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VOL.. xl1. _______ MANNING, S. C.., WEDNESDAY., AUGUST 21 189.o.4 TILLMAN WINS IN HIS DEBATES ON THE PROHIBI-i TION QUESTION. The Jury Decided Eleven to Eight in H is Favor- Prohibitiouista Acknow ledge He Was Too Much for St. John. The jury appointed to decide the merits of the debate which Senator Ben Tillman an d Prof. Samuel Dickie. national Chairman of the Prohibition party, held on Thursday night at Pro hibition Park, L. I., endorsed the opinion of the audience. which favor ed the Southern Senator throughout. There were seven Prohibitionists on the jury and fourteen anti-Prohibi tionists, and they decided eleven to eight in Senator Tilinan's favor, two not voting. He carried the audience with him last night as thoroughly as he did on the preceding evening. Ie was in the midst of the prohibition stronghold. contending against their theories, but the audience applauded himt as though he were struggling in their behalf. Most of the audience were Prohibi tionists, but their delight when Till man made a point against his oppo nent was enthustastic. He is a speak er of considerable magnitude, free from most of the platform tricks, and natural in manner. The methods of ex-Gov. St. John, of Kansas, who was his opponent, be long to the old school. So the audi ence listened to Tillman with delight. and applauded him in such a way that their favor must have been intended not so much for what he said as the way in which he said it. But, he made a great impression on his hear ers, and their delight was unbounded when they learned that the jury was with them in giving him the honors of.the debate on Thursday. The question last night was, "Is Prohibition the Best Method of Tem perance Reformt" The debate was slow in starting, and after the audi ence had sung a hymn, "Come Thou Almighty King," Mr. H. H. Carr, who was introduced as the founder of the women's Republican clubs of New York, sang "Rowing Home with Mol y. Then the sunerintendent of the building announced that no interrup tions would be allowed from the audi ence. On Thursday the interruptions took up too much time and interfered with the speakers. So it was an nounced that the audience would have no share in the debate. Dr. Leonard, who is the secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Mission, was made chairman, and he was told to keep his eye on his watch, and see that the speakers did not go over their time. The suppression of the audi ence deprived the debate of some of its liveliness, but there was nothing to prevent them from applauding, and they did this when Senator Tillman gave them a chance. Ex-Gov. St. John opened the dis cussion. He said: "I don't know when ihave enjoyed more speaking on prohibition than be Jee you good people here, and under these ci-cumstances. Thirty years ago Senator Tillman and I represented ex tremes of political opinion, and I am proud to have the honor of meeting here one of this country's most distin guished citizens, who is known to ev erybody that makes any attempt to keep up with the political questi6ns of the day. The question that parted us thirty years ago is settled now, and settled forever. We are not here to night as politicians in any sense of the word, but as citizens of our com mon country to discuss acomparative ly new quesilion that has forced itself to the front during the past twenty five years. I claim for Senator Till man that he is as sincere and consci entious in what he is doing as what I claim for myself. We are both doing what we can in an humble way for our fellow men. I am glad that the other side of this debate is upheld by such a courageous man as Sentator TIll man. We know that he ha's courage, awell as a great deal of gray mat ter in addition, and I woueld rather Fbe whipped by him than vanquish a little Western scrub like myself. "I stand here tonight for prohibi tion first, last and all the time, be cause my experience of the last twen ty-five years has taught me that it is not only the best way to promote tem perance reform, but because my con science tells me that in the sight of God and man it is right. I know that all the States of the Union are with me, and I know that prohibition is the rule of the Bible. It says always, 'Thou shalt not,' and there is not a word in it in favor of licensing any wrong, nor will my friend find there a word about dispensaries. The law is prohibitory all through the statutes of twe-States, and the United States S reme Court has said that the rights -n liberties of nobody are interfered with when the permission to sell liquor is denied. "The Constitution says that the fun damental object of the government is to promote the welfare of the people. Last night Senator Tillman read the statement of! Gov. Larrabee of Iowa, in which he denounced the saloon and the liquor traffic as the breeder of pau perism, crime and degredation. The Legislture of Iowa endorsed that, and so do I, and I claim that anythino which breeds crime, pauperism ana degradation should be prohibited, not licensed or dickered with, I found today that the statutes of South Caro lina are in perfect harmony with my opinion. The whole criminal code is prohibitory, and a man can't kick his dog without violating thke law, and he cannot get a license to do it, nor deal with it according to the dispensary system. South Carolina laws strictly prohibit the adulteration of food, and do not allow the terra pin to be taken under a certain size. Y ou cannot get a license to take them. "No living pictures nor impure lit erature are allowed, and you can't get a license for a -living picture, or treat one of them in accordance with the dispensary law. Eversy one of these laws is prohibitory. X ou cannot dis seminate infectious disease, and you wouldn't be allowed to give a man seven years' itch, even if you had a li cense. "The dispensary system would al low you to give a man as much seven years itch as he wanted after he was 21 years old. Senator Tillman, you know, regulates such matters; he does not, prohibit them. But his statute laws in South Carolina deal even with the sale of liquor, and this is prohibit ed within certain distance of a college. Everyone of these prohibitions is po-i tive, and the only evil not prohibited is the liquor traffic. "The State steps out here and says that after a man is 21 years old he FOR FREE COINAGE. UNDER THE STAMP OF THE OLD DEM OCRATIC PARTY. Organization of the Convention of Silver Democrats In Washington-The Party's Record on the Free Coinage Question. An Address to the People. WASHINGRON,Aug. 14.-The confer ence of Democrats favorable to the free coinage of silver began at noon today at the Metropolitan Hotel, the session being secret. The object is to effect reorganization within the party strong enough to dominate at the next National Democratic convention and to commit the party to free coinage in the next national platform. "Free coinage of silver," said a prominent Democrat this morning, "has always been advocated by the Democrats; it is a doctrine older than the party itself and I cannot see why we should not obtain the end we seek." Two hours before the meeting of the congress, the lobby and parlors of the hotel were filled with well-known pub lic men, known as advocates of the extended use of silver as a money metal. The conference was called to order promptly at 12 o'clock. Senator Jones of Arkansas, was made chairman, and Mr. Hinrichson of Illinois, secretary. Senator Jones, in opening, said that the conference had met in accordance with the call, which explained its pur pose. le wanted to see a silver mili tia organized to cope with the gold forces. A roll call of States showed the fol lowing delegates to be present: Alabama--James F. Johnson, Jos. Hodgson, John W. Tomlinson, H1. N. Wilson, S. W. John. Ohio-S. S. Yoder. Georgia-Patrick Walsh, L. F. Liv ingston. Indiana-Allen W. Clark. Delaware-J. F. Saulsbury. Maryland-W. M. Coleman, W. E. Mannakee, Charles R. Darby. Kentucky-Urey Woodson. Mississippi-W. S. Stockdale. North Dakota-Willis R. Bierly. Missouri-Gov. W. J. Stone, Lon V. Stephens, Harry M. Hill, M. W. Ruby, Gow Allen, Jos. K. Rickey, Louis Houck, Scott Miller, R. W. Bo dine, George E. Simmons, Thomas 0. Towles, Judge Lee Woodsides, E. J. Bean. West Virginia-John J. Cornwell. Tennessee- Senator Isham G. Har ris, Col. Casey Young, Gen. N. N. Cox, Col. E. W. Carmack. Arkansas-Senator James K. Jones, Robert Neill, W. P. Stone. North Caro]ina-Ex-Senator Thos. J. Jarvis, Representative Lockhardt, Mr. Josephus Daniels. Florida-Senator Call, Frank E. Harris, John S. Beard, J. E . Alexan der, E. R. McKean. Texas-Judge Silas Hare. Virginia-Senator Daniel, Wm. A. Jones, P. J. Otey, L. Q. Washington, J. S. .Duffie, J. R. Wingfield, Page McCarty, J. B. McCabe, D. Randolp, Meade, T. N. Conrad, Jr., Frank Hume P. R. Nuckalls, J. D. Penny baker, Hon. John W. Daniel,John A. Jones, T. C. Ramsdell, R. E. Lee, Marshall McCormick, John F. Sow ers. Illinois-W. H. Hinrichsen, Geo. W. Fithian, 0. P. Thompson, W. E, Nelson, M. F. Dunlap, Geo. M. Le rone, Geo. B. Parsons, Geo. E. Doy ing, Geo. E. Brennan, T. WV. McNee ly, A. M. Rose, John H. Barnes, John W. Yantis, C. R. Tuttle. South Carolina-Col. John F. Treu len. Colorado-M. B. Gerry, S. D. Trim ble, Olney Newell. The conference reassembles at 4 o'clock. Senator Daniel, in accord ance with the agreement reached by the committee on programme, report ed progress, and asked that the con ference adjourn until 10 o'clock to morrow morning, at which time they expected to be able to report resolu tions and an address to the party. The request of Senator Daniel met prompt compliance, and the confer ence adjourned until 10 o'clock tomor row morning. Senator Daniels of Virgmiia, offered the follow resolutions,0 which was agreed to without discussion: Resolved, That a committee be ap pointed by the chairman of the con ference, of such number as he may see fit, to prepare a programme of proceedigs and resolutions, and re port the same to the conference at an adjouned meeting to be held at 4 o'clock today. The chairman of the e'nference shall be ex-oiticio member of this committee. After the adoption of the resolution, a recess for thirty minutes was taken to allow the chairman, Senator Jones, to prepare the committee. He decided to appoint a committee of one member from each State represented. After the recess Chairman Jones an nounced the following committee: Missouri, Governor Stone and H. M. Hill; North Carolina, Senator Jarvis; Illinois, W. H. Hinrichson; Indiana, A. WV. Clark; Georgia, ex-Senator W~alsh; Alabama, Judge Johnson; Tennessee. E. WV. Carmack; Virginia, Senator Danmels; Kentucky, WV. WV. Woodson; Colorado, A. Newell ;North Dakota, W. R. Bierby; Ohio, P. 5. Yonder; Delawar s, J. F. Saulsbury; Maryland, M. M. Pullmar.: Mississip pi; W. S. Stockdale; Soutn Carolina, J. F. Treutlen; West Virginia, J. J. Cromwell; Texas, E. P. Hare; Arkan sas, Senator Jones; Florida, J. S. Beard. The following is the report of the committee as adopted by the confer ence: At a conference between a number of Democrats from the different States who attended the non-partisan conven tion recently announced at Memphis. Tenn., for the purpose of promoting the cause of free silver coimage (which conference was held after the adjourn ment of the convention) a committee consisting of Senators Jones, of Arkan sas, Turpie, of Indiana and Harris, of Tennessee, was appointed and author ized to invite representative Democrats from the several States to meet them at Wasington for consultation with the view of securing co-operation and concert of action among those Demo crats throughout the t nion who be liee in adhermno to the cardinal Dem ocratic policy ofrbimetallism, and who are opposed to committing the party to the Republican doctrine of gold monometallism. The present confer ence is the result of action then taken. This is purely a voluntary assemblage and therefore, does not assume to speak with party authority and dis claiming all right to bind any person conscious that the Democratic party, today confronts a crisis the most mo mentous in its history and fraught 'ith far reaching peril to the people and the country, we are assembled as individual Democrats to take counsel together, and for the undisguised pur pose of inaugurating and promoting a thorough and systematic organization of the Democratic masses, so that they may go forward -as one man with a resolute purpose to rescue the old par ty foundel by Thomas Jefferson from plutocratic donination. Therefore, with this object in view, this convention of American Demo crats, composed of representatives from twenty-two of the leading States of the Union, make the following de claration on the monetary question, which has been forced into the leading place among the issues of today: The Federal Constitution names sil ver and gold together as the money metals of the United States. The first coinage law passed by Congress under the Constitution made the silver dollar the init of value and admitted gold to free coinage at a ratio ineasured by the silver dollar unit. From the beginning of the govern ment, following a policy formulated by Thomas ,1efferson and firmly es tablished by Jackson, the Democratie party has been the party of bimetal lism, favoring the free coinage of both silver and gold at the national mints, and opposed to a farming out to bank corporations the government s sover eign power of issuing and controlling the money of the people. The act of 1s73 demonetizing silver was surreptitiously passed without the approval or knowledge of the Amer can people, and from the time when the effect of this act in fastening upon this country the single gold standard was understood, the Denmocratic party has consistently and persistently urged that the grievous wrong be righted. Failure to acconiplish this object has resulted in the steady apprecia t~oi of gold and a conspicuous fall in the price of commodities produced by the people; a heavy increase in the burden of all debts, public and pri vate; the enrichment of the money lending class; paralysis of industry, and the impoverishment of the people and unexampled distress in all gold standard countries. Experience has shown that while, unler the single gold standard, there may be an occa sional revival of business, actively ac companied by enhanced prices of a limited number of commodities, such revival is due to artificial and tem porary causes and cannot permanent ly alleviate the sufferings due to the falling of prices brought about by the appreciation of gold and the ioade quate supply of primary or redemption money. The rights of the American people, the interests of American labor, and the prosperity of American industry have a higher claim to the considera tion of the people's law-makers than the greed of foreign creditors, or the avaricious demands made by "idle holders of idle capital." The right to regulate its own monetary system in the interests of its own people is a right which no free government can barter, sell or surrender. This re served right is a part of every bond, of every oontract and of every obliga tion. No creditor or claimant can set up a right that can take precedence over a nation's obligations to promote the welfare of the masses of its peo ple. This is a debt higher and more binding than all other debts, and one that it is not only dishonest, but trea sonable to ignore. The land and its products arc the basis of all developments and pros perity. The p)roductive capacity of a country must be the basis of its credit. In opposing the policy of con traction, which must inevitably de p reciate the value of land and its pro ducts we are the supporter of property rights and sound credit, and stand be tween the homes and estates of the people and the red hag of the auction eer. The policy of gold monometal lism has been characterized by repeat ed and disastrous financial panics. The farmers have found their prosper ity and independence constantly wan -ing under its blighting influence. Manufacturers are interested too, for they find the prices of sale falling below the cost of the production. Mer chants should oppose it, for with fall ing prices they are often compelled to sell for less than they paid for manu factured goods. Neither manufactur er nor merchant can prosper unless the mass of consumers realize such prices for their products and labor as to supply themselves liberally with the necessities and luxuries of life, nor can the wage-earner prosper, for under depressed conditions there is less and less competition for his labor. The Democratic party is the tradition al friend and champion of bimetal lism. Its strength and power and popularity have been largely built upon its steadfast opposition to the demonetization of silver money and its record of unwearied effort to re store it to -its historic place -as a full money metal equal with gold. The effort at this late day to make it par excellence the champion of gold mono metallisnm, the enemy of the policy it has upheld and defender of the crime it has denounced, is an effort to dis onor its record, its promises, and its principles. The moment thme Demo ratic party is foirced into this posi tion, it heaps. obloquy on its own past and crowvns its great adversary wvith glory and honor. Duty to the people requires that the party ~of the p~eople continue tie bat tle for bimetallism until its efforts are crowned with success; the~refore, be it, Resolved, That the Democratic party ini national conv-ention assembled. shouhl demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold into primary or redemption money, at the ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the action or approval of any other nation. Resolved. That it should dleclare its irrevocable opposition to the substitution for a metallic money of a panic-breedinzg, corporation-credhit currency, based on a single metal, the ,supply of which isso limited that it can be cornered at any time by a few banking institutions in Europe and America. Resolved. That it should declare its opposition to the p)oliev and practice of surrendering to the holders of the obligations of the United States the option reserved by the law to the gov ernmen' of redeeming such obligation in either silver coin or gold.coin. Resolved, That it should declare its opposition to the issuing of interest bearing bonds of the United States in time of peace, and especially to placing the Treasury of the govern ment under the control of bankers and the issu ance of bonds to be sold by them at an ean et as much liquor from the State as he wants. But I have tio doubt that within th4 next ten years the Senator will be as much a Prohibition ist as I am, and God bless the day when it comes. But I want him now to answer these questions: "Is prohibition morally right or wrong: "Vhy, in his own State. do they apply prohibition to everything ex cepting the liquor trailic: "Can 'he liquor tratlic, under the United States Constitution. be recog nized and regulated? "Have not the people under the United States Constitution the right to prohibit liquor trallic "I want him to answer these ques tions." Governor St. John concluded, "and I wonder how a man can come here and plead before God and man for giving this damnable business the recognition of a State." There was applause for the Giover nor as he ceased, but it soon lost itself in the enthusiasm which greeted Senl ator Tillman as lie walked toward the front of the stage. The, spectators shouted and applauded, and for sev eral minutes the Senator was unable to begin his speech. "I am glad to be here," he said, "particularly as I have been slandered and lied on more than any man south of the Mason and Dixon's line. From what you have heard and read of me, I suppose you conceive me to besome thing between an anarchist and an idot. I want you to take a look at me and see if I ain as black a devil as I have been painted. "Gov. St. John and I are here to discuss in a friendly way an abstract question of zovernmnent. I endorse every word that Gov. Larrabee wrote about dhe liquor tralic. It causes more crime, pauperisim and vice than any thing else in the world." Senator Tiilman here read an ex tract from Gov. Larrabee's speech. As he took his glasses from his pocket lie said: "I have to wear these things, you see, because I have got only one eve. and I have to carry the other old thing around without seeing anythimg through it. "But Gav. St. John makes a mis take," he continued, "when lie con founds the saloon with the dispensary. They are not at all the same. I do not tind inl anything that he has said more than mere assertions in proof of prohibition. The question is, is pro hibition the best method of promoting temperance reform f "What is temperance? It is moder ation in the use of the pleasures of life. What is reform? 0, the sins that have been committed in the name of that word. To the crank it is his specialism, but it is generally accepted to mean a making over for the better. The question is, how can we teach men to use intoxicants tem perately? "Gov. St. John is horrified at the results of intoxication, but he forgets that we are a self-governing people, and must have the permission of fifty per cent. of the people before it can be decided that men have not the right to drink whiskey when they want to. He says there is no licensing in the Bible. "I fail to find a single instance in which drinking is prohi ited there. Certainly it is not prohibited in Mosaic law. Men for thousands of years have indulged in the use of intoxicants. Ever since they learned that alcohol could be produced by fermentation, they feel that they have a right to drink, and you cannot convince them otherwise. "Until you get men to believe that they are better as hypocrites and liars than in their own iniquity you can never persuade them that they have not a right to drink. If this prohibi tion had been as great and wise a thing as its followers claim, it would have been the law of the whole land instead of the exception." Senator Tillman talked some more about his dispensary, and the chair man reminded him that his twenty minutes was drawing to an end. "As a proof that the law has failed wherever it was tried," he concluded, "you can see that it was necessary, even when sincere and conscientious men were trying to enforce the law, for the States to go back to licensing. Iowa pats a clause in its Constitution forbidding the sale of liquor except for medicinal, pharmaceutical, and mechanical purposes. "What a stretch was given to the meaning of those words. I know from my own experience in enforcing the lawv how impossible it was to prevent the invasion of these laws. My experi ene has taught me that the law must depend on the governed for its en forcement. "If you have not got a public opin ion with you the law co'n never be en forced. Where can you get the jurors, the rosecutors and the witnesses when the feeling of the public is so against them? It. is only when th~e feeling that the saloons must go is strong enough to support that they will be accepted as substitutes. "The United States Government de mands a tax from the people who sell whiskey, and who can deny that there is a license to sell it. How can the idea of prohibition be obtained when there is no means of enforcing it? This is a self-governing cor~ntry. "Unless a law rests in the will of the people there is no power to enforce it. The Supreme -Court says the power does not lie with any citizen to sell hi quor contrary to the police power of the State, but this relates to the selling and not to the drinking." Gov. St. John now read some statis tics showing how Kansas had increas ed in wealth'since prohibition became a law there, and how much the gov ernors and other State officers, who were once opposed to it, had to say in favor of the conditions that exist now. "Why, in the town I live in," lie said, "there are 4,000 people, and we have only one policeman. Formerly we had 2,000 people with two police men before the prohibition came in. "We haven't had a fight on the street in fifteen years, anid everybody attends to his own business On last Grand Army aay in Kansas there were 16,000 men gathered together. Not one was drunk. That couldn't have happened in any State except Kansas." When Gov. St. John was told his ten minutes had expired lie took a lit tle more time to show how much rich er Kansas w'as with prohibition than South Carolina with its dispensary. More in sorrow than anger Gov Till man said lie regretted very much that his antagonist had alluded to the fact that South Carolina was not as rich as Kansas. ie said he did not believe that Gov. St. John intended to wound his feelings. TI -ren twF ON oAv 1F1R. supplyig the Federal treasury with gold to maintain the policy of gold monometalism. With a view to securing the adhe rence to a re-adoption of the Demo cratic financial policy above set forth by the Democratic national convention to be assembled in 1896, and of the nomination of acandidate for the presi dency, well known to be in hearty sympathy therewith, wehereby pledge our mutual cooperation, urgently re commending to Demecratic brethern in all states to act; to begin vigorous ly and systematically to prosecute the work of a thorough organization: and to this end the adoption of the plan of organization of here with submitted is recommended. The plan of organization recom monded by the committee was then ou 2ined to the conference as follows: Believing that a large majority of the Democratic voters of the United Staites are in harmony with the senti ments expresed in the foregoing ad dress, and knowing that -a full and free expression of their views can on ly be ascertained and made effective through proper organized efforts, we recommend the following as a plan of organization: First. There shall be a national coin mittee of Democrats who are in favor of both gold and silver as the money of the Constitution, which shall be composed of one Democrat from each State and the executive committee hereinafter provided for. Secoud. That until otherwise or derEd by the national committee, Sen ators larrris, of Tennessee: Jones, of Arkansas; Turpie, of Indiana, and Hons. W. J. Stone, of Missouri, and W. H. linrichsen, of Illinois, be and are hereby constituted the executive committee, and shall have full power and authority and it shall be theirduty at as early a day as possibly, to ap point the members of the national committee herein provided for, and to lill vacaiscies in the same. Third. That said national commit tee shall have full control and direction of the patrio tic. efforts of the bimetallic De mocrats of the nation to secure in the next Democratic convention the main tenance of time-honored principales and politics of the Democratic party, and when the national committee shall have the authority and discharge all the duties hereby conferred upon the national committee. Fourth. It shall be the duty of the member of the national committee men from each State immediateley after his appoiniment to take such steps as lie may deem best to orgaize the bimetallic forces of his State, and it is earnestly recommended that in each county and election precinct of each State bimetallic Democratic clubs be orginized, and for the purpose he may appoint such committees and canvassers as he may deem best. Fifth. That fully realizing the -fact that either this nor any other plan of orgaization can be successful without hearty cooperation of the voters them selves, we urge upon evey voter in every State in the Union, who is in sympathy with this movement, and who v,,ishes to restore permanent pros perity to his home and country, to per fecting this organization, and that each of them shall enroll himself in such club. By unanious vote approval was given to the plan prosed, and the con ference then, at 12:45, on motion of' Senator Harris, adjourned sine die. After adjournment of the conference the executive committee provided for in the plan of organization held a two hours' session, at which means of ob taiing an ellicient National commit tee were fully 'decided to divde the country into sections and to give every member of the executive committee a section in which to correspond with a view of gettting the best men to ad vance the cause outlined by the con vention. It was found necessary to take this step), as all the States were not represented at the conference and the delegates of many of those repre sented did not wish to name men for the National convention befor consult ing their friends at home. The executive committee. before sep arating, named following members of the National ecmmittee: Ex-Senator Walsh, of Augusta, Ga., J. H. Dennis of Reno, Nevada, C. S., Thomas, of Colorado. G. Ainslee, of Idaho, J. H. Head, of Nashville, Tennessee and C. Armstrong, of Arkansas. The commimttee adjourned to meet again at the call of its chairman, Sen ator Harris, of Tennessee. Rule of the Mob. ELuEnlUnG, Wash., Aug 14.-At an early hour this morning Charles Vin cent, who shot Mike Kolohopp in a drunken brawl, Sunday, was lynched. A large mob gathered at midnight and attacked the jail about 1 o'clock. The sheriff~ made resistance, but had a small force of men and was overpow ered. Vincent was hanged to a rail road bridge and his body shot full of holes. His hearing was to have tak en place today. Last night John Durglin-who wvas stabb'ed by Vincent's father in the same row, died from his wounds. Young Vincent had served time in the <>regon penitentiary for brrglary. Within an hour aftern the younger Vincent was hanged his fath er was also taken from the jail and hanged beside him. Sheriff Stinson nade a strong ef fort to save the men, but thiel mob was too strong for him. The jail is a weak affair, and there was no trouble in gaining access to it, but the men were contined in steel cages, which gave the mob1 a good deal of trouble in opening. The V incents made no light, being apparently over come with fear. Some of the most prominent citizens in town particip~at ed in the lynching. A few were masked, but the majority made no at tempt to disguise themselves. There has been a good deal of lawlessness in te neighborhood for the past year, and it was tihe general belief that -a sharp lesson was needed by the evil disposed characte-s who-had taken up their quarters in town. The civil au torities have not yet taken any ac tion with regard to the lynching. Fell Upon Musselmans. CoNsTANToPL., Aug. 13.-The valie of Adrianople has telegraphed to the Porte that a strong Bulgarian band attacked Janakli, a town in the Kirdjali district, inhabited by Mussel mans. The Bulgarians burned 300 houses and killed many of the villag es. The valie adds that the news em anates from the villagers and may be exaggerated. The valie of Saloinica confirms the foregoing report and says that the event occurred on August 8th; that the band numbered 1,o00 men and that 200) houses were burned. He places the number of the killed at BAD MANAGEMENT. CLEMSON COLLEGE NOT THE SUC CESS IT SHOULD BE. Students. Professors anl President Out of Joint-Too Much Money Spent-Antici pated Results Not Forth Coming. CLEMSON CoLLE;:, Au0. 15.-It is said that in the meeting of the Board of Trustees of Clemson College, which was held here last night and this morning, Senator Tillman declared that certain departments of the insti tution were "a humbug and a farce. President R. W. Simpson, of the Board, is said to have supplemented this with the statement that to con tinue to run the college as it has been run -was to run it in the ground." And so it goes. To the casual observer matters at Clemson are running smoothly enough, and in reply to his question as to how they are coming on, both professors and students will answer, "first class, first class." But if he will inquire a little more carefully, and place himself in a position so that either students or professors will talk freely he will soon learn that troubles are brewing, which, sooner or later, will work important changes in the management of the institution, and that, in the words of one of the Trus tees, "while there has been a great deal of success there has been a great deal of failure." To visit Clemson College is a reve lation to the average South Carolinian who has never seen it before. A mag nificent main building. of modern de sign, with a graceful tower reaching high into the heavens, crowns the most important hill. Grouped about it are the barracks for the cadets and several college buildings containing class rooms. Handsome homes for the professors, wtth well -kept yards, are placed here and there at points of van tage, a well appointed hotel occupies an attractive spot, and nestled about in the beautiful grove of oaks are the smaller buildings of the college, each one designed to give the most artistic effect. Trulv it is a pleasant sight. And should he visit the farm he will find as well cared for crops as can be found anywhere, showing intelligent cultivation, and plenty of it. Should he be fortunate enough to get a ride in one of the college wagons lie will be drawn by as fat and sleek mules as his eyes ever rested on, and he will won der if they ever do anything but eat corn. All this is very nice, but there is a harmony among the buildings, woods and fields and mules, that he does not find in the management of the college, for the faculty is not har momous. There is no politics in it either. It is understood that there are members of the faculty, who at the time of their election were classed as "Tillmanites," and "Anti-Tillmanites," but in con versation with these gentlemen now, politics seem to be forgotten, and the good of Clemson College is the bur den of their song. The writer was careful to converse with men sup posed formerly to belong to the fac tions named, but he found them agree ing in sentiment concerning the- insti tution, and as far as his observation went, not to mince words further, that President Craighead is not the man for his place~that the mechanical department is a " humbug and a farce" and that almost as much can be said of the agricultural department. To the visitor. President Craighead is all that could be expected of the president of a college. Hie is pleasing in his address and courteous in his manners, but there are students and professors connected with the college who say that lie is not ellicient, and that he is not at all qualified for the presidency of an agricultural and me chanical college. It will be remem bered that a number of students peti tioned the board of trusteess to remove President Craighead about eighteen months ago. It is said now that the matter was washed over,but the issues involved were not settled. 'Whether the matter will be revived again or not cannot be stated, but if there ever were any reasons why the President should have been removed those rea sons remain. The mechanical dpartment is said to be under the management of the most icompetent instructors of any depart ment of the college, and the opinion seems to be that a boy wastes his time when he puts it in that department. One person went so far as to say that there was not a student in the highest class who could cut threads for a screw, and it was doubtful whether all of them knew the diff'erence be tween a bolt and a nut. . . The agricultural department is said to need sadly the presence of a worthy successor to'Professor Newman. As sociate Professor McGee is said to b~e a very fine man, and one of general im formation, and his management of the f.. -n is said to be admirable, but there is no one to take the place of Professor Newman. who his friends claim was sacrificed for President Craighead. A joke is told on one of the students of the agricultural department that when asked which was the best fer tilizer, kainit. or silo (a hole in the ground lie replied that lie did not know. The boys in both of these de partmerts are said to be generally very much dissatisfied with their pro gress, but are powerless to help them selves. Or\ very good authority it is stated that the board of trustees recognize the shortcomings of the institution, but are disposed to shoulder a large part of the blame themselves. It is, understood that the meeting of the board was a stormy one, aiid that it was said by some member that the trustees always left matters in such a muddled condition that the president could not be blamed for not conduct ing the institution as it should be. Things got so hot that trie board of coitrol of the experiment station, con sisting of Trustees D. K.- Norris, M. L. Donaldson and J. E. Bradley, re signd, and so did Messrs. Bowen,. Bradley and Simpson, of the execu tive committee. There was a light against the acceptance of these resig nations, but they were accepted, and, a disposition was shown to abolish the two committees, and put the responsi bility of management upon the whole board. This was opposed, amid it was urged that if a small body of men could not attend properly to their du-' ties. the board of trustees as a whole would not do so. There is said to have been considerable feeling showii, and the board of trustees is said not to be any more harmonious than the facul The attendance has fallen off con siderably from what it was at first. Just before the main building was burned there were nearly six hundred bovs in attendance. The co:,imand an's books now show only 297. In this connection itmight be siid that Commandant Fuller speaks very high ly of the boys, saying that they are a well behaved and gentlemanly set of fellows. Captain Fuller speaks very highly of the class of work done by his predecessor, Lieut. Donaldson. who, he says, worked marvels with what must have been raw material. Captain Fuller says that he hopes that the board of trustees will see their way clear to make some needed im provements in the mess hall-new furniture, table cloths and napkins, being very badly-needed. The smaller attendance is not looked upon as a disadvantage, but rather an advantage, as the boys can be more carefully trained, and are not so craniped for quarters as formerly. It cannot be denied that a great deal of money has been spent on the insti tution, first and last, but there is a great deal to show for it. What the total is, the writer cannot state now, but the treasurer's books show the fol lowing amounts to have been received during the pastscholatic year: From the Morell fund........ $10.50) From the Hatch fund......... 15,000 Private tax fund.............. 30,)00 Special appropriation......... 35,000 Clemson bequest.............. 3,50f Land script................... 5.700 Total..................... 99.700 These figures may not be absolutely correct as they were given from imem ory by the secretary, but within a few dollars, they are correct. Ten thousand dollars or more of the special appropriation was used in re building tli main building. The exact amount cannot be stated, but the board of visitors congratulated itself that the estimate it made last year that would be needed to rebuild the main buliding in addition to the insur ance money, was approximately cor rect, and ten thousand dollars was the estimate made by them. A tuition fee of $40 is provided for but none was paid during the last year. Receipts from this source do not show in the above statement. It has been found that the plan of working the students on the farm was not satisfactory, and thirty convicts are now employed to do this work. These convicts are kept constantly em ployed, and the good condition of the crops shows their efficiency. Another reason given for not employing the boys this year was that there was no money to pay them. A trustee is au thority for this statemert. but it is hard to see where so much money has gone. There has been some complaint about the quality of food the boys got. A committee from the trusLees investi gated this, and reported that there was no cause for complaint, but the boys say that the trustees were fed on chicken which they were not allowed to look at. The fare is said to be much better than it was, but there is still room for improvement. The following is the report of the board of visitors made to the board of trustees: To The Honorable Board of Turstees of Clemson College. The board of visitors met for its second examination of the college on the evening August 13. President: D. F. Bradley, T. L.- Brice, R. B. Wat son and Theo. D. Jervey. Owing to the absence of the chairman of the board, D. F. Bradley was elected by the members present to submit the second and final report. We find that by the very full report submitted by us last year, it will be necessary to say little this year, inas much as we presume that those of our suggestions ~ which has been found practicable have been adopted, and it is in any event useless to multiply words. We have again visited the farm and gardens and find them in excellent condition, even better than last year, and in this connection we would say that the board of trustees, if they de sire to obtain for the people of the State the full educational benefit of this great work, should arrange some plan by which excursionis from the various parts of the State can be run to Clenmson for the day. Those who are interested in agriculture and stock raising should have presented to them the opportunity of seeing for thern selves what is shown the board, ard without any regard to the appaett diliculties in the way, tihe board of trustees should consider the ways and means of etfecting this. In the mean time. the bulletins should be more widelyv circu lated and the educational wo-k'of the college and all of its de: partments brought fully to bear upon our people. In this way the work done at the dairy could be brought into notice by sending occasionally some of the excellent cheese made .there to the various county gatherings.. We were pleased to find that our estinate made last year as to the pr~obab~le cost of repairs~ has been veritied. and we undestand thait the prep~arato)ry (de partment is working well. The reduction in the expense of is not as great as we had been led to hope it might be, but we are pleased that a reduction has been ef Tected. W e resume that the expense attendant on the carrying out of our suggestions as to the ventilation of the dormitories may have interfere-l with the adoption of the suggestion of cutting cinoss sec tions. We can only repeat the sigges tions. The supply of excellent drink ingr water- in the doirmitories is a chage for- the better. This water is suiplied from a spring completely protected fr-onm any drainage, and is perfectly sweet, pure and wholesome. The number of students at the col lege is rmarkable when we considei the tightness of times; and the health of those present, we understand. is ex cellent. We make no extended mention of work in class rooms or other depart ments, as we see no 'reasonl to aitor the opinions expressed by us :'t our first meeting.. We feel that the intitution is pass in fr-om the condition of an e.<perm ment into that of a great eductionat influence, and in conclusion, we can only urge upon the trustees the impor tance of bringing this mniluence to bear up)on the people of the State in every possible way. All of wvhich is respectfuliy submit Chair-man Pr-o Temn. TaxI ). .JE~tvEY. Secretary. .\ supplemental report was made by Nessrs. Uradley, Brice and Watson. recommending the election of a~ resi dent chaplain, if there were funds AN INTERESTING LETTER. WHICH REVEALS THE STATUS OF THE REGISTRATION LAW FIGHT. The Communication is from Obear & Dotuglass to George W. Murray, the Black Ex - Conxgresnian-The Lawyers Want 3More Money. COLUMBIA. S. C.. Aug. 16.-The fol lowing letter was yesterday made pub lic by ex-Congressman Geo. Washing ton Murray, the black representative of the black district of South Carolina in the last Congress. The letter is from the attorneys who have been prosecuting the registration law test cases in the United States Cou.ts on behalf of the negroes of the State, and it now gives very fully and compre hensively the present status of the le gal light. It tells the exact condition of affairs in regard to the cases, and explains the course that the attorneys intend to pursue. Here is the letter however, to speak for itself: Washington. D. C., Aug. 7, 1895. Ion. G. W. Murray. Rembert, S. C.: Dear Sir: Our Mr. Obear returned yesterday afternoon from Richmond, where he had been to argue the Gow dy case. Judge Goff limited the argu nient to the question as to the mate rialitv of the differences between the two cases: and after hearing full ar gument filed the opinion, which I pre sume you have, ere this, seen in the papers. Ile found that the Gowdy case has the same scope and effect as the Mills case. and 's governed by the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals in the latter cause. It is man ifest that it will be impossible to bring any suit in the Federal courts touch ing the registration laws which would not have the "same scope and effect" as the Mills case; and the proper steps now are to bend our energies toward getting, as speedily as possible, a de cision upon the questions involved from the Supreme Court of the United States; and we are in a better position to accomplish that end in the present condition of things than we would have been if Judge GoT had decided in our favor. Had he done so the State would, probably, have adopted one of two courses: either have dis obeyed the injunction, or have in duced Mr. Chief Justice Fuller to call a special term of the Circuit Court of Appeals, appeal the case to that court, and have the injunction dissolved as before. If they had disobeyed the in junction we would have had the super visor arrested, the State authorities would have gotten a habeas corpus, returnable before the Circuit Court of Appeals, induced the Chief Justice to sit again, and have had that court turn the supervisor loose. Had this contingency happened we would have been at the~'end of our row," because there lies no appeal to the Supreme Court from the Circuit Court of Ap p s in habeas corpus proceedings. d the State authorities taken the other course we would have had to take our appeal from the Circuit Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court, and, at best, the appeal from the Circuit Court of Appeals is hampered by many technical difficulties, which we need not go into now-but which exist. But as matters now stand, we will our selves appeal the Gowdy decision di rectly to the Supreme Court of the United Stntes. and so Zet the whole case before them. The thing' to do is to get the appeal ready at once. The expense of getting it up will be com paratively very small. It will take about $50 to print, the record-not our argument-that we can attend to later, and then $25 more, fee of the clerk of the Supreme Court, for docket ing. Have this much money raised for this purpose and send to us at once. We herewith enclose you a blank ap peal bond. Have it executed by- Mr. Gowdy and sureties as was done in the Mills d~se. and send us as soon as signed. We ourselyes expect to get to work today upon the "assignments of errors," and if you will push at your end we will have this appeal perfected and docketed before this month has passed, We have received no money on ac count of the balance of our fee and the expenses we have heretofore in curred . From what you said in your last letter, we fully expected that by this time we would have had a remit tance from Beau fort, and are disap ninfted at neither receiving a remit tance or hearing from you as to the cau.y of the delay. We hope you wil] now gve this, and the other equally import tnt matters mentioned in this let ter, your speedy attention.- Having emba'rked upon this sea of registra tion litigation, let us not rest until we reach the haven of a full decision by the S'ipremie Court of the United States. Yours Truly, OBEAR & DoUGLASS. Cheap Rtates~ for the Fair. CHlxiLIsv.', Aug. 13.-A largely attended and representative meeting of oilicials of the Southern Passenger Assoetagion was held this afternoon in the Charlstex' hotel. The meeting was ini session for alnost two- hours, withou0! t any 'ivspectators. Much rou tinef bulsinetss. it was ascertained, was considered. though the greater part of it was of no local concern. The chief matters of local import considered were rates between Columbia and Charleston, Columbia and Savannah, and Charleston and Savannah. The petition of the State fair committee re questing special rates over various lines received careful and considerate attention. After a little discussion it was decided to grant the rates asked for by the committee, which, it was understood, are about two cents a mile for the r-ound trip for a radius of 250 miles. An ollicial statement of rates will be published later.-State. Aleep for Three Months, MoNT~a)MERY. Aug. 15.-A special to the Advertiser from Guntersville, Ala., says: MIrs. James Rutherford of this county, was brought to town to)da'v. About six months ago, this womian fell into a deep sleep, from wh ich she awoke at long intervals, but it has been three months now since she was awake. T wice a day food is put in her mouth, which she swallows raveo0uslc. but the action is purely mehanical. The doctors are puzzled over~ the c'ase and do not know what to say. bined by Light:aing. - \asmlN' T' x, Aug. 13.-A special f ronm Richmond. Va.. says: Four per sons were killed by lightnimg in iP rinAce Ed ward cou nty, several miles fronm this city. vesterday evening. The residence of 11enry Redd was struck by lightning and Redd and his wife a. iamerwtr were instantly killed.