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vWE 23UN 23, 1897.NO.4 VOL. XiI. MANNING. S. C., WE1) ESI)AY, JUNE 11i 1?;>,.48 WHITE OiRATI'ES MAY ATTACK NEGROES IN CHARLES TON COTTON MILL. The Skilled Laborers Shut Off From Means of Earning Bread and Barred Out of the New} papers. A dispatch to the Columbia St2te from Charleston says the white ope ratives who formerly worked in the Charleston cottcn mill before the re cent reorgan:zstion. have not ; et be come reconciled to their displscerni.t by negro labor. There are about 300 white operatives, who have been in the city ever since the mill shut down last fall, who are out cf employment and absolutely without a means of subsistence. They are skilled opera lives and are St for no other vocaion of life. The determination of the ne a management not to give employment to these operatives, who are without the necessary means of leaving tie city and seeking worn elsewhere, nat urally excites them, and the strained relations which are now existing be tween these people and the negro operatives should not be wondered at. Since the mills resumed operation, it has been necessary to k-ep a de tail of police officers in the vicinity of the mills to preserve the peace. The white operatives continue to threaten the negroes, and even the owners of the mill and the property itseli, that trouble of some kind is liable to break out at any time. This state of affairs is not destined to give the nee man aeement any peace of mind. They wish to continue the employment of the negroes at one third the rate for merly paid to the white operatives and reap the consequent profits, but the attendant danger of violence on the part of the operatives makes the ex periment one of great risk and a source of much alarm to the manage ment. The operatives recently presented a communication to the local newspa pers, which was refused, as are many matters relating to the e:nployment and the substitution of negro labor for white. The operatives are deter mined to present their cause to the public, and this afternoon the opera tives are distributing the letter in the form of bibs about the streets. They are hung in the street cars and at di ferent public places. The affair has created something of a sensation. The letter is caustic, to say the least of it, and furnishes interesting reading. Here it is: Mr. Editor: A few days ago the old familiar whistle that has been silent so long brcke the industrious lethargy that has prevailed for many months in this beautiful part of our city. It awakened many from a tried and en forced indulgence in idleness, but in stead of joy and gladness it orought sadness and tears to the cneeks of a large and respectable portion of our community. It sounded the deato knell to all their hopes and patient waiting ; it strue1 not their ears as the harbinger of the . eace, prosperity and better days they were looking long ingly for and praying to come, but as the advance signal of continued in activity and want. Some had applied and been refused employment because their complexion clearly indicated they were not tinged with negro blood. Still they could not realhze that evidences of amalr mation and no long years of experi ence were prerequisite to procse em ployment in theilately revised Charles ion mills. But doubt was dispelled and truth flashed over their minds as they watched the negroes move in the direction of the mills. Seething con tempt for the propagators of this d'a boncal conspiracy against white Ia bor of the south fired the cheeks, dried the eyes and filled feminine hearts with indignation, and had their voices been e qual to the millfs blast, Mr. Witte wiould have quaaed upon his luxurious couch of ease, and sworn by all his gods nothing is less desirable than a mongrel coLLJLn mil: presidIency. Indeed, the unexpected has happen ed. Who could read the history of Charleston and predict she would be the first city of the western world to produce a negro-loving cotton mill president; the first to issue a manifesto declaring it to bc bona nolders' pui pose to mix whites and blacks it' in southern mills; the first to repudi ate social distinction in labor and sub ject the young, beautifuland innocent of our souwniaud, on whom Lortune has not smiled, to competing for bread at the side of the uncouth Afri cans, whosa great physical powers adapt them for mc're arduous and equally needy pursuits. Our objection, as operatives, to a i mitting ce.dored people to tne text .le industries is an aamission of their is ' aDiity to become skihed opeetiv a. If, as some say, they ai e inespau~e of acquiring the kuowledge necesry in this brancen, thezn we operatives save nothing to apprehend, out it is our opinion they are as suscepuibie here a. eisewhere,and it is tweil kniown. in. every c-ratt where they have acquired knowledge that oeterioratLion Ot wages set in. hor tuis reason, bencheiders are willing to spend $40,U00 or $50,000O for educating tnem, claiming it to Os an investment c'-rtain to y ield large lividends. It is currently reported that Super intendent Hay aen entered into a con tract with the mill cocpanuy to far nish them 300 thorougm~y effiient colored operatives in on~e yeair, or borteit all claims agast ine copny, but it he succeeds is to have $S per dlay and a bonus of $5,000l tur his year's services. In acQiuion to other expenses this seems to be a la b ulcus stun. Bait it is reasonea amoig them, by distriouuon, tmns 300 can cquip 3,000 or more at less than it took to prepare ta~e first 3u0, and in three years soutnern cutton mil stocks will be quoted at doutle their present value. ?acreased s:.ca mensas impoverisnment ot help. Greator oL paupers that nmust sooaer or later fallI to public charge. '.nhi is no pm ilnthropic movemnent as the h-oguage of a city jura~i inli cates, and "gives tLIes: j.>hr peopie a chance to live, ' but as rr o. u part of capitaatsi t th-r. *las 'aa tives' scant~y unaJ LL~rystr opportunities, - s oaeu done in every me r "'en \~W! they have gaiue. :o t a 1s i - Our only nur nus. se us e yem And is it suieent to calii forit a~i our energies iin oppo)sg a to call La our aid all thost no & gre .o see oir Southland, asno a 1esv inigas prosper, gro w rmA a. at uuueir m imnpelus sne has ..m receiveu La Divine provisa. If the colored people's ser vices are ee-y cornorsod crevice overl bwi g. should be the prit~cess of the esteri world. Cladin roy al rezsiie, j y avd mirth shaaid be in every honx'e. wn tabues groating beneath their rieh .>er dens ard ev rya e pei'ea. 'pasea froze the cream of the world. Be alas: how reversad--her best ajpearacVe is but cheap tu.urr g and tree haxNest sc af fi is maintained At every door to pre v t the wclF fr entering. We are cf the opirlon the negro's krosledge of the craf:s bas been tr e cause of northern capitaltists securiw: in this city suc a large amount of work for so smali an outiay of money. To the casual onlooker the whirl aid din ird cated prosperity, but the thoughtful obierver could not divine it. He saw by the mu titude of ne gras employ el that :hz city was los ing from 50 to 75 cents i : day on eac'a laborer furnished, avd distant ci-is gaining the amount oa c; struc i, that would soon be compete, and Icr years to coane vieid a surplus to be trarsported. Dividend prayers, in deed ! Impoverishing their o -in city their own bo-nesand enriching others. To the capitalists they have been of great advantage; to the community a great curie. So will it be to the south when they reach the cotton mills. We claim an equal right with bond and office holders in social objections. Aside from competiton and white supremacy, social status is a strong argument against colored office hold ers- Not long since while an emr in ent statesman of the south was before McKinley, opposing on social grounds the appointment of a negra to the Augusta postfize, Mr. Witte was, prepariog a declaration of determina ;ions that he would not have d-red to issue in any other city of the Union, without first having his valise packed and ticket purchased for parts un known. Proximity is the parent of social in tercourse, which is longingly courted by the colored rac--, notwithstanding' all that has been said to the contrary. and where does it abound more than in cotton milis? Yet Mr. Witte pro pose to put the blacks and whites, male and female, side by side, under one roof, thereby opeuiug the doors to amalgamation and bastardism, for matrimonial alliance is prohibited by law. If the present national ad ninistra tion, at whose dtsp.sal are ma-y prominent and desirable positions, should decide to give those or this city to its strongest and most faithful sup porters, none would be more vocife: ous in sounding the social alarzn, maligning, condemning and in the most virulent manner holding the ad ministration up before the people for rebuke and vituperation, than this mongrel cotton mill ad vonte. Still, if every office at the President's dis posal were filled by comnpetent or in ompetent colored men, it could not ossioly be so disstrous to the peace, social and finacial condidon of the city I the colored man's status pre ci'd-s rii from comp:nz vita thel otfil.no:der it siou:d preclade him froam corneting t\vh o-ir mnothers, wives, sus and dAugniers in tne iigiit pursuits of the country, for here in a large proportion, is tue milk from which the cream arises; adulterate it and the impurities will be found in the cream and tasted in the bubtter. If, howe-er, his services ate of such I intrinsic value to the city's ind tstries! that he must be put in dangerous proxinity with our mnaidens, or tn~ey deprived of opportunities for his ben~e fit, what consisteat reason can De as signed for excluin~ig him fromt utticia positions. If we lov.. uur race~ lets, and hike money-glutieli foreigners acit southern apostates, inchaned to do grade caucasian blood, we would cbeerfully sazpport them. for oice. But as a hereditary right we claini for' our race the hirst fruits of the land and are determined to opoose all foreign socialists or soumnean apostates who attempt to depriie us of tem. We atfirm by all outr physical power and Lbrave hearts not to sit sup icely by and witness this negro horde turnea loose upon the puarsuits of our mati~rs, our wives, our widows, our daug hers. our sisters, and rob them of theurliving. Many Operaives. A swindler in Greenville. One D. D. Marshall has been cut ting a wide fiure in Gree'nville since: February. He hails from Chicago and represet~ts the Sprig Collecting Agency, of that city, a wealituy can cern, with agencies all over the Udit ed States. Marshall had been drtving about towrn, ucing the sciety act in great shape and has made many friends :~t appears that he toot notes or pa-1 pers from customers of his agency as1 tees for mnembersnip in ?mis agency. These papers were to be held and paid by collections made cor [its customers. His fast living and tree expe'iture of mo2ney evidently caused hira to use the notes. He furted tne name~s r Hayes and Marif and Steven King to notes for twenty il.. ve ollars enA. anu got the paper discouated at tile Per ple's Dark He alM pjresented a ior. edI note oH C. Er ey at tie see: ank, i~ut Cassier B acua:n detez.a the forgery and the papier failed to pass .lvesti'ation showedt tmcat te utnler notes were vorged an Marsna is now in jail. Eiforts nave been mauie to comlpromnise the mflter, tut Kh.' anid H~ees and a If refuse to cflm promisr a f elon-t-cence trne dasaing Marahall lazngutsnes in jail. A Whie flan wnlpped. A special dispatch io th-e Columbia State from Greenvtle, &. C., says on Friday Jim Sc -t, write wno~ ies ~on tnle armu o'~ El E?rk belov e ::ity, w'ent to treler's [ st, wat o the city and waile tuer- grssl tu suited the wife of John MarchomI&ss a prominen. ferner in that sec& O3 Suoday t1i..' t a but 2i00 men csi lteted an~d r ode do ;n &o S ott' hse took nin out la theo y ard s tripped rim ana gave ha i a- unrzihu beatingc. and tP.en served no~iao him tbat i he did n t leave the couu v in 24 hours he~ would be 1 Lched. A guard remaineto LI)e- that he o:>ey ed :.he order. He lef the saene signi. Scott was a foramr resident of this ccunty, but has li d for seeer.t years in Tes whnen nie o.ane ce moranaz a. Lov.' an indian fliidez). Taos Groua \mwalthy foreig r. orecently went to Dakota to - tue arid land. has miade a e o- a bridte. He maet with Suandi fiially b:cam.e a& Eyes,"' the belie :R . c Agency. He b0 .oo-ed, anti t:ie s e wiu shortly bec~ne tue orrde ot the -arty Ih rtigne TIL LMAN ANI) HOAR. THE TWO SENATORS LOCK HORNS !N A WARM E TE. Thu South Carolima S-nator Take the Sagar Scar'd'is for a Text for Anu:her speech sud O0d " anoy Hoar Gets the Fiiaets. The debates in the United States Sen ate over the tariff bill has been quite spicy at times. and one of the most spi cy oc:urre-d bet ween SeLators Tillman and Hoar one day last week. While the sir cchedule was und-r discus sion Mr. Hear of Massecusetts effer ed an arendent for the aupointment by the Presideat of a commission of five membars to ii'-estigate into the; subj-:t of su:ar production and the best means of sutp!ying the Ameri can mark -t at the ast cost. He said tre raising of revenue fromi sugar had been a sahject of cjntenition fo5r 150 years in Eiglan.d and this couotry. He did not think any considerable portion of the people believed that the men who framed these and former tariff schedules were impelled by any other than honorable motives But the men who make these tartiff are met by subtle and conflicting ques ions which had already broken do vn one of the senators (1r. Aldrich ) Mr. Hoar urged,- therefore. that this pro posed commission would command the best tel-nt of the coantry in present ing to the senate the fullest informs tion concernicg sugar. No-t to the development of our virgin wheat fleids, the develop-nent of the sugar beet would be the greatest boon to aC r.culture. Revertiog again to pub lished statements of irregularity in connection with the sugar schedule, Mr. Hoar said although it had been s'iggested in the press that somebody; had been bribing senators, these state men s are received by serious people to:roughout the country "with absolute contemp :." Mr. Al!ison sugested that this was such an irnp-rtaat q iestion that it ought to be considered by the finance co-u-.ittee. Mr. Hy'ar agreed to the reference of the amead'nent to the c-mmitiee, and this was d.ne. Mr. T!lman of South Carolina then answered Mr Haar. He said he had the deepest respect for the distinguishi ed senator from Massachusetts, bit he perhaps had become callous in his long service, as was indicated by the st.ate mint that tLe best peoole of both par ties treated with contemot the .:at! ments that there was irregular'ity in making the sugar schedule Bat, said Mr. Tailman, when pub'ished statements were made that sena.'rs were in touch witui sugar barons, whrn circumstantial evidence was at hand that a huge noncooy levied tribute on the public, that the American per' ple were h lpiess in the grasp o !hi octopus. then it was strang indee, that any se rator should as;ert toi the peop!e treit with c)nL'teac. t]s carges O a the contrary. ne ceszar e a, tuhy wanted an investigation. They wanted the hoLo of Lhe senra! vindicated or the men who stand un der it ounish:=d. Far th tit reason, ir. Tillman said, he had contempla'ei an ameendmogt to Mr. oar's proposition so that :he comniissir would -ot only irq:ire into toe mere mat:hn:ery of saga . kiig, but !s>) "whethe: the sugar trust has made,, adue means to contro l gis tion and to gel. at tr e -oot o, a.>w it is, an.d why it is tha tne Americ2.nl senate can't touch sagar without geating crntaminated." Turning to u'e Saata Caroliina sen ator, Mr. Hanr said there were si ce men who seemele to thing that do vn beneath tne body of the people tnere' was a great mnass of seething pecoole eaer for extremes. He kne .i, through! and through, mie char reter, purooses snd opinions of the men who get mrer' livig from t'r , farms and factories of Masachusetts. He had spruug fromn a yeoman, his associationls had b:en! with that class, and he kaew what they were tanigaboat."he are," heproceeded i'mpresively, "siml nle, smceere, honest, liberty-Ioving, God-eaio mn. They thick no evil, atd the appeal to vise passion.s fails on deaf ears wahl them." "Will the senator permit me?" broke in Mr. Tilimnan. Mr. Hoar wett on without pausing. The men who makte up the farms a-nd te factories were the same the c una try over, iie said, Their kinsmen asd turned westward, buliding up a new enoire there, a iarge and a more glo ious New Eagland. "And I nzld," concluded Mr. Hoar, "that to the ' great body of tnese peopile, these cnearges are not only prepos..erous, but inaous." Mr. ":iilman again -vas ready with a reply 'As to the seetning mess of iguaranice, as the senator from Masa chasetts nad Iesigua.d the mnaes" said Mr. Tdi~m.i bat the Moeiac wais sanator pro nuitiy interragL:d "I deny that statement," saidi Mr. Ioar. - IL said j.~at tn- cmwrar-y a:.d~ .fy -atemlent is sererd. Verr well," ~answerei Mr. Till man, - y'ou ar- thti lai man I would be wriling to misz epresent to his ace." Wrule he coame:d no speci misj sti, ne veaL o.s, ye:. fe c9*laie to! noecme fromn tue farmn and from the- pop~e, and to have cume to the S:nate mnore r cntly ti tae senator fom Massachuseitts He knew, he saidi, that Lte only toing~ infamious in this tranaction, in the viewv of Lu acojie. was the rerusal to investigatti ard dhis etfort to ide beuhma tie! "eaatoh iaj top. If ta sen-e p-i sLt-d in tais, u-en 't we igac '-fore :ne p-opl ?Pablic chav e- ma~ oineuen .vm tI-s e ijt. - A a t ess y ou is e iate, you stuad c A te-r :ns oivertiig i::1cin Lie s?at ca?- back to toe b:11 aod \Ir Li.:aa2y avedt so s rike out 1 95 Lii cusa.d.rert Iil1 cents as r This cr- t from Mr. Ailis-m au ani :uati d1Teene of tae m agr.-pa. 2n omyi c'e 0IX. 6- v: td s s ti ti.s?u of 1.95 fo ? d'5 -u tiitfe-re-ce dred paus. He mete :.aPi ascetiag scale of~ 3 100 e'-a on e degree are 75 ns' not -"ecesv benefit to the- -i'r Mr. ms-i r~r-d to th fc tt th-e cium... nad purria'd -e-r-:.r y the course o- tae iD *moc-'..i siao cmminttee. Mr. Etiia th e or imitat' the 'ilianies i gd nb your Demnocratic colleagues turee years ago-' --I did not indulge in epitnt:s. I didi ot sayL viulainy." answered Mr. Alli on' '-o, I said it," responded Mr. Til The bill was laid -side without a ve.'s or. the pendioz amendmeut and at 5 10 the senate held an executive session adjouring sortn after. SHE BAPTIST COLLEGES. The E adit-g of a M5sr Succcef:I Yaig Wo:k. The closing exercises of Farman University were held in the chapel Thursday mornir.. After prayer by the Rev. James E Br wn of Due Wes the following programme was carried out: Music, Pian) Duet-Misses Lottie ard Aunie Manly. Arnouueement of distinctions. Music-Vocal Duet-Misses Birdie Du c':forth and Aunie Mar.;y. Oratioc: "Oportuity - F. C. Bates. Music-Piano Solc-Miss Alpha Mc Ghre. Oration: "Tmpressions from Biog raphy"-R. K. Taylor. Oestion: "A Cuban's Appeal to Americans "-M. C. Barton. Music- Vocal Solo- Miss Sarah Smito. Oration: "Abuse of Political Par ties"-James A. Hoyt, Jr. Music-Piano Sols-'.isses Kathe rine and Margaret Moore. Oration: "Sccial Control"-C. E. Wilkins. Award of medals. Music - Piano Duo-Miss Annie Manly and Chev G Farrata. Dr' Manly, the president. then de livered dioio.nas to the followin c!ass: { Master of Arts-Cl irence E. Wil kins of Ciareadan. Bschelor of Arts-J )bn K. Hair of Baraweli, Janes A Hoyt, Jr , of Greeavil!e. R abert K Taylor of North Cdriiua, and H.enry K. Toones of G:eet vi le bachelor of Science-Frat k T. Dar DArgan of Grer vtiile. Bich-or cf Literature-M C Bir ton of O:onee, F U Bates of Spartan bure, Ruth S. D rnan of Spartan ..,m. W. M. Hartia of Fairfield, W. L Nr!aldin, Jr.. o' Greenrvdie, M. J A;:F.den of Ch-ster, and L. C. Rich arhsan of Anderson. Master of Mathena'ics and Mechani cal Pnilosphy-F. T. Dargan, J. K. H .ir and L C Rie trdson. Master of Pniiosophy-Emma V. J thnson of Greenvalie. Mr. L C. Ri iurdsn. one of tbos3 receiving dz4ress, is a -ecn-it graduate of the United Sates N :val academy,. where he won a beau tit ul s vord by his high stand in tue academy. He 'as for several years a student of Furman, where he did such ex elent w-k as to enttle him to a dipibma b-.t 'ih did not apply icr it until this ye r. Tre E idel medal in decla-nfion was award-"d to W. E. Jordan of Ches t-:r, the llichanp medd in E agi sh to "J. t3 H llaud (,' Greemvi' a:nd the Mc\tdia redal ia deiaaion to R N'1 Pratt o B nr.ett?'-e r-,. g-ad n:,~ ? .":_s of tee ?'a m ie college mre held Thursdry aig t, when the address was delivered by Dr. D. M. Rmsey of Charleston. T': r rnime a as follo Pwi er. Fuao. S-alo-Miss L ttie Maaly and v -7. Fer ra:. Esss: TheWorlo.'s F."rces" - Luva E. A nes. Voc;al Soh: "'Dost Thou Know Thnat~ S n-et Litnd" -E3'.rah M ::iih. ld:-est-Dr. D. M R ensey. I E,;sa": "N >toksse 0 vlige"-'Margu I D.r. Riley, the pretid2ent, deliv red dinlonas to the graduates. The 'poramme clbsed with thel sigicg of a ch >rus for female voices na~ie: for arnd dedicated to the cass of 1837. by Giuseppe Ferrata avalier, uiasical instructor of Green ille F-m'ile college; words by Mrs. '[. H. Cevelnd of Greenville. Tais wa abeautulanid tisting close t secessf ul year's work. ta The~ gaduates are: B'cnelor of Amt-Lira E. Agnev Ct Donald%, Cbfr B. Jord in of e re:vile, Nina W Riser of Green i1le R 'baoe P. Wakctield of Szptus. N 1l S. Wastelsof Honea Path Bachelor of Englisha-M. Amelia! Norri of Vances, Cara C. Parker ol (xreenvill, Ja cie E S-ra wnofcGreen-g vll. Kate Hi. Sican of Greenvilie, and Marguerite A. Tinidal o: Felder. The alumni association of Farman.; at its annual meeting this week, de-. cided to push the matter of an alumni hail aud throgh the efforts of Presi (ent Mioseley and others euugh money! has been suuscrioed to jsutify the belief?! tac work wi11 soont begin. It has been proposed tna', the aiumuii hulaQ iu celeoration in 1901,. et semi-cen Lennia of the found i. g of Fu-:nan?.j i'ne Rev, H. R. XLscev t. Fiorernce has been ehcied to tne po'tio? .of Luaste :amde vacant by ihe de.atth oi tt- Rev. .'. A W. Tou'mx2, and :h'e; Rev D W. K y ckes tue piace of G J. frm :n still Lives. Wl i J B-ga sp'ak at Chr ctes~ille Va , a. u.di-y before tne Wasai 'tn and.. JItfes ae liir' ry s> eit ap-th ui1versv.ty H3is sau >je -as Je-tf-rseasti1 *. Ls." Tie peo tf ;h - euair ,anaougj theai aea om' uea nt is basiness and pol'tics, naayz of tm dan na or tuis old at ersty, so na d .a se- tne:- atca mater sae? lev. ct lv -ic scads ears agu. Lue - '.. tor tae in teres bich 'this adere's ha~s attr.-.ct- d trurfout -ae rauat.y has sar:rio. orMr. Camieit -sod -'i sudr:ess Wa '.v..d :naiJly t, J trorso-/s ide'0 qj eso n, -. - d =im, .wr? -s :20 u. eeuyouatr of ~.c-, Ce eu flu.- r Leal mint it ou thlis C-' oeciu B- he de: c-ted, that z:a>e-rt o' wroa2 ~ery h o a-. :.s lian' to e rr, the e e . fu-pxpie 'as a! urency good~ evn are la Aner words, oae <"ich w id not tiae:uate in value, an .ee. w-as as Gud! as u: otner in the wr d Ar. Lae txalm Sreception1 on LL- li-VL, IaLg two1 n -ii b.y R-ve:ue Ge~o Wi b *na .ruccun.s sem .o -.xmie v . nsquetuce of tue ameession o. G tai r arsher as peci Ag-ent 'f t'd.ailr ~n::nt. H~e w a uner *band fsr $...00CO, 'vith the, Nati.:nal ourety C e at ofEms an a u-colh-c -a -ys that i: there is 4ny shaortage at cat.I amount to more than~ $~,uU0 THE D SPFN AF.Y FIG-IT. OrIging1 Package Stores in CObarleston and Greenville Closed. For some uo2rown cause nhe ad minis'rat-oa 'ill purs' a d -rent cou-s- re ardii: "ori inai package" F~ablo:ritnts th:an at ts' announc-ed :,r J:age Simor ton's decision be cane known. This was very c:early shown in a statement which Governor Eilerbee Thursday gave the press. It is as follows: "Hearing from a reliable source that Mr. F M. Simnoirs onf Greenviile bad openrd au -original pickage''tre, I sent State Detective Necoohi up there to loc k into tbe matter and see ;f he was st-ling in accordance with the de cision of Judge Simonton. Newbold foird that Mr Sammons wys seiiing beer by the bottle arad also whiskey iu the s:.'ne way. Upon receiving this infcrmation, I wired Nevboid to have him arrested Judge Simonton, in his decision, did not say that a man could break open a crate of beer or whiskey and sell by the bottle. Sim mons was an agent of a whiskey deal er and not of a manufacturer." Governor Ellerbe then went on to sty that he had wired Asaistant Attor ney General Townsend, who is inves tigating original package establish ments in Charleston, to have Pinkus sohn, an original package man. ar rested. The chief execative holds that the dispensary regulaions must be complied with by original package azents; ihat agents nust directly rep r-sent bre vers or distillers, and not d-alers who handle their goods; thy quor cannot be stored ror sale in this Stae. On these grounds he ordered the arrest o Pinkuiso'tn. Thr gover nor Thursday afternoon received a telegram stating that Pinkussohn had been arrested acd the stock seiz d An inventory was taken of the g:ods on haud and the Sta:e will hold posses siea of them without removing them until the case is stetied. The grovernor further holds thic rs Judge Sriontos in his dec:sioa useci the word manuractu't tirouhom.;1t ad nowhere said the deal-=rs in the products of manuracturers had the rilit to establish ag. cies in this S'at:e, he w.ild not per oit Plu' s sjhn to act as ageat of deoers, s he is trying to do. Pinku .onn is wil ing to test tni- very poi t, cla-ni g o Lave !':,al advice tta ne has the right to act as agent for dealcrs as well as manufact.irers. About the storicg of liq iors in the State and selling by original packages the governor said that an agent cae take orders for saipment of liquor fr..rn uther States for delivery in tie rizinal cackage, but that if he ou-)ns a warehouse and stors liquors in tnis S:t for del very upon sale, he te osrs as mucn suoje t to the 8Sat' Siicn pawer as ci..size-:s of this Stte wrio might atemt to manuftacture -->r seli 1:qior. Tae governor, upon e-u -itat- n with Attor hey Gonecai B-ar ber, is deter:niard to masin.ain chLs -r'-u'ds un-ii i further judicial deliv siord in South Caroiina for sale is his Stat Tnat the criginal pr.ckage cannot be brcituo ar d i conpoant gaantities Taat maniuracturers only, and not da!irs, can be r:p s )nted in ta .t: b7 a L nM. 'That the -f ispensary regulatonmv; >e oueyed by o--iro.1 packag- agents s wvell as by dispeasers. a1sughter of spaniards. The ne vs comes fromn Havana that 3 large force under 'En Q istin Ban era suce-eded its aesrcoyn~g a o dy >f Spanisha near Sabaua. Gen. Ban era plazed hiis men in amousn and nen instrazted fry scouts tso approaca t f.ort where the Spaniards were uarri zded. The Scoaniards sallied from ttue ort in pursuit of trne sc-as, ivbo cun lir.gly iell Mck, leading their pursu ers into the he~art o Bandera's a'n >ash. A hot fight ensued. first with nusketry, but fi'niiy hand to hand. Ail of Gaara1li;-sdera's men were eroes with maccttes. Ten of the nsurgents were killed an~d tie entire prsuil.g party of the Spaniards. At~ Aguisa, a town of 3.000 iiauabitants. 783 persons diedc last mourth f rom 1vn - tr a'd destitution. Juquin Vargas, -o A-nerican citizen, bas oeen arrest d-c at Rmmedii's. He~ has re;-ained Jose Rndo as his ccuisel, and the latter' ill imake a protest if the authoriuas oceed to try V.argas oy court war ial. It is reporte~I from R--mediios ~nat Pancho Carillo has diree:.ed that he insur:e-t lmder Fanteya, a mu atto, b. cour-s martialed and sho:. F' om Jaruco come reports o~f the suc esful iaudig of an expedition. Judge Harlanu KIu.a. James P. Harlan wa accideatadls ill-a by a trra on the Iju:ri:le, ed-mon a. d $t. L-juisi raiisay ur. Hariaa, who was a iooat 7t vy-a ija was onec of tue most pra11eot adyers in tu- o a e e: j giug g-g r-..:c" a .u una ':' a m1-r' ja.ymt Gti2C is uus c:>aoty. Re 'sa a r uoeontroilaOle .spye..e for l:icar, and o bricg about h-s cure. He practiced ai ior several - ears in Knas. and eurned to L suisvill- aoat thrree ears ago and volutarily euter- tie uai 'oase, w ere he- has smere~rsaJu. Ja--- H~rian was oni mls w Iy tu . aitliwy sr'uou to pureuase une e've-. -':- piO~r aS WA*s BisS n, . 'ipnde- '.t -upoi '' he e d~ chio. b -' in may b'' '0 ii r-i&-> . -r: erred to hv at tae l1atituil dn [Je :La Ja persn.:d4 fie5dsop hr tar .i"M Tri 1't yisc, Uuy kiirris.i The '-extc Ps ses nurses inte. "ur -is-ed for 5L1 etwts to a e, : d wan ine i: -a'. iu-n na-e c- ?uo t-eu on~- r' raa~ 'so f -.s.raW a a i ka r ua h jand cr ero apoeue ue ::.eese, 't. w Dce sod:o re 1-r, and~ou t Ie n-e-d1 i--- v" e *hs i whl-s-e ar ,.p'-ri 10*. ti lis nOry 1,;~ 1no-.- thae t tie e h'e been 47 persons iynched so far this WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT COTTO'. 'r. DrLe n W"ud Confine Hon. John Gry to Dtspennr-'. Mr. Perry M. De Leon, of Atlanta, who hss been engazed in the catton business for many years, takes excep tions to the statements of ex Gov. John Gary Evans, of South Carolina, in re rard to the cotton tax. Mr. De Leon hcs studied the question ciosely, and i" regarded as an authority in his sec tion . In sp-aking of the natter to a rc eorter of the Washington Pest, he "I notice in youir columrns an inter view wir John G ry Evaus, ex Gov erner of Sout." Carolina, in which he scouts the idea of the cotton tax beirg of any beneti to the cotton .ianter, and denies that Ezyptiancotton comes in ccmp'tition with any grades of American cotton. The Ho)-. John may knowv a good deal more of dispn saries, which sten to be the Alpha and Omega of modera S.u th Carolina statesmanship of the reform school, but he evidently knows nothing of the subject he discussed. Egyptian cotton has invaded our markets since my connectisn with the cotton busi nees, hence I sought information from recognized authorities. "In 1896 we raised about 33,000,000 pounds of Sea Island cotton and im pcrted 55.000,000 nounds of Ezyptia-i. The president of the Ne7 York Cotton Exchange, Hon. Gustavus C Hop kins, writes me: 'Egyptian cotton certainly does c >niete with our long sta.ple.' Agaia he says: 'Altnough aj nee trader, I do not s-e why, if the N >rth is to have orotcei- on Her wool and other articles, the Souti should nit have it on her cotton and rice.' A, p'ori:ent mercaa:t, h se ir-m were the first imtp 'rers o't any scale o Ea ;'tian cocon. teils tre every pound of Eyptian cotton cisplaces so muc. . of our :a Island cottotn and the rxtra staple cotton of the Y z o Delta and' Braz=s bttorns. It 'i';es not aifct our ordinary uplands. Y :t the Hon Joan Gary E vans and Seuator Gnilton, of Texas, tell us It does not compete with) any variety of our c)t.u-s. "The c.uutry :oili -rd-y acceR +heir testurany on the subj'c of cro to:a in tre ferenceta tioe a Ir i qu'te. My o rn Sta e G "rdia, rais t.4o-thirds of :h-: S.-. Ida::d cr a a d our S nators did a ri -e a'd perione - thing wea the.y in e i or is .td vo':d fora Lx on cmvtv. Hting t-c~e anuroval of 'beir cmns'.iuests, as tihey do. they wi. scar.'y care for -h. cci.;cisaLs of S'r. E mts. His re : marks were evidtaly aim-d at s-u tor McL turin, whom he desire.; to suc e-:ed." On the Right Line. T'e Washigtorn carve pondent of thn N "* and Cour.ir se. C ars:f man J!..oes T ?ursday offered a ioin '-eir layon pro-idi: g for an am-ud meot to the (J'ni?: :ia in favor of AU is-,tuie tax. WeenC?: ratified by; t e. fourths of t'he L'g a!ures of snet ,everal S.ates it s' be part of -.'ae Coa".ti-.ution. na-nely: ".Pdche X' . T" "o-e- of Ce gress t> levy and c'ilect diret taxsi sha 1 not be re::tricted exclusiveiy t,,; th'e mnahods of appvw"'.-nsert a'xl .* ee'r.: I StA -, n~z .!, -i 'at ba.e full pow er to lay a d coli-et d :.1e s .ic - 3 r1 - c . . acomaduaderitax uLoy ng such tax as I eicinesiti rerd my& bed - L~wiciae o tad snb.c t i:.oynd nt taon i~ ncorh n s t ame le lor cgradel buformar touaotgout th~ e te Soes.neu 'u Dr.~c S oke "to poide " spciel0v tor a~ grdae a oaaoe.s o ~as fexamne the ,resoutirc alre?.d i:::roduced oI ta subect he y d. not ig frA nuihis dirttlLof on. I tok cdonfidety .ravard o a im e whn tohdehu ovrne must se oac sou-c to- eveu c in li of the t r ien Tecoumt iy wilawk :d f bears r its est protection de br-s raiigrvne rc taxation. I At jugent ais Toud of suf tend and wo4Uld hus Bl nef sam tim ac weoemnalish t o heoingrfomso i sto thefnrc *ies of th G*":-r minishtred, ad ctmpelli,~ e3 t to of taxmon aLd ,s Ma-1 B.:.e' ft, of C)ea to th'e afrnd c rci' aisi ; a) fr:: te C l Ia CtiI \ sixte-e y deaee G--or Banr. cf'a- .n a wou'u loe e oh r . Souag pe ,,ie ,!< e:t:j a mvt h e,-sr u' e er - cir .:are r g'roundi and whaole K Th-. ssesai e .' -n t be m-ach ~s : e1 NEWSERP.Y COLLEGE. Fourteen Tung .n Composethe Gradu atirg 2sari T.Is Yeer. The commeircemrsc of N\eberry College, which ended on inst W hes day, was of a most interesting charac ter. A dispatch from Newberry to the Columbia Register says Wednesday the opera house was packed from cen tre to circumference and from bottom to top. The Italian orchestra a-e fine selectiors. The exercises began with prayer by R-:7. S T. Hallman. of Prosp-rity. Then came the speeches rf; the graduates,the pieasant 1B anticipated event The clasp of ':17 numbers foairteea young mer. of South Caroliia, as worthy a set that ever set foot frorn college hals. The f ooine was the prog-'a-ime, exceut t .at Mr. Boland was detained at nome by sickaess: W. B. All, Dyson-Salutator7. Clifford Bruiks, Newberry-Jingo ism. W. C Bynutn, Newberr;-Conser vetion of Enery. Jmee Calk, L xington-Trusts. J. S. Derrick, Hilton-Victories in Peace. J. M. Long, Newberry-The Power of Publiciv. G. A riser, Pomaria-Epidemic Wairms. P. D. R singer, Leesville-Religion in S~3ial Q ains. F. K R;of. B'ooklaad-'"P.at Monev in T - P me " E U. She yv. W t R mek-Person al Virti. i? P it:c d E ninenca. A. S. We!"s, N .serey-N rth Pale. H. F. Wh..-!er. Pe..s erity-C;m m'rciil Partnersbio R A. Abrams. Newberry-Valedic tory. To say that the young men cq .i tt:-d the-nse!ves handso:mely wau1d os bu: a f" : bl attempt on tre part of Tnr R-tister reporter to exorfes n cn-, s-nsas of opinion. Tae heir. ap piause following eaca sprec attested tie 1ooreciatioa of the audienc . as the fl rl girts prowud '.'. p >uarit of tie gradlates T".:i" wee s:,rl-s of fntrs. d 'aa of ta bou- ts T':en~s c 'f the iimr-s'inr -.i in SrAc iv, pro?r~2o ' o LAv-d tie .awarirg of m is ,.ad ea c.:lon o .1 s. Mun is: .r t. a' -.ys taka in tais eta; o^ .: -rc":n, :s ..veli as in the erecliui ta s Gret it st ,s ma:'ifes-a in tie delivtrv of the saiutatory end v:d tory, , !ess than in t at of all t e speeches, -te r It:'".r. p:ceedig Tn: arding of dat ad ?iz: w..s ss folio' is: Tle S. J. D piek pearrtry prie the nie-hest average ia: the s-e :ior pre owbry class -t c py :j Wes.er'as IdternaDona n D ac-'.n,. v--vas gun by Mr. Geo. W St ;!air, o Carl's ton. Pr..snted b7 R:r. i. A. Ki nard, or )olemo . Jae D-.AO B. A ge .stin prize of te' daa-s in boots-' to mat frea wi ho '11t ,ta: the het ' c.:p':a:wn 'or ad uissin ito a sopLon re class"-was won by Mr. D R. R'.Rr. of Sid a. Prete ' y R :c E J. So . r, L-:eiut~to-a . n1 T o W oay and W. . A. Moselev snhemore Greek: me l.e u: . . runation in taeGre:a gu be--was wo0 be Mr W. A. l".. TheJ. F. J.~ Ca! elher r il "a 'olidn.1to ta: ncmbrf snio3r cl.. '7ao .tali. pas the best: er-vuindiron on an asigned ees of ; or 1837: Green's Shorvr Lieri t E~4a ad)--was won cy Mr. E U. se1.of White Rok pr sened by The George S.XI Muer esa med-al -"a gold ned~d ar.ul arre that memberC or !.be seo class Wto has writtena t-:e o t essa on aaoji..O enga :oquisite for grads io' (s '') he'j"-was won b r. R->bri. A.! Adams, the frs:, LD'0r man. Pre seun"d by Rv. D2r. J. C. Moier, ofl Hickory, N C Th. prceentatio-2 'speecheis were ab Tae~ r.r- of. President Cr mn Which closed~ t mer-'ale cz.sm :i, a.-. They w-r- mrds "fi~y sc. Ard thuls e 'ded comn ce-nyt. B~i.:bt were the exercis 5:.B are- tne future prospects of Nexvbfrry College. Bydr'ptiobie Cur. A:crdi'g to t' 'fedataa \fd a Fre-ach mi-- ev 1o U.; :: rdd ' l e rSUn e: 'i . ? d e~ t.c - I * r- C - WEATHER AND CROPS. THE CONDITION OF SOUTH CAROLI NA'S FARMING INTERESTS. The Regular Weekly Bunetin of the Weather Burean Issued Monday by Di rector Usuor-The General Outlook. The following is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops of the State issued last week by Observer Bauer of the South Carolina section of the United States climate and crop bureau: TEMPERATRE. The temperature was about normal, the mean for the week having been 76 while the normal is approximately 77. The fore part of the week was below normal while the last three days were very warm. The highest temperature reported was 100 on the 12th at Beau fort, the lowest 57 on the 9th at Col umbia. PRECIPITATION. The weather was showery on the 7th, 8th and 9th, and showery condi ditions prevailed in places on the 12th. Heavy washing rains occurred during the first of the week. with oonsidera ble flooding of lowlands, and material in jury to crops in Spartanburg, Green ville. Fairfield. Clarendon, Newberry, Edgefield, Crangeburg, Barnwell.Lan reds, Greenwood, Anderson, York, Kershaw, Lincaster and Bamberg. At the close of the week it was still too wet to plow bottoms and in places uplands in Chester, Chesterfield, B-keley, Spartanburg, Bamberg and Harry. The average of 50 measurements for the week was 2 07, and the normal is approximately 1.04. Seven places re ported iess than 1 c0 of rain, 24 places fiom 1 to 2 nches, 19 places over 2 i! cbes, among them were the follow ing lervy rains: Blackville, 3 69; Mount Clare, 4 18; Loopers, 5 93; Jef feies Creek 3 10; Pinapolis, 4 44; Barksdale. 4 10; Santuc, 3.11 The c yrr-spondents at Inman.Spartanburg county, r -ports nearly 15 inches of rain in six hours on the 7th. It is de scribed as h aviag been in the nature of a clout: burst. Streams in the vicin ity were higb.er than ever known and a great deal of injury to crops, etc., reaul'ed Hail, doing material injury to corn, cotton, fruit and tobacco, occurred in Edgeheid. Fairdeld, Anderson, Mar 10n, Sumter, Chester, Pickens, Clar endon, Flor.nce, Hampton and Or a -e'm-g. Hall also fell. but without doisg ay mn 1strial in ury, in Spar tan burg. Newberry. Birnwell, Lex in on. Richiand, Chesterfield, Dar Suns:"-e varied greatly in different porioni o' -he State, but was aver aced about -).;rmal with 63 pei cent. of tae po Si: e. CROPS The aC erse c)nditions of the past week were al:.o-ether physical and thcrefore loca. and consisted mainly r' high ^'ater 8 ,oding bottom lands, yea vy rains washing slopes and hail be ing down corn, cotton and tobac co. - om carid-e.; speaking the dam re was fotined to lnited areas in tae counties already named. From Abhe vilc and lower Barnwell reports :r-. rl ei d nf cre.,.s s'.ffering for as :.:.d iosn Sparaa urg, Chester, L aaster and Chesterfield of too much ran for plowing and that crops are C' d" b'uys continue to destroy Coa cand other vegetation over Ches te . Y k ; cut worms in Dorcnes e, oilii.or, Hampton and Williams bug. but corn has generally made 'apid '-rowth, and in many places is ben i'td by. The corn cr0? does not cama~ uo to an average condition in Lihr ize~ or stennd, owing principally to br kea stands on bottom lands cased by worms. Replanting still Cotton mjade fair and altogether sat isfacory progrerss daring the week. Grass" zbrea the crop in some local ies, but tos oIhnt is oi sudficient siz*, and the prevailing .hot, sunny weath er mii enbl fa-zmers to kill -grass readity, and is also the weather best suit-d f-r the developnent of cotton. Sq :2ies are reported plentiful where the pant is large eniough, but cotton is~tj us.-as niabl y small everywhere. Blo'us nlave oren noted in Barnwell, i~a ?re as vet scarce. Lice infest some dela- s, bar. not general. 4.obCco) has developed rapidly late lv and: now in excellent condition, erQep that worms are numerous in Fiorece. waiie in Fiorence and Clar e m d to a lesser extent in some ot'er counties in the tobacco district, ali haas doue matzerial iojuty to the R-ce 'e gro rinr nicely, but in Col -n 'a-' rice nas bee?n attacked by e .. oi i a fl. o av-ver, out slight 1 . . -- to G..rgetonn acid S ie -ce is douag well. P are 'eir.:n. so .vn ';' stuoble land - a eC2-'. Seed scarice in rd Gr ov~n. buitreported -a:~-et :2 made fair pro d 'he yield is generally re o an average and very sat (, sa- arest nearly completed for . a, on. The y tela aoout up to .* ve.g. Soring sown naas improv &d, of ::1 be a cor crop neverthe - :-ts shacked on the fields m:~ ua i~r.1 ightly by the rains - s d al better since the ru'.u n im~ a poor stnd and in c ed by nus Will be * p-Vto draws r-ep'ares draws r y are plenti e ets Lhe condi r -- ery much, and og well. *z G- rkos in excel c or eroos. such as n,+d .rs. Irish 4X o i an forage Sp' toor abre any av b l-s richness has s a the~ ninth level of -' boys'l mi~ne at C-ntral a, Cdo. Tne reai valie of C ore~ fou" cent be kearned, as ep aan armed * *'e, but it is known L ct is two !eet in - o i:11 otwire old ssto s..d dollsrs to he ton. e rs has been; worked con s y r h pst thirty-eight years j papr;1s iiin worked by the a o .L ra c Ay, a crpora >'r. ~. e nrs of Nw yorir men. -