The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, September 01, 1897, Image 1
_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