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VoL. XI. MANNING, S. C., WEJ)NESDAY, JULY , 189 A NOTABLE MEETING. AT WHICH TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE PRESENT. Senator Tillman, Advocate the I'ritonl 011 the South and We-st ii the Interest of F.-ee Silver--Spehet AI-o N1adv hby Gov. Evans and Other. ROCK HILL. July 2.--Nine vears , ago Benjamin R. Tillnan made his first appearance on the hustiugs before the young men of York at Tirzah. a little town locted but a couple of miles from the town that now bears that name, and the Reform movement there had its origin. Today the samne man having met with suceess in all his undertakings in the political arena. appeared before a crowd of :,.5) men and women at the new town and the c'oak of national Denocracy was thrown aside, and the readiness of South and North Carolina to launch the long talked-of new national party was announced. The bundreds of countrymen heard Tillman's an nouncement of his desertion of the "Rotten -,i. ship of Deinocracv." The chcers alt,-r Marion Butler, the deli cate lookin . peak-headed Populist Senator of North Carolina, and ex Sresident of the National Ahiance, ad named him as the Andrew Jack son, the only capable one. "to lead the masses of the people of the South and West to victory" in the proposed par ty. Again, Governor Evans went into the details of a good many matters which it is proposed to insert in the new State constitution. This was one of the most notable political gather ings held in the State in a long time. There were present two United States Senators. Tillman and Butler, Governor Evans and o-her notables. The speaking was from a s.nd in the centre of a lovely, though very mud dy grove of oak trees, with a band stand to the right. The stand was most elaboratelv decorated with all kinds of flowers. On each corner were sunflowers and cotton bushes. The whole was fringed with green pine needles. and there were numerous wreatl.s. To the right of the stand hung a white and red banner of large size, bearing the inscription "Equal rights to all, special privileges to none. In hoc signo vinces." In the vicinity were no end of white covered wagons, schooners, which had been coming in all night. A heavy rain fell in the forenoon, but soon all was clear. There were a large number of women and children in the crowd. 3MARION BUTLER was the first speaker. He made an unusually long and vigorous speech, the outline of which I will give later. He maintained that Congressmen were misrepresentatives of the people; that they had covered the financial ques tion; that the people had risen in re volt; that a big crop of millionaires had grown from the present financial systeni; that the currency question had become so serious that the time had come for the messes to form their new vN-ty and fight: that the present leaa.iwere traitors; that the foreign financial policy was revolting; that the tim, had come to choose between allegiance to party and allegiance to the Constitution: that Cleveland had acted as a faithlessoverseer to the peo p ie's farm; that party labels should be wiped out; that he was a Populist because he was a Democrat. Then he exclaimed dramatically. '-Would to God we could call up Andrew Jack son today from his grave to lead these people against the same enemies that he fouoht and thought he had crushed to hurf'defiance at and crush the gold bugs." He went on to say that we had to day the English on our shores as then and we~had the Tories here fighting with them and individuals with Tories fiohting the National banking system. INow that we have all these dangers here as in his time we need an An drew Jackson to lead the people against this tri-headed monster which will destroy American prosperity and American libertv. "I did not have the privilege of living in Jackson's time, but when I saw your aistmn guished Senator here (Tillman) stand up at Memphis, and noted the flash of his eye, the set of hiscountenance and the ring of his voice as he declared for liberty, first, last and all the time, I said to myself: "here we-ve got another Andrew Jackson who will stanid against the Tories and drive them out.' After dinner Senator Tillman made the closing speech of the day. After some preliminary remarks he spoke as follows: TILL3L&'S SPEECH. "When I received the invitation to speak at Tirzah my mind travelled back to 1886. Capt. Tillman, who had been raising some rumpus in the News and Courier with his pen, was invited to York." The Senator then indulged i.a little fun at his own expense, and referred to the old Tirzah, where he made his first extemporaneous speech nine years ago. "I had been tongue tied previous to that, but the people of York clipped it, and .my tongue has been wagging ever since." He was glad to be on band today. He thought they liked him, because he had always tried to tell them the truth. This was what he wanted to do now. This was an Alliance meeting. The Alliance was not so strong in nulinbers as here tofore, but as an educative. force its principles were stronger than ever. He felt proud that the Alhange was the organization thr-ough wvn-eh our principles of reform had been advanc ed. Why are you so poor? He said Senator Butler told a truth when he said fifty voters in one party are cut ting fifty others' votes in a ditferent party. "Look at your condition. Al though the United State has produced unexampled crops for many years. there are millions of our people starv ing, and other millions naked. \Y will always be Democratic in prin ciple, because we sucked those princ pies with our mother's milk, but w< cannot continue to-wear the livery o| a party in which such debauchery an treachery exist. "When you look back at the repea: of the Sherman law you find that th< Republicans and Democrats of th< Northern section voted without regar< to party lines. They buy your C'on gressm'en up there at Washington lik you buy sheep. They also controllet the nomination for i'resident in both parties.' It did not matter whether IHarrisoi or Cleveland was elected. The Repub licans had been trying for years t< demonetize silver and could not do it The change of the government fron one party to another enabled Cleve land, by the use of the patronage, t< (ilonetize silver. The greedy Demo erats who had pledged the people to light for silver, sold their votes for oflices for their friends or for monev. I don't know which, and the conspir aev was consuiommated. The Demo (er-atic platform was g ood enough to be elected o, but not worth carrying out. The result has been that our yardstick which measures values has been cut in half, with the etiect of doubling the purchasing power of the gold (101 lar. It takes now twice as much of labor, or the products of labor, tobny a dollar. Everything has shrunk in value except debts. To all intents and purpose they have doubled. I will il lust'rate. if a man had ten biscuits and there were two plates of butter, one white and one yellow, and you throw away the white (silver>, there is only halffas much butter to the biscuit as there was before. The shrinkage in the amount of butter represents the shrinkage of the price of commodities, and until we make them bring back that other plate of butter all the pro ducers of this country will have to spread it very thin, and a great many will have neither bread nor butter. I+ is clear that both old parties are disintegrating and a new alignment is in process of formation. Party ties are weakened. Like drowning men who catch at straws, the people are casting about for means of relief. The issue has heretofore been obscured or sidetracked, but in the next Presiden tial campaign the only question will be the financial question. A new MIa son & Dixon's line is forming on the one side with the Northeastern sec tion, consisting of the creditor and manufacturing States. On the other side will be a bolid South allied with a practically Solid West. An exami nation of the census reports will indi cate the enormous increase in the wealth of the New England and Mid die States, as compared with the rest of the country, and even a fool must know that it is the result of legal rob bery and unjust discrimination by Congress. Democracy is a dear name to us,but we no longer have the substance-we have only the shadow. Aesop's fable of the dog and the shadow will illus trate the situation and show the condi tion of those of us who cling to the name, whilst we can't get the sub stance. We had a very small bone under the Sherman act. We snapped at the shadow of a great relief prom ised in the Chicago platform and the restoration of the Democracy to pow el', and we have lost the little bone we ad and got nothing. At Memphis, I undertook to represent the people of South Carolina and told the friends of silver that if we could not get a man whom we could trust in the Demo cratic party on a platform that was unequivocal and explicit, we would cast our electoral vote for the candi date or some other party. "Did I represent you?" (One or two "Noes" and a chorus of "Yes" were heard.) "Well, I'll take a hand primary on it. I don't want you to declare your selves Populists. I ask all of you who are willin- to vote fora man for Pres ident. Le<gcd to frce eil-co,-, wlihar he be a Democrat or not, to hold up your hands." (There was a forest of oplen palns in the air in a moment, only one man, Mr. Hull,voting in the negative amid, derisive cries.) "Now, gentlemen, he's not to blame, he's only blind. I respect and admire men who disao-ree with me, but who have the manhood to stand by their convictions. We are all white men, but for God's sake, for South Caroli na's sake, never let it be said that the white men appealed to the negro to arbitrate their differences. I am no Populist. The Democrat'c party in the Northwest has been practically dis banded in ten or twelve States. What hope have wve of electing a Democrat ic President? What sort of a hope have wve for genuine Democracy to win in the next general election: The result of the last election indicates that the Republicans have strong hopes of electing the next President and there are many men in the South who think it a good time to join that prty in the hope of getting office. I have been looking for some new con verts to that party in this State. but so far none have announced them seh es. Can we stand four more years of ttis sort of thing, boys? Well, we havestood so much of it that I don't belien you can starve us. Nothing can dofhat, but my God, it is so aw fully tir~some, While the South is practical-; solid for silver our condi tion of financial slavery is almost in toerable. We must endure our suf fering unti\ the hand of American brotherhood is reached out to us by the Northwesern farmers, and they cry aloud in dheir distress, 'Come, help us.' The only hope is to ally the South and West together against the North and East, but don't let us im pose the condition on those seeking the Alliance tint we go as Democrats alone. These oeople despise that name. That hated is an inheritance of the war-just as we hate the name Republican. Those States contain a larger percentage of Union soldiers than any others, because they moved there just after the v.ar to get sol dier's .iomesteads and they have been accust~med to connect t'rte word De mocra. and Copperhead together just as we. onnect Republican and neoro toget.ier. Those people are now~ie ing' gamid to powder between the up per anl.nethier mill stones. W-hy not both sids give up party names and meet lab way ? If your house is bui'n ing down will youi stay in it because it is hbeled Denmocr-atic. We can't take tle aame of Populist because they hre too many 'isms' and radical ideas, .nd they have pandered too much t socialism. They call mec an anarchst-a right bran new one-but I canot stand many things in the Populi platform. Why, in God's name, stay here and go down with the hu of the old rotten Democratic ship? .t MIemphis I tread on some Demoettic toes. But on the other hand yi should have heard the wild hurrah:>f those who agreed with me. It was ke a Tillmamite campaign mieetinln 1890U. Now they talk about t a ring. :es, its a hand's-all-round ring of 4000 Reform Democratic vot ters-and am proud to belong to it. "I calot see how any man can stand by e Democracy wvheni it is con trolled b~suchi traitors as Cleveland - and Carin. I say to you now- when Sthe time mes we cam dleliver the I electoral r;e. I believe, I know we i can do it. Applause.) The only test heretofore this State.of D~emocracy, 1 has beeni wte supremacy. The only - obs5tacle to e union of the friends of >silver is th1taves and fishes of the . local oilice The desire to control 1these has me to (10 with the contin - uation of tl-existing parties than the machines in each State are the g-reat est barriers to the formation of a new national financial party. The Ameri can people should narrow down their I local politics and come together. For myself, I am so disgusted that I am ready to throw up the name and give up the party. We must join the peo ple of the Northwest. The friends of silver are in the majority -45.0(10,000 out of the 70,000,000 in this republic but they are held down. All they want is the opportunity to get togeth er. Shall we let this matter of liame keep us apart(' Senator Tilhuan then referred to the buying up of the metropolitan news papers and news agencies by the gold bugs. "Their cry," said Tillian, 'is that the silver craze is dying out. There was never a more brazen false hood. There is no silver craze to be gin with. Our people are not fools, and they are only striving with the intensity of despair to release our gov ernment from thegrasp of the octopus to prevent the tories from selling us into bondage to the British goldbugs. They understand the issue perfectly. as will be proven when the time comes to vote. I think I can safely say the South is solid for financial re lief. When we meet the Northwestern people we must be ready to go ahead and organize the new party. Let the name be what it will. Let us deter mine here now that we will get to gether, and that the goldbugs will see how little reliance is to be placed on the cry that the silver craze is dying." Senator Tillman spoke forty min- I utes and was frequently applauded. EVANS ON THE CoNvEN ioN. Governor Evans spoke on the Con stitutional Convention, and threw much light on schemes heretofore hid under a bushel. His speech I will give more fully later. He advocated the Mississippi plan, with modifications, for the regulation of the suffrage. He discussed the ring scheme at length the taking of the two mill tax out of the Constitution and putting it in the hands of the people, leaving in the Constitution a requirement that the Legislature shall provide a system of free common schools, the taxpayer I desianating to which schoci his tax shall go; "that the Constitution pro vide that the Legislature have power to create corporations under general laws, relieving that bod - of special corporation privilege bil : that pro vision be made to allow the Legisla ture to deal with the liquo:- question as it deems best; that the State be divi ded into smaller counties for the con- f venience of the people and saving of d expenses; that the judiciary be recon- f structed so as to secure the will of the i people; that the trial justice system be abolished, and that the oflices of Ad-1 jutant General and Superintendent of a Education be abolished. c Talbert, Strait and Irby are sched- t uled to speak tomorrow.--State. NO FOOD, FRIENDS OR FUNDS. Deplorable Condition of Negro ColonktsI Who Went to Mexico. WASHINGTON, July 24.-A serious a condition of affairs exists in the Am- t Mexico; so serious that Mr. Sparke, r the United States consul at Piedras b Negras, today sent a telegram on the r subject to the State Department. Mr. t Sparks says the negroes have left the I colony in a body, and that a number c of them are located in a camp under n the surveillance of Mexican soldiers. a Some of them in the camp are aihlicted with contagious disease, and altogeth- a er their condition is deplorable. The I colonists are all from Georgia and r Alabama, whence they emigrated r after being given glowing accoun' s of t the fertility and fruitful~nes of concess ion granted their organizer, a negro,i by the Mexican government. The State Department ofilcials, after t making every effort to devise wvays e and nmeans to help the colonists, look. ing to every law that might be con- t strued to give them authority to use 1i funds, found it utterly im- c possible to do so.2 A late telegram from Consul Sparks t stated that the negroes were scatered for miles on the railroad without food t friends or funds, and were living on t mesqjuite beans and branch water. 2 Mr. Sparks could do nothmn for a want of money, anid added that lie s feared trouble, as the colonists were I starving. c The orignal dispatch from Mr. t Sparks informed the department that a he had received a telegram from Dr. c J. H. Barry, of Torreon, Mexico, dat- x ed July 23rd, which said that l53 ne- f groes from the colony were destitute I at that point with fifteen cases s of contagious disease among them. I The Mexico police were preventing c them from entering the towns. c The State Department has also re- ,c eived a letter from Congressman e John H. Bankhead, of Alabama, ask ing if the government can assist in c bring back to their homes the mem- 2 ber of the Tiahualilit colony, who left t Alabama and other Southern States c about a year ago and who are now, c he says, dissatisfied, destitute and uu- 3 ble to return unaided. e The department has tried every way s to afford some relief to the colonists f and has instructed the council at Peid- i casNeotras to render all assistantce that c e co-d properly do and to report pro- f optly any serious developments. t The charge d'affairs of the United i States in the City of Mexico has also t been informed of the state of affairs 2 eported by Mr. Sparks, and has been f instructed to inquire into the treat- I ment that the colonists were receiving. t No funds are available to the de- i: artment which can be applied to s mnaintain destitute American citizens, a other that seamen in foreign countries t or to provide for their transportation s home, and Consul Sparks has been so y advised as also all those who made in- E guiries concerning the unifortunate e negroes.r Arch Fiends. NORTH SCrrUAT, Mass., July 24. An attempt was made to blow up t Konohassett Hall last night while a religious meeting was in progress. i The hall has been used for some timie i for a series of evangelical meetings. It a has been the custom of some of the t rough element to go to the meetings c and there have been disturbances. At times the offenders have been arre'st- t ed, taken before the court and fined. t Last night, while the meeting was in t progress, a loud explosion startled the worshippers and caused a panic. No oie was seriously hurt, but all the glass in the building was shattered. s An examination showed that explo- I sives had been put under a corner of ti the building and had shattered the s woodwork in its imimediate vicinity. c It is thought dynamite was used anid t ignorance of how to place it, .savedl a x worse wreck, and probably injury to V TlE REGISTILATIO\ LAW. T IS AGAIN ATTACKED IN THE UNITED STATES COURT. itdge Coll Enjoisi Snrvervikr Gre e.. of Iichlandt4 Colaty. item Deliveriing the Re;;ikt r:ation lw.oi.; tts the 31:&na;ger" of Eet ion. C]i.\ li s~i. S. 8. C.. lJ v 25. - .dge ;otff 1as enijoined Sulpervisor 4;reen f Richland. on complaint of .. 1l. rotvdv, ctolrtl. 1oxdv claims the ic'ht to vote in a lengthy paper. Ile i represeited by ( )bear & Douglass of Vashi ngton. The order follows: "It is ordered that thc defendant, V. Briggs dreen, do0 show cause be ore me ont Monday, -ugast 5, 1S95, n the -Uited States Circuit Court of qppeals room at Richmond, Va.. at :3 'clock in the afternoon, or as soon hereafter as counsel can be heard. vhy an order should not be made in his cause enjoining and restraiiing im from further exercising the pow rs and privileges claimed to be con erred by certain alleged acts of the tate of SouLli Carolina upon hii as he incumbent of an alleged oilice :nown and described in said alleged nactment as 'supervisor of registra ioi,' and also from furnishing and telivering to the several boards of nianagers for the several precints in ichlanda countv, South Carolina. ap ointed to hold the election of dele ates to a certain Constitutional con ention soon to be held in the said tate, certain paper writings purport ug to be the registration books for hle said several precincts. and also ron doing any and every other act omplained of in the said bill. "It is further ordered that until the tearing hereinbefore directed, the said lefendant. his agents, servants and mployes be enjoined and restrained rom furnishing and delivering to the everal boards of managers for the sev ral precincts in Richland county, .foresaid, any books or paper writings >urporting to be said registration iO.NS. "Let a copy of this order be forth ith served upon said defendant, this d day of July. 1895. Signed) ~ "NATN GOFF, "U.S. Circuit Judge, 4th Circuit. It seems, from a perusal of the bill a this case, which was seen in the of ce of Obear & Douglass, here, that it iffers in some essential particulars rom the Mills case, recently decided a the Circuit Court of Appeals. The ills case was brought in behalf of imself and all others like situated gainst W. Briggs Green, in his ofIli ial capacit'y as supervisor of registra ion, while the new case is a suit gainst Mr. Green individually, and t seems that he is not used as supervi or. Upon the contrary, it is positive e alleged in the bill that the sections 'f the registration law which create lie olice are themselves. together with 11 the balance of the act, unconstita io nal. and that there exists in the late no such oii:ce as supervisor of egistration. And it is elaimieu as a agal consequence that the acts and egulations under which Mr. Green. lie supervisor, has been acting are is own individual acts. Another ssential difference is that it is in so ianv words alleged that the complain nt wras distinctly refused registration. lso, it is stated'in the bill, that lie is citizens of African descent. The ecuiar hardships of the act of 1894 equiring the sup)portin~g allidavits are ade cleatr by the facts surrounding Le particular case of the party suing. nd that act is specially attacked as a violation of the fourteenth amend 1nt as guaranteeing to evry citizen je equal protection of the law, it being laimed that under the act of 1894 mpossible and impractical cond'.tions >register are imp1osed upon the voters nreistered at the time of the passage F that, act wvhich are not required and inposed upon those electors nowv upon e registration books. The particulars in which thte regis ration laws are in violation of the tif enth amendment to the United tates Constitution are set forth fully nd in detaiL It is also amhrmatively tated in the bill that the complainant. as under the facts of his case no rem d at law at all. Among other things, Liat a judgment at law for damages ainst the defendant could not be ollected, and that even if collected gould not be adequate relief to him :r the deprivation of his right to vote 'he other legal remedies heretofore aggested in the Mills case are dis osed of under the facts of the new ase and it is clearly alleged that the ompalinant can have no leg'al re ourse to any of the suggested reme The bill in addition to a number of ter differences between it and the fills bill seems to be without any of he technical objections raised by the ounsel for the State in the former ase. The document in question is a ery full and carefully prepared and lalorate legal paper, but its length is uch that it cannot here be given in all. Hence the above synopsis. It inferred that the purpose of the ouncil is to differentiate the new case< rom the old so as to obtain an injunc-1 On in the new case without contlict-1 ag with the principles laid doivn by te Circuit Court of Appeals in the: fills case. What the result of this ght will be of course no one can tell.i his much, however, seems to be cer-1 tin, namely: That it presents the sues upon the merits clearly and1 :uarely and absolutely freed from 1 ny of the technical points upon which1 ae counsel for the State sought to< de-track the former case and that i then this case reaches the United tates Supreme Court it will be dilli ut to dodge th~e momentous issues i 1ade. It seems that Mr. Obear, of the firm f Obear & Douglass, appeared before udge Goff a few days ago and ob ined the rule to showv cause else lthere referred to. The hearing has en set for the 5th of August, 3p. mi. a the "ourt room of the Circuit Court f Apeals at Richmond, 'at which me it is expiected that the arguments n the case will take place. It is not nown as vet who will take part in .argument. Probably Mr. If. N. bear will miake the argumtent for ie comlainant.- State. J wAKsoN .nnu:, Fla., .1lly 25.- A] ecial to thte Timies-Unition fro nu 'ooksville, Fha., says: 1). J1. Whjid en atnd Crocke'tt Wlhiddent were' as .sSinttd last night at theitr cedar amp in the woods near- htere by a and of masked nmen. A dozen gunlsi rere ired at close ranige, and both 1 en were riddled. Whalit induced the I illin is ot kn wn.' THE SUFFRAGE QUESTiON. [to, swaator M. M. Tallmatn -ropOA t () I'ix It. BRAi~x~!vILLF.. .Inly Y 1.M -hen I wrote the sulmnmarv of the suirage chenes discussed by the leaders, hiicl I send in with'this. I had lo .dea it it was so sooi to receive di eet coIrohoTation fromn the man who rv been the head of the Reform mnovement from its very inception. 1ut at a meeting held at Huinter's ei'rr. ten miles from this place inl Bartnwell County Tuesday, Senator fillimian inade a speech in which he hindled the matter. and I am able to quote hli. exact language oi the ;rcheme. The meetiig was one of tile Barn well County campaigni meetings and duri 1the forenoon speeches were made by tie candidates in the county for delerates to thet, Constitutional LConvention. There were about 6O0 persons preseint. nearly all of them being Reformers and about seventy live heing- ladies. An excellent din ner was served. after which Governor Evans spoke, and then Senator Till man faced the crowd. -He ca-me out squarely and gave the scleme for the regulation of the su II' rage. making reference to hi., remark a Ridgeway when advocating the 'alling of the Constitutional Conven tion in which he asked the people to trust him and vote for the convention. lIe stated too that in the spring after the Forty conference he had served notice on all opposed to the Mississip pi plan to get ready for the near fu ture. Then he fully disclosed the scheme as follows: "I had given a zreat deal of thought to this matter. The 15th amendment is an insupera ble bar to a permanent and lasting ar rangement. Any scheme-that may be adopted can only be temporary and will be largely dependent on white unity, as it is upon the administration f the law rather than in its language we must rely. This has been the case with the registration law and the eight box law. As long as 'no dis 3rimination on account Qf race or :olor, can be made, even an educa tional qualification pure and simple would only serve its purpose of dis rranchising the negro while he re mains ignorant. How then can we lisfranchise illiterate negroes without it the same time taking the right of suffrage from the class of white men? [t is easy enough and cannot be called fraudulent system. The Mississippi :onstitution provides that every voter must be registered and that the appE ant for registration must be able to read a clause in the constitution or be able to understand and explain it when read to him. The right to judge >f the latter rests with the supervisor >f registration. If the applicant can read he must be registered and there ore be allowed to vote. "If he cannot, it is easy to see that he negro could not understand, while he white man would. This is natural is the whites are the more intelligent ,ace. Couple a provision forbidding registration after a conviction for -riie, and require the applicant to be ilso possessed of a good moral charac %er, and je- can ee how many- thous .uds; of negroes will be disfranchised rithout fraud or without infringing )n the 15th amendment to the United 3tates Constitution. Should we ever iae a government that would appoint ,egistration officers wanted to enroll he negroes as voters this scheme .vould not work. But ther'eis a differ mee between having it in the constitu ion and depending on the eight box tnd registration lawns. A defeated mi toi'ity of white men could never ob nin co)ntrol of the government by us ng the negro vote. Such a minority uiust obtain control of thlegovenment m)y obtaining a white majority first. ind it would then hlave no0 nleed of le negro. "Another safeauar'd would be to >r'ovide that no0 illiter'ate ::erson fail ng of the necessary requirments for 'egistration will be eligible 'fter five rears the requirements for'registration >e the ability to read and write pure mnd simple. This would act as a spur .o men of both races to fit themselves 'or the suflferage and would not per etuate the confessedly obnoxious but lecessary provision cf trusting to the judgment of tile supervisor. The :harge that such a system would per etuate dlishionest elections is false" Continuing, Senator Tillman said: 'If this schemne is not adlopted, then, o0 far as I can see, there is nothing dlse to do but have qualified woman's lutfrage and hide behind petticoats. [am perfectly willing to give the wo nen of South Corolina tile right to rote when asked for it, I don't believe hey want it, and until the do ask for t, I perfer the other plan." The above are Senator Tillman's ex mt words, and they pretty fully cover lie all important matter. It may be tdded that this being the scheme the naugurator of the Reform movement tdvocates, it will be almost certain to >e adopted. Senator Tillman returned to lhis 10me at Trenton this evening, being ecom panied by Govern or Fyans. - tate.___ Crazed by Complexion Paste. Rl-sSELvILLE, Ky., .Jully 22.--The lesire to make her complexion more >eautiful has caused a once proud nind to be shrouded in the darkest floom. MIiss MIary Beicher two years go was a bright, dark-haired, happy, 'osy-cheeked girl. One day she read n an advertisement of a cosmetic paste Ilat would make the complexion per ect. She bought some and used it for' wo weeks as directed. At the end of hat time she was horrified to notice he appeairanice of a black beard all >ver her face. It grew rapidly, and ni a short time she had a heavy set of vhiskers. Site grew hysterical, and tout six months ago her mind began o fail under the constarnt worry. bhe s now a mental wreck. MIiss Belcher s 22 years old, and lives with heCr par tts at Sugar Grove, Butler county. GenltlemanIf, as Well as Soldier. WVAsinxaTos, July 23.-Initial steps u-re taken at one of the river resorts ust below Washington last nlighit ooking to tile erection in New Or cans of a statue to Gen. W. S. Han ock, tile hiero of Gettysburg. The ubject was fully discussed at an ex ursioni giv'en by the Confederate Vet ranis, and attended by several hun h-ed Grand Army- men as inv~ited ~uests. Arrangemenits for' this work are ben punt in tile hands of Gen. lethi, and a plant will soon be out inet1 for raising a fund aml~ong the oldiers whot served in thle Con feder ~te army. It v a 'toiht fitting that statue should be erc'tedl inl a r'epre entative city of the e-xtrembe Southi, t having been suggested ly tile erec ion in Chicago tof the Confederate ~eterans' monument to six thtousanid "SILVER DIf('k7 11LAN1). LAUNCHED AND RIGGED FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. Gov. SIi tne ofti~r i Does tIhe4 Ortirial A ct at tie 31reting t of siver -dirgor---Mr. SE:AmT. 31o.. July 2:1.-The Bland Presidential boom is a thing of cer tainty now. It was launched here today -by Governor Stone himsl f in an oratorical elfort before the free sil ver Democratic editors. The mention of Bland's name and the connection in which it was used, brought forth a storm of applause and shouts. The Governor during his remarks had de picted the general distress and hard times ( aring the recent vanic and con cuded in his most impressive and siz nificant style by saying: "And these things w ll so continue unless a man like Honest Dick Bland is nominated for President." Elks Hall, in which the first portion of the afternoon imeting was held; fairly shook with the enthusiastic cheering of this sentiment. In spite of Mr. Bland's seeming in difference to the chatter and gossip in connection with his name, as a Presi dential possibility, it is not denied here tonight by his friends that "Silver Dick' may altemut to come before the next Democratic 'national convention with a hupe to lead the hosts under the silver banner. Ie refuses to dis cuss the matter except to say that his political aim at present is simply to get the Democratic party on its feet and to give it an issue, that if adopted will surely mean victory for another four years. The conference of free silver editors was called to order at 10 o'clock today by President W. F. Switzler, of the Booneville Democrat. H. J. Grover of the Lexington In telligener, was chosen secretary. Com mittees were appointed on permanent organization and to prepare an address to the people of the State in the inter est of free silver after which the con ference adjourned until 1 p. m. The editors went to Association Park where Hon. R. P. Bland was presented to several hundred people and spoke for nearly two hours. In his address, which was fregently ap plauded, Mr. Bland said: "There can be no greater question affecting the welfare of the people than the question of currency, and we are asked to become the advocates of a system of currency supplied by Nation al banks. The power to control the volume of the money of the country will necessarily result in the enslave ment of the people and the breaking down of the sower of the State. If ail the facts stated in Mr. Carlisle's speech in Memphis and other places can be true and if the doctrines he advocated are correct, tien Democracy as taught in history and practised by our fathers was a fraud. Ratio is a constitutional question belonging to Congress, but justice must be done to silver by put ting it back right where it was in 1873. Th.e duty of the present generation and the present time is to undo the wrong and wipe outthe crime of 1873." In conclusion. Mr. Bland said: "In my opinion, the conspiracy which seems to have been formed here and in Europe, to destroy by legislation, or otherwise from three-sevenths to one-half the metalli money of the world, is the most gigantic crime of the age or any other age. The consummna tion of such a scheme would ultimate ly entail more misery upon the human race than all the wars, pestilence and famines that ever occurred in the his tory of the world. We still believe that silver's restoration is absolutely necessary to the prosperity of this peo ple: and we will follow Carlisle and his record as a member of Congress and not Carlisle and his record as See retary of the Treasury." At tthe conclusion of Mr. hlaud's ad dress a recess was taken and shortly after the noon hours, the editors met in Elk's Hall and permanently organ ized. These are the otlicers elected as recommended by the committee on or ganization. which has been appointed this morning: President, Col. W. F. Switzler, B3oonev.ille; vice president, one for each Congressional district, secretary. H. JT. Groves, Lexington; treasuirer. C. K. Weldon, of Nevada. The executive committee to consist of the elective officers. The 11th and 12th districts are not givyen representa tion, as the convention ackno-.ledges them as gold bug sections. At 2:30) tihe meeting was again call ed together, when Governor Stone made his address. In addition to launching Mr. Bland's boom, the Gov ernor claimed that the issue could be dodged no long'er. lie claimed that free coinage had been the Democratic doctrine fronm the time of Jefferson and as monometallism had ah~vays been a Republican that those who wished to go upon plutocratic princi ples should be read out of the party. lie said that should the Democracy especially of Missouri follow the ideas of the national administration it would be confronted with the impossibility of both the great parties running upon the same issue. At the conclusion of the Governor's remarks the delegation as well as several hundred visitors and Sedalia people, went again to Forest Park, where Senator Cockrell spoke two hours. At the night session of the convention the editors adopted an addr-ess to the people of the State on the silver question. A Polite Florida Mob. LIvE OAK, Fla., July 23.-At 2 o'clock this morning 200 men rode in to this place and attempted to storm the jail, their object being to lynch George Mitchell and Mike Stevens, two negro murderers. She ritf1 Haw kins lives at the jail with his family. and the mob~ made a demand on himi for the keys. The sheriff refused, and the mob began to batter down the door with sledge hammers The sheri tf pleaded with the mob to desist in vain. Finally he said: 'Boys, my wife is sick up stairs, and I am aft-aid this ex :itement will kill her. Go away for her sake. 1 will go to Tallahasse and beg Governor Mitchell to let these ne roes hang." The appeal was effect ice. and the mob dispersed shouting. 'We won't endanger a lady's life." Mike Stevens andlGeorge Mitchell, the negroes wanted, and Henry Brown were convicted and sentenced to be hanged fin- 2.e murder of Alfred Ry ber'g. :. whtite mian. Urowna was hanged last W\ednesday, but at thte last maoment the other- men wet-e r'e spited.. This caused great i udignmation and lynching was ii.reatened, as the people believe Mitchell and SLevens s guilty as Brown, althonugh the lat er swore on the scalfalhd that he alone mmurdeedl iybm'. NE(ROES WERE NAUGHTY. HENCE A NATIONAL GUARD COMPANY IS SUSPENDED. Its Oicer% Are Di..imied from the Ser Suic' by the Ad.ittant Gvenral--A Court of Insp iiry Ordtered--Wiy a.nd Wherefore. Co11o1m1A, S. C., Julv 24.-The State is having trouble with some of the colored militia just row. Yester day two officers were dismissed from the service of the State and a whole company was 'suspended" pending a court of inquiry, just as was done in the case of the. 'white companies, which declined to obey Gov. Till man's orders during the Darlington trouble. The Anjutant General acted upon the following letter which he received a few days ago: Charleston, S. C., July 11, 1895. To .1. Gary Watts, Adjutant and In spector General of South Carolina. Sir: I have the honor to herewith forward you the statements of certain oflicers and non-commissioned officers as to the unsoldierlike conduct of the officers and members of the Gover nor's Rifle Guard, which constitute a part of the First Regiment of Nation al Guards, commanded by one E. W. Deas, while at a picnic at Mount Pleasant, in the county of Berkeley, S. C., on June 17th, 1895, and their conduct subsequent thereto. I have been completely ignored by said company in every order issued them since, and said command is now in open conspiracy against me as their superior officer, and, in my opinion, they are aided and abetted by others whom I shall call to your attention later on. You will see that I have tried to discharge my duty in trying to maintain discipline Dy a pointing a court of inquiry, and this you will see from the statement from Capt. J. A. Williams presiden(t) that a majority of said court absented themselves, whether from cowardice or otherwise I am unable to say, hence I am forced to this course. I would say that, if there is not some thing done, it would be utterly impos sible for me to maintain proper dis cipline. I would therefore recom mend that the said Capt. E. W. Deas be removed from office, as also his first lieutenant, E. D. Jones, and I would respectfully recommend the appointment of E. J. Washington as captain of said company and J. R. Lawrence as first lieutenant. I will state that I was present at Mount Pleasant on the 17th day of June,and the conduct of the company was such that I was compelled to in terfere as colonel, but my orders were not obeyed. Lieut. Jones called the men to arms and started them off in double quick time. I commanded them to halt. Lieut. Jones refused to halt and rushed his men off in a dis organized state upon a crowd of citi zens that had already been put under arrest by the marshal and his specials, and was on the way to the guard house, when there was no cause. The excitement was so great that the sher itf was compelled to come and make an arrest by complaints, and I aided him. I have been censured by the officers of said company to their men for so doing. This is not the first time that they have been turbulent and the chief of police of the city of Charleston is aware of the fact. And, therefore, for the good of the service, these ollicers should be removed so that the others be made to know that the civil of licers shall be respected. Respectfully vours, W. H 'ROnERTSON. Col. Coin. First Regt., N. G., S. C. Adjutant General Watts' action is embraced in the following two orders issued vesterday: Special order No. 2G. Capt. E. W. Deas and First Lieut. F. D. Jones, of the Governor's Rifle Guards. First Regiment. National Guard,are hereby discharged from the militia of South Carolina for conduct unbecoming an otlicer and a soldier. By order of the commander-in-chief. Joris GARY WATTS, A. & I. Gen. Official. WV. W. Bruce, Asst. A. & I. Gen. Special Order No. 27. Pursuant to a communication re eeived trom Col. W. H. Robertson, commanding First Regiment, N. G., S. C..- the Governor's Rifle Guard, Lieut. David Grant, commanding, are hereby susnended until further orders. Col. W. H. Robertson is hereby or dered to investigate the conduct of the above named company on July 17th, 1895, and their conduct subsequent thereto, and report the same to these headquarters at his earliest conven ience. By order of the commander-in-chief. J. GARY WATTS, A. & I. Gen. Offcial. W. W. Bruce, Asst. A. & I. Gen. Killed In a Tabernacle. ZANESYILLE, 0., July 21.-A fatal windstorm, accompanied by a heavy rainfall, burst upon the camp grounds near Roseville, Ohio, this afternoon, uprooting trees and overturn buggies. The storm was cyclonic in fury and before it had spent itself, two persons were killed and several others severely injured. The storm, accompanied by a roarino- sound, burst over the camp rounaY about 4 o'clock, while services were being held in the tabernacle and all was over in a few seconds. A large tree was blown over, demolish ing one corner of the TEbernacle, in stantly killiner Mrs. Clement Wilson of Zarniie,&Ter skull being crushed ini. Patrick D~eselm, of Zanesviile, was aught by the falling tree and his breast rushed.~Hie died an hour afterwards. Miss Clea Ausel, of Saltillo, had her left leg crushed: Lyda Jenkins, age 16 of Zanesville, was struck on the head by flying timber and seriously in jured.~ Several other persons received slight injuries. The dead and injured were brought to this city this evening. Fatal Stroke of Lightning. .\ RNvILL~E, July 19.-During a thun der' storm that passed over this place this afternoon about 3 o'clock, light ning stiruck a sycamore in front of the postot:ice building. Four negroes were sitting under the tree and three >f thleml were killed outright and the ther seriousl y i njutred. The killed re Boston MIeBride. about 5(0 years >hl: Wetnnie Simmons and Henry my:nth. Charlie Mce~ride. the fourth esgro, is expected to dlie at any mio nent. 'The' auies of the three younger wres a re fromi 17 to I :. M1r. G. 13. lickman :ad other white men were erribi r shoke~d. D~rs Ge'othxe and Vin et were im mediatel': s~uuoned and THE PRICE OF COTTON For 0 ne Hundrecd Year, ci.:n by tee Agricultusral )eprtnwent. W.,smNro, D. C., July :1. - The bulletin on "the prices of cotton for IW0 years." which the Department of Agriculture has had in course of pre paration for some weeks was issued today. The period considered begins with two of the most important events in the history of cotton culture, the introduction of Whitney's saw gin 1785) and the production of the larg est crop the world has ever seen IS1-5). The highest and lowest aver erage pLrices, the crops of the Uuited States, the export to foreign countries, the supply and consumption in the Unl1iied States, Great Britain and Con tinental Europe are given for each year, as well as the chief causes that have led to the rise and fall in prices from year to year. in addition to a series of tables in which these facts and 1igures are presented ile bulletin contains numerous data relating to the prozress made from time to time in the production and consumption ofcot ton in this and foreign countries. These are so arranged as to present a brief historical sketch of cotton pro duction and consumption in the Unit ed States during the past century. The tables show that prices of cotton have not been so low during the past sea son as they were during the decade from 1840 to 1850. The object of the departm'ent has been to make this bul letin a valuable work of reference as to the production, consumption, and prices of cotton and other numerous facts relating to cotton, for all who are interested in either in cotton plant ing or in the cotton trade. Referring to the conditions of the market and prices in the decade from 1840 to :S50, the bulletin says: "1n 1840 the largest crop ever made up to that time and the largest accumulation of stocks ever witnessed in Liverpool caused a decline to the lowest average for ten years. This was the beginning of the heavy action of stocks in Eu rope during the next five years, which led to an extraordinary decline in prices." The highest price per pound in New York that decade was 13 7-8 cents, in 1840, and the lowest 5 cent in 1842 and 1845. Shepperson quoted middling in that year as low as 4 cents. "In 1s4," continues the bulletin, "middling to fair cotton reached as low as 4 1-2 cents in New Orleans and there is on file in the De partment of Agriculture a letter showing that at Marengo county, Ala, a planter sold this year 17 bales of cot ton in Mobile at 3 1-4 cents. The price-currents of the day quote mid dling to fair cotton in New Orleans in 1845 as low as 4 3-8 cents, and in Mo bile the same year 3 1-4 cents per pound. With respect to the lustrum ended with 1875, it is shown that the highest price per pound in New York was 10 5-8 cents in 1891, and the lowest 5 9-16 cents, the present year. A table of the fluctuations in prices shows that in 1825 it amounted to 18 cents per pound in 1837 to 12 1-2 cents; in 1864 to 1.21; in 18G5 1.47; in 18s4 to only .S( of a cent, the smallest on record. FIGHTING IMPORTATION. The State Dispensary's Cut Rate Price List. COLD (, S. C., Julv 24.-At last the State board of control has an nounced its new cut price list. The new prices become effective on Augrust 1. There have been very material re duction in the prices of whiskey, but wines. etc., are left as heretofore. The dispensary has found it necessary to make this cut no doubt because of the decision of Judge Simonton, which has allowed an unexpected competi tion. But here is the list of new prices to speak for itself: Corn, SU per cent.. $1.f0, 40, 20) and 1t, for gallons, quarts, pints and half pmnts. Rye and Bourbon, 80I per cent., $2, 50, 25 and 13, for gallons, quarts, pints an~d half pints. X corn, $2, 50), 25 and 13, for gal lons, quarts, pints and half pints. X rye, bourbon,rum and gin, $2.40, GO, 30O and 15, for gallons. quarts,pints and half pints. XX rye, bourbon, corn, rum and gin, $2.75, 70, 35 and 20), for gallons, quarts, pints and half pints. XXX rye or Old Velvet, $3.80, $1, 31), and 25 for gallons, quarts, pints and half pints. XXXX rye and Scotch . $10, $2.50, i1 .25 and f.5, for gallons, quarts, pints and half pints. Thompson Old Rye, $0.80, 85 and 15; for gallons. quarts, pints and half pints. Old Cabinet Rye. Pepper Rye and Old Elk Rye, $1.25 per quart. Jamnacia rum and imported gin. X~XXX, 50c. per half pint. X Cognac brandy, $1 per pint and X(X Cognac brandy, $1.50 per pint. California brandy, XX. 50c. per pint, and California brandy, XXX, Lic. per pint. Maderia wine, XX. 45c. and 25c. for quarts and pints, and Maderiu wine, XXX, 5l0c. and 25c. for gonerts ind pints. Sherry wine. XX, 45c .and 25c. for luar'ts and pints, and Sherry wine, YXX, 50c. atnd 25e.. for quarts and pints. Port wine, XX 45c. and 25c. for uarts and. pints, and Port wine, \XX, 55<. and :Soc. for quarts and pnts. Claret wcine, XX. 15c. for pints. B3laeL')erry wine and scu ppernong wir'e. 45c. and 25c. per nuart and 'Canavia z.fne, 50c. a~u 25c. per lart anti -Ant. Cata.. & wine XxX, 45e. and 25c. pr quart and pijnt. Grape wine. 45c. and 25c. per quart mnd pint. Tokay wine, XX, 45c. and 25c. per uar't and pint. Tokav wine, XXX, 50c. and 25c. per quart and pint. Alcohol, $3.50 per gallon,"and tIec. er quart. Beer, 125c. per pint. Ale, 25c. per pint. Porter, 25c. per pint. SmEuLvm:I., Mo., Jiuly 24. --Kim >all G;reen, with his t wo brothers and ather, was tried for thle urder md c'remlation or D avid Iti lderbrand, t neighbor. K inibal got a sepalrate rial rectly. and0 was aninitted. Last :i.htamob of twen~ity meni went to is house,5' dragged him to a tree and~ iis h uands we1re free, he managll~ted to nt himlfl dlown with a pocket knifeu. e came( IA) towni this mlornling2 andi i.s. ued warranlts for to 0of the mob01.I vhom lhe r'ecogn1izedi. ll[is neck and