The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, August 04, 1897, Image 1
VOL -4 NI(i~S . ENSAAGUT4 ~7 ___ _ _-N.2
THE S PATE I.XCII LNG E
ANNUAL REPORT OF MANAGER DUN
CAN, CF THE EXCHANGE.
TheFarmerb' Alifance E xchange Ras Don
Good _Buneiss--Facts of !uterest to
Allancemen-The Fa Year's Bueinrea
In Full.
Manager D. P. Duncan, or the Stale
Alliance Exchange, has submitted the
following report :
I beg leave to --bmit this my an
nual report as manager of the Farm
ers' Alliarce Exchanee for the year
ending July 2;th, 1897:
The past year's busintss of your ex
change will comre very favorably
with that of preceding years.
The bureau work as we may term it,
has increased until now it is one of
the leading features of the exchange
business.
To give vau some idea of the way
in which the exchange is used as a
bureau of information, we received
during the past year 3,530 letters, all
of which were on business matters.
The members of the orgamnzaticn
use the information furnished them to
bring about competition in their lcc3l i
markets, and are much Lcuefitted is
this way. We re c-ived q95 orders for
gccds, which we thIrk were filled in
a satisfactory manier to the mem
bers.
We sent out weekLy price current,
through The Cotton Par t, whkh cain -;;
tains the wholessle prices of all arti
cles commonly used on our farirs.
Just one year ago e were confroat
ed with tha ac: that the entire rrce uc -
tion of cotton ties had passed under
control of one combination, and ex
tortionate prices were demanded for
them.
In my report to the State Allianc
last year I recommended that vie use
wire or some other substitute. The
State Alliarce tcok such accon, and
ycur exchange was instructed to see
what could be done in the way of a
substitute.
After. considerable correspondence
and a personal visit to New York, we
arranged with Washburn & Moen
Manufacturing company of Worces
ter, Mass , for 10.000 bundles of wire
t:s, The Cincinnati Wire Fence con
pany made quite a lot of wire tie;,
which were used in this state and .a
the southwest, about 15,000 bundles
were used during the last cotton set
son.
The combination on cotton ties was
so well managed that we were not
aware of it until it was so late in the
season that we wereat great disadvant
age in the fight made against the im
position.
From our correspondence with the
Alliance in North Carolina, Georgia
and Texas, much interest was mani
fested, and the reason more active
steps were not taken in those states
was for want of business organiza
tion.
We were assured, however, that if
the tie trust kept up, they would most
assuredly join us another season.
In November, 1896, the IllinoisSteel
company sent one of their agents to
Columbia to see us and to know if
they would make flat hoop ties (they
had never made any), at the old
prices, if we would use tnem. They, at
the same time, stated that they were
not in the Cotton Tie trust, and had
refused to be a party to it when invited
to do so.
In March we s'gncd up a contract
for 5,000 bundles of ties, Columbia de
livery, for 70 cents per bundle.
This was for the same tie the trust
demanded $1.35 per bundle for just
one year ago.
An av-erage crop of cotton for South
Carolina is 750.000 bales, a bundle of
ties will pack five bales. It, therefore,
takes 150,000 bundles of ties to pack
up an average ~crop. Thus we see with
a demand of 65 cents per bundle, this
combination oroposed to tax cottor.
planters of the State to the amount of
S97,500, when they consideted that
they had us at their mercy .
I do not want to mak-e claim for
more than is due the action of the Al
liance organization in cur State, but
the facts are before you.
One of the largest iron manufactur
ers in the United States, withcut any
solicitations on our part, sends their
representatives to see us. to make ar
rangements for cotton ties for the pre
tent year's crop at figures as low .or
lower than ties hsave ever been dehiv
ered in the interior.
I firmly believe this was due to the
existence of the organization we have.
I have reportEd the matter someWhat
in detail as an illustration of the great
advantage there is in having your
business organizrtion in proper snap.e,
-when any emergency arises
I believe 1 can say without fear cf
contradiction, that after the action of
your State Alliance all the second
nand and pieced tier~together with the
wire ties, our farmers could get, '~ere
used in our last crop, snd less bundles
of new ties were used in proportion in
South Carolin. tLan say other catton.
State. Your Afliance orgariaation did
it.
I desire to call your attention to a
light weight tie that is offer ed on the
market tais sea'son. While I am not
prepared to say that it is a fraudl, be
cause it is offered on the market at
just what it is, and no farmer need al
iow himself deceived by it. It is a tie
that weighs 30 pounds to the bundle
of thirty ties, as against the 45 pounds
to bundle.
Where the price of the 45 poun d tie
is fixed at 75 cents, the light weight
tie is sold at 62i~ cents per bunole.
We all know that we have to account
for the 6 per cent. tare, and it stan ds
to reason that if this is not consumed
in some full weight covering, that the
farmer will lose it in actual cotton.
To illustrate, a bundle of 45 pound
ties at 75 cents, you sell your cotton
at 7 cents, and there is 45 pounds of
ties at a cost of 75 cents, y ou beil it for
7 times 45 or $3 15 less the 75 cents,
or net, $2.40.
The 30) pound ties at 62i cents sold
at 7 cents, gives $2 10 less the 62j
cents, cost or net St.j (ents, ana
you have lost 921 cenrts to every bun
dIe of light ties y u use. This is what
I suppcse might he termed fgir and
legitimate robbery, as you are imform
ed beforehand.
A 500 pound relie of coton on its
arrival in Liverpcol, the mar het that
fixes the price of cotton for ..he world,
is assessect 6 per cent, for tare, which
simply means 3) pounmds to the baie,
therefore you should put on a cheap
covering ~as near this 30 pounds as
pcssible, and whenever you fail1 to de
so, you rob yourself. UWe only heavy
bagging and standard ties, this puts
your cotton in marketabie shape.
think the thanas of the Allianee or
ganrztion of theState are due Messrs.
Washburn & :orn Ynfrceurse
company of Worcester, Mu>s.. for
their action in aii,' us in our nzht
on the cotton tie trust, ard we earn
estly urge our members to maie u'se
cf the products of their manufactures
whcnever they meet them in the mar
ket.
.r1 conclusion, we vill rnort rwhat
w have urged upon tl-e mIembers of
the organizati.n, ;a3e2?on and outof
season, that in this ae of c'ombir.a
tie' that you should stand by your
ors nn-zato r.
We have no k!ht to ma'e on any
trade, profession. or business interest,
siumiv to look after ,our ovn aiTairs:
try to Imprse on n- oneand don't al
lo- yourself robbed.
Consolidate your orders for your
fe-"l:izers, machinery, your ag;iutu
ral implements througn your exchange
ard deal directly for these things
through it with the manufacturc r3.
The casn business done for the cast
year amounted to k6'S91.4t. This
was done at an exoense of less than 5
per cent. for all current expenses. Al
of which is resnctfully submitted
D. P. Duncan, Manager.
C!VIL SERVICE REFORM.
Important Amencments to Rules Fromnni
gated.
Presiden. McL.inley bas promulget
ed the following important amend
miert to civil service rule 2:
No removal shall be :sade from
an ostion subject to competive ex
a a'ion excett for -ust cause ar
up.n written charges filed with ehe
bea of the department or other Pp
pn ing oflicer, and of which the
c'ssed shall have full notice and an
op.rtunity to make defense."
ii also amen ded rule 3 so as to in
cl; within the classified service the
er. 'oyes of all custom house cfcers,
wi h .jo re ard to nu tmber o f em
po: es. Hitherto the classifcatiot
eriraced custom officers where the
nu iber of emrloyes was five or rore.
This order brings into the classfied
service sixty live hitherto unclassified
customs cifiers
The president has aIso amended rule
6 making exceptions to examinations,
so as to read as follows:
"Customhouse service-One cashiet
in each customs district, one chief of
principal deputy or assistant collector
in each customs district, one principal
deputy collector at each sub post or
station.
"Internal revenue service-One em
plcye in each internal revenue dis
trict, who shall act as cashier, o2
chief, deputy, or assistant collector, a:
may be determined by the treasury
department: one deputy collector in
each internal revenue district where
the number of employes in the office
of the collector exceeds four: one
deputy collector in cach stamp (o
branch) cffie.
"Anpointmen's to the position
named in this rule in the customhouse
service and internal revenue .service
sball be subj:ct to an examination, tc
be prescribed by the secretary of the
treasury, nor disapproved by the com
mission, equal to the examination held
by the commission for positionsof like
grade. Such examinations-shall be
conducted by the commission in ac
cordance with its regulations."
The plan of the extension which
was formulated by Secretary Gage
and Assistant Secretary Vanderlip ha:
tWe unqualified and hearty endorse
mnent of the the civil service commis
sion, 'who earnestly recommend to the
president its approval. In speaking5
of the amendment, President Proctoi
of the commission said that friends o:
civil service reform everywhere con
gratulate themselves on this advance
of the cause. The commission in its
last annual report had said that gov
enent officers should have t be po w
er of removal for the proper reasons.
Tsplcal Texa Trsgedy.
In the stc e brokerage cilice of C.
E Trice & Co., of Kac>, Texa,. Wed.
nsday, B. F. Kivett and W. W. Kiv
ett were shot and killed by W. Lam.
dea member of the firm. Bad feel
ing has existed betwcen the Kiveti
brothers and Lamnden for some time,
growing out of charges made by the
relatives of Lamnden arnd a sister o!
the iKivetts. The shooting bet ween the
brothers and Limden cccurred during
the busiest part of the day, when the
office was crowded, and it caused in
tense excitement. T wo more of the
T wo more of the Kivett brothers arm
ed themEelves and prcceeded to tf.i
scene of the shooting, threatening tc
kill Lainden, but they were not allow
ed to enter. The killing is universally
looked upon as justifiable. About
month ago the Kivetis attempted tc
kilt Lamden, inflicting a knife wounc
on him, and they had frequently
th~eatened to kill him since then
yhis morning they appeared in thi
doorway of Trice & Co.'s o?1ee. Lam
den was informeo. of their coming
As they appeared in the door the'
d&e r their pistols, but Lamden firec
wih a shotgun before thoy connenc
ed to shoot, killing B. F. Kivett in
ssatly. W. W. Kivett rushed or
Lamyden with his revolver and ther
,abb~ed it. The ment wrestled ove:
te wveapoD, 'which Kivett succre-e
I in ring several times without result
L toden finally succeeded in drawiu.
Iis revolver and shootin g Kivett threi
imes. Lamnden was unin jared.
The Unloaded Gnn.
IA shocking trage d v ccrre d on M
J. B1. Oates' place lie rie ,s south c
Columbia Sundayv. While dem W il
li ams, a colored tenant, and his fail:i
were away frm home Thomas Eiot
:rd, his little stepson, nine yearsod
shot and mortally wour ded Williams
little girl, Josie, who was just thre
years old. The chilren were alct.
ini the house, when Thomas, seeina
sogun on the shelf, tack it dowr
Observing that there we re not caps c:
the tubes, pointed it at his little sie
sister and cried "Look cut." Instani
ly there was a loud ;eport and the ir
ccent little girl fell back'.ard, he
forehead perforated with. snot, whic
penetrated the brain and caused deat
after six hours of suffering.
Wholesale Grc cery Trade.
The Wholesale Grceir publishe
Fru~y answrers from jabers all ove
the country to ques:sons regardin
trade. Replies were from jouersi
twenty seven states, and fifty pcr care
shows an increase in the volumec
business for the first half of 18S 7
coxpared with the same perica l:
year, thirty per cent. report the ye
ume about the samec and twerty pt
cett. no a decrease. The cu'-stio
of definite improvement wss aL~swie
sairmatively by seremty per cen
Sec' onally, sixty four oer cent. of to
jobbers ia the sou theru tatesr, sixtI
ive in the eastern, seventy fromn to
western and ninety-:hve per ceLt. frc:
- the central states said "y es" to tee IL!
ow HE aPPENED TO SAY .
it r!c Obe tv'ttcn of severnrr of N.C.
to Governor :r 1. C.
Every man in the United States
supnosd to know what the Gv
nor of Norih Carolira sai- to ice
.ocernor of o n ut -r
d.r:what circlmstances te 'i-m .up ri
nt ' rk was made. I v
Near v a c""uv" 'ago a manV' moF -
i unt in Ioliiica a sire in Nr
Clina moved across the borrier ad s t
tied in South Caroli.a. He hid been
Aber:. onl a short i-e when he com
r:itted some small c:.me. :or rhc
he was indictd. o escape arrest he
returned to his old home in Nor:'
Carolim In due course of tim' the
1'overuor of South Caroina isswd his
requisition on the governor of North
Caeroia for the fugitive crininat.
The fugitive had rich and influen
il friends in his native State, and
1hev interceded with. ;e govern un
til .e refused to grant the rcquatsion.
A long oticial correspondence fol
:owed. Prominent ien in South Car
Jina told the governor that he had not
been treated with proper oi~cial cour
tesy by the governor of North Caroli
na. The result was that the South
Carolina governor, sccomnanied by a
large party of friends and advisers.
journeyed by stage to Releigh, for a
con ference with the governor of North
Carolina with a large party of distin
guised friends mpt the goyerror of
South Caro!!ia and his psrty sex eral
mites fron town aed escorted t' to
the gcvernor's mansion wit all the
. " "'rt
e:tremenv dL suc diC: stinguis-hed ri
itors Beore 'he obIct of his visit
-as sttd the entire assemo e :a.
down to an elaborate d iner. Af%'
dinner wine w 's served and after wine
came brady-thesappiejack for which
the old North State is lanious.
After nanv rounds of drink! the de
canters and glasses were iemoved and
the governor of South Carolina states
the object of his visit. He detanded
the surrender of the fugitive crininal.
'be governor of North Carolina re
fused. Then followed a long and
heated discussion. in which the
attorneys general of the two States
took an active part. Finally the gov
ernor of South Caiolna grew angry,
and rising to his feet said
"Sir you have refused my just demand
and offended the dignity of my oflice
and my State. Unless you at once
surrender the prisoner, I will return
to my capital, call out the militia of
the State, and returning with my
army, I will take the fugitive by force
of arms. Governor, what do you
say?"
All eyes were turned on the gover
nor of North Carolina, and his answer
was awaited with breathless interest.
Tne governor rose slowly to his feet
and beckoned to a servant who stood
some distance awe... His beckoning
was firm and dignified, as bt.came his
position. He was slow about answer
ing, and again the governor of South
Carolina demanded: "What do you
I say, governor, that it's a lonr
time between drinks."
The reply restored gcod humor. De
canters and glasses were brought out
again, and while the visitors remained
if any one attempted to refer to the
diplomatic object of the visit, he was
cut short by tne remark that it was
a long time between drinks. When
the visiting governor was ready to re
turn home he was escorted to the State
line oy the governor of North Carolina,
and they parted the best of friends.
The fugitive was neversurrendered.
LATEST IN CUBA.
Wyler Will again Tak~e the Field Againet
the I sargenlts.
Captain General Weyler, it is an
nzunced, will take the field in a few
days to personally direct military op
erations in the Havana province
against sweeral bands of inasurgents
from 50 t~o 20)0 strong. Thuis step is due
to an adtempt on the part of these
bands to reunite.
Orders have been issued from Maj-r
Justo Ojda, and the perfect of te
ranch El Portugese shall be shot for
trying to prEvent the surrender of
Maj. Juan Calaugas, the iuisurge::
chief, and a numnber of cavalrymen,
who recently gave themnselves up to
the authorities. It is reported that
Ma.Calagas, after his surrender,
toktefeld with his forces and sur
prise i nisretcamp, macheting
several members of the force stationea
there.
Two respectable ladies, the Misses
Niadenon, have been arrested at Gu
nabacoa, charged with hiing ammu
nition.
Emnilio Saboarin, a Frenchmen,who
was servin g a sentence of t welve years
at, Ceuta for having been implicated
in a theft of ammunitton from the
government powder magaz'ne here,
The audi ir in. the Amnerican SChfln
ner Compettor case, Domingo de Mi
I uel I as been sue:a-ed from 00
or an nn for falv to c~rry outI
an~ order of the suren curt of jus
LIt su udrsol thatin ennrquence
of a claim mat e by th' British conu
es;upreme cor'in Madrid ais
sued orders :ba: American ~ra d British
sueccts shall be triedt by th'e "atme
cour tTis order is due to .i catpture
mae uner the Armeea Cia .
ill return to Seaiu on' Novembr 2
a w ich da his term.. of servic wii.
exore .A letter received by Ra'fae!
Rorgu from his brother Jose, ene
of te local insurgents leaer is h
Remedics district, expiresses a gloc'my.
viewv of the situationa and speaks of
he;suirerin's of the revolutionists,
wh, e declare:s are without eloting
or shees and hiav.. a vrey snort sun
ply of meaL. ______
An Old1 a-an Murderta
Thomas Jones, an old and respected
citizen of Mobile, A l., Iiving o.n P.
ametto strert, was muidere Wednes.
day right by a negro ,amed Josia
Davi. Davis was arrested and lodge
'a prion, where a great cro d gath
ered. Apprending an ates: t al
onhi Lte loca iitisr weVre 01
statcd ttea'r at hiad. Davi'a
e-o as utte and d y je
old man namdi omn
'The tilEa of Capt~
-Philipcy~o.:s, e ietdca. i
r 'remtar:d o: Bagaritad re
polEce Noveics,. i er
redarue, en neci-eofr r i
. Anna Szimo9, a ib.ui i war
e Badavicost and tae mistress f i e
-whici an onc July' '1twa cci
e ciuded Thursdat. *a beceti
a B ioitcaeff and.' Novellas gua of mur
-der and Wahilieff cf being a.ccessor:
to the crime.
TINE ALLIAN EMEN.
THE ANNUAL MEETINC !N THE SEN
ATE CHAMBER.
Thn Vr-'denr .Jumpy tits Eitor of the
Coton ailrt axra( s the :ianco Or
gn Hps iein Proited lInto a Parti
ha.^.g~n
TM .a sutaact met %Wensday
nhti n i in the serte
cam ed immediateit got down
to busineir. Beyond th- orgauizP
Iion. the annual address o: the presi
dcI t and reports of oiicers, little e1 e
i vas done. Tne ;Yature of tie Dres.
dent's rddrb-s was the way in which
he scored Ei tor Crews for his parti
z3, conduct of i e Coton Plant.
t ednesdy right the- rlicers pres
ett :ere: Joseph L Keitt. nresident;
. C. \Wilborn,' ice president and.
lecturer: 1. W. Reid, secretary and
treasr . Eider, Me:nber of
execuuive co mnittee.
J. L. Smith was appointed chap
fain; W. N. Elder, steward; door
beeper. H. D. Metcalf; assistalat door
keeper. V. H. Stewart: sergeant-at
arms. E. P. W hitman.
The president rotd his annual ad
dress, which was referred to a com
mittee consisting of Messrs. M. L.
Dncaldon W. T. O'Dell, J. S
Graves.
The' 1 u*iihing committee on Cot
to' PIrt made is report, whicn was
r.derred to a ccmmttee consisting of
.t I Do"-i .en. W . T. O'Dell, J. S.
G'Cy-s W. E Like, L E Parler.
Tne execmiute comsmittee reported
han t:.ev had exs-iied the books of
* -c ary u reasurer and found
it c oCrr:ctrtdihe fnanc-s of thc
ord-r in .good Conditiou.
The press committce consists of W.
Eider, . P. Codwin and 0. B.
)rile: who duty is to giv> for pub
lic goon what the al.licce wan:s made
A commiite on constitutional
am.da ents was appointed as fol
iows: J. P. Glenn, H. H. Crum, J.
S. Smith.
A charter was gransted to the Dor
choste r C uanty allianc?.,
The fo:owing otiicers were elected
for the next year: J. C. Wilbrn,
president; J. R. Blake, Jr., Abbeville,
vice president and state lecturer; J. W.
I Reid, Soartanburg, secretary and
treasurer; Joseph L. Keitt, member of
executive committee for the three
year term - national alliance delegate,
W. N. Elder.
These officers were installed, and
with some other business a recess was
taken until 9 a. m. Thursday.
The delegates preent were:
Abbeville, J. S. Graves.
Aiken, P. H. Timmerman.
Anderson, J. P. Glenn.
Barnwell, H. H. Cram.
Colleton, L. E. Parler.
Florence, W. B Gause.
Greenville, M. L. Donaldson.
horry, James A. L- wis.
Kershaw, Wm. Halley.
Lancaster, J. it. Knight.
L-arens. A. B. Goodwin.
Lexington, J. W. Eargic.
New berry, W. E Lake.
Oconee, J. L Smith.
Orangeburz, 0. B. Riley.
Pickens, W. T. O'Dell.
Richland. E. P. Whitman.
Spartanburg. H. D. Metcalf.
Saluda, W. E. Bodie.
Union, J. F. Bailey.
York, W. H. Stewart.
.Nothing of great importance was
done, though, ce course, the part not
given, pcssibly, has much bearing
upon the prosperity ot the members
and the order. The Cotton Plant
s'ems to have been pretty ttboroughly
disussed and about : be 1st of Sep
tmerMr. Cre-ws will have to step
down and out of the editorship. A
member of the Alliarice, in speaing
of the miatter Thursday, ai that the
connation of the ed or in his
course did not mean that th Alliance
endorsed the casndidates he mighnt be
ihting, but. on the contrary, it was
done to emphasize the remark of the
prz <lent that the Alliance w-as to te
~cnducted on a r onpartisan bss
A't the meeting Tnursdaiy morning
Con gressm~an Stok s, H H. Cruun and
0 P. Good wIn we-re appointed a comn
mittee to confer with tbeir exchange in
reference to certain features of the
business.
fhe committe to whom was referred
the President's address, reported the
following ie~olution, Which was adopt
ed:
Rescl-e d, That we enderse the stand
taken by President Keitt against par
isan political action both in the Alii
ace and in the Alliance organ.
This was adopted with practical
unanimity. The publishing committee
was endorsed and was conumnued for
aoher year. A vote of thianis was
also tenaet-ed them :or their etlicient
T fe !allo r P r slution w-as unan
-ously ado*ed
RI.i..d, IrTat th'e r apositionl of
heril 's to ire e-s thle freight
'' e t.)n s -ed weid be detri
n ~1 ia to th interes5 of the farmners,
a aditional tax upou cur in
daty uht we ask the that railroa~d
comi-i not grntthe requiesto:
endo'se th'e act-on ofthe railroad
comisson i reucing th rate cn
A ruli was introduc-d and
rI c o te r-duc: oa of s-.:aries
I:- 7. FitzSimmo wasi grantedi
fo i hour on ~ teOIL industry
-r frti" -rs. He made some propo
siio7i reference to exchanging meal
and ferilizers fob- cotto2 seed.
yh- e usual vote of thanks was pass
ed for couiresies receivedi, an~d the Al
lI ace adjourn~ed to meet ia Culumbia
agin next year.
Thia Prr hiet't vaction.
President cKinley eft Wa.ishing
toll WedeOs'a for 10'a vacation that
ay kee 'im awa fiom the city for
s x eeks. He was acc'p.anied~ by
Coeya. Te hite Hous stew
I winso.i. ewfro a hto
a a camer are orki wir
doubleC force on e::count of .elegraphic
Iorers rectis-e'd since the Kioncyke
FILED A PROTEST.
The First R'gmente Recent Elcction far
Colonel.
The ma' ir of the electicn of a colo
nel of the First realrent is excitino
coaae puoiof interest in vie.
of Gn. Watt's netion in disbardin
the E'feid R:l-s. Gen. Watt's
jer^ Nen~h ' i the ' ccmpcany had
been ditended rnd rot to send an
election ord:er to it. He said further
that he had rot noticed the company
t.t it had been disbanded. Major
NwrhamL says :at .o far as the dec
i.rat or f the election ipon a plural
ity vote is concerned he asked the as
sistant attorney general for an opinion
on i at and was advised that simply a
plurality vote was necessary. The foi
ieing protest was Wednesday sent'
General Richbourg by cilicers and
menbers of the Srst regiment:
Brim. Gen. :. N. Rich bcrg, care Ad
jutant Charles Newuham, Colum
d1ia, S. C.
W hereby give notice o, protest in
election of colonel Fist regiment of
infantry. held on the 23d inst., on
these grounds:
First. That by unlawful assumption
of authority Adjutant General Watts
tbrew cut the vote of the Edgeaeid
R:es, which should have been count
ed for Tiio^.
Second. That the vote of the Saluda
Rifles was not counted for Tillman,
although they had nassed inspection
and properly belonged and were ver
Daily sssizned to the First regiment.
Third. That the vote of 35 as return
rd by the R chards-n Guards for
Ca1 iiy ere ?ot ir fact casr, but to the
conrary seven n'-" were present and
the f'll imy rol -as voted un
dier ' prehemien by said com pany.
Toat h;e senti:xet of the same is
our-. heirigly for Timllen.
Fo.urth. For:y v-otcs counted each
by the Tiliman Volmteers and tde
Elisto Rifles for Cl iy were not in
fact eat.
Fifth. That thro.:inn' cut all aliened
illegal votes cest for Tillman. Cibffy
never received a majrity of th so
called legal votes of the regiment, al
though he hss been commissioned as
colonel. In all military elections here
tofore head a majority vote has been
required to elect and we respectfully
cioe the electiba of Col. Hall, the for
mer colonel of the First regiment,
who did not receive a majority in the
first race and a second election was
ordered.
Sixth. That Adjutant and Inspector
General Watts, in participating in the
race in the manner he did was guilty
of conduct unbecoming an officer of
his rank.
This was signed by A. Otis Sally,
msjor First regiment; Havelock
Eaves,captain of the Bamberg Guards;
the Edgedeld Rifies, the Capers Lig?
Infantry. B. R. Carroll, captain Gov
ernot's Volunteers; by all of the
! Richardson Guards except four; by
six officers and nine privates out of 17
in the camp of the Palmetto Rifles,
gnd 3. E. Brodie, orderly sergeant of
Gary Evans Volunteers.
$500,020 Fire.
Fire at Yonk.-rs, N. Y., Tuesday af
ternoon destroyed two factory build
ings occupied by W. A. Reed & Co, hat
manufacturers,- Rouland Bros., hat
manufacturers, Pass Brothers, silk
manufacturers, and the lonkers
Silk company. The loss will
probably reach half a million dollars
an.d S00 people are thrown out of em
ployment. There were no casualties,
though the buildings were crovded
with emplcyes wnen the fire was dis
covered. The fire originated in the
blowing ron of the hat factory of
William Reed & Co., on the lower
floor of the Sheitiard building. T wo
large gas meers exoloded imnmediate
ly after the~ ilamres carst forth, and the
escaping gas helped to feed the flhmes.
Witn a fewv minutes the are was
breasing through the wiodows of the
fire and s'coni stories.
Tiee were t600 men ac d girls in the
building, the third, fourth and fifth
Iloors o: which were cccupied by the
sk factories. Intense excitement
prevailed w bile the empicyes left the
baildings by tee dre escapes, the girls
being taken out first, all losing their
s-.reet clothes, so little time was given.
The fire soon ate out the heart of th a
building and then portions of the walls
fed with the wind, carried the flames
to the building occupied by Howland
Bros. hat factory, and the interior of
this structure was destroyed.
Just across the street from the build
ing in which the fire started are the
big works of Alexander Smith & Sons,
the largest carpet manufacturers in
the United States. For some time it
looked as though these would go. T wo
thousand perso~ns were at work in the
carpe. iacoOris when the fire broke
out. Tey were dismisted and the
woks c osed. The lowest estimate of
the j-ses is q 3,000, and others run
as Ligh as 550U,000. Reed & Co.,
noree their le-ss roughly at $c;0,000;
It~-oland D-,s. Pss~ Bros , and the
Yk rs S k coompany are set -down
for 500) U ach De loss on the t wo
buiic.ings to:e:y destroyed is estimat
ec d ~ at --Jo The insuranIce will
prob)ably nearly cove-r the ioss.
A sPECial to :'e S>. Inuis Globe-De
meerat fromi Lo As 5e, Cal., says:
A ltter wr itte by- a Japanes'e oil
in Japau :o a frmer- Jananese oiicer
Jirir~-" in thi ci -cavys the infor
:ration that te J.caanese governmeLt
wil forar to: .olulu, in the 1i?6
te pr:ciJuy 1,500) Japanese imnmi
Le gario at Neegt, rkitg soldiers
a thedapamse emee andwill g
on shore in ooll mim ple citizens
but drilled and ready for miliiary duty
at one. The steancrs which are to
cne he menha eae chartered
by thn Japanese'venmnt and will
carry, in additior to the 1,50J0 passen
e-ers, ar'ms, smmunition and military
stores of sa~llient quantity to makte
it interestirng fr any party trying to
orevent the: landing. In addition,
ihree largre m'en o -war arc alren'dy
prepared to icare~ Yokohamsa, to ar
rive at Honolu'u at about the same~
time as the an.in of t oe-ed im
i c-eponda, who has been
educaed i the nia' t', usedm
t1 exrc o podub cvpie
doitYoufor it, an rmar ~.ked
P caicie::s re'd~ :n e u
-Pirel' with the brokers," says the
lnoenn Trnrint
CUT IN TWO.
BARKENTINE FLORENCE RUN DOWN
BY A STEAMSHIP.
Five Lives Lost, One of the Lnfortunates
Bein; the Czptain's wife-She Sank in
'hree M1nutes-Ail Happrned During a
Derae Fog.
The Allen Lire steamer Scandina
vian sr -ivd at Boston Wednesday af
terncou from Glasgow and brought
with :. r r four survivors of the crew
of the British barkentine Florence,
Captain Henry Olsen, which was sunk
in a colhsion with the Scandinavian
last Saturday while in a dense fog 2C
wiles south of Cape Rac3. Four mem
bers of the crew were drowned, to
eether with the wife of Captain Olsen.
The Florence was bound from Sydney.
S. B , to St. Johns, N. F., with a cargG
of coal. The men wro lost their livei
ere: Noah Myers, cook, aged 53
years; William Yabsley, aged 25 years
nephew of the captain's wife; Jame
Norman, seaman, aged 32 years
William Fry, seaman, aged 33 year
of Poole, Eng. The former three
were from St. Johns, N. F.
Captain Olsen said: "We left por
on Tuesday, the 20th inst., for St
Johns N. ., Thinking we were ap
prosching land, the vessel put abou
on the starboard tack. At 12:28 p. m
a shrill blast of a steamer's whistle wa
heard right abeam and before the
sound died a way, there loomed up
rcaking directly for us, the huge hug
of a a oceian s:t'amer.
"i was below when the first intima
tinn cae:c of the steamer's approacl
I and was hurriedly called on deck by
Ithe lookcut. Oa the way out of th<
cabia I calledi to my wife and she ii
turn aroused First Mate Elward Brcd
nick, who had come off watch at nool
and was in his bunk. Hardly had hi
reached the deck when the steamer
which proved to be the Scandinavian
was upon us. She struck us on the
pert side betwsen the main and miz
zen rigging. and before her head wa
was stopped, she went half wag
through us. While the vessels wer+
locked together, we were in no immedi
ate danger except from falling spars
which were dropping all about us or
the decks. The order to reverse thi
steamer's engines, which had beet
given when we were first sighted
soon had the effect of breaking he:
away from us and in about three min
utes after she pulled her sharp bov
out of the gaping wound in the sid,
of our vessel, the Florence went dowi
stern first in 90 fathoms of water. 0
the vessel's crew, Norris, the cook
Yabsley and Norman were never seer
after the vessel struck us. They wer
probably asleep in the forecastle.
"When the impact came Ole Olsen
the boatswain, and Seaman Rober
Essens jumped into the main rigging
and were soon followed by Mate Brod
nick and all three men swung them
selves onto the steamer's deck b;
means of the lower guard, being at
siated in doing so by the carpenter o
the steamer. Poor Fry appeared a
the side of the vessel just before him
by his shipmates on board the steame
and was pulled half way up the steam
er's side when he relaxed his hold, fe]
into the water and was never seer
again."
The captain was too much overcom
to tell of the drowning of his wife any
Mate Brodnick took up tha thread n
the captain's narrative. After tellin,
of his being summoned from his bun]
by the capotain's wife and jumping 0:
deck clad only in his shirt, he said:
"Im~mediately af ter reaching th
deck of the Scandinavian I got a coi
of rope and threw it to Capt. Olsen
who by this time was standing nea
the galley of the bankentine with hi;
'arms; around his wife. Mrs. Olsel
was crying and I heard the captai:
say that if need be they would die tc
gether. The captain secured the en'
of the rope and attempted to makei
fast about his wife, but the rope wa
rnot long enough and the steamer, jus
then backing away from tbe wreck
pulled the line from his hands.
calisd to those on the steamer to lowe
the life boat and Olsen, Sensin an<
Imyself assisted the crew in gettin;
the boat out of the davits. In the ex
to know just what to do. No iif'
could be found to cut the lashings o
the life boat and finally the carpeite
was obliged to sever the grips with,
hatchetr All this was valuable tim
lost and before the life boat had beei
gotten into the water the vessel wen
down. When the vessel took her las
plunge, the captain became separates
from his wife. Both were drawn int
the vortex caused by the sinking craf
and 1.s. Olsen never reappearei
above the water. The captain soo;
came to the surface and swam to a li!
buoy thro wn from the steamer, an<
this, with the life belt which he after
wards teceived and adjusted, kep
him afloat until the life boat mannet
oftescnd officer of the steamer
IWhen it was found that there was ni
hope fort the remainder of the crew
ti:e steamer was headed west and sb
continued on her way to Byston."
The Fiorence registered 199 ton
net, and hers dimensions were
Length, 114.8 feet; breadth., 21 5 feet
deeta of hold. 13 feet. She was bui]
at 'Brixhal, Egland is 1873.
Bloody Deeds la Alabama.
Jack Knizht, the regro who shc
and killed Jack Dantzler Wednesda;
night near Mobile, Ala., and shot an,
probably fatally wounded Policema:
Joseph Tucker in attempting to escapf
was captured at Hurrican Bayou, o:
heLouisville railroad, by the sectio:
foreman, and was brought to the cit;
by two deputy sheritrs and lodged i
jail Thursday afternoon. There wa
no demonstration. T wo murders an'
possibly three, were committed ther
Wednesday night, but no lynching
are probable. The victims were Thon:
as J ones, a Con federate veteran, Jac:
S. Dantz'e-, colored, and Policema:
fucker.
World'a Record Broken.
Ia the free for 4.11 pace at the Dris
ng park a.t Ot~tawva, Ill., Thursday
bree world's rec >rds were broken, be
'ng the~ fastest three, four and fiv
reats ever paced on a half mile traci
P earl G. by Roy Wilkes, took th
t..o first, and Coleridge, by C. F
Cla"y, the three last heats. Time-2 :10 1
2:10 2:00 i . 2:09 :2, 2:10 2.
Shot is WVife and Her t'.ra~mour.
Nrar Ciarendon, Ark., Thursday
Efonton Wilson, on returning how
found John Galvin with his wift
Ho istn fired a load of buckshot int
hi wife's side, inflicting fatal wounds
and then shot Galvin, lkilling him it
By Governor Ellerbe on the Sobjiect ce
Lynchlng.
Governor Ellerbe took occasion to
very plainly state his position in re
gard to mob violence Tuesday. About
noon the committee of negrces ap
pointed by the mass meeting held the
evening before to wait on him called
at his office. They presented to him
the paper they had teen instructed to 1 t
lay before him. The governor listened
attentively to the reading of the docu
ment. The committee consisted of the
Rev B. W. Baylor. C. F. Holmes, H.
E Lindsay and E. B. Thompson. The
paper was read to the governor by
Lindsay as follows:
To His Excellency, the Governor of
South Carolina:
As chief executive of our govern
ment we realize most forcibly you are
in a position to render much relief to
a much abused portion of our citizen
ship, and in consequence of the con- .
tinual reign of moz violence we are 1
forced to call upon you to exercise all.
law within your power to suppress
this growing evil.
i That the colored citizens are chiefly
the victims of these outrageous prac
tices, cannot be denied: the habit of
lynching negroes for the usual crime
has led to the taking of life by mobs
for small offences, such as petty lar
ceny, fighting, shooting or insulting,
etc.
We would not have you believe that
we do not discountenance all crime,
for there are among us thousands who
are just as sincere in support of law
and order as any citizens. We forever
condemn mobs in a civilized country
with established courts and laws. We
look upon the matter as did your pre
decessor, the Hon. B. R. Tillman,who
said in his inaugural address in 1890
that he did not see the use of mobs
when the j udgcs are white, jurors
white, sheriffs white and jailers white,
there was no earthly chance for a ne
gro who was guilty to escape.
We felt much pleased at the efforts
put forth by the members of the Con
stitutional convention in passing the
anti-ly och laws; we thought the effects
would have been to prevent the recur
rences of such acts, but to our sad sur
prise we have witnessed a reckless dis
regard of these laws by mobs.
We feel that you are in a position
to crown your administration with
lasting impressions and we appeal to
you in the name of humanity, justice,
the sacrel laws of our State and in
the name of the six or seven hundred
thousand colored citizens of our State
to uphold the law; and suppress the
lawless acts of the mobs.
We commend your act in making
an effort to remove the victim, Gray,
from Laurens to the State piter ia i
ry, and regret very much that your
efforts were not successtul. But we
hope you will make some strong ef
forts to overtake the lynchers and
vindicite the law. We also hope that
if the negro Chris Harris is overtaken
you will afford sufficient protection to
secure him from violence. We feel
t that this appeal is but a legitimate and
1 lawful way of bringing to your atten
r tion the distressed condition of the
negro citizens of the State, with the
Ihope that the evils may be checked
and the disastrous consequences of the
continuance of such practices averted.
Trusting that younwill do all in your
power to correct these existing evils,
we will ever pray, etc.
When the paper had been read, Gov
ernor Ellerbe proceeded to state to the
1committee that when it was thought
that Harris had been captured at Ben
nettsville he had promptly taken such
steps as would have prevented the
possibility of a lynching. Governor
Ellerbe then stated to the committee
rtat he was very much opposeid to
lynching and said further: "And as
1long as Iam governor I am going to~
Sdo all I can to suppress it. I[ am goings
to do everything possible to put a stop
As_ and aoverno concluded, Baylor
ros, ad aterthanking the governor
Sfor 'the courteous hearing gtven the
committee, said they would nave tue
governior to understand that they were
as much opposed to the usual crime
for which lynching was resorted to as
any race of people upon the face of
the earth. "Bat," said he, "we have
a law, and by that law the men who
are guilty of such crimes should die.
We, as law-abiding citizens and lead
ers have advised our people not to re
sort to any other means than those of
fered by the law, and to appeal to the
Sgovernors of the several states to see
that those laws are carried out."
SThis ended the hearing.
Female Gold Hunter.
tPauline Kellogg, the daughter
of Jadge Kellogg, an old miner of
SColorado, no no w h:ves in Chicago,
is about to start for the Kiondike to
engage in mining on her own accunt.
Sue was born at Breckinridge, Col.,
and lived all during her youth in an
atmosphere of mining speculation
SAlthoagh young and delicate, she i
determined to brave the hardships of
camp lire on the Yukon, and is only
waiting till she can start in the com
pany of some friends. She says: "I
am not going to look on tnere. 1
shall take up a claim, hire help, and'
superintend the work myself. Of
course, I know it is a life of hardship.
I can rememember some of the things
we used to go through in the cabin at
Breckinridge when the country was
new. There is an element of danger
in it, but I feel able to take care of
myself. I have known of women in
C .oiorad~o, who did juist this thing, and
grew rich. My expectations are mod
erate, out I do net see why I could not1
do the same"
A Consul Commite SuIcide.
SUnited States Minister Baker has ca
bled the state departoent that United
States Consul Otto Munchmeyer at
SanSalvador committed suicide there
Tuesday night. Mr. Baker says tnatf
he will appoint a vice consul to tak
charge of the ollice. Munchbmeyer was
appointed from West Y&iginia oIn
1895, first to the vies constusteaet
Acajular and later in the came year
to SanSalvador to fill the vacancy~
caused by the death of his f-er
few daysago Mr. Jensic -:ara
was nominated for the plc hl~db
eMuraehmeyer.
eG'adstone's weddllg ?aniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Gidstone Moda
ce1,-rated the 5sin annive~rsary ov
their wedding. Alany vesjie
in trc family rejcieiug at He wou.
and mores of the towns -pe. sal d
the venerable couple whi c en- thr'~
way to church. Bcth are in excellent
healta. Mr. Gladstone wait:ir os
with as much vigor as s any iime i
the last ten yers shaking hends ener
gatically and conversing with greatj
animatin.
RE YORK JOURNAL'S EXPEDITION
SAILS FROM SEATTLE.
Ha zardous Route to be Pursued-Some
of the :arty-. Fine O ntfit--Wil Rush
Through the Summer.
The New York Journal expedition
o the gold fields of the Klondyke, via
)yea and the Chilcoot Pass sailed on
he steamship City of Mexico at noon
uneday, from Seattle, Wash.
The expedition consists of Joaquin
Miller, the "Poet of the Sierras," E.
Livern ash and C. L Kreling, the
atter being the photographer of the
arty. The party is equipped with
upplies such as the miners carry, and
vill proceed is the same fashion and
ver the same route taken by those
who proceed via Jeneau or Dyea, the
atter point being 100 miles further
aorth.
The object of the expedition, which
sin charge of E. J. Livernash, is to
nake observations of the weather con
[itions, the nature of the obstacles to
e overcome, the state of the trail lead
ng over the mountains to the chain
>f lakes connecting with the rivers
unning into the Yokon, the various
nodes of transportation by land and
ater, and the cost of the same, and
he requirements per man for making
his trip in the way of food, tools and
,lothing. In fact, to obtain complete
nformation, which will be given to
he people through The Journal.
This trip which the expedition un
ertakes is the most hazardous route to
the mines, though it is the shortest.
rue longest and safest route to Daw
;on City, the centre of the Klondyke
ountry, is by way of the North Pa
ific cean and the Yukon river. The
atter route, it is said, will close in Au
ust, but The Journal's second expedi
dion, consisting of Charles G. Yale,
-tatistician of the mint at San Fran
isco and the best mining authority in
the west, E. H. Hamilton, an accom
plished newspaper writer, and Helen
Dare, a well known woman writer,
ill make the trip before the Yukon
:loses completely, even though the
river may be partly frozen before they
reach Dawson City. The second ex
pedition will also get other data that
will be invaluable.
Joaquin Miller, who accompanies
.he first exped ition, will write on min
ing camps as te sees them. He was
one of the argoia uts of '49, and was a
miner in Caliiernia in those days.
housands of persons witnessed the de
parture of the steamship and cheered
The Journal party. Among the freight
were 60 horses for the mining coun
try, which may be used to haul sup
plies, orfailing in that capacity, will
furnish food,~ wieh Promises to be
scarce in that country ttes winter.
The people of the city made t- day
a general holiday, and from all quar
ars poured down to the dock of the
Pacific Coast Steamship company,
where the Mexico was docked. Some
were there as early as 5 o'clock in the
morning and waited around while
busy laborers completed the work of
loading the ship. The Mexico carried
about 400 passengers, 80 horses, 1,200
tons of freight and a number of dogs.
With a few exceptions, the passen
gers are bound for Dawson City, and
they hope to reach there before many
weeks go' by. Men of every walk of
life were among the passengers. There
were more people present to see the
Mtexico leave than have witnessed the.
departure of any other steamer since
the news came down of the great finds
in the Klondyke country.
Judge Bond sent t wo of his sons on
the steamer to represent him. They
ad fine outfits. Judge Bond is well
known in New York, as he spends
most of his time there. He is a great
lub man and a personal friend of
Thomas C. Platt.
Tobacco M4en Mad.
The Dingley law has caused a panic
among importers of tobacco, who de
clare that one short paragraph in the
new law means a loss to them of
thousands of dollars every year. The
paragraph is a part of section 33 of the
act, which compels importers to pay
duty on tobacco at the weight it goes
into the bonded warehouse. - This
takes from the tobacco men a privil
ege that has for many years been ac
corded to them by the tariff laws.
Under the Wilson act and previous
saws, importers have had their tobac
co reweighed at the time of its with
drawal from bond warehouses and
one weight's duties were collected.
The weights of tobacco is greatly re
duced during the bonded period by
evaporation. When tobacco arrived
from a long voyage it is frequently
insufliciently cured and has absorbed
a large percentage of moisture. This
moisture evaporates in the warehouse.
Eperts estimate that the importers
save $25 to $10 a bale on Samatra,and
sometimes as high as $70 a bale on
H avana leaf by paying on the dried
ut tobacco. Importers will now gain
nothing by delay, but must pay du
ties at SLS5 per pound .of the weight
on tobacco at the time of its arrival.
They estimate that the loss u' import
ers in New York alone will be $500.
'00 a year.
A ?,oonshiner suicides
News of a remarkable case of suicide
re-ached Columbia, Tuesday. Frank
lin Lynch, a noted moonshiner, living
ten miles above Pickens C. H., in the
moutaias, took his life Suinday morn
in at t o'clock by shooting himself
~hruah the head with a Colt's revol
vr. 'yncha's still had been r-aided by
revenue cUicer3 and destroyed. For
at wee-k he had been druniz, and on
the watch for revenue raiders. It is
staed tuat he had determined to kill
aUv reveiae o!Beer cn sight. It is
also reported that he had family trou
bles. It is rupposed that his disap
nointment in not being able to get
egenance on the revenue officers,
added to~ his family troubles, led to
the seiefide. Eis wife claims that the
shoting was accidental. His little
d~uhter was the only withness to the
sootng. He lived six hours after
te shot, but never recovered consci
ousness.
Hanged in PhiladeT phias
Pasqutelle DAdrio was hanged in the.
count y j:ail at Philadelphia Wednesday
ocriig. The drop fei at 10:08 i
o' icck. 'The physicians stated that
Da'rio's neek was broken in the fall
-d t eatlt was instantaneous.
i -metorn es successful in every
1ai as d iolly de void of unusual
Thio '' --rime for which Dad
riof r*fi'el :n life vwas a particularly
bo oe O a Jsmary 23, 1897, he
cou a asaul~t upoin 3 year old
M~odestino Mcffo an then strangled
im. Al the parties involved were
ntn~an