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TRUE TO THE FAITH. SOUTHERN FARMERS WILL STAND Bt THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. President McGrath Realizes that thi Third Party Movement Cannot Com mnand the Support of the Southern Alli ance Men at this Time, and that thq Issue Must be Postponed. TOPEKA, KAN. December 29.-The following interview with Prasident Frant McGrath, published to-day, would indi cate that the Alliance has tor the pres ent decided to drop the Third Partl imovement. He says: "The agitation in the South over th( Lodge bill precludes the possibility c any independent movement at this time While in Ocala I investizated condition as thoroughly as my limited stay woul permit, and I came to the conclusiot that more time was needed. It wil come about in time, but the time is no this year." tiThe delegation of Kansas editors whicl has returned from a tour through ti South, having made a thorough ivestiga tion of the Farmers' Movement there found that a large majority of Souther! farmers believe in working for their re forms within the Democratie party. I Louisana, for example, tIe editors fount few if any advocates of the Third Part, movement. The president of the Alli ance in that State. Thomas S. Adams secretary of the State board of agriculture in conversation with a corresponden who accumpanied the Kansas delegation said: "The political conditions in this State preclude the possibility of an independen political movemout at this time. Witt us it is a battle for white supremacy, an< any movement which wilt divide thi white people politically will not fin< favor." The editors -found that Adams ex pressed the sentiment pretty generalli held by Southerers, and for this reasol they also concluded it would be impossi ble to do anvthing with the movemen at the present time. Judge Frank Doster, of Marion, ap pears to-day as an Allirnce ,aktdidat( for Senator. He is Judge of the Distric Court at Marion. He is the ninth candi date who hopes to succeed. Ingalls. THE THIRD-PARrTY MOVEMENT. Negro Supremacy Its Chief Obstacle Im the Southern States. KANSAS CITY, MXo., Dec. 25.-Thf l ein the Farmers' Alliance move ment are a unit in opposition to the projects of Gen. John H. Rice and other. to hold a National Convention in Cin cinnati. February 25. to form a thir party. They all deelare that the tim< bas not yet come when the Alliance mer of the Carolinas, Mississippi, Louisiam and Florida can be induced to leave the Democratic party for a new organiza. tion. They say that the fear of negr< supremacy is an insuperable stumblinm block in the way of the movement, an< the force bill will, so long as it is alive, keep white formers united in the Dem. cratic ranks. Frank McGrath, president of th< Kansas Farmers' Alliance, in an inter view to-day'said: "I am opposed to the attempt to form a national third part: at this tirhe. The callhng of the con: vetion at Cincinnati was premature anc can result in no good to our cause. The South is hardly ready for it yet, but 11 icoming around. Z'The Farmers' Alliance offers th< only solution of the negro question and the Southern farmers. both white and black, are beginning to recognize it 2 rthing can be done, however, whik' the people are agitated over the force bail. The colored Farmers' Alliance has a-membership of 60,000 in Georgia. - 5,000 in Florida. 25.000 in Tennessee. 10,000 in Louisiana. 12,000 in Missis sippi and 25,000 in each of the Carolinas. Their affairs are conducted, if poesible, on a better business basis than ours. The very name of Democracy is re ~pulsive to them, and the more intelli gent et them recognize that their only hope of suffrage is through a thirc - twill all come about in time, -but it is som''etiithat cannot be forced upon the Southern people." -The Allhance Meeting at Washiigte.n. -TOPEKA,. Kan., Dec. 25.-Mr Mii Grath, the president of the Kansa: Aliance, in an intorview to-day said the legislative committee of the National A lliance will meet in Washington some time in Feburay. "Thirty-five States,' he, said, -"will be represented at the meeting. and the third party movemeni - -ill be one of the principal things to be acted upon. The movement," said Mr. McGrath, "will eventually embrace all the labor organizations in the United States. In fact, about all of them are commItted to it now except the Grange, and most of the Grangers are memberi of theFarmers' Alliance. I cannot say -wiefthe party will be organized, but i will be done at the proper time." . Two Hundred Chinamnen Drowned. LoNDOs, Dec. 27.-Further advices from China, as to the burning of the steaimship Shanghi at Narvoo Hoo, it the province of- Nyhan Hloei, about fifty miles from Nanaing. show thai the disaster is much more serious that at first imagined. The earlist advices received stated that the victims con ssted of about sixty natives, together with several European efficers who are supposed to have met death either in .-the flames or subsequently by drown ing while attempting to escape from the burning vessel, It now seems that the number of lives lost will amount to over 200, and all lost their lives by drowning. A terrible panic appears to have occurred among the Chinese pas sengers and the crew as soen as the alarm of fire was hoard and the panic in creased terr- bly when the flames spread beyond the control of the terror stricken crew. The few European officers on board of the Shanghi seem to have done their best to maintain some kind of order among the Chinamen with some result. The large majority of those who lost their lives did so by jumping overboard in order to escape the flames, while others met death through the swamping of the clumsily lowered and overcrowed boats. Charleston is Ruffled. CHARLESTON, '$ C., Dec. 22.-The governor's appo:ntment of officers for the country, has raised a howl not only among the reformers or Tilirmanites, but also among a large class of what is known as the regulars or rings. It turns out that the rumors of a deal between G' ol. Irby, chairman of the Tillman com mittee and the executive committee here seems true. Col. Irby promising for Capt. Tilman that in casc Charleston counity was carried for Tillman. the Charleston delegation in the Legislature should have the naming of the appointive oflices. Governor Tillman kept the bargain with one exception. removing Trial Justice' Bolger and appointing in his stead J. F. Britten. a Tillmanite. This makes B3olger mad, as it was said he could be reappointed if he could pirove that he voted for Tillman. it seems that he was the only one of the ring, or regulars, who voted for Ulaskell. T he reformers say that they were entirely abandoned by Tillman. A very large class of the white voters are also incen sed at the reappointment of Win.Ingless, THE WORK O? THE SESSION. A List of New Laws of Local or of Gener al Interest. The number of acts and joint resolu tions passed at the session of the Leg islature was 242. Below will be found a list of those of local or of general in terest. Act to amend section 621 of the gen eral statutes of the State, relating to the annual meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of several counties of the State. Act to ratify the amendment to arti cle 4 of the constitution of South Caro lina, relating to the Judiciary depart ment, by repealing section 19, which provides a Board of County Commis sioners. Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend sections 2236 and 2237 of the f general statutes, in relation to juries." Joint resolution extending the time for the collecting State, county, railroad and other taxes due for the fiscal year I commencing November 1, 1889, until tIe first day of February, 1891. Act to amend an act entitled "An act 1 to prohibt the catching of terripins be L tween the 1st (lay of April and the 12th day of June in any year, within certain counties," approved 1)ecember 26;. A. D., 1885. Act to amend section 2 of an act en titled "An act to regulate the fees of physicians and surgeons for testifying as esperts in criminal cases," approved December 26, 1SS5. Act to amend paragraph 1. section 997, of the general statutes. relating to meetings of State Board of Examiners. Joint resolution to provide for the purchase of complete copies of the gen eral statutes of other States in the Union. Act to amend section 9 of an act en titled "An act in relation to lands de linquent, forfeited lands and collection of taxes, approved December 24, 15S7. Joint resolution to provide for the ap pointment of S. S. M1cBryde one of the trustees of Dr. John De La Ilowe. de ceased, in place of David Morrah, now deceased. Act to provide for a license for the sale of pistols and pistol cartridges within the limits of this State. Act to amend section 5 of an act en titled "An act to provide for the forma t tion of certain corporations under the general laws." Joint resolution directing the execu tore of Thomas G. Clemson to mark his grave and procure a good portrait of the aeceased. Act to authorize school trustees to sell any school property, real or personal, in their several districts, and to apply the proceeds to the school funds of their , several districts. - Act to make appropriation for the perdiem, milcage and stationar:- certifi cates of the members of the General . Assembly, the salaries of the subordi nate officers and employees thereof, and for other purposes therein named. Act to raise supplies and make appro priations for the fiscal year commeneingr ovember 1, 1890. Act to proviC' foa tne election of chap lains of the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the State of South Caro lina and for their compensation. Joint resolution providing for the in vestment of all funds in the hands of the State Treasurer under the Clemson becuest. - Joint resolution to inquire the peni I tentiany directors to furnish additional convicts to Clemson college. Act to amend an act to amend sec tion 1090, title 10, chapter 22, of the gen eral statutes. Act to regulate the practice of Trial Jestices in equity causes. Act to reorganize and provide for the University of South Carolina, constitu ting a Board of Trustees for the same and defining their powers and duties. Act to create a Board of Phosphate Commissioners. Act to charter the Savannah, Sen eca and Western railroad company. Act to authorize Richard W. Simpson, executor of Thomas J. Clemson, to pay certain legacies to Isabella Lee. Joint resolution to appoint a special commission, consiting of the Governor1 and Superintendent of Education, to confer and correspond with the Govern ors and Superintendents of Education1 of other Southern States as to the adop tion of a uniform system of text books used in the free schools of the State. Joint resolution to provide for the payment of the taxes of the South Car olina railroad for the fiscal year begm-~ ning November 1, 1888, on certain con ditions. IAct to provide for the appointment of county boards of physicians to exam inme diplomas of physicians and surgeons in this State. ] Act to amend section 259 of the gen-< eral statutes of the State, relating to - i- ees .au?gDof the members of the State Board of Tinalization. Act to prohibit any person from transporting horses, mules or asses into this State infected with glanders. Act to abolish the Department of Agriculture and the office of Commnis-. sioner of Agriculture, and to devolve all of their powers and duties cn thei Board of Trustees of the Clemson Ag ricultural College of South Carolina, except the control of phosphate inter ests of this State. Act to amend section 44, chapter IV, of the general statutes, relating to the distribution of public funds-. Act accepting the benefits of an act to apply a portion of the procee(Is of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts now established under the provisions of an act of Congress of1 July 2, 1862. Act to provide for the sale of the lot 1 and building known as Agricultural hall, the fish pond lot and the agricul tural experiment stations, with their personal property at Columbia and In Darlington and Spartanb urg counties, and to appropriate the proceeds there of.t Act to punish frauds or misrepre sentations in the manufacture, analy-a sis or sale of fertilizers and commercial manures in this State. Act to regulate the appointment and term of office and define the duties of Trial Justices in this State. Act relatig to the renunciation of dower by married minors. NEW RAILROADs. Act to incorporate the Lockhart Shoals railroad company.v Act to incorporate tgie Anderson and i Port Royal railroad company. Act to incorporate the West End rail way company. Act to incorporate the River and Sea coast railway company. Act to incorporate the Little Bluff, s Raemont and Muxton railroad com pany. Act to incorporate the Highland rilroad company. Act to charter the Bennettsville and ' Gibson Station railroad company. Act to incorporate the South Caroli- e na Seaboard and Western railway. Act to incorporate the Spartanburg, Clifton and Glendale railroad company. Act to incorporate the Grcenwood, Edgefield and Atlantic railroad com-C pany.C Acet to incorporate the Charleston 7 and Sea Island railroad company. . Act to incorporate the Branchville and Bowman railroad company, Act to charter the. Salem railroad compny. ----_t THlE Leavenworth, Kan., TIimes in- a~ dulges in arithmetical humor at the ex- I pense of Governor llumphrey. It says: ti -Governor IIumiphrey must feel pro'ud t' of the magnilicent victory lhe achieved b. at the late election. Eighty-two thous- t) and majority in 1.%S. Seven thousandv plurality in 1890. A loss of over 70.001 votes. Tfhe Republican party of Kansas hI is nearly annihllated by him. Surely 1 Iumphrey is a wonderful mani. Should 1 Iumphrey run again he would be s beateii by 60,000, and in a fourth run on c the same down grade he would lack 20,0of any vote at all."a THE POSTMASTER KiLLED. & Misissippi Republican Shot by the 31an he Sought to 3Murder YE M Pris, Tcnn., Dee 25.-A special to the Appeal-Avalanche from Carroll ,on. Liss., says : "A faital tragely oc -urred on the principal business strect in this town to-day at 12 o'clock noon, in which jolin irentiss Matthews, the' Ilepublican pos-tniaster at this piace, was killed by V. S. lcBride, wealthy and prominent youno.g druggist here. 31atthews was walking toward the dru tore of .cBride & Co., arned with a Winchester riule, when McBride stepped toward him and fired the fatal shot while 1Iatthews had his gun uplifted and was preparing to shoot MIcBride. On last night Matthews hai an alter cation with McBride at the postoflice. McBride went to the office after his mail, and \Iatthews began cursing and abusing him, which led to a personal encounter. This hostile feeling was re newed this morning by Matthews appear in, on the streets armed with a Win chester rifle, with a large pistot on him. wnoopmg. cursing and threatening to kill young Mc3Bride. le paraded the streets several hours this way untill he was placed under arrest by the Sherlfl. ie was carried before the IMayor and released under bonds for his appearance to-morrow mornmna. Alter few a minutes he went dlown the street toward the drug store, where he was killed. Ile has rendere-1 himself very odious to the people of this community by his offensive conduct while he had been here as the carpetbag postmaster of thn present administration. Ile had beec before the officers here aliost every week on various char-es of drunkenness, profanity, carrying concealed weapons, assaults and battery, and other offenses. He took possession of a passenger train on the Georgia Pacifle Railroad while drunk, and was only conquered by the porter and conductor beating him down and disarming him, for which he is now under indictment in the Courts of Web ster and this '(Carroll) County. Il1s adm'nistration of the ollice has been miserable. MeBride is a very peaceful and quict young men. iidus trious and popular, and public seuti ment is highly in his favor because lie was goaded into the difficulty by Mat thews's canduct. . "raker's Deep Laid Plot. WASHINGTON . D.C.. Dec. 2G.-Both of the great leaders of Ohio Republicans, Sherman and McKinley, have reached a stage at which they must make a desper ate fight for their very existence. There are powerful forces at work to destroy them both, and the country will watch the contest with interest. The State Legislature of Ohio. which is to b- elect d next Fall will choose a successor to Senator Sherman. and at the time thatt is eleet&d. G overnor will also be chosen, Senator Sherman will be again in the saddle, and so McKinley. It will be a political life or death strug le for both, for unless they are success ul both will sink back into the cbscurity O' private citizenship. Both wiil meet bitter opposition .form the same source -the men who were lately the followers f Governor Foraker. These men have an oath bound organization within the Repubhcan party, with branches in six Ly-seven of the eighty-eight counties of the State, and a meeting of the leaders Ao this organization was held in Colum bus a few days ago to formulate plans or the accomplishment of their pur poses, the beginning of which is the defeat or both Sherman and McKinley. They concluded to kill off' ene with the ther. They decided to divert the atten ion of the masses of Republicans from McKinley, who is generally named as Lhe man who ought to be nommnated for iovernor, by springing the name of Sen itor Sherman for the Governorship, wvi th he design of so dividing the opposing orces as to open a way for a man of heir own. Within last few days, consequent y, a great deal has been said and pub shed ~as to the propriety of Sherman ounding out his political career as Gov 3rnor of his native State, which lie has erved so long. This kind of talk had its rigin at this meeting, and goes on with aut the ap .royal of Sherman. The next thing to do was to select a andid ate-a real candidate-for thle Governorship. The Foraker men settled pon Major Morey of' Hamilton. who epresents the Seventh District in the resent House ofR presentatives. Maj ri Morey was in Columbus while the neeting wesied, althongh he was not ~t-'meeting. lie was summoned rom Washington by a telegram, and vas met at the depo by a delegation, vho had a conference with him and ob ained his full assent to the scheme. General Asa Bushiuell was the fovor te, but it was feared that his connection sith the $35,000,000 harvester combine, hich is looked upon with great disfavor >y the Farmers' Allhance, would be a ierious handicap to him. So Major morey was nominated. The candidate 'or the Senate against Sherman was not letermined upon. But it was agreed hat the organization should take care hat the right men shouhi be elected to he legislature. A wvarm friend of Senator Sherman vho is here from Ohio tonight says that herman had thought to retire Iroma pub ic~life at the close of his present term. md would have done so had lie not been nade aware of the plans of the plotters. Lhen lie concluded that lie would make nother race just to vindicate himself .d prove that lie was not to be frozen. Judge Simpson Dead: CoLUMBI, S. C., Dec. :27.-The an Louncement of the death of Chief Jus ice William Dunlap Simpson at his resi ence in this city at 7:30 yesterday norning, from heart failure, was receiv d with profound expressions of sorrow hroughout the community. It was not1 yen ~known generally that the Chief ' 'ustice had been ill at all, consequently he news came as a great shock to al- 1 miost every one that heard it.1 Judge Simpson was taken ill with rhiat was apparently only an attack of 2igestion on Sunday night, but wais t regarded as ill enougrh to inqtuire the ervices of a physician uintid Christmas )ay, at which time hie ap pearedl to be o inuch worse that his family physIcian, )r. B. W. Taylor, was immediately I ummoned to his bedside. Every thing I bat was possible was done to restore im but lie was then sinking, ie re ined consciousness almost to his last< aoments, and when lie knew that the nd was near bore himself with thle I amness andi fortitude which had al ravs characterized his lif'e.-IRegister. Poisoned by a Cat. WELLMAN. Ia., lDec. 31.-A strange ase of poisoning occurred near here the I ther dlay. IHarry Yoder, aged three I ears, saw his pet cat catch a mouse.( Ie took the mouse from hei- and began laing wi.th it. An hour afterward he I ecme deathly sick, his eyes swvelled so mat lie could not open them and he utfered terrible agony. MIr. Yoder for anately returned home about that time md knew the boy had been poisoned. Ie gave him a quantity of' sweet cream a drink and sent for a physician. After wenty hours of dreadful sufferinig the ov wits saivedi. The doctor explained f ie case as follows: Tihe cat in its battle t :ithm the mouse threwv out a poisonous y id, which the boy afterward got onc is hands from handling the mouse. c unbbiig his eyes aind putting his lingers : .a his mouth carried thme poison to his c stem. Time bite of a cat is not poison-t s under ordinary circurestances, but s ie it is after a mouse for dinner itisc ealy as a ratflenake. -. E FARMERS ALLIANCE. rhe 1tev Dr. Dixon Says it is the Great .'rent of this Geueration. 1ev. i;om Dixon in his sertnn in NewvY rk last Sand-y eulogized the Allianc : movement vs follows: The real sensation of the year 1S90 is the advent of the National Farm ers' Alliance and Industrial Union. It is the resistle:;s movement of millions under the oppressions of centuries. Its motive power is social, economic. re ligious and political. The advent of these embattled hosts is the most preg nant event of this generation. It is the beginning of a revolution that will shake this continent and move the world. The first time they gathered round the ballot box was the 4th day of last November. They polled between two and three million votes, elected the Governor of three states. sent forty men to Congress and scared the life out of hundreds they did not send. What is; the moral meaning of this great moveiment? 1. It is the protest of the patient bur den btarers of the world, who have toiled through weary years struggling beneath the wrongs of economic and political superstitions. In America the larmers have literally beconie the beasts of burden of the nation. Their business has been to feed over 65000, 000 people, together with the hosts of the old world, with the products of the year's work, and through the winter eke out a miserable existenee wrest ling with their mortgages, cyclones and loods. While they are doing this, we laugh and grow fat, (lance and make merry in the city, and bet how much they will iake next year, buy and sell their crops lifty times before they are planted and charge old "ilayseeds" with all our losses. The question is whether these men, the freest of the free, the authors of the country's liberty, shall assert their rights and obtain justice, or degenerate into the condition of tenants and serfs. The condition of labor in all other in dustries have vnrdergone marvelous development and changes in the past hundred years. The farmer works un der the same stern couditions, perish ing in the midst of boundless prosperi tv, for others. Ile has determined to eIfect a change in these conditions, and I readjust himself on a living basis to the new civilizat ion. 2. This movement means the educa tion of the masses, as masses-of the farmer as a farmer. It means t he as sertion of the manhood of the Nation. This is real education. The accent of our education has hitherto been to get on, "to rise." We have been taught to climb out of the humble sphere in which we were born into some so called higher sphere. The smith learns to despise his anvil, and the clodhopper to look with contempt upon the plow. They rise to"bigher"thiigs. Tricy be come lawyers, and doctors, and preach ers. and bankers, railroad men and poli ticians. We now have fully eight mil lion uen in this country educated to be Presidents of the United States. We only need about a dozen Presidents in a hundred years-an awful waste of raw material! The farmers are learning and teach ing it to their children, in this organi ation, that the farm is as sacred, as noble, as honorable as that of any sphere in life. Women too are admit ted to the Order. Well they may. There are more farmers' wives in the insane asylums of America than any other class. They have actually recog aized the fact that women are human beings. A reporter once asked an old farmer in the WVest what he thought about the uiestion, "Is marriage a failure?" Hie re plied, "What, marriage ? " Well, let's see. There's Lucindy gits up in the mornin,' kindles the lire, milks six :ows, starts four children off to school. tends to three others, skims twenty pans o' milk, feeds the hens, likewise the hogs, looks after some motherless sheep, gits breakfast, washes up the lishes. gets dinner, etcetera-why, man, :lo you think I could hire anybody to loall that for what she gits? Not much. Its a great success, sir!'' Ah! these patient. sad faced, weary millions :f women! The pathos of their lives. They have entered this organization with cheeks dushed with hope, many f them for the first time in life. May God lead and bless them! 3. This movement means co-opera tion as against competition. It is in this principle of Socialism that the Order has its strongest foun lation. They are pledged to co-operate with each other in the production of economic goo-ls, and not only so, bit to co-operate in the distribution of these goods. The Alliance stores for supplies are a prominent feature of their work. These stores contain the germ idea of the great Industrial Co perative Societies of Workingmen in reat Britain. They are asserting in ife the principle, that it is better for men to tight for each other than against >ne another. They are learning the secret of associated powers that in mion there is strength. It is in the tight of this fact that we solve the ap parent paradox, that while they cry >ut against trusts and monopolies, in the same breath demand that the Gov rnment press its functions to the very verge of State Socialism. These cries e not inconsistent. They are the issertion of fundamental principles. lhey recognize the important fact that ~overnment is not something separate :rom the people, but when normally tdministered, is simply the people ;ovring themselves-that it is not a ower to be fareed, but a power to be tilized for the happiness of all. 4. 'The Organization means Brother mood. It is a fraternal and benevolent rder wvith principles of love and fra ernity, wide as tue world, universal is the rose. The 5th and 6th article in their SL. Louis Declaration of Purposes. A second Declaration of independ ne read thus:. . To constantly strive to secure en ire harmony and goodi will to all oman ind, and brotherly love among our elves. . Tio suppress personal, local, sec *ional and national prejudices, all uin calthful rivalry, and sel!ish ambition. An ideal as high as Iheaven-an echo >f the life of .Jesus of Nazareth. They mave determined to 'bear one another's irdecs an~d so futlal the law of Christ.' ['hey pledge themselves to alleviate uffering and pain, to care for the vidows an~d educate the orphans of heir dead. This is climbingc the eights of life. Th~s is pure religion They have gone into politics not be :ause they are a political organization. L'hey have been forced to go into poli ics because their principles were ocial, economic aid religious. All ocial and eco;nomie questions have be ome political questions, and ail politi al questions are religious. The polit cal area is wvhere all the great ques ions of to-day and to-morrow mu mst be ought and settled. Let no muau de ele himself by believinmg that this or-l :anization is but a passing episode in olitics. Remember its foundation is mot primarily political, but social and 'onomic. It is the embodJiment of -rand nwral ideas- it is the movement f a revolution. It will not go back i'ard. 1ay (;od give its leaders wisdom. Loxnox, D~ec. 24.-A letter received rom a lussian exile at Seurich. charges. bat Sophie Gunsberg, a nihilist, who 'as condemned to death for being con erimed in a plot against the life of thme zar. has been subjected to torture in ison, andt that her cries were heard by tier prisoners, who managed to make be fact known. The object of thme per-~ ecutions is supposed to have beeni to btaim revelations regarding other ac onnlers. "A Chamber in leil." LoUISVILLE, Dec. 31.-The follow 1iig rec6ntly appeared in the Couzier Journal: A: a tme when the aeerbities cfpublic life ieli to the sfot influences of the h: ,e and 1rsnie. w icn the gos -el of peace on cartl, good wili to men scuds its thri1 o'f cenersus >elinc to the sternest heari.s. when wawrrin ighbors us::end their riv: ntere% 1 to drink of thel lowIn:y. how" and irain the loving Cup, and wicn (ven the lion :ald the lamb lie down in hiarminy. the Rlepubli can leaders I! Washzigt'n are to be seen scowling like beaten demons over the failure of plans to wreck their coun try, or licking their chops with the hor rible glec o'1 cannibals as the prospect brightens for the realization of schemes of rapine. contlagration and murder. It has come to this atlast that the Re publican party can no longer hope for existence by the will of the majority. It mast erect a machine to defy and set aside that majority or perish. IHence the force bill. Hence the conversion of the blessed Christmas season in Con cress into a Saturtanalia of gibbering greed and hate. From feeble Grandma Roar, bursmun with senile race. to poor Chandler. crazy with malice. the Senate of the United States presc-its us a pic ture of a Chamber in Hell set apart as a lunatic asylum for sp:rits malddened by partisan hate. and lost alike to reli lion and patriotism ;and it would secm ihat there is no u!!e exclaimin.: "For give them, Lord. the:; know not what fliev (10.'' becaulse it is a curious feature )f their lusanity that the-" do. A Severe Drouth. CmAGo, Dec. :1l.-The Farmers' Re view says: 4A severe drouth prevails over a large section of the wheat-pro ducing States. The country thus affect ed includes nearly all of Illinois. two thirds of AIissouri and half of iowa. About one-third of Indiana also forms a part of the dry region. The effeets of the drouth are felt far more severely in Illinois than in any other tate. le ports from ninety Counties show that only twenty have seen a fair water sup ply. The next greatesz sufferer is 311 souri. where. seventeen correspondent3 report a sutlicie.it Supply of imoistur3 and thirty-live a lack, especially of sur face water. PEOPLE OF I have justreturncd from teb Northi with the largct an(l best assorted stock of General Merchandise that has ever been offered by me since I have been in the business. I am prepar-d to compete with the largest merchants in the town. My stock consists of DRESS GOODS, TRIMINGS, HOME 'PUNS, PANTS GOODS of all kinds, aw in fact everything that is kept in a Dry Goods Store. I also have the best assortment of GENTS FURNISHING GOODS in town, and my Clothing and Hats I can sell cheaper than any one else. If you want first class : fnmily and plantation GROCERIES, give me a trial, and I;will convince you thiat it is to your interest to buny frm me. C. KiARESH, ulannuinZ, S. C. BRUNSON HOUSE, SUMTER, S. C. - First class accommodations and excellent' table. Convenient to the business portion of the town. 2.3 cents for dinner. J. H. DIXON. Proprietor. . WULBER CD. WHOLESALE GROCERS. Flour a Specialty. Nos. 171 and 17:3 East Bay Street, CH-A RLESTON. S. C. M.D Drake & Son, -WHOLESALE BOOTS, SHOES, & TRUNKS. 235 Meeting St., CHARLESTON, S. C. Lrgest stock, best assortment, lowest prices, Ri. T. MCGAiIAN. A. s. BCowN. RODiT. P'..EvANS. McAHAN, BROWN & EVANS, JOBBERS OF Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes and Clothing, Ncs. 22G, 228 & 230 Meeting Street, CH-ARLESTON. S. C. : THOMAS. Ja. J1. M. THO3MAS. stephen Thoma~s, Jr. & Bro. IEWERY, SILVER & PLATED WARE, Spectacles, Eye Glasses & Fanicy Goods, .tW~atches a:nd Jewelry repaid by 'oipetnzt worm:n 257 KING STREET, CHULESTON. S. C. Arrington, Thoma~s & 00., -DEALERS IN WA.TCHE, IEWELRY, S!LVERWARE AND FANDY( GOOS, No. 251 King Street, SCHARLESTON, S. C. A. McCOBB, Jr. General Comi~ssion Merchant, *AND DF.ALERl i .iME, CEMENT, PI.ASTER PARIS, HAIR, FIRE ERICKS, AND FIRE CL.AY, LAND PLAS TER, AND EASTERN HAY. genis for White's English Portland Cement. 194 & 1%~ East Ua.;, Charleston, S. C: JOHN TL CONNORI Cotton Factor --COMD1IS$ION 3ME:L Cl NT CHARLESTON, S5. C. Solicits consignments of cotton on which F N. WILSON, AGJEST EQUITABLE LIFE AS :ANNING. S. C. OSE lii F. RiAIE, A TTcJREY AT LAW, IANNING, S. C. S. WILSON, Airney ' anld Counselor at Law, MIANNING, S. C. LEMI. TTREYA T LAW, MIANNING, S. C. Z Notary rublic with seal. C ALLEN HUGGINS, D. D. S., x0 .CHER AW, IS. C. ,'Visits MIanning every month ox two professionally. JOB PRINTING. THlE TIMES OFFICE IS FITTED UP IN a mariner that warrants it in soliciting our patronage for job printing. Send us Vour orders which shall have prompt atten ion. Prices as low as the cities. Satisfac ion garaniteed. Keep us in mind. FORESTON DRUG STORE, FORESTON, S. C. I keep ahays on hand a full line of Pure Drugs and Medicines, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY, STATION ERY, CIGARS, GARDEN SEEDS, nd such articles as are usually kept in a trst class drug store. I have just u Idea to my stock a line of PAINTS AND OILS, and am prepared to sell PAINTS, OILS LEAD, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, in quantities to suit purchasers. L. W. NETTLES, M. D., Foreston, S. C. A. S. J. PE.I;Y. I!. n. SUIoNs. it. A. PRINGLE. Johnston, Crews Co., -WHOLESALE JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS, Notions and Small Wares, Nos. 49 Hayne & 112 Market Streets, CHARLESTON, S. C. THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK. R. A. McCURDY, Prest. Assets, S136,401,328.02. Surplus, $9,657,248.44. The oldest, strongest, largest, best company in the world. It "makes as surancc doubly sare." E. B?. CJantey, Agent for Kershaw and Clarendon, Camnden, S. C'. SED. L. GERNAND, GExNR AGEN'T, Cin iaS. C. CRAND CENTRAL RONEL COLUMBIA, S. C.' Is the largest hotel in the city, and has, during the loast year, been thoroughly reno vatedl, remodeledl, and retitted with all mod en imp)rovenments. Centrally located, and offers inducements for the accommodation of its patrons. Has 6 spacious, light, and airy sample rooms. Hot and cold baths, el evator, Ae. Cuisine under supervision of Mr. E. E. Post, late of Lookout Point Hotel, Lookout MIountain, Tenn. The proprietor hopes by strict attention to the wants of his patrons to merit a share of patronage. F. W. SEEGERS, E. E. POST, Proprietor. M~anager. rNE'r 8E5' lWCDWORK: 0 AfrAeIHMEN1'6 50, 28 UNION SQUARENY ~i= CH C"''- ATLANTAG. ,s cA. lC ST.LOUIs.MD. DAL LAs.TEX. W. E. BROWN & CO., anning, S. C. PHILADELPHIA SINGER. High Low $28. 820. ,nc .wo aM s-,, S C un . Reovers INYU ~NHUEBFREYUoAYOEETc. 4. C.A. OOD CO.':1ur~ sEINES, NETS, TENTS, AND SPORTINC C00DS Double Barrel Breech Loading Shot Guns, -hoke bored, SS to $100. Single Breech Load rig Shot Guns, $4 to $25. Every kind of 3reech Loading and Repeating Rides, $3 to 40. MIuzzle Loading Double Shot Guns, 3 to $35. Single Shot Guns, $2.50 to $12. revolvers. $1 to $20. Doule Action Self ~ockers,2.50J to $10. All kinds of Car ridges, Shells. Caps, Wads, Tools, Powder 'asks, Shot Pouches, Primers. Send 2 ets for Illustrated Catalogue. Address r. H. JOHNSTON, GREAT WESTERN KrLN WiORKS,' Pittsburg, Pa. Kanning Shaving Parlor. j AIR CUTTING ARTISTICALLY EX c. eeted, and shaving done with best 'azors. Special attention p~aidl to shampoo g ladis' heads. I have had considerable sperience in several large cities, and guar .te satisfactionl to my customers. Parlor Lext door to Mlanning Times SMYTH & Au ER, Factors anid Commissica -5 rchaieis, 1To~rtht Atlban-ic T37A7 a rf CIARLESTON. S. C. OTTO F. WIETERS, WHOLESALE GROCER, Wholesale Dealer in Wines, !..iouors and cigars, No. 121 East Bay, Ciarlestoni, S. C. OTTO TIEDEMAN & SONS, Wholesale Grocers and Provision 0ealers, 172, 174, and 176 East Bay Street, C -EA R Jr.s]E- S T, S._ C. F. J. PELZER, President. F. S. RODGERS, Treasurer. Atlantic Phosphate Company, C .T T S. C. MANUFACTURERS OF STANDARD FERTILIZERS, AND IMPORTERS OF PELZER, RODGERS, & CO., General Agts., BROWN'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Mn. M. LEvi, of Manning, will be pleased to supply his friends and the public gen. ally, with any of the above brands of Fertilizers. MOLONY & CARTER, COMiISSION MER CH ANTS. Dealers In Corn, Oats, Bran, Hay, Flour, Feed, 244 & 246 Meeting St., Opp. Pavilion Hotel, CHAILESTON, S. C. par-Contracts made for car load lots or Less. W. E. HoIES. LELAND Moo. W. E. HOLMES & CO., White Lead and Colors, Oils and Varnishes, Glass and Brushes, Mill and Naval Store Supplies. STREET LAMPS and LANTERNS.ofALL KINDS OFFICE, 207 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. ESTABLISHED 184-4. Charleston Iron Works, Manufacturers and Dealers in Marine Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers, Saw Mill Machinery, Cotton Presses, Gins, Railroad, Steam boat, Machinists', Engineersi and Mill Supplies. ?it-epairs executed with promptness and Di.patch. Sedfor price lists. East Bay, Cor. Pritehard St., Charleston, S. C. PUCKHABER BROS., Wholesale Bakery and CandyFat AGENTS FOR HOLMES & COUT.TS SEAFOAM W AFERS AND ENG 'BISCUT' 464 and 466 King St.._ CHRLESOWS. C. PERCIVAIL19EG. CO SASHES, DOORS AND BLINDS 478 to 48G Meeting~ St., CHARLESTON,S. C. THE BEST AID THE CHEAPEST, All goods guaranteed. Estimates furnished by return mail. Large stock, prompt shipments. Our goods do not shrink or warp. Geo. E. Toale & Company, 3IANUFAcTT'UErs OF AN;D wvioLr~s.r DEAiLE~is IN floors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, and General Building Material. Office and salesrooms, 10 and 12 HIayn. St. CHIARLESTON, S. C. OLD CLOTHES MADE NEW.. SEND YOUR DYEl-G TO) THE CHARLESTON STEAM DYE WORKS, All work guaranteed. :10 King St., CHIARL.ESTON, S. C. SMOKE HENO CICAR, THE BEST NOKL.E CIGAR SOLD. B. A. JOHNSON, Sole Agent, Mannintg, S. C. SOusL lSm4,Wolesale so state gent, 1:58IEast Bay., Ch~e ston. S. C. Lilienthal & Blohme, C A II O Ii TT A B I S, And dealers in Prepared Flour, Gist and Me.u, ::t> Hayi, Grlain, Flour, Mill Feed' 3,..a gd30 l~autiii St.. Cri.iu9LESTN. S.f(. Gome to Sumter BOLLANN BROTHERS, and inspect my large stock ot' Clothiing., ats, Shoes, Gents Furnisnir g Goods, Dr1 h ls l oods, Hardware, GroceriS Iinfware rockery, in fact everything that is kept in a irtcls Grocers, BENERAL. MERCHANDISE STORE, I will give miy customers spCial barainls and pay the highest prices for Hitdes, Furs, 137 and 109, East Bay, and all kinds of country produce. L. M. K AR E SH,CiULSLO,.. Liberty Street, Sumter, S. C. - -. HARLES C. LESLIE.JNI.WmaI. LH.QxO. JOHN F. WERNER & CO., Wholesale Grocers FISH, _AND Oiili MA?, Ai ETY Povision Dealers. Consignmients of poultry,- eggs, and alil A6 0 166 EastBa an 29& 3 kids of country produce are respeettally U Ba ad29& 3 olicited.VndeR ge )ffice Nos. 18 & 20Market St., E. of EastflBay CIHIAI E ST ON. S. C. - CJAR LE~SOX, S. c./