Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A GREAT SPEICI. [CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE ] great instrumet o(-,t'~ n~c more than a quartcr of a centurV aZo, and appointed me t!e per-comanent cr.4rnar of his trnstze, I did -.t dreatn ier a, moment of the duics cr (isti0ctionL which that appoir*-wer t ould itSo'V My e-rt, like hat' fM' w wholly eer rssed we b :he w-it'oreoftee childreo -f -he S urh, ar.d .iih the restoratoio . f bro ber v leve arnr Uhe people otil U..n. I cQid nyb-e imedned ibat 1 s"ai en:er v 86-.1 year, if at a!!, 4ob- so -i b. h-w.e: a. Your ciommunicolon sm urens, in t old State of S" C li:a. C -n1es. n' of havieg coopfre~i t., 0:c exe-t .1 my ability wla mern ltrames and with our successiv .' mic agenv' Dr. Sears ut d Dr. Cu- -y, n pmoir h vi'ai cause e u rn i aIl t"tt. S u ern 8 *'" *Se. '.I-: rc'u'd in Mr. PeabcnM. ru *en t I :ve r' p.edly excusd m i-f -m nny prr-ornd re cC2ar-i n L tav f u.d an nyt'e r+ w:! for all I 1yee dot.i or jti* p-edi d-> signal success with w! tich !!f- e i'rt ; of our board have ben at'nded and blessed. I canro', howelver, be imcni'We, : my i-fe is drawirg so re r to its ce.C to the distineuThedt c'np'i est an atised for my SpPro:ca11 -d-. M heartilv d. I wes: I c u - -wot. a Rock HII vrs n:., - * at ' ecasio! - bu' blie and :r. m o c':gr Mt to cery m' set, a rd I er -w T U: of mi -artfelt Cra,, u. Tt-e NS rol% : t-, 1 , au1-1" C.!ar with wtulc S u'. Ca: o my name has aire rcv fo fill. lhe fx iec'aziOns ad ip- -- ii lejds, ot d the desced c-re et he- . ces J uecn Mai it ccn'hu, to be, tr centuries to ccme an ort ume(nt atd sui-r-it o the Slste whicb has so wiheiv al. d liberal'* fourded it. Belie' e me, ge: tlemen, rei pectfully and fautbulh vcu- .hecd ", low (I zMn. ROBERT C WITUROP. I will ea- h it-. by avy .t p-.ru; h-- f sis~tthat it was inr<:ugh hi.; its'esit~ t care. as trustee (-f P b-t'od F unc, Ihat I the Training Setool forT ebeis, sur! ted in Columbia in 1886, began Ibe I work which laia the tountca ions of the t Institution which ixe are now erecting. I I know I voice the sentiment et t every man, woman ar d child in this f audience and in South Catrolna, that it I is altogothe-r fi. and rig - toat we have c honored Calhoun's friend and eulogist by giving his name to CleLson's ti in sister, And I know you will all unite with me in the prayer that this grand, e good old man may'be spared at least to * see the fruition of our hopes in assem- N bling within these walls of the 600 s South CaroIna girls for whom we are t preparing. Neither of these men can t receive any honor from the association f of their names with the two colleges i Let us hope that the youths of our I State from asesociation will emulate t their illustrious example. f This school is to be known as the --Winthrop "Normal" and -Industrial" ii College. Tt se two words 'Nor- a mal and Industrial" are the two d lode stars which must guide our io people out of the wilderness L of poverty, Ignorance and stagnation, j which surrounds us. Within their s meaning lies our only hope the oDe says. c educate; the other means work. I would i not be understoed as claiming or intend I ing that the women of our State do not t now work, or that they are all ignorant. e In fact scme years ago in discussing s the causes of our depressed financial t condition, I made tne assertion-and t Istick to it yet-that only t wo classes t of our population did their due share p of work. -No observant or fair minded p person will deny that our wives and daughters have met the changed con- a ditions wrought by the emancipation a of the slaves with much greater success v and fortitude than the men, and that S they do a much larger portion of work 1 than we do. On the otner hand, it is t: equally patent that the bulk of the z labor among the colored people is per 11 formed by the men. r But-toreturn to the scope and put di pose of the two lines of teaching which a we expect to pursue here. We desire ta to say that we fully realize and unde- , stand the great need of better teachers ~ -teachers trained specifically for tha t a vocation. There are hundreds and "j thousands of fairly well educated wo I men in our State, many of whom are L are following the notble advocation o1 1 teaching. But the mere possession of I knowledgedues not carry with it the power of imparting it, of exciting em- p ulation,'of making study interesting F of tralining chtidren how to Mhink ano P exercise their reasonsin-r powers. I have 'I often thought that teachers are born, I not made; and we occasionally meet? with those who have a genius for Im- i parting knowledge. But the improved systems which have been adopted in fa the Winthrop School, and f acility with b which all the graduates of that scho-! a obtain positions at more remunerative b wages than others of equal education, o who have not had the advantages, is f; proof inat normal traiz i:g an an ti soloute necessity and invaluable. Work which has hitherto beeai done in this time, it is our purpose to enlarge and improve on that work, and it will b our ambition to have euch prof.-ssure and inaugurate? suen a curriculum as will not only furni..t facilties for per sona already d'eited to get this nor maf tralinig,but to take- the young girl fresb from home and carry her ' through all cne citssas up to the high- d est profi niece-y in :hen normal d spart- g ment, conferring d- greee for the var; n ing degrees of preticiency. Ther:e w'll ai never De any restrictions as to the num c' ber of normal students, but we wilh a take all who apply for this special it trainiEg. But along with the normal, co oper- n ated at~d of equal importance, will b, tl the industrial xeature of the sch~ool. n Somebody longr ago said "kuowledge is P power."' In these latter Ga5s we Layve also come to learn that knowledge is c< money independence. An~d knlowledge u coupled with skill, backed by industry, d will insure any womnan, however fra 'E gile, absolute exemption from want a ana poverty Every lather, who thinks aright, would have his daughter, if a throwna on her own resources, able to ca earn her own support. The effects of- s slavery upon our habits and customs ti are still plainly visible however. We n are disinclined as a people to have our n women leave home to seek their for- ti tunes or enter into indtustrial life. The it consequence is that, with the system of n education which has hitherto prevail- I; ed, preparing women solely to adorn ft the drawing room and society, our wo- ct men have be'en altogether helpless and b oursystem of education has been a t< fatal blunder.o How many thousands of our women, o tenderly nurtured, carefully trained at b~ the expensive boarding schools, hare rt found themselves by the death of fath- c< er, brother or husband, thro wn on their g own resources, left to battle with the xx cold, hard world by the loss of their t] protectors? Every day we come across some of these, and, while an increasing si number have found positions of late p years as clerks in stores, the vast army xx have ha~d no other avenues open to hx them except work as seamstresses and t in -cotton factories. In these latter, tl owing to the fact that the manufactu- S ring industries of otur- State have only C developed in the coarser fabrics, their i< labor has not been ;ery remuinerative o and it is only sought ats the dernier re- I sort. Anyone who has visited the g Northern cities and factories is struck jo with the painful contrast in the dress, t demeanor, intelligernce antd evident t1 prosperity of thbe skilled femile labor ( compared with that wnich we see herer in the South. We can and must change this. In the industrial aepartment of this I college it is our intention to teachr everything and have the students prac- j tice every industrial art that will leadd to independence. Music will be taught, but only as an industrial art-in other words. with so muuh proficiency only in singing and playing as will insure a livelihood. As an ornament it will not be tau&.t at all, and those lacking in Sotciai tat!ent will not receive tultion in it. Bar don't understand me as meaning that we intend only to Lit .-ose who euter the industrial depart monts for making their own support. We will h:-.ve a laundry, where the girls do teir own washing and ironing. the cht mistry and practice of cookery will be taught and everything connect ed with housekeeping. The dirang room aitd dre 3muking departments, !.d all ihat. goes t makeup thosi trrcusand and one things wnich a wom:r has to do to mike a pie is-tn' bum- will zle taugtr in tne best man irosible. Tney wul be taught by rnovtir them dou- bv the students Lbet:sevt's, for we will have no ser noDts txe-pt for the drudgery work. All the cis luc'iuns ot w--alih will o ctloe awa' with Evert pupil in the chool will ne requi-ed to % ear a uti term and a girl's wn.'e clotbing oirfi f'r aear will c-st not exceeding $20 'u getting; it, :eep vaTer here, for I m uo aitiet'th-r ski:a-ii in Ihis ae artmeiar, tur I kz;ow every father and husbatd wiil sympathize wita our as piralions along ibis liue, and I will simpi'. say as a co)ro:llary that I have a jaumhrer off at bo:vdig school who j 0-u go!e nearly % year. Sae cir ied ff a big 6aratoga trunk full and ier mvbhr hias sent. be so many dress s nce she left that she will have to )u anot her trunk to get back home Vib. Aw.1 we are aptermined that no :in shall leave the Winthrop Coll-ge iun or bring to it a Saratdga Irunk. L!erte A ill be r.o co'fhct or rivalry ne ,wt-en the nortal and industrial de )amtm ts. In fact tle normal stu- t le-i's will be require-d to take indus rial rPalniig in order that we may be Lble to have manual traiAng taught. 5y ti-e Wintbrop gradu.tes in our treo omwon scjoos, when this feature nail be grafted on to our school sys em, m.s we hope to see done ere loog. X w I'm oing f o do some very plain t alk iL. hile our aspirations and Lmbi iors are all in the direction of izmg women for self support, both as 1'e 1-aeher and as followers of inus rlal avccations, I want it understood hat I at least, a-n irrevocably opposed I o anLything btg dore or taught here 8 hat will tend ii tfne slightest d- gree to t ub the raloom off the peach. God for )d that this schooi shall ever send orth a woman wno has been unsexed. Ne would have the clinging, helpless reature able to stand erect and walk; re would have the bird if necessary s iven wings to fiv from home sick ave tues of indepeLdence; but never, nev. r, never have any of the daugbters of t outa Carolina, who shall be trained t within these walls, by reason of the f :rength and self-respect which we tope to impart here.become other than elpful wives and happy, self.respect al mothers. Woman's special prov rce in life is that of a home-maker. a ler greatest glory, her proudest dis- a inctiov, the object of her creation, in s act, is that of motherhood. "Woman, God's lastbest gift to man," i associated with all that is brightest t ad noulest and best in men's lives. As I aughter, sister, sweetheart., wife, c 2other, she is an inspiration and a so- 0 ice. As a wife, she doubles man's I 3ys and halves his sorrows, simply by f haring them; but the h',liest, purest aost self sacrificing love in the world t tiat of a mother. It is to fit women o be mothers-high, noble, properly raIned mothers, the natural and prop. I r guardians of chilren-that this t ehool is founded. We will start It In tat path, give it the bias and direc- ~ ton to waich it should be held, and tus best discharge the high duty im- p osed upon us by tbose who have ~ laced us in control. t Contrast the picture I have drawn of a woman trained in all the domestic e rs and economics and some bread rinning occupation; self-reliant and trong, yet withal modest, self-respect ig and ladylike, with what we some- I imes see, oftener read about-a strong inded, bold, brazen, pert, selt-assert ig female~prating of "woman's rights" tan'styranny and selfisbness,the degra- tl ation of nursing children, and so on t dnscam-the first a picture to fins- o cate Wordsworth's noble lines: She was a phantom of delight, rhen first sne gleamed upon my sight, t .lovely appa- ition. sent ' be a moment's ornament; i er eyes as stars of twilight fair, .ie twil-ghts, too, her dusky hair, ut all things else about her drawn rm May-time and the cheerful dawn. a A creature not to > bright or ggod or human nature's daily food; or transient sorrows, simple iles, d raise, blante love, kisses. tear and smiles, e he reason firm, the temperate will. ndurance, foresight stm eng'h and skill; a .perfect woman, nobly planned, o o warn, to comfort, and 'command." d Of the other I have no fit description, 13 ir poets have never sung her praises, t ut her position in the estimaion or ti II right thinking men and women can h e pretty well set forth In the last line 6 t a piece of doggerel brought home om school a few days ago by -my lit- C e six year-old daugnter, who took i eat delight In repeating It: il b "I know a little girlC With a litt e curl lianging reglu dowra her forehead', When she is good, She is very, very good. But when she is bad she is horrid." ( ii These composite, unnaturai, unsexed b romer', striving to be like men, and to b o like men, have lo:st all of the finer rates andi charms which have always a iitde men the slaves of the sex, atnd y ave gained nothing in exshange ex ti pt 'heir own morbid self esteem. j uni v~ omen are simply "horrid," and a ;will be the ambition and care of all 11 iends of this College that It shall f~ ever send forth and harbor one of y lese "horrid" creatures. Every true a ian acknowledges the existence and0e sys due re-spect to "woman's rights.' b ihrdsworth gives her the right to r ammand, and all men since Adam set c s the example in obedience, even to a o evil, have obeyed when the behest a as given by a true woman in a wom- r ly way. -s The young men who will be trained h I Clemson in the manner I have indi- h sted will naturally look higher and C *k, among the students who willnfock si >Rock Hill, for their future help- l3 leets. They are even here now recon- ti itering the ground, and after Wim- ti trop gets fully under way I think that ought to be the fixed policy of the S anagement of the two colleges to E ave frequent migrations to and fro, a: >r it will inspire and help the boys to a ime here and the girls will be equally ti enefitted by an occastoual excursion c >Clemson. The alliance is a natural a e and the t wo schools run into each h then, and at e just as much bone of one t! one. fiesh of one flesh, as though al- lt iady married. But I must hasten to a is nclusion and leave to the distin- n iished orator of the day a fuller and p ore eloquent discussion of these le emes. p Before closing I want to give empha- t! s to one thought. I have already c ointed out the unanimity with which a ien of all classes, conditions and ideas fi ave joined hands in aiding to erect p ais school. It is the one thing and a ae only thing upon which the men of h oth Carolina are at present united. si Inly alluding, in passisg, to the divis- t< mns and bitterness which exist among a ur people, allow me to express the V, ope that this point ot union may I row and spread: Lhat the inspiration ci this day may prove a harbinger, and ti elp to hasten the restoration of that It armony and filendly feeling which ti 'ce e xisted, anzi which must necessa ily retu.rn before we can have any 2' reat degree of prosperity. Our inter- s5 sts are one, our ancestry the same-- ti et us yield to the rule of justice and C eason and the government of the ma- b orry fo w berthren. Way not b welltogeheras bethrnb As in the days of old the* anciten ;abines were brought to peace with th Romans by the women who had bet 3eized and borne off capttve to b-crom the wives of th3 latter, so mry t women of South Carolina 1)econe ou peacemakers. Let them t hold c he work in earnest; go to :dl the c im pigo meetings in foil force to ma ,heir fathers, husbands and brother Dehave themselves, and at the end o ne summer we will have "som:-thi ,tter than p:ohibiion" or ti, i rear, ; peace in au our he>re 's < 'n all our lnMmes. The, N-ws and Courier, oit my, says it. n.as b'en a goed ulr .s : ince auyt hing i'k- .h-- at.tivny .vme i VAS pre-vailed r -e.-awly ha-; b!,-: mT -- fes e d iu Ch-irl-s qmn railroaa . -. rve itrerest.in 'he r-c-a f sale f 5>utn C-:rtdlma Rilway and ;.% a 'etCtt forma *un of th- South Cti in.! G-orzia it ilroadl C IUp-iv n. ;g. In tr-- darry wicii has ; - hese evs.n'-W itight has ee.n tarai i!. os-. -mim- tier mit'ers vrul,::l :x .f grea- imporr.4nce- to C lestou. 13 entl' tincre bs- i a gzoi.d d-, . alk about oru coo p--ny or -natue.- b. ,gorgavized to outd a road .e--i ;nrieS-on afld August. h- iirs umlr of this eff:et orgirna!-d i: luguista. & disp tah ftrom I h. city 9n.ch was publisred si m - tium ;g ; ir Pnte News and (<uri-r, . a ed - n- i hi -iuisville and NaTivd-1 e.s m: '-if om* idea of purna si.g the P ,r Riy a and Augus , V, .d, ad or .n- A liue trow Fair- ax to this ci*y F, wnlve this sam was Irmy 1 x ei ivev discuss-o, and cre-ve-d co - si.zjderaule comiment Ia nor Nan one secon of tl- C U.. ry. Interest in such a pr:j-t is ow very vividly revived b, c-r :iu rsteet-ints wbich w-re m id- yps erdai The facts given came tron reliante ourc-s and are wurrh considerat:o. L gratleman who aid not wiut. h;s ,ame gzven. but rio said h:s nf irmi ion .vas thorougIhly relaole, sad to u t-ported: - Were y .u avcare ti.ht at. his very moment ine Atlnit C s drlue sytsUem is engaged in taking relimiuary surveys Tor alini- c! road lbr ween this city and August ? It.;i , fact.and you will be perfe- iy Safe a tmakiog the statement. As I u't-r and he matter Ene (>s: Line p-opl ave been hinting about tmis proj-ce or sem ame ptst. Taeir idea is to uild , road from Ashley Jurc on in s straiiLt a line as is prac-ica,)f to Lugusta, and i bey now have out a arty of engineers making a survey for ch a route The Coast Line never has aiuch to say about i's own busmess, at when it makes up its mind to d:) a ing it generally loses- very little ilme a doing it. It isa powerful SVSt--,witL ractically unlimited means at its cam iand, and it can very easily build tbis .ew road if it has a mmnd to." Anot er gentleman who knew the facts hich are stated above sail: "My idea bout it is that the Cost Line is very axiois to eat into Augusta. Taat Fstem has been restive ever since it as shut out of participation in a ery rich Georgia tarfieo by toe loss or ae Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Ioad. The management has never eased to cast around for some means f recapturing the territory thus los'. have been informed that the surveys )r the Charleston and Augusta road re actually being made at the present ime, and as I take it there is something iore than mere talk in the scheme. he Coast Line is always on the alert. t is always reaching out in one direc on or anotner The Wi !son Snort Cut ras no sooner finished than tne Den iark extension was begun, and now 2a the Danmark Road is being com leted it will not be Ion'g betore you ill see the Coast Line laying another rack. If it is not between Charleston ad Augusta it will be somewhere THE HOUSE! ASTONISH-ED. .oloredi Crank Threatens Dastruction of the Public ?Enildings. WVAsmnNGTON, May 14.-The day in 1e House was devoted to the considera on of busin.ess relating to the District f Columbia of local intereit only. A disturbance was creatrd in the [ouse by the audden interruption of ie even tenor of the proceedings by a urly negro in the centre gallery aris >g in his place and shouting: "Mr. peaker of the House of Represe-. a es." Itnstantly the House was in confusion rid all eyes were turned upon th- r.-w rator in the gallery. The Spea'krr, wh0 is the first to regain his composure, rected the doorkeeper to remojve the &nder. The man was oif powerful phys-que, ud the doorkeeper was unable to ts him b r some time, the negro en eavoring to deliver his alieg-d divmne Sinspired message to the .-ff act. thbat a L->rd had commanded bima to crome >the speskrr of :he House e~nd order im to pass the Coxey bills. H~e was nally ejected. The crank's' name is M1atthev; A. erry. He'is a blacksmith, redidimg i this city. tie iumist thlat he is no. sane, but bia omnd is mnamfes ly un alaced. Wnen que-stioned by. the apitol police, he a id tnat unless th' Doxey good roads" bill was pass-d, ere would be a general d-itraction of ovrmenlt property in Washug'i. ongress would be given until the 24 h istant to pass the- bill. If it dfi u': ecome a law by that time, the publie u'dings would be destroye-d by bomb--. He was arrested by the Capiol p31nc nd taken to the guard room in the <ement of the ca. ital. He was per ctly tractable and '.ffered no violen'c. [ was retained in the guard room bout thirty minutes, when he was ien to the sixth precinct station. B3e >re entering the gallery, Cherry eudea red to see Speaker Crisp. He called the corridor which runs in -.,e re-ar the House chamber and was stopped y the doorkeeper. Speaker Crisp3 om i4 situated at the Eas end 01 tnhs rridor, where three doorkeepers re stat!aned. A colored menenger iso guardus the door of the Speakter's om. When the crank d-:mauded~ to ie the Speaker, the doorkeeper asked Is business. The crank replied thaht a desired an audience with Speaker risp, but refused to state for what rea >n. Upon the doorke-eper, afrain stern refusing to comply with in;s request, ie crank faced about and went up in ie galiery. "Tne torn is full of cranks," said Col ow, the Sergeant-a'.-Arms of th~e ouse, in speaking of Cherry's ~rest. "You can't walk Pennsylvatuta venue without meeting them at every rm. There is :m individuality about anks anid a student of human nature ill recognize one at a glace. We ave taken every pr--cautian to guard ie members 'A the House from the vio nt actions of these people, for a crap k violent when you least expect it. But aprecaution can prevent an evil dis sed person from coming into the gal. ry with a destructive weapon im bis cket. During the excitemem, about e first of the month, we kept an oil r in citizen's clothes in the gallery, d every suspicious person was carn lly watched. It is our rule not to ermit persons carrying valises or pack ges of any description to enter the gal -ry. Where a man is regarded with ispicion, the ofilers keep clcse to hirn prevent any overt act. There prob bly never were so many cranks in sshington as at present and the White [ouse ann the Capitol are :hei:- storm ntres. Do I anticipate trouble with iem? I do not, because no preaution neglected to protect every body ab~out e Capitol. Tne promptness with which Cherry as ejected from tbe House gallery aows the excellent sy stem in vog a at ie Capitol in reference to cranks. hrry haG not spoken fifteen secondls efore doorkeeper Bo wen graboe'd himn y the collar and dragged nim into the i Pxp !-.P. Thin .tEnl pi .:d ;-_, the comaments of d;y !-rs !m South Carolina on t G v-rnr Y ar lo the Aliince: IL AR UsE DIEF' THOUOIIT. T *'kUmlIa~ hi~is.r, which, as si . form -aiper, says: letter to Chair. ma? alas matter of inter .o ,rouse deep thought. Tme l er w -"e to te njos, striking i [ 4 A: 'r! plitc1s which haS a ;Da : a 1.ngr 'im&; by iZ the pow f - in - : IT r.art it ought. r a;, - mi; s a c!, ariv set torth. Ai n n r *fth:at letter might I e- ne conjc-Ior tha' Goverr ' .rp.w ihe .All-ce w-re travel '. < e:: uff-: n: z--s, iut sn.; a Con cio oHA we t"1 thet whOle -r r at.- . ' d -if -renc- be . w-- - ae Gv r~e d irne Alliance I e wto -.10 1 ' ia Tea!; in aim, : 9:r. p-, they are out, and h--y o: Off : -s ) ! w the" shall t r-en pus- i-- - ame .biigs-and even. 1. t i-. -;eir v: i.c is out slight G . r-.r T - tells a plain truth i W , 1 (- s i nat Alli inenmen are iar,,ly u o N e w fo the f.ct. that Alli e tezs are not c-mpletely in the ;, :-da::t IT ro)*;d'utthe '6umh. Trie it e a-' Am-.--ag in th;is State is i :. eh o!-~erCanoiti-n than ini a- SoeS e is un-i to Tillmarn wore r i 1o. ni-u:, aod tris fact is n eIz d hv tuw Al x c"men of other I -?ns ae! us o nti State While s : Al; --m'I-W-.i: mly be inclined to ak- x x! nomio i r ome parts -if his : u:-, r .' .:se vedge its wis **" and ti(heIdu- . "A bird in the ( a U z a in the buh," and a m,,is i )-P ap: z., get a bird in the e h, hi-I conec-.trates his efforts uvou D t- e la- o (f one inrA than if he tries P to C e a &(- z-i at one-. This is home S 1y philosophy bar ir is the phtilosophy of 9 S. vtn'ior I'ulia' litter and will b tr tletrg. Whiie the maises have 1-1. r g to si ca-e a dozen reforms d y 1 v- s-carsi none, an d have r n e 1 Nr, UL. Governor Tfllmmat's t is- ! L- is : iff z b: ca-ncentrated d upo. the task ot si-curing the most im- h twrtant anid the ms', needed reforms d ; th-n when they have been br.'u' t about, it will be time to fight rtur c tier and less needed reforms. 0 This is '-rizrc-1, hard. common sense. If rrid vs worth ",ill be proven be- 0 y'nd .iie shado s of . doubt. Governor b :.iian hos roed a standard under 0 r-ch Rfrmers :hroughout the Uuion mafliy array themselves and can s-cuse victory. The standard bears this inseription: 'Free siiver, more v greenb.Icks and gold-all legal tender t and all rece-ivable for any and all dues, I pubic and private." 11 Tnat is a plawtrm broad enough for C a party to sand' upon. Success under 0 tha: standJ.ard will not be secured with. t out a stru2le, but success can be se- p curPd u:.aer ir. The above sentence t expreses the most crying need of the u c 'Luntry today. When that need is e done away with, the nationat reform ers cn ti-ede Wiat next to fight for. e DON'T SUIT THE DEMOCRACY. 0 The Columbia State, Conservative, t says: G The Governor "readliy and will inigly promises" to vote on the lines he 0 has indicated "without regard to any c ciucus." He justifies this by saying 8 that the Northeastera Democrats have t set U3 an ex i' ple on that line which c will b a sufli.-ent excuse for all time." C "fhe Gold dag Democrats," he adds, "refused to caucus on the repeal of the ~ Snerman law last summer." Yes, and ~ they were bitterly denounced by the Ge'ernor's creans tor doing so, and callied bIy themi "R-publicans" and 0 "trai ors." No w the Governor proposes ( to foiiow their example and do what e he heartily disapproved of their doing. We take the liberty of reminding him that jutst before this declaration he wrote of a similt~r imitation, "It can-t not be oetendedJ, because two wrongs never made one right." We find no where in the letter any reference to Democratic principles or the rational C Democratic platf-irm. The objections he has to Governmental loans to the people and government ownership or raiilroa~ds anrd telegraphs are apparently a couceived without reference to the. priniples or pilicies of Democracy. n One important question in the Alliance t c-eeeism tae- G overnor passes over in b siltence, Hie d.-e-s niot say whether he w~n!i or will not bind himself to vote against any and all persons who refus,,t to pledge support to tnie alliance dea rm'nds. Tne p-raistent Mr \fitchelly mrnt Gind it advaurage:ius to make a supolem--ntary i quiry on this point. , Icedeoall t.e Governor says that ofpposeOadoption ry the M1ay con ventrionu-zb o n"1)ilteraoly opposed" ,, to at leest one t-f its teatures-in order i o kl- "hor headed Alliancemen from solti fF i..to a third p-arts." ht' is t-i say, be subordinated principle to pu oy Io c-:r:sented to the adoption y o t he ppui~St pla'form in order to ketp i'ouItsT in the control of they D) -. crati party maeb ini-ry. Ocalites ? .uo P.>oue sts in othier States made a '-da bluud'-r" iin being honest and d -a ug out uof a party whose principles y teV yroppos-d; tree-y should have rey mndi- :he party and betrayed it. L -Mt '>.rihr sets her sisters a wise ~xamoie in 1892." -and "it is incumbent t on ert r p-atitiu1894." "It is time to1 be 1..:molating n plarfirm and ma~rsnail;u the people for 1890. That c is tt say, th is 3 ear the ny pocrIsy of 1892 t niusth b - peaed, a d the people drill- t .-d so as5 to go in 1891 irito tne Gover- si rnor's urop'Iwd n-ev . ilver parry when :- gIves ie wsrd. Tnis is the resul' h of *sur annivis. WI are not able to F tayi w-e her the letL-r wili suit the Abi -.uce, for i:, fsno a complete sur t'-nder. Buht it certainlv will not suit f the Dem->e'aer. AN ABJECT SURRENDER. v The Ne ws and Cou:!er, Conservative, d la his latr-r to The chairman of the ci I xe-r'iv-e c-ommniree of the Farmers' it Ailmee. GavraIOr Tiliman explains p: uis p ,Sit JU Im >n he "de-mands" of the tI Allineo?. It will be observed that he e: des~ net "*- wl f-airly and squarely" a] tp is w ue"demnands." S ime of them he w i W' e'vol at t5 he does not favor, ri at all of teem. he mnakes it very clear, ly he- will s' alowv if suc h an act of deglu- al liiebe :oon necessaty to the cap- jr tire of th~ enitire Ali-ance vote of the sa 'ai Cru Gver-r filimasn's race for ci tn.e sn-e. "I i hy enoose to retire ii me to priv-te If ,"says the Governor, te "I1 w'li ' -.-r t~' yI hie their will;" but ai ne dt.es :,' l1 av any room to doubt ri tut~~ h- wil: I -ve no stoee unturned to tI unke -a 'st o' thoroughly agreeable it) -n e Aaarne voters of the State. It The i s one of the "demands" to which al that r e Groverfnent Shali lend money fc to the fatrmers at a l-ow rate of interest St buit we Var that he~ would abandon fc this e-'-mrly prop-r position upon comn oi pulsi.)u .r per~uaiioo. Hie Is not in a ly posti'on a'. tnis nitue to refuse any un- a rei~somb'ed-m:ead that may be made iupon him, and weC think that another le- ter iroui t e Hon. Tnomas P. Mitch Sil wo-.ild br-'na nim tu the ground. He T Toild Mr. Miueel in hins le'ter of April se ~3, "I at a c'- -ide fp or United States if Senat-'r and it elected will -vote se un all ques1ions as my con- if s !ence and1 judgmn-tdictate." He if a 'A ir. Ml-en-ell in his let- hi pr of May 15 that. "if elected Senator" 01 he wviil drive to daolih The national rf banks, to prov eI for rne free coinage II 01 silver ata ratio of 1t tol and to in- sa crease the cirrculating medium to at un least 550 per cap rita. These "demands"' D as the Governor says incorporate "the ci sulb trea-.ury' ides. and the lending of el imouyia a inw ralte of interest." Now tl hen the G ,-veruor, the same bold al Iw t-a ;o ' old Mr. Mitchel! on April 28 51 Ia ra i wo-.ld '-te o all questions as hi my1 coi;-cCeac and judment dictate;" it heti-n to. what he Zdls Mr. Mitdheil on it May 15: "1 also- can advocate and flght C for dil the othe 'dmands' exept that fR [doubt the wisdom or practicability of ,he government owning and runringi ill railroads, telegraph and telephone infs." I will vote on all questions as ny conscience and judgment dictate; )ut I can advocate and vote for all the lemands of the Alliance although in ny conscience and judgment they may )e unwise and impracticable. Gov-r ior Tillman's letters are remorkable 'or the information they contain of his -omplete and abject surrender to the .lhance and his coatempt of the Na lonal Democracy. They do not estat ish his conrage, although they show low lightly be holds his allegiance to he Democra.ic party. HURRAH FOR TILLMAN. The Chqariea oo ziuu, Neutral, says: Hurrah for Governor Timan I The old stand taken by him against the kiliance's catechnical demands of cain lidate-s establishes beyond quf-stion is independence as a man- and ni vorth as a leader. It is the most sur >rising stroke in. the career of this r. wirkable man In his original au wer to the Alliance catechism Gover or Tillman wrote: I am a ca, didate or United States Senator, snd if elect d will vote on all questions %s my nscience and judgment dictata. Bur. s I snall not, if elected Senator, repre -nt myself Dut the people, I wou.d at 1 times obey the ins;ructior s of the arty in the State to which I helong s set forth in its platform, Hirrah or Tillman, th- Demcrat. The Georgia P -pallis. ATLANTA, Ga., May 17.-The Popu s-s Loday adopted a platform and put ut a State ticget wvith James X. Hines f Atlanta for Governor The pre imae of the platform -says: We. toe People's party of the State of N-orgia, believe in the principles of overn ment promulgated and expound d 15y Thomas Jefferson, and we an ounceour resolute adherence to the rinciples laid down by the great uthern statesmen, who, at the be inning of our political history, com tted the s::temes of the Eastern koney power, as outlined by Alt-xan er Hamilton, and who predicted the in which would fall upon this coun -y when concentrated wealth snoula ictate its legislation. We oppose, as a did, the perpetuation of tne public bt and the policy of issuing non-tax ,le interest bearing bonds, whereby a rge portion of the concentrated weal, h r the land reaps a harvest irom the ixing of the unprivileged. We ppose, as he did, the national banks as ing of deadly hostility to tMe spirit our republican institutions. "We believe, as he did, in the free d unlimited coinage of silver and the sue of treasury notes to increase the olume of currency when the necessi es of business demand more money. ike him, we believe in a progressive icome tax, to dIscourage the extensive ncentration of wealth and to compel r selfish millionaires to contrbute to ie support of the gove'nment which rotects them. Like him, we believe iat the life of this republic depends pon the purity of elections and obedi ace to the will of the majority. We hereby renew our unqualified adorsement of the national platform f the People's party; and we favor iu ie State of Georgia. the following re rms. The platform then declares in favor f the abolition of the present State mnvict system; for furnishing primary hool books by the State; for the Aus 'alian ballot law; and against the ac ptance of free passes by public offi ials. The platform contains no reference > the government o wnership of rail ays and telegraphs. The full State ticket is as follows: overnor, James K. Hines; Secretary. t State, A. L Nance; Comp'troller enera], W. R Kemo; Attorney Gen cal. J. E B. Mahaffey; Treasurer, C. L Jones; Commissioner of Agricultur ei ames Barrett. The convention adopted a resolution anking the Atlanta Constitution and i Atlanta C6mmercial which "though iffering with us in politics have given ir and impartial reports of the pro edings of the convention." The~Sun Jose Scale. The News and Courier, of Apr il 25 iys: We publishedi last week a state lent to the effect that the "San oe scale," some times called the "Per icions scale,'' the most serious enemy iat the California fruit growers have ad to c 4ntend with, appeared last year iFlorida, Virginia and Maryland, and arned fruit growers in this part of e country to be on the lookout for it ad to report its discovery at once, as ery great damage to thes fruit-growing iterest may result if it is allowed to aread. A descrip'ion of the pest was rinted at Lne same time and was as lio ws: ''The insect itself is a small, flat round :ale, a little higher in color than the 'ark of the tree, and will De found oun dantly upon the younger limbs ad twigs. It is at this season of the ear about one-eighth of an inch or less idiameter, and there Is in the midole I each a small, elevated, shiny, blaclr hrounded poiut. Sometimes the cen e of the scale appears yellowish. The ood underneath the scale 1s apt to be sc-lored and somewvhat purplish. Then the insect is abtindant the bark completely hidden by a close layer of ese scales, which are then hardly cis nguishable to the naked ese and give i appearance of a sl~ght discoloration a slight roughening of tue bark. No her scale upon apple, pear, peacn, erry or plum possesses these charac- 1 ristics, and the insect ought theref ore. be readily distinguished when pre nt." We regret to have to report that we ve just received from Mir. Collin, of lorence, S C., a plum t wig that is fair encrusted in places with creatures hich correspond so closely to the regomng as to leave little or no room r a doubt that they are the dreaded sitors. They are, as stated, scarcely stinguishable at a little distance from Le b trk of the twig, and being well >vered by the growing leaves a close spection is required to detect their esence. Some are darker in color an the nature bark, and some light , and the bark itself presents a smoked >pearance in their immediate yicinity ich is evidently the result of their vages. The creatures are found sing and in groups of a dozen or more;. e collected for the most part at the nction of the tender lateral twigs ith the main st em, and all cling so I osely to the bark as to appear to be ere glossy protuberances of its ma- 1 rial.The United States department of riculture. as was stated last week, gards the invasion of the orchards of e country by this insect as present g a condition of affairs so serious thiat can hardly be exaggerated, "and will -i once take measures to destroy the in ct in all localities where it inay te3 und." Fruit growers every where in uth Carolina should look carefully I r it, at once, and upon finding suspici is forms on their trees should prompt inform the department and.send speci ens for examination. Th., rae mIai . WASHINGTON, May 14 -Governor ilan has not only lost the right to 11 whiskey in the State Dispensaries South Carolina, but his efforts to cure the registration of the trade ark therefor-have been in vain. Comn issioner of Patents Seymour, it wi:l remembered, retused the application an attorney Generalof the State to~ gister the trade inark (a palmetto ee) selected to identiry State Dispen - ry whiskey. In this position he was held by the Court of Appeals of the istrict of Columbia, frotn which de sion, Tillman, by his Attoriley Gen al, appealed to the Supreme Court of e United States. But Justice Gray, ila opinion rendered to-day, said thej ipreme Court of the ticited States ( td no juriousdiction of the matter, as did not come within the scope of the 2 w regulating appeals to the Supreme t urt of the United State-, and the re ra-limisserthe appeal. . t An interesting retport has just belen submitted to the Umred States Senatp by Mes3rs. Teller, Platt and Roach, of the committee on tbe five civilizrd tribes, as the result of their recent tour of investiation th1rouat Iiha' territorv. [hey untold :fnore c"fiditions of life there them which the eneral DubIlc hav- any kL. Wl-dge 'they found a population of 50,000 Indians in the Ter. ritory, and 'row 250,000 to 300,000 white people. Although the whitt-s largely outnumbe-r their Indian breth rPD, th-y eniay none of- th-e ritits ot citizenship ad are to all inLe-" :md I purp'ses alit-os. On this ac.: . h comnmirtee lir:d a very ha-.s of af fairs In the agricui:ural parts uf t he t-rritory there are ten whit-s to onte Indiaou. and in many oA the larget-r towkis the se-tiers are all Vi:e. n'is is espee.-'le nti~ dble in M1'- ister. - twaof 5,000 riu-iiit.ion. Here, owirc to the at-Unceet any rilhtS ,t ie-Zr ship in the whbt-, tbev have no at. rhority to lay out .n- s*ree-s, or t: pom lice th towa, etc. The only court ;, fira*l jurisdiction io thu terrirorv is the redebral c-surt at Muskog-e, and ni t hi whites anve no rients in the fadian courts, they are ciuperied to travel in many cases 100 mil-s in the most triv ial trials. Tue caudition of i he whites the committee says, can only he thor oughly remedied by th formation of a state or territori. tormof gov-r ment but could be p trtiadly remedied hy the appoirisment of tvo additional federal judtr"s wih autthoritv to appoint co m missioners to try minor cases. The ejmmittes devotes much atten.-tion to the school quesrion, the wh:tes not be ing permitted to seod their children to the schools in the territory. Tne com mittee says the cauutry cannot afford to permit these childrea to grow up in ignorance, regardless of the attitude of the parents, who miav have gone into ne territory with the fuli knowledge >f the fact that they had no rignts. In liscussing the suoject of the ownership )t the lands, the jommittee says that n all their treaties with the Indians it ias been coatemplated t hat the whites ihould be excluded; but the white xave. neverthele-S , g3ne there in grea aumbers, presumably in response to the nvitation of the J *d!aus, certai nly vith their consent, and Low they can iot expect the government to put them >ut. The Indians at the same time de >at want them to le ive. The )a x pre iumes that all this land is held in rust for all the Indians, bu'; tie fact Lppears that the greater part -f it has )een appropriated oy a fec indi vid uals. Ko recommendation ;s made because Ahe Dawts committe3 is in the field and ;he present committee desires to give he lndians au opportunity to make an igreement. with the commission. If hey do not do so then this committee ;ays congress will be compelled to take :he matter in hand and deal with it without the consent of the Indians. A Blacke' ed Ete ird. DES MOINES, May 14.-Mic'1el Smith ws a railroad engineer, and there was $3,000 insurance on his life. He died wo weeks .ago from the effect of poison,and Mrs. Ida Scoville told the trand jury that of her own personal knowledge her sister gave Smith three loses of arsenic. The first ,vas in a iish of oatmeal and the last in a cap sul. The tatal doe was given in tne venilrg, and the wife left the house. returning about midnight almos' trunk. The stster says she tried to send Frank Bellare, a young'man with whom Sirs.Smith was intimate and with whom 3he said she would start a saloon when her husband was out of the way, for 3 a doctor. But the wife went after Be laire and brought him back, though1 her husband was screaming with agonv. He died livo hours later. Smith was shot in the hp-d a year ago while in bed.and when no one tint his wife was near. He almo-.t miraculously escaped death, but .refused to prosecute his wife and kept on living with her. Pete Mart an a 1 6-tear-old nephew ot Mrs 8 with, was before tne grand grand jary and told more about the crimes of Mirs.8Smith. Her lite, he seid, is dotted with the sudden and mystealous deatbs at nersons who have come in her way, Fourteen years ago a woman named Adams, wife of Martin Adams, who't kept a hotel at Grand Junecti'n, was1 found dead at the Monitor House, in this city. She was said to have had much money on her person. Mlrs. Mcheal Smith was her room m-te that aght. Her death was attritourte to Liart disease, but It Is ntow thouenit 1 that she was smothered for her money . Three or tour months lter Mrs. Smitt i is reported to have been keeoing- a board ing huse at Centerville. One day I i womau named Maud Williamus ar tived from St. Louis. She was expen ively attire-d, and seemed to navet plenty of money. Three days later her1, lead body was found in an ail'y in the i rear of the Stnith place, and the cause af her de-ath and the identity of her nerderer remains a sealed mystery to his day. The grand Jury is suill inves gatiog Mrs Sitih's nistory, but herI asyer h-as refused to go any further n m'th her case. A F,,artn! C-ime. JACKsONVILLE, - .Fia., May 14.-A ~Ij peciail to t'ne Tiin-s- Union from Ocala, C h'a, says: N.-it You ag, a negro, went t o the houst- of Mrs. Holmes, a widow s ady living near South L ske Weir, this r norning abou;3 o'clock-, and entered a he room of her two daughters, age'flc 3 and 15. In dra wing th-e cover off ar he girls the negro awoke them. They Is esisted, and he snapped a pis':ol at hem three times, hut it did notrexplode. t Lhi so frightened the girls that the t iegro suceercdad in ravisniug the older 1r mne Mrs Hloimon was aroused anojut time t he negro had aomplusned hi. purpose c md rushed into the room occupied by y er daughters. The neg intimidated t he motnt-r with his pistol. When told g y the elder daughter that the negro ad ravished her, the mother begg dl he brute to kill her and the outrage' hild. After threatening to return and, ill them if the alarm was given, the ( egr o lef t. As soon as day dawned the earful story was told and a posse be- t an pursuing the neg~ro. He was track- 1 d to an old churoh and captured and >rought back to Ocala and lodgedJ An -ii. It is rumaored that an attempt a in be made to lynch the negro to ight. _________ IF the inherit ance tax just enactEd n n England h-ad neen in force when Mr ay Gould diedt his estate would have aid $5,600,000 to the Livernment. -T hen Mr. Ruckefeller dies, if his es ate is as large as reportea, bi~s heirs vould payv under such a law -310,000,000. Villiam H. Vanderbiilt's es'.ate, uderI he tax just imposed in Great Brituan, ~ vould have paid $16,000.000. If Mr. William Waldorf Astor, besides living n England, spending his monmey thet-, f ~nd entering- Enelish politics, is sub- T ect to tis new English probate duty c t the time of his death, the Astor es ate will pay into the E2aiis1 exche uer from 812.000,000 to $l;,000.000, at ording to varying estimes of its A short time ige a g1l died at a 1 3erin hospital oj~ blood p isoning, e: hich investigation showved. to have a een caused by tne light blue tunic o: n er -dragoon sietteart toucinig a ti cratch on her arm. It seems th at tnere b s some poisoning ingredienit in the~ dye it t this particular usitorm; an-.i since o he fact has become knownf tre dra- I: :00ns have entirt'ly lost favor '.;ith toe ti ourig women, who consider it iange-r- TI us to assoc-iate with them, while the jj ussarswith their haroless and less v ituresque-redi jackets, are all the rage. g --Lynched. ToPEKa., M-ov 13--A speulil to The - aitol troi Sur'n SprinJ.-, Ka., ewiew~-ere luedl for ithe naurar of ~hres C~arley. a oni-ji-law of V:lilain lcKtnley,a week ago. F'red McKirley, y nother sonl d William McKinley, con-a used the crme, and said he lad been Iti idued to comit it by his fas te: andE EFFECTS OF NO RAIN. rhe Weathor and Crop Bui!etin for the ?aatWe4k, COLUMBIA, 6. C., May 16-The fol owing is the weekly bulletin of the -ondition of the weather and crops the, tate, issued yesterday by State )oserver Bauer: The week ending with Sunday was ,aracterized for its nniformly favor ,hie conditions, ano, ex,'-pt for a few ocal hail storms a- - e bigh wind which did a git se to cotton 1nd ur-in. the wLe-- was all that uld be desire-d. ,la-- correspondents ipoke of ir suiprlatively as "very goon" '-d-il"va l ike expressions. In this ie-rly all rbe. repor-s wgre corrobora -Ve, rrotu rh- montains to I he coast. Frow the ceriut'es : 1' R lad, Or ttoecur, umtLr, Cla-rendon and ,.'iiiLasiunrg. com- the least favor ible rep.orrs, tor in thou counties the r.imv..rm we-re least copious and not as e rvral, bus. even in those couuties hv.'e soia rain. Tne most marked mpruovementLz was sriown in the south -wern porrion oi the State where the ':cftli was quir-t htvy an- general, eig s:fi.ieut to relieve the drought. ind-revivr- vegrat ioin,-xcept small grain iros whicn are too near maturity to )e mucr b-nefitted. Tne temperature vas siintiy above the nlrmtl the en ire week, with somewhat less than the 'verage am: ant of sunshine, Sowers were Duimerous and well distributed >v!-r the entire bfate. The rainfall was xcersive at many places, but the !round being very dry soon asorbed it ird permitted farm work to go on. Nee-a have not yet proved trouble o me. Cot tou is coming to a good stand rom late April piaating aud May re antinz jusr. coming up promises well riso. Chopping out and working in rogress everywhere. Much sea island o- ton replanted and looks well. Corn of healthy color but very un ven stand owing to much replanting >n account of worms, the ltter being till troublesome in many places. There s liile improvement to note in wheat Lnd outs. Sweet potatoes being planted lelayed in localities waiting for more -ain. Sprouts plentiful. Irish potatoes lot uniform in condition. Colorado eetle ana drought having caused con idi-rable damage. Melons doing well, n neginning to "run to vine." Con ri.3n of rice ranges from "fair" to very good." Tobacco counties needing nore rain. No fruits except some figs second crop,) some varieties of grapes md blackberries. Truck farms and ardens much improved, and heavy hipments continue fro:2 the low ounties. Pasturage and grasses in eaeral doing well.' Generally speak og the season is later than usual, but he fa:rm-rs have been enabled to keep ellup with their work owing to fav rable weather. Every thing consider d, the outlook for agricultural in trest2 is most encouraging. Tnefollowing places reported one neh, or more, of rain during the past veek: Blackville 1.50, Charleston 1.59, deCo mick 141, Greenwood 2.45, Watts i1. Hardeeville 1 91, Allendale 159, it. Sti-phens 3.64, Hunter 1.65, Green ille 110, Central 1.30, Heath Springs 50, Canden 155, Loopers 100, Little 1opntain 180, Cross Hill 1.28, Beau ort 1.55. A Slick Swiedler. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 16.-Last aturaay, a young man appeared at the ostofice in Fernandina and purchased eventeen postal notes, each for 10 ents. The notes were numbered from 3.764 to 13,780 inclusive. The young naa probanly spent Sunday in raising he notes irom ten cents to S4.10,for on dondamy morning a well known merch Lnt of this cirty presented one of the otes for payment at the Jacksonville yostoffiee. 'The clerk called his atten 'oaj to the fact that the strip denoting illars on the side of the note had been orn off, but as the merchant was (nown and as postmasters sometimes na~k~e mist akes in tearing off strips, the tote was paid, conditionall.y, that the nerchant should refund the mo:tey if hie note was a frand. Postmaster llark wrote the Fermandina postmnast r, who telegraphed immediately that he notes had been drs -n for-10 cents, mad that seventeer. , em had been ssued to one part.yj. Atter the mer hant preseutea his note, two others awe in f.'r pasyment, one of them from ,lady and another from a well known > rok. Tne merchant who oresented h- tirst note said that on Monday a tramger appeared his store and aked him to cash a p stal note, saying uac. ii. did-not have.ti1e to go to the ,:)rcofiCe, as he was in a hurry to catch train'. Said the stranger: "The note s orS$4l10,just give me S4 and keep he temn cenu, for your trouble." The oung man nias disappeared and has eti no traee, save a number of s wind ed people._________ H 4ug-d. JACKSONTILLE, Fla, May 15.-A pe-c'o d~ssp:cr1 to the Times Unton row O.uln. Fia., says: At 7 o'clock his wuroi:t, Nero Young, the negro uho ravished iss L:zzie Weir, near his place y-sterday, was taken from iil by a mo b composed of several hun red citizens and lynched. The mob ,at tered down the doors of the jail with ledge hammers and the jiler seeing asitance was useless, surrendered the ey to the cell in whichi the negro was onllned. The negro was taken to the uttkirts of the town and speedily wung to a tree. Before being hanged, e confessed the crime. The sheriff ad been on watch at the jail all night, ut li-ft at dawn of day, thinking that o attempt would be made to storm he jail in the broad day light. Fully ne thousand persons have been out to ew the body of the negro on whose reus' :s pinned a card bearing this le ena: "'Our women must be protected." .(Signed) Citizens of Ocala. Bnmh Ara mSi Fslaslda. COLUamBIA, S. C., May 16.-The hrot.e Observer prints a speech oma Washington to the fe~ct that Gav c.:Tiliman is deceiving Comptrolles .neral Ellerbe cr is changing from his eed tavoritism fac Senator John ary Ev.ans to General Ellerbe. It is i::ed that the Governor has written a tter wbich indicates one thina or the !er. Tthe attentton of Governor Till. :an was called to the special and he a: asked abcut it. is answer was as lows. "The Cbariotte 0Observer's ssbinetn special is not the lirst lie ~at has appeared in that paper about e. I have wrie~Len niobody in Washing n in a uciozi an~d never wrote any such iter aS desetrbed any timeC. I am tak ino pari in the race ior Governor. vans and E-!erbe are both my fLiends, rscnal as icl as political. Either i 1. make a good Executive. Both un erstand my position fully."-Register In Bad Luck. NE w Yonx, May 13.-The Rev. Dr. alu:ge's ine w Tabernacle, at the cor er of Clinton and Green avenues, roklyn, was bufnled at noon today. ne Hotel Regent adjoining and sev al divelliug houses in the vicinity ere also destrowed. The loss is esti ated at Sl1200,000. This is the third me Dr. T'aiu-age has lost his churcn ylire. Wheu tne lire started he was ithe church surrounded by a number Shis ca-gregation, but all escaped. le was moved to tears as he witriessed c ie dstrue; ton of the beautiful edilic. ree liremen were injured during the re not latally, however, and there ee scenes of panic as the lire pro resstd. W. C. P'. BRIECKENBitDOE is stump g his Kentucky Congress district for ,elecuion and our readers may not el surprised, howeverouch they must - hockied, at the probability that he ill win. Human nature is an un-ac mutable compounv, mysterious yet lnerable, anrd the imr'est aim of po .cal art is tthe ci, - "- ry and propia on of the com me.'. - akn:ss in men. reckebridge is an .Mist in the sehse POWDUER Absolutely Pure. A cream or tartar b~aking powder Highest of all in leavenling strength.-La test la nited States Governmenit Food Re port. Royal Baking Powder Compane 106 Wall St., N Y A G . .t Oce-,oiu. ROCK HYLL: S.. C., May 12.-The laytng of the corner stone of the Winth r-p Normal and Industrial School for Women in spite of iuitry weather, was attended by 10,000 people, at least 4 000 of whom came from becond Rock Hill and York niu:ty. It was Dre-emi. nenly woman's day. te students of the Winthrop Training S:hool, of Co. lumbia, which is Lo be incorporated as a part of the new Ecbool, attending in a body and various other female colleges sending deleaations of charming lasses. The Clemson Cadets, 500 strong. in eiaht battalirns, came frem the Agri cultural College at Fort Hill and evoked great enthusiasm by their splendid ap pearar.ce in Confederate gray. Their dress parade at 5 o'clock was one of the marked features of the day. The faculty and students of the Son h Carolina Col lege also attendeo .a a body. The buildmg, a massive brick etrac ture with a basement of granite, stands already half completed in a magnificent grove of oaks in the cutskirts of the town. The speakers occupied a stand erected against the wa'Is with seats ample around it for the seating of the crowd. Dr. Mescer, of Greenville, openep the exercises with mrayer, the Wnthrok 4irls followed with the singing of a beautiful. chorus and then Governor Tillman arose to make his introductory speeca. The good-humored crowd chattered for a few moments and the buzz became so an noving that the Governor stopped short, and with a suspicion of asperity In his voice requested those who didn't care to listen to keep quiet and shut their mouths out of respect to those who did. The Governor's speech was a characteristic mixture of terse epigram wit and classi cal allusion with picturesquely expressed common-sense. The crowd evidently found the weather too hot for the exer tion of applause, but listened closely. Whenathe Governor appealed to the women of the State to endeavor to re store peace and harmony among their fathers and w others who were political ly at war, the greatest cheering of the day occurred. The Governor spoke of the signficance. of the presence of the boys of Clemson, declaring that they doubtless came to make arrangements for obtaining wives in the iuture, and took advantage of the occasion hunself to "proncunce the two institutions man and. wife." The oblect of the school, he said, was to educ~a e girls who would be suited to return to their homes and marry good men. He declared that all the hard work in the South "bad been done by negro men and whi'e women." In the strong est language he exeoriated temale "sa feragists," and hoped that the time would come when women would beunsexed by their detestable teachings. Major it. Janies Cumiminas, of the Citadel Academy, read a dedicatory ode and Speaker Ira B. Jones, of the Sout~h Carolina House of Representatives, de livered an address reciting the history of bigher education in the State, and the movement cutminating in the bulding of the Woman'a School. The corner-stone was laid by Major S P. Dendy, Grand Master o.f the Ma sons, and the Grand Lodge. [Tne tro el used was the historic one with which in 1825 L f.sette laid ' be corner stone of toe monument to Btron D-K ab at Camden S. C.. and which he presented to the Camden Lodge. Tne e xereises were closed with the benediction by~ D:. Jarnes Woodrow, President of the Sou Cirolmna College, after which. at tne regae.of the people ..f Rock Hill, the Governor invited -he assemnblage to the dining tsibl-s nearby, where a bountiful pticnic dinner was sptread. All the prem'nent poli'ileians of the reform movemo: in the S .ate were pre. sent. Cleic ~a a' RL -ek HUin The Columbia Journal in commenting on the layitg of the corner staae of the Girl's Indnusrial C~llege at R ok Hill last Sat urday, says "Oie greatt day will be reme nbered for miay thiurs but the picture of five hundred ani Efty young fello ws in gray uniform s with guns at 'right su.s..er' as the marched do wn the main str--e' of the ity impressed itseif on the mind of the writer as did no otner lnc:dent or feature of the day. Pcobably not since tbe wat has a single militarv org &niz a tion comparmng witth this in size parad sd in this State and s.here was a mar tial apperance about it which in the compound of colois presented by one of our militia gatherings cfnspciuanly wanting. A doz-n companies in a dozen sorts of clothes have not the serious look of half a thousand in cadet gray. It 7s evident of c-mrse that the Clemson cadets are nev at trie basiness of so1 dieting. As a matter of fact they h-ave had their uniforms and accoatrements out for a fe w months at most and the military instructors have scarcely yet had an oppor; unity to e Rec; more than a preliminary organiz ation. The boys still show the need or "setting up" ex ercises and it will be many mnoths be fore they become rivais to the Citadel men as a military corps. Tois, however :id not detract materially from the Sne impression which they made upon the host of civilians. Tney are a study, manly and strong looking boody. Tney ook like men and at R ack Hili they behaved like men. If there was the slightest disorder or unmannerly con luct by a man or them I did not hear af it. They bore themselves modestly, irted in a seemly way witn the pretty girls (which not to do- is the rankest Lsbordination among military men) mnd neglected to noth mng which merit ad the golden opinions of the crowd. It was a happy idea, the carrying of the adets to Rock Hill, and for it the pop pularity of the school is today double n all the Northern section of the tate -_________ To Barn 00l, AURORA, Ills., May 13 ---10 the .rds of ttie Chicago, Burlington and 2sncvy RI ailroad comipany a number of ccomo tives are now being rprovided with pparatus f~ir turnig oil. It is said that Swill take bu:: a short tIme to equip ~very engiae belomging to the company vith tb:s appliance. Superintendent F. J. Rice is e-nthueiastic over ibe prospects >f being able to do away wrth coail. He tys it is much cleaner a mi that its use 'ill leave locom:>tives to much better ondition than coa; it will last much onger, weliia less and occuny less pace, and henca ,qill give much room