The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, April 25, 1894, Image 1

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Na VOL. IX. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 251 UNCONSTTU1HONAL. I THE SUPREME COURT SO DECLARES t 1. I HE DISPENSARY LAW. c Chief Justice McIver and Associate Mc- I I Gowan on One Side and Associ'te Jas- t ttee Pope on the other-What is Sid About the D4 c'aion. CQLmrBIA, S. C, April 19.-The long C expected decision of the State Suprem 9 Court in reference to the Dispensary y Law was filed today. The judgment ] of the Court was rendered by Chief U Justice Mclver, Associate McGowan concurring. Associate Justice Pope filed a dissenting opinion. The decis- r ion is a long one and contains fully 30, 000 words. It is for the most part a strictly legal view of the case but with t it all it has features that will be of ii- k tereat to everybody. The case was legally entitled: Chas. v S. McCullough vs. George Just Browne 0 et al and the State vs. Hentz Jacobs u J. C. H. Troeger, Jerome Fagan, J. R. 13 Byrd and Ben David. In the first in stance Judge Hutson rendered his fa mous decision and all the remainder cf w the cases come from Columbia the re- al sult of which is well known. In each w instance the Supreme Court sustains el the judgment of the lower court. V Judge McIver's decision is said el to be an able document and com pletely knocks out the Dispensary a Law. He says that the Attor- ti ney General during the hearing n had suggested to the court that the act tt of 1893 superseded the act of 1892 but di that no motion had been made by the hi State Attorney along that line and the d( court would consider, for the sake of di argumentthe two acts identical. Pro t ceeding in the decision Judge McIver 10 says that ordinarily the presumption is a] in favor of any act passed by the Leg- g islature being constitutional and re views at some length the nature, scope and object of the law. He declares that it violates two ar- a ticles of the Constitution namely the ai first and the fourteenth. The first ar- s" tielps declares all men free and equal w with right of enjoying liberty and tt property and the second guarantees 01 every man against being deprived of A his right to engage in any lawful busi- bt ness. These rights, the court observes, tI are derived from the creator rather 0 than from the government. The traffic and-liquor itself is not unlawful 'and n4 the law in so far as it forbids a citizen sa from engaging In it when the State is I allowed to conduct the same business ti null and void. E( The court next considers the question h' of the alleged police regulation of the ts trafic janer the dispensary law but ' concludes that ithas no such idea. The w whole scheme the court says is one to n' increase the ievenue of the State. The o State has no right to engage in busi ness in competition with her citizens. it Such an iaea is at variance with all w ideas of civil government. The power 1 given the State to engage In the liquor ti business by the last Legislature is out- = side and beyond the power conferred v1 upon the General Assembly by the peo- P ple. ti The court answers also the argument rf raised that because the State engaged b: in business of supporting colleges that ai she could also engage in the business tt of selling liquor. This is answered by T showing from authorities that educa- fi tion is a legitimate function of govern- 81 ment while selling liquor is not.- The above are some .of the leading ideas advanced by the majorty of the court M indeclaringthe law unconstitution. w Associate Justice Pope's dissenting 30 opinion covers nearly 100 pages of fools t~ cap. 'He argues chiefly that the whole IC law is constitutional from the fact that le the regulation of the lquor traffic Is a re -legitimate function of government and ri -he holds that the dispensary law is such p.j a regulation. He does not think the si prime object of it is the raising of a IC revenue. Chief Justice Mclver, who delivered e:1 the opinion,whillein no sensea polit- " clan, is understood to sympathize with pa the Straightout faction, and the same b. may be said of Justice McGowan, who c' concurred with him. Justice Pope is a ti Tmllnnite and was elected Attorney General when Tillman was first elected Governor in 1890. Justice McGowan's term expires in July, and Eugene B. f. Gary. until recently Tilimanite leuten ant governor was elected to succeed ~ him last December- It is surmised that an effort will be made to have the h law again submitted to the court after he takes his seat, when the court will C include a majority of Tillmanites.a Lawyers say, however, that an act de- . dlared unconstitutional cannot be re. CJ stored by the mere reversal of an opin ion;thatlit will be necessary fornt tos be again enacted by the Legislature be fore its constitutionality cafi have an- a other test,. The opponents of the administration t are jubilat over the decision of the n Supreme Court declaring the dispensary a law unconstitutional. The whiskey a men are more than jubilant over the i decision and whiskey Is being openly sold In many places in South Carolina tonight. The friends of the dispeasary law are not disheartened, despite the ' decision of the court. They believe the. law constitutional and believe that it i will yet triumph. Governor Tillman is known to be a man of many resources P and his opponents do not believe that " he will yield and close the dispensaries. E immediately after the decision was filed st-veralorders were;countermanded P uy the State dispensary. The "blind ~ tigers," which have never been especial. ly cautions In their operations in tis city, have sold whiskey today with con siderable more audacity than usual and ' have not been interfered with. The 1o- C cal dispensaries have been do ing bust-d ness as usual, it is probable tat ted bar keepers will not publicly resume 0 business until they have been 'advised T by their counsel, whose opinions theyS are now awaiting.t TEE DECISION DISCUSSED. t The Journal says the mrate House of- s ficialsseemed to have caught on te' the idea that the discussion would be ad-- tJ verse to them. There was a lot con- c. sulting among them, John Gary Evans sJ was an interested visitor at the state House. When he hear d of the dicision he said that it would make no differ- tt ence as the State wour'd tare care of te itself. When pressed to give som~e in- rt formation as to what the State expect- ti ed to do under the circumstances, he a said "simply wait and see." 1 Governor Tillman would only say b this much about the decision: "I c havn't read and don's know its scope ti yet, I have tried to enforce it because tl It was the law. The action of the court i makes it incumbent on me to take such | steps 88 my judgment will dictate to r protect the interests of the State and of the people. The matter Is not fin isbed. I will obey the court for the present and appeal to the supremest I court-the people." Governor Tillman was kept quite I busy today consulting with the various t officials and of course the decision was i the all abeorbinig topic. Governor Till- r man had nothing whatever to say on f the subject. He would express not opinion until the State authorities had g decided what to do. Attorney General Buchanan said that he did not know what would be done. He contendst however, that the decis-r >n of the court has no effect on the resent law L-ut simply decided on the tw of 1892. He did not explain wherein here was any radical difference in the iws. le is of the opinion that the ase can be appealed to the United tate courts as questions of Federal iw came up under it. He did not say ositively that such action would be aken though he intimated as much. ] Mr. Traxler said that as far as he ( as concerned he had received no or- , ers to stop business and that he would ntinue until oflicially notified to uit. He said that he has a lot of liquor i transit and he does not suppose that 2e decision will prevent him from pay ig for it. THE R.ESTLT DOUBTFUL. It cannot be told yet exactly what the sult will be. The dispensaries are Ill running and will not close at once. I 'here are so many legal loopholes that t ie State can take advantage of and I eep them running. The Supreme Court has ten days in hich to send down to the lower court ficial notification of their decision and t atil that time expires things will like- 1 remain as they are. EFFECT OF THE DECISION. The Register says the first thought bich entered the minds of the people ter they had learned of the decision as the effect which it will have-the feet on the State Dispensary, the ef et on the County Dispensary and the i feet in the way of reope.nig the sa- c ons. The truth is that the public is g ;sea. The decision, as known declares b Le law to be unconstitutional. The o tural conclusion from this would be a tat the Dispensaries would be imme- if ately closed. It must be remembered )wever, that the decision of the court >es not go to the lower court for ten &ys. Technically speaking the decis- 1 n is of no force until it reaches the v wer court, from which the case was v >pealed. Ten days may bring forth a eat deal. The State may take a hand 2 . some unexpected way and knock out e I the ideas which some of the more ju- ti iant now possess. There are almost c legion of things which could happen o id which may happen to change the 8 tuation of affairs. Nobody knows hat is going to take place. Not even c Le best lawyer will give any definite a >inion on these tantalizing questions. a good lawyer yesterday said that he -lieved the saloons could open in t relve hours if the proprietors wished. n thers were in doubt. v As far as appearances went there was i ) change in the State and city Dispen- p ries. At the State Dispensary the p sual force was on duty. The authori- 1 es had expected the decision and bad ti me on with their worK as if nothing a Ld happened. All the whiskey in the nks was bottled some time ago. p hen asked what the authorities ould do a reporter was informed that thling would be done until a meeting b the State Board of Control is held. A Reform leader yesterday said that was possible that no furtner fight ll be made by the State and that the d ispensary law will be submitted to P e people as a constitutional amend- a ent. It is believed that it would be a ted in by thousands maj-irity. If the s ople decide to put it in the Constitu- b on the jaw will ther be beyond the d ach of the courts. If no fight is made a r the State an interesting question b iscs as to what the State wilt do with e big stock of whiskies on hand. his stock can be disposed of at good ;ures and without much loss to the ate. WHISKEY 3EN JUBILANT. ti CHARETON, S. C., April 20.-The c hws of the Supreme Court - decision LI as received here with very general re- ii iing. It was not many minutes at- e r the first news reached the city be- a re every body seemed to know it. Bnl- e tis were posted in various places and c staurants and "soft drinks" resorts set their sideboards with bar para- 5, ehalia not seen In South Carolna cce last June. Most of the old sa-. on men are getting ready to resume isiness. Chico, who has figured so :tensiygly In the courts in conne".tion 11 ith a violation of the dispensary law, . iraded the street with a barrel and a u oom and an American flag. It was ti rtamily a day of general rejoicing on t te parb'of the whiskey men. o De fies His Traducers. LAURENs, S. C., April 14.-A picnic union of Company G. 3d South Caro aa Infantry Veterans, known in the ar as the "Briars." was held at Power a day in this county. A crowd of four ~ indred people was addressed by Col. 9 J. Crittenden and Col. J. A. Hoyt, of u reenville, Col. B. W. Ball, of Laurens, 3 id Adjutant and Inspector General a arley, all confining themselves to in-p dents of the war.d Congressman Shell, a veteran of the o ame regiment and a guest of the occa on, spoke in defence of his record ast leader of the Reform movement and 2swered the charges against him. In te course of his speecb he strongly de anced those who had attacked him a deserter, charging that those so t to cry out "Treason deserved watch-t ig themselves. The party crying e lef, as a rule, is himself a- natural orn thief." The crowd: "That's pretty bard Cap un; that's pretty hard.' Shell replied in dramatic tones: "But ,is true, though; it is true." The speaker .declared that he was roud that he had been instrumental having Joseph B Kershaw appoint 1 to office. The time has come when armony and unity among the white eople of the State should prevail. hose who denounced him lived by I itation and could only su'cceed by eeping up a racket. He reiterated his declarati'n that he 'ould withdraw from politics at the ose of his present term In Congress. Resolutions or condolence on the2 eath of Gen. Kershaw, their old corn tander, were passed by the veterans. he bulle'-riddled battlellag of the 3d auth Carolina regiment was paraded. he veterans were commanded during ie day by B. WV. Lanfos d, the ranking irvivor. County Auditor 0. G. ho npson, wno was a boy member oft se company, was called on before the ose or the meeting and made a brief eech. ~ Cie BERLIN, April 14.-This morning e police found the dead body of a Sis r of Mercy lying by the side of the )ad leading to Grun-wald forest on, ie outskirts of the city. The bodiy, 'as partly concealed by some bushels. he throat of the unfortuonste woman ad been cut and an exami;'ation dis losed the tact that she had been 'fnal reated betore being murdered. Ne-ar -e spot where the body was found 1 rere evidences of a desperate struggle t nd some footprints of a man which iay lead to the arrest of the tirder er. Alter Gaiard. CHARLOTTSVILLE, Va., April 1.- ( t B. Guard, who Tnnrsday afternoon ist shot Miss Laura E. Martin at I inion Station in this city, was taken I o Santion at 5:30 this afternoon. This cion was taken, it is understood, at he request of the prisoner's councel,1 or the reason that an attempt would e made tonight to lynch Guards. Dili-i :ent inquiry leads to the belief that the 1 ears o the attorney were groundless.!I liss Martin is getting along niceC: I d there are strong hopes of her ulti naercoey MISCHIEF BREWING. rhe Republicazs Cailed Upon to Regihte and Work. COLUMBIA, S. C.. April 19-Eery A. Braton, the member of the Republ an Executive Commi ttee f:om tis -.at ias gotten up a flamicg address t, the .1epublicans of the State. in whh i he aills upon them in the most in nuatMio vay to "basten to register? OrLir iP v such important moves as this by 'hc .epublicans is eo-ie on the qi:t Iui u his case the chairman has come ou t in bold way and called upon his fellow 1epublicans to register and prepare for he coming election. Apparently the nost inportant consideration seems to >e in the constitutional qu-ation aud the. ossibility of annulling the 2 per cent. ex for schools, fixing an educational and roperty qualification !or the elective ranch'se, establishing the cbainuang and hipping Dost, and other obnoxious rovisions," are held up as the red flags o the colored voter. What there is he ind the call on the Republicans to pre are f~r action remamns to ba seen, ut it is evident that there is somethimsi p in the Republican camp, as the fol )wing address indicatee: 'Only three registrat!on days remain. t is the duty of every Republican who i not registered, or who has lost his ertificate, or changed his residence, to G to the supervisor at t'ie couty court ouse on the first Monday in May, June r July, and obtain a certificite. The pproaching election will be one of vast nportance and great opportunities to ie Republicans. The scheme to set side the State Constitution and mak'e a ew one should instantly arouse the oters. It is fought with dznre:- and in olves momentous cbanzes, among hich are probably the annulling of the. per cent. tax for schoole, 'ixicg an ducation and property qulfklauon far ie elective fcanchise, establishin t the iain gang and whipping post, end other bnoxious provisions. The new Con atution will not be submitted to the eople for ratification; so that the only ance to defeat- the seteme will be at the ext election, when the question for or gainst the Constitutional Convention is > be voted on. No Repulican who does ot have his registration certifcate can ote. The danger is imminent, and ose who.now fail to exercise their :ivileges will be responsible f)r the de ivation of the rights,liberties and privi -2es granted by the present Constiiu on. The hostility and disinters.tion mong the Democrats affords a cuince >r the R -publi:-ans to exercise their oliucal rights. D, not throw te op ortunity away. It remiss or recrean t may be the last chance many will ave to vote in South Carolna. The ole country is sick uf D mocratic ru-e U9 incaacity. A revolt agaiust the eplorable condition into which it has lunged the country, and tre diRtress ad poverty brought upon the people, is ow sweepiag over the land The rongholds of Democracy in the North ave been overthrown, and the S .uth it oomed to a break-up. Tie principl., ad policy of the RB;,ublicti pr Y au eine vindicated. In this i-ate the wax open to elect seven Repu lican n ressmen and defeat nostiie Democratic gislators as well as to preserve Consu itional rights from destrucl.i- n. If svs -matic meLhods are adopted M each Dunty to enumerate and organize e registered voters by farming them to clubs it will result in separadoig the tive and useinl voters frotui t.:te drones nd be a stimulus to registration. Tne mergency is crit:cal, and the call to uaty imperative: Therefore. Republi ins, and register. Be' alive to your iterests and responsibilities. A man rho is not registered is not a von'r, hay ig no more voice in the affairs of de State than a woman, a felon, or a inatic, and is a political." The colored R~publicans are more iterested in the constitutional conven on than any others, as they believe dat should a~ new Constituti )n be ad oted it would have some such restric ons as was arlopted in Mississippi, rhich whould materislly decrease the olitical strengtli of the Republicans. ke ot the leaders, in convere ation with representative of The State re arked that it was high time for the Re ulicans cf South Carolina to be oak g a last e fiort for political freedom. ix-Collector E. A. Webster, of O0 - ngebre, is chairman of the rebublican art in this State, and whether the ad res has been ishued wIth his appr;;val r not does not happen to be known, ud it is barely possibie that Mr. Bras - mn has undertaken a task in which h:e rill not meet with the cooperation of his rother Republicans.-State. A New Railroid. AUGSTA, April 16.-1t is said that he Louisville and Nash ville R ailroad annot saddle its road witn the South arolina Road at seven million dollars vhen they can buy the Port Rvyal and Lugusta Railroad for one million dol ars and build a line from Fairfax, S. X., to Charleston, sixtv-five miles, at a ot of $600,000, giving them a line rom Augusta to Charleston eighteen lles shorter than the South Carolina dad, besides giving them the shortest me fr.?m Augusta to Savannah. In hort. at a, cost of tw'o miilions the louisville and Nashville can have a ie to tne sea, covering Charleston, ?ort Royal and Savannah, infinitely su erior to the South Carolina RilIway, ed save to their stockholders fiv.e aillion dollars. It comes from a relia ie source here that the Louisville and ashville is figuring on this plan and pects to soon buy the Port Royal and Lugusta and build the connections. ews and Courier. A Scandai. DALINGTON April 18.-Mr. Ii, - icarborugh, a reputable citirzeu, hns orwarded to the Governor an aillhvii a which he- states that Mr. J. K. K r 'en, chairman of the board M: control, ffsred to secure him the jpo&:iin of nispenser on condition that (S.ar orugh) would give him $10 per Louth com his salarv. He fartner states that itven wanted him to appoint a nephew 4f his (K'rven'k) clerk, an said that hey coula then iun the dispensary ta ut themselves. The afidavit noes on o state that both ttffers were dec~lit edl .nd that then Kirveu used nis lulleoc o ave other man appomnted'..ar ~orough is a Reformer, but is lked rr, he people of both facrbus .S e. Convlcted. AIKEN, S. C., A pril 14 --The case o f ~ss corley,- cnarated wi'a the aarder f Henry Corley, his brotner. wbi-i he orthe turee days past occupidl t be ourt of General StSSIJin. cont'r d tere, was given' to the jury this ator oo. In something e5ss tweC uve iours a verdiec. of "guilt " wit h recom; nend tion of mercy w as reached. I h revailing opinion is that the verdikct s just one, though many trinrk tha~t he clause recommending mercy shiouila ive been omitted. Hon. 0. C. Jordan issisted the Solicitor in the pros~cu1t In c'hile Messrs. Henderson Bros. and To. R. C lao nducted the rdefenne FARLEY SPEAKS. b HE G;VES HKS VERSION OF THE DAR- I LINGTON AFFAIR. c ThM Adjutant and Inspoet-r General Has 1 s Sormethlog to Say as te His Connection rith the Re-cent Trouble-He Obeyed n Order3 fnd Worked for Peace. C G E ENVIL LE, S. C., April 19.-Gen. IIuzh L. Parley was in Greenville a l ew days ago en route to the reunion p of his old command in Laurens county. ii - a IUpon meeting with him at the Man- s sion House the editor of the Mountain- p eer asked him a few questions concern- ti iug the recent stirring events in this p S ate, with which he was so promi- s nenty and intimately connected, and v he very courteously complied with the t request to talk on the subject. His ob- i ser vations are so pertinent and forci- e: ble, revealing the inward history of h events at Darlington and Florence, si .that we propose to share with the pub lic the interesting statement made by b Gen. Farley. He is absolutely fair in ti the statements made concerning past c events, and his comments upon the pO- a litical situation will not fail to com mand attention. His conservatism as b a citizen and public official is no less tl marked than his devotion-and sinceri- o: ty as a Reformer, for he was one of the v earliest and staunchest advocates of c, the measures which crystalized the Far- n mers' Movement and upon which the q campaign of 1890 was fought. V "General, it seems that some of the a] newspapers are trying to make it ap- is pear that there was antagonism bA- al tween yourself and Governor Tillman h, with reference to the conduct of affairs B at Darlington and Florence during the al recent troubles. Would you object to f( giving the true inwardness of the g whole matter?" it "On the contrary, I am anxious that rl the matter shall be put perfectly rigtit, ai out of justice to both Governor Till- P: man and myself.' Let us at least at- pi tempt to be fair to Governer TIllman, Si because there is so much partisanship SE and misrepresentation at this time that c every occurrence is made use of for 01 some one or other political purpose. ti From the beginning of this trouble it there was an attempt made to make cE me say things that I did not say. For hi instne, that I had said and telegraph- vi ed to Goveroor Tillman from Darling ton soon after my arrival that there si was no insurrection, no need for mar- pi tial law and no need for troops, which I did not say at all. I am too old and n exp-rienced an officer to be guilty of fit the presumption of volunteering my to opinious to my superinr unless asked p< for them. Any one reading my report w will se that Governor Tillman simply M ijstructed me to keep him advised as w to the true situation, and it will also ft be seen th it these instructions were if simply complied with. Kuowing my St duty, I kept my mouth closed and hi awaited orders, giving no information ai to any one. If Governor Tillman had is askea my advice in regard to such mat- h rers I would have given it frankly and It cordially, but I was only told to remain br at Darlington and take command of of any troops that might be ordered to sc lhat Doinr,. Wlen I received . ho infor- pt mat;oa that troops were on their way at I communicated that fact to the mayor ot and citizens of Darlington, as I was in- if structed to do by the Governor's tele- pe gram, and then took steps to secure a Si proper and orderly reception of Gen. ct Ricnbourg's command. I have never pE intendied to give public expression to rii my opinion as to the necessity of send- to ing troops to Darlington, because it is fo niot consistent with my position as Ad- to jutant General to criticise the actions Sc of my superior officer, the chief execu- ar tive of the State. I deemed it quite tr sufficient to keep him posted as to the m stuation so that he could exercise his fiu own discretion, because th~e responsi- n< bilsty rested upon him. Since it has m been made to appear, however, that I rt did these things, and since I am reliev- th ed from the official obligation of keep- m ing silent, out of justice to both Gover- g< nor Tillman and myself, I do not hesi- tb tate to say what would have been my m advice if he had sought it. ax 'When the riot occurred in Darling- at ton, the information received by the m Governor was necessarily meagre, and at during the riot there was, of course, a tr total suspension of all law. If the troops in Columbia had been allowed to obey orders, I am satisfied that the power of the civil law would have been L restored within twenty-four hours or It: thirty six hours. WVhile I found peace o' and quiet in the town of Darlington,it el was the calm after the storm. I do not It hesitate to say that some military force in addition to the local militia, was necessary for the restoration of the status existing prior to the outbreak. C) Governor Tillman may have been mis taken to the exact measures or amount H of force necessary to restore the status, but I do not think that any impartial observer would blame him for taking H ample steps to bring the community back to its normal condition. Indeed, N after we had been thwarted in our first tfrts to secure troops, he could not A r-inquish his purpo e of restoring or der without sacrifiemg the dignity of the State and apparently surrendering fc the prerogativTes of his office. Any other course would have made it ap- et pear to the outside world that his 'A hands were tied and his official power was paralyzed, and the moral effect re would have been irremediable. The ye fact that Constable McLendon had ni been taken from the jail and carried to a place of safety in order to escape ti lynching. (much to the relief of the good citizens of Dailington, as I nap- Li< pen to know.) is conclusive evidence ri that the civil law was not deemed suffi tE cient to control the situation. Without ti sulicient force the investigations that N were nec.'ssary in Darxington, more tc particularly the inquest, which was f< and ought to have been held, could not have been made with satt ty, because it was imperatively necessary that the const ab!es sh:;uld be present to testity. te Ein necessity wa.s not so great at Flor- w i-nce, but the presence of the troops at st eithe?.r or botn places did no h-arm, and jg gave assurance to the world that South h; Caroina was capable of restoring or- J der and maintaining peace within its hi borders " 'Was~ there any clash between your- ti saf ?,' the G .vernor, and are there rr an dili-rences betwixt you?" p "T'ree are ne personai differences ci except of~ political opinion on some b: woior m ht:ers. I see that '3trenuous u ff >rts .tre being wade to create such tI au in ression hy puttingh forced con- ci srucuon upon the tel ram which s< pase mregard to my course at ior- j3 ec.Tue mxatte-r Was very easily ex pli:,ed and settled between us, and it ugnit to be clear from my report that there was a raisapprehension on his t< part as to the c-ourse I was puirsuing. g 1:Ns iss tevident, too, from the marked c< cuu!rast of bia last telegr-am to roe wi: h V t hose whi ih proceededi, in w hic b he si e*sins me to) coothe rather 1 hanl ag u rva:. the cituation, act with vigor h where I thought it was safe, and en- 1.3 trsted everything to my own discre- 0. tien iin accordance with his general or- e: "Genorat, would you mind saying a1 what un tirA~ as~ to the riot heIng' I ecidental or did it have a political earing?" "'he personal fight or beginning ras purely accidental, but the riot hich followed it arose out of the ex tement produced by -;he enforcement f the dispensary law. The public uind was evidently in an inflammable :ate, or the thing would have been npossible." "Is there anything of political sig ificance in the response made by the eople and a part of the miiitia after olumbia and Charleston had refused ) obey ?" "Of course, there are always some artisans on such occasions, but a rge majority of those who responded na of those wt-o were ready to re ?ond were influenced by a patriotic urpose to restore good order, support le existing laws of the State, and to revent the overthrew of the consti ;ituted authorities of the State. It ould not do to ascribe their conduct > a desire for the promotion of the po tical ends of any faction or to the idorsement of any special law. Thoy ad higher aims and purposcd in their ipport of the State government." "Is the danger over, and will there 3 any further trouble arising from ke execution of the dispensary law? r what is the reai cause of the present gitation in oouth Carolina?" "I have said as much as I intended, it since you ask the question will add tat I fear it is not, unless the methods enforcing the dispensary law are ry carefully handled. As to the real imse of the trouble, I would say it is ,oney, money, money, instead of li ior, liquor, liquor. It is the profit ature of the law which will eventu ly have to go. One hundred per cent. too great a temptation for the aver ce 'blind tiger' to resist, even though may risk his life in yielding to it. esides, the 'tiger' is blind to any mor wrong on his part in selling liquor r profit when he sees the State en ged In the same business. Legaliz g it in his mind does not change the oral aspect. Kill the profit feature id you kill the blind tiger. Let the ofits remain in the pockets of the ople, which is the best treasury the ate can have. The remedy would em to be a modification and simpliti .tion nf the law, by the abolishment the State dispensary, the substitu 2n of a simple purchasing and audit g agent, relegating control of the lo ,1 dispensaries to the counties and >ding the right of local option in olable." "General, is there any thing to be ecially dreaded in the coming cam Jgn ?" "Well, you know that I sounded a te of warning in my Christmas Re ctions of last year, when I appealed all parties for greater moderation in litical action and discussion. That arning has since been repeated by e, and I must confess that I look Lth great anxiety to the immediate ture. I see no real cause for conflict the right spirit prevailed in the ate, because all of the reforms we ve advocated are accomplished facts d dead issues. The dispensary law not a reform measure of itself, nor s been adopted by the Reform party must be made one before they feel und by it. Outside of the desire for ce, tre dispensary seems to be the ie cause of dissension. I know our ople, that they are brave and fearlesi, d they are not even afraid of each her. We may well ask the question, this is the beginning of the cam ign, what will be the end of it? trely we can come down to the dis ssion of so small a matter in a dis ssionate way, and it behooves every .$t thinking citizen of either faction consider well the abyss that lies be re us. If this excitement is allowed increase, there is great danger that uth Carolina will soon become an med camp of iloubting, hating, dis tiul factious which at any moment ay be brought into bioody,riotous con ct. The result would be doubtful, and one would be benefitted, while the asses of our people would have only in and desolation staring them in e face, and the United States govern ent alone could restore peace and mod order. Much will depend upon e courage and self-control of the oderate men in both factions. They e the only hope of the State in such Semergency. They are largely in the ajority, and their highest interest i patriotism demand that they con )1the situation.' Kohthts of Honor. COLUMIA, S. C., April 20 -The Grand ige of the Knights of Honor began Ssession yesterday morning at 9 lock. The first business was the ction of oflicers for the ensuing year. resulted as follows: Past Grand Dictator-J. C. Sheppard. Grand Dictator-N. W. Trump. Grand Vice Dictator-R. T. Caston, ieraw. Grand Assistant .Vice Dictator-L. .Wannamaker, Orangebarg. Grand Cbaplain-A. Buist, Biackvlle Grand Guide-M. B. McS weeny, ampton. Grand Reporter-G. W. Hollatd, ewberry. Grand Treasurer-J. T. Robertson, bbeville Grand Guardian-T. W. Todd, Senaca Grand Sentinel-J. J. Vernon, WVell Grand Trustees-W. HI. Day, Flor ce; G. E. T. Sparkman, Georgetown .A. Templetoo, Abbeville. N. W. Trump was elected as supreme presentative for the term of two ars and M. A. Carlisle as his alter It was thought expedient to discon ue the office of Grand Lecturer. teps will be taken by the Grand Of :ers to advance the order. Resolu; ans of thanks were adopted for cour ses rendered by the railroad authori s and by the people of Columbia. early all of t-1e miimbers who cam the city left on the afternoon train r their homes. Butchered. FLORENCE, April 16.-To-day Wal r Britt ano Willam Johnson. colored ere going fishing. Brirt cursed John an. They Doth began fighting, when ritt whipped outa butcher knife that he id concealed in his bosom and slashed ihnson's lef t arm and side. It was a rrible gash and big enough to lay a an's list in. Thie point or the blade uched the heart and death was al ost instantaneous. The affray hap aned at Perry's brick yard near the >rprate limits. Brtt was captured r Alderman J. F. Stackley and locked p. Coroner Bunch held an inquest is afternoon. The verdict was i ac >rdance with the above~ facts. John >n was a Marion darky, Britt is a erkeley negro of the meanest ty pe. A Danble Murder. A LTIM'RE, Md., April 19-A special I'hue World from Centreviile, Md., .ves the details of a double murder >mitted near that place last nigh'. Tilliam Jackson, a negro farm hand, ruck his employer, George R. Leager, ih a hitchet, frightlully cutting his ?ad, after wards shooting and instant illiug him. Ire, the forteen-year d son of Leager, rushed to his tath *'s assistance with a pitchfork, and as fatally shot. The negro is in jail Centreville. Hie says he came from nialri, A rk. A CALL FOR CLUBS. ANOTHER LETTER FROM GENERAl HAMPTON ON THE SUBJECT. What Chauccey F. Black, Prebldent of thi National Aesociation, Thinks Ab)ut thA - Organizetion of State Democratic Clubs He Dtflns their Object. To the Editor of the State: The following letter was addressed t( me recently by the Hon. Chauncey F Black, ihe president of the "Nationa Association of Democratic Clubs," anc as it is so forcible a plea for the organ ization of these clubs throughout tht country, I deem its publication impor tant. As vice president of the leagui for South Carolin., it iz ay- dttore spond to the call of the president, an as my views on the subject lie has sc ably presented are in full accord witi his, that duty becomes in this case s pleasure. In my judgment if there ever was: time when the great Democratic partl depended for its permanence, its ver3 existedce, on the unity of its members it is now, when false creeds and fals4 prophets threaten to destroy it. This I regard as eminently the case in Soutt Carolina, where many of our trues men have been led astray by thd pro mulgation of political heresies, claimed by their advocates to be true "Jeffer sonian Democratic principles." The vast majority of the whites im South Carolina are at heart staunch and loyal Democrats, and they would not knowingly imperil their party, so when warned as they are In such strong and truthful language by one of the ablest leaders of the Democracy, as Governor Black has always been, of the dangers threatening the party. I have faith that they will rally to the sup. port of the only party which promises peace, prosperity and protection to the South. My function as vice president of the National Lesene is to present to the people of South Carolina, the views and wishes of the President. If they are in accord with him as to the dangers ahead of us, and the vital importance of prompt action in order to avoid them, I shall gladly give all aid in my power to the formation of Democratic clubs. I therefore urge all Democrats who stand ou the national platform to or gauize promptly these clubs, to which jpvery true Democrat will be ellgible as a member. WADE HAMPTON, Vice President, National Association of Democratic Clubs. GOV. BLACKS LETTER. YORK, P&., March 1, 1894. My Dar Sir: At the recent meeting of the executive committee of the Na tional Association of Democratic Clubs at which you were good enough to ap pear as vice president for South Caro lina, it was resolved to push the organ izationof Democratic societies through out the Union with all the energy at our commond. We believe that this is especially nec essiry in the South, rot only for the reasons heretofore given publicly by you, and personally to the committee but for similar reasons advanced by many distinguished leaders of the De mocracy in that section. The really great interests of the South, that is to say, unhindered by any intermeddling central power at Washington. freedom of elections and the development of her vast agricultural possibilities, unvexed by adverse and oppressive Federal tax ation, depend entirely, it appears to me, upon the continuance of the Dem ocratic party in national power, and that, again, upon the intimate and cor dial association of the Democracy in Southern States with the Democracy Neth and West. We should know but a single platform of principles and we should be animated by but a single purpose. Our interests .are not diver gent but complementary. Whatever injures you, Injure us, whether the in juries be to your liberties, as citizens of our common country, or to your commerce, or to your agriculture, or to any other industry. But unfortunate ly Southern Democrats, since recon struction, forgetting to some extent the hideous perils they had passed, and relying upon their great natural ma jorities, have, in some places, neglected their organization, allowing strange heresies to arise and fatal divisions to threaten the party. I am not Ii~tend ing to say that this is peculiar to the South. It is too frequent elsewhere. Is there a remedy ? It seems to me plain. With the sa-iacity of an expe rienced and enlightened statesman, you have very clearly poInted it out, and so have many other devoted Southern men. You need to maintain the clos est political relations with your Daimo cratic brethren in the Unicn. You want to embody your people upon dis tinct Democratic principles, In a dis tinct Democratic organization, which embraces the entire-cnuntry,and moves with a common impulse. Heretofore we have met only In the national cam paigns, but there our relations cease. There is no further intercommunication Hat a system of Democratic societies, embracing the whole Union, active every year, and all the year,unlting the great multitude of primary societies in State and national associations, in con stant fraternal correspondence and in warmest sympathetic touch one with another, is, it seems to me, the ideal practical relationship which should pre vail between us. Such an organization is presented by the National Associa tion of the Democratic Clubs. Its principles are thus formulated in the second article of the Constitution: The objects of this assoication are as follows: To foster the formation of perman ent Democratic clubs and societies throughout the United States, and in. sure their active co-operation in dis seminating Jeffersonian piinciples ol government. To preserve the Constitution of the United States, the antonomy of the States, local self-government, and free dom of elections. To resist revolutlonary charges and the centralization of power. To oppose the Imposition of taxes be. yond the necessities of government economically administered. To promote economy in all branches fo the public service. To oppose unaesessary commercial restrictions for tne beneit of the'fe w at the expense of the many. To appose class legislation, whicb depoils labor and builds up monopoly. To maintainl inviolate the fundamen tal prinlciples of D)emocracy-"Equal ity before the law." Co co-operate with the regular or gazition of the Democratic party in support of Democratic men and Demo. cratic measures. These propositions embody only in disputable Democratic d. ctrines. Thbey are in general terms, the faith of the f ounders of the party, and of all true Democrats of this, as of preceding gen erations. That statement of them was not only adopted by the first nat ional convention of Democratic clubs at Baltimore in 1888, and readopted by t~he second national convention at New York in 1892, but it has been for cratic societies from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and by thousands of primary societies, members of the State societies and of the National Association. C in you suppose a more perfect guarantee of future harmony upon sound princi ples than such a mighty brotherhood of Democrats, North, South East and West ready to encourage and def end the party, in whatever section asialled ? Such an organization, holding to the letter of the Constitution and the strict construction commandments of our fathers, as the indispensable conditions of the continuance of our repuolican in stitutions, would, in a very few years, make this country permanently Demo cratic, and in the meantime, it would, if generally adopted In the Sonthern States, secure them against the tem porary inroads of third parties pro yoked by momentary, 'IW 1nd propos constitutional measures of relief. If, in addition, your people will re member, that the Democratic society was the original organization of the entire Democratic party; that it was only by means of the Democratic socie ties that Democrats address each other, or the world, in the earliest days of the repub'lic; that it was the expedient of Jefferson and his compeers; that, in deed, the popular club has ever been the most efficient engine popular agi tation; that the thunders of the Demo cratic societies of the South were heard from endto endof the land in the first struggle between Democracy and Federalism, and that the .societies of Virginia and South Carolina were specially conspicious in'those times, when the everlasting foundations of our deathless party were laid, they will accept the propositition to institute them anew with the greater alacrity. I suggest that you consider this sub ject at your earliest convenience, and that you ask, in the way you deem best the co operation of the Democratis of South Uarolina in the institution of a system of D3mocratic societies, which shallembrace every election district in your State. Each of them should be enrolled with the National Association, Lawrence Gardner, secretary. Wash ington D. C. and at.tie proper.time, you will doubtless consider it advisable to call a State convention of deputies from the several societies to form the Democratic society of South Carolina. I remain with .great respect, very truly yours, CIAUNCEY F. BLACK . HoN. WADE HA31PTON. MELLO'S FLEET SURR ENDERS To the Brsz Dan minister at Basnor Ayres. BuENos AYEES, April 17.-The re mains of the Brazilian rebel fleet, com manded by Admiral DeMello, which ar rived off this port last night, are the snb ject of exchanges of telegraphic messa ges between the authorities of this place and the Brazilian government, through theBrazihan minister here. The rebel ships are the Republic, Meteor Iris, Urano and Esperanza. Toey are in a very dilapidated condition and rebsla on board of them are suffering from sick ness, wounds and lack of propsr food supplies. Their temporary wants have been supplied, withe-consent of the Brazilian minister, who has received ad vices from Rio De Janeiro, saying that general amnesty would be granted to the insurgent rank, and file, and that the Brazilian government will pay the quiar aiitine expsnses of the ships it they are surrendered to the Brazilian minister. Consequently the Argentine govern ment, with the consent of the rebel lea ders, is now superintending the delivery of the five war vessels to the minister and this will have been acccmphished by the time this dispatch reaches the United States. The crews of the rebel ships are being disembarked at the Lazaretto here and will be cared _for until farther orders are received i-om Rio Da Janeiro. It is believed that when tne men and ships are mn a proper condition, they will re join the Brszilhlan vessels under the government officers and return t> Rio De Janeiro. President Piexoto government has no tified the government of Uruguay that the expenses and the passage money come of the insurgents who ladded in the department of Rocha, Uruguay, will be pid by the Brazilhan goveinnment, and that they may all, with the exce: tion of the leaders, return to Brazil, wutn no fear of being aeverely panished for the part which they have taken in t'1e rebellion. It is understood that Pf-esi dent Piexoto, in adopting this wise and lenient policy has acted under the advice of a foreign power, which has the inter ests of the Republic of Braz I at heart. Nothing seems to be known cof the ultimate desttnation of . Admiural De Mello and Gen. S algado, thoush it is be lieved that the former will take the ear liest opportunity of escaping to some foreign country where he can hids him self for the rest of his life. 02all sides, the utmost contempt is expressed for Ds Mello, whose desertion &i Admiral D Gamais loked upon as being a piece of cowardly treachery which even the Ad miral's most intimate supporters con demn. To such an extent does this fe.el ing prevail, that it is openly stated that Da Gama proposss to seek out Adlmiral De Mello and compel him to meet him in mortal cjmbat. ['hose who should know Admiral De Mello, the best, be lieve that he will take care to avoid any such meeting. If the rebel admii al falls into the hands of President Piexoto there is littLe doubt but that he will be promptly tried by court-martial and shot. _________ A River Rlyitery. AUGUiSTA, April 20.-News comes from Sylvania that three dead bodies have been caugnt at Brier Creek that were floating down the S avannah river. The report says that an unknown white man was found a few days ago lodged against some bushes in the sa vannah River near t he mouth of Brier Creek. He was discovered by Mr. Pey ton Vickery, who notified the coroner. The latter went down yesterday and held an inquest, after which the body was buried in the swamp. The body ad been In the water over a week. There was nothing on him by which h'e could be identified. He wa.s well dressed, but no papers of any kind or anything else was found in his pockets. The body had evidently Ilbated down the river, but from how far up is not known. About two weeks ago Mr. Vickery also found the dead body of a negro lodged against a snag near the mouth of the creek in the river an.d an other body, whether white or black, he could not tell, several weeks prior to that time. There seems to be same thing wrongsomiewhere ailong the ci er. Can it be any of tne dro-vne~ i men are from Augusta ?-Chro'nicle. Murdered. LouIsVILLE, Ky., Apri ls.-From Pike County same the news today that the notorious Frank Pilips, a promin ent participant in the Hatfield-McCoy feud, has been killed, also Detective William Bevins. They were shot near the Virginia border by the Pickett boys, wbo killed old man Ferrell recsntly in Logan County, West Virginia. The murde~ed men were trying to cap JUDGE LYNCH IN 0HI0. A hORRIBLE CR!ME SPEED;LY AND JUSTLY PUNISHED. A Woman 81 Years O:d Brutally Oat raged by a Negro-The Military Guard tthe .1all Withdrawn and the Criminal Hung. CLEVELAND, 0., April 15.-Speedy justice was meted oat to a colored rape tiend at Rusbsylvania, a small place near Bellerontaine tonight. The wretch was Seymour Newland, his victim Mrs. Jane Kuowles, a respectable white wo man 81 years old. 3he was terribly in. jured by the fiend. When alone in her onuse last night, Newland entered and with6ut a word assaulted her. She was awaked by the noise he madia-icoming into the bedroom. She attempted fo scream, and the negro btutally slapped his hands across her mouth and forced her back on her pillow. S-1e fought des. perately, but her feeble strength was soon exhausted. le abused her in the most fiendish manner and left her in a pitiable condition. After he bad gone she dragged herself to a neighbor's house and aroused the inmates. She told the story in a few broken sen tences and then sank helplessly at their feet. Without toss of time otber folks were aroused. The news of the assault trav eled like wild fire, and in a short time nearly the entIre populace of the vil lage was acquainted with the story and a search for Newland begun. The mob caught Newland a few miles from town and messengers were dispatched rar a rope to hang him with. While waiting for the zope Sheriff Sullivan arrived on the scene and after considerable diffi. culty induced the excited citizens to turn the cowering wretch over to him. Newland was taken to ihe lock-np, a little plank shell, and a strong guard placed. outside. The excitement became so intense that the sher.ff called for the militia from Bellefontaine. A company q2ick ly arrived and formed a hollow equare around the fimsy prison. The sight of the soldiers seemed to enrage the mob which hung around the vicinity. Loud threats of an attack were made by them. In some maaner one of the mob had succeeded in placing several dynamite bombs beneath the cell in which the negro was locked. the object being to blow him up. Tne arrivat of the militia prevented the plan to destroy the negro. The fact that the bombs were there was disclosed to the sheriff and he removed them. FinalJy yielding to the entreaties of the people, he oc dered the militia to. withdraw and local guards replaced the armed force. The crowd was just in the mood for a , lynchinz. Abou* 9:30 o'clock they ithered arcuead the frail structure in a determined body. The guards offered no resistance and atter being pushed aside the building was overturned with rails gathered tromi neighboring fences. Ready hands were laid on Newland, who howled with terror and fought sav agely. He was knocked down and a rope placed about his neck. Then with wild yells the mob dragged him over the ground to a small cotton wood tree some distance away. Oae ei was thrown over a limb, and the wretch was raised bv the neck until he stood erect. A jury was drawn and a mock trial commenced hat it was abruptly termi minated, as the mob wa: too impatient to wait. The doomed negro kept up an incessant groaning and anpeal for mercy and was only stopped when with a sud den jerk, he was sent skyward. There he was held until dead. Newland was an exconvict and had once before been found guilty of rape. Mrs. Knowles, Newland's victim, is in a critical conditioni. and not expected to live. t >sas for Jadze jWIson. WASHINGTON, Aprii 16.-Judge Jere hi. Wilson, wnose eloquent plea for the advancement of women in the closing speech for Madeline Pollard gaine:1 for him a fine bouquet of L s France roses from Miss Mary Desha, sister of Col. Breckinridge's late wife, Mrs. Dan. Waugh, Miss Nettie L. White, Miss Louis Lowell and others, has sent the toilowing letter of acknowledgement: "My Dear Miss WThite: I bag that you Will receive for, and communicate to the "twenty-eight woman" mention ed in your note, my thanks for .the flowers; and I beg you also to assure them that looking back over a long pro fessional career, soon to close, there is nothing in it all that will be more gratifying to me than to have it said, if it be said, that I have con-. tribute to the advancement of wo men, ai the establishment of a moral andl soal code that will visit upon the offendiag man the same nmeasnre of co'ndemnation that It visits upon the offending woman. So far as I have the names of these kind ladies, I have addressed to them notes of acrnowledgement, which I hand you here with, and wnich I beg-to do me the favor to so direct as that they will reach their intended destina tions. Very respectfully, J. M. WILsoN. The note which accompanied the ilowers and to which the above was a ieply, follows: Dear Mr. Wilson: These flawers are sent to you as a mark of appreciation of thae stand you took yesterday for one code' of morals for man and woman and also for the advaccement of wo man in an active part in the world in whichT' we all have an eq'ial interest, by twenty-eight women. With respect and gratitud-, most sincerely, NETTIE LocIsA WHITE. Tin.P ck , N -rve. WVASINGTON, A pril 14.-"A good deal of fun was made of the resolution made Thlursd iv to filnd members ten dollars for abs-nee wittout leave", said Col Ike H{ll, the D -mocratic Con gressional whip, this afternoon. " Cue nexwspaper fello ws s-ad it would not amount 1o any.tfii; woud not have any effect; but I want to tell you I know better. Look here. I was airect ed to setnd out tele'grams Thursday night, wasn't I? Well, yesterday only six or eight answe-r came in, and they were va us, indilAte and unsatisfac tory Yo)u coulid not tell whether the members ;ere c ming or not. This aiuraug, abou. [10 o'clock, just as soon a; trut ats-tes read tne result of yes wr:y'. eaucus the telegrams began to come in, sayilog; "I am on board the tr ain and will be in Washington as soon as steam can take me." Before 1 o'clock twenty of them had been received. I never saw such a rush of telegrams be fore. The members read that a Demo cratic caucus had instructed the ser geant at-arms to en force the la w de d ucting per diem (something over $14) for every cay's unexpired aben~ce. Tnat touched them in a tender spot, Repubieans and Democrats alike; and I tell you there will be the biggest at tendaoce in the IHouse Monday there Last 'een since the til to repeal the Sher mant law was pse.