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VOL. IX. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1894. NO. 47. DESERT THE DEOCRACY. ti THAT ISI HE ALVICE OFA DISGUSTED P DEMOCRAT. f( ~Hopeless e-1 Re'ler Through the N.tionaI CC th Democnc y, Re Advocate s Unlen Wi h Pepulits-PE CUrar Views St-ogOly Sta ted. th COLrUMBIA, S. C., June 13.-The let ler below was published in the State of a, 1ast Monday. The State editorially rt says it is a remarkable letter, still the er more remarkable because it proceeds in from a lawyer and a Straightout De- ti mocrat, wuo is known to us as an hon est and earnest and conscientious man. CE Here is the letter: To the Editor of the State: The de- cc cision of Congress against free banks si is a fateful turning point in the affairs ag of political parties in the United States ye and most particular in this State. The th developments of the past twelve sa months have wrought a great change to in the views and feelings of many, if tr not most, of our conservative South re Carolina Democrats. We no longer tic regard the designation "Cleveland De- ag mocrat" as a proud badge. The bugle ea call to the defense of "National De- w4 mocracy," once awaited with eagerness, D2 no longer could wake in our hearts a is ready response. We are as unanimous cc in our disgust with the so-called Demo cratic administration as we were in ce our loyal enthusiasm for it a year ago. pe We have beheld the party's principles ignored, its pledges violated, corrup- ex Lion (or at least sectional and class self- al ishness) rampant in some departments A or government now presided over by at this time-honored and hitherto much na trusted and well beloved party. At of last we had only the State bank tax w, repeal to place our trust in, and we cr were looking with alternating hope th and fear as the day approached for the th execution of this promise, which was, th after all, merely to restore what had tic been unlawfully taken from us, but to m return it at a time when it would be as such a reliet that our hearts swelled se with thanks for it as a beneficent gift. te Alas, bitter disappointment! Nero nc fiddling while Rome was burning is a w] weak counterpart of the present spec- wf tacie, de As men, we must do more than re- ev pine. Perfidy must be rebuked, be- pC trayal *punished, the faithless in office taught a terrible lesson. Else what "n hope for the future? What guarantee an that political servants will not again w( refuse to do the work which their mas- va ters have appointed and paid them to th do? What means of securing the leg- 311 Islation which the people decide upon ? er What ground for voting for a party w: because of approval otf its platform? st What hope of preserving enthusiastic fu confidence in party or in leadership cr (so essential to a high morale in the to ranks of an army) if the rallying cry se is stil! to be that which by s id experi- wi ence has become inseparably associat- ur ed with craven impotence or unblush- w: ing treachery ? Hope, trust, redhot m fusion of hearts into one great purpose gc to do battle against the common ene- th my are impossible to an army demor- de alized by such leadership, unless it be th completely reorganized and given new fo officers in whom confidence may be ch placed (if not by knowledge of its be- at ing deserved, then by the absence of th knowledge of its being undeserved.) nc But the people's condemnation of ag faithless leaders, in order to serve as a ge wholesome. warning for the future, es cannot safely discriminate between ei leader and party, exponents and the thing Itself. A party must be judged ta by its performance, and, failing to car- pe ry out its pledges, for whatever reason, pr should be repudiated in disgrace. The ri4 corruption or incompetency of its ser- wi vants is Its corruption or inconmpeten- pc cy. It matters not that we are pained pr to give up our historic party and that nc the principles professed in the plat- in form are still our principles. The ready be free lance of the Independent in to politics is the best stimulus to at healthful vigilance in pursuit of the at right path. Any attempt to cling with sta affection to a discredited party and to wi reform it from within, to degrade Its sia recognized leaders and subs' itute new ones Is up-bilJ, unwise and wellnigh de utopian. Revolt in the ranks and a of stunning blow alone teach the needed pr lessons. r Opportunities are not to be Ignored pc with expectation of their return. A at party which after thirty years of th striving and waiting Is given a brill- ge iant opportunity must use it or never "a have the impudence to ask for it again. se The Democratic party has damned it self. No one can satisfactorily explain "t the presernt public course by laying all til blame on leaders. It is evident that n< its members are discordant and are su yoked together unfitly. For those in b3 its ranks who adhere to original prin- dc ciples, believing that there Is still in os them life and promise, it is folly to ar seek to hold up their standard against re triumphant and entrenched treason. The faithful should draw out from sur- gi roundings which, like the Augean sta- vi bles, It were the task of Hercules to pu-. we rify, and separating themselves from qi degenerate companions, should draw at up their line of battle in a new field ge and rally to them all free anud bold to spirits who would fight the hostile gar- s rison of the perverted government. iz Rebellion finds a response in the at manly heart. A bold stroke for the of right arouses enthusiasm. A new or- tb ganization Is instinct with lire, is not tt hampered with the dead weight freight St that in time it gathers. Only the wide in awake and dead-in-earnest take the in step. The slave to habit and the half re hearted are left to burden down the 'V old organlzatien. The new broom st sweeps clean, and the new machinery vt will move off with the perfection in tb every detail that comes from the appli- es cation of the newest improvements mn without the drawbacks of patched work -ta and cramped quarters. New wine can not be put in old bottles. The apathy, o1 the grove-like administration of many w details that narrowing precedents and pc growing negligence bring, the ever mn looking back with hardly a glauce for- fic ward, the unconscious individual sub- to ordination of thought to habit and au- m thority, the stagnation and decay will le be left; and by as many years as were t necessary for the accumulation of this el collection of evils, by so many years w at least, shall we probably be in a bet- it ter party than we are in. LI Such is now, I believe, the sponta- se neous, though proaably undefined feel- tt ing of us all. But what shall we do? w There can nardly be a doubt that had us we arrived at our present feeling in -tt national affairs without our experien- Si ces of the past four years In State poli- tt tics, we should be clamoring for a tc new party of all those who wish to -gi check this legislation in the interest of n] the few moneyed men of the country, itc and consequently against the great Si middle and lower classes and against cl whole geographical sections. We would (a take our stand against the enemies of ec our State and the enemies of the hon- sC est, struggling, but on-capital-depend- di ent masses of the people of the United di States. We should put life into the hackneyed phrases, "government for ti the people," and "equal rights to all, Li special privileges to none." We should el point with prie and threateningr warn- e: g to the fact that we of the South e the true modern representatives of te berces of the revolution; that the )pulation of the North,in large meas fe foreignized, or else rendered unfit Jr responsible and beneficial govern ent by tte abasement of indiv:duality insequent upon the modern trend of e politics of great municipalities. ay be willing to submit to the rule of eir favored few, but that we are not the stuff to submit to being longer ade tneir slaves by the sutiversian of e general goverement. We should elceme the assistance of the We-t d of the bold-spirited and uncor .pted, though somewhat ignorant or ratic primitive classes of all bections a righteous fight to settle the ques )n. "Upon what meat doth this, our esar, feed that he is grown so great ?" Alat! does not truth compel the re gnition of this as very much the po Ion of a great organization of the ricultural masses of the last few ars? We saw no justification for Eir position when they took it, we w much to condemn in the extremes which they seemed to be going; we ed to suppress their "uncalled for" bellion; we feltrighteous disapnroba n of them; we became prejudiced 'ainst them; we shall never find it sy to say that they were right and were wrong, or even that they were rtly right and we partly wrong. It human nature: "Can anything good me out of Nazareth ?" onesty compels the follo wing con 5sion to those to whom we least ex ted ever to concede anything: :1) We felt secure in the ship of St ate cept for the tariff leakage, to which e were we aroused. The Farmers' liance movement first sounded the rm that called attention to our fi nctal laws as bringing us to the verge wreck. Yet little heed was paid till ) were caught in the whirlpool, and es from all sides then so drowned e first note of warning that few gave e credit of it to a source so "unwor y of recognition." Who of our fac >n appreciated the need of more ney, of elastic money, of local money bearing upon the prosperity of our ,tion-the depression of business en prise ? It was all new to us, we had t studied it and we ridiculed those 10, though not as well educated as , prated of it so learnedly and confi ntly. "Respectable" authorities are erywhere now pressing these three ints. Who of us knew the relation of ioney" to commodities and to gold d silver, the robbery of debtors as l as creditors that results from a riation of these relations, the fact at gold had appreciated as much as ver had depreciated, that our gov Dment had let "monev" appreciate th gold, and that hence with the gold mdard the debtors are being robbed Uy as much as they would "rob" ?ditors if "money" were depreciated the basis of silver by its free coin e? If robbing must be done there mld be less cruelty in inflicting it >on creditors. The masses of debtors io seemed to wish thus to retaliate ight be reasoned with and urged to no further than securing justice, but By should not have been goaded with nial of the truth or their contention at they are victims and with epithets r wishing to make the "other fello ws" ange places with them. In their just d desperate determination to get =selves out they are excusable for t first devising aosolute safeguards ainst Employing means that might t them out at the expense of others; cially when they believe those oth i have put them in the hole. 2) Who of us thought of the income until brought to the front by those ople? If it and certnin other ap oved new demands were heartily car td out by the Pemocrats, our party uld have gotten all the credit (the or pioneers being lost sight of!) and oved itself the people's party, leaving room for the "People's party." The :ome tax has been shown by Mills to intrinsically just, but its happening bear chiefly upon certain sections d classes renders it peculiarly right this time, to offset in a measure the 'eas of money that have flo wed and i flow from South to North by pen mii, from poor to rich by protection. 3) Those who have charged that aling in futures causes a combination capital to fix prices and injure the oducer and is also a means of cor ptang legislation, and that the money wer ("W all street") does consciously d systematically machinate against e people in insidious ways are no lon r to be regarded as "fools" charging bsurdities." We now approve these otiments coming from other lips. :4) The warning against Cleveland as :e tool of Wall street," though at the ne indignantly resented by us all as t only a slander but a gratuitous in lt to a noble man, has been justified time; and, though we may not en rse the insinuation of turpitude, we ie recognition to the prophetic insight d the courage of those "infamous solutons." 5) There is enough of common ound in our present views and the ews of the turbulent pioneers whom have denounced to give us some alms of conscience, some humilia lon of our pride of intellect, some nerous impulse to fellowship in un a for a common cause. In fact the icultural uprising (little as we real id it at first) is now seen to have in gurated a revolution. At the close a century its undercurrents of ought are forced to the front. Virile ought is now ripe in our country. ruggling, rebellious ideas are clash g with those that reign. Change, ore or less radical is upon us. For volution there is always cause. hen the blinding confusion of the yrm has passed a God-sent, man-de loped truth is seen to have been en roned by it. The wrong that in its olution accompanied it is for the ost part left behind-the world has ken a step. The stouter the resistence to the rev otion by those who wickedly or from ant of sympathetic appree-tation op tse the change its success involves tthe re is its human #assion lashed, its od tides of wrath piled up, its power overcome increased by mutation of ore delicate energies into the resist is energy of rude violence. Could e conscientious men who fight it at ery step until its spent force bursts th destructive fury see the good in and unite to strengthen the hands of e conservative revolutionists w ho e only this good, the step for ward in e world's progress would be taken ithout incurring the lameness that Lually results and impedes its making e most of its new vantage ground. ne now we have reached a point in a proress of the pending revolution see with some distinctness a worthy >a1, which must now s ion become ore and more visible, it is our duty speed its attainment. In our own ate we shall remove a fretting obsta e, we shall give counsel in friendship nd in no other guise will it be heed l) to discard e-xcrescent fallacies, to oth brutal violence, to guide most rectly and with least possible inci mntal evil the great Truth to its throne (6) When one has come to think, en one cannot desire a complete re Lrn to the quiet, unenterprisiug lead 'ship that was succeeded by the pres t -fment. The country is in the throes of travail to bring forth a better order of things, ann tnere are now few who do not look forward, more or less vaguely, to a new birth that will be a blessing. We would not wholly change doctors and risR a miscarriage. What ever personal repugnance we may still have for such doctors, (not of our choosina) we feel a certain unacknow ledged, but self-asserting faith that in the divine Providence they are the men for the time until better men have caught the proper inspiration. it is a foolish, stiff-necked pride to refuse to recognize that great popular move menta are due to the blind, but divine ly guided instinct, of the masses, which, in obedience to the law ef evolution. direc's them on truer lines than the reason of the wisest statesman could have mapped out in advance. "The people as a mass, have no understand ing, but an unfailing instinct." Yet, especially atter the darkly groping stage has been passed, there is need of the light of all the intelligence that can be brought to bear. "fo recognize, try and guide this ins:inct is the func tion of a statesman." The "brain and leadership" of the "minority" in our State are like Achilles sulking in his camp, if in this great crisis they fail to put themselves in touch with the peo ple and to put forth their powers for a victory that shall briug honor to the whole State. If the fore going find response in the inner consciousness of once ardent Cleveland Democrats, once violent de nouncers of the Alliance, once bitter haters of Tillman and Tillmanism, then it is the part of honesty and cour age, of patriotism and self-interest alike to speak out and work for the success of these ideas. If the national administration should yet give ground for endorse ment we can rally to it, but the best hops of such action by it depends on widespread and out spoken defection from it. At present, however, I firmly believe that a great movement for a new party is surely coming, that our onservatives find it now hard to ro sist sympathy with it and cannot much longer, and that it is now their duty to examine themselves, to refuse to be content with half-hearted with "me too's," to clarify their thoughts and speedily and vigorously assume a positive attitude. We are slaves to Tillman if his attitude must determine ours, if his choice precludes our mak ing the same choice. Another thought carries force and ratification. A semi-superstitious be tief often decides conviction, as does a favorite prejudice. Of late we have been ashamed of South Carolina-a most unwonted and painful emotion for a South Carolinian. Meantime, in jest, a strange analogy was pointed out as apparent law of her history: "South Carolina goes mad every thirty years.' After the laugh there has lurked a thought that brought a twinge [nextricable from our minds is the association of 1830 and 1860 with the glorious assertion of great princi ples. Could there be, hidden from our view, a principle in the third "mid" movement? In the midst of so much that we abhor, can it be that our little State is taking her stand (in obedience to fate. which has always assigned her the van) as the leader in a great strug gle that shall become famed in history andextolled by men? Could it be? Should we have retarded it, have we no hare in winning for her her deserved place of honor? How was it in 1830? &s bitter differences of opinion prevail d then as now, but what the majority lid was the act of the State ind, as her collective decis lon, it has been eulogized by us From State pride, if not from intelligent thought-1860 was the culmination of much the same fight, and in thirty years the people had come to be nearly ananimous. Yet there was still ear est individual disapproval of the act af the majority, though private opinion gielded to the public purpose. Peace ias its dutIes as well as war, and this may be a time that demands of loyal eitizens conurence in the general purpose of the State. I admit that these answers and this suggested ground for concurrence are hardly to be accepted by the mind until individual opinion has come to a degree or approv al of general purpose. Let us s'iake ourselves together and try to contribute to the correct solution of the problem that is before the country-for we no longer doubt that there is a problem pressing for immedi ate solution. Let us join the great South Carolina Movement to reform the United States government and usher in the era of the Twentieth Century. ________ x Riddled trom &mbush, HAMrrON, S. C., June 16.-Captain James Mixson, one ot the best known citizens of the Stafford's section, was terribly and fatally shot near the Steep .Sottom 'iross Roads Monday nighr, while on his way home. The murdered man was shot from the rear with a load of buckshot, twelve of these entering his back. Considerable excitement instantly ensued in the locality as soon as the news of the tragedy became pretty gen erally circulated. Whein Mixson was shot he called loudly for help, his cries attracting a colored man, Sylvester Jones, wno came to tne spot, to find the unfortunate victim frightfully wounded. Mixson was conveyed to his home where he expired in a short time. Excitement became enhanced by the mystery of an assassination whose victim was known to be without deadly toes and as a man of sobriety. f indiness and industry. Efforts were at once made to locate and capture the guilty party, and as a result Cordry Hims, a colored man, has been arrested and lodsged in Jail here. The evidence against him is purely circumstantial, but is very strong. It is the opinion that Mims mistook Captain Mixson for a negro named Elliott Rivers, whom he sus pected of being intimate with his wife and had said he had intended to kill. Mims was near the scene of the sub sequent murder on Monday afternoon, haviug with him his gun, and an ex amination of this gun showed~ that one barrel had been recently discharged. It is said that he could give no account of his whereabouts Monday night and that he was not at home.-Guardian. resagpned. COLUMZIA, S. C., -June 12.-Argu ments as to the cot~stiuutionalLy of the registration law were appointed to be heard before the Sapreme Court this morning, but the hearins: was postooned until the ntxt te-rm which b~wns on the fourth Tuesday of N >vernlbar. This was done on motion of the A'.toruey General who atated thant he ha-I jos:. seen the supervisor of registration and did nat have time to prepare his return. This knocks up the p'ssibiity of tuia move ment effectiog this elecuioo, eve~i if it shouldJ be deciated uacons unonal. All We-e Drowned. BREWETERS, N . - June 10.-The sisters named Maggie anid Bessie Bla ney, an' Thomas Seanlon and John McCuskey, all of 13hewsters, went boat ig this atternoon on Sjutheast lake, about two miles fcom here. The boat uset an~d the four were drovned. One body has been found and a large crowd i. loongerm the other thre bodies LABOR TROUBLES SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE HARD TIME'S NOW ON. Forelgu Minere on Strike, Kidnap and Maltreat Four Workmen--Resculig Depaties Killed Several Stava-Troubles Ese wbere-Troep3 COslied Out UNIONTOWN, Pa., June 10.-A bat tle between seven armed deputies and a 1 mob of 300 strikers occurred this morn- I inz ,t 9 o'clock at the Lemont No. 3 works of the McClure Coke Company. Oe striker, a Slav was killed instantly, and two other Si iv strikers were fatally wounded. The deputies were surrounded and fired upon by the strikers before they shot. The incidents leading up to the battle last evening, when a mob of several hundred strikers, mostly from the Trot ter works of the Frick Company, gath ered at the Pennsylvania Railroad de pot at New Haven and took prisoners t four workmen. who are employed at the I works of the Frick Company and were on their way home at Leisenring. The names of the workmen are John Dela ney, Ohver Attlebv. John Britt and John -Furlough. Wben they stepped off the train the mob surrounded them and marched them away. The fLur men were covered with chalk and big placards with "scab," "blackleg" and other epthets lettered I thereon. The men were then marched through the streets eecorted by the hoot- t ing mob and taken back to the Trotter I and Leisening plants, where they were C paraded throuah the treets between the compary houses. The strikers jeered them and the women spit upon them and hit them with stones and clubs. They were even marched past their own homes and their wives and children per- C mitted to view them in their helpless ness. Sheriff Wilhelm dispatched Deputy I Sheriff Allen with seven deputies to res- C cue the workmen. Allen arrived at 6 a o'clock. At no time was he able to overtake the mob having the men in t charge. Allen finally learned that the men were being passed from mob to mob. It was found that the four men bad been taken'to Morrel and from there to Youngstown and then to Lemont, where the battle occurred. Early this t morning, after placing the deputies to i prevent the strikers from taking their t prisoners elsewhere, Allen return to Un. e iontown for farther orders and was di rected to rescue the prisioners. Return- c ing to.Lemont, he found two deputies re treating before a howling mob of Slavs. 6 As Allen .roade up, a Slav fired at him C witi.W revolver. The ball passed over his AM5 . Several fthe mob then began firing at the officers. Alle'.s revolver was defective and only two shot wee fired , by him. Fiqe of his assistants cameaup 1 and began firing with their Winchesters. g Abcut fitty shots were exchanged,.the j mob slowly advaning, the deputies r c treating, until reinforced by other dep aties, when a stand was made. The I mob then began to disperse. Sheriff a Whilhelm was again notida-d and sent f thirteen more deputies.' An hour later e twelve of the mob were arrested and ( brought to jail. t The Slav that was killed was found lying in the road, shot through the body by a Winchester bullet. Two other were found in houses near by, both said to be mortally wounded, having been shot through the thighs. The strikes re ised to give the name of the Slav killed, b r of those injured. They wanted the s officers to take the dead striker with I them when making the arrest. One of the men arrested was shot in the arm. 1 At 4 o'clock a special train took down l en more deputies, and then took the ~ wounded men to the hospital at Con- C ellsville. Many others are believed to have been wounded. None et the dep uies were injured. At 5 o'clock a posse of twenty-five deputies, in charge of Field Deputies Allen, Altebaugh and Richards, armed t with search warrants, left for Cool Spring e Hollow, after searching the Lemon; I houses. It is believed that four work- I men were taken during the trouble and r are hidden away in the monument I houses. It is believed that the four . men at all hazaras. Several hundred ' strikers live in the vicinity of Cool Spring and a conflict may occur.' Tney a ave not returned or been heard from. Sherifi Wilhelm said -tonight that he c would not ask for the militia on account i of today's trouble. He says he is grow- e ing heartily tired of the warfare, but, so a long as his deputies are not overpow- r ered will fight away in attempting to 'i maintain peace and order. Several hun- a dred arrests are expected to follow- for I the kidnapping of the men. E At Pana, Illinois, the mining situa- ~ tion still remain unsettled]. A company I of strikers, numbering about 200, are camped on the Slbley farm about twoc miles from Pana. About 500 membersC of the First Regiment of Chicago with a Qattling gun, arrived on special train a this morning at 6 o'clolck and were fo1- j lowed at 9 o'clock by compantes from e Clinton and Bloom'ngton, and they arer all in camp at the baseball park. Crowds d of strikers are located in the timber t and near the railroad bridge :." around t the city. It is variously estimated that C there is from 1,500 to 4,000 fareign stri I kers in close pro'ximity to the city and they can be massed on short n 'tice. The local minners vow they will not en ter the mines while the militia remainst in the city. So no attempt will be made to operate the shafts tomorrow. t A Murderone Bruogge, AIKEN, June 13.- -A brakeman on a freiht train of the Georgia and Carolina Railroad was killed liast night while in the dia,:,harge of his duties. He was rid ing on top of a box car in an erect posi tion, and while the train was passingt through the Aiken cut his head struckc Laurens street bridge and he was knocked1 off the car and died in a short while af terwards. His name is J. D Crafs, andC it is said his home was in Charleston. The coroner of this county su nmoned a jury of inquest this morning with Mr. Jesse C. Petty as foreman. After view ing the body the jury adj urnied until 12 o'clock on ThurE day, when testimoney will he taken. Several person have beeni kilird by this same bridge .in the same way. The bridge is too low and should be raised. It is the duty of the road toC construct and maintain all the bridges ti at span this cut.--News and Courier.1 Blowing Up Bridges. WASH1INGroN, June 1.-A special from Birmingham, Ala., ssys: The big Iron bridge of the kansas City, Mem phis and Birmingham Railroad, at Crbon Hill was blown up with dyna mite to-day a few moments before a train reached the bridge. Bridges at i Patton, Mable Mines and other points have been burned within a few days and several attempts have been made to burn a long trestle. All these acti are charged to strikers,whose purpose 1s5 is t eveant tahetransortation of coal A WOFFORD'S COMMENCEMENT. 5 Lwge Graduating Clss-An Occasion Loogto be Remmberrd. SrARTANBURo, S. C, June 12.-The Wofford commencement is almcst past md there is jov in many a student's ieart tonight. Another scholastic year s ended and has been added to the orty years of Wofford's reputatiov, which has been slowly but surely rising intil today she stands at the head of )very literary institution in the State. U.ltogether this has been a very profita )le session and instruction has been riven to 150 young men. The manage nent considers this number up to the isual limit. The commencement exercises began innday wit) the baccalaureate sermon which was delivered by Bishop R.. K. largrove of Memphis. He read as his ext: isaiah 116: "The wolf also shall Iwell with the lamb and the leopard hall lie down with the kid; and the alf and the young lion and the fatling ogether -and a little child shall lead hem." He preached a very impressive ermon which was listened to by a arge and appreciative audience. Yesterday morniXrg Dr. James H. irklind, Cbancellor cf Vanderbilt Jniversity, delivered the literary ad Iress before the Calhoun and Preston ocieties. His was a masterly sreecb, poken entirely off-band, and showing areful tiought and study. His re arks abbut returning to his native and were very touching. A short ynopsis would not do him j.stice. At he conclusion of his address he was ondly cheered and completely loaded [own with beautiful flowers. Last night the chapel was again r wded by friends of the institution to Lear the junior debate. The query: tesolved, 1'hat the American laborer as just reason to be discontented with is present conditions, was ably dis |ussed by Messrs. F. H. Shuler and G. .Leonard for the affirmative and S. 1. McGee for the negative. The com aittee, consisting of Dr. Kirkland as airman, decided in favor of the-neg ,tive. A gold medal is given each year by he societies for tne best essay and hey were awaded last night. Mr. . J. Shoemaker ot Orangeburg won he Preston medal and Mr. S. H. Mc -hee of Greenwood won the Calhoun iedal. The regular graduating exercises ok place this morning. The follow g young men delivered their gradua Ing speeches very gracefully and re elved their diplomas: 0. M. Abney, Richland, "A Remnant f the Past." W. P. Baskin, Sumter, The Royal Faculty." H. L. Bomar, partanburg, "Our Debt." W. T. Dun an, Anderson. "The Wandering Min trel." P. H. Edwards, Marion, "Indi idualism in Modern Society." W. M. Mlerbee, Marion, "The Three Ele 2ents." A. B. Harbin, Greenville, Great Carolinians." E. S. Jones, Rich nd, 'Our, Future." G. F. Kirby, artanburt, "A Conquering Race." .Landg, Anderson, "A Collection f Celebrities." E. M. Lanham, Texas. The Decdytof. the. Artistic." W. Y. fnckeyftfsIp'CharlestoO, "The Wiz rd of the South." -W. J. Snyder, Beau rt, "Identity." Smilia Taylor, Flor nee, "Etectricity of theTwentieth entury." W. E. Walker,i Spartan urg, "Our Poet." D. D. Wallace,.Rich mnd, "Gladstone." W. W. Warson, Lbbeville, "Our Estimate of Manhoodd' . B. Wells, Charleston, "One Increas g Purpose." R. L. Daniel, Spartan urg, "The Force of Pqrpose." Mr. M. L. Banks of Orangeburg is so a member of this class and lef t for ome a few days ago on account of tkness. His diploma will be sent to im. Mr. Muckinfuss Is totally blind, but as finished his course at W offord Cot ge. It was indeed a touching sight a see that man, deprived of his sight, elivering his graduating speech. He ill take up law for a profesion. 0. t he twenty graduates seven will .reach, six will be doctors, tbree law er, two teachers, one farmer and one urnalist. Commencement closed to night with be alumni address, which was deliver d by Hon. T. M. Raysor of Orange rg. He came with a strong. well repared message for his brother alum , his subject being "The Science and hilosophy of Government and the )ities of the Citizen in Relation hereto." He began by giving a deli ition of government and sho wing how was developed from the family cir le on through the tribe up to the na on. He clearly and forcibly pointed ut what the individual lost and gained the organization of a general goy. rnment, showing that the true end nd aim was the development of the an in relation to all the other men. he Iron heel, of the despot and the bsolutiem of the Democratic majority ere alike oppressive and unjust. He mphasized the fact that our constitu ons and statutes were the law of the md and not the arbitrary rule of the eople. - The framers of our constitu ions were neither demagogues nor ommunists. An incorruptible judiciary is the reat breakwater that keeps back the urging of a devastating and riotous )emocracy. The saker then showed ertain strong points of our Govern ent and he pointed out some of the angers that confront us. Centraliza ion on one hand and Communism on he other were shown to be two of the ominant tendencies of the time. The ower and in fluence of doctrinaires and emagogues and the willingness with hich the people followed and sup orted them was a standing menace to ur free institutions. Hence we have he army of the unemploy ed, the con tant revolts ag ainst la w and order and he great unrest that prevails all over he land. But there is hope in the wisdom of he people. An intelligent ciJzens~hip gill correct the evils aud cast aside the rrors arising from ignorance as well the selflsh machination~s of evil and elfish politicians. His address received he earnest attention of the large au ience present. After his address thiete was a big banquet served to the alum ii and the semecr class. All the stu ents will leave to-morrow. Everything now is over and once ore the old Wofford campus is desirt d.-Register. Skinned Alte. WAYGOoss, Ga., June 16--A negro .ssaulted a highly respected young ady, daaghter of Mr. Mose Herrmng of ierce County. about ifteen miles loutheast from Black-sher. early Mon Lay morning. After accomplisbing his >urpose he escaped to the woods, but vas pursued and caught by a mob Lumbering twenty or thirty men, who, fter hanging him awhile, toek him lown and skinned him alive. He lived ix hours after the skin had Deen taken rom his body. There is great excite nent,hut no further trouble is expect d, as it is the general opinion or both hite and colored people thiat he got it deserts. For G ,vrnor. COLmBIA, S. C, June 12.-It is ru nored in tnis cit~y that Col.. Geo. D. illman may enter the gubernatorial THE MATTER OF PaRDON SOME INTERESTING iNTERROGAT RIES ANSWERED. The President of Me Colorado Sts Board of Ptrd nn Propounds Sax Questions to Governor Tliman, w: Atawers Them, Giving His Views. COLUMBIA,S. C., June 14.-The f( lowing letters will be of interest ai explain themselves: Denver, Col., June 9th, 1894. To His Excellency, B. R. Tillman, Go ernor of the State of South Carolie Columbia, S.C. Dear Sir: I would esteem it a speci favor if you would reply at an ear date to the following InterrogatoriE First. Should executive clemency 1 granted in any case, except upon poi tive testimony as to the innocence the convict? Second. Is a Board of Pardons, an Advisory Board, necessary to a Go ernor to aid him in dispensing the pa doning power? Third. Should pardons be condition or would the general doctrine of ti parole system be better for the prote tion of society? FourOh. Would the parole syste: act as a deterrent for criminals to greater extent than unconditional r lease either by pardon or by serving 01 the sentence Very respectfully, J. L. APPEL, President Colorada State Board of Pa dons. THlE GOVERNOR'S LETTER. In aLswer to this letter Governor Ti man has written Mr. Appel the follov jng. Dear Sir: Your favor of June 9! propounding certain interrogatoril has been received. I cannot take tin to answer fully-that is giving reason but will answer briefly by numbers. To the first question I answer ye Clemency does not mean, always, a pa don. but includes commutation from death penalty to a term of imprisol ment as well as a change of senten where the punishment appears exces ive. There are also cases where coi viction follows evidence that may a: pear conclusive to the jury, but not i to the executive. The reasoning I which juries reach -agreement in a ve ict of guilty is sometimes altogethi invisible to the executive and whi the innocence of the prisoner may ni rest upon "positive testimony,". tt guilt being equally shadowy or -unce1 tain, I have given prisoners the benel of doubt the especially If there was lack of motive or previous good chara ter proven. To. the second question I would sa that a Board of Pardons or an Advis< ry Board, while not necessary, w.ou. rlieve theGovernor of much work at ome responsibility. -If such Boai exists, however, It should be frequenl y changed throughout so as to meaa a thorough examination of' petitloi and prevent the possibility of any tra eking in pardons. To the tnird question: I think und( certaiD circumstances conditional-pai ions are - desirable; And I havg urge the adoption of the intermediate ser ence system by which the crime, atti a conviction is secured, is punished b & maximum or a minimum term of in prisonment depending on the behavit f the prisoner an the evidence of h reformation. Punishment is for tt prpose of reforming criminals and d, erripg others from committing crimi Judges are very capricious and an reasonable sometime in passing ser ence, and by such a system the Pent entiary directops could release a prit mer or recommend a pardon whenevi n their judgment'the purpose of iii risonment had been'saccomplished. To the fourth question; In genera do not like the parole syrstem of con itional pardons. Such men are n< free in the full sense of the tehn, and ould prefer, as a general rule, absolul elease or service of the full term. N, I have never granted but two condi ional pardons. One was a man wi naltreated his wife while under the ir luence of liqaor. The other was a bc hirteen years old. The condition I the first case remanded the man to pr: son upon proof that I rank any liquor or maltreated th woman. Of course the wife begge for clemency. The boy was allowed t Leave the penitentiary ont condltia hat he went to a reform school whe1 e was practically a prisoner. Yours respectfully, B. R. TILLMAN, Governor. Indicted, DARLINGTON, June 13.-The Con f Sessions adjourned today. havi: aited since yesterday to receive tae int report ci the grand jury. ThIs body hi been considering various complicatior that arose from the recent traaedy hei brought otn by the counstables. TI ial presentment made today in th nase, to be bereafter known as the Stal of South Carolina versus the State of Ca lina, was unexpected and acted like oomerang. Assistant Attorney General Barbi was here to have the case of the Stat gainst certain citizsns, for firmng i he Charleston, Sumter and Norther train on the day of the tragedy proper] preseteJ. After hearing, the evident gint seventeen of our citizens in th ae the jury presented true bills againt Capt John C. Blackwell and others ~r this c'ience. It will be re nembert that at the time or the tranedy McLei don, who was wouoded, was carried i ail by Sheriff Scarborough, he havir een delivered to the sheriff by the D)ai ingtoni Guards, who had been in charg ) the day after the killing u'knos pa ties were allowed entrance to the is nd McLendon was spirited away. Full particulars concerning his escaj we:e published in The Ne ws and Cou: ier at the time, and a.ll details we: given, even as to how his mustache w: immed and how the chan'ie of his ai arel was effected. This matter wI brought to the attention of the grar jury nn-l they gave it most careful cot sideration. As the result Sneriff' Scal horouh and his deputy were presente for allowing McLendon to make such exit from durance as he did when charge wnhi tbe grave crime of homicide, at Meers W. J. W. Skinner and Simpso Skinner were also presented for havir aided McLendon in effecting his escap Tne jury was composed of' mixed mi terial, with a majority of Tillmamite and gave this case loDg and most carefi onideration1. Counstai5le Newbold, has beE workiug here f. r some time, and it w4 kno wn last week that the names of eigI ten prominent citizens would be pres ened for having fired on the Charlesto: Sumter and N->rthern t-aim. Nothir was knowu until today, however, of ii action taken mn reference to tIhe presen ment arainst Sherifl Scarborough at his deputy and the Messrs. Skinner f< effecting McLendon's escape when I was charged with such a crime The at tion of the jury seems to have been fa and non-partisan, and for this all thank _Nlew and Courier. THE MILITARY COURT. They Make Their Report to the Gov erncr. COLUMBIA, S. 3., June 13.-Tho mil t itary court of inquiry has handed in B their report to the -Governor. It covers 2e 140 pages of closely written foolscap and was received too late to publish more than a synopsb of the findngs of the court. As to Mayor Metts the court finds , 1l that his conduct was unbecoming an Ad officer and prejudicial to military dis- n cipline in counselling the Guards not % to go to Darngton. n 7- As to the Governor's Guards the 0 a, court says Capt. J. H. Bateman was 1R guilty of disobeying orders but in do- P al ing so be was influenced by a belief a ly that to attempt to carry. the company Y 8: out of the army would precipitate a P .e riot. No other officer or member was d I- guilty of any disobedience of orders. s Af Those members who threw down a their side arms in the presence of the b )r Governor were guilty of unbecoming s1 V conauct but were laboring under great tl r- excement. n P. ivate B. G. Mills and E. C. Cath- ri a cart disobeyed orders in not turning v ie out under arms on March 30 when or- t, C- dered to do so by their captain. As to the Richland Volunteers: As i n to Captain Aiston refusing to put his ti a men in line when ordered by Col. J. G. d e- Watts the court expresses no opinion I it Leaving tnat out of consideration he t disoyed no orders nor was guilty of any conduct unbecoming an officer. He o r- is commended for his determination to ti do his whole duty leaving a sick bed. 1 No officer or member was guilty of dis- w 11 obeying orders. ai . As to the Zouaves: Captain Capers w was guilty of disobeying orders and of tl conduct unbecoming an officer in en- w b couraging his officers and men to dis- rf e obey orders; that with the exception of st te Lieut. Frost and a few members the sl 8, Zonaves were guilty of disobeying or- tt ders. ti . As to the Jenkins Rifles, York, they v r were guilty of deliberate disobedience a in refusing to go to Columbia when or- 1 dered. re As to the Gordon Light Infantry, of se Winnsboro, Captain Jordan was guilty ti of premeditated disobedience, and is P solely responsible for the failure of his i 0 company to come to Columbia. 'y As to the Catawba Rifles, Rock Hill, - Captain Reed and - Lieutenant Harri son wire guilty of disobedience, al- ei le though Captain Reed had been elected b >t but had not received recognition by the IM e State. b ~ As to the Gordon Volunteers, com- tI It missioned officers and ten men disobey It al no orders. Other members did- but iE from business considerations and not e from desire to shirk military or the a y services required of them. a ~ The court of induiry made the fol- h lowing report as to the Fourth Bri- b Sgadfe: That Brigadier General T. A. Huge- w nin was. guilty of disobedience of or- b e. -dera issued by Governor B. R. Tillman a *March 31. He issued no verbal or re written orders to any officer or com- st pany of his brigade to go to Darling- at tog -or even to turn out on - March B0 pI That Maj. B. H. Rutledge, com- a manding Second Battalion, was guilty of conduct prejudicial to discipline in te attending two conferences of officers S of -the 4th Brigade and Capt. DuBose ci of theNavy Battalion and participat- 11 slg in discussions relating to the pro- l priety of obeying orders. Maj. A. W. tt Marshall of the Washington Light In- tt fantry was guilty also as Maj. Rut- S ledgehe having attended three confer ences. ~Capt. Schochte of the German Fu Ssilers also attended these Conferences a, Sof the same nature and is likewise .The same applies to Capt. J. J. Rea ga- of the Montgomery Guards. The same report is made as to Capt. ~ t.F. O'Gara, of the Irish Volunteers; el SCapt. D. MacMullin, of the Palmette W Guards; Capt. T. T. Hyde of the Sum t~ ter Guards; Capt. F. W. Jessen, of the Q ~ German Huzzars. 0-~ Capt. Wagener, Lieut. J. F. Lilien. t thiel,.Capt. J. E. Cogswell, command- hi y ing- Company B, Washington Lighta SInfantsy; Capt. E Iward Anderson. ~CarolinaRiles, are liable to reprimand bi e and for atending these conferences. sl e Capt. An deilson at first expressed him d self willing to. obey orders and there- tC 0 after acted as to indicate his willing- 0o nees to obey all orders and his desire to W e respond to those of the commander in f~ chief. bi Tnat except~such aware hereinbefore ~ enumerated no officera.or member of al the brigade has been gpiilty of anya conduct unbecoming an officer or sol. c~ - dier. . gThat no member of the get'ing gunh Ssquad was guilty of any condriet unbe coming an officer or men. tsMet Death While Dancing. *. eQUARANTINE, S. I., June 10.-A-0 Sc~rding to the identification of husband and brother-in-law, the body of the ewoman found yesterday floating in the Swater off Fort Wadsworth is that of a Mrs. Isaac Newton Lemon, who livedt at 603 Sixth Avenue, New York. A r number of valuable rings and a gold: e chain bracelet were found on the ladyg o and served to aid in the identification.gi n Mrs. Lemon lost her life by a peculiar y accident. While dancing on the pa e villon of Ulmer Park Hotel, Long Is-s Sland Beach, Mrs. Lemon and her part- t iner lost their balance and fell into the ~water. She disappeared at once, and it a was thought at the time that she mustn dhave been rendered unconscious by Sstriking the rail. All efforts to find ri 0 the body were unavailing until it wasb Irecovered yesterday, many miles fromb - the place where the accident occurred. P LocustS Break Up a Picnic. Pi ilKEYFORT, June 1d.-The seventEen year locusts appeared in swarms to day Sin Broch's Grove, on the banks of the Raritan Bay, bet ween this place and 0 .South Amboy. There was picnic in tile .gv.The ocsscovered the trees sand clung to the seats. They covered the dancing platforme, and in a short ~~time so many were crushed beneath t the feet of the dangers that the pavil- a ion had to be abandoned. T1he picnic -kers were discussing the locusts when ' d a s warm of millions decended on them. t( n The insects alighted on women's hats ' d and clothing, and caused a high-kick d ing contest not down on the bilJs. The tI n air seemed full of the pests, and the P ~party fled from the grove, shrieking a and yelling as if pursued by wild ani P -mals. Several women fainted, and s w,ere carried to farm houses. 11A Kentucky sensation. LEZINGTON, Ky., June M.-The sen-f n sation in political circles here today is '1 .s the published statement that General cl 1333si1 Duke, of Louisville, the editor of t 1 the Southern Magazine and brother-in- 1 1 law and chief of staff of Gen. Jno. Mor ggan, the famous Confederate raider, has 1 assured Maj.- Henry Clay McDowell e ethat he will stump Ashland District for s' thim and against Col. Breckinridge. If b dthe latter is nominated. Maj. McDowell ti > resides in Ashland, Henry Clay's estate g le his wife bemng the grand daughter of p SClay and he has practically consented e ir to be the Republican candidate, if t s. Breckinridge is renominated. General l Duke is a stal wart DnocnratI READS LIKE A NOTEL. A STRANGE CASE BROUGHT TO LIGHT RECENTLY. N'aul a in Two Pardoub Being Granted by 1he G , raor-S om- R sman tc Fe *tare - rhe C smp1,te S -ory to O is Ch-pt e. COLUMBIA, S. C., June 14.-A case as brought to the attention of Gover or Tillman yesterday the details of 'hich read like the plot of some good ovel. As a result of the presentation E matter to the Governor a small, quiet >oking white man, who went insidethe enitentiary walls only two days ago as common convict, came forth again esterday afternoon, after a brief ex erience of prison life, with a full par on in the pocket of his coat. His brief ay in prison had chanzed his appear. 2ce very materially, for his hair had .en clipped and his face had been clean iaven. The strange part of it all is Lat, even though pardoned, and a free an, he does not even know what legal lations he bears to the young woman hom he sometime ago wedded. It is uly a most remarkable case. The story, as told to the Governor., romantic in extreme. The man in ie case is John W. Hodge, of Claren Dn county. The woman is Hester [odge, nee Gibbes. It seemsthat about vo years ago Hodge married the girl, 'ho is said to be strikingiy pretty, the remony being performed by a 'al justice. Tney lived together as aa and wife and things wentalong ithout any trouble until a short time ;o. About four months ago a child as born to the couple. It appears that tere was another man who himself anted to marry tne girl. She prefer 4d Hodge, however, and the other Utor attended the wedding. The atement made to the Governor was Lat this jilted suitor, alleging that te girl had colored blood in her !ins, had a warrant Isssued for her id Hodge charging them with "uin wful intermarriage." They were ar sted, tried and convicted. Hodge was ntenced to one year in the peniten ary. The woman was sentenced to ty a fine of $500, but, owing to the iness of her child, the judge released r from imprisonment temporarily ithout the payment of the fine. Upon the showing made to the GOV nor, there is no doubt as to Hodge's ing a white man. The girl's grand other and mother were of pnre white ood. On her father's side, however, ere seems to have been a strain of idian or some other kind of blood,the terjection of which into the family ctends back beyond the Revolutioni y war. To all Outward appearance, id as far back as the neighborhood (story goes, no trace of any other .ood but this can be found. The girl's imily has always been considered hite and has associated with none it white people. Her father fought i a Confederate soldier through the cent war. The family has always ood well in the community. These 'e the facts of the remarkable-case as 'sented to Governor Tillman yester Ly and which .he considered justified pardon. Now the question arises whether, af r conviction, in the court of General ssions, the parties to the marriage mtraez can now be considered legally arried and whether their child is glimate or not. It is understood iit some effort will be made to have is question decided in the courts. ate. A SAD TALE. Wretched Family, Who Tramped to * Charleat a forscc. Co3XBIA, S. C , June 14.--Sunday orning when St. Michael's run for ,y service and the air wras laden ith the perfume of flowers the bell of e convent of Oair L ady of Mercy in een street was rung. When the good maratan of that holy place answered e call she was horrified to see before r the gniastliest sight of want and fering that she ever set eyes upon. er heart was touched at the spectacle fore he'r and It was with difficulty that .e could command herself to speak. "For God's sake give us something eat, we are starving," said the voice a cnild. The sister started at the ords and looked into the pale, haggard ce of ai boy of nine summers. The >y's rugged countenance was distored ih pain. He looked dirty and miser le and was almost naked, his clothes mging to his back in tatters. A thin daverous looking weman, pale and orn with suffering, held him by the md. This was the boy's mother, poor soul! he clotnes that hung on her back were e the boy's pacthes and travel stain 1. A little old man bent with age :ougnt up the rear. This was the Lther en whose face the marks of suf ring were indelibly stamped. He aned teavily on the arm of his son, i elder boy eleven years old, who like L brother, was-also ragged and dirty, red and hungry. This was the picture that met the yod sister's eyes. A party of four hun y people stood staring her in the ce. The sister's heart was touched, e called for assistance and in a very w momen~ts four tired souls were ted before~a table on which steame'l ie most delidious -viands, hot coffee id rolls, a meal for a king. When the eal was over and the party had eaten eir full, the mother with a deep sigh ilated the following sad story: "My husband, myself and two lttle >ys lived at Marion. We lived hap ily together until my husband became ck. The little money he had was ex mded in doctors' bills and medicines. ut that is not all, what properity we d was mortgaged to keep the wolf om the door. The blow came the her day when everything we had was ken from us. Then we decided to ave the old homestead and come to iarleston. We had no money to pay ir fare here and we had to walk. We amped the entire distance my sick asband, myself two boys, and when e arrived here we were tired and orn out. The sisters were deeply ched and expressed their heartfelt mpathy. For the remainder of the morning te sister did everything in their >wer to make their guests as comfort >1e as possible. To wards evening the rty of four were transferred to the ation house,. where they were used until an early hour sterday morning when they ere sent back to Marion, there re on the railroad haviag been paid. he sisters collected an abundance of othing an other necessaries for em and they went away much appier than when they came. The old man was a sight to behold. ent with age, his wrinkled and pallid >untenance had the marks of much iffering. At the convent he moaned tterly and called upon the sister to ke care of bis poor wife that he was oing to die. He asked the sister's ermission to lie on the piazza. "I cant alk anymore," he said, "I am going >die." The names of the party are atrick Hanks, Marry Hanks, P'. E. Lnkr.m Tan Jon T.Hnks-The Sun.