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7 P ~Creec7 y9 ivi VOL. X. AANNING. S. C.. WEDNESDAY, ARPIL 24, 1890.NO39 CLEVELMD ON CURRENCY A LETTER TO A CLUB OF GENTLEMEN IN CHICAGO. Line of Batt Drawn Between "Safe Cur rency') AZivocates and Silver Monomet anists-The President Comes Out Square ly for a Single Gold Standard. CHICAGo,- Anril 17-Mr. Henry Robbins teceited from President Cleveland -Sunday evening a letter declining the inivitation of a number of business men of Chicago to attend a public recption here to himself and Mrs. Cleverand. On April 6th one hundred of the most prominent citi zens of Chicago, both Democrats and Republicans; sent ani invitation tothe President, itating that they were anx ious to expiess their deep sense of ap preciation :of -his statesmanlike and courageou.- action in maintaining the financial ciedit of our Nation and his attitude inl'avor of the preservation of sound National currenev. There was much disappointment at Mr. Cleve land's refusal to come here, but his excuse is well-received. Mr. Robbins says that while he is sorry that the President was unable to accept the in vitation as-ae o-vation which would have been given him would have giv en great impetus to the honest money sentiment throughout the West, still he is glad the invitation was sent, as in his reply, Mr. Cleveland takes occa sion to speak on the topic and he be lieves his - words :will have great weight. The following is the text of President .Oleveland's reply to the Chicago committee: Messrs. William Baker. George W. Smith, John A. Roche, T X. Har vey. Daid Kelly and Henry S. Robbins: "Gentlemen: I am much gratified by the exceedingly kind and compli mentarv iititation you have tendered me on behklf of many citizens of Chi cago to be their guest at a gathering in the interest of sound money ana wholesome financial doctrine. 'Nlv at tachment to.this cause is so-great, and I know so well the h itality and kindness of the people of hicago,that my personal inclination is strongly in favor of accepting your flattering in-I vitation, but my juagmentand my es timate of the proprieties of my official place oblige me to- forego the' enjoy ment of the participating in the occa sion you contemplate. f hope, how ever the event will mark the begin ning of an.aggressive effort to dissem inate among ople safe and pru dent financial i eas. Nothing more important can engage the attention of patriotic citizens, because nothing is so vital to the- welfare of our feflow countrymei and to the strength, pros perity and'honoi-of .our nation. The situation we, are confronting- demands that those who appreciate thie import ance of this subject and those who ought to be the first to see impending danger, should-o longer- remain in different or over-confident. '4If the sound -neoey-- sentiment -abroad in the land is to save us from mischief and <J6Lster it must be crys talized ' bined and made imme a'ct. It-is dangerous to overloo the 'fat -that a vast number of our people with scant -:opportunity thus far to examinMethe question in all its aspects have iseveitheless- been in genuously pressed with'specious sug -gestions which in-this time of misfor tune and depressioan-find-willing lis teners prepared tog've credence to any scheme w 'h~is p usibly presented as a remedy for their unfortunate con dition. What is now more needed than anythingelse -is a plainiand sim ple presentation of .the argument in favor of souMi motiey. -In other words it is atirpe for the American people to reason. together as members of a great nation., which can promise them a continuantee: of protection and safety only so-longu.as its .solvency is unsuspectedts. honor unsullied and tne soundnesof its money unques-. tioned. These things are ill exchanged for the illusions of a debased-currency and groundlss-hope of advantages to begamned by adisregai-d of onr finan cial credit and e5nnei-cial' sfanding among the nationA of tie' world. If our people were isolated -from'all oth ers and if the question- of our 'curren cy could be trewted withoutregardl to our relations' to otlHur countries itsi character would 3e a malter of 'com parativelylittl4iiportance. . . "If the.- American people-were onlyl concernedsin-the mzaintenance of their precious life among themselves they might return to the -old-days of barter and in this 'primitive manner acquire from each other the materials to sup ply the wants of their existence. But if American civilization was satisfiedI with this it wo.uldmabjectly fail in its high and noblessiissionIn these -est less days the Iaimer dis tempted by the assurance that -though our currency may be debased,redundant and uncer "ain, such a situation would improve the price of his prodrcts. Let us re mind him that he must buy as well as sell; that his'dreams of plenty are shaded by the certainty that if the price of 'the things he has to sell is nominallyenhanced,thecost of things he must buy will not remain station ary; that the, best prices which cheap money proclaims -are unsuibstantial and el usive and even if they were real and palpable, he must necessarily be left far behind in the race for their en joyment. .It- oua-ht not to be Officult to convince thelvage earnier that if1 there were -benefits arising from a de generated currency they would reach1 him least of all and last of all. In a healthy stimulation of prices an in creased cost -of :all the needs of his home must-be his portion, while he is at the same timne vexed with vanish-1 -ing-isions of increased wagtes and an easier lot. The pages of liistory are full of this lesson.1 "An insidious attempt is made to create a prejudice against the advo cates of a safe an~d sound currency by the insinuation. mor'e or less directly made, that thef belong to financial1 and business classes and are therefore not only out of sympathy with the common people of the la'nd, but for selfish and wicked purposes are will ing to sacrifice the interests of those1 outside their circle. I believe thati capital and wealth through combina tlon and other mneans, sometimes gain an undue advantage; and it must be conceded that the mainteuance of a sound currency 'may, in a sense, be invested with a greater or less import ance to individuals, according to their condition and circumstances. It is, however, only a difference in degree, since it is utterly impossible that any2 one in our broad land, rich or poor,t whatever be his -occupation, andi whether dwelling -in a center of fi-t nance or a remote e-orner-of -our do-1 min, can..be really benefitted by a] financial scheme, not alike beneficial to all our people, or that any onc should be excluded from a commor and universal interest in the saft character and stable value of the cur rency of the country. In our relation to this questionwe are all in business, for we all buy and sell: so we all have to do with financial operations, for we all earn money and spend it. We cannot escape our independence. Mer chants and dealers are in every neigh borhood and each has its shops and manufactories. "Wherever the wants of man exist, business and finance in some degree are found, related in one direction to those whose wants they supply and in another to the extensive business and finance to which they are tributary. A fluctuation in prices at the seaboard is known the same hour or day in the remotest hamlet. The discredit or de preciation in financial centres of any form of money in the hands of the people is a signal of immediate loss everywhere. If reckless discontent and wild'experiment should sweep our cur rency from its safe support, the most defenseless of all who would suffer in that time of distress and national dis credit vill be the people, as they reck on the loss in their scanty support, and the laborer and workingman, as he sees the money lie has received for his toil shrink and shrivel in his hand when he tenders it for the necessaries to supply his humble home. Disguise it as we may, the line of battle is drawn between the forces of safe cur rency and those of silver monometal lism. I will not believe that if our people are atforded an intellig-ent op portunity for second thought %ey will sanction schemes that, however cloak ed, mean disaster and confusion. nor that they will consent by undermin ing the foundation of a safe currency, to endanger the beneficient character and purpose of their government. "Yours very truly, "GROVER OFEVELAND. TriE CROP OUTLOOK. What is Being Done With Plow and H oe in the Fields. CoLUMBIA, S. C.. April 17.-The following second v eekly bullitin of the weather and crop conditions in the State was issued by Director J. W. Bauer of the South Carolina weather and crop service. The report makes an excellent showing as to the crop outlook. The past week was reported an ex tremely favorable one for farm work and advantage was taken of it by farmers to push the planting of corn, cotton, melons, sugar cane an tobac co. The week was cooler than usual in the western portion of the State, where the daily departures averaged nearly three degrees. In the eastern portion of the State, especially along the im mediate coast, the temperature was more nearly normal, the daily depart ures being about one degree below. The highest temperature reported was 82 in Orangeburg county, the lowest 33 in Greenville county. and the weekly-mean for the State was ab out 60. There was a light frost in the extreme western portion of the State on the 14th: a heavy frost quite general ever the north and west portions on the 15th, that in places did considerable injury to fruit and tender vegetation. The rain of the 7th and Sth varied from 1.50 to over 3.00 inches, and was evenly distributed over theentire State. As a result a number of rivers over flowed their banks gratly delaying plowing on bottom lands. Newly plowed and planted side-hills were badly washed and as fields were more creneral planted in corn than in any oter crop, it suffered most. There was more sunshine than dur ing the week previous, but there was still more cloudiness than is usual at this season. -Hail in Marlboro county on the 9th; very windy over the State on the 9th, 11th and 14th, with a sand storm in the south eastern part, wereth adverse conditions of the week, but did- no damage except to dry the gund rapidly, leaving it hard and -eand puttinog it into a niore or les unsatisfactory condition for cultiva tion.. Cotton planting was general over the whole State, and is being pushed owing to the lateness of the season. Corn has been planted extensilvely and upland corn about all in the ground. The river bottoms are still too wet to plow or plant. More attention will be paid to tobac eo culture, especially in Florence rounty. The young- plants are ready for setting, althoughi the weather has been some what cool for the purpose. A lare crop of melons has already been anted in the eastern portion and wiibe cultivated westward. The grain crops are improviing very much and made a marked growth dur ing the past week. Wheat in particu ar has made rapid improvement as has spring sown oats. In regard to winter ats the reports differ very widely, yet all agree that it was g-reatly damaged cluring the winter and will be far from from a full crop where the fields have not been planted to some other crop. Many fields of winter oats that pro aise poorly be planted in cotton, as it is said the ground is in the best condi tion for tirat crop, and if this is done very extensively it may have an im portant bearing on the acreage of cot ton. Gardens are receiving more atten tion than in former years. and althi augh late are neverthcless very pro rising Peas, beans, lettuce, radishes, :abbages and strawber'ries are being thipped to the northern market from die coast truck farms.. The prospects of a good fruit year ire still bright, except where injured by the frost of Monday which will it lis thought, not prove Iserious, for figs in the iuterior. Many fig trees were killed by the severe winter. The week closed with cool and threatning weather. Buried in the Ruins. GLOvERsvILLE, N. Y., April 16. The Tietz block, in process of construe bion, collapsed today, burying in the ruins two painters and two plumbers. The painters, two brothers named feeder, were killed. One of the plum aers, named Freeman, was seriously aurt, but the other was but slightly njured. What remains of the build ng will have to be torn down, and all will be a total loss. A Tennessee Editor who recentlyv -etired after thirty years of conisegu ive wor'k, to prevent any erroneous .mpressions, stated that he did not re ire to enjoy his accumulated wealth, ~ut retired because lie was tired. and tad all the glory wed.i KNIGHTS OF HONOR. Nineteenth Session of the Grand Lodge in Columbia. The State grand lodge of the Knizlts of Honer convened in Columbia on Wednesday night in the nineteenth annu'al session of the order. The sessions were held in the Pythiain hall, in the city hall building There was a large attendance of dele gates from subordinate lodges and the grand lodge was a fine looking body of men. The following offieers were present: J. C. Sheppard, past grand dictator: N. W. Trump, grand dictator; R. T. Caston. grand vice dictator: L. H1. Wannamaker grand assistant dictator: G. W. Holland, grand reporter: J. T. Robertson. grand treasurer: A. Buist. chaplain: M. B. MeSweeney, grand ouide: J. W. Todd, grand guardian; J. J. Vernon, grand sentinel: W. H. Ipay, grand trustee; J. E. T. Sparkman grand trustee: W. A. Templeton grand trustee. The following representatives from the subordiate lodges were in atten dance and we initiated into the myster ies of the degree of "Old Age:" Walhalla. W. J. Bramlett: Ander son, J. B. Lewis: Greenville, E. B. Owens: Spartanburg, J. E. Holmes: Winsboro, G. A. White; Columbia, Tillnan Watson: Newberry, D. B. Wheeler: Palmetto, G. A. Nufler: Star Fort, R. F. McCaslan: Green wood, S. G. 'Major: Yorkville. A. S. Withers: Lebanon, G. D. Past: Pied mont, L. G. Byers; Sumter, H. Rvt tenburg, Charleston, G. M. Politzer: Union. F. N. Farr: Aikeii. Heinr Bush: Graniteville, J. W. Stanfield: Edgefield, J. G. Tompkins: Camnden. J. H. Alexander; Darlington, J. G. McCall: Laurens, L. G. Ball: Florence R. Cronenburg: Clinton. D. T. Cope land: Due West. M. S. Hollings-sworh: Rock Hill, L. Sherfesee: St. Matthiews, S. Fioeser; Orangeburg F. A. ShitHiey Blackville. L.:R Free: Branehville, F. M. Stokes: Batesburg. O. J. Hlarris: Johnston, J. W. L. Bartlev: Marion. W. W. Baker: Chester. W. M. Cork hill: Aliendale, W. R. Brabham: Lancaster. B. J. Withespoon: Hodge's A. F. Cal-ert: Kingstree. L. Jacobs: Cheraw, JT. T. MeNair: Pendleton, J. T. Hunter, Beaufort. S. H. IHodcers: Mavesvil le, J. H. Wilson: Mccormick, James Cothran, Jr.: Georgetown. Morris Mendel; Trenton, J. G. Baynham;l: Seneca, J. W. Byrd: Moultrie tChar leston) L. E. Williams: Blackstock.T. W. Brice: Westminster, R. E. Mason: Pacolet. A. B. Stallwoith: Welford, M. L: Gilbert: Summerville, J. H. Knight: Pelzer, W. C. Meredith; Cle burn. P. F. Dunne: Lowndesville. E. R. H ton:.Ennoree, R. L. Walker: Jonu lle, W. 0. Southard. T reports of the grand officers were read, showing the condition of the order as to the membership and finances. Forty-four deaths were re ported as having oecurred during the past year, the last member deceased being Col. Jamas D. Graham of Sum ter. Past Grand Dictator W. R. Del gar died during the year and the grand chancellor made a touching reference to him in his report. The grand reporter's report showed the followino membership figures: Present numer of lodges....... 64 Membership in lodges Jan. 1, 1S94........................2,966 Gains to January 1, 1S95: By initiation........... .....232 By card..................... 21 By reinstatement.............. 115 3,3:34 The committee on laws reported, ap proving all decisions which had been made by the grand dictator during the last year. Thie committee on finance made a re port containing recommendations which brought out an interesting dig cussion, as financial matters invari The per capita tax was fixed at $1 per member for the ensuing year. A resolution favoring the admission of women to membership in the order was adopted and will be pressented to the supreme lodge at its session next month in New York. The question elicited a spirited dis cussion, many favoring the admission of women to the insurance feature only and debarring them from the business meetings of the subordinate lodges, while other representatives favored their admission to full and complete membership. The resolution, as adopt ed, leaves these matters of detail, should the supreme lodge decide to ad mit women at all, to that body. The grand lodge then proceeded to the election of officers, with the fol lowing results: Grand dictator. J. E. Holmes of Spartanburg. Grand vice dictator. L. H. Wanna maker, Orangeburg. Grand assistant dictator, P~. F. Dunee, Charleston. Grand reporter, Kev-. G. W. Hol land, Newberrv. Grand chaplain, A. Buist, Black yille. Grand guide. J. W. Todd, Seneca. Grand guardian, J. J. Vernon, Welford. Grand sentinel, J. B. Lewis, Ander son. Grand trustees-G. E. T. Sparkman. Georgetown: J. G. Tompkins. Edze field, and B. M. Lebby, Charleston.I Representative to supreme lodge two years i-John E. Hoba es. grand I itdtor: alternate, Rev. G. W. Hol and. The usual resolution of a.ankis to he railroads of the State. the notels >f Colunmbia that extended courtesies o0 the grand lodge, and the Khights of Pythias and Knights of Honor of Co umtbia werie utnnimouslyV adop~ted. At 1 o'clock G. W. Hiennies phloto raphed the grand lodge while in ses ion by the flash light process.. Tius indness and courtesy on the part of he photographer w~as appreciated by he representatives. Speaking of the election of omeers t is said that neither the grand v-ice ictator nor the grand assistant dic ator could have accepted the oflice of rrand dictator had their names been resented. Columbia was selected as he place to hold the next session of he grand lodge. . The officers elected were imstalled. Past Grand Dictator's J. C. Sheppard'. . W. Moore and L. W. Perrin acting~ P. 5. D., S. D). and T. G. respectively. Grand Assistant Dictator L. H. Wanuamaker kindly looked after the nterests of the press in the matter of, eports of the proceedings, and his indness and courtesy are much ap >reciated. ______ Kinled at the Bat.d OBERLIN, C., April 17.-Gorge t owan, aged twenty-one, while play- r ng baseball y-esterday was struck by a itched ball behind the ear anid instant e THIJE REGISTRATION LAW. JUDGE GOFF ISSUES AN ORDER RE STRAINING A SUPERVISOR. A Matter Which Brings in tie Constitu tional Convention Act The Hearing to Take Place in Columbia May C. COLDMIA, S. C.,April 19.-The first move in the matter of testing the reg istration laws of South Carolina in the United States Courts has been made, and the parties moving to have the courts pass upon them have been suc cessful thus far. Judge Nathan Golf of the United States Circuit Court has granted an order in the matter that is very far reaching in its effects. Messrs. J'ouglass & Obear. repre senting the parties desiring the test. appeared before Judge Goff, in the United States Circuit Court at Clarks burg, West Va., on Wednesday and presented their bill for an injunction against Supervisor Green of this coun ty, upon which the restraining order and rule to show cause referred to was granted... The bill for injunction, which was presented read as follows: United Statesof America. South Caro lina District-In the Circuit Court, Fourth Circuit-In Equitv. Lawrence P. Mills vs. W. Briggs Green: bill for injunction. To the judge of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of South Carolina: Lawrence P. Mills, a citizen of the State of South Carolina and of the United States brings this, his bill against W. Briggs G;reen. a citizen of the said State and United States: And thereupon your orator complains. and ears: 1. That this bill is exhibited on be half of your orator. and of all others citizens of the coanty of Richland in the State of South Carolina, and Uni ted States ziforesaid. circumstanced like vour o-ator in this behalf and who are too nMintr'ous to be made par ties her eto. 2. That Your orator was twenty-six years of age on the 4th day of Febru arv. 11:15: that he is a resident of the precinct of tie county of Ricilaud in the State of South Carolina: that he is a male citizen of the United State. that he has resided in the State of South Carolina for more than one year preceding the last general election:and he has resided in the said county of Richland for more than sixty days prior to the general election. .3. That your orator is an elector of the said State of South Carolina. pos sessing all of the qualifications of an elector of the most numerous branch es of the State Legislature, provided by the Constitution of said State; and tiat he is subject to none of the dis qualifications set forth in the said Con stitution; and he is, under the Consti tution and laws of the United States, duly qualified to vote at all Federal and State elections held in said pre einct of Richland county in the State of South Carolina. 4. That in a section known as' Sec tion 90 of the General Statutes of South Carolina of 1S82 is set forth the following: "All electors of the State shall be registered as hereinafter pro vided; and no person shall be allowed to vote at any election hereafter to be held unless registered as hereinafter required," and that Section one hun :red and thirty-two (132) of the Revi sed Statutes of South Caroliua of 1893 is to the same efrect and in the follow ing words: "All electors of this State shall be registered; and no person shall be allowed to vote at any election thereafter to be held, unless he shall aave heretofore registered in confor mity with the requirements of chapter VII, of the General Statutes of 1882, mnd acts amendatory thereof, or shall be registered herein required. That by a section known as Section ainety-four (94) of the said General statutes of 1882 is provided:"We :he said registration (in certain books :o be provided him and made in the nanner provided for in section 93) shall have been completed, the books shall be closed, and not reopened for registration, except for the purposes mnd as hereinafter mentioned, until he next general election for State of ceers. After the said next general ~lection the books shall be opened for 'egistration of' such persorns as shall hereafter become entitled. to register. mn the first Monday in each month. to mnd until the first' Monday in July. nelusive, preceding the following ~eneral election, upon which last iamed day the same shall be closed md not reopened for registration un il after the said greneral election~.and ~ver after the said books shall be open ~d for the reg'istration of such electors. m the days abov-e mentioned. until the irst day of July preceding a general; dection, when the same shall be tlos-1 das aforesaid until the said general: dection shall have taken place: and ection one hundred and thirtv-seven 137) of the said Revised Statutes of 8S93 it is provided: "After every geu-1 ~ral election the registra.tion. books< hall be opened for registr-ation of1 uch persons as shall thereaf ter become. xtitled to register-, on thefirst MIon- b lay- in each muonthi until the lirst day [ >f July preceding a general election. [ thlen the same shall be closed uinti i: uch election shall have taken place." [ 6. That the section knowni as sectio.4a dunetv-sev-en 0u7 of tihe said Genera 011 statutes of 182 is hl the fololowing vords: "Any person becomingiof ag a. becauuin" quali'ed as an elee o'. 1 nay appeaCir 'oe ore theC sulpervisor' of I egistrati:on onl any day on --wich t lie books are openeod as afor esaid. ain.1 die oath as to his age an~ Uaalifie. - ious, as hereidefore prov ided. an. I I th'e sup'er"i:or iin him 111 ua( li ietd he hall enter his tnme ,upDon the -re'gis- I ratio olo0k of theO p~reinct wher~i 1f 7. nd y our Orator further a' eges< hat in and by the requireme~nts cf a aid registration enactmnent of tihec ov ernment of the State of S-ou tr a'rolia it is provided that th reI s-t plectiveC super~visors of registrationl in he several counties shall issue to thec -oter, when registered. a certileate of egistration, and that said voter shall iresenlt the same at the polls to tihes ianagers of election, and that 110 onei hail be allowed to vote at any elet:-e ion to be held in the State unless his I ertiticate of registrationi as afor-esaid t Sexhibited at the time -and in thet aanner aforesaid. And it is furltile]' required in and bye hie said alleged enactments that in a ase a voter' or elector- shall re-move s romt one county to anlothier ill said I tate. or from one5 precinct to anjothcr : Sthe same county, or from one ir-si- ' ence to an~other in theC samle Ireeine:, t bult lhe shall obtain a tr-ansfer anld a t eneCwal certificate. Anid it is fur-thier nrovided iln said t nactmnents that in tile evenlt an] eleC- ( registration, he must obtain a renewal thereof. upon furnishing evidence sat isractory to the registration of the said county wherein he resides. that his said certificate has been mislaid or lost and that the same has not been wilful ly or intentionally disposed of. Your orator further alleges that by a pre vious requirement of said enactments the elector failing for any reason to comply with any of ',he provisions aforesaid is denied a right of suffrage both in Federal and State elections. And your orator further alleges that the provisions of the said enactment fixing the time for registration and the closing of the books for that pur pose on the Iirst day of July preceding every election, and the many divers provisions, requirements and condi tions set out in the various and sun dry sections of said alleged act were intended, and that thev in effect did, abridge. impede and destroy the suf frage of the citizen both of the State and of the United States. 8. And your orator further avers that on the 24th day of December, 1,94, an alleged act vas passed by the goverilinent of the State of South Carolina entitled: "An act to provide for caling a Constitutional Conven tion, to provide the number and qual ification of members of the conven tion, their compensations, etc., and to provide for the election of the same, and to define and prescribe the quali fications of the electors, and the man ner of the elections and of declaring the result." That by section four (4) of the said act it is declared who shall be entitled to vote for delegates to said Constitutional Convention, and in addition to the qualifications pre scribed.for electors by the constitu tion of1 Ole State of So-uth Carolina is provid a further qualification, to wit: tht the elector be "duly regis tered as now required b'y law or who ho ving been entitled to' register as a voter at the time of the eneral regis tration of electors in theState which took place in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ei-htv two. or at any time subsequent thaere to. failed t" register at such time re quired by law, ~or who has become a citizen of this State and who shall register as hereinafter provided in such cases." And your orator fu-ther avers that )y section six (6) of the last men tioned act it is provided: "That on the first Monday in March. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hindred and ninety-live, the supervisor of reg istration of each county shall. at the county seat thereof open his books of registration, and shall hold the same open for ten consecutive calendar days thereafter, except Sundays, between the hours of 10 o'clock in the forenoon and 4 o'clock in afternoon, except Charleston. Beaufort and Richland counties,where the said books shall be kept open from 10 o'clock in the fore noon to 6 o'clock in the afternoon, during which time any elector then or theretofore at any time entitled to register as a qualified voter, or who has become a citizen of this State, shall be, during the time herein fixed by law, for registration, entitled to register A such as hereinafter provid ed: an' any elector having been there::ofore duly registered or hav ing since changed his residence, or having lost his certificate, shall be entitled to have the same trans ferred or renewed as now provided by law." And your orator further avers that by section seven (7) of last named act it is provided: "Any elector who shall have been entitled to regis ter at the general registration in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, or at any time subsequent thereto, and who failed to register at such time as required by law and who shall make application under oath, in accordance with a printed form to be prepared by the At torney General, setting forth in each ease the fact, to wit: the full name, age, occupation and residence of the applicant at the time of the said gener al registration,- or at any time thereaf ter, when the said applicant became en titled to register, and the place or places of his residence since the time he became entitled to register, which affidavit shall be supported by the af [idavits of two reputable citizens who wtere each of the age of twenty-one years on the thirteenth day of June. luno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-two, oI' at the time the .said ap plicant became entitled~ thereafter to register, .or any elector. who has be :omne a citizen of this State, by moving into the same and his place of residence siniceliving in the State, and who shall nake application under oath stating he time of his, moving into the State md his place of residence since livino n the State, which application shall e supported by the affidavit of two eputable citizen~s who were twenty-one rears of age at the time the applicant ecame a resident of this State, such 1lpplicant shall be allowed to regist~er is a voter and to have issued to him L certificate as a duly qualilied electoi n the manner and form now provided >y lawv.and be entitled to vote at said fection of delegates to said Conven And your orator avers and he so 'harges that the time allowed in section i(6) of the act last named is urea onably short for thepuruose for which tpurports to be inte-nded-and that the ~rovisions of section eight (8) are bur lensomne and ha rassing to) the electors. Ld are uu reaso~'nable* and unnecessary -and the same so lmit, abridge and saalify the piilege of registration hat they r-esulak political denial of he igh?t to vote of those electors w ho. >- the oper'ati 0f the unconistitution di DlroV1ionls 01 the General Statutes >fi1882. an~d Revised Statutes of 18913 rec now unregistered. Ard y-our orator- fuirther av-ers that he sectioni above quoted from and re -erred to as conitainied in said Gener-al ;tatutes of 1882 and Revised Statutes is:1:; and act of 1891 are so inte -ov-en with. and are such integral parts f, the whole alleger registration laws f the State of South Carolina that if he same be dleclaredl unconstitutional ud void. as herein prayed. the whole nactmients in regar-d to registration .r': likewise void. That your orator is advised and he o charges tha~t all of the sections here abef ore quoted from and referred to as ontained in the General Statutes of1 S2 and Revised Statutes of 1893 and lie act of 189-1 aire in violation of see ion thirty-one :31) of Article one (1;, ee-tion two (2; of Articeight S), andI eetion eight (8) of Article eight (S, n~d diver's othe-r sections of the Con titution of the State of South Caro na, in this: that they add to the or inaryx qfualifications 'of electoirs pi'o ided for in said Constitution a fur aer qualiiation not therein pirovidedt iiwit: Re ~gistration as required by thet -veral sections of chapter seven 9. I tie two '(2; of par-t one (1 of said t ~eneral Statutes of 1882. also known - chapters eight (S of title two (2) of part one (1) of the Revised Statutes of South Carolina of 1893. and as also required by sections 4, 5, 6. 7 and 8 of the aforesaid act of 1894; and in this. that they add to the causes authoriz inr the Legislature of said State tode prive the citizens thereof of the right of suffrage, a cause not contained in said Constitution, to wit: a failure to be possessed at the time of election of a certificate of registration, although then duly registered upon the books of registration: and in this, that the sev eral supervisors of registration of said State are directed to open their regis tration books after each general elec tion for the registration only of those citizens comin- of age and becoming qualified as electors since such gen eral election. and to close said books and to keep them closed as to all oth er classes of unregistered electors, with no provision in said unconstitutional registration laws, except the ten days provided for in the act of 1894 after the registration of those coming of age and becoming qualified to vote-for the gen eral election of 1882; or the general election of 1884; or the general election of 186: or the general election of 1888; or the general election of 1S90: or the generalelectionof 1892, failed to regis ter at the time provided in said laws for the registration of such voters: that inasmuch as no person shall be allowed to vote unless registered, as provided by the aforesaid laws, and inasmuch as none of the said laws pro vide for the registration period next succeeding their coming of age and be coming qualified as electors excepting within the aforesaid ten days, said reg istration laws do deprive all such vot ers of their constitutional right of suf frage, and all such voters are2 perma nently disfranchised. in plain violation of their constitutional rights. 9. That by Section Two (2) of Article One (1) of the Constitution of the Unit ed States it is provided that the Federal "electors in each State shall have the qualification requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature." That the effect of the above quoted clause is that the Coin stitution of the United States has pro vided that the qualifications of the Federal electors in the State of South Carolina shall be the same as those provided in the Constitution of the said last named State, for electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature as completely and clearly as though each and every one of said qualifications wese in exact words in corporated in the Constitution of the United States-and vour orators avers that the said registration laws are in violation of said Section Two (2) of Article One (1) of the said Constitution in this that they undertake to add to the qualifications of the Federal elect ors of the State of South Carolina, qualifications not prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, and your orator further avers that the said registration laws of the State of South Carolina -are in violation . of Section One (1), Article Fourteen (14) of the Constitution of the United States and, also, are in violation of Section One (1) of Article Fifteen (15) and divers other sections and articles of said instrument. And your orator further avers and charges that said registration laws are not reasonable, uniform, or impartial regulation of the elective franchise but, on the contrary, their purpose and effect is directly and indirectly to abridge and impede the constitutional right of the citizens to vote- -to embar rass, render burdensome, the exercise of the elective franchise and under pretense of regulating to utterly de stroy the suffrage of your orator and a large number of other citizens of said State in like circumstances with him. 10. By Section Two (2) of the afore said act of 1894, it is provided that the election of delegates to the said Con stitutional convention shall be held on the third Tuesday in August, 1895. that the said convention shalil assemble on the second Tuesday in September, 1S95, that such convention is called for the purpose of revising', amending or changing the said State, and when assembled, will have full power to re vise, alter, abridge, curtail and qualify the right of your orator and of all citi zens of the said State of South Carolina to vote for the members of the most numerous branch of the State Legisla ture, and thereby to revise, alter, abridge and curtail the qualifications now requisite to enable your orator to vote at all Federal elections as now imposed by the Constitution of the United States. 11. That W. Briggs Green has been appointed to the oflice of supervisor of registration for Richland county afore said, under and in pursuance of said unconstitutional registr ation laws; that he is now exercising the duties prescribed by the same, and your ora tor has been informed and believes that he intends to continue so do, and furthermore he specifically in:tends to furnish and deliver to the sever-al boards of managers for the several pre ::incts in Richland county, aforesaid, to be hereafter appointed, to hold the election of delegates to the said Cou stitutional convention. cert in paper .vritings purporting to the registration books aforesaid of the several precincts o be used by said managers at said ap proaching election. 12. Your orator further shows that ander. and by virture of the said un onstitutional registration laws the su pervisors appointed therender, are re uired to continue said p~artial,. void und illegal registr-ationt on the tirst \ionday- in Mlay and June" and J.i> L[8I5: and that after to-he ist day of July, I1895, they are directed' byv Se" ion Eight of the act of I 04. to -furnishi the managers at each pre inct with one of the registrattion books or each precict, dn ** a no dlector shall be entitled to vhot. whos iame is not registerd as here-inheiore >r already pr ovidedl by la. and who11 loes not produce is~ regitra-tion cer iieate at the polls where hec offers to rote." 13. That vour oiator failed to rgs er at the rceistration day- for the ge ral election of 1888 or to be register-ed lu'.ing the ten days in M arch 185b >rovided for in said act of 14. becaiuse Lthoughl he miade rep1eated and per-1 *istenit efforts to becomne registered. lie ound himself uni:ble to comply with he un reasonable. unnecessary and >urdensome rules, regulations and re trictions prescribed by said unconsti- 1 utionial registration laws as conditions< >recedent to his right to register, and - -our orator have never been allowed o vote at any Federal or State election f thle said State of South Carolina. 14. That your orator is desirous of -oting for delegates to the aforesaid :onstitutional convention at the elec- t ion prescribed by the act of 18?4 for hat purpose: that the paper writings 'au-porting to be the books of regi-4tra ioni in the hands of the said defendant 1 L CoNTINUED ON PAGE FoUR.] C DEAD MARCH BY THE ORGANIST. Evidence of Organist King Will Insure the Hanging of Fiend Durant. SaN Fn.axCsco. April 1.-The Evening Bulletin got out an extra last night containing the following state ment: George R. King, organist of the church in which the horrible crimes were both committed, made a state ment to Chief of Police Crowley late this afternoon, which tends, to fix one crime at least-the murder of Miss Lamont--upon Durant. King says that on April 3, (the day Miss Lamont was missed) he went into the church about 5 p. in. to practice on the organ. "I saw Durant there, much to my sur prise. He came down from the organ loft in a highly excited and overheated condition. I asked him what was the matter and he replied: I was over come by gas up there in the loft. He was very weak and pale, and asked me to give him a glass of bromo selt zer. I knew he was fixino up some electrical contrivances aIout the church, and thought nothing strange about his going up in the loft." This direct evidence is of a most startling nature. Miss Lamont, it will be remembered, left the high school about 3 p. m. on the day she was last seen. April 3. She was seen with Du rant. The theory now is that Durant had just completed his fiendish task when seen by Organist King. The re port that Durant, the accused murder er, has broken down and will co'nfess, is indignantly denied by Judge A. W.. Thompson. who is acting as Durant's attorney. The coroner's inquiry into the death of Mamie Williams, of whose murder Theodore Durant is accused, was com menced at 10 o'elock this morning. Durant was present, having been brought down from his cell under stroig guard. He showed the etfects of the great mental strain which he has been under, but manifested com plete indifference to the *proceedings. The streets in the vicinity were thronged with people. George W. Forsyth, husband of Mrs. lla Forsytli the missingwoma.n whom Durant is sspected of making a vay with, positively denies that she ever visited Emanuel church or knew anybod connected with it. He believes she is drowned in San Francisco bay. The missing shoes and school books, belonging to Blanche Lamont. were found in ~the Emanuel Baptist Church this afternoon. This find makes one of the most important links in the evi dence which the police are forgoing around Durant. It establishes. beyona the possibility of a question, th4the murdered girl went directly from the Normal school to the church where she met her death. The statements of Miss Pleasanton and other pupils of the Normal School establish the fact that Durant met Miss Lamont just as she left schooi a id that the two went away together. The zwo therefore could have reach ed the church so that Durant could have committed the murder and con cealed this clothes before he was seen by King descending from the belfry in a state of excitement and extreme agitation. Late this afternoon the detectives searching the church also found the missing' glove and hat belonging to Miss Lamont and the knob of the door which opened to the belfry. It is be lieved that somewhere about the church the murderer hid the articles which would incriminate him. The police are certain, that the murderer concealed about the church the clothes he wore when Miss- Lamont was mur dered. Struck by an Elevator. PITTsBURG. Pa.. April 17.-William Dean was instantly killed and John Reef and Harry Goshen were seriously injured in a peculiar elevator accident in the new Arrott building this morn in!. George Ballman, the Pittsburg manage for the Crane Elevator Com pany. was testing the elevator, and together with John Reef, who was runing the carriage, went up to the seventh floor. Dean, who was a plas terer, run a board across the elevator opening to finish some of his work. He eveidently knew nothing of the elevator being over him. When the carriage st'arted down, a carriage slated down, a scream was heard '"stop, stop'" The next instant the ele vator struck the board that Dean had been standing on, fishing his work in the hatch. Dean was thrown into the cellar of the building, a distance of some sixty feet. His lifeness body struck Haray Goshen; who was work ing in the cellar, and it is feared Gosh en may be also fatally injured. Reef, the elevator man, man was injured by jiumping out of the carriage. Mr. Ballman, manager of the Crane Ele avtor Company, said the accident was~ due entirely to Dean's carlessness. Dean's neck'was broken and his skull cushied in the fall. The Price of P'eace. LONDON, April 17.-A dispatch to the Star from Tien Tsin says an impe rial proclamation has been issued au thorizing Li Hung Chang~ to sign a treaty with Japan, guaranteeing the lxtyment of 20)000,00 tacis indemni ty. By prociamnationL Li H~ung- Chang is emnpowee d to cede to t'ie Japanese the Island of Formosa and the lenin suiar of Liao) to thie 40th degree of lat itude. to saction opening live new coummercial ports. including Peking dto gieJapani power to.open cot tfactories ard *,ther industries in] Iina. B'. timi te'rmis of '!.e s~ocla-2 tuationl, imlV'r1t du1ties at open p)orts are -not to e2xce-. te per cent. Thea Cenitrazl News~ corresuoudent ini Tokio learns that the C'oe inidemnity to Japan is to be paid in silver Iin five I rears iastahnients. also that by the i Crso thle tr'eaty of peace. Japan is: o( re.c4i" pose'ssion of Formosa, the I P escadore Islands, the Peninsular of Liao Tung from Yin Kow to Au Ping. mt the Yalu r'iver and an indemnity >f 200,000.000 taels in silver. Several i .mtortant commercial concessions are ilso made by China, but these Japan s to share' with other nations. No err itory is to be occupied by Japan as a temp~orary guarantee, except, per- c taps. Liu Rung Tao. Mangled ini a 3Iinl. NEW ORLEaNs. April 17.-A terrible tecident happened this afternoon at he. Biakinridge lumber nill, corner f Clio and Howvard streets. George leury.t a ifteeni-year'-old boy-, who is mupioyeLd ini the mill, in moving about lhe place. w~as eaught in the 6elting C nd drawn into the machinery. His 1< ody was~' wi rled around and ar-ound c me was- 'iorribly imanged. His leg was g orn frm is body. The machinery a s stoppedi as :ptickly as possible and 1< he' b.oy tak~en fronm the machinery. v le wa dead anid the coroner was nxot- \ tied. The latter heldan inqjuest over n lie remains and gave the necessary ti crm-tetof a eth. THE SILVER STAR. ITS GLAMOUR SPREADING OVER WESTERN SKIES. A Great Mass Meeting in Denver Wel comes Sibley and Warner, Eastern Worshipers at the White Metal's Shrine. DENVER, April 16.--The open air mass meeting held about the steps of the capitol this afternoon in honor of the silver agitators, Gen. Warner of New York, and ex-Congressman Sib ley of Pennsylvania, was one of the largest that Denver has ever seen. Long before the hour which had been set for the opening the people began to gather and at 2 o'clock there were many thousand listeners. Excursion trains brought in hundreds from the mining camps. On the steps of the capitol and about the streat arcade were gathered many Eistinguished Colora'do citizens. The air was de lightfully mild and the sunshine bril liant. For an hour before the time set for the speeches bands played. Judge A. W. Rucker introduced Congressman Sibley, who was reet ed with cheers. "Any place but. Col orado to talk silver," he .said. 'I did not come to talk silver. I can do that ii the East, where it is needed, but I can ask you to advance and exalt the spirit of patriotism,. even at the sacri Lce of partisanship. The President 1as said the ignorant people of Colora c o have got to be educated on the money question, and I wish he were here to see whom he proposes to edu cate. Silver sentiment is steadily growing and even in Boston it is crys talizing. It issreading in spite of the efforts of J. Sterling Morton and other branches of the cabinet. The people of the East will think the white ballots for silver in 1896 will amount to a snowstorm and will lie. down and die like the blind mule in the storm of popcorn. If silver had got its rights whe'. Cleveland took the President's chair, Denver would now be the center of population of the United States. But I did not come here to attempt to educate you on the subject of bimetallism, but to meet the people of Colorado and talk with them as brothers, and fill myself up with the life and vigor and electrical force which one gets from breathing the pure ozone of Colorado and shaking hands with her people. Mr. Sibley was frequently inter rupted with applause from the vast assemblage of men and women and exressed himself as more than grati fe with the earnestness of the people in the cause of silver. Gen. Warner followed Mr. Sibley in a practical, business-like discussion of which has been his life study. - He also read extracts from a letter which he received this morning from Senator Jones, explaining the cause of his ab sence and failure to be with the party at this time. The letter stated that Senator Jones had fully intended to make the Western tour with Messrs. Sibley and Warner, but on the day that he was to start from New York, his physician positively forbade him to attempt itt Senator Jones is suf fering from heart trouble and spells of great mental depression. The letter also stated that he had telegraphed Gen. Warner before the party left Chicago, but the telegram was never received by Mr. Warner. Senator Stewart's name was heartily cheered. As to the future of the party in this State, the committee ha* othe mat ter in charge have arrang for a sp cial train over the Denver and Rio Grande, over which the party will start tomorrow morning.- It is the in tention tostop for an hour or two at a number of the smaller towns along the route and receptions will be given at the larger places. The cities visited will include Colorado Springs, Pueb lo, Leadville, Glenwood Springs and Aspen. This evening Mr. Sibley ad dressed a crowded house at the Y. M. C. A. rooms on "The topics of the times." A Double-Dyed Scoundrel. ROCK HILL, April 17.-For several days past there has been much excite ment in Ebenezer and Bethel town ships on account of the brutal conduct of J. F. Shuford, who has been teach ing at Allison Creek school house. The fact has developed that recently he made indecent overtures to two or three young gi'ls who have been at tending his school, and in the case of one she was saved from his lust only by her screams and making a promise thiat she would not tell of his conduct. Shuford was arrested at his home in Sharon last Saturday and Monday he bhad a preliminary hearing in York ville when the heinous and inhuman tonduct of the man was related by the rdrl, whose young life he attempted to Slast. He was held by the trial jus tice on his failure to give bond in the sum of $1,000. The community is very much stirred ip on account of the atrocious con luct of the monster and on Monday aight the sherli and his deputies uarded the jail, being apprehensive >f violence, and it will not be at all urprising if an attempt should be nade to take hinm out of the sheriff's iand and( inflict summary punish necnt. Shuford is a married man. His wife eith one child has been living- at sharon, while he and -his other cnild,. .little girl, with him at Allison Creek. le has a very bad reputation and it s rumored that he was whipped by a rowd of indign'ant citizens for a sim lar offense at Sharon last fall. It is Iso said that he had to leave Geor ia, where lie taught school, on ac ount of his lustful conduct, He is a ative of Catawba county, N. C., there his reputation was bad, for the ame reason. The girls whom he attempted to ruin t Allison Creek are all young. His vertures in the case of two of the umber did not become known until itely, because he told the girls he ould kill them if they should di ulge. He is a very bad man and has ot himself into a pretty serious ouble.-Herald. A Ship Wrecked Crew. CHAiRLESTON, April 17.-Schooner 'entennial, Captain Somers. which ~ft here for New York April 7, with a argo of lumber, encountered a heavy ale and became water-logged and was bandoned on the 12th in latitude 36, mfgitude 74 :2S. The captain and crew ere taken on the schooner Almeda Villey, hound from New York to Fer andina, which arived of f Charleston iis afternoon. They were transferred