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I ~ 4j~~f~. r~- * A~t~Am "W -41 K: . j/JR1I1v ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-A i s._ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __- - . - - . - - -- - - - - - - - - .. 00RI)UN END)UllSES THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE -LLY AND rPL Y. An iUtu-re.'t 't Letter WWh AppwemtI in the _,-,tw nanee ritamer-L1ving E.: ;-row1. of the Southern Al lige- ::3m -r.ecently wrote to Gv rnor GU oi, asking his views upon1 the m Nithe in which the Alliance is ineresetd, and also asking his "ap proval and endorsement- of the or lcr. Governor Gordon replied as A ra G-L, Maty, :33,. - r H1 C. Wo'va. E-itr of tile Southern Alliane Farmer-My Dear Sir: R-p resenti~g as you do. so large and. honortuble a body of our best citizens your rghrt cannot be questioned, to my opinion 'of the great movennt to which you refer in your letter of yesterday. My aus-vr will be given with en tire fraukuess, although the exactilg natm .U iIV duties absolutely for bids any elaiborate ditcussion. I ap~)~reeil mtost sen?sibly your aind alusions to myself --as a fiend of the toiing millions who are but seeking justice." This testimonial from one in your position will justify the statement, I trust, tiat as a life member of the State Agricdtural Society f;:om early manhood and iden tified in every possible way with the farming interests of the country, my highest concern in public and private life has naturally Jbeen to protect and pro!0oe the great agricultural udurv of our country: not only as the leading. primal and priacipal call ing of our people; but the one most essentil :to Southern and national prospertiiy and yet least favored by the government or protected by its own votaries. Hence for fifteen years or more, I have labored in conventions, on the public rostrum and in private station to induce the farmers of the country to organize. For fifteen years or more I have urged a close, compact union-an all-embracing ag ricultural brotherhood, defensive M its character &ad only aggressive in protecting that industry from un friendly legistaLion, unjust exactions and hurtful discriminations. In -view of these efforts to secure organization during so many years of my ptst life, it is searcely neces sary for me to say that I hailed the advent of the Farmers' Alliance as the possible, final realization of a long cherished hope. nor is it nees sarywit.hmy past record iuefore you s that I endorsewithoutreserve and with unabated emphasis the policy of the Alliance for an increase of the circulating medium of the o-.try. As to the best medium of o>aaining that increase, I framly ad nit, I am not fully prepared to ad -,ilbut I repeat what I said in an other place. more than twelve years ago, that I do not believe a more Us nal chapter, nor one more mcnsiist cnt with real statemanspin, nor more ncompatible with the true interests f its citizens, has ever been written n any country where the ballot was free than that which records the ac tion of this government in the forced nd rapid contraction of the currency. In the teeth of overwhelming evi ence of the country's growth and prosperity and on the groundless as sertion and bald assumption that all the boundless prosperity in the coun t-y at the time was the merest sham, ongress proceeded to rush through ne measure of contraction after an ther untiit had checked enterprise, uadrupled the dedculty of paying debts, blasted the hopes and paralye ed the industries of the people and reduced all these inspiring prospects nd productive energies to one vast uneral pile. Unsatisfied with these dismal re sults, the contraction cormorants gav the screw another turn in the demonitizationi of silver and cramped and crushed the toilers of the soil rd toilers for bread until the black ruins from their mad policy were seen on every hand in shattered fortunes, popular dismay and deadly universal blight. I regret that I cannot in this let ter discuss the reasons, or rather ex cuse, offered for .this needless and c~ruel policy. What ought to be said of the folly and madness that would enforce in this country a policy which everywhere, in all countries and con dtions, is reeking with the indiscri misute murder of every interest that makes a country rich and great. I shall hope at an early day more fully to analyze this subject, and discu&ss the other problems to which you al lude in your very courteous letter. You are aware. however, that my time is taxed to the utmost, and you 'will pairdon me for now closing with one word to the great brotherhood in which you now hold so responsi ble a position. By education, from my youth up. by personal interest, and by every consideration for the welfare of our people, my sympathies are deeply onlisted ini all the ;high purposes sought to be accomplished by the F'armers' Alliance. I rejoice that the genius of the age-the genius of er aiized, e:0-perative ellort-has at last possessed,aroused. and impelled to action the great body of the toilers f the soil. With wise counsels to guide them to conservative action: with fall recognitiou of the rights of others but uncompronsmg resis 'an- o rongs upon themselves: Uee~tessoppositiontolegislative r congcressional disciiai hon in eve7k y. phaxm or form, whether ti~at di ':imnaion be againstt Imded m tereus throu~gh pet baningl' system1i o' ginst the ma.sss of thie peoPlf throghl unequal taxation. imoutro? ed coporations and !m-nopolics or injqutous5 financial poie* yum tedly combllattimg all tuiese govern. nmentli par'tialities and specidl privx lge, the success of this great move mient by the brotherh~ood of farmmrs vil be doubly assured and that s'ue cess will bring not only .to the farm ing. casses, but to the toiling massy of the people speedy and substantiud rlief and inaugurate an era of pros perity never known before in the hie tory 'of this republic Fraternally yours, s B. rGom& 60O-i-'S SHOT RECALLED. A Curiotu and New story fr.m i Montren: .A dispatch from Deto it to NewYork Tit s --An vci) o ' shot fired 'by -J. Wilkes Booth in, Ford's Theatre, Was*ilnton. abou twe nt -. -a 1a't MoUIday by which Abrahvam LiLcoi receid'. his mnortal wound was he-ud Thur* day in Detroit. ' onias Casey, a tynicd Irishuan of ixty yemrs or more stood in front of the operd house inteitly study . m: the show bill that bore ithe name of ;'hvwin Booth, who is playing an eng - ment here. He asked a man 'iandin near hi if Ewin Booth was anY relatin tt J. Wilkes Booth. Beiog assured that he was, fr. Casey repaired t the hotel to tcll Mr.Booth the follow ing renokable story. vow repeati for the first time: "In June, 18G5. while Mr. Casey was an auctioner in Quebec a schoon er called the Emn:. loaded at Mon treal loaded with oil 1'>r Nassau. In the carea were seveni large trunk marked J. W. B.. Nassau.,to he Ctlde for.' The choolier passcd Q uebec, but a short distance below that city a storm struck her and sh was wrecked. The crew and ollie'ers were seen, but the derelict was picked up by some Quebec sailor, who claimed salvage. The goods recovered were 'nut into the Admiralty Court to be sold, and Thomas Casey was the auctioneer to whom the sale was intrusted. He opened the seve'n truks and found them filled with rich velvet suits, jeweled daggers, armors. hchnets. lumes and various other theatrial accessories. Old letters bearing the address 'J. Wilkes Booth,' and huin dreds of tickets with initials -J. W. B.' were also found.' "The goods were much damaged by water. For ome of them there was no call, and Mr. Casey kept them. The sailors realized $Soo. and 300 was deposited to the credit of . Wilkes Booth or his heirs. Mr. Casey had never heard of J. Wilk Booth. Away down in Quebec took but little interest in the affa that were then interesting the Am ican mind, and he made no effort find the owner, who, he then suppos ed, was drowned on the Emma, nor had he any interest in inquiring for Booth's relatives. In the lapse of time the affair escaped his memo ry, and he did not think of it again until today. Casey's endeavor to see Edwin Booth was futile. He was not in his room and no reply was deigned to a note in which the writer intimated that he might be able to impart some information of interest about J.Wilkes Booth. A subsequent interview with Mr. Arthur Chase, Mr. Booth s manager. was equally fruitless, M1r. Chase informing Casey that the great tragedian would tolerate no allusions , or conversations about his broth ca from any source whatever. The fact that the trunks were consigned to Nassau. leads to the belie: that J. Wilkes Booth evidueidly hoped to es cape to the Bakaia Islands and there resume his profession. believ ing, no doubt. that his offense would be considered a political one and that he w.ould be safe in a foreign coun trv. Casey is a resident of Montreal wo happens to bo visiting this city. A HORROR OF THF OCEAN. A esel with 110 Chinamen and 4.5 White Men Wrecked In a Yog.. Captain Anderson of the ship "Oneida,'' has arrived at San Fran cisco on the schooner "May Kimball." He reports that his ship was wrecked April 20th oa Hennines' Rock, Laneck Island, in Behring's Strait, and seventy' seven Chinamnen lost. The "Oneida" had on board 110 Chinese and forty-five white men, nearly all on their way to a salmon cannery on Lank Island. On the afternoon of April 20th, when the "Oneida" had nearly reached her destination, Cap tain Anderson stated, hc nmde a run of about thirty miles to clear the southw;est point of the island. At 9 . m. he supposed he was a long dis tance from the island. Hfe could not see on account of a heavy fog. He put back about three milos. expect ing to pass on the opposite side of the point. Instead the v.essel str'uck on Henines' rock~ inl the southwest end of the island. A heavy sea was on and in a short time the "Oneida" was a total wreek. The white men and tairty-three Chinese escaped in boats and floated ashore on pieces of wr eek. Seventy-sven Chinese were un doubtedly drowned as they. have never since been heard of. The "Oneida" had on board material for building and running a salnon can nery which was to have been erecited on the island. Mr. Eikinge Ninety-Rtoo'm House. The ninety-room ho use that Steph en B. Elkins is building near the town of Elkins, Ra ndolph c:ounty,. W. Va., will be finished the first of June. It is onec of the finest country residences in the Soth and is at the to) of a high hill-aibout ten minutes;' walk from t he railro~ a station. In front is an extens~ive law.n. Around the building is a wall three feet high er than the first d:oor. At a distan-e the house, with its iowers, does not look unlike a European cas.tle. It is au extensive three-story structure, with shingled sides and sltte roof. On the first floor is; a large hall, that. will be lighted with six ornamental tores, which will cost about $200 Iapiece The par'lor, dining-iroomi. and library all about same size- are o the same floor and will be. fitted up lixuriously. The ei:ihlre'sr5~oom1 is alIso oni the sa~n:. I?oorl, but ii is snder th:an the other ~ihr(e. All the rooms aret 1inished ini hiard w.ood The fire-plaLt-es are mnassive'. Thec walls of somec of the: room :-re adu ed with lhandsomei paintiogs. Onth second iloer arc the sleeping apart ments and about half a du:zen bath rooms. The bathtubs are of solid o(elain. The t kit eheni exten~sion i two-story building. The fiirst fioor contains the kitchen proper' and servauts' dining-room, anld the iloo: above tihi sleeping and bath r'ooms. Ex-Senator H. (G. D)avis is preparin . to build a house seventy-five yar'd Ifrom that of Mr. Elhins. The town 01 Elikins is the terminus of the Wesi Virgina Ce!-kml Railwan. FIGUiRES FOR FAR31EiRS. ThE EXPEND:TURES ;N THE DEPART !FNT O' AGRICULTURE. .1 -!(emseb of I h. itoard Collects Some 1.! To the Elitor 01 The News and Courkr: Therc may be some earnes seekers after the truth, to whom the -ues rel-ing to > - menditure o its funds by the departmU :~ ri eulture. as given by Capt. TiLia'. L hi, speeh at Anderson Court House, may nt-ed explanation. Ac cording to your report in The News and Courier. he said: The board of agriculture h- ad s-Kii $325,000 since ISS0. ani his year they will receive 145,000 fro'u the privilege tax on fertilizers. A \oice: "'What do theyv -px-nd it for. beer or champagne?" Capt. Tillman: "Well. vou will have to ask Col. Butler. The privilege tax was a special tax on tihe armers and ought to be used for their benen, (te. This means to charge extravagance, corrupteion and misappropriation of this fund. A report, itemized. with vouchers. is maade annually to the Legislature. There is,. therefore, no excuse for Capt.. Tillman to plead ignorance and say -I don't kno. Aspirants for public favor shr-uld not miake charges they cannot iprove, nor plelad ignor ance. To sa. the las, it has the look of iusine'rity. for where the fig ures were obtained there follows the full information of (xpenditures. To understand this seemingiy large expenditure one mustknow with what the department of agriculturo is charged. It pays the salaries of the commis sioier of agriculture, chemists and clerks: it prints privilege tax tags, monthly reports and other matter; it draws samples of guanos, buys chemi cals and fixtures, and analyses the fertilizers, issuing bulletins of re ceipts; it has charge of the weather service. State exhibits. as at New Orleans. Augusta and at Spartan burg, of the veterinary department, farmers' institutes, experimental sta tions, the fish commission, the collec tion of the phosphate royalty, and of agricultural affairs generally. It also has charge of immigration, and pays the State Agricultural and Mechani cal Society $2.500 per year by legis hltive enactment. Now, to do all this requires a good large sum: how much will be best seen by reference to the commission er's report for 1889, the last one, by way of illustration, the collections id disbursements being as follows, vnz: Cofettonts. Privilege tax on commer cial fertilizer........$.... .a32,088.05 Ree'd from J. MeBryde, proceeds sale of farm products, Spartanburg Station........... .... 581 G8 Balance in State treasury, department funds....... 7,68; 77 Balance in State treasury, Station funds........... 13 5( Ree'd fromn A. 1?. Smytho. the amount disbursed by the department of agri eulture in phosphate liti gation. being part of dam ages recovered. .-..-...-.12102 243 Recd from A. T. Smaythe, damages recovered in phosphate litigation, bal anice after deducting amount paid out by the department of agrigid ture........-.......-... 1,:393 79 Total.......... .5,129 11~ Dmsxrusemients. sALARIEs. A. P. Butler, Coin. of Ag.. 12 mos.. at $17-.-.-.-..-.2.100 00 P. E. Chazal, chemist. 1 mouth, at $175.. .. .. . .175 00 L. A. Ransom, ckrk, 10 months, at $125.... ...250 00 A. E. Gonzales, clerk, 2 months, at $125.. . ... ..250 00 Total. .. . ... . . ..3,775 00 Laboratory expenses.... 2.08 1' :-3lary cewist anid twoas 8141.(6.... ... ......1,5 20 relport .........8 4 Paid by comml~issioni for P. E.jChazali for Nov... . 33 3 Privilege t x ta"gs..... 1.1G.7 Pubising and muailing hionlthly rep1orts~.. .. . . . 70 40 Priniing aimnual report s. .744 637 Printing.............. 437 Cle rical assistance. .... .. 1300 00 Expenses driawing guano .sunples.... .... .... ..97 85 Prize corn contest.... .. .... 50 State weather service... .254 58 Repirs on buildigs and alterations.. .. .. .. .. . 1227 09 Stationery and books.... 170 27 Telegramns $87.01, express charges $51.3~5.. .. .. .. .13S 3d State~ Reprcsentative at Paris. Exposition.. ... . .500) (0 Insura-~nce premiums..-.. 49 08 Postar:0 ........ .... .... 295 28 Travelling e~xpenses c4.ne~ missioneair of agrieuhuire 92 8 819.32 porter .m'229.65. . 218 97 Ge-s~ i5., Iice 614.25, fuel 83215 .. .. . .. .. . 98 46 St-ate exhibit AugustaE pii Jon~ ...........1. :N IVetern1'ia.y department..:2s dri s.. ... ... ... ... 11) 78 Farmrs'insttuts... ..39105 &-''ad oie furnuinr. 13 5) brary cae. ... .... .. 271 75 Trotnl.........::148 Ul Experoneital sta'tions5. . 549 98 13o:uad o. agr~iculture... 877 Fish comiss~5'i. ... .... 59 G5 Patrol at Georwgetown.. 351 65 Patrol on Edisto .... ...... 200 (00 Pa' t ol in Marion County.. . - 3(0 00 Patrol in Edgeiield County. 15 00) Salary special assistant,12 months.............800 00 Office rent, travelling ex pnse secial assistant 459 00 L i g i on ...... ... .... !-7 Y' State Aicli :md Mt elon~I~ica SoWL::. . .-.> : :Paid State Tr .re'.1bal iI c. .,90 1E (.W( To.i- 1 a" disb~r 1na..ri.82~i 1:n amutL coerin the azbove expendi tures. il cll spial t01 teMido eei 2 l:ligatin, siuee the attlilmpt asI1 been made to, throw discredit upon' the board beause nobodyv was ever 1crosce'ute. Ever since I ha:ve been com~eeCed with the board i't has been ini constaimt litiatiOn. and besides the above large :,um1 which~ has been to-rne over to the State Treasurer, on1v last year anoler im11port.ant ques ion was settled. wich will be worth thousauds, I -Lot 1undreds of thous ands, to the State. The point in this case was, whether the bSiate owned to high or low-wr mark in the tidal swarus. sme 3: s canning the right to mine to igh-w.er mark. . nrd ilS Da"-0 "of i ists- anid clcrks.,. a ouit which the LvpaLrmentI has len eriticsed. (and it does seem that the salaries ar e very iage ones.) I have this to say. thai the late chemist, Dr. P. E. Chazal, demanded higher wvages. which the board d ined to grant, and that thereforo he resigncd and anec-pted another posi tio which paied him better. And so, too, with 31r. L. A. Ran. som. who had been connected with the department for years as its efficient clerk. The pay of the ten members of the board of agriculture is 83 per day and 10 cents mileage. They can only charge for fifteen days service each. I do not suppose that any member of the board has ever been paid for that number of days. The usual custom has been to put in a less number of Jays than is act Aally served. Two days has been the average, but some times three were actually served in going andcoming. Mr.Tillman and his croakers may do it more efficiently and economically, but I have great doubts about it. Having shown all that was proposed, that is, how the department expended its funds, I remain, yours truly, T. J. Moons. A NORTH CAROLINA LYNCHING. JonStarling, a; Hard CItizen, Shot to Death. RALrUn, N. C., Mday 27.-John Starling, living near Selma in John ston county, was currounded by a party of masked men while on the wa.y homoe last Saturday night, tied to a tree and shot to death. Twenty bullets were put into his body. He had made some threaLts against a peaceable citizen and was returning home from a magistrate's trial. His wife was in the wagon with him. The mob threw a rope over his head, dragged him out and carried him far e-nough in the woods to prevent herfromnbeing an eye-witness to his Late. Somec tim e ago an old lady named Cenia Brown and her grandson were foully murdered in Johnston county. Mrs. Brown was Starling's mother in-law, and there was well founded suspicion that Starling murdered her that he might get possession of her property through his wife. He was tried on the charge of murder, but he had so terrorized the commu nity it was impossible to get any one to testify against him, and he was ae quitted. Later the houses of two persons who made themselves conspicuous in the trial against him where burned. The people of this communty thought this SLarling's work of yen geauce. Uence the lynchig. .Acient (on the Coast Li::c. Commuh~I, S. C., 3May 27- ssn gert ii No. .,i, whdich let nero on the' At:mikc Coast Line last n:ighit at E:3for~ Wilmiington. was badly wrecked, loarteeni iles from Colum? bi. he heavy rain undermined the track. The engie went over safely but the tender left the track, and the ret of the train piled upon it. The only person seriously hurt was Con ductor G. W. Gruber, whose leg was broken and head cut.- Albert Gary a drumnv r from Dalton, Ga., had his kne crushed, and Sami Bunting, the Pullhaan ear conductor, was cut about the head. The injuries of none are rege rded as serious. The derailed train was a~ total wreek, andI until the track is cleared passengers will be transferred at the scene of the accident. Suicide of an Insano Mfan. (GhusvILLr:, S. C., May 27.-Infor-I mation reached here to-day of the suicidle of James Rlaybun, at Green wood. S. C., yesterday morning. He was in is r-oem, and about 4 o'clock, shot hinself tineough the head. HisI mind had been afTected for some time, and he had recently been pro nounced insaue, and was waiting to be s-rnt to the asylumn at Columbia. He was about thirty-five years of age an-d unmiiarri. Murd'ered ror His Money. I erA fsois, Mhs., May 29.-A. MI. LKid:aL and cohi and highly respect id 10Citie Was5 murderedt wh'ile on his wy hom fromi th~e midnight train, wh be had bee-n to) meet his sors las nidc He wa*ound this mor~ g with i-ih 'kul cr-ush'ed. a short i;.nneC---ro---hi - te~idece wh'ih 5is us beyon th ct mis TherCV~'~e noI elu e Lo the murderer. It is sapp -.ed~ teime was- counitted~e for the pur(os of bbery. Kimball -The Rev. J. Cilieean Hiall, late pasor ot the .nesyterian church at Manchester, V., was one of the class' contirmed by Bishop Whittle on his recent visit to that city. Mr. Hall will probably enter the Episcopal - mnis TIE }MDIORY OF LE. THE CEREMONIES AT THE UNVEILING OF THE MONUMENT. Bu..:nrs and StarA and stripz: Over th street-Icichmnd Sevetn 1H Sha;en by lhe Tranp of Thouaid-. R::oU, *VT*s, May .-With blaiuc of trumpet, beat of drum, and the booaing of cannon, the monu maent to Gen. Robt. E. Lee, ereeted by the ladies of the South, was un veiled today in the presence of a great multitude of peoplo. The early trains from North and South brought many additions to the enormous crowd which filled the city last night. The streets of the city had been d:-corated ve ry elaborately and taste Ailly for the occasion. From all the bis iness building.; were swung stream "rS in which the colors of the Con federer blended with the national emke. The State colors of Mary mad and Virginia were liberally dis p)lyed. THE GATHERING OF MILiTIA. The gathering of the militia began At an early hour in preparation for the parade. The head of the proces sion formed on Broad street, facing orth, the left resting on Adams tr(et. First came a squad of iounted police, then the Stonewall l3aund, and following was the Chief Marshal. Ex-Gov. Fitzhugh Lee, earing a broad yellow sash as his badge of office; his Chief of Staff. Gen. Juo. R. Cooke, wearing a white 3ash. and the chief marshal's aids. unong whom were Senator Bate. of Tennessee, Senator Colquitt. of Geor ia, Senator Hampton, o! South arolina, Senator Ransom, of North Carolina, Col. Basil W. Duke, of Ken rucky, Gov. Eppa Hunton, of Virginia,. Ex-Gov. Scales, of North Carolina. sen. Joe Wheeler, of Alabama, and amny other distinguished Southern oldiers. Following the marshals were the arriages containing the invited nuests, in charge of Capt. A. W. larber; the Veteran cavalry, under ommand of Gen. Wade Hampton, mid the Farmers' Alliance mounted. On the other side of Broad street ,mder command of Gen. Heath, were 'he Veterans of North Carolina, fol owed by the Society of the Army mnd Navy in Maryland: the Freder ick county, Maryland, Vtecrans of the District of Columbia. Before them and on the side street, were ormed the other militia, and civil rganizations, which were io follow n the parade. Among them were veterans from Louisiana and Virginia, mn'a other Southern States; militia :ompanies fronm cvery State in the Gonth,students from the universities >f Virginia; Catholic Union societies; 'he city fire department of Rich nond, and the firemen from New Bern0e,N. C. Tm: PIiCESSION iUoVE. It was nearly 1:30 when the word xas brought General Lee that the parade was ready to move. Turning to marshals. he gave the command to move, and the head of the procession noved down Broad street. As the veteran cavalry passed, the volunteer troops, infantry, artillery: md cavalry, fell into line behind th, followed by the Farmers' Alli mece. The State stroops wore ar canged IN THLE ORDERL OF THE SEcESSION f the Southern States, South Caro lina being in the lead, and Virginia bringing up the rear. Each of the State contingents carried a distinc tive banner, but of far more interest to the throng which filled the streets and >Eked down from the windows and house tops, were the tattered rnd smoke be'grimmned Ilags carried by the veterans. Waving hanudker ehiefs and ringing cheers from thou sands of throats greeted them as the passed. AT THE HEAD oF THE 00LUMN. At the head of the procession rode E~-Gov. Lee, mounted on a spirited iron-gray horse. In the first cari age were Gov. McKinney, Col. Archer Anderson, tile orator of the day: Gam. 5. A. Early and Geon. Joseph E. Johston. In some of the other car rige's were Capt. R. E. Lee, Miss Mildredc Lee. Miss Mary Lee, Seni or Rega. of Texas, Postmaster Genel of the Confederacy: Geni. H. Walker of Morristown. N. J.. Sena tors Butler. Barbour, Daniel. Kenna and Pasco: Governor Fowle, of Norh Carolina, Fleming of F'lorida. Fle 1ming of West Virginia, Richard sonl of South Carolina. Gen. W. H. F. Lee, wife and sons, Capt. Dan Lee~wife and children. As the lead ig carriage passed down Broad street, it was greeted with wild aein onstrations by the enormous crowd. IMPEDED m' THE C~ioWDs. The passage of the processional columnh through the principal streets of the city was a continued ovation. Its progres' was much impeded by the crowd that :illed the streets, and it was rearly two o'clock when the monment was reached. Tf HonNUMENT. Au 'normons crow~d was in waiting thee. A large stand ereected in front o the~ monunient had been reservwed for the distinguished guests, the or ator of the day and ladies. It was well filled wrhen the procession arriv cd. and the Grand Marshal. dis mocsating, olfered his arm to Geon. Joluton, to escort him to the seait reerved for him. Wheni Gov. Me Kinuney. Coul. Anderson, and thle oth r distinguished guests and oileers of the occasion had taken positionI Qf he iront of the stand, the procession nas:ed in review before them. the vet eran iufantry leading, and the veter an cavalry and volunteer infantry b~rining un) the rear. The infantry oria'nizatiens were massed as rapiy ts po.;sible in front of the grand stand. the mounted veterans oni the left of the monument. The artillery took position in line west of the in fatry, and facing the statue. The vomniteer cavalry formed facing the grand stand. The arrangement of the mass of 'eople occupied full half an hour CALLED TO ORDER. When the orgnnization was com pl~e nd eomaeth lie quiet could de"' o" tie Monum'ien: s Omu aros nce the assemblage'to crd-rM -abifle:eto yRv Ch.~ Minnegerode, of the p.adlSial 11hurch. Go. McIne nroduced GeCn. 1arlv as cha*irm0n othe ieet ng. lie was greet.d with prolong;cd applause aid clic'ring. Taking tfhe gavel iroiu Gov. McKinnev's hand. (en. Early announced in a few well Schosen words the orator of the occa sion.Col. Archer Anderson. Every point in Col. Anderson's ad dress was greeted with warm ap plause, and several times he was ob liged to suspend his remarks while the crowd cheered gin and again. At the conlelsion of his address, a wave of applause swept o -or the crowd and rippled out again :1nd again, until hands were tired and throats were hoarse. THE STATUE UNVEILEL[. 'When in a measure silence had been restored. Gen. Joseph E. Jolm ston arose friom his seat b n the orator's sd:Lud, andl. leaving then plat form, walked toward the ionumeIlt. On the other side w 1ked a vteCr an ex-Confederate from the Soldiers' Home. Joe Mar'ioi White, and J. J. O'Neal. His progress was gceted with continuous cheering. Reaching the foot of the mmi nument, he took in his hand the end of the rope which held the great white veil about the statue. A gentle pressure and the vCil parted, and falling. on either side disclosed the bcautiful oUfLINES u7 'rM sU.T:Er As they came into view a shout went up from the aemblage in vol uie so great that it ahuiost drownaed the boom of the .nonn. In a min ute. the whoe assemblage had bro ken from the ranks. and was hocking to the base of the statue, cheering and tossing hats.canes-anything into the air. The crowd on the plat form responded with cheers and wav ing of handkerchiefs and tilgs. It was a long time before the crowd quieted down, and allowed Gov. McKinney and the other distin guished people on the platform to rc gain their seats in the carriages whieh were to bear them back to the city. AT NIGHT. Tonight the city is celebrating the unveiling of the Lee monument with banquets, receptions and pyrotechnic displays. At the Governor's Man sion a reception is being given to dis tinguished guests from other States. INTERESTINC TO FARMERS. Te Liberal Preminm Offers of the South Carolina AgrIcultnral Society. Attention is direced to the follow ing circular letter from Colonel Thos. W1. Holloway, Secretary of the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechani cal Society: ^ "On page 10 of the mini list this Society for the present year, will be found the offer of premiums amounting in the aggregate to $500, for the counties making the best dis-. play of county products, to be shown at the Fair, Novembcr 10th, IS90. -The requirements are: To the county making the best and largest diplay of products~ grown or produ ced by resi.sents of the county, pre miums will be awarded as follows: First premium.. .. .... ...... .$250 Second premium............. 150 Third premium.... .........100 Inall. ................. 500 "'All grain must be shown in quan titieg not less than one half bushel. The judges making the award in this contest, will consider first, quality; second. quanity; ;third, variety; and fourth, arrangement. Articles for the county display will not count in the individual premium. "I beg that you call special atten tion to this feature, and uxrgce your county to be a competitor in the con test. Aside from the money invol ve, county pride should stimulate our farmers to enter heartily into the matter, andL thus show the progress of agriculture in onr' State. j..I take it that the most effective plaf would be for the several County Alliances from the sub-Alliances to canvass ilhe matter at an early day. and thus -ecome orgatnized, so that by the tirst of November cachi county will be able to know what will be shown an a t whiat rsilroad station shipi> mentL wil be miade. IRaih-o ads require th~e prepayment of freigchL, but upon its return to the or'igial point of snipmelcnt, withi the [r'teate of the seeretary that the sa'uc 1'ad been on exihibition. the amJ~ount paid wil b.e ref'unded. I w~ill be pleased to furnish a copy of the Premiumi List to all who may apply. lIn a flanoon Over London. Loxno, May 29.-During the pa~sb week the Spencer war balloon has made several ascents from the grounds of the Royal Military Exhi biion at Chels'a. On each of these occasions the compam ny icdd a' New York Herald correspondent Iand hxis experiences; t.000 feet inte clouds have attracted gr'eat atten tion. Today the famious ballooni made another ascent anid a'ainth correspondent had a seat i' the bas ket. Leaflets had been prirepaxred w~ith1 reprints of the Herald m'u'sex perience, and th ese were today taken up instead of the usual sand ballas, and when the balloon w'as farc up in1 the clouds the strig of the pa'cka ges were cut and the coments sent fying all over London. Ths man thousands of sh'eets of '''er 1in tI i. crelltey ereermy n : at by persons' oni th ctr It.Whe th blion'' ' 1 trtod out' 'r''ghen ral rowi' ;. and~rOxiu afe t eet Ifrseveral miutes.oecncr e stred themansuabs enumerator lnt odree against erstuos who e cnle, oansther quaesn, wur thmpl eot suhersoad to te dewnt k ne a and osd bumi.pc bR.TTON EN TIlE RACE. FWnMAL .1NNOUNCEMENT OF ]IUS CANDIDACY FOR: GOVERNOnC. Re Propouciw to nnvaes the- ma.a far dhe Detu.:cratic Nou:inntion-A Cala 2and Db'WPLasaloate Discussio nted ter-. Recogniriou *t [Iare. in the "st p. FAIMu:umioN. May 2. 18.-Be kind enough to allow m. the usie of your columns to reply to those of my fellow citizens who have expressed a desire for me to be. a candidate for the gubernatorial nomination of our party. In the expression of these wishes as they reach me, along with the high personalcompliment convey ed.therG is a ring of a call to duty. I accept both. and will givo my best efiorts to deserve the one and meet the demands of the other. This is perhaps enough. But that there may be no misapprehension so far as I am concerned, premit a word as to the pesent status, as I see it. I trust and believe that we are all still a unit as to a common sentiment and desire for the best interests of the State and its people, and the great common purpose to guard and prom->te them, and all agree that our I.emxocratic organization is the only agency through which this senti ment can be practically operated and this purpose effected by us. Our differences of opinion are confined to the ways and means to be used by our party for their ascomplishment. When such differences exist some of us are certainly in error and possibly none of us are absolutely right. In this emergency, our Democratic authorities have arranged for the canvass of the State: certainly not to foment a family quarrel or that par tisan strife and personal scramble for oflice. which is alleged to prevail in conventions of politicians, but for the fair and square submission of our dilierences freely and frankly stated to the people themselves for final ad judication and adjustment. If they can be submitted cahnly and dispassionately and the people bring to bear upon their public bus iness that practical business discre tion which they exercise in their pri vate affairs the decision reached, while it must necessarily overrule the views of some of us, will be wor thy of a free people and command the respect and cordial support of But should it be otherwiseand we be come involved in partisan strife and allow passion and prejudice to take possession of our reason and judg mient, the decision will still be the best that we as a people are for th time capable ofand it must be sus tained with un ity. ky clean ut-division otns wi - eTjT'ess1 in far graver consequences than unanimity in even error for a season can bring upon u& Hedged about by unprecedented dangers and difficulties,we must sink r swim together. We must stick to the ship, for it requires us all to even control her steering gear; and asi long as we do that we retain the power. if we will exercise it, to rescue her from dangers to which we our selves may inadvertently or recklese ly subject her. I shall attend as many of the meet ings appointed by our committee as practicable, and direct my efforts to the discussion of the situatiorg ix its bearings on our common interests, and in the hope thrt I may contrib te to that raztional agitation which will tend to throw the light of truth up on it and enable us to perform intel ligentlyv our duty as sovereign citi zns. Yours respectfully, .JoN BRATTOR. A BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ASSURED. The Mboney N.ocesary to Recum Mr.Rocke fei~e/s Gift now Tasd Cmncoo, May 29.-Chicago is to have a great million dollar university. About one year ago John D. Rocke feller, the standard oil magnate, of frd to give 8600,000 toward a ui vrsity projected by the Baptists of Chicago provided the latter would raise the Sf00,000 necessary to com pete an endowment of 1,000,000. He nmmed June 2 as the date by which the total sum must be subscribed. This meant that an average of over 833.000 must be subscribed during each one of the twelve months in which the work was to be accom o)lihed. The task was a herculean one. par tiularly as the people of this city and in fact all over the country, hatd lost faith in any educational Enter prise which the Baptists of Chicago might put forth, on account of the inglorious failure of the Chicago Lni versit y. Three-fourths of .ie amount, .$30I.000, was raised by 1 .e business men of this city irrespective of creed or denomination. A board of direc tor., t wenty-one in number, will be chosen on or about June 1st; four toen of them will be Baptists and' sevn of them will belong to other denominaions. While the institution will be under Bapust control, it is intended to have it conducted on a road, liberal basis. and students of all ereeds9 can obtain a thorough educatih therein. For buildings, -$2>0,000 will be e: pended within the next four or five ears. Other builings will be ad ded as they are needed. Marshall Field has given to th~e universiiy a ract of ten acres ot land on Ellis Avnue, south of Fitfieth Street. 1In adition to this he has giveni the pro jectors of the university an option on ateni acre tract of land adjoining This property will be purehased. thu~s maikiig a splendedi campfus. twenty acres5 i extent. A disp)atch of Wedn'aesday from H:uilton'x. 0.. reports: -Hecnry In lhart. a Cincinnati. Hamilton & iavon conductor, fell dead. appar rently. yesterday. He was put on ice. Something suggested he was alive. but the physicians declared he was dead. and to convince the family they opened a vein at the back of his neck. The man instantly got up and ap pears to be as well as usual. The hysicians are astonished and say thyn rheard of anything like it." NEW METHODIST OFFICIALS. -4 1rNe Edtor- (if the Chur-ch Prp.,r-lThe NewMi3.%.iary secretary. Tu~ General Confrence in its ses fion at St. Louis on last Friday elee ted . CM er r the Nash!viTll Chris tian Advoate, he cntral organ of the S outhern MethodIit church. The R. . E. Hoss, D. D., professor in the theologicai departtment of Van derbilt Univursity, wac electededitor by a very fiattering vote, and the Rev. I. 31. Bounds. D. D., of St. Louis. was elected a.ssistant editor. For both thcs positions some votes were cast for the Rev. W. D. Kirk land. D. D., editor of the Southern Christian Advocate. South Carolina Methodism was. honored by secming one of the three missionary secretaries. On the first balot Dr. I G. Johns, of Texas, was elected, and next to- him came the Rev. A. Coke Smith. D. D., lacking but a few votes of the nomination. On the second ballot Dr. Smith went in like a flash. Dr. H. C. Morrison. of Atlanta, was elected for the third place. This is a most decided com pliment to Dr. Smith, as. the position of missionary secretary is regarded as one of the most important within the gift of the Church. Dr. Smith's elevation was not at all unexpected, as his hosts of friends and admirers in South Carolina were prepared see his ability and executive capiacity recognized by the higlest tribunal of the Church. He received a flattering vote in the election for Bishop, and at the next General Conference many will be surprised if he is not chosen Bishop. TnE NEW MISIiNRY SECRETARY. Dr. Smith was born on September 10, 1849, in Sumter County, S. C., picked up what little "schooling"was to be had during and immediately af ter the war: but managed somehow to prepare himself for college, which he entered in October. 1868. He was graduated from Wofford College in June, 1872, and joined the ranks of the Methodist itinerancy at the ses sion of the Conference following Dr. Smith is no half-hearted, mi1r2: and water man. He is a very Boan erges-whole-souled, zealous, active and earnest. Whatever ho under takes he does it with all his might. He has served circuits, stations and. presiding elders' districts, and he has for nearly five years filled an im portant profession al chair in' Wofford College, and he has been uniformly acceptable. Dr. Smith has a rare combinaidon of talents for his work. He has a fine presence, a genial manner, a me lodious and highly flexible voice, and graceful and natural gestures. He is an orator born: and he has dili gently improved the opportunities.. that his life calling daily affords 2or the further cultivation of these or to'n cr. 4. Tr or not he is entirely free from wh at is known as "stage fright." it is imposible to say. But few public speakers are more en tirely self-possessed han he seemsto be. One great secret of Dr. Smith's success is that in his sermons or public addresses there is an entire absence of effort, strain or art. He speaks naturally and succeeds in making every one before him believe that the preacher is speaking to him special ly." He thus never fails to win the undivided attention of his entire -con gregation. Dr. Smith has done a~ noble work for Woff'ord. His popularity, his en thusiasm and his energy have infused new life into his alma mater. The Fitting School. a thriving and pros perous nursery for the College, is en tirely his creation. Dr. Smith is still a young man, and has not yet reached the cnlminating point of his career. There is more work for him, and if life and health are spared the Church will hear fur ther of him.-News and Courier. A Rich South Carolina Baby.. NrEw YoRK, May 2.-Two lawyers, three laymen and a referee appointed by the ~Supreme Court put their heads together to-day. to find out whether an allowance of ,000 a yeatr should be granted to a 2-year old baby for his proper support. Thte little chap is heir to i2000,000, but, oddly enough, his father is a poor man. unable. through business re verses, to look af ter his son's main tenance. The boy i, Francis Marion Whaley, only~ son of Lawyer William Wadev- and Louisi'ne McCready Whaley- of Edisto, S. C. His grand father wa;s Na'ths iel L. MckCready. He left a Ihu-go fortun to his daugh ter with power to use the income from it during her life, :uid to ap point any of her cnhirhen as hir~l to it upon her~ death. and she made baby Francis her heir. Stang to Death by Bees. The death of Samuel Salter oo crred at his home near Trenton, S. C., on Monday ight, after a brief ill ness. He died from the erfects of the sting of 'bees ilicted two weeks ago. His horse had knocked over a gum. when the~ bees covered him, and Mr. Salter, in attempting to rescue the horse, wa's fatally stung himself. The horse died1 a da or two after wards. Mr. Salter wa.s se venty-ino years old and a good mnan. -ikAen Recorder. Destroyed. by anEatqle Coxs r~amor V May2-Tho vl lage of Repahie. in Armedtia. hasbeen dstroyied by at: carthaquake. A nium ber of mineral sring' srpouted from the ec.-:ie mtad: in the earth by the shc * an *?(tiow of water was so gra tha ..d.jacen'i lds swore flood ed. he eriqud~e as pre~ceded by.L ru.g.' whc d theC In hi bitants to !c::mthe village, andl ther" thu 3sne dntthiromthe fai li e. No liv were lost. ne Tesms co ren. l . (Ln'.:.y : .--im ~e1neralt alconference o the Meonist431sco firlts uesy i andy after the be Iof mneeting to be determied by a committee appointed for that pur