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VOL. X. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 189. NO. 45. MOVl )ERS OF 31MINS. EDITORS OF THE STATE IN ANNUAL SESSION AT SUMTER. Tiuety Add'ees of President Aull-.Orator Howell Lrges Unity of the Whites. Papers Read on Interesting Subjects. SUMTER. S. C.. June 1.-The South Carolina State Press Association met in Sumter, S. C., on last Wednesday evening and continued in convention until Friday evening, when the edi tors went on an excursion to Wash ington. The following editors were in attendance: F. H. McMaster. Columbia State. W. J, Elliot. Winnsboro News and Herald. Jas. T. Parks, Orangeburg Patriot. G. P. Browne, Anderson People's Advocate. Rev. Sidi II. Browne, Christian Neighbor. I1 B. McSweeny, Hamuton Guardi an. Jas. T. Bacon. Edgetield Chronicle. A. G. Kollock, Cheraw Reporter. A. J. Clark. Lancaster Enterprise. J. J. Hull, Rock Hill Herald. W. W. Ball, Charleston Evening Post. J. R. Earle, Jr.. Oconee News. W. D. Woods, Carolina Planter. J. J. Dargan, Sumter Freeman. W. S. Bean, Southern Presbyterian. John P. Coffin, Florence Times. C. W. Birchmore, Wateree Messen ger. T. C. Robinson, Pickens Journal. M. Stackhouse, Marion Star. N. G. Osteen, Sumter Watchman and Southron. Hubert G. Osteen, Sumter Daily Item. Rev. John Kershaw, Sumter Diocese. F. Melchers, Charleston Zeitung. John A. Moroso, News and Courier. J. M. Knight, Sumter Herald. E. H. Aull, Newberry Herald and News. C. C. Langston, Anderson Intelli gencer. C. H. Prince.. Wigfall Cheatham, Edgefield Chron icle. G. J. Luhn, Seaside Thoughts. J. E.Britt, McCormick Times. Louis Appelt, Manning Times. Otis Brabham, Bamberg Herald. L. C. Branyon, Honea Path Chron icle. President Aull delivered an excellent address, but the feature of the meeting was the address of Hon. Clark Howell, of Atlanta. The following is his speech in full: "I am not unmindful, Mr. chair man, that I speak tonight to the repre sentatives of the press of a state which is divided against itself probably to a greater degree than any other state of the union, and from the bitterness of which divison has developed a conten tion which haspermeated every condi tion of life, and created a false god of discontent whose merciless decrees have levied tribute and commanded obeisance from every phase of human endeavor. "The public official who has not be come' involved is an exception; the merchant who has not been fired to say or do that which does not comport with the placid and charitable rule of peace, is lonesome in his solitude; the farmer who, in planting his cotton or his .corn, has not sown at the same time the seeds of anger may. congratu late himself on the evenness of his -temper. which makes him a rarity of mankind; and, if reports which have reached Georgia, are correct, the de mon of Hate has even laid his unholy bands on the pulpit, buried itself in the ermine of the bech, and, not con tented with its malevolent inroads -.upon the sanctified field of brotherly love, has aimed its blows at the ark1 *of the convenant which enshrines the heart' of woman.' It would be most unnatural if, in this carousal-of ill-temper and bad blood, growing -out of political issues, the press of the state was not affected by the ruling passion to blame somebody fora condi tion which nobody approves. The 'outs' are condemning the 'ins,' and -the 'ins' are retaliating in kind; households are divided, communities are asunder, and over and above it all1 is the black cloud of strife and disor der, which, catching the conflicting emotions of factions and feuds, echoes them back in a din of turmoil and a peal of lamentation. "I claim the right to speak plainly tonight because I speak as a. native. Midway between Allendale and the Savannah river, in old Barnwell, did my eyes first greet the light of life's day, and though my lot has been cast in the sister state, which stretches hands across the Savannah, I have -ever been proud of the state of my birth-the state which, for generations, has kept my maternal ancestors, under whose sod their bones have - leachied, in whose name their blood 'was spilled, and on whose sacred al tars the life of more than one was laid at a time when the unity of her peo ple - bespoke their loyalty to her flag. Not on the ears of a stranger have the grating sounds of discord emanating from here fallen, but rather. on those of one who, being more than a sym pathizer, hears with aching heart the breaking of the cords of peace and the dissonant murmurs of personal con tention. "Fellow South Carolinans, look to the glorious past of your great state1 and ask if it .iustifies the condition ex isting~ today : I shall be strictly imper sonal and impartial in what I say, for in a representative gathering of distin guished journalists of the several sides -for I believe there are about six ele ments in the field now-I would not do violence to the propriety of the oc casion by mnaking~offensive alignment: but, appealing to all, let me carry you back to Cowpens, and to Camden, and to Hanging Rock. where, under the inspiration of the intrepid boldness of South Carolina chivalry, Andrew Jackson first began his career as an American soldier and patriot. Did Pickens 'and Sumter and Marion-all noble sons of your noble state-and Lee and Greene. whose most brilliant service in the revolutionary army was done in the defense of the homes of your ancestors, against the com bined forces of foreign aggessors and pative tories-did these heroes write their names in letters of eternal life on the pages of the history of your state, that in the turn of a century their deeds might be forgotten and their ex amples be lost to posterity? Just across the way-over in Georgia-six coun ties bear the names of these six patriots and there they will ever stand as memorials to nien whose heroism is resplendent in the shining pages of Carolina's glory, and whose virtues should be ideal types of the chivalry, the bravery and the patriotism of Carolina manhood. o bak with me beyond the period which molded these inen of iron and see, if from its earliest days the history of South Car olina was written to countenance civil contention and breed the evil results of fratricidal strife. It was .Joseph Blake, the brother of the great English admiral. who brought the dissenters to live among these people. that they might worship as they please: it was Cardross who brought the Scotch Pres byterians to breathe the free air of this clime, a nd it was to South Carolina that the French Huguenots turned, when wearied and disheartened from religious intolerance of a bigoted mon arch, they answered the recocation of the edict of Nantes by planting their feet on this soil to live in an atmos phere.of peace, and worship in the un molested comfort of contentment and serenity. It was on this shore, at Georgetown that the immortal La Fayette first put his feet on American soil, when he came to draw his sword for American freedom, and, after the laspe of a century, as if to signify to the world that South Carolina was fist in the new roll call of patriots, it was her sons who received the first shot at Sumter and her sons who first turn ed from their fileds and their homes to bare their bosoms to the conflict of the war of the confederacy. "If the past has its lessons for the future, let us profit by it: As brave as were our ancestors, let us be: For every shining star in the firmament of the past glory of your state there are conditions today which will make a counterpart above the horizon of peace. People whose ancestors were once led by the peaceful Archdale and who went to war under the fearless Craven, and again who plucked their decorations for valor in the brightest fields of our soldier glory covering the period from Independence hall to to Appomattox- sons of scions whose courtly politeness and high Anse of honor have been traditional for a cen tury-these people will not surrender to the despot of insternecine strife and humble themselves and their past greatness by the continuance of an ugly and seemingless local agitation which, whether justly so or not, is making South Carolina the subject of the jeeis and ridicule of the continent. "To what agency, above all others, should we turn invoking the restora tion of harmony and in appealing for such dispassionate consideration of public issues as will enable men to meet as brothers and bury their differ ences in the arbitrament of the majori ty, which is the true essence of demo cracy and the corner stone of republi can form of gos'ernment? Naturally to the press, and it is to you, fellow journalists-to you, fellow South Car olinans, that I come in this spirit. "To the man who holds faction above state my words will fall upon unwilling ears, but to the patriotic press-that to which I am invited to address my remarks, in response to the sentiment given me by your chairman -I approach the subject-with confi dence that my words will not be mis understood, nor my motives miscon strued. "To the factionist I say-'A plague upon both your houses:' You have more to live for than the mere triumph of personal ends. You have a charge to keep, and you must keep it in a manner that will honor the past and glorify the present. Let the press start the strain and sing the anthem of peace until the populace will take up the chorus and echo the melody to the farthest corners of the earth. If you are as successful at peace as you have been in strife, the 'world will re sound with your good deeds, and in stead of outsiders commenting upon the stereotyped and misfit phrase that that 'hell's broke loose in So'uth Caro lina,' universal praise will be sung that, here in this state, first in so many things, the advance guard of the mil lennmum has come to keep company with the histori:: tradition of the first shot on Snmter. "Glorify the state and make peace with the union: The war has been over thirty years, and the flag of the union belongs as much to Sonth Caro lina as it does to Massachusetts. In stead of fighting among ourselves let us devote the same energy and make practical illustrations of the parable of the bundle of fagots, by getting to ether and fighting the other fellow. "There is a world of meaning in the term, 'the other fellow,' as here used. He is a gaunt, determined, iconoclastic enemy who cares not for the sacred traditions of the republic, and whose chief occupation is the destruction of the ideals which prompted our fore fathers to establish a government of the people and for the people of.this country, and not for any other coun tr. This enemy- walks fike a stalkino? hrse over th $allowed traditions o the past and makes merry music as he shatters the inspired sentiments around which our national glory was built. I refer to that weather-beaten relic of the past who choked the struggling republic in its infancy, but who him self was choked out of existence as soon as the young nation was big enough to stand alone-the tory. He departed with the last century, and by some strange mishap he has come to taunt the dying years of this one; but by the grace of God and the patriotic resist ace of the American people, we will do with him as our revolutionary an cestors did at the close of the last cen tury. and we will, like they did, enter the new century w'ith a clean bill of health, as far as toryism is concerned. "The modein tory is more insidious than his prototy pe of old. He is more cautious, but no less dangerous. If he moves along different lines it is because conditions are different, but opportuni t would clothe him with the same ha biliments of his ancestors. He sneers at the doctrines which, through the usage of time and good service, have become part of our fixed public policy, and tells us that Je~fferson was a dem agogue and that Monroe's bold con tention that America belongs to Amer icans is out of date, and that it must yield to the theory of 'international commerce'-an insidious pretext which is being used in many directions as a Trojan horse to turn the Greeks into the walls of our independence and to surrender the control of our affairs to foreign shylocks. He views with ap proving equanimity the construction of massive fortifications on the cordon of English possessions commanding the gateways of the oceans around us; receives with stolid ind.fference or positive approval the newvs of the low ering of the stars and stripes from the lagstatf of the public building of Ha wai. nnd when all America has ceni tered its hope and its desire for the construction of a waterway across Nie aragua, to be under our control, he salutes the raising of the union jack at Corinto, and sulks at the protest that it must come down or the United States will know the reason why: '-f an nprnle of this country ought to know the tory, it is those of South Carolina. for here he flourished and festered in the days of his early glory. Do you recall Tarleton It was he who, reinforced by the tories, marched his cavalry over the Ameri cans on the Waxhaw, and while ne gotiations for surrender were pending massacred the whole company : and in the words of history, 'for this atrocious deed Cornwallis commended him to the special favor of the British parlia ment.' There are Tarletons negotiat ing for terms of surrender today. and there are tories helping him, and woe be to the hapless and helpless partici pants when the modern Tarleton and his tory brigade, in possession of the weapons of defense, charge upon our national prosperity and lock again the bonds which were stricken from our limbs by the insane idea of our revo lutionary ancestors that this country could take care of itself without the consent of England or any other na tion on the face of the earth. "It was Patrick Henry who said in his inspired and impassioned plea for independence: 'We are three millions, one-fifth fighting men, who are bold and vigorous, and we call no man master.' It is the modern tory who says: 'We are seventy millions, with inexhaustible resources, with the greatest country on which God's sun ever shown, with mothers who have taught us what it is to be loyal and fathers what it is to be brave, and yet British gold made cowards of us all.' "We are of right, and we ought to be independent. When the merciless hand of war had turned the plow shares of the south into swords, laid waste its fields and checked the annual response of the soil to the touch of the husbandman, the great wheels of Man chester's cotton mills ceased to turn, the spindle and the loom lay idle in their frames and hunger and destitu tion seized a hundred thousand souls. The horn of plenty which the south emptied annually into these eager arms was exhausted, and with aching hearts and fervid prayer these poor, careworn working people looked anx iously for the season that would bring them American cotton to put bread into their hungry mouths and clothe their half-exposed bodies. At last the war ended and the first cargo of cot ton from the south reached Liverpool. At Manchester a vast throng of idle operatives met it, and what followed is told by Scribner's in a most inter esting article on the subject. " 'One man,' it says, -perhaps a father who had sat by a fireless hearth, broken of spirit and helpless, whilst his young swarm cried for bread-a poor, gaunt fellow, who, lifting his hat with tears running down his cheeks, raised his voice in the "Dox ology," one after another joining in, until the whole mass sang in one great, swelling chorus: - "Praise God, from whom all bless ings flow; Praise Him all creatures here below."' "And yet they say we are depend ent. God forbid! "If dependent, to what country greater than ours are we thus rated? To England? No. We were once, but we whipped her twice, and unless our chivalry and our courage have de creased in proportion to the increase in our numbers we can do it again if it becomes necessary-a trial, however, from which I hope we will ever be spared, for I am not one of those who desire conflict between this and any other country-so long as they let us alone. Great Britain and its entire possessions, reaching around the world, might erect walls from now until the end of mankind to shut it self out of this country or to shut us out from it, and it is problematical if we would not be infinitely bettered by such action than without it. Are -we dependent upon France?- No: for there is is not a materia.l nor a neces sary staple that is sent us by that country that cannot be duplicated by our own. Upon Italy ? No; for with Florida and California combined we can give Italy odds and discount it in either raw material or finished pro duct. Upon Germany? No; because we could a thousand times more read ily do without Germany than Germany without the United States. Then up on whom are we dependent? Upon no nation on the face of the earth and upon no being but the Lord God Al mighty, and we do not merit His di vine protection nor His sacred blessing if we haven't the manhood and the courage to at least make the effort to take care of ourselves. Away with this talk about our being dependent on anybody and the necessity of foreign. countries setting the commercial or the financial pattern that we must fol low It is an ignominious admission that our forefathers made a mistake in declaring our independence, an~d as for me I am not as yet prepared to ad' mit that, and I do not believe that you are. But developments abroad are of sufficient interest to demand your united attention and to call you from the field of civil strife. Conditions are such as require harmonious action among those who believe in the tri umph of American principles and who are ready to defeind the sentiment which is the corner stone of the re public-that of the equality of every man before the law , the rights of the masses and the principle that in this country there shall be no class dis crimination. Upon this contention the eyes of the whole country are now centered, and on it you, as journal ists and as patriots who love your state and your country, should unite in the common cause that calls you to a patriot's duty. And now, in conclusion, fellow journalists, let me take leave of you with the assurance that what I have said comes from the heart. If I have offended by frankness, I throw myself on your mercy. Measure your judg ment by the golden rule, and -do unto me as I would do unto you' if you come to Georgia under the same cir cumstances. But perhaps in your do mestic contention you are like the housewife who always complained about her own coffee but who never permitted a guest to agree to hie' inva riable statement that it was very bad. and who said to one who had resp~ond ed. 'Yes, madam, it is vile. '-It's as good as you are accustomed to get ting "W\e have our ups and downs ini Georgia-and what state has not: whatever may be our ditl'erences, let us abide the action of the majority, and like good citizens accept it in good faith. If the majority 'should be thought intolerant, so much the worse for it, for time is the certain arbite-r. and it evens all things. 'It dhoes not pay to be intolerant --it will not par to treat a minority as aliens instead of citizens. The reaction will come and the penalty will be met ed. 1 do not say that thisis being done now or that it has been done in the being made now and that it was made by those who, now in control. were ofnce in the minority and were bitter ly complaining of the intolerance of the principle of vested supremacy. which they said they were attacking, in antagonizing the ideal. whether for cause or not that the control of the state bolonging to those who had been in posession for a century. If political affairs in those days were conducted on that principle. it was in tolerance, and the people ought to have rebuked it. If, on the other hand the political administration of the af fairs of your state is now to ostracise a large and most respectable elemenL of citizenship and deny to it the priv ilege of practical participation. that is. intolerance, and it ought to be rebuked "You will observe that I do not speak as a partisan, but as one who condemns factionalism, and more es pecially the personal factionalism which has characterized political de velopments in South Carolina for the past few years In Georgia it is said that there are two clases in South Car olina-the South Carolians and the South Caroleenians-tihe former repre senting the new regime and the latter the old. Personally. I do not believe that any body in this state ever held, even in purpose, to the ridiculous the ory that control shuold pass by inher itance, and if so I would think that the revolutionary war had been fought in vain: but I speak to you neither as a South Carolinian nor as a South Caroleenian, bat as an earnest well wisher of your state, without regard to political or personal differences and with a devotion to its future greatness scarcely less hopeful than is felt by even the most sanguine and loyal be liever in its final triumph, over all the preplexities involve in a divided citi zenship. "Let your a-tive and your patriotic press take i;,i the cause of peace-in still into the hearts of the people state pride and loyalty, and love for the union and the flag of our common country. "The destiny of your state is written in its fertile valleys, in the priceless deposits of its soil, in its busy mills, its great ocean front and its kindly citizenship. The division of a day will pass like the clouds at night and the dawn of the new day will unveil a vision of happiness and prosperity which will crown Carolina's brow with a diadem of matchless wealth and wreath her with laurels of prepet ual contentment God speed the day !" White Men Lynched. DANVILLE, Ill., May 25.-Early this morning a mob which has been in pos session of Vermillion county's jail for several hours, succeeded in locating John Hall, Jr., and William Royce in their cells, took them outside and hanged them, for assaulting Miss Laura Barnatt. From midnight, when the crowd first.made its appearance at the jail doors, until the victims were reached, it was the determined, the desperate struggle of a fren zied mob to mete summary justice, battling against heavy oaken dors and iron bars and occasionally halteK by the grim stand of a little band of defenders of law and order under the command of Sheriff Thompson. After repeated efforts to break down the outer jail door with a telephone pole, the crowd for a moment desisted in their efforts to break into the jail. Ed McCusker stood on the jail steps and addressed the mob, begging them to desist. They laughed him down. Sheriff Thompson, his wife and Depu tv Sherif f James Sloan also besought te mob to disperse. F. V. Barnett, the father of the injured girl. said to Mrs. Tompson: "Madame. you never had a daug'hter assaulted, and her blood demands vengeance." His reply was widly applauded. At 2 o'clock Sheriff Thompson sent for Judge Bookwalter of the Circuit court, who addressed the crowd from the jail corridor. He made an earnest plea to let the law take its course. He assured thle men that Hall and Royce would receive a severe punishment if found guilty, that the trial jury would do its duty. But the leaders, who were among the most prominent mecn in the county, replied: "Yes. we know the jury will convict them and give thenm a severe sentence but Governor Altgeld will pardon them out. He re cently pardoned three brutes you sent up from Champaign county for twen ty years,and he will pardon these men. If any other man than Algeld was G-cvernor we would not lynch these men. 'But we are determined lhe will never have a chance to turn them oose." The mob again commenced work. Sheriff Thompson finding him self powerless to control the mob, tele graphed the Governor, asking that the militia be sent to his aid. At :3:15 the mob secured both of the prisoners and started toward the bridge with ropes about their necks. They were hanged almost upon the scene of their crime. Victims of at Brute. SAVAxxAII,MIy :3.-A special to the Morning News from Brunswick. Ga., sas: A daughter of George MIorris. a Spaiard, living on an island near Brunswick, appeared before the grand jury today and swore that her step father had, by brute force, within the past three years, made herself and her sisters the victims of his desire, keep ing them under thr-eats of death from comnunicating with any~ person, and making them rear children born by them of which lie was the father. Thle grand jury were intensely whought up, and ordered Sheriff Berrie to cap ture MIorris at any cost. Information of the investigation in some way rea ched M1orris and lie packed his belong and family in a house boat and is try ing to escape. Deputy Sheritf Lamn bright and Constables Taylor and Deby were detailed as a posseC to catch Iorris. and are out on a steam launch now searching for him. MIossis has sent a delinance to the otfeers. An Ola Mans Crime. LAx E VIEw. 31ich.. Mlay 25 --eorge Reed. aged sixty. last night connuitted a criminal assault upon the eleven vear-old daughlter of Rev. Clarence \Velch. pastor-of the MIethodist E~pis copal Church. Reed was arrested. Hie asked Sheriff King of Staunton, the privilege of gettingr a dr-ink of water. The shierill granted tile r-equest and im ifteen minutes after lie was dead F~ive capsules of cyanide of potassium were found in the vest pocket of the dead nman. R~eed wa-s a proinen~it member of the church which Mir. Welch is p)astor-. The child is in a pr~e arious conidit:in. Jr.. wvho was sh1ot by 1B. Rivers Car roll on Api-il 19th, dIicd at 1 o'clock this nmorning from tile e-lfects of his wouuds. Hte has suffered a great deal, being paralyzed from tihe hips down CHICAGO CAPT[RE, THE CITY WELCOMES DISTIN GUISHED CONFEDERATES. Lientant (enerais Hampton and Long street the Lions of the Occasion-Butle: and Iaum pton ItesIIond to Toasts. CH .wo. May 29.-The South sen its most distinguished living represen tatives of the lost cause to Chicago to day to witness the unveiling of th< monument in Oakwoods Cemetery t( the Confederate dead-those who die< while prisoners of war at Camp Doug las, in this city. Prominent ~Chicago civilians an military men welcomed the guests an< saw that the first day of their visi was pleasantly spent. Lieut. Gen .James Longstreet accompanied by hi: daughters, Mrs. Sanders and Mis Louisa Longstreet, preceded the mail party, arriving last night. Southern ers and citizens of Chicago united t( do the venerable Georgia soldier al honor. Later in the day he divide< the honors with Gen. Wade Hampton who formed one of the party of thirty live which arrived from Washingtor at 1 a. m. A reception committee of prominen citizens was on hand to give greeting to the visitors when the train stoppec in the Grand Central depot. The in formal reception was enthusiastic an( was followed by the transfer of th guests in carriages to the Palmer House, which is the stopping place for the Southerners who were invited t( participate in the dedication. The fol lowing were in the Washington party Lieut. Gen.. Wade Hampton, Maj. Gen. Frank V. Robinson, Hubbard T Smith, Maj. Gen. Harry Heth an( daughter. Maj. Gen. L. L. Lomax an< wife and Miss Armstrong, Brig. Gen Marcus J. Wright and wife. Maj Holmes Conrad, Solicitor General o: the United States, all of Washington Col. Albert Akens and wife, Florida Maj. Gen. S. G. French and wife Winter Park. Fla.- Maj. Gen. M. C Butler. South Carolina: Miss Elizt Washington. Charleston, W. Va. Col. James B. Washington, Pittsburg Brig. Gen. Eppa Hunton, Warrenton Va.: Maj. Gen. H. K. Douglas, Ha gerstown. Md.: Maj. John W. Daniel Lynchburg, Va.: Col. John B. Castle man, Louisville: Brig. Gen. Willian H. Payne, Warrenton, Va. In the pariors of the Palmer House an informal levee was held as soon a: the distinguished guests had mad( themselves comfortable, and contin ued until preparations had to be made for the banquettat Kinsleys. The hea interfered somewhat with the enjoy ment of the reception. Gen. Long street, who is seventy years old, war compelled to spend most of the tim< in the room. From 5 to 7 o'clock th< reception was formal and a large num ber of Chicagro society fglk attended in evening dress. Gen. Longstree1 and his charming daughters were the objects of much attention. The gen eal was compelled to remain seated. Over 1,000 people were introduced t< and welcomed as the city's guests. At 5:30 Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and Gen. John B. Gordon, who had been de tained South, arrived. Gen. Lee join ed the brilliant throng in the Palmer House, but the gentleman from Geor oia was too tired from travel. Gen. ongstreet was forced to retire before the end of the function. Gen. Hampton was enthusiastic or the subject of the monument, sa7 ing: "The dedication of Chicago's Conafed erate monument tomorrow is by fai the greatest event that has ever taker place in this country to cement the North and the South. Chicago cannot be too greatly praised for persistency in her noble and generous deed in spite of the sneers and scolding ad. ministered by Massachusetts." The banqu~et assembled at Kinsley's in the evening, marked an epoch in the history of the united North and South. Veterans who fought each other, sat together and called one another brother in all sincerity. Span. taneous outbursts of loyalty on the part of the ex-Confederate officers marked the social occasion and good fellowship prevailed with all. Before the regular toast list was called, Gen. Stephen D. Lee of Mississippi, was called upon. and said: Chicago's hos. pitality knows no sectionalism. No American is a stranger. This great city, the future metropolis of this country, is catholic. This event will be historic. We make no war on the dead, and we, the vanquished, come to the home of bravest victors. We accept the friendship in the same spir. it itis offered. Come and conquer us of the South again, but naot with ba yonets, but with your commercial men. Mayor Swift extended the freedom of the city to the guests and told them the hot spell was symbollic of the warmth of Chicago's welcome. Gen. Wade Hampton presented a resolution in regard to the death of Geni. Greshami and the :00) guests si lently drank to his memory. Acting as toastmaster. Col. Henry L. Tur-ner, commanding the first in fantry of the Illinois National Guard, welcomed the Southerners as "coin rades" and otfered his tribute in the form of a poem. "The army of the Tennessee," wa responded to by Gen. Longstreet, who was greeted with an outburst of ap plause. lie said: "You all seem to know I was there with :he Army of Northern Virginia. It was there that Ilhad the pleasure of an introduction to the Army of the Potomac." The banquets applauded a touching tribute to Grant. In responding to "Amnerican soldier in hiistorv, Senator Butler. of South Carolina lplaced him in the front rank of the world's soldiers. As an exam ple, lhe protraved Gresham, and con cluded: "I do not think any other city on the face of the earth would have had the audacity to invite us Rebels here tonight. It is .to your everlasting honor and glory." Gen. Black, of Illinois, resp~onded to the tcast: 'Here's the hand of fel lowship." Gen. Fitzhugh Lee resp)onded to "Shall the South not grasp it! lHe said: " I am surr-ounded by the hag of the U'nited States. I had a similar expe rience about thirty y'ears ago at the village of Appomattox. I hiad not slept so well in a long time as I did that night after parole, although my tanks were well covered. To tell the truth, the country is safe.' A lhearty greeting was extended to Gen. Hfampton when he rose to re sond to " Souther-n chivalry from 1776 to 1865. lie said: "-The people of Chicago have done something that is the most honorable history of this country. Bigots may blame you or us, but this act of yours is the grandest thing of the country. It is magnificent chivalry that you should raise a monument to the Con federate dead." Other speakers were solicitor Gen. Holmes Conrad, Senator John W. Daniel and Maj. Gen. H. Kyd Doug lass. Novel Mouse Trap. Mice are very knowing little animals, and are often too shrewd to be caught by even the best steel traps. To make a very effective mouse trap take a large jar-the kind used for jam and preser ves-and tie over the top a piece of stiff brown paper. In the center of this cut a cross. Set the jar in a closet. and suspend by a string a piece of 1 toasted cheese or bacon rind over the center. If the mice cannot easily reach the top of the jar a runway my be con structed by placing one end of a board on the edge of the jar and allowing the other end to rest on the floor. If there are any mice about the bait will attract them. Just as soon as the first mouse has reaches the center of the paper he will drop through into the 1jar, and the paper will fly back for the next comer. The same kind of trap may be used for catching rats, only a barrel must be submitted for the jar. A rat will soon gnaw out of such a trap if not prevented. The best way to avoid this is to fill the barrel partly with water. This trap is a great favorite with country people. They lay a good sized stone or brick in the bottom of the barrel'and pour in just enough water to come level with the top of this. The first rat which tumbles in, of course climbs on the brick to get out of the water. As soon as another victim arrives there is a fight for posession of the only dry spot. The noise attracts other rodents, so by morning a dozen or more may be swimming and squealing and fighting for dear life: The Month of June. The Columbia State says the follow meteorological data for the month of June was made up from records kept in South Carolina and surrouding weather bureau stations, and may be of interest in anticipating the more important elements, and the range within which variations may be ex pected to keep for the present month. The data covers a period from 16 to 24 years. The mean or normal month ly temperature for June is 77. The warmest years were 1871 and 1890, with a mean of 93; the coldest year was 1884, with 73. The highest record ed temperture is 102, and occurred on the 20th of the month in the year 1887; the lowest is 46, which occurred on the 1st, in 1889. The average rainfall for the month is 5.16 inches. During June 1893, 16.92 inches fell in Char leston, which is the greatest amount ever recorded in the State during the same month. The dryest June was in 1890 when the average fall was but little over an inch. There have been, on an average, 10 days with rain. If the present month is a normal one, there way be expected 8 clear days, 14 partly cloudy, and 8 entirely cloudy ones, or expressed in another way, it would indicate that the sun will shine during about 60 per cent. of the time it is possible for it to do so. The pre vailino- direction of the wind has here toforeeen southerly, varying between southwest and southeast. A Winchester's Work. WACO, Tex., May 26.-George Dal las Griffice was seated in his door yes terday in the business centre of Waco whenGeorge Washington Anderson, his son-in-law, and Columbus Ander. son, drove up in a buggy. Griffice had been warned that his son-rn-law intended to kill him, and lie fired two Winchester's bullets through Ander son. Washington Anderson fell from the buggy, a corpse, and Columbus Anderson fled, Griffrice firing at him as he ran. The street was crowded and stray builtes killed Tom Lewis, a col ored boy, and wounded Henry Hays, colored. Another bullet killed a far mers' horse. George Dallas Griffice is the father of triplets, who were named Ruby, Garnet and Coral, by Rose Cleveland, sister of the President, George Washing'ton Anderson, the dead man, eloped with the fourteen years-old daughter of Griffice and married her. He ran away a short time ago with a pretty girl. Crisp's MIonetary vie ws. ATLANTA, May 28.-Ex-Speaker Crisp has sent to the Constitution the following card restating his position on the financial question: "Americus, Ga.. May 28. "Ever since I gave consideration to the qjuestion, I have been a believer in and an advocate of the free and unlim ited coinage of silver. Ever sinse I entered public life, I have spoken and when opportunity offered, voted for it. I still favor the free and unlimited coinage of silver by the United States indepently at the ratio of 16 to 1. How any one at all acquainted with my public utterances and acts can have mistak~en or been in doubts as to what my position was, is a mystery to me. My excuse for this card is misrepresen tation: my hope is that this-will end it. (Signed) "Charles F. Crisp. A Terrible Disaster. SAN FRANCIsCO, May 29.- The paci fic mail stcamship company received word this morning that the steamer Colina had been wrecked off the Mix ican coast. The Colina was command ed by Capt J. P. Tayloy; she was an iron vessel of twenty-nine hundred tons and was built by the Roaches of Philadelphia in 1873. The wreck oc cured between Manzanilla and Acap ulico. She had a heavy cargo between thirty-five and fifty cabin passengers. and a number of steerage passengers. Only one boat containing live of the crew and fourteen passengers has beeni heard from. The vessel carried 102 people, 163 of whom are supposed to have been lost. The vessel sailed for Panama May 18th. Most of the pas sengers were bound through to N'~ew York, where they resided. Rtichland's Unity 31eeting. CQLUMIA, S. C., Miay 24.-The De mocratic mass meeting at the court house tonight was fairly well attended. Speeches were made by H. C. Patton and T. F. Weston, of Columbia. and T. J. Kirkland, of Camden, chairman of the "Forty" committee. The senti ment expressed by the speakers were loudly applauded, and, ~a resolution was passsed calling on the county' Democratic commiittee to take action to harmonize the Demnocr'atic party irr this county for uniite~d actionl. Tioo Much 3iorphmeai. ATLANTA. Ga.. May 28. i'elferson L. McClesky died tonight from too much morplhine, lie had been drink ing hard. He was thirty years old and unmarried, lie has been a soliciting MALICIOUS MAY. The 'Zonth Ii.. (;iveu All Crops Heavy 1i14)W.. CoLIMAn, S. C. May 28. -- In view of the unprecedented and most pecu liar weather conditions which have existed for-some weeks. the following bulletin of the condition of the Weather and crops in the State for the past week, issued yesterday by State Observer Bauer. will be found of unusual interest: The unseasonably cold, cloudy weather, which was so unfavorable for most crops during the greater portion of the previous week continued the greater portion of this, with an addi tion of too much rainfall: only on the last two days did the temperature rise to the normal. While there have been lower tem peratures recorded in the mouth of May in previous years than have been recorded in this vet seldom, if ever, has there been such a continued cool period as there has been from the 1;'th of the month up to date. The temper ature has been continually below the normal for the past 13 days. with an accumulated deficiency of 113 degrees. or an avera .e of ten degrees colder than seasonable each day. This is the record of the central station, and the figures would apply to the whole State, with but little change. The rainfall since March 1st, which date marks about the beginning of the farming season in this State. has been about 5 inches in excess of the normal. During March there was an excess of 1.68 inches; during April 2.8.): and during May up to date, over half an inch. These figures are also from the central station, but would approxi mate very closely to the data for the whole State, the rainfall has been much greater. in fact, nearly two times as much having fallen over a considera ble portion. This temperature and rainfall data is given at this time because the first of June is practicably the end of the planting season, and it will be inter esting to note the subsequent growth and development of crops keeping the above weather conditions in mmdi. The winds during the week were generally easterly, until towards the latter part they became westerly. They were generally light, and aside from being too cool, were not particu larly noteworthy. There was a marked and harmful de ficiency in the duration of sunshine, with only the last day of the week, (Monday, 27th) clear over the entire State, the others having been either partly or wholly cloudy. The per centage of possible sunshine averaged about 30 for the State, while the nor mal for the same period is 60 per cent. or more. The deficiency of sunshine, in connection with previous large per centage of cloudines, greatly retarded the healthy growth of crops, and cor respondents say that two weeks of clear weather would be highly benefi cial. The range of temperature was much below the normal, with an average of between 6 and 7-degrees per day below in the eastern portion of the State and from S to 10 in the western portion. After the 2.3 (Thursday) the tempera ture rose gradually. reaching about the normal on the last two days. On the 22d (Wednesday) the departures below the normal averaged about 13 degrees over the entire State and on the fol lowing morning there was an extreme 1~ lgt frost in a few places which did litenoticeable in jury. Highest temperature reported dur ing the week was 87 on the 21st and 22d at Gillisonville, Hampton county; the lowest 42 on the 23d at Cheraw. The mean temperature of the week for the State was about 66,and the normal for the same period approximately 73. There were showers on five days of the week in portions of the State, on four days generally, and in a few places on only three days. The rain fall was heaviest, and excessive, along the coast, the western and northwest erns counties, and in scattered locali ties elsewhere. It was generally in excess of a normal amount. At Greenwood, the measurment was 7.15 inches, the total of three days' rain. The averag-e of 52 corespondents' meas urements for the week is 1.73 inches, the normal for the same period is 0.93. Without exception, every report re ceived during the past week notices a falling off in the condition of cotton. On sandy lands especially the stand is dying rapidly. It was injured some what by cut worms, which were active during the cool weather. Many fields are being patched and planted over: some have been plowed upl and planted in corn, peas or tobacco. Some to for age crops. Ihoeing and chopping to a stand not generally pushed, about completed ina few counties. The cot ton is looking best in the western por tion of the -State as far eastward as Edgefield, Newberry and U nion coun ties: elsewhere the stand is very brok en and the plant sickly. Late planted fieles quite grassy. Corn has been only holding its own at best, and that not generally. It is turning yellow in many places. and the stand on bottom, lands especially. has been greatly danmaged by bud worms. MIucli bottom land intended for corn has not vet beena planted ow ing to too much wet weather, and there is much replanting being done, mak mng the stand very uneven. Oats has improved and its condition is satisfactory. The condition of wheat has not c-haniged noticeably. MIore sun shine is the indicated need of both crops, as well as for all cro;s gener ally. Tiobacco plants have withstood the unfavorable weather well and are re ported as wrowing nicely. The young tobacco plants have been attacked by grassphoppers in places, but as yet. no wide-spread injury hats been done. MIelons are not doing well at present: the cool, cloudy, wet weather having affected them adversely. The weather conditions seemr to have suited rice very well and it is said to be growing right along, with a very large acreage pianted. G3radens continue to u~nprove~ and vegetables are plentiful. Peas are bein largely: sowna both alone and with corn. Some ;ields that have been ohmuted to COnoni have been llowed up'anzd plante'd to pe-as. Kaf tir corn and mi llt have been-y largely planited for- frageZ. in I arnwel('l countyv. Sweet potatoes repori'teu scarce in the upper counutes, anud were slight ly nied by' thec late frosts. In other yeCtionsi the- weather favored trans planitinig anid su ~bsequient growth. Irish p otatoes 1ook prois~n hts r Srrush, Ar-k., 31ay 25.--The Waverly, Hotel, Capt. L. ID. Caid, proprietor, burned today. Will Birks, the nio-ht porter was cremated. The ON TO RICIHIOND. THE STATE'S ATTORNEYS DEPART ON THEIR MISSION. Judge Simonton Declines to Sit at the hearing-The Proceedings Start at Noon Today--The Composition of the Court. COLDIBIA. May 2S.-The hearing in the matterof the appeal in the registra tion cases will take place in Richmond, Va., to day, when the Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States meets at noon. The heating is likely to be a most interesing one, and there seems to be considerable doubt now on the part of those who have been most sanguine as to whether the court will hold that it can take jurisdiction. Yesterday there were lively times about the office of the Attorney Gener al. The counsel for the State were getting their books and papers in readi ness, preparatory to leaving for Richmond. And in the afternoon they left: they will arrive there early this morning. Attorney General Barber returned to the city yesterday morn ing and found that it would be possib.le for him to go. instead of Assistant Attorney General Townsend. By this afternoon, very likely, it' will be known what the court will do in the matter. It is now thought that the court will demand a pretty full presentation of the jurisdictional ques tion involved, in which case there will be considerable argument. Judge Simonton, who is a member of the court, was in the city yesterday and went on to Richmond last evening He will not, however, sit at the hear ing of this case. He takes the ground, it is understood, that the people of the State would be much better satisfied if he remains entirely out of the case. It is known here that two members of the court who will hear the case will be Chief Justice Fuller and Circuit Judge Robert Hughes of Virginia, who is a Republican. Who the third member of the court will be is not known. It will not be Judge Jackson of West Virginia, or Judge Dick of North Caro ]in, however. ft will very likely be either Judge Morris, Judge Semour or Judge Paul. No matter what the composition of the court is, the outcome of the pro ceedings will be awaited here with the greatest degree of interest.-State. THE REGISTRATION LAW FIGHT. The Court of Appeals will Hear the Case June G. RIcIHloND, May 31.-Judge Goff, of the United States Circuit Court of Ap peals, today modified the terms of the injunction issued recently at Columbia in the case of the South Carolina reg istration laws. The modification per mits the supervisors of Richland coun ty to continue to register voters dur ing the pending of the cases in' the Circuit Court of Appeals. The order issued by Judge Goff is made to apply to a similar injunction granted yester day in the case of the supervisor of Newberry county. The effect of this action is to-leave the registration laws of South Carolina in exactly the same condition they were before Judge Goff issued his restrain ing order at Columbia. Here is the order in full: "United States of America-District of South Carolina. In -the Circuit Court in Equity, Lawrence P. Mil ler, Plaintiff, vs. W. Briggs Green, Defendant. Whereas Monday, the third day of June, A. D. 1895, is one of the days fixed in the statute of the registration of electors in South Carolina, and the defendant in the above stated case is enjoined individually and as super visor of registration, from openirg the books and registering electors on that day by an order of injunction made here on the 16th day of April, 1895, and continued by an order made on the Sth day of May, 1895, and whereas an appdal from said order of injunction has been taken to the United State Circuit Court of Appeals, which said appeal has been advanced for a hearing at an early day, it is or dered that the said orders of injunction heretofore made in this case be and the ' same are hereby modified and suspened as to allow the defendant, W. Brig Green, supervisor of registration for Richland county to open the books of registration on the first Monday in June. 1895, for the purpose of receiv ing applications for registration and registering electors under the laws of South Carolina. (Signed) "NATH~A GOFF, "United States Circuit Judged." A similar order was also granted to allow Arthur E. P. Bedenbrough, su pervisor of registration for Newvberry county to open the books of registra tion on the first Monday in June, 1895. Chief Justice Fuller and Judges Si monton and Hughes presided in the United States Circuit Court of Apal here today when the South Carol * registration case came up. The title of the case is "W. Briggs Green, ap pellant, vs. Lawrence P. Miller, appel lo. Appeal from the Cirettit Court of South Carolina interlocutary orders of Judge Goff in the registration cases." The motion on behalf of the State of South Carolina to docket and advance the case was argued by Win. A. Bar ber, Attorney Genea of South Caro lina. and Edward McCrady for appel lant, and Henry N. Obear for appello, resisting the motion. It was held unanimously that his court has juris diction. The case was ordered dock eted. After this matter had been dis posed of, Judge Goff took the place of Judge Simonton on the bench. June 6th was the date fixed forhear ing the argument in the appeal cases. A Costly Partner. ST. Louis, May 30.-An afternoon paper states that A. W. Wright, of the lirm of WXrighit & WXarner, manu facurers agents. with oflices in the Wagon buildine, has been missing nearly one wveecl.ie is alleged to have taken with him nearly $200,000 in negotiable bonds and warranty deeds to valuable lands. When last heardI from, lhe was on a train enroute to Indianapolis. His partner, Professor Clarence ID. Warner, claims to be ign orant of his whereabouts and says hi p~ersonlal loss will reach nearly $100,000 Lynching is Popular. J~cKsoNVLLE, Fla.. May 31.-In Columbia county Monday night, James Freeman. a negro, attempted to ravish the wife of Frank Corsele, also colored. Freeman was arrested yes terday andl last nighlt three officers started with him to Lake City to place himt in ,iail. About half way the pris onter was takeni from the guards by a mob, tied to a post and shot to death. rTe mob wa.- composed partly of ne rroes. Near the same place a negro ivas I lched three weeks ago for a