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_VOL. XLII. __MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER l, 1897. THE OLD VETERANS, THE GREAT CCNFEDERATE REUNION IN GREENV.LLE. Meetirg of th4 South Carctna UFiviIon o United Oonftderate veterans of the United Sons of V'terane-- ULbounded Hoepitality of the People of Greenville. The recolection of the stirring scees enacted in the sixties were vividly re called Vedne:day in Greenville, by the presence of hundreds of battle scarred, gray-haired Veterans. who followed the fortunes of the Starry Cross of the Confederacy, and gave renown to many a leader. The meet ing of these Veterans was most atfect ing. Some of them had not seen each other since the sad surrenders at Appo mattox and Greensboro. Groups of these heroes who wore the grey could be seen at every corner, in the hotels about the public places where they lovingly recalled reminiscences of the glorious past-a past to which they recur with pride, and in which they displayed courage, and exhibited forti tude rarely equalled, certainly never excelled. Almost every commard that South Carolina sent to the field was represev id. Most of the Veterans belonged to districts contiguous to this coui ty. and are splendid specimens of the hardy and heroic men who for four years upheld the martial renown of South Carolina, and aidcd the armies of Northern Virginia and of the West. as well as the men who served on the coast, to repel the vast legions raised in the North by the Federal Government to conouer the South. The lower part of tne State also sent its quota of brave men to again join hands, and unite hearts with their comrades of the war. A notable feature of the gathering was that the Sans of Veterans were present in convention. They, together with 1 the Daughters of the Confederacy, have gone to work with a commenda ble spirit, and have shown that they are worthy of their honored sires, and that the future of Scuth Carolina will be safe in their hands. It is comfort ing to the veterans, whose footsteps are slowly but steadily approaching the border line which divides time from eternity, to know that when they have joined their comrades in the spirit land the fair fame of the Confederacy will be preserved and perpetuated by the camps of the Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy. That the Piedmont section furnished its full share of soldiers was amply shown at Greenville by a casual glance over the register. During Tuesday and Wednesday there were 1,200 Veterans who registered, and a great many did not take the Trouble to register, and of that number the vast majority were from Greenville, Spartanburg, Abbe ville, Anderson. Oconee and Pickens. What a throng it would make if the Piedmont sent its gallent soldiers to the coast to join in the reunion that is to be held in Charleston next year. While the general crowd was not as large as it was in-OarMuesTo - similar occasion, this has proven to be the largest gathering of Veter ans. There was in the neighborhood of 2,000 who wore the grey and did honor to their State. It was one of the hap piest gatherings that could be seen. Men actually shed tears in meeting friends and comrades whom they had not met in years and years, and be tween whom there was more than the ordinary bond of friendship. If the stories and reminiscences that were told could only be gathered in book form what a chapter of history it would make. How it would put to shame Goldwin Smith and others of the historical traducers of the South land. Gen. Walker by his hard work has given the Veteran Association an imn petus that it is sot likely to lose soon. One of the happy ideas in connection 'with the reunion this year was the elec tion of sponsors and maids of honor of the various camps. They were the heroines of the occasion, and were feted and cared fcr by all with the greatest attention. The Veterans and their sons and daughters are marching forward, and they will be in Cbarles ton next spring in full force, for the Veterans will decide to go there, and the Sons will follow their lead. Mana ger Gales, of the Mansion House, who knows a thing or t wo about hotels an d - their facilities, in talking about the gathering there, said that if the hotels of Atlanta had tried to accommodate the crowd there they couldi not have done so. But this did not mean that those who attend lacked for ac commodations not a bit of it. House after house and home after home had opened its doors for the Veterans and their friends, and every one who was there had ample accommodations, and there was no attempt or suggestion of gouging or try ng to take advantage of the situation. The Convention was calle d to order by Col. Host, as commander of tae Greenville division- He said that be fore going on he would ask for a pray er by the chaplain of the division, the Rev. S. P. H. ILwell. With all the feeling and fervor of the old soldier preacher he prayed fur the soldiers who had gone ahead, ar~d that the Veterans would continue to live with out stain or blemish upona the record of the Confederate soldier. Col Hovt then introduced Ex Lieu tenant Governor Mauldin, chairman of the committee of arrangements, who welcomed the Veterans on oehalf of Camp Pulliam. Mayor Williams, as a member of the 16th, welcomed the audience for the city of Greenville. The greatest privilege that could be given to any community is to enter tain the old sol dier. The memories that this pictur e recalled so affected him that ib almost unfitted him to sr~eak. It was the grandest day in Green ville since the sixties, when the reports came: bLee has licked them again.' He never liked to surrender, but did so to such brave visitors. Major Gen. C. Irvine Walker then on behalf of the Veterans, respondec to the hearty welcome. According to the co-nstit'ition ore c the first things to be dce is to pay tribute to the Con'ederate dead. A the signal from Major General Walk er every one of the hundreds of sol diers r'oe and joined in the tribuat to the dead. This tribute was followe( with a tribute to the women of th Confederacy. .. The work of organizing the Conven tion was then entered upon. Adjt Gen. Holmes having charge of tr making of the roll. After the reading of the roll Map Gen. Walker read his splendid repor of the work during the past year. Upon motion of Gen. Carmie it wa decided to receive at the night sessio: the resort of ti-c ccomitt' eon the pro position to build a monument to the Con'ederate women. Ol. Hoyt rt (.:ested that all of the sponsors meet t. the Southern U1ol'l during the af trrron Mrs. 6. Reed Shoney hss ur.d rtSaen to have a mural tablet erected to the memory of the signers o' the 04 nance of Secession, and Gen. Walker asked that the descendants of the sign ers and all interested meet at the Man sion House relative to the proposition. The audience was so large and the ditilculty of hearicg so great that Capt Lide moved that Col. Hoyt be requested to aprcint a :Necial deta I with palnettostaves to keep peace and order. Things had been going along quiet iy, when some cf the old soldiers wanted to give fire and snap to the prcceedings, and called upon Gen. Butier for a speech. 'Ihe demand be came imperative, whereupon Gen. Batler said he had no idea of breaking into the proceedings, even make ackaowledgement of the honor shown him, but he hoped at some other time to have something to say that would interest the Veterans. He asked to be excused from having anything to say at this time. He said he was pro foundly grateful for the opportunity of meeting so many of the old soldiers, and it was a sincere and honest pleas are for the Veterans to meet each oth er, for they and he were all getting old very fast. He then feelingly ra Iered to his attending the funeral ser vice of General Mc'Towan, and told how the whole populatiou turned out to do honor to that old soldier. He thought that it was as little as could be done for the old soldiers to comc together orc every year. He heart ily thanked the Veterans for the hon or shown him in calling on him. Capt. W. Aiken Kelly, of Charles ton, in behalf of Gen. Elward McCra :y and others, cifered resolutions rel alive to the death cf Gin. McGowan. Upon motion it was ordered that the resolutions be printed. Daring the reading of these resolutions the name of Gen. Hampton was mentioned and this provoked a long and loud outburst from the old soldiers After the transaction of routine bus iness the convention adjourned until evening when it reassembled NIGHT SESSION. It is seldom that such a scene as that of to-night is witnessed. A hall crowded with young and old Caroli nians went wild with enthusiasm over a bevy of charming and pictur esque women as axe to be seen any where. The sponsors were to attend the meeting to night in a body, and owing to the rain were a litde late, but when they did cme, with Col. Hoyt at their head, what an ovation they received: At the suggestion of Gen. Walker the audience arose en masse to receive these promising young women of Carolina. The line march ed into the hall with flying banners. After the young ladies had been seated on the rostruim the young men of the Sons of Veterans came in and occupied front seats. Gen. Walker. m .ryong ladies as the inspiration of our brave deeds ten welcomed the young sponsors. He spoke with much fervor, and spoke of how their mothers had devoted their lives to the Southera cause, and how he hoped they would grow up to follow in the ideas of devotion, and patriotism their mothers had, and aid that the Veterans felt proud to ave such guests He then spoke to he Sons of Veterans, and said as the cung ladies could not speak for hemselves they had a yworthy spokes an in Gen. Bonham, a son of a gal ant soldier. Gen. -Bonham respond ed ia behalf of the young lady spon sors, and he said all history could be searched for such a scene as this. More than thirty years ago this people was declared conquered, and yet here are thcusands who celebrate their part in this struggle. This is :ue to the fact that the Southern sol :iers fought for principle and loyalty, that is why not su::h a scene is pre-I eted else where.I He graphically pictured the suffyer ings and motives of the Southern sol dier. Great anid glorious as were the achievements of the soldiers there were others who endured as much, the women of the Confederacy. He was old enough to have received last ing impressions of the scenes at home and the wayside hospital. If the time should ever come when the mem oies of the past are waning the w'o men will keep them alive. Tney were last at thbe cross and first at tne tomb, and will always be fo-und fore most in this resurrection of the South. They will always be true and loyal. (plause ) Gen Bonham was full of enthusiasm, and spoke with much fervor. He concluded amid shouts of applause. When Gen. Bonham took his seat there were numerous calls for "But 1 er." The Chair then reminded the Con vention that the business before the meeting was to consider the report of the committee on the monurnent to Confederate women. The crowd was finally qui-eted upon being promnised hat Geu. Butler would speak later. Then, on account of the sick ness of Rev. Mr. Elwell, c'aairman of the monument committee, Gen. Carwi le read the committee's report, which recomnmended the adop-.io: of the f01 lowing resolutions: 1. We recommended that a comn mitte be appointed, to be known as th:: general committee, comoosed of shall have power to appoint sub corn mittees as they may deem proper, t assist them in whatever way they may indicate. 2. That the general committee b. authorized and empowened to :.dop1 such methcds asthey mayad judge bes to raise the necessary funds to creci the monument. 3. We recommend that the aid oi the Daughters of the Confederacy ane the Sons of Confed~erate 'eterans bi solicited in this enterprise, and tha they he allowed to adopt their owm methods severally for raising fund and awakening sympathy and enthu siasm in the undertaking. 4. We recommend tiat the genera committ.ee be autuoriz d to locate tn monument in such town as in thei iudoment offers the best inuuceme t ihe iotaliiy and money being consid jered. S. P. H. Elwell, Thos. WV. Car -wile, Wmr. L-ott, Co~maitte3. SCol. F. Mi. M'ii.on, of C-lambia Smoved the adoption o Ihe committee i .port as a whole. TJ!s was inlta ~rupted by cal's for i}:ier to spean - and when he s:epp d otL. thst: wit: his stick in h-and inere was a might: burst of applause. sGen. M. C. Batler said that he p -e 1 ferred that the Rev. DT. E wmal shek , sddress himst-l to the rcsolutions, bit ss the che p'ain could not be p-esent he would undertake the task. It was p1cuiiar that while the :ates of the North had called upon both the State and Federal Governments to aid them in erecting monuments to their dead the women of the South, in their 1f orts to p'see monuments to the South ern dead, had never asked for a d'l lar's worth of aid from the Govern ments. Gen. Butler said that such a monument would appeal to the syrn p lti-y of the civilz:d werld. He re iated hcw a mcdest monument has been ;.r ctEd to Mrs. Horn in Saluda county. She had followed htr hus band and son througii the war. The only other monumeat to the women of the Confederacy was that of Capt. White. He plcp sed that a come:nit tee prEp.sre an essay on the late war. He nad just read a paper by General Dodge, of Massacbusetts, which spoke of Lee and Jackson in the highest terms. Another Federal army officer said an account of the disparity of numbers wculd show the Southern I army to be have been the grea'est in history. He went on to rela.e the dis advantages of the Southern soldiery. ! The world is now beginning to realize what magnificent soldiers the South had. Kilpatrick, in an olicial state ment to the government, had said that he (Butler) and Wheeler and Hampton took 1-i0 prisoners, and yet be would swear tuat he took 475 pris oners. When he was talking about Kilpatrick's escape someone suggested that he ran in his drawers. (Applause ) Gen. Batier said he was not dressed: that was all he knew. He expressed his grateful acknowledgements for the audience given him. Chaplain E well was presented, and said that but for his deep interest in the cause se would not speak at all, because he was sick. He pathetically pctured the return or the Confeder ate soldiers, and tow the women were unconquered and cheered the return ing troops. It has been said that bat for the women the war wcu'd have ended in a year. L- s. than to build this monument cannot be done. In the name of God let not the valor of the Southern women be unmarked. His heart was bubbling over in the work. He asked the endorsement of the young women. They ought to be as p -oud of their mothers as of their fa~ters. He was willing to erect a monument for the whole Szu h, but South Carolina led the way, let her be first to erect a monument to her women, and he wanted it in some p'ace in South Carolina. He wanted substantial eviarnce tonight. He wanted some idea of what would be raised, and if not secured it would do no harm to promise itand do the best to try and raise it. The resolutions were adopted. Tne roll was called to see how much each camp would try to raise. They responded as follows: Camp Sumter, through Gen. Coward, promised to try to raise one thousand dollars. Much applause. Camp Catawba, Rock Hill, through Mr. Jones, oifired to do all possible, and would work inwar' geo. aiiip Jasper hawthorne pram iced to try $1 for every menber. Camp Pulliam, Greenville. was put down for $500. Palmetto Guard Camp tl00, Camp Jas. D. Nance, Newber;y, Wt0; Abner Perrin, Eigedeld, $L a head, $50; Camp Hampton, $100; Camp Walker, Spartanburg. $200. Camp Secession, Abbeville $l per member; Camp Wyatt Aiken, Green wood, $50; Camp Austin, Green vile. $75; Cainp Garlington, Liurens, $i00 or more; Camp Foster Marshall, $l00; Camp Marion, Marion, $75; Camp M. Jenkins, York, $75; Camp Holmes, W at-:rloo, $1 per member, $20: Camp Jim Hageod, Allendale, $50; Camp Jackson, Lay ton, $100; Camp Fort Mill, $10: Camp B3yd, Jonesville, $35; Camp COsens, Clinton. $S0; Camp M. C Batler. $50; Camp Giles, Union County, $50: Camp Edward Manigault, $50; Camp Kioatr.ck, Seneca, $100. The Sons of Veterens, through Gen. Bonham, volunteered $150, with priv ilege of increasinor. Many camps were not representel Wednesdlay night or had not decided upon the amount to be subscribed. Chaplain Elwell made a final appeal for every camp to be rep resented. Over $-3.u00 was raise I to. night. J. L. Swink, of Woodruif, of fered $1.0. The Convention then ad journed until 10 o'clock Taursday morning. On Thursday morning Chaplain Elwell renew'ed his efforts for the monument for the women of the Con-. federacy. He wanted the camps absent the night before or undecided to come up ewuld have no camp left out. he wanted every regiment to charge and be at the front. It would waste too much time to go through a roll call, but the camn could indicate what they aim for. The offers were not pledges, but the ex oectation of the members: Camp Darhtngton, $.ito: Camp Orangeburg, 450: Camp Dick Anderson, $7R Sumter; Camp Steph en D. Lee, 800 Anderson: Camp Haskell, $100. alhlia: Cam o Rhett, ICharleston, $50. Camp Crittenden, Piedmont, $25: Campn Henegan, Marl ooro Gio, Bnnevile; Camp at Lein tn .10 Ca-op Jim Tillman, $100, P arksviile; Camnp McCreery, Aiken County V53, P lenton; Camp Bland, Brad ley, I per member; Camp A -nders.n, $5dw; Camp Eershuv, $50J; Car Pee-D)ee IFiorence,$lu0; Curnp IRobinson, $53 J. W. Red, Chester, Ipersonal, $5 IMajor Mauldin, on belaif of the ladies of Greenville, invitedithe entire assemblase to a picnic near G-eenville. IThe iaitation was accepted witfl pleasure-. C n. WXalker said the Vet erans were getting a litle old, but they wanted to march there, as he uni Iderstood, an d hemested that a line be formed outsid of thet ?all atI. o'&clock. -Charleston was cucien at the next place o mee'ing Then ca-m'a te- cton ci offloers. CoGl. Card tock eniarge of the meet ing. and asked for omitiatone. Mr. Schumiper' named the~ presert odiers, and G(n. aW\aliter tried t) set to the front to dcle,' but the mi~tionl was put ~ and wit l 2:nius vote the llowirn s'C cers~ were ltd Sta: : Coli. James G. lbnes, adij' tant general, ebief ot sitf Chares 'on- Lieut. Col. E. Scottarsoni s-oector genEral, Sumnter; L>eu:. CJ. E P. W\ain, quarter'mu...r -enrd Charleston; Lie:-t. Col.G,. Lake ICl.J.N. Moore, suige er 8Srtanburg; Lieut. Col. Not W Saand, jud-ge adivocate~ c'ral, Co t lu-nbia; Rev. S. P. Li. L 11 ca jlain general, KIngstree; -y N. Ingranam Haseil, aide, C eston: AGAIN THE ALLIANCE GREAT GATHERINGS OF THE CLANS IN UN'ON COUNTY. 'enator Tillman Talks to Them-He is 6e coivrd With the Old Time Enthusism. Dnt can. Winborn and Wilson Also Sp ~ k. 0-e of the largest gatherings seen in Union County for years was held at Deck Pord church Thursday. four, miles above Union, the occasion beinl the Union County Alilimce rally. It had been given out some days ago that Senator Tiliman would be pres ent to address the aszemblage, and at an early bour Tnursday mcrning clouds of dust were seen on all the roads leading into town from the low er porti.on of he county. caused by people going to the neating. Many went up on the morning train to .join the thron;. There were between 1 500 and 2,00 people present, inc'uding quite a large number of ladies. Mr. D. P. Duncan was the first speaker introduced. He urged the Alliance to reorganize and stick to gether. He told them of their strength and how they were feared by the trus.s, whose whole aim is to grind down the people and make them py Exorbitant prices for anything that they could get control of. He illus trated by recounting the great fight that was made against the cotton tie trust and the great advantages that re sulted to the farmer by the suc:ess of the fight. He said oie would have some idea what an enormous profit would have went into pockets of the trust if they bad not made the fight, if the multiplied half a million bundle ties necessary for the crop of the south by the 70 cents raise they had put on each bale. He spoke for an hour telling of the good work the Alliance had done in the way of bringing the agricultural and laboring classes together through out the land, notwithstanding the slurs of the newspapers in their squibs, say ing the Alliance was a corpse, was a dead thing of the past, and that those same people would some day find to their undoing that the Alliance is the most lively corpse they ever had any thing to do with. He complimented Senator Tillman for the work he was doing in the senate, and said that he was keeping wide awake to the in terests of the farmers. He told of the trouble the Alliance had at organiza tion by politicians going in for per sonal advantage, getting left and drop ping out. He said we need statesmen we don't need so many leaders. The country, if ever saved, would be through the Alliance principles and not by politicians; that the politician dares only for the people while trying to secure their votes. He deplored the fact of Texas going into the cotton raising business and go ing out of sheep raising. Give them a wool tariff, so they would raise sheep, and iet us raise the cotton. Texas could raise a bale to the acre witncut fertilizer; we can't compete with them. We want more manufacturing indus tries. We need to ma*.ufacture those things which we buy from the north. We want people nere who will con sume farm products and not produce them. This will give us better prices. Mr. Wilborn of York, president of the Alliance, was next introduced. He told of the work he was doing and pro posed to do in the way of reorganizing the Alliance, and told of the soreheads who had gotten into the Alliance and done it more harm than good because their personal exoectations were not realized. He urged the reorganization in every section of every county of the Alliance, until the entire yeomanry of the State should move solidly together in any measure looking to the advance ment of the general welfare of the agric-ultural interests of the country. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson was next in roduced as the silver-tongued orator of Spartanburg, and spoke for forty minutes mostly upon national issues. Advocating the cause of bimetalism as the remdy for hard times, he said that when silver was cut down that there was about an equal amount of silver and gold. The result was the cutting off half our money; and scarce money always caused hard times, while plenty of money caused good prices and good times. Pricrs had gradually advanced 1 per cent a year for twenty years prior to 1873, and since then in six years the price went down to 20 per cent. He said the is sue of greenbank bills was the starting point of the money monopolists in their destructive work. Greenbacks were a necessity, but the bankers in serted a clause that they should not be goed for interest on the national debt and import duty. From this be ginning they had gone step by step until they now have their clutch on he very throat of the government. He was opposed to the tarif on cotton ; was in favor of getting as lo.w tsritt as possible; showed the extra cost the 60 per cent. taritK would make on wear ing apoa.rel, etc. Hie said the tariff was not a revenue, and that while ten millions of revenue would be raised one a-dred and fifty million wiil go into tne pockets of the manufacturers, who are thus protected again~st for ign importation. We should not tax coton, because we export it; should tx rice, because we imiport it. Eryp tian cotton is n-o more in competition to our cotton than it is to wool. It is an entirely different article. After dinner Mr. Tillmian was inmro duced. The crowd had patiently waited to hear the senator, and from the cheers that wvent uo i was evident that he had lost no ground in Un-ion county. He v-as th" same blant T iil mran that faced the Union peal ini 1890 ad since, and hehtjtasar icks as ever. Hie iaciteu ques'o:s from the audience, and got tuemn and ave quick and ready aswer to all. which got the audience as enthusias tic as of old, and rmauy remariked that old Ben was just s good, if not bet er; than ever He gave an account of his ste ward-hipJ in the senate aud ga'.e some of the new-spapers and some of his enemnies generally fits for trying to 'turn the people againist him by a pack o lies. He denied emphatically inat he ha~d got a cernt of rebate; said thouse woa accused. hi~ of isaid it was be caus he had ha~d t-he opportunity, whcK wa virtuall a dmitig 'nat He~ 'gae Judge Si nonon-tat shot aoo p)m opp " to i espemary, t, "becautse .ehdteosaiy m ent of the dispensar by to ,a Ehn the state dispensary, w~obud be an imrprovemecnt, he said, --If w~e can not find honest mnen to run one insti tution, and tbey will steal, if it was worked locilly there would be one hundred staling machines instead of one." He said if the railroads hauled the originol packages in violation of tie dispensary law, they should be presecuted. Being asked if it was by his in iluence that McLaurin was ap pointed senator, he replied that he was in Washington at the time. He did not commit himself. He said he was hands cii in this election, but that he knew the People were going to vote for ' John." Tillman's talk was imoromptu, and had the sound of a conversation with the boys, which took immensely with them, an.d he was assured by them several times that he was as dear to them as ever. anna they were going to keep him where he is. He said that no politicians made him; that God made him, and the people found him and nut him where be is, and, so help him G:d. he was going to stand by them and talk out in meeting br their rights, no matter who his pitchfork went into, and that he talked to those fellows in washington just like he talked here. He voted for a tariff on white pine, cottou, etc. He knew that a cotton tariff would do no one any good, but he had an object in it, which he will use out west next year in his speeches to them. He depends on the wool hat boys for his re election. PENSION FRAUDS. The Expense for Penestns Ste .dily Swell ing. A statement drawn up at the pen sion olli~e shows that the number of pensioners on the roll for June 30, the end of the last fiscal year, was 983,52S. This prodigious total breaks all records, the surprihiag fact being that now, 32 years after the clcse of the civil war, the number of pensions is larger than at any preceding time, although the ravages of death among the survivors of the war arc now be coming so great. In other words, the influx to the list still exceeds the in creasing cutflow. in 1865, the last year of hostilities, the number of pensioners of June 30 was set down at S5,986. A year later it got into six figures, with 129,722. The increase thenceforward was steady, yet moderate, until 207.495 was reached in 1871. Two years later, in 1873, what then appeared to be its maximum was attained, June 30 show ing 288,411; for the following year it fell to 236,24., this being the first de crease in a cozen years. The next June there was a falling off to 234,821; the next, to 232,137; the next to, 232, - 104; the next, to 223,99S. But then, just as a continuing ebb, with these five successive years, seemed assured, the tide turned. The arrears and other pension acts made a vast diff rence. In 1879 the record for June 30 rose to 242,755, and each suc ceeding June from that time has shown an increase, larger or smaller, up to the one just past. In 1883 the num benad grown to 303,65S; in 1SS7, to Cc'11 while in 1890 it passed rt. half million mark, June 30 of that year showing 537,944. Thereafter it took prodigious bounds inflaenced largely by the disability pension act. The first year's jump was nearly 140,000, t' 675,160 in 1891; while even that was outdone by an increase of nearly 200,000 in the fol lowing twelve monhs, to 876.068. A third increase brought the number to 966,012 on June 30, 1893. Just there, however, when there was a general expectation of reach ing the million mark the following June, since fewer than 34,000 net additions were reauired to do it, the annual gain d .Ma~dled to a fe w thous and, the number reached being 969, 544 The next year the gain was smaller yet, not quite a thousatnd, the total being 970, 524. When, theref ore, last year, the gain fell off to only 154, the total being 970,678, it seemed an easy prediction that this year there would be an actual loss, and that the ebb would again set in. But, on the contrary, the gain is the striking one of 12.850, or the biggest in four y ears, and with only 16,472 more to be made up, the million mark may soon be reached.-New York Sun. AN AS3ASSIN'S BULLE~. Lays Low The President of the Repuzbic of Uruguay, During a national fete which was held at Mentevideo, Uruguay, Wed nesday, President J. Idarte Borda was shot and killed by an assassin. The assassination of the president occurred as he was leaving the cathedral, where a Te Deum had been sung. President Borda died almost immediately after he was shot. Tne assassin, a youth named Arredondo. was arrested. Senor Cuestas, president of the senate, has assumed tne presidency of the re pubiic ad interim. Senor J. Idarte Borda was elected president of Uru guay for the term extending from MIarch, 1894, to 1893 The bete at which he was assassinated was being held in celebration of the indepen deoce of Uruguay, which was achiev ed on Auaust 25, 1825. At the time of Sen-or Borda's election he belonged to the ollicial party and was eeted oy a very narrow majority. The peo ple, it was said, were sadly disappoint ed' a t te result, but order and q-uiet was maintained. The leading pipers Gf Uruguav deplored the election of Sencr B'orda and declared that it marked a reactioni in toe country progress Liter, President B~rda is sued a proclamnation t> tthe elfect tiat 'iradin iration woyuld condu~ct the busss of the state i the interest of the wnole nation and that Le would invite 'he assis:ance of all p~iitical p arties to) that end. This proclama tionmd very favorable impres sion. An attemot was made to assas sinate the presidient on the afternoon of Aoril 21 Jast. An unknown man met PresidJent Borda on the street and shot at him. 'The president escaped without inj ary and tbe criminal was cptured. On that occasion the presi deut, accomipanied by his aide, Lie-ut. Goi. Turrene, had been horse.ba rdn.As ne diamounted in front of tae government palace a yo-uth ap ,r" "ned him and d e " a m:-toi. Be fore th?e ltiger could. oe pulled Leit. Col Turren'e struck up the arm of the w~ould be assa sin and trio ball pissed o7Ce' thed president' h ead. Another tempit to assassnate him was mvade on -a-v 2), wheni he received a temo sent !o hi-m from' La P'iata, Ar .en tine. It was in a box and so ar ranged that it would explode when the box was opened. Fortunately, suspicion was aroused, and the box was turned over to the p~1ice and de CRAZED BY RELIGION. NEGROESOF MOUNTVILLE IN A STATE OF HYSTERIA. Hundreds of Blacks Gather at a Place of Glori fication- Platform Arranged Where the Falithfal May Lie Down and Re!st. rhe white :eople at Mountville, in Laurens ecunty, are witnessing deeds amazing and exciting that are per formed by frantic negroes. reiigion craz d. Tvo weeks ago a church bell was received here for the colored church, which sits in the southeastern portion of Mountville and since that time not ten minutes have passed when the sound of this bell was not heard. Then the crisis came on. As soon as it was mounted in the steeple it was rung for six consecutive hours, after which the tolling apparatus was for six hours used. The ringine, they claim, was to an nounce the time of gathering to wit ness the final burial of the devil, whose deatn was announced by the tolling. The ministers claim that they have attended the court of heaven, where God, the judge, after the devil had been convicted by a jury of twelve representative angels from abroad the universe, passed sentence on him, turning him over to the col ored people of Mountville vicinity to bury once and forever. When this claim was announced abroad an invitation sweeping every where was sent urging all colored per sons to come to witness the destruc tion of Satan. Forthwith they began to assemble and since two weeks ago they have come to remain. The first to come have not yet left here. There seems to be a spirit work ing from home to home, causing every one to come. The news is scattered more and more each moment and still they come. No signs of food they oring,nor drink, nor does it seem they do aught but shout. E rery passenger train that passes carries by people wondering whether such unceasing sounds as that may be caused by j )y or woe. The grounds are not dotted here and there with a group, but one immense throng fills five acres .,q iare and in the centre packed. A near-by cornfield is being tram pled down, and like a wave that from its centre spreads this people stretches out broader and broader. A portion shouts from one sounding of the bell to the other-ten minutes and then another begins. There is a petition and a response: "Lord, don't call the roll till I gits dar," goes up from four or five thous and voices and they say a voice speaks out from the throne of God, saying: "I will not call my roil till my Mountville negroes get here." According to their saying they hold a position, midway between earth and heaven and that they have no more earthly feelings and have no memory of the past and recogniz , no bodily needs. Mountville negroes are more inde pendent than negroes elsewhere in South Carolina and have nice convey ances, but mules and horses are driv en here to starve, receiving no atten tion. E ich train incoming unloads fifty or sixty negroes and they strike a run for the church. Benches are debris and the floor is a wreck. Women embrace men and men each other. Now and then eight or ten get in a tussle ar'd a woman comes out half naked or more, but still she paces about in wild shouting. Their faith strengthens. Several black maidens are stepping from timber to timber across an unceiled loft and worship there; the bell now rings and now tolls. Now and then hands on a passing train, by some spirit moved, desert their post and lock themselves in this heaven going throng. A platform is built in front of the churcih three feet high and twenty feet square, on which negroes are laid to recover strength and senses after they have lost them in their shou ting. This platform is unceasingly hiled. Occasionally the congregation looks toward the east in concert and says: "Lo! See stars and moons and suns rolled back from our aerial path and hear the mighty song of welcome echoing from universe to universe." When the sun is rising they pat their feet, keeping time to the music made by angels' bows as they glide across the gray lines that fret the mor ning skies. Thunders roll and lightnings leap, but this excited throng does not seem to hear them. A bicy cle rider of their color, whose faith is strong. attemnpted to wheel it up to heaven by inclining a twenty foot plank upward and by rapid speed ascending it to run cif~ its upper end and fall a cripple. There is a great craze among these enthused people for raiments of white and if one happens to arrive with a dark suit on, so much is at once re moved as shows up awhite costume. The white propie in this place are uneasy as to what will result from these proceedns It wouldb usees to a'.tempt to disperse such a couaregation,. for it is increasing daily by 600U to S00 and as soon as a negro .arrives he fails into their ways, insensible to all earthly surrounamgzis. shot His W:Ie. William Harper. who li\ ih miles southea.st of CanalIton, Md.,snot and killed his wi>- about 2 o'clock Wednesday mornin;g. Hariper claimns that he nadl been out wit l'i gun to see what wvas disturbing his c~.ckens and as he we~s rroinj bac: :io the houzse. he sumible- ..'d fell when the gun was accid-ntally dischirged. shooting iris wife in tW back: and m:iii of HLaroer s reputation and prious trouble between hi wife and himself, a great many people think the shoot ing was not an accident. Mrs. Hlarper leaves a babe aou: a month old and another small ciIl. Harper is about 28 -ears cl-i. Sous~ of VOteraus. Tue Second lAnual Conventi.'n of the South Carolina Division, United Sons of Confederate V-eteraus, was called to order at 10. 20 A. M. in the Knights of Pythias Hall, Or aeuvilie, oy Msjr Gen. M. IL. B ha. com manding the dvison. On tCe sa with Gen. B::ham were setd tae Rev. Dr. A. J. 8. Titons chapl.u, tM' Hon. A. Ht. Dean, Rlb A. Smyth, -commander in-chief'T? convention was opened with- a pra-er by Dr. Thomas. The rol of cap was then called, the del ecates prod .e ing their credentials. The conlvention finished its business and ad journe d the R 'LROAD3 vO Z U }. Se usat.ional A ct:. nt oUr State, The expected sentatior in dispensa ry circles did nct re:wr Th:sacy from the attorney ger m.. ori: as was ex prcted, but it -,.er *in the e xecu:tive ollice. Gov. 'Er ' r sed him self very plainly a uty n thet ie sitation as f ir as i' de toe dispeu sarv. He said State wculd bdgin proceedinc -ca cc against those ra.ilroads wvhich : i ou d orii packe Pqu-:rs i't'e S:atc under the following :e'i ,.of th:e dispensa rv iaw In all purc' :ac oU sa c- of intoxi cating liquors m::e a; cr templated in this act, the de bord Of control shall cause a cartiaicte to be attached to each and every package contaiing said liquors when the sarne is shipped to the S:ate commissioner from the place of purchise, Cr by Sate com missio:er to the cointy dispensaries, certifiSed 7 their ofiicial signature and seal, which certifcate shall state that liquors contained in said packages have been purchased by the State board of control for sale and use with in the State of South Carolina, under the laws of said State, and shalt also cause to be attached to all such liquors the certificate of the chemist of the South Carolina College that samples of the same have been tested as re quired by this act; and without such certifcates any package containing 1i quors which shall be shipped fro place to place within the State, or de livered to the consignee by any rail rcad, express company. or other com mon carriers, or be found in the pos sessioo of any common carrier, shall be regarded as contraband, and may be seized without warrant for con iisca tion, and s ich common carrier shall be liable to a penalty of $500 for each offense, to be recovered against said common carrier in any court of cox petent jarisdiction by summons and comolaint, proceeding to be insti tuted by the solicitor of any circuit with wnom evidence may be lodged by any officer or citizen having kno .l edge or information of the violation; and any person attaching or using suc'h certificate without the authority of the State board of control, or any counterfeit certificate for the purpose of securing the transportation of any intoxicating liquors within this State in violation of lax, shall, upoa con viction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than $500, and imprison ment in the penitentiary for not less than one year for each offense. The governor was asked how he could proceed against the railroads under Judge Simonton's decision. He replied that the decision refeered to individaals and not to railways. He said proceedings would be commenced "forthwith if not sooner." Continuing, the governor said: "I am anxious to see the dispensary sound and given a fair trial. If it pans out it will be all right; if not the people can change it. I believe it the castfigtr law and a majarity of the people favor it. "I am glad to see," he continued, "that a good many towns opposed to the dispensary law are requiring licenses or demanding half of the profits in keeping with the dispensary law." The governor was asked to name these towns but he said that he did not think it necessary now. Asked as to what he thought of the nrohibition movement the governor said: "I don't think it will amount to anything. Bet ween it and high li cease the people will vote for prohibi tion, as under a hizh license the law could not be enforced. It would be too much like the old barroom systemn -with so many temptations to make money and so many ways to evade the law." As to the possible action of the legis lature the governor said that the pro babilities were that some amendments would be made to the dispensary law. What they mnight be he d-.i nor. csre to suggest, but he said that he e-ould make some recommendations in his message. As to what they would be he did not care to speak. Returning to the subject of the tuit against the railroads it was stated that the suit would be brought into the State courts and should an attempt be made to carry the case to the Uaited States court, the charters of the roads would be annulled under a sta:u'. passed by the last legislature.-Regis ter. Bahr Th Saep ended. Governor Ellerbe Tuesday mocrning made the otlicial announcement that he suspended Chief Constable Baiir, who has been in charge of the cons~a balary in Charleston since the present administration took charge of the af fairs of the State. The governor stated that he had been suspended until afull investigation could be ma de into c~r tai nmatrs. When asked, he said that he did not care to discuss the rea sos for the susPensnofCifBhr; orthe present~; he sml ihdt make teannouncement. Tae sus pendecd chief arrived in Columnbi. last night and will have a talk with gover nor Ehkrbe today. Gavernor Eileros, says that until the investigation referie.i to h-as teen neli and tic-al action has been taken in Mr. Bahr's case, the constables in Charlaston will be reouired to report directly to the governo'r's otilOc, when they Iwill receive their instractious. O'f course, while the governor would not tasabut te cause of t bspmau, r esons there fore could be ,eardK -l where. It appears that BaThr has been oigtoo much talking through the nea pers don vrin Gnariesto::. as sum i c be the mnouthniece of Go~er zorL Eerne HI, had it is sad ben -ar:ed about thi's ~ e.:ra tims. .1na tis said haterisn-oe of th mepropltn coli:-. hy ac- chre v:it theefrzato teisesr i la nCok - canhe arzcoplsh-u eth oth. Itmyb 0tte6m s The Crti in. h Carit C-a t :-ho Each I)her to Death. d .v Usa mn fugh ;od--r.o ~and- Eyed two hours. Dota -m pro mint Steei was a D.-mocratie >ai eand Young a Republican leader, an they qairai. oer pnlitia. TUE QUEEN'S REPLY S COMVUNICATED TO MRS.J=FFER SON DAVIS By Mini;ter )elone Courteous and Gra clout -is C! neros to Hav3 Considera tlon--D n10m e says there's Ly-ng. in response to an appeal cabled to tie queen of Scain by Mrs. Jeffers:r= Da:is. Mrs. Elizibeth Cady stanton and other notable American women. irging clemency for the young girl, EX angeline Cosiio Cisneros, incarce rated at Habana by the Spanish mili tary authorities, and who it was re ported to be exiled to the penal colo ny at Ceuta, Africa, the resident Span ish minister, Dapuy de Lome, has ad dressed the following letters to Mrs. Davis, giving the cffi:ial Spanish ver sion of the arrest of the young Cuban and the alleged reasons ?or her leten tion and proposed trial: Lenox, Mass., Aug. 24. To Mrs. Varinna Jefferson Davis, Narragansett Pier, R. I. Dear Madam-Don Juan Du Boso, first secretary of the royal Spanish legation, who went to see you in my name, has reported to me the conver sation he has had the honor of having with you Saturday last. I have not failed to convey to her majesty, the queen, through her min ister of state, the Dake of Tetaun, ,hat you had really telegraphed to her majesty, and I hase also supported the noble words you have expressed in your conversation. Mr. Du B so told you that when your cablegram was received by the queen, the Spanish government had no knowledge of the arrest of Miss Evangeline Cassio Cisneros, and also her majesty had given orders as soon as it was received to report to her the merits of the case, and had been pleased to command me to inform you, if your message was true, that she had considered favorably and with all the regard due to a lady so worthy of respect as you are. The information received from Cu ba by the Spanish government and laid before her majesty and that has been transmitted to me by cable. shows, in my opinion, that a shame less conspiration to promote the inter ests of one or more sensational papers is at the bottom of the romance that has touched your good heart. The facts show that Miss Evange line Cossio Cisneros lured to her house the military commander of the Isle of Pines, and had men concealed in it who tried to assassinate him, in con rection with an uprising of the pris oners in the island. For that offense, far from being condemned and being ready to be transported to a penal set tlement in Africa, she has not yet been tried; the public prosecutor has not yet presented the case for the gov ernment; he has not yet, as is requis ite of our law, asked a sentence to be imposed on her, and the case is not yet ready to be fally disposed of. These facts are very easy to prove. The American consul general, any of the foreign consuls in Cuba, willing to get information can convince them selves of the truth and could have been applied to by the papers which have started this sensation, if they had really been promptei by a senti ment of humanity instead of having been prompted by the desire of in creasing their circulation by their usual slanderous methods. The absolute falsehoods of the press publications, in relation to concrete facts related with the case, is not fa vorable, certainly, to the exactitude of the considerations with which the innocence of the accused pretends to be proved. I have the honor of giving you the above information by order of her maajesty,a ad to inform you by her speelal commnand that she is well and fav-orably disposed to respond to your earnest oita and I am instructed to add that as the case stands, and be for,. the trial has been c~mpleted and a sentence imposed, she is not allow ed to interfere, but that instructions have been communicated to the gov ernor general of Cuba to bring a speedy trial, and to grant to Miss Cisneros all possible consideration. I am madam, very respectfully yours, Enrique DuPuy de Lomne. E disto Count-y Defeated. The fall returns from the election held on the 18th on the question of the establishment of the new county Of E listo are at last obtainable. Here they are, showing that the p -op~sed new cuuty has been defeated: AIKEN COUNTY. For. Against. Oak Grove............ - 21 Perry .............. 93 2 Sally....,....... 28 84 0.............,..... 23 72 Seivern............ 4 20 WVagene.............. 74 11 To tal...............219 210 ORitN-rEBU~R CorNTY. For. Against. Sp-ine~eld ........... 12 141 Sa~wyerdale.........,,.18 78 Total...............30 2ii9 LEX1INGToN COU'NTY. For. Against. Bul Sap....19 195 RtECAPITULATI . ]For. Against. Aiken,.........,.... 219 210 0:angeburg........... 30 219 :L~xingtoe..... ....... 19 195 T......... ........268 624 Th i, it is s aid, will likely be the >ast hieard of Edisto county for some .Aneto cme. a .dman Ata- a wmn &te at provocation Jo so u. a miad-nan, of Charles te -T sa made a murderous an os Er. Joh Mallo, a Greek fra a ra d sot her once in the .aw th s~ol, She is lying in a osalt and s not expected. to live Sti aurda morning. Prunty is u k.y his parents to becrazy. Wed ax eleft home with his pistol andwatredaimlessly through the als viegto pick out some one to on. O ce or t wies he stopped and me aai to fire, but did not. L -'r h alkd throg a side street "ume in rat of the fruit store. T- N- M uawmn came out and was a:m a eeso'k in the window we 'nr wi a wild yell, rush ei" o'hrd allerhs shining weapon tous er ce. Then he fired, and auel walkedi away, while the wo 6:a. was ril ' ina pool of blood. rnt is ice-ed upin a cell arav in 'm~na. It:.2 taat Prunty no.le Am~e fr. on the stand for whi ahe asa strong- dislike. The man w&il probably be sent to an asy