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41 VOL. Vle MTANN1U I C., WE)N ESI)AY APRIL ~ 80 O 8 tk- N -(,lc so--- -----r.~--1r rr~1 rTr1 TILLLN A'N) COLT. THE FARMERS' CONVENTION NAMES THE NEXT HEADS OF A TICKET. The Motion to Nominate Carried by a Nar raw Majority-ldhe Nomxinees seleted Withont Oppo?.ition--A Ful Acenmit of the ProceediUgs. [Greenvi.le Nvws. Cowamn,.L S. C., March1 27.-It 'was about twenty minutes afte'r twelve o'clock when the Farmers' State Con vention was called to order by Chair man G. Wash Shell, of Laurens. The hum of conversation in the haJI ceased and hats were doffed while the pro ceedings began with prayer by the Rev. D. W. Hiott, of Anderson. Chair man Shell presented to the conven tion a gavel sent for its use by four Orangeburg boys now atuendinig the Alabama Agricultural C ilkge. zav ing read the call for the counctwn, Chairman Shell delivered his opening address. Captain Shell said that there were three things clear: 1st. That this convention 'was Com posed of Democrats true and loyal. 2d. That it was not a f-armers' con ven tion unless it was because other classes had refused to have anything Lo do with electing delegates. Ird. That this was a convention of s;ympathizers with thle sentiment of tie call as issued and that any not in sympathy therewith were here as ob structionists. The Executive Com iaittee of the Farmers' Association had ordered him to issue the call for the convention. Remembering how they had been treated in the last campaign it was neceissary to begin early to get an early start. From the ho -vl that had been raised, he believed they had got it, and he urged on the convention to keep what they had got. They wantea a fair discussion of the issues on the hustings, and by the eternal gods they would have it. All talk about dividing the party was bosh. The will of the people had been defeated by unfair means, and they now demanded fair play. He was willing to compare records with any of the men who had been sland ering him and so was Captain Till 2au. They were simply trying to rid a State from ring rule. Captain 6.ll closed by vindicating his own 1'e.ord and with a brief eulogy of C.iptain Tillman, to whom he said the State owed a heavy debt of gratitude. As ?or himsclf he would not accept auy State office at the hands of the convention. W. J. Talbert, of Edgefield, was made temporary Chairman, and John T. Duncan of Newberry, and J. V. fioker, of Orangeburg, temporary Secr'etaries. Tne delegates present were enroll el and a committee on credentials was appointed, consisting of one from each of the twenty counties repre seuted, as follows: Abbeville, J. D. Bradley; Aiken, NV. N. Merchants: Aaderson, W. A. Nealy; Barnwell. W. D. Rice: Beaufort. J. G. Verdier: B.. eley. J. A. Hoovey; Charleston. J. rancis Britton: Chester, H. P. W.Lner: Chesterfield, W. J. Hannon; C 1Azendon, D. W.Brailsford: Colleton. SR. Cooper: Darlington, E. L. Gray: E1 field, W. H. Timmerman: Fair ti' 1 R. Y. Lemmon; Florence, L. S. Bingham; Greenville, H. B. Buist: Lancaster, J. Bruce; Laurens, J. L. M. Ichy; Lexington, A. L. Nunemarm; Nev-berry, J. A. Sligh; Marion, T. B. S~sekhouse; Marlboro, J. J. Lane; U--onee, S. J. Stribling; Orangeburg, W. T. C. Bates: Pickens, B. J. John s ,n: Richand,. Win. Wallace: Union, J. S. Welch; Williamsburg, Wmn. Cooper; York. G. H. Edwards; Sum t r B. F. Cooper. Spartanburg wvas i!.t called. A brief but confused and and noisy discussion was provoked by a resolu tbon offered by J. A. Sligh, of New berry, instructing the committee on ,'cedentials to rule out any delegations wh were not willing to agree to abide by the decision of the majiority of the convention. It was finally decided that such delegations should be al lowed to remain on the floor until the committee on credentials re ported. On motion of Mr. Irby, of Laurens, the temporary organization was made permanent, and Chairman Talbert proceeded to deliver his inaugural ad dress. J1. D. Brown was made Ser geant-at-Arms of the convention and .J. E Wannamaker, of Orngeburg. Vice.President. At this hour, _1.43> o'clock, a recess was taken until three o'clock The first business on re-assembling after the afternooii recess was the defeat of a motion to make nomina tons immediately upon the report of thie committee on credentials and the adoption of a motion that the plat form be taken up at that time. A motion of Wannamaker, of Orange burg, that a committee on resolu tions of one member from each county represented be appointed wvas alopted and the committee was so appointed. SPA.RTANBURGs DELEGATION. The report of the conunittee on credentials was made by J. L. M. Irby. The committee recommended tiat the delegations from Sumter and Barnwell be seated and that two o one of the contesting Spartanburg delegations. J. W. Stribling and J. W. Wofford, and eight of the other delegation, be seated as follows: George B. Dean, .James W. Foster, W. C. S. Wood. .J. B. 0. Landrum,. M. P?. Patton. H. L. Farley, R. M. Smith and L. E. Farley. The report of the committee on platform was submitted by J. E. Tindal. of Clarendon. THE PLATFORM. The platform opens with a preamble seiting the inalienable right of citi z.ens to meet and discuss measues~ and adopt a platformif of principles :n(ec'lares the intention of this confvenition1 of Democrats to strive for suapremiacy in the party and State on the accompanying platform. Section I recogizes' the necessity of Anglo Saxon unity and pledges fealty to the decision of the Democratic party as jiairly expressed through the regulhir .-hannels. Section :2 deanands tiat nloin~at'ons~ of all officers except s'tate oiier he man'de by primary ek tionis coniducted udaer the lawv of 18SS. Section :3 demands t:L i7resenta tion in the State Democratic Conven tion be reapportioned on the basis of a h cnu of &o a into effeet this year. and that delegates to the State Convention bK. elected by primary election to be held in each county on the last Tuesday in August of each election year. Section 4 calls for the abolition of the Board of Agriculture and that all matters pertaining to agricultural in terests except thecontrolof the State's phosphate interests be placed in the hands of the trustees of the Clemson College. Section 5 demands that the South Carolina College shall be liberally sup ported as a classicalandliterary insti tution. Section ; demands that school dis tricts in the various counties he as nearly square as possible of an area to allow only one white and one (col ored school in each district. and that school tru.Stees be elected instead of appointed. Section 7 calls for rigid ecoioiiy in p)ublic expenditures. the abojitiol (f useless officers. reduction of salariz-s and fees of all officers. State aidU county. Section 8 demands the railroad com mission be given all needed power to protect the rights and interests of the people and that the commissioners be elected by the people after nomina tion by the Democratic convention. It is declared as the sense of the convention that salaried attorneys of railroad and phosphate companies be ineligible to seats in the Legislature. Section 9 demands a survey of the State's phosphate beds and their clas sification into three grades, and that a commission composed of the Gover nor. Comptroller General and Attor ney General shall control the mining, 4 and that the beds shall belet at public auction for a term of years after a mininnum royalty has been fixed by the commission. Section ten demands the call of a constitutional convention. Section eleven demands that can didates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall and all other aspi rants for State offices are invited to canvass tht State. The document closes with a warn ing to the people not to be forestalled as they were two years ago in some counties and the injunction to let no delegates to the State Covention be appointed before the joint discussion is heard. The platform was read and adopted I by sections and then adopted as a i whole. There were sevcral feeble efforts to amend but they all signally failed. A motion by Whitmire. of Greenville, to strike out the con stitutional convention provision was snowed under. A. E. Padgett, of Edgefield, offered a resolution that for the purpose of a educating and arousing the masses of , the people the convention proceed to j suggest candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor who favor the 1 measures advocated in the platform, and that those who differ with those f views be invited to do likewise. so that there may be a free and full dis cussion inside the party lines. This was the signal for the opening of the t great fight for nomination and the convention quickly worked itself into N a stir. The first gun of the nomination wing was met by John R. Harrison, t of Greenville, who moved to amend ~ Padgett's resolution so as to statet that it was the sense of the meet- . ing that no nominations be made by this convention. This fairly opened the battle, and the next moment hal a dozen men were striving for the chairman's eye. Harrison supported( his amendments in a short, ringing speech. Irby, of Laurens. moved to lay the t amendment on the table, but the motion was lost by a viva voice vote. This discussion opened was lengthy 1 and tedious, and wvent out in a roar, Tilhuan making the closing speech. A. 1 McGiven, of Chesterfield, H. C. Burns, 4 of Darlington, Theo. Hollhouser. of Lexington, B. W. Beatty, of Darling ton. J. J1. Dargan, of Sumter. E. Ri. Waters, of Orangeburg, and H. D. Padgett, of Clarendon, spoke against nominations. On the other sidle. the speakers were L. E. Porter. of Colleton, A. E. Padgett, of Edgefield, W. N. Merchant, of Aiken. J. A. Sligh, of Newberry, and Ben Till-I man. Tilhman took the floor in response to loud calls for him from differen parts of the house. Tilhaian said that in the history of South Carolina poli tics no public man had ever occupied a more emnbarrasing position than he did. Whatever he might say he would be charged with talking for himself. Without any active movement on his part his name has been brought forward for Governor. The conven tion hatd met under a call which he was accused of having written and~ he had been charged with attempting to entangle the Farmers' MIovement, with himself. He had had something to do with that as the Governor was witness. He did not do it for his own interests. The convention had adopted a platform which would astonish its opponents with its con servatism. Just here occurred .AN ExcITED) PERsoNAL DEBATE between J. J. Dargan, of Sumter. and MIr. Tillnan. Tillman called for any1 man on the floor to define him and to tell what Tillmanism- was. Dargan sprang to his feet and de chared that if the reference wais to; him he could explain. He had used the term Tillmanism before the Sum ter mass meeting. and by it he meant departure from the regular methods of the Democratic party. Tillman (lemnanded whether Dargan impugned his democracy. D~argan answered that his demnoe racy had been more than on-e im pugned in theC maxss meeting. but that he, Dargan, had defended him against the charge of disloyalty to the party. The colloquy was continued for several minutesi in an outwvardly smiling manner, Tillman concludi by saying that he simply wvanted it understood that wvhatever else he was, he was a simuon pure Edgefi Democrat, and declaring that if h eewetto Sumter County he want edtime the Sumter game c'ock oin his own dung hill. Resuming his speech he said tha t the platform adopted had been broughut here in his pocket and that not a dozen lines of it were the woirk of any other man. "You have swal lowed Tillmanism whole," he said. 1 '-I don't ask you to swallow Till Tilinuai deied that iitcre was di vision in t party but urged the ie cessity of puitintion inside the par ty lines. He proceeded to review his own record. 3Y soi. said he. he was regarded a- a p'e patriot, by others as a dymuiiniter. red Republi caII aiid anythin' else that was bad. He hml begti s n iht alone four or tive years ago at Denettsv1ll. He reviewed the reasons why he should not seek the otlice of Govenior. If nolilated he would face the bitter opposition aniiig his own-friends and the oppositionl of the -manu D-,! crats who believed his nethod-s c, lutionary. He would put himself sgle and alone against the whole brain of the ring. Besides. he would hve to rent out his farm and hear the expnss of a calllpaigl. but wiether he was noitiniated or not he Iur'"ed that the Farmuers' Movemient had! com to ile RuiNco and if it lsot crosse1d tiwI h, l' 11eer nlever have col' :Z 1ll. Men who selit delegiats to this Conveitioln woul be disga4ed if they did not ict Iow. If he was :tsked to lead Lhis tight he woul regard it as lil'( EIg a forlorn hope. He was the onlI lian who had had the c 1udage a I .)rains to array the 1'omm11,on1 people I igainst the aristocratc ring wVhich iad been oppressing thema. Withi mit can11didates. , the platformill tdopted by the convention would iot ie worth the paper it was vrittien oi. Candidates were now pt in the field to put life into it. to plain and defend its principles. He -eferred to the election of delegates 0 the State convention in the last amupaign, before the canvass. and aid that the Greenville delegation iad put their priniciples in their pock ts to elect their candidate. He in erred that the Greenville delegation a this convention had a candidate ro mi their colunty. As to what he had done lie wanted t understood that he wanted no re Vard for that. He did not care a nap whether he was nominated or ot. Tillman was frequently and -ociferously applauded. As the speaker took his seat John 1. Harrison, of Greenville. rose and lechd is wish to re.sent the insin tation tlhat Greenville County had andidates for Governor at this time. le declared that he had not offered [is amendment against nominations a the interest of Greenville or any ther county. This caused the debate >roper. but contrary to all parliamen ary precedents the chairnmn proceed d to deliver a warm address in favor ,f nominations, and Captain Shell riefly explained that suggestions, tot nominations, were contemplated. .nd that the netion of this body rould be submitted to the regular )emocratic Convention. This was a risis which Tillman's lieutanant did ot fail to seize. Somebody shouted: I move we nominate Ben Tilian r Governor "Eand Capt. T. B. Crews. f Laurens, called for a vote. The allot was taken by ayes and noes nd was extremely tedious. When lie call of counties was ended there as a whisper that the nominations iere defeated. A scene of terrif Ec onnmotion followed. Irby, of Laurens. hurried here and here seeking to save the pro-nomnna ion cause. By the official count of he secretaries Han'ison's motion ras defeated by one vote, the count tanding 117 to 118, but before this esult was annotuiced four votes were hanged, and the result as announced tood 121 to 114. Dr. W. P. Addison. if Greenville. was the first man to hange his vote from ave to no. and [ree other changes followed. A pro est was made by J1. H1. Strilin1g and thers of the Spartanburg delegation. gainst the vote of L4. E. Farley. wvho red in Laurens, but had beeni grafted ni to Spairtaniburg's delegation. Far ''s rote was withdrawn. learhng he final vote 120 to 114. THlE voTE IN DETA~iL Sas follows: Abbeviile, ayes S. Aike~n. ayecs 1. nays 7.. Anderson. ayes 1. nays 9 Barnwell, aycs 12. Berkeley.-ayes 3. nay 9. Charleston, nayvs . Chester, aye . nays . Clarendon. ayso 4. nays 2.. Colleton. ay'es, . nay s Edgefield. ayes 1. n'iyr 10. Fairfield. nasi Flrenve. aye s . nays i. Laurens. nays 8. Lexingtc~n. ayes 2. 11ays 4-. Mfarion. n'rs U ..larlboro'. nayvs Newberry, nays t; Oconee, ayes 5. Orangeburg, ayes I 2. Pickens, nays .. Richland. ares 12. "4partanhl'urg. ayes ui n a . . Sumter. aye's 7. U~nion. ay'es 1. nays 4: WVillimsiburg. ayes *.as . York, ayes 9. Lancaster,' aye's :1. Darlington, ares (. Beaufort. nays 2. Chesterfield. aye 1. On the adoption oL the TImo.lution or nomiUnation of Gov'ro an ieutenani~t Governor the conven'itioni .doiuned untijl half-pr.st eight o'clock. )in re-asse'inIlig MIr. Sligh, of New >er'y. attempte. to ambend the om-~ nation scheme by providing for nam nig nu entire State ticket. but was feted. J1. L. 31. Irby, of Laure~ns, took the looi' and iuo-Czinated!. EN TI1lLD..;.Y As A eANDI.ATE 4R Thei( n emintion'i was seconded by~ \Ir. Padgett, of ~Edgetield. and1 Hugh L. Farley, of SpartanbturThe noi .nton -was made by acclamiion, only ne I wo dissL'ntilit votecs bein .ieaod. E'very' mention of Tillmao n's l-plause. .J. C. Cot ofCeterfield. was. laed' in nomination 'is a candidat ror' Lieutenant Gxovernorbi and lhe wa noinaltedI by\ aclaiat)in without o)ppoition.. NO other~1 niuUes wer pace'd ini niomination for Governor o Liutenant Governor.1 Tilhuan wats escorted inito the hall and made a speech thanking the con v'entionI for thoe honor conferred on im andi declaring that he was impressed by his sense of eep responsibility and deternmination to lead the Farmers' MIo-vemnent to T1l10USA N )S KILLED. A GREAT STORM RNAAGE 'MANY C!IiES IN THE WEST t royed-.--Luvi. Kr., scarred and1 WAVsuec,'cw. M'arch 2 7.-A1l tele- - ville. Ky.. eeased tonight shortly a-li r9 oclock, and has not since becl ( resumed. A report comnes by way of 1 Teffersonvifll. LId.. th:zt the eyclone , hew much dcag oLoivle the ci;tyweem-ybili. e ii ruins. anil there has n a great loss of, lici. These repi s t co-w f rom111 people wh er elta r-r1 o nieui: . L w Jith 1 -feife 1il iI s ulint-ilil to railroal cO1 pl*c.- wires s d iluovig rah11 - p 1i (111 Lr ('aPnnot . fll- hf- had. THE Lo-s OF LIFE AP'i -'a I NEW Y,,ui. March 27.-T ae tevri Sornis Wo(est aIppeal' to 10 beeni of e fatal force in the. iciiity of Louis- t V l.. KV.. al -t1Uh th 10e ae n0i Liv or' dle'til i re t w I u. 1 1 hiich to ale :uiy esi inmt' of the damag. r' here iS not at tli 1our-3 t. M.-- t] iorl has thei- hleen for several hours. s, m1y inforionl'li. whatever. from the -it' of Louisville or vicinity. There t are benCI runors of alariig loss of p ife by the force of the cyelone. !ut C vcrything needs con hrmiatn:11. Ih e bsolute breakdown of all tle.: Ju .nd suspense. Ti e city of Louisville s beyond all ma of tClegraph. :u . a dead city so far as wNire conuuiI ations is concerned. The cyclone e, au1-st have spent its greates force t! ere. A report just r'eceivt(l here, says Ahief Operator Breed. of the West-rn nion. at Louisville. had airived at feffersoiville. 1nd.. across tie river irom Lcuisville. He reports terrible o iestructiol there. Almost the entire A resteri portion of Louisville being in t ins, anud .1.ooo to 1.50()0 suppos o be killed. This inforiation is said' to have 'ome over a railroad wire between effersonville and Indianapolis. TLis aust only be taken as a ruimor'. as u here are no means of confirming the al 'eport -.t present, and the statement only given in the absence of au- i hentic information. n, - TOLD BY AN EYE-WITNESS. CINXcINNAT. March 28.-2 a. in.- t n.forniation just received here is that si vyelone struck Louisvilleinthe south- si esterni portion. and took a north- h, asterly direction. An eye-witness $ arratcs: I only saw the course of it from ourteenth and Walnut to Eleventh ti 0: and Market streets. From this latter s oint it followed its course to Seventh ej tnd River. where it left the city. and, v: ctriking across the river. reached Jef- c ersonvile at the foot of Spring street. f] ittle datunge was doneinJfeo TERIRIELE Loss5 OF LIFE. However, in Louisville the devas- ti ation is ter'riflie, and the loss of life t vill c'ertahdy reach in tue hiundred. t n ot thousands. In one buildin'. tt Twefthc :ad Market. two lodge(1 udL IL dancing school were in sessin here being in the buildng perhmaa e i'nhred people. not one of whom w tis thought (escaped. I stooid and l mihe them- workin~g ini the rins11. i nd 51W six or ('ight h odies tkent out (' Tere issear:ly :iiythinglo'ft that ,ould indicate this heap of rubl~ish ma. e-ver' beenll a buildhtr. and if any od 'eciped. it was b': nothiing less 'lr i 1 spu-ie andi~ a halt in width. P Loisi..:. Ky:. Iar'hb :N.-:3 a.mii. b --Shotly after ii oe'oc t toriundo s wo htundre(d people. The wind u ':iaue fr'om from1 thel southwest".. The m~iio eti'O at thet joot of1.e e'li sreet, wras lifted from1 its. foundauon ma( tucred. ovel' into the- raging tor'-a cent~ (of the' Ohli( r'iver. A train of 1, arsi m.akn up for the Louisville hc Southcernl road wentL or.er withc the ni biin.Fals City hc:cl. on West r MLre' t street. wats wrecked. In the hall wvere over a hiualredl pe' ple- cAn but few of thcemc ec'apedn 'MANY BtURNED TO DE'THI. cIn buildngs. after' fallincg.caughti 4ire and the imcnattes were hburned. vI All he Lret s are blockadetd with 1 ebii- of ir dlnldings or telegrap)! ii ehwlet' wires. 1( This- dis.paltch is catried around the t to the bid~ge andi Sent by rail ioa(1 wires. ElGHT' nIUNDRiEDJ 1vEs LosTr. W cAs!NroT. 3ilarch 28.- 5 :a. m. The loss of lif' by the eyelone at Lousvlle is now estimactedl at 80J0. S'. Louls. March 27.-An 3 (o'clock1 this afternoont it r'atied ac dehig('. l tstg ten. m:iiutes. but being suhi ien to trancsfer1 the gatil's in tol miitrce ivers. During the brief deluge the darkness was oppressive 1 anA tere were maany who e::presedt the bliefi at thle pr'ospects- 0t- a see'- V d isitatin by at eye'loce. The skis cleared a'1is quickly as they dark c'(. anitj turnettd cold with a hcigh' ind. which blewv down signs'and i'iu poinlts inl the statet comereprtslO o f te.: stormc. At Oiney, Ill., the storm was ver~ erV severe. unrooting houses. over and chimnuleys. A~ two-story\ fri' -. hinlng, occ'upedt by Mrs. 21. S se' as ai muillinery shop,) was cu like an egg shell and Is. Sponsler~ v extrientedl amt 1 un to -em v ijured. She may not rcov('. tobert Byre (S".s building wasunllroofcd Rd J01hu 'GohJ.'-.- resienc wcked. A special froi Nashville. IL.. says hat the stbrm iher" was terrific. Two ersons were killed by a falling tree. i they rush:-d out of their loue. The storn wa severe at Coultv.. ilk-*. Carb ondIt ah.. Murphysbd .JO and I irand T.l-(r. 111s.. but 11o lives were )st. Kansas City. Mo.. Detroit, lie., and Omalia. Nb.. lIlul similar o* LIn n e I sn I w s f.V21 mI et p. IA> sfix mn]!::.. In a'. (' . wabou DESTRUCTION .oF THE FORESTS fromII their DenAIIt ;. I :-Jled by: the Chiplva~' in 's S'a' t > the il!vn"t heavi- 1 a source of lumbeir supply. The >esits' are largely c.ntrin1ory to thei tenftiol of the v.ihi4 v iieh 'eleds 1c strenas ad lakes tlhi iaket. N )urces of the Missisi.pi r1. ALeady there is tic1 aid abou I ereat conunercial vahw o" s ile lands. and there th -h-: "oil t t onr as t re41l 't doubt that. as soona' h rgo opeIed by tic government. the 0 orik of constructioil e. unnc 4 hieh will speedily la. bar. t' soil ni. subject it to the ing influence 1 the- sun and wind. or t l. forest 1 's. which will kill every youn i owthi which appear- an' iestroys -en tree seed wich have 0ee borne i icre by the uwids. The result of r is will be the diminution of tile >urces of the supply of the Missis- r ppi, which will be felt by every t ater power company IomlI Itasca to I or Snelling. These are very grave nseIuence. s al the question is: Shall the deni- r tion of this new regi he allowed 1: > go on without sonm1 regulaions as( c eutting and forest renwlCWvti_ There would scela to e a 0 otil op- Ij )tunity to brig to hear the wrl'ds ( -perience i forestry. This i-.eldess s fore-statiol wId br'g0 imp1l'Orarl .1 tin to the -lumbermen blt it will il .tintey ruin water pow.er interet 1a on- the river. This is inevitle. I In France ;whole connuunities were v tined by the destruction of orests. id the goverment has found it e lessary to enter uponII the work of e -cigaout Sooh)000 acries- wvtit 1 ees, and over 4.,0o0o.0 has beeni t )ent remedying the serious evils re . iant froim reekless -linudation of t That overnien is!'1U" spe l early L.000.000 a year to colltinue the good 3 ork. It should not be forgotten. in t iS connection. that the destruction ( Stile forests will al.")emv a 'elterig iniuenmce :al callge" our t imate to onle of sharp :nd sudde ' Li ation of temperitm-e. causing sue- t -ssions of suddel taws andt su'ien I ezi's. n iriols "o all ph' s :GlI 'etation. t Evert* reserve 0f tiituber in this i >unltry oughrlt to be sacredly g'uarded i thle go er'im(nn. and1( tiiaber cult- f: a~g be put undur stringntregla Ins lookin1 to the 01t contie protee- v 1n of thu ~strecans.' Ules thiis is~ t ne the L Misisspi river will surely t wil l be0n1 a.1~ how sluggish r ater powxer. It will taket very f nI' to) et1't this clape t ither.1 if 1 nI part 0f the~ Statei. A presenti zain Imue il'm~ eryti lcret mrr all o~sther mate i~tersa.. M u H'onee. ethnal i treeto [im--nuu1.01 rConn..l Marchr :.-At b-i -d letha a1V Xi, int. 3h~18 Liz-~ eC O'Connor.) then an ate trcti im0a [anu1'u-tmig CimnyoW ws m 'Le had.or a tee lhu-t drema. m we)1 Iw hottom ofiiih (It li ght. :md cave wa L'poe:sio of mom-ners,0 ie'o won)It ('1-rhe renins of.. yo - :" '' l' beutfu 4 r. robe 0l1in -' it . Frens ai th young1 womant jt( i efa1or 'interreo he U deam1 triwoul not Vw con1sol ded y Lthe 0lig tier f~ortmile. It ;Wi rapidly aven \tita hesla- to sorrwn siene. ete fur ofs thcVr10 xenlmena for-d 1(1 pal-1a1 :me~iiiod pcke o:lut" the Iabe vahich sh ar oelia oaue i icrei:s arran 'bmon >she0'L ox t tke it 0k sevr cold, whic 1areuled in' 1-moi '..an.d r death las'-tida11. 1turdaytt.. you8e;;g m2 who p et ad sealcted ta hae er~a vpall-be x'irs aried herod 1t. t laj. restang -etwith the funelsto he Haven.lt5 hews itheasyoun gwu's for oecoring to. fthte motlp sae early 9.000000 ntoin panuar. an ot ly mas thalal inratioer 4,R. CARLISLE DISCUSSES PRCPOS:-D REPUBLICAN LECISLAT ION: tWill Co-i over Teo 31 illiois , Jv' Years to) Opera.te I! --- otiivr 4) jt-4 :14mi to) thce 5hlt-mv. TiLc'11)1 taliu.-:t n (;tat t Ii 0 ,,h al I'('sC'itt1 w';? .a'sthi''j1 bt is' p o~tl 'i ' If '. [i"D 'o ~*,'' 11 II ~ I ~j~(4It'lS.,' tubi ~ ~ ~ bfoc Collt-. .k 11 fo to ) have lzlchja 1 w. i t'v us '11(5 t N. lf t'. " 'i bill '.h is U ~t I . - 01 0 "l"l l i a n:a It-gal Mlc:~ i'.t'd )LS ll'iit ,o,-z o'tUl co-ly tll-I( S~l of liilll11C1'al~lCN (O t rfJltj'i i - M Tst cle-spcl 0 1,.,- T 'i i v- s~at 'llpia 1.1a.1 GI, a is1; 1 ' vo 15 tn tte a t 'lit) ait y h 1 t5 t K0. 01"0 t ii1wo uldrs 'ILL"1 Tne i". ?'" i ls aw.all 'dTtol in' pes.e~t 0+L'a law holds h ' it ytilll " l" tnt.' ll di'. nut nub ~ i wIhot. n.tillhg~s tll t he l;1~e idf t sh s C01' olLlOl, . thtitsrll t- ift' l l tsi ol tI' A1d cl.to" Itdpin'c Hlitund 01 let'i-su.' i too:,. P wall biall chontio ill the' :oii. 11 oU ta l 111 e it' woul bh ;e k' 101'4 f Saidn' -t he. T t-, N11 :1:4fud N1l111g 1'(' ll eAe u ? (. t iiL , : il'atlt tod Ill' csil; o 1 111, . -t ould bf01 aiut pruic i'llr, fh a 11 11 Ir-uity that~l -ui M.ri-li' :111,idjll int'11de ilt. d L ililultiL riu CX)B itl't'5 c dd'. itit lii 31n)chWi'l t.1y of 46 ,-- law pro ig 1.415o theia be:l d'anpae. Ialte otcie t (li1'Stifle btillti Clt 9111,- Nto 1) tij rli( of ti Pole pul long nds )ttl aw ) prels ,hu N lyd 1 ay coltol of( t~i'~ 1-he furttLcr h'tai'1 th. t" at.' o lieI il! s f0_ 'Q . )0 C til 'S 1 tIL'lls A I I t 1)(11 '1 to' LI t't li1li ob'*0'. lii. 1 (. -ft('' Nh 1w 1, 1' as it0 lh' isc er( .ut 11- 111 (it e t ''' I' toot 1 'lauc iIl'u'1" _1 ."e' ln it lI''V.. - .al'~ 1 i c,'.I . s !11 1 U( Th1 ' iien t tat 1'as 1 ne !p im cne - I preiuatic' Uf Star rprter. - cmet aboI through the s. 'ain'of what migh he eled iiilat re'strs of birth 'aId d'aths to colrd clergymen al ovcr thP South. with requests tha the little 'ehedui blankibooks shoul be filled ii w:th memoranda concerr ig all te blacks in their parishe wh ch10 nc d to be: born or to di dulriiini the census year. You set fromn thrat it-t of the country it i vtr dinictult tO obtain accurate coi tributions to our vital statistics rc ardtin tie neiroes--informatior that i. to say. as to the ages at whic] i. t:-disas. to which the; a suih things fror i, Ie e'iv u;tnabie lmowledg .t, t he relat:ou:s between diseas, :1d race. Ion-tvit y and occupation and so on. Down there many color C nfants are born without any sue] atttn?daut formalities as registratio and malny colored people die withou mdi attendance. or legal cogni Z;Lnre of the fact. So we thought i a ood id-a to ask these parsons.wh< are always men of large influenc A: teificr people, to put down i the blnk books we sent them mem oranda upon such matters in thei own parishes.? --A novel ida. -'Qu:te :'. Also we thought ('d on,,. -Buz theimmediate result Si application have been a tifl, I W told the clergyme wh'omi we ah'ssed that we wer, ilely as'kinga service which woul be inti volmtary on their part anld that w'e shoci 't very glad i tie woul aist us in our efforts t make the census as acurate as possi bl. ot tin"e weeks ago answer: ik a ,o .am:.i .euitce her ' .: o.; t e remarabl: comk.A ;.Lr th rply sent us inyot i:' 1.? itCisl fotuam: li mient and would lke to know w'he the apfrp.' tto' 'or my wor'kwill b sent me. Alo inform me as to hov many as.sistnts I had better engag, Yours respc u' et. "But the 01?n answr all said Mr. I concasion, "wa: onte that we got ?in a reverend gel tiemant whos'e postonice atddress Skunk Iollo, i.ssi'. and wh< remarked that the chliel question i his region was what should be don with the white folks. and not atall t< the existence and propagation of t negroes. Takin , the Census. Thu ti~ing of" thl censu-of 189, will begin to iirt of Jun and mus bie coupld b , I'du T'he com11t1'iion '.t ~o bpai en-e mcratsois :x.'d by sction 2 of th census Act of1 1. 1389.tnd Ic vades a miimu rateof two centsfo eac'h living in't'an), two ccnts fo ec h deat hten clntS for 'aC 1:11111. twetyiv ts fO: each estal: lishni'nt of prozuc'.ive' industry an< tive ceits or each survivin' .oldie sailor, or mrin". enumerated ai rturned fo r all subdiv'isions w~her such llowace shall be deemed sufi cnt. Int :ll other subdivisiom where ili'er rates arce to be paid, at cordiniLto the dificeulty of enumert tion. ?~ m.ax~ima rates shall not bi more- thn tihree cents for each livin; ihabitant. twenty cents for eac] farm. and bity cents for each estal: lishent o? productive industry; noc sh all they be less than three noc more than six dollars per day of te: hours actual field-work each, case a per diem compensation is C:: taliished. Except in extremeln cases no claim for mileage or traveling e: penses will be allowed to any enr metator, and then only when autho> ity has been granted by the Superir tendent of the Census. The la, provides that the nunber of inhab tants included in 'an enumceratic: district shall not in any case excee fotu' thousand.and in only very exce: tiona cast's should this limitb reached. A .; anjiiecu Hotel for3Mexico. Mr'. Isa-ae Taylor. a leading S5 Louis ar'citeect. leit that city on F day" last tor tile city of Mexicot suneintend the construction of a h ieliittthat poin to e' .000,00 "Mr. Taylor wasc thebil 2"" i""0 l Sou't"'rn Hotel 'nd Htl Beers St. Lo)ui'. th e rnt at Lur'el, soin'i. Ar\.. C Onbat Da 1:6 an o~ r u, kutur',. Il ro 1t.I i' -o bv hak1? of na'i i nvl-li e "bx1''~ fU ? pro)e3 th.b-aI :i h ciLy Th0o ofalw~i' w 'l0". ofopn'"ru th U w i\ el: l''tl'or''' cato a al~i -and btmes' : ad oi 4'r the" -rch--"' vic will bepl-ty : heini cl 1n ':a ae m;ef' .i'-i ' .r' i yt - c4' r' odan m a pm 1w.s: sujcts c ilutae w. en fro: M9 'ean Oitory rid :..r5ii':U] poeb heer nmn her aw smal ll' nu x rsowr:i New musv in 4r nL 's':.blde .o c:::o ne; (tim5'n ,(.1 i : or wi' at Brito. in 1. 00 p- p - fro:a rc1: itheR.-n.:woU 'adAiThauTr division uthee pae heacntd abewe Parhmor: Lvzhbg an: aepi. Colr ith the Buorfol aihndWesr att liad oflehanterprisioef. h Ce d SDME OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH THEY W!LL BE ASKED. The Kind of Men Who are Wanted forEau merators-When they are to Start andFln ish Their Work. Everything is now ready at 'the census department to begin counting I the people of the United States. The manner of getting at thenum-. ber of people will be very simple. A supervisor has charge of each dis s trict. He appoints the enumerators, subdivides the districts, and is re sponsible for their zeal and accuracy. No enumerator is to look after a sub division of more than 4,000, and a he must be a resident of the sub e division and personally familiar with a great number of the people. The enumerators are to start out 2 on Monday, June 2. Those in cities , of more than 10,000 inhabitants must t finish in two weeks. while those in the couLtry are given a month. These a men will make . from $50 to $100 e each. THE QUEsTIONS TO BE ASKED. r Here is the list of questions to be asked. With these the enumerators must go to each family and get an swers to all the questions: 1. Give christian name in full, i and initial of middle name, surname. e 2. Whether a soldier, - sailor or i marine luring the civil war (United States or Confederate) or widow ofU such person. 3. Relationship to head of amily 4. Whether white or black, mulat toquadroon. octoroon,Chinese, Jap- :; anese or Indian, 5. Sex. G. Age at nearest birthday. If j under one year give age in months. 7. Whether single, married, wid-: - owed or divorced. S. Whether married iluring the census year (Jane 1, 1889, to May 31, ' . Mother of how many children . and number of these children liv iing. 10. Place of birth. 11. Place of birth of father. 12. Place of birth of mother 13. Number of years in the United States. 14. Whether naturalized. A 15. Whether naturalizationpapers; Lnhve been taken out. 16. Profession. trade or occupa tion. 17. Months unemployed during the census year (June 1, 1889, to May 0 31,1890.) L 1s. Attendance at school (in. -. oaths durin thec sy 1, 188'J, o -ay 31, 1890.) 19. Able to read. 20. Abla to write. r 21. Able to speak English. If not, the language or dialect spoken. a 22. Whiether suffering from acute 7 or chronic disease, with name of dis 1 ease and length of time amicted. -2-. Whether defective in mind, sight, hearing or speech, or whether e crnppled, maimed or deformed, with -name of defect. ~24. Whether a prisoner, conivict, homeless child or pauper. - 23 and 26. Is the home you live in e hied or is it owned by the head r a Smember of the family? 5~ 27. If owned by head or member of famly, is the home free frome r mortg~age incumbrance? r 28. If the head of the famiilylis a a farmer, is the farm which he culti a vates hiied, or is if, owned by him or-2 -by -a member of his family? 29. It owned by head or member of f amly is the farm free trom mort gage incumbrance? 30. If the home or farm is owned 2 -by head or member of family, and nimortgaged, give the postoffce addres -of owner. a If any one refuses to answer these d questions, except, perhaps, as to age .. in case of females, they are liable to ea fine of 8100. E Superintendent Porter expects to have a fairly correct estimate of the population of the States and Territo ries ready in August. He will comn .plete the tables necessary for the .re tapportionment of Representatives in i-Congress in time for use in the short o session. D-keerenokee swamp. Colonel Frank Coxe and General who recently were the successful bid ~ders for the Okeefenokee swamp in Georgia, arrived in the city yester - da. Colonel Coxe will remain a few da'ys~ before leaving his home, and Generial Young will be here some time.r. -ad will busy himself looking > atr his paving contract with the t Thir~ purchase consists of a hlf 1' million acres of land, at present in a dense swamp covereuI with cypress rtimber. --Inside of ten days," said Colonel ~Coxe 1. tst evening, "we will have sur vors on the ground to find out the exact number of acres in the tract/ nd the p:obable cost of clearing it./ T acre is 8300.003 in cypress in the s v-amp, and we will pei haps clear it I for that. Then it is thought that/ beds of p'.osphate underlie it and w will pat experts on to find if there il ~ Il we do decide to do the work, after U we hae ini.hed it will be made into suior-plantations and sold. Tae swamp lies at the southern bound:ary of Georgia and part of it 7lies in Florida. The same price aa ~we paid to the former State will be offered the litter for that portion17y ing in it, and it is probable that the oft~r will be accepted. At present it -s is absolutely worthless and it wil's take an immense amount of money a to el-ean it out. Directly after the t. State hadl sold the property the pres l ent owner-s had an opportunity to d dispose of it to an English syndicate e- and also to a party of Americans. h They will. however, hold it until they er knowr more of its resources, and their J opinion is that they have struck a bo d nanza.-Asheville Citizen. ~-Within the last thr-ee mcnths e there have been from eight to ten wil e ful homicides among thene roes in Taunsn onty.S. C.