINOR has bought E. G. FAN To Stock of Goods, consisting mainly of FANCY GRO? CERIES. Prices have been "wiped" out, and MINOR is going to "wipe" out the Goods to make room for his immense stock of Fall Goods that are being received daily. DON'T LISTEN to what others say, bot come to this TEN CENT and BAZAAR MAN, and he will show you belter than he can tell you. MINOR means busi? ness, and will raise the wind by throwiss; to the trad* a regular Cyclone in the way of Pricw ! DON'T FORGET your late crop of Apple?, Muicadiues, &c. MINOR will furnish the JARS and TUMBLERS, and you can eat the pie and preserves! Watch this Si>aco next Week:. 0. S, MINOR, THE BAZAAR, THE TEN CENT STORE, P. EL ?We art still ahead os SHIRTS. Com? is and jet 1 good one for 25c, and better If you need that kind. 0. 8. M. DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES, BACON, MOLASSES, FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFEE, -AND BUGGIES AND WAGONS, GO XO ter 11 (Mil's. IN order to reduce our Stock of Buggies we have greatly REDUCED PRICES, and are now offering liberal terms. "Our Special Pet" is the "Tyson & Jones Buggies." The best in the market. Call and see them. We are also agtnts for the McCormick Haveating Machine Go's. Celebrated STEEL MOWERS, to which we invito your attention.; Yours truly, X SYLVESTER BLEGKLEY COMPANY. S A