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VOL. VI. M~~ANNING. S. C., WEDN SDAY, FEBRUAR Yl12, 1890N. 1 Via VI. AMTS PHILOSOPHY. TUE GEORGIA SAGE DISOOURSES IN AN ERUI)rE MANNER. Whai ibe rapers .ay-liew They Discoom * he .reat Problen of the Day. To read or not to read, tlat in the quetin.C No~ay- I mea~u. Th' ne'l;nfrra thai make us mad our sad. Someti;mes I think A msn had ,etter swear off and read no politics no murders or other horrible things no domestic scandal-no hangings or lynchings-nothing about the race problem. r the tariff, or wman's righte-nothing that will excite his indignation or keep him from feel ing calm and serene. Sometimes I maeet a clever, hard-working country mau, who han't heard the news. and I enyy him One asked me the other day if Congress had begun to ship the niggers to Afriky. But then we must keep up with the times, or we will get behind. I; seems liko we are living in au enemy's country, and must keep posted and fortitied. The newspaners are our accuts, our sentinels. They oia the dabger signals, and some body must real thei, or th1e enemy will slip up o;. us. I thought that we were getting along pretty well with - the yankees since Henry Grady made his Boston speech, and I still believe we have gained some ground, if we can hold it. But it begins to look like the mos, of our northern brethren were more in love nich he boy than with what he said. Most all of them praise Grady, but very few indorse his senti ments. It is just like an earnest, elo quent lawyer pleading for his client until the tears are seen falling from the eyes of the jurymen, but they re tire and convic his client all the same. I thought that as the South was on trial she was about to be acquitted when Grady spoke, but alas, for us, he dident have the conclusion. Admira tion is short lived, and prejudice is Ion. Even Ingalls nraises Grady, whl e he abuses the South and winds up with the dagger and torch. But sher" is a bigger sign than Ingall*. The northern presi bas alredy settled down to its usual business-not only the Republican press but the religious press. - Editors o! great papers either mold the opinions of their readeqrs, or they reflect them some of them do both. The preacher editors generally moid them. They are a bold, aggressive class, and hence the danger if they go wrong. Dt. Phelps i the president of Andover college. le is a learned and notable man, aud whatever he writes for bis paper, "The Congrega tionalist," is taken by New England &Q the law and the testimony. His readers will swear by his convictions. In a late rumber of his paper he ar raigns the South and ma.kes demands upon us. He ridicules (.rady's speech as the "eloquence of the banquet," as x "remarkable succession ef irrelevan es," as the "tickling with feathers of only a feather's weight." With the coolness and the arrogance of a king be tells us that we should "refuse the negro no place by reason of his olor." And then he adds: "Is Geor gia doing this,- -we have a right to ask? Is it her civil and her so cia policy to educate colored citi ens up to the level of the republican ballot?" . Was there ever such ignorance and impudence combined in a great man. Educate the negro to vote the republi can ticket! Good Lord and master, why don't you educate Grover Cleve land and Governor Hill and all the de mocrats up North to do that? Why dent you educate the negro before you gave him the right to vote. Yes, 'ou may inquire, and you can keep on iquiring, and Georgia will keep on ateding to her own business. The Rev. Dr. conitinues his impertinent re mares and says: "Having educated the negro to the level of the republi can ballot, will you count the t ote if it will elect?" Now, he really believes that then nero vote is not counted in Georgia. He won't believe us when we tell him that it is. He won t be lieve even the negroes when they tell him so. I have been watching and wonderingZ for twenty years to see a negro intimidated at the polls either directly or indirectly, and I have never seen one-I have never seen his vote miscounted o: failed to be counted. But we would like to inquire why you sppressed and miscounted Sam'l J. Tilden'm' vote and stole the presidency fron' him. But what is the use in quarreling with sucn fanatics? Here is the ne gro, the happiest creature upon earth, and the mosr, contented, and away up in New England you can hear the hypocritical "Vote, vote vote"- woin't educate the negro to vote the republi can ticket His precious vote is all txey are concerned about. It hasent been but forty-four years since Rhode island wouldn't let anybody vote uni ess he was the oldest son and was worth $134. That is what Appleton says in his boiography of Thomas C. D.orr. And because Dorr called a con vention to change the constitution and extend the franchise, they arresi ed him and put him in the penitentiary. But the reverend doctor says that we must not refuse the negro any place, civil or social. He would invade the sanctity of our homes and firesides with philanthropy. He does not seem to know or beleve that the white repub licans of the South are as much shock ed at his demands as we are. He does not know that the white people of the South are a unit on the color line-the seprtion of th~e races in schools and churches, and hotels add theatres. Here in my town are republicans with whom we affiliate and associate in our oturche', in our city councils and suoboards. They are bankers and mer cha&uts, andl lawyers and manufac Lurers, anid we are mutually tolerant and .cozsiderate of each other's politi cal prefernces, but youn can't find one who doe- not draw- the color line, not one but who will say that Dr Phelps is a fooli~e fanatic. The grand army post at Macon has some colored mem bers, but they were not invited to the banquet. The North had jnst as well quit wasting their sweetness on this uestion. The negroes don't want that sort, of equality, and they couldent get it if they did. And here is what another crazy cranky preacher says; he is the edito: of the Examiner, a great B3 ptist pape: published inl New York: "No doub) it would be desirable for all concernlec i.. e spirit of emancipation was push ed to its logical human extreme, bu te question is, can the hostdlity t~ an ilgamation be removed." Hie is consierig the propriety o this thing, this unnatural union. W don't know that he is hankering afte a nero wile, but he is ready right nov~ to pass a law that would encoura-e the amalgamation and make. it legal. He would force it upon us but for the hostility. How if he was just one man speaking for himself no body would care, but he speaks for thousan :s and they hear tim and approve. It does look like mot of the people un north are cranky about something. It is no wonder that, they are -.anky on this question, for they have been crossed and recrossed and mixed and amal amated and bred in, and bred out so much, that it is a won der they have any established princi ples about any thing. The masses are a mixture of all nations. You migh as well try to raise a good stock of horses by mixing the blood of the ni car and Ihe tr,>tter, and the Perchero: and the mustang, and the conestoga and the Texas bucker and Balaam's ass combined. You can't take up a northema pi per, but what you see the outeroppinx-s of this degeneracy. Tie Puritan blood has about petered out. In the days of the blue laws of Connecticut it was a penal offense for a man to kiss his wife on Sunday, but now in some places they kiss anybody and everybody very day and every night at home and abroad, in the church and out oi it, it the following be true. It is taken from a telegram to the Associated Press from Taunton, Mass., awd is head ed "Osculatory Christians." "The peace of the brick charch at Dighton, has been broken up by tm promiscuous kissing and hugging tat has been going on in the church at the spelling bees that are held in the sanctuary as nightly entertainments. The new pastor, Rev. Mr. Dyer, was shocked to fid th-at males and females, rpe spinsters, elderly maidens, and blushing damsels, were engaged in these osculatory performances, and counting the number of tines that each had been favored and the church had been turned into a house for hug ging and kissing, he dared to put his 'oot down, and the result is paddeme sium- and persecution without end. The young men delied him and burnt >owder at the door of the church, and blew the smoke through the key hole, and those who were inside left their empty whisky bottles in the pews as contributions to the church collec: tions. The pastor had to send for the sheriff to Izeep the peace; and as the hurch officials wouldn't pay the sher iff's fee, the pastor had to pay it him self." Not much Puritanism about that, is there! And here is another in the Boston Herald or last week, which tays: "The committee on public schools of Boston report that in one of the schools a dozen boys have within , short time been arrested for stealing. )ne boy struck his teacher such a heav blow as nearly killed her. Another boy fought his teacher with a loaded bludgeon two feet long. Three other boys kicked their teacher, and another lrew a revolver on her. Eight of the boys belong to a band called the Forty hieves, who meet regularly and plan tealing expeditions. And there are hbree other schools that are worse .an than this one " -Now, we nave a right to inquire when these osculatory and ursine per :ormances are going to be prohibited, ad when will those school boys be edu ated up to the level of republican man ners. Will Massachusetts do it? You may travel fram Virgina to Texas and -ou can't find any thing to compare with it. Isn't it strange that they will resume to lecture us on morality? cCauley says in his essays: "The1 uritans hated bear-bating-not be cause it gave pain to the bear, but be cause it gave pleasure to the specta Lors " And.so .1 reckon the north buses us about the negro not because of any love or pity for him, but be caase we make such a good use of In a later letter to thu Charleston1 Courier, Dr. Phelps is more consider ate in language. and admits they made great mistake in giving the negro the ballot. He says it struck nature a blow iu the face, and what tne end will be God only knows. .It would sot surprise me," he says, "if it cost the nation more blood than the civil war." He says we have his -ympa Thanks!-we don't care for sympa thy now. All we ask is to be let alone -just let the negro. alone ; keep your ouths shut and your hands oil, and there will be no blood. I wonder how that fight is getting on at Alton-that fight the negroes are making to force their children into the white schools? Ido hope they will whip it. The white folks miixed that medicine for us-now let them drink it. The hair of the dog good for the bite. BILL ARP. HELD FAST TO DEATH. A Enzineer's florrible Fate--Pinned Down by his Engine With bis llend Just A bove WVater and Drin: of CeldI. PORIA, ILL., Feb. 6.-At 8.30 last night as an Ohio, Indiana & Western freight train started ever the bridge spanning the river at Bridge Junctidn the first spa? of the iron bridge sank, prcipitating the engine, tender and three cars iato the river. Three men were in the cab. Engineer William Neville, Fireman C. O'Brien and head brakeman B. 3I. Lewis, all of Urban. The fireman and brakeman were buri ed under the engine in eight feet wa ter, and the engineer was pinned in t're cab with his head just above the water. As soon as the wreck was roticed the banks of the river were lined with people. They found that the.engineer wvas standing on the dead body of the firenan buit fastened in such a way that he could not be ex tra'ted. Passengets anti others work ed a!! night trying to get him out, ap pivng hot water to keep him from chilling to death and pouring brandy down his throat, taut he finally (lied of cold and exposure. The engine was one of the heaviest made, weigh. ing a hundred tons. It stands uii - right against the second pier of thle bridge. ___________ Prince Bismarck has not coiy an irn constitution, says a Berlin letter, but an iron will, which enables him at a moment's no~tice. to put his body un det martial law, so to speak. aind to subject it to the utmost rigor of diet. To-day the chalaneellor will be found drinking what for any other man would e thought extraordinary quantities of alc~hol and smoking cigars without limit; to-morrow he will be sipping cold water slightly acidulated with emnon and sucking a toothpick with ai pinch of camphor in it. The Icamphored toothpick is the outward visible sigzn that all Bismnarck's dinner table liberties have been suspended, fand while he chews it the people who have business with him know that he will not deal with them as at other A FATAL FIRE. Three Persons Burned to Death-The Wile and the Daughter of Secretarr Tracy Anonz the lettems. WASHINGTON, February 3.-A ter rible calamuity visited the household of secretary Tracy this morning, where by three per.ons lost their lives and three others .-ere badly injured. The house is a three-story and basement brick, is situated on I street, between Connecticut avenue and 17th street, and has recently undcrgemo extensive improvements. Persons i_ . l the house at 7 o'clock this mornig smoke issuing from the front windovss and at coce raised an alarm 6f firs, an-d police departments responded pr-.mptily. The premises were ilmost concealed by denso smoke which was thickened by a heavy fog which was just lifting. It ws soon sea t h:at. the house was all ablaze inside, and that the ma"in stoirwny wts hurnt, thus cut oiycommunci loll .ith the. sleep ing apartmen!-i on the second and third floors. Several sreams of water were pye on the flames, and every erti'-', mde to check the fire aud to rescue the irimates Mr- Wilmerd in, the secretary's danghter, and Miss Wilulerding jumped from the second soywindow. iioth were b.adiy hurt. xirs. Tracy endeavored to oscape by dropping herself from her bed room window, and in her ellort to decrease the distance to the ground, she grasp ed a narrow stone window sill and iov-ered herself as far as she was able. Those who saw her in her perilous >osition shouted to her to hold on, >ut either she did not hear or her srength failed her, for after thus hanging a moment between life and death, -he fell forty feet into an area way. She was immediately taken to be house of a neighbor, by Dr. Rheem, and placed upon a lounge in a sitting room. She was perfectly conscious and did not seem to suffer pain. She lied in a short while. Miss Mary, the Secretary's daugh er, died in the burning building. She was burnt almost beyond recognition. Josephine, a French maid, suffered a like fate. Secretary Tracy himself had an almost miraculous cqcape. He waq vercome by the smoke, and became inconscious. In this condition he ,vao taiien out of the house. After a ew hours he recovered consciousness. The origin of the fire is unknown. t he flames were discovered about even o'clock this morning The fire tad gained such headway that the 2 1remen did little in hecking it, but ather confined their endeavors to aving the lives of the occupants of the 0 ouse. WASHNGTON: February 4.-Secre- t ary Tracy is slowly improving. Mrs. t nd Miss Wilderming are also getting etter. In consequence of this tragedy, and I he death of Secretary Blaine's daugh- t er, Mrs. Coppinger, a number of social Y ntertainments have been postponed. SIX BURNED TO DEATH. i n 'errible Cremation in a Bearding House v in Boston. ti BosToA, Feb. 4.-A terrible fire oc- n urred on North street early on Sun- fi ay morning, resulting in the death a: f at least six persone. The fire origi- f: ated in a mysterious manner in the tl lothing store No. 245 North street, c :ept by a Hebrew. whose name at E resent is unknown. The flames quick- c, y communicated to the floors above, al hich were occupied as an Italian a carding house, and contained a large p, umber of lodgers. ti So quickly was the place wrapped in ti ames that escape for many of them ti as impossible, andi they roasted to R [eath. Others attempted.to escape by .mpinw from the windows and thereby eceivea serious injuries. Five are al- h eady dead and one other was said to in e dying when removed to the hos- q )ital. Besides these five there were n even others removed to the police a tation, where they received medi- t< tal attendance and were taken to the t< ospital.' y Rtobbed of Golden Tresses. I BURLINGTON, Ia., Feb. 5.-M5iss chumanin is a well built, handsome oung lady residing in this city. One f the most proiinent features about t er was her hair, which was of a golden iue, and exceedingly abundant. While returning from an errand on Main0 ;treet this morning, from which she iad just stepped into a side street, a'nd ~ yvhile vet within view of passers by, he was seized from behind by a itrange man who encircled her waist with one arm and held her fast while e ranidly ran a knife about her t bead. No quickly was the whole thing ~ one that the young lady had scarcely.t ie to struggle or cry out, and in the .C next moment the man had disap- ~ eaed. The young lady went home, bold her story and fell into a faint. No t trace of the man can be found. He is ~ probably one of a gang who rob young vomn of their hair and sell it at a good profit. THlE COLORED CONVENTION. A Wrangle Over the Chairmianship Other P'ryceedings. \VAsurscros, February 4.-The na timnalconvntu i of representatives of th colored race. af ter a long and exci ting ballot. this morning. elected Bishop Wayman as presiding officer, P. B. S. Pincback, of Louisano, being his chief oppoent. { Whe the convention reconvened the ron over the e-hetion of petonnnt chairman was renewed. An official count of the votes shon'ed that ex-Sca tor Pinchbaick had been elected instead of Bahop Waymaa. Pinchback there upo. presided. but Wayman's foitowers "~kickd" hard. The matter was re ferci to the commnittee on permanent or~aizatio n and they reporced the fol loing officers: Rev. J. C. Price, of Nort b Caroliia. president; William [I Dpr'-. of Massachusetts, vice-president; B A. Dawson. of New Jersey and WV. Cavia C:iese, WVashin~gtonl. seremaries. Wiesi Livelv atid Miss Mattie Jack soi, of Ohio. ~a!t~nrit ioc etaries. A .eries- of re-solutiotJs was5 thlen introdiu Tazgic Emti of a (Christening Frolic. SCRANroN, February 6.-A number of Polanders, ;who were celebrating the christening of a child at Marsh wood, a mining village. lest night, set ire to Andro Feritz's dwvelling by up setting a lamp while they were having a drunken dance. The flames spread rapidly through the building, and Michael Switz and Mrs. Joreph Strat sonwho were upstairs i'i a drunken stupor, were burned to death. Sev eral others were barely dragged down stairs in time to escape a similar fate. IT wo children are also missing. The fire consumed ten double d wel linas, occupied by the Poles. The loss o builings is $10,000. POLITICAL GOSSIP. WHAT IS BEING DONE AND SAID IN THE FIELD OF POLITICS, Members of Coagress Who [told Pr per ty in Washington Get tho Lenaest -ern& -The New Census. The Tariff Reform Club of Philade. phia resolved to take an active par: n the election to fill the vacancy ti House of Representatives causei bi re death of Judge Kee. S -nator Bla'r is i-'' 'ght for re lection to thte Snate, this time it :s to be no sham Net; ! Mr. Jobb F. Briggs. of Manchester, who has erzcred ,he race against him is a !lustler, and will make a canvass rbat will take tihe ienator homs to look after his fences. ana Zive his numerous liwtte bobbies a much aeeded res. Chairman S. W. G. horu. of the Na ional Commit'ee, Union Labor parr, aas issued a call tor a generai confer ace of the party at K sansas Cit.y, Io., or February 23. It is proposed to con ult as to a bettcr organization, and it as been binted tnat ine subject of put ing up cendidates in several Congres% onal districts will be canvassed, The Philadelphia Times congratulates heDemocracy of that city on the harmony n their rauks, and predicts an encour .geing campaignC for local offices. In he meantime it is noticeable fact that the lepublican committee has gone into the vholesale business of paying up the pau >cr poll taxes. Mr. *lIbns SuAers, an ntimate political and pezwial ;riend of Ir. Raudall, gives a che~rlui report to is chief. It is announced by Postmaster Gencr 1 Wanamaker's intimates, and not dreni d by him, that be will contest the nei ,egislature of Pennsylvania with Camer n and Fitler for the Unrted S atcs Sen torship. As yet it is anybo1v' figbt. 1 ff the members of the Legi-lature of 891, who will elect a United States enator. twenty-five of the State Sena t )rs and all the members of the House f Representatives will be elected in No ember next. A citizen of Indiana, a Democratic edi- t >r for many years, tells the Gazette that i aere is no doubt that Senator Voorhees s ill succeed himself in the Senate. "Er- d rvernor Gray will run for Governor in 3 2," says he, "and cary the State. The egislature elected that year will be Dem- p Dratic, and largely composed of Gover- U or Gray's fricads, will elect a successor 1 > th- Senator Turple. It is likely, then, , iat tivernor Gray will want to succeed h enator Turpie, and can do so easily. p ou may say, also, that Indiana will go s emocratic this fall by a larger majority 5 ian either party has had for twenty f ears." - Master Workman Powderly declines, s advance of a tender, the Democratic b >mination for Governor of Pennsyl- s lnia, remarking that he thinks he is not p ie strongest man the Democrats could ame for the office. In the meantime, the t iends of Wallace, Pattison and Black e -e working like beavors for their V verites, each with the expectation o iat there may be some chance of over.- a )ming the Republican majority. The d on. William L. Scott is said to have c )mmunicated to friends in Philaielphia N 2d Harrisburg-at least so says a gentle- s an inWashington who is ordinarily well AV asted in Pennsylvania po litics -that y' ie policy will be to let the State elec- e ons go by default, and concentrate on e io election of members of the Ilouse of 1: epresentatives. Thc Democratic Society of New Jersey t eld a reception at Trenton on Monday at, and established a permanent head- t isarters at the State Capital. There are C :w seventy-five clubs in the association, C :d plans are being formnulated looking I >the organization of a club in every t >wnship and ward of the State. The 2 -ung Democracy are taking a great in- a irest in these associations and are or-d anizing clubs comosed entirely of I oung men. The movement u endorsed y Governor Abbott, ex-Governor Green, C enator McPherson, ex Senator Stock- r >n an'd other prominent men. Colonel a tevens is an active Democrat, a member I f the State committee, and Presiden- s al elector from Hudson County Con- c ressional district in '88. t "The story of a combination between C [ill and Gray is being revived," said a t rew York politican, "more with a view t >embarrassing Governor IHill than any- I bing else. Tflere is not a particle of ~ ruth in it. Governor IHill has made no ombinations at all, and certainly none ith Governor Gray and ex-Governor ,ee. I think you will find out beforeI he State convention meets in '92 that, if i-President Cleveland i~a alive and a andidate, he will not be antagoniized by hil!. The Governor is too wise a man o offer hitraelf up for slaua'-'r, and oogo a New York State rui: to drive he nomination away from the State by >roducing a divyied and discord mt dole :ation. I never knew a man with better1 udgment. Ihad his advice been listened o in 1880, when he was Secretary of the ;tate Committee, Haunc.ck would have :arried the State cf New York and been -leeted." "It is estimated," said a gentleman vho occupied a prominent place in the leCsus Bureau in 1880, "that there will >e a cousiderable reduction in the ratio >f Souther:: re presentation in the House, mnd consequently in the electoral college. ['he i ::rease of the wyhite population has iot b;.eu so great in the South as in the orth. That is orae reason. Another riscs from the fact that the enumerators n the Somuth wilt all be partisans, and so :nuch fuss was made about the figures of nerease ini the negro population in South Darolina, for example, as shown in the eensus of 1890, that no gre at effort will be made to enumerate them all. Since the disastrous defeat of Mlahone in Vir ginia, at d the ridiculous fiasco made by Hayes in hits attempt to revive the 'old Whir party '-with oilics attachedi-the Republicans have given up the contest for supremacy in that quarter. Hence they naturally desire to reduce the represen tation of the South as much as possible, and a wink to the enumerators will be sutlcieut to accomplish their pur pose.", 1ten'td to Ilan::. RA.LEIH, N. C., February 5.-Jordan Pridehaid wa.s yes:et day convicted at Ox ford and sentenced to be hanged March 7th. is crime was the murder of Dan iel Moseley in a row arnong a crowd of negroes uear Oxford some time ago. The funeral services of Mrs. Tracy and Miss Tracy took place at the White rounea on Wenesay mnrning. BLOOD DRINKING SA3ARITANS. A Facc Who Drink ! nmax Bliad fO &l Aliings. KANSAs CITY. February 4.-A few days ago !ecretary of the Humane So cietv Huckctt received the following le-tter: Cr. U uckett-There is something I L'in cut to be called to your atten L - once which I think is bad for a :.":zed community, their is John A ir kle and his two children. He has been sick and he is crazy on religion i! i Jttle girl Minnie is 13 year old and fis boy John isl1. Wriukle has heard c:'proule ,:rinking blood at slaughter nollses for their helth and h-e said he baieved in the bible that it preached :hat the well should mak sacrifices for the sick. He (iid blead the little girl and boy intil they are rocks and he did Irink ,he blooi. It has leaked out and un lss something is done by you the aeighbors, will tak things into tboir >wn nands and that quick too. He ives(w . a 1tle piece of land near the 1ew eity limits. Your respectfully, GEORGE WEST. P. S. F.-d some officers. lie referreri the letter to Chief of olice . pcers, who sent Humane Offi --'rran to investigate. I went with Officer Marran to the >lace where the savage rites were said o be enacted. It is on the Blue River ust inside the city limits. I found hat the letter to the secretary had lot told half of the terrible state of fira which has obtained in the Blue Valley. About a year ago there appeared mong the people of that neighbor ood a man named Silas Wilcox, who vent about the country preaching the octrine of doing good for the sick. It ras not long until he had a suficient umber of adherents to his doctrines o warr-ant him in attempting to found sect, which he called the Samaritar.s. mong the teachings he advocated was he drinking of blood for all diseases. Ie said that the Bible taught that ood was life. A.lmost daily pilgrim ges were made by those who were iling to the packing hous.es, and there bey drank the blood of the freshly kill cd beeves. Wilcox was net satisfied, however, ith the blood of animals, and he ad an ced the doctr .ne that it was well o show belief in the doctrine by giv 3g up human blod for the sick and ufering members of the band. This octrine was gradually established, I ilcox himself being the first to prof by the horrible practice. He ap arently became very sick and was I nable to make the prilgrimage to the I acking house. He called upon the sithful members of the band to save I is life. A woman Nancy Dixon was ersuaded to allow her preacher to < ack blood from her arm. The effeet n -as marvelous, for Wilcox recovered < om his alleged illness the same day. s 'his visible manifestation of the truth s f his doctrines made a great impres- p on of his followers, and the result has a een that from that day the habit has eadily increased and is now' a regular p ractice among the Samaritans. 3 At the home of John Wrinkle men- s oned in the letter, were found two f naciated children. On the bed lay q Vrinkle, apparently in the-last stages u f consumption. When questioned i bout drinking the blood of the chil- 1 ren, he denied having done so. The c bildren also denied it. Their blood- a ,ssappearance, however, excited the e ispicion of the officer and he compel- a d them to show their arms. They t ere covered with scars around thei bows.' When confronted with this* idence Wrinkle acknowledged that j e had availed himself of the opportu ity and the children had willinglyt iven their blood to restore him to ealth. The man was in such a conditIon at he could not be removed, but the hildren were taken in charge by the 1 ificer and placed in the Children's ome. Chief Speers is anxiQus to ke steps to put a stop to the practice t there appears to be no law which plies to the case except where chil ree'i are made use of to supply the lood. The band of Samaritans is composed about twenty members. who hold giarly weekly meetings at the hou-' es of the different members. At these ~eetings the sick or ailing ask for as istance from the well, a-nd they are etaild to give their blood according their health and strength. When a ember becomes very sick the well nes take turns in supplying him with e life- giving fluid. They claim that hey have a right to do this when the ight to transfuse blood from one per n to another. Robbing Rtegistered L~etters. J. H. Goss, a young man of Blacks urg, has been lodged in the jail here, harged with robbing registered letters. or sonie time past registered packages iave been taken from this ollice, mounting to about $600), Detectives nve been at wo. k for several days on he case, and after being unable to )lace the robbery upon the shoulders f the regular postmaster.Mr. Geyton, e~ requested him to absent himself r~a day and allow Mr. Goss to man w the postoflice. Packages contam, ug 200 were sent through this office ~ these detectives. The de--oy was sue :esful. The oflicers immesilh tely con oted Goss and demanded these. ackges. Upon their being produced hey were found to have been emptied f the toone-y they contained. Goss as searched, and the money found on his person. He was thereupon rrested. Goss has hitherto stood well, and his isdoings occasion general surprise. rhe good name he has borne induces nuch sympathy for him. The witniesces in the case have been cund over to appear at the August ern of the United States Court. dIesrs. Hardin of Blacksburg and~ Wilson of this city have been retained or his dlefense. More Testinaonyr Agains t Red. Judge L. C. Colijus. who was the Re ulican Spenaker of the Illinois House f Represenatives in 1883. gives inter sti'g testimony bearing on the action of Speaker Reed. The Democratic mi waty then sought to defeat a high-1 icnse by refusinu to vote and raising he question of no quorum. The Repub ~icans demanded that the Speaker sbould euunt members present, whether voleg or not, but ne refused, and a caucus haing been called to -censure him, it wa decided to submit the question to James G. Blaime and abide by his dec-is )on. A ,elegram was sen2t exlinn !the iwato:i, and Mr. Bilaine replied that Speaker Collins was right, and thatI - cntrary ruling bad never been heard of and could not be sustained." Judge Collins adds: "The rtuic is a double edged sword which cuts both ways. Speaker Reed will have to recede from it. The Republicans can not afford to stan1 by it." THE RACE PROBLEM. Ex-Governor Bullock, of Georgia, Ur..im Considers the Came. To the editor of the New York Press: In your able editorial of the 12th, "RE spect for Liwful Methods," reference is kindly made to myself by name, with a quotation from a recent card of mine published here, demanding that the con trolling elements ,in our communities exert themselves to prevent mob violence. Commenting upon my objection to new federal election laws for the South, you say: "He has so far not even expressed any willingness to see a simple act for the use of the Australian ballot reform system in electing members of the House of Representativcs placed ov the statute books." etc. Permit me to say at once that I now "express a willingness" for any statute on that line that is to be un iversal in its application. I believe, further, that it is within the power of Congress to provide.the manner in which members of a State Legislature shall be elected when such members are to be called unon to select a United States Senator. The power of federal authority over this subject hfs never been questioned by me. ; have doubted and still doubt the policy of a Republican Congress adopt ing, or even proposing special sectional legislation for the purpose of overcoming .n alleged suppressicn of the colored rote. Past experience should satisfy very one that if such an evil exists it :annot be overcome in this way. Such egislation solidifies the whites here in ndifference to the civil and political ights of the blacks. If the whites be ieve that the blacks are the special ards of the nation, they will feel re ieved of the duty resting upon them as .itizens in their several communities to mforcc and maintain the negro's ciivil ind political rights. Again, previous !ections followiug efforts by Congress in his direction have shown that the people f the North did not favor this character f legislation, and the Republican ma ority in Congress was lost. Believing, as I do, that the Republican olicy on all economic issues is best for he prosperity and upbuilding of this ection of our country, my purpose is to lo whatever is in my power to retain hat party in national control. One effort n that direction is to advise against neasures that will accomplish no bese icial result here, and are not approved )y the business sentiment of the North. can say without egotism that my ex erience on these issues has been Icon iderale. More than twenty years ago, uring my executive term, the Legisla re of this State decidcd that the negro ad no right tc hold office, and expelled l1 its colored members, over thirty in umber. Against this I protested to.the egislature at the time and suosequently arried the case before Coogress by emorial. The result was the adoption f the fifteenth amendment and the re toration of the colored men to their eats. We have also had here the ex e.ience of unlimited federal authority ad federal forces at elections. In the light of this experience, sup lemented by observation during the ears which have intervened, I most lemnly assure you that the only hope >r a complete, perfect and willing ac uiescence in and unport of the black lan's rights as a citizen is to be found y putting the responsibility upon and :aving the duty entirely to the organized cmmunities in which he finds his home nd earns his living. The statutes already nacted, both State and federal, are mple. The danger to republican insti tions here, as with you, is from open g the ballot box to ignorance. The problem" is how to get clear results rm muddy sources. Leaders of all parties have approved e Australian ballot reform system, and here tried in this country the experi ent has been successful. There can be o good reason urged why Cougress ould not provide an election law to be ed in all national elections, uniform in lthe States. But do not attempt one stm for Georgia and another for assachusetts. I would go further in lving the "problem," viz: that Con ress propose an amendment to the con titution, that from and after January 1.. 900, no person shall vote in any terri ory of the United States, or in any State rho cannot read the constitution of the nited States in the English language, *nd has not paid all taxes legally re 1uired. Commenting upon the cowardly out age of whicn colo-ed men have recently en subjected in this state and in Soutir arolina, you say: "The Press would be ore hopeful for the South if all the in lligence and respectability of it agreed vith ex-Governor Bullock. But such is iot the case. Private advices from Barn el, S. C., representing the highest pos ible sources of Southern culture and in ormation, show a tone of justification of be lynching and shooting. * * * ['he Press will let ex-Governor Bullock, Southerner and an opponent of federal tererenee, answer that plea." Thanks. do not feel called upon to answer that )lea. There is no justitication for umlaw ul methods. But I am confident you re mistaken wthen you assume that the 'intelligence and respectability," of the ~outh de not agree with me in favoring he supremacy of the law as against mob riolence. I contidently assert that there is not a nan of that class in Georgia who will mblicly announce that he approves or ~ommends mnn:) law. If any favit lies at ur door it is that the '-intelligence and espectability"in thevarious communities lo gt take concerted acton to maintain e majesty of the law. The governor ?f South Carolina has offered large re wards for the arrest of the inhuman lesperadoes who detied the law. The ~overnor of this State has been equally liligent, and both stand ready to sup ort the courts and the officers of the Law with the militia when necessary. bat more could "federal interferbnce" io i RUFUS B. BULLOCK. New York's Chinew' Rerter* New York boasts of a Chine' e repor ter and nll-around literaiy man. His anae is WVong~ Chin Foo, and he is eneraly known as Wong. His speci alty is the Chinese qr- -ter, although he does translatio as -nd similar work. Won's wo'-k's a staudi g comtradic tion of the theory that there is no sense of fun in a Chinaman.sHe mnakes sport of the peculiar habits and beliefs of the Orientals in New York and does it in a thoroughly American fashion. Wong hasnt much affetion for China or Chinamen, and I believe that he has a gricvance against the present emperor for banishing him as a punish met for a too free use of the pen when Wog was a stt'dent at one of the American colleges. The only feature of Wong's personal appearance which argues ha Oriental nativity is his comn ple'on, which is like that of idl Chi na men. He dresses in American style and associates with Americans all the time.-Baltimore American's New York Tettr. FARMERS' CONVENTION. A REMINDER THAT IT CANNOT BE A POLITICAL - BODY. A Letter From a Pt-omluent Farmer, Re calling a Resolution of the Farmers As sociatlon-A Protest Against Class Rule. To the Editor of The News and Cou rier: I respectfully ask the use of your columns to call the attention - of the farmers and citizens of the State to the following resolution, passed without a dissenting voice at the last regular Convention of the Farmers' Association on December 1, 1887: "Resolved, That it is not the pur pose of the farmers of the State to make their organization a political body, hostile to other classes, nor is it their intendon to attack the integ rity of our State officers, ner their policy to arraign or dictate to the Legislature." -Tt would seem clear that the Far mers' Association does not authoriz such an extravagant arraignment of the State Government as is contained in the recent "manifesto" of their exe cutive committee. Capt. SLell himself was a member of the committee which reported it tavorably, and voted for the resolution. In the face of this determined policy of the farmers, the executive committee of the Associa tion calls a separate political Nomi nating Convention, and I must think it not only unnecessary but totally unauthorized. The strongest organi zation of farmers now in the State is the Alliance. That body does not seem to think it proper to call a politi cal convention and ignore all other classes of citizens in the State. The I by-laws of that powerful organization utterly eschew politics, - and tl- e strength of the Ordei is devoted to the material help of its members. As a member of the Association, and as a farmer T am compelled to think the calling of said convention an un wise move. The farmers have ob tained what they asked for, a separate agricultural college, and being about SO per cent of the voting population of the State, they surely can modify the laws of the State by other meth ods, without making a bitter class con test. Such a course cannot accomplish any good purpose, and, in my jtdg ment, will detract from the conservaf ive influence which is now being ex erted by the agricultural clastes. 1 Besides, this convention of farmers, called by the executive comiroittee. - ignores not only the professional and a wrercantile cla,-ses, bu u strikes at the I rights of that impoi- -nt, influential 1 and worthy class of cidzens embraced under the general name of artisans, mechvues and laborers, whose impor tance in the development of the re sources of this State ought not to be under-estimated. The Democratic party is strong nough aoid good enough. That rep resents every class of citizen:,, and all an have a voics in the framing aad ad mnistering of the laws under whieh we live. Let us abide by the decis ions of the Deniocratic _conentions, )btained through methods adopted by representativestf all clashes of peo ple. This is the only safe way, in my bumble judgment, to avoid the polit [cal difficulties of some of our sister States and to maintain for ourselves the good government we have enjoyed ;ince 1876. IREDELL JONES. Rock Hill, January 81. WifAT THE PAPERS SAY. The Opinions of the State Pross About ICaptais Shell'. Manifesto. Yorkvlue Euquirer. - What may b.: the result of the remark able manifesto is yet to be seen. Fortu nately it was promulgated at an early 'lay, and will give the people time to re-< zect upon the serioums charges made; and it is equally fortunate that the proposed Convention is called at an early date. 'The deliberations and actings of that i .,ody can go before the people en amp'e t time before permanent nominations are made, and if this "Farmers' movement" means anything more than a mere whole sale arraignment, the people 'will know I it.I Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer. We heartily endorse the calling of a I State Convention to suggest a ticket for< State odicers. If there is a general re- I sponse the -eto it will not be hard to predict the success of the movement. I We hope that the Convention will be held and that every county in the State will sent. up its quota of duly accredited delegates, and that its uominees will be confirmed by the State Democratic Con vention that will assemble afterwards. Yoraville Enterprise. The result of the Convention will be awaited with interest. It is the first iae in the history of the State sincei 1876 that it has been attempted to hold a conction of the people outside of the regular Democratic lines. We are glad ts see that the association promises to make this fight for reform wishin the Democratic lines, which insures, in any 1 event, harmony in the party. sumter Wal chman an d Southiron. We wish that the citizens of every county, who are Democrats, not the farmers, merely, had been invited to elect the delegates. Neverthciss, We are not greatly regretful, for, as we an nounced at the first, our slheet we'h.r la this, that almcat all of us in pract~eu, ar without exception all eti ia ie:stz, a.re farmers. Let us convser: and ::-rh out vhat we ali have done oc oufe:s- wat is wrong. Marion star. 'f he truth of the entire business is a geed for office, and if the farmers as a class could be arrayed all on one side, the result would not be difficult to pre dict, btut the fact is that while there are a great mauy farmers who are very de eidedly in favor of the Clemson College1 the greater uart of them do not favor the annibilation of the University, and few~ of them sympathize at all with any movement that looks to strict class legis lation. Prosperity Press and Reporter. The Press and Reporter has more con fidence in the farmers than to think that they will do anything to injure tihe edut cationail advantages of the State. They will coratend for what they conceive to he their rights, but will not undcrtahe the reckless wholesale drushing of other .cstituioins as indicated by their oppo nen s. The farmers out~ht not to find any d f~culty in putting a ticket in the ~ield theat will be acceptable to the people. .hey have a right to make t'ae efort. Barn well People. Let us have fair play and a free fight and a plenty of both. The people want no snap judgment taken by any!;ody. We hope that Capt. Shell will withdraw untiL a more convenient season, lest al. is ammusitin burst hefore the battle , '- 'I i~ . He has cast his politi c!' i or Le waters, and time to z, toughness should be given. An rer Journal. Yac mranife -to is rather severe in tone, some of the criticisms of it have b.e-c cqu;lly severe. Let the farmers oVculy discuss their grievances and proposed remedies in convention, and in the campaign preceding the nominationS ! the matter be brought fairly and equarely before the people. A b'evIlle Press znd Banner. A sirailar manifesto was issued two years ago just in time to re-elect Gov error Richardeon. Keowee Courier. Whi!e we -dvocate most of the re fu:.s specified. in this address, yet we regret to qee the wholesale and indit criminate charges of weakness, ineffcien cy .nd corruption in our State Govern ment as therein made, gnd the bitterness of the indictment drawn. The manner in which it has been composed. we fear, will do the cause of true reform and ec..noty more harm than the address -vii' on iien -of good. However, all fai., i and unprejudiced miids Vil :.e ,!e chaff from the grain ani c c 7'. w the necessities of the becu i: rpear in the light of ma ture d . . DarD~ 'o- \e -s. T'. di-zto" bears too stronly the "e_ :. ' Tillman to admit of any deh.nt th.t ;n vae the product. of his to-chia it was signed by Mr. Shell. i anr t*nk that this clever scheme i Lraseny in marked degree the mb. c Lie-.ce in Tillman. If the yf :n-ch "e is the acklowledged yv woulC: noLinate him for Governor at heir vention, and would fill n -, nm of tne rest of their ticket with ren hi. , it would be the very beat 1a: coul1 happen for the Farmers' sca' r.n an for the Democratic par -arolina. ewoerry Observer. L's not bave any party within a party Ven it comes to nomination!. Let the iorrneeis be tL-tembodimentof the pria: p.i ot ::ie majority of .he party and e oi of : :.e majority. Any other >lan ix nnt true Democracy. Although he Fzrme;s' Association might carry heir point !y :he proposed nominations, et it i, neither right nor good policy, .nd in the future would lead to dissen ions ai :4er..us trouble. An open ieldi a.: a fair figbt is the thing. inter Adva'eme. The farmers of South Carolina have oo muhiCL inteligence and too much ommon sCnse and patriotism to be hood b'ked by Mr. Sbell's fulminations, and ic manfeats will be powerless, we be ieve. to do much harm. The beat thing rIr. Shel c v- :> is to go back into his hel n.d . t:.-re. He is only a peck t i;n B!, +. Tillman. T is a s.. r nd truthful paper, and rhFe :r ': 0 gainst the State Gov rrinc' -2re aratve and startling, yet we i.e 41 ~.-:. Shell has correctly xr.,-a p-i and has struck at the rca t-e!, fcr the citizens of South ar,,:i. a;e eager to grasp and endorse n! rigt, uroper and Democratic meas .1at will give them relief. CAPTAIN SHBLL EXPLAINS; Io States the Positien of the Falmers as to the University and the Citadel. v ptain G. W. Shell, the President of be Farmers' Association of South Caro ina, has written a letter to a gentleman I Charieston, which appears in the oria. In this he says: ''Let me assure you, just here, .1 am in o sense opposed to either the South ~arolina Unive.sity or the Citadel. I .ave for years defended these institu ivns in public speeches, and am on ecord in the country as one of their ad !ocates. I do claim, however, it ise not ight for these institutions or their riends to take charge of and retain the ppropriaiion, made by the general gov rn.ent (for other and legitimate par >os&) and ezpend it for their own use, *d t'-n to &.ny the right of the farm ra :.o hav.~ Me funds to assist in build tig 4ua c-orn:rg a college suitable to heir c io t.:d circumstances. -The ear, if an; - .e comes from the oppo its d. -ic~u. W want peace and good vil. WeO we.t all our educational in titties x e.:sh and succeed, but let hei> r~tand enrheir merits, not give all e sup.r sadi influence of the State to e instiwdon a the entire exclusion of th~.3 a ecourse would only' en ~ender -.f ar.-i bitter antagonism, and necC w~age -i everlasting duelism be- - ween mai itr~ations. All we ask is 'air o!hr 2: . ' let alone." A CLOUD) 1;URST IN CHINA. ~em.rkable and Terrifying Phenomena '. a sg Fatal Eesults. Sl FRArcimco, CAL., February 6. 'h.: aisiMacury of January 7th, ec:ved 1.- Searner "Rio Janeiro" yes erd ay, gives an .account of a great cloud >urV .2 Naing, of which a brief nn~o~":rent ias received by cable, at he tia.e. It :-a v: "On the 7th of this noo03 :he Yanitsze River near Nankirig t abo-.'t 10 mi mn. when the weather was right, .:hcre wa, suddenly heard a noise s of wi,.er. Twvo large black clouds ppea:cdi, era oon enveloped every h-4 liin a fug. The waters were much istt~ed and tu river was full of large vara. T. 'wo clouds eventually ecMa eiace called Tzit Lichaw when ac ui~adr making a very lord voo'rt . . rg .he disturbance many x.at ere d.-rtyed and over 100 peo -'r er- drownedu. More than fifty were ..3:6 p en xhausted condition, by he Chi.e. L;.: Preserving Associa-.icn. tes -1,. heir lives were buried F, i'L r-.tgh a Bridge. My lwi--:1' o. Feb., 5.-Owing to ean~ r- .:; .ar- washouts west of D: ~.-. "- r .lalso in the Wil C'' rher-e has been no -r rac r. :nication with Port "cr U *e cv wi points on the Iucu E.- sidce Monday morning. A. nof -om Dalles states that a coarictionl train with- a gang of labe -ira went through a bribe 68 feet high on Suniday. The engine passed over enfely, but the tender fell on the nab3e r al kille~d ten men and injur' ed sixteeu. A train with three doc tors !. 1A for the scene of the accidernt whici occurred about a mile and a half wear of Caacade Locks. The bridge wa rendered u::safe by the heavy rains of late. The F.alr la a Bad Fix. AsuA:Y, N. Y., Februa:.; 6.-In the Senato the Assm;bly World's Fair bill was put upon ita %nal passw.ge as amendI ed tu: only recei-ed 13 affirmative votes to negat.ive. A cali of the Senate was ordered before the announcement of the vo:e in order to get the 17 oeeseary vo to pass the bill. The call failed to sectes the needcd votes and the bill was decure ed lost, and a motion to reconsider lkr t4e. - was