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OL. ANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1900. NO, 10 AN 17XN7U AL1 E VtN. Total Eclipse of the Sun on Next Monday Morning. IT OCCURS AT 8 O'CLOCK And Lasts About Two and a Half Hours The Beautiful Crown of i he Fiery O b. On next Monday morning we shall have an opportunity to see an uncom mon astronomical occurrence. The sun will be totally eclipaEd, and the event will be visible in parts of the United States. Occasionally, as we know, the moon passes between us and the sun, cutting off the latter's light completely. This we call a solar eclipse. Lunar eclipses, :n the other band, are caused by the moon's reaching such a position that the earth is directly between it and the sun. The mon has no inber ent brilliancy like the sun: it shines only by rdiecting solar light; and when that light is cut off, the moon simply 'goes out." But the sun is self lumin ous, and is in reality shining just the same when under eclipse as at any other time. Thus we arrive at this funda mental difference between lunar and solar eclioses. In the former, the moon having suddenly ceased t. receive or reflect light. the eclip:e is observable wherever the moon, if uneclipsed, would be visible. But at any given moment we can usually see the moon from one-half of the carth's surface Consequently, if a lunar eclipse takes place, a majority of the earth's inhabi tants have an oprortunity to observe it. and thus a lunar eclipse is something that almost any person can remember to have seen. Bat it is very different with the sun. As we have said, he continues to give light when eclipsed, so that it is only in places where the sun is actually coverei by the moon that he will setm to be celipsed. The moon under eclipse is like a candle ex tinguished; it is dark from whatever side we look at it. Bat the eclipsed sun is like a burning candle, which will be invisible to him only whose view is obstructed by the interposition of some opaque object. Taat opaque object is the moon, but she is comparatively small, and cannot render the sun totally invisible frem' more than a tiny circular or oval spot on the earth's surface. In the eclipse of next.Monday that little spot will be only about 75 miles wide; and if the I moon were not in motion, the total eclipse could be seen nowhere else. But the moon is traveling all the time through space in its orbit around the earth. So the little spot is moving, too, and changing its position gradual ly upon the earth's sAface. Thus, in stead of a spot, we shall have a long strip or band about 73 miles wide; aLd by waiting for the right moment, it will be possible to see totality from any point within this bat d. The whole thing is much as though there were a huge pencil, with it poinit touching the earth, and having its other end piv oted to the sun. If the moving moon were also attached to this pencil some where near the point, she would draw the pencil along, and the toint would trace out the eclhpse path on our earth Anyone standing in that path could then look along the pencil, and the proper moment see the moon covering the sun, and obscuring the light. In places situated near this path of totali ty, as it is called, we shall be able to see the elelipse, but not as a tofal one. For such places the moon will cover th~e sun only in part, so that some of his brilliant surface will remain in sight. The amount of obscuration always de pends upon the observer's nearness to the totality liue. 'The nearer he is, the more nearly total the eclipse will be. On next Monday the path of totality begins in the Pacific ocean just west of Mexico. There the point of the huge pencil we have imagined first touches our earth. It then passes eastward across Mexico, and entering the United States near New Orleans, proceeds in a northeasterly direction~.antil it leaves the continent close to Norfolk, Va. Then it crosses the Atlantic, touches Portugal, and afterwards passes acrosi northern Africa, leaving the earth fin ally near the northern end of the Red Sea. In this country the cities of New Ocleans, La.; Mobile, Ala ; Raleigh, N. 0., and Norfolk. Va.. are all on the totality path. At New Ocleans the suan will be completely covered at 7:30 a. m., while at Norfolk this will not h:. pen until S 53 a m. In the former city totality will last 78 seconds, and in the latter. 102 seconds. At inter mediate places both the time and dura tion of totality 'wili fall between these extreme values. For places nearer to New Orleans than Norfolk the numbers will be nearer those given for New Or leans, and vice versa. Having thus explained the circum stances of this eclhpse, we shall now touch upon s.me of the interesting things that will be seen, if the sky is clear. Total solar ehipses appeal equ illy ly the general public and to the profes sional astronomer. On the one hand, they piesent the most superb spectacle within the whole range of astronomy; and on the cther, they offer the best opportunity to study the mysterious structure and compositioni of our sun. One of the things to which astronomers attach importance is the accurate, ob servation of the times of beginning and ending of the eclipse. It is easy to see that the mathematical considerations upon which are based our theories of lunar motion will be put to a very se vere test in predicting the exact instant when the sun will be covered up by the moon. if observation agrees with pre diction, we have the strongest corrobo rative evidence of the correctness of our theory and of our numerical calcu lations. On the other hand, if it be found that the predictions are slightly in error, the amount of that error can be determined by observa tion, and mathematical theory thus corrected for the benefit of future pre Sdictions. Although our knowledge in this department of astronomy has .reached a very high state of peafection, it is a fact that we cannot pre.!et the times of eclipse today without a possi bimit of eo amounting to several see ouds l'art of his error is due no auI to iriufficient knowledge of the moon's ziz*,. or to the possibility that eota1t between sun and moon may oc cur at a very irregular or mountainous p:rt of the lunar surface. But each e-lipse tends to improve our informa tion and make our mathematical theo ries more perfect The greatest interest, however. cen tres abcut the physical observations possible during a total eclipse. Our sun is not merely the blazieg. brilliant, luminous globe we see every day in the heavens. The fiery central ball has a vast outer appendage, stretching mil lions of miles into space-the delicately tintea, tenuous. tilmy, unexplained corona It is this corona that makes a total eclipse so beautiful, regarded merely as a spectacle to be scen and evjoyed. Its light is much fainter than that of the sun; we can see it only when the latter is completely obscured. At all other times the bright light of the central ball illuminates the air sur rounding our earth so as to make it far superior in brightness to the faint corona; and observers looking perforce through this illumined air cannot dis tinguish the delicate tracery of the corona itself. But when the advanc ing edge of the mooa slowly covers the sun's central dies, until at last only a narrow sickle-shapped piece is left, the waiting astronomors have a few mo ments of intense expectation. The sickle narrows gradua'ly; but a mere thread is left; yet even that is quite suffi-iient to mask the cerona. Tnen, suddeuly, all is covered. QO the in stant, as though at the touch of a ma giciau's w.id, out bursts the splendid corona into view. "is a sight of beau ty indeseribable, inpressive beyond comparison. Men that have been privilt-ged to see it, ever after tell of its having iven one of life's most ex citing moments, never to be forgotten. But the quiet scientific investigator tries to make use of thete rare oppor tunities to obtain some knowledge of the true constitution of our sun. Be fare the ccrona's appearance, just as the brilliant central disc is being total ly obscured, there are a very few brief important sceonds when we receive light direct from the outer layers of the solar globe, and these moments of ftr the only chances to examine direct ly the glowing gases that make up the sun's outside envelope. Much of our solar knowledge has been thus gather ed painfully in the few fleeting min utes of observation made possible by successive total eclipses. Then it is that we Fee great red flames flashing hundreds of thousands of miles out into space. Curling, interlacing, ever changing, veritable cloudbursts of liv ing fire, these are proofs of the power and violence of nature's hidden forces. The total eclipse of the sun on Mon day will be visible as follows: AS A PARTIAL ECLIPSE Begins at Elds at Atlanta. ..6 32 a. m. 8 57 a. m. Charleston ....7 33 a. m. 10 03 a. m. Chicago .......6.46 a. m. 9 02 a m. Cincinnati... ..6.42 a. m. 9 04 a. m. Denver....... 5 41 a m. 7 41 a m. New York.. .. .7 49 a. m. 10.24 a. m. Washington ...7 44 a. m. 10 15 a. m. Columbia .. ...7.34 a. m. 10.02 a. m. AS A TOTAL ECLIPSE Begins at Ends at MIohile .. . ...0 29 a. m. 8.53 a ma. New Orleans...6 26 a. m. 8 43 a. m. Norfolk .... 74a m. 10 15a. m. Raleigh ... . 7.3S a. m. 10 09 a. m. Virginia Be-ach.7.40 a. m. 10.15 a. m. While the eclipse will not be quite total at Columbia the sun's surflace will be so nearly obscure as to render all the phenomena of a total eclipse visible. Columbia lies just on the southern limit of totality. So does Winnsboro. Newbe-rry lies just on the Northern limit. Carlisle Commencement. The commencement exercises of the Carlisle Fitting School at Bamberg will be held June 14th to 17th. On Thurs day, June 14-.h, at 8:30 p. m. the an rA c elebration of the Kilgo and Sheri dan literary societies will take place. Essays will be read by Misses Margaret Roper and Matilda Kennerly. Misses Gedelle Brabham and Margaret Kee will deliver recitations. Then a de bate takes place, the query being: Re solved, that a peet's fame is greater than a general's. Affirmative: D. L. Shieder, R. 0 Lawton. Negative: J. D. Eady, W. B Bolin. Friday, June 15th, att 8:30 p. m. the literary addreess will De delivered by Prof. J. G. Clinkscales. The annual closing exercises will take place on Satu~day, June 16th, at 8.30 p. m. The following are the es sayists and declaimers: Sallie Garris, Mamie Gee J.ennings. Effie Rdley. Mar tie Tarrant. D G.~ Copeland, D. L. Shieder, E nsuandelie Price, Clarence Hay, L. 0 Hiers, J. W. Miley, Bessie Lee Black, Sadie Whetstone, H. B M. Eiddy, G. Rhoad Sunday. June 17th, at 11 a. m. the annual stroon will be preached in the Methodi'st church by Rev. W. W. Dan il, D. D , president elect of the Co lumbia Fewale College. The marshals are: E. M. Stokes. chief; R W. MIason, H. B. M. Eaddy, C. S. Yongue, D G. Copeland. Bloodiest Spot on Earth. The bill to establish the Fredericks brg and adjacent battlefields memorial park in Virginia has pas-ed Congress. The bill has for its chief purpose the preservation and suitable marking for historical and ;rofcssional military study the famous hattlefields in Spott sylvania county, Va., known as Fred ericksburgr, Salem Church. Chancellors vile, the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House, all of them within a ra dius of eight miles. and on which lim ited territory the late distinguished Union general, John C. Newton, after careful investigation, decla-ed that more great batties were fought, more men were engaged and more execution was done than on any other spot of similar area in the world. They Will Learn. "Every additional revelation" of offi ial corruption in Cuba, it is reported, increases the amazement of Americans on the island." They are probably you:ng Americans, who are not familiar with the history of Republican recon struetion of conquered territory in their own country. The revelations are what every middle aged man in this part of the country has been looking for with confidence for more than a year. There are plenty more to come, not only in Cuba, but in Porto Rico and the Phil ipinen na well.-News and Courier. THE DEMOCRACY Meet in State Convention and Elects National Delegates. A HARMNIOUS GATHERING. Col L. W Youman's Effort ot Stir Up Strife Severely Re buked by the Con vention The State Democratic Convention met in Columbia on Wednesday in the State House, and was called to order by Col. Wilie Tones, State Cbairman at 12 o'clock. The convention was opened with p:ayer by Dr. W. E. Evans, rector of Trinity church, just as the city bell struck 12. The convention stood dur ing the prayer. The prayer was gen eral in character but thoroughly appro priate to the occasiona, concluding with the Lord's prayer. Mr. Breazeale. of Anderson was elected temporary c!hairman. Mr. Breazeale was elected unanimously, end Col. L. E Campbell, Governor McSweeney, A. H1. Patterson, F. B. Gary and Col. Hoyt were appointed a committee to conduct him to the chair amid applause and laughter. The com mittee did this work well. Mr. Breazeale was then introduced and he thanked the convention for the honor. He explained why the conven tion had assembled. Since the last con vention in this State new issues and problems had arisen and many events had transpired in the political world. Almost throughout the world there had been upric'ion of the people in behalf of libcrty. The United States had paid no unimportant- part in this work Cuba had been freed from Spain's yoke and now had a Republicn form of gov ecument. But now the United Statis was subduing another people in the Phillippines. This was against the prin ciples for which our forefathers had fought. The Republican party seemcd to have forgotten what our forefathers endured at Valley Forge. The Dmo cratic party stooi against this and for the principles for which she had ever stood-for a government for the people, of the people and by the people. And under the Iadership of that great com moner, Wm. J. Br3 an the party hoped in November to take charge of all these thinps. Mr. Breazeale paid his re spects to trusts It would be a fight this year largely between the American people and the trusts. Bryan's name was a platform in itself. (Cheers ) Mr. T. C. Hamer was elected tempo rary secretary and Mr. Stancell was elected sergeant-at-arms. Both were elected without opposition. THE ROLL OF DELEGATES. The chairman of each delegation was asked to hand in the revised lists of delegates, and the roll was made up as follows: Abbevil1e--Frank B Gary, Wm N Gray don, I H McCalla, M J Ashtey, W W Brad iey, A. WV. Jone's and M P DeBruhi. Aiken-t) 8 Henderson. Dr J P Mealing. J I- Cloy, J M Polatty, -G W Croft, Oscar Moyer, B F Holman and (. W E Thorpe Audenon-R B A Anderson, A C Latimer, L E Campbell, J WV Ashley, S N Pearman, I F Cely, E M Rucker, Jr., A C McGee. G E Prince, J M Payne, J E Breazeale and F M Lander. Baimberg-HI C Folk, S G May field, D P Smith, W T Caye, C W Garris and Rt L Bard wick. Barnwell-Roo't Aldrich, A Howard Pat ter on, G Duncan Bellinger, J B Bates, L W Younmans, J W Jenney, H F Buist and J 0 Patterson. Beaufojrt-' 11 Lockwood. Thos Talbird. C J Colcock, F T H ardee, Wm hlliott, Jr, T F Walsh, C F Paul, WV F Sanders, Chas Cohen, S w Vance and J W Smathers. Berkeley-E J Dennis, J B Morrison, S J McCoy, J u Ed wards, Rt G Cau-ey, T W Wil liams, W L Parker, C M Wiggins, R W Haynes, J P Clark and WV L Wigigins. Charleston-James Coegrove, L A O'Neill, 0 D Rouse, J1 W Dunn, J P Magrath, J F Rafferty, F H McMaster, W T Logan, P H Gadnden, A L Brodie, J F Farnum and M P Cantwell. ( larendon--C M Davis, Rt S DesChamps. I M Woods, Louis Appelt, L T Fischer, W J Turbeviile, L W Nettles and J H 'l immons. Cherokea-E P Macumson. E Rt Sapoch, J1 D Jtffries. Sr., N C Lipscmb, T B Butler and Aifred Harris. Chester-Arthur L Gaston, 5 E Wylie, John M Wi-e, T J Cunningham. F M Hick lin, 0 W Kirkpatrick, Jos T Love and S T McKeow n. Cesternield-G J Redfearn, W P Polleek, M F Jackson, WV F Stevenson, Edward Mo I.-er and J M Lowery. Colieton-W B Gruber, Dl M Varn. M Rt Cooper, .1 W Miley, John Black, J W Hill, D P Patterson an.t Dr C E Keoney. D.rlington-B Rt Gattin 8 B t'adgett, W W McK-nzie, Bright William-on J M spears, J C Clements and T N Berry. Dorcheter-J D) Btvins, J A Hliers, D H Bebre and J M Whetsell. Edg.field-B R Tiumtan, J C Sheppard. A E' Padgtet. J G Mobley, t' V Stevens, T H ttainsford. J Li Tillman and M P wells. Fa rfi-ld-R HI J,-nnings, T W Woodward J E Mc~lonald, J W Lyles, J G Mobley, WV J Johnson and E B Rag'dale, Florence-Gus HIflmeyer, G W Atkinson, Jamies Evans, J H Pet:ti,.rew, D H Tr axier. P A Wiacoci. J H Poston, E W Fioyd, R McLendon, J M Humphrey. GJreenvile-James A FH-yt, John T Bramn lett, G f.1,arens Walter, 3 Thos Austin, J A Mooney, A Bythe, A H Dean, W L Mauldin, J McU Ashmn re, J A Welbirn, J WV Gray and E J Muhinax Georgetown-Wm 11 Dorrill, J B Sheele. E M Lucas, Josiah Dear, S W Rouqui. Jr., and J Waiter Doar. Greenwood-E T Sheppard, J M Gaines W HI Ielde 1, S IL McGhee, D) H Tompkins and H J Kinard. Hiampton-M B McSweeney, W H Maul din, L R Dowliog, W A Sauls, B H Theus and Gen Win Stoaes. Horry-R B &carborough, J A McDer mott, W L Mishoe, L D) Long. J A Lewis and 0 J Holliday. Kershaw-J T Ha~y, Rt B Williams, B H Boykio, D) M Bethune, A D Jones and J G Richards. Lancaster-J W Hamnel, T Y Williamis, J N Estridge. H E Coffee, W C Cautben and J C Eiiiott. Laurens-T B Crews, J HI Wharton, 0 0 Thompson, A P Goodwin, Jones F Bolt, Johtn B Brooks, Dr J 8 Wolff. 3 D) Adams. Lexington-J 0 Etheridge, A Frank Lever, Dr D II Croseon, D) F Efird, W 1H Sharpe and Dr J L Shuler. Marion-James H Manning, W Boyd E rans. L H Smith, Rt H Timmierman, J E El lerbe, J C Mooliy, Jno C Sellers and 3 D Mongomery. Marlboro-G F Hamner, B E Moore, C N Rgers, T C Hamer, H M Stackhouse, B F Roper,'I W Bouchier and W D Evans. Newberry-W E Lake, E H Aull. W G Peterson, Cole L Blease, A E P Bedenbaugh, r, T Wyche, H H Rvans and F H Dominick. Uconee-E Ear~e, W R Barron, W M Brown, W J Stribling. J C Alexander and F M Cary. Orangeburg-J H Dukes, B H Moss, A F H Dukes, L S Connor, W U Tatum, A 0 Sal. ley, J D Livingston, H C Paulling, I W Bow man, J L Sims, W T U Bates and A Z Stro man. Pickens-R F Smith, J E Beogs, H L Clayton, 0 it Doyle, C L Cureton, H C Shirley. Richland-Jno P Thmas, Jr., J J Kamin er, Jno MeMaster, F H Weston, J D Frot, P B M3cCoy, W McB Sloan, E I B:rennen, F:ed Harmon and N W Edmunds. Spartanburg-J J Gentry, W W Harris, U X Gunter, B B Bishop, C P Sanders, Dr J W Bramlett, J J C Ezell, 0 L Johnscn, J D Norman, J D Leonard, Jno Gary Evans and E F Parker. Saluda-J B Mitchell, E S Blease, J B Jones, J H Watson, B W Crouch and J M Forrest. Sumter-R I Mannine, Edwin Wilson, L L Baker, E D Smith. E L Cooper, E E Ay cock, W A Nettles, R E Carnes, W D Scar borough, R 0 Purdy, C C Emanusl, W H Seals Union-L J Browning, J M Greer, B G Gregory, J T Gan-t. W L Linder, J W Craw ford Williamsburg-A H Willia'ms. R D Rol line, W H Kennedy, T H Blaokwell, C W Wo;fe, J I) ( arter, W D Bryan and W F Wil liams. York-J S Brice, A 0 Geene, H C Strauss, Williams Banks, 0 L Riddle, W R Bradford, W B Wilson, J C Wilborn, W B Smith and T F McD)w. Jno IV Dann was made assistant secretary. Mr. W. F. Stevenson was then eleted rermanent chairman by acclamation. He was escorted to the oha'r by Messrs. T. F. He Dow and G. Dancan Bellinger. Mr. Stevenson on taking the chair thanked the convention for the honor conferred-doubly an honor coming from such a State as South Carolina. The convention was meeting on the transition from one century to another, to elect delegates to name a standard bearer to usher in the new century, a leader standing in the shoes of Thomas Jefferson. He looked back and referred to Sjuth Carolina's great growth in tax able property, in cotton manufacturing, second nocw only to Massachusetts; and in tobacco growing. We Dow have a united front and have rolled back the dark cloud of negro domination. Rail roads were being built here faster than in any other state. It was a phenome nal record for a decade. It behooved them, then, to go shoulder to shoulder, withut partisanship, and make the irst deca-le of the new century the grandest in the history of thisgrand State. (Ap plau3e. The temporary secretaries were made permanent seer, taries. VICE PRESIDENTS 0a motion of Mr. Tatum, the follow ing vice presidents were elected: First District-Josiah Doar, George town. Second District-W. H. Mauldin, Hampton. Third District-J. C. Alexander, Oaonee. Fourth Distrit-J. Tom Austin, Greenville. Ffth Distrit-J. T. Hay, Kershaiv. Sixth District-R. B. Scarborough, Horry. Seventh District-J. Etheridge, Lex ington. TBE COMMITTEES. Committees were appointed on plat form and resolutions and on constitu tion and by-laws as follows: On constitution and by-laws of the party-M P DeBruhl, J B Clay, E M ucker, Jr, H C Folk, A H Patterson, C J Colcoek, B W Hamer, J F Raffer ty, T B Buthen, A L Gaston, W P Pollock, L Appelt, D P Patterson, J M Speers, D H Behre, J C Sheppard, J W Lyles, J E Pcttigrew, A Blythe, B H Boykin, W C Cauthen, 0 P Good win, D M Crosson, J E Ellerbe, J W Bouchier, J E Bendenbaugh, W J Stribling, James L Sims, J E Boggs, F H Weston, E S Bleaee, U X Gunter, Jr, W D Scarborough, J Mi Greer, C. W Wolfe, J C Wilborn, S H McGee, B H Theus, J A Lewis. Platform and resolutions-W N Gray don, D S Henderson, George E Prince, 0 W Garris, Robert Aldrich, WV H Lockwood, C W Williams. K M Sea brook, J B Butler, S G McKeown, El ward Melver, L W Nettles, D L Smith, B Williamson, J D Bivinas, B B Till man, J E McDonald, D H Traxler, WV L Mauldin, J M Gaines, WV H Maul din. G J Hlolliday, J G Richards. Jr, J N Estridge, T B Crews, D F Efird, John C Sellers, W D Evans, E H Aull, E C Doyle, I W Bowman, T C Robin son, J P rhomas, Jr, B W Crouch, J G Evans, E D Smith, L J Browning, A H Williams, W B Wilson. Georgetown has no committeemen, as no one was present from that county, and Mr T B Butler was the only dele gate from Cherokee county, ani was, on motion, put on both committees DELEGATES ELECTED. Mr. D. S. Henderson moved that the delegates-at-large to the national con vention now be eleted. Mr. Gentry of Spartanhurg nominated Col. Willie Jones of Bichiand and there were many seconds. Mr. D. S. Henderson of Aiken nomi nated Gov. M. B. McSweeney and from many parts of the house came seconds Senator Jno. C. Shepoard then arose and, "in behalf of the EBigefield delega tion," presented the name of United States Senator B. Rt. Tillman. Mr. Cogrove of Charleston and others sec onded this nominatjon. Mr. Geo. E. Prince of Anderson named Congressman A. C. Latimr. On motion of M]r. Croft of Aiken, the nominations were closed and the four were declared elected unanimously. Mr. Tatum moved that during the recess the district delegations meet and select the district delegates to the na tional convention. The two important committees were thenecalled to meet at 4 p. in., and the convention took a recess until 8 p. m. When the convention reassembled the chairman called fc-r the nominations of delegates to the national covention from the congressional districts. The election of the delegates resulted as fol lows: First District-W. B. Wilson, Charleston; Thos. Talbird, Beaufort. Second District-James HI. Tillman of Edgefield and C. W. Garris of Bamn berg, Third District-J. H. McCalla, Abbe ville, and W. J. Stribbling, Oconee. Fourth District-J A. Mooney, Greenville; John Gary Evans, Spartan burg. Fif th District-T. Y. Williams, Lan caster; J. C. Wilborn, Rock Hill. Sixth Distrit-D. H. Trailer of Tim monsille and T. W. Bouchier of Ben netavilla. Seventh District-J. Win. Stokes, Orangeburg; W. B. Graber, Colleton. Mr. Blease then nominated Senator Tillman for member of the national Democratic executive committee. . He was unanimously elected. INSTRUCTING DELEGATES. Senator Tillman then presented the report of the committee on platform and resolutions. The following was adopted: Rcsolved, That the delegation from this State to the Democratic national convention be, and are hereby, in structed to vote as a unit on all matters pertaining to the interests of the Demo cratic party. All questions coming be fore the convention shall first be voted upon and decided by a majority of the delegates, the chairman of the delega tion casting the vote of the entire dele gation. Resolved, further, That the delega. tion from this State is hereby instructed to vote for William Jennings Bryan as nominee of the Democratic party for president. The following resolution denouncing the jute trust was also adopted: Resolved, That we, the Democrats of South Carolina in convention assem bled, do condemn this great iniquity against the agricultural interests and pledge our sympathy, aid and coopera tion in every legitimate way in aiding the farmers in their fight against this evil., and we call upon the farmers of other States to unite and cooperite against this trust. ENDORSING A SENATOR. The following resolution was thenof fered: Resolved, That we endorse the course of Hon. B. R. Tillman in the United S-a-es senate, and especially the able manner in which he has expcsed and condemned the hypocritical imperialis tic policy of the Republican adminis trution. That his efforts to incu!cate honest methods in public expenditures, and his expose of frauds and steals in armor plate eintracts entitle him to the thanks of his State and of the repabiic. The resolution was about to be adopt ed to all appearances without a dis senting vote, when Col. L. W. You mans of Barnwell county took the floor and moved that so much of the resolu tion as endorsed the course of the senior senator be striken out. The motion was seconded and there was abuzz and sev eral motions to lay Youmans motion on the table. Senator Tillman was sitting near the head of the main aisle. Col. Youmans stood only a few feet away in the aisle. When order was restored he pulled out some manuscript and began to speak in support of his motion in a most ear nest manner, walking up and down the aisle near the press stand. All listened closely to hear what he was going to say. He stated at the outset that he eculd not approve of some of the senator's ac tions. He did not think such endorse ment should be desired unless it was fully and freely given When a voice against it was raised the reasons must of necessity be stated. Sometimes a senator's views were not so much in accord with those of his constitutents as to make it wise to ask endorsement. Again there was the question of con duct. The senator was in accord with the policy of free silver. He was not in accord on other important issues. Continuing he said that while Senator Tillman may have deported himself with becoming integrity and dignity, still his views and sentiments preclud ed the propriety of an endorsement by the people. He-is on record as being op posed to free trade and free banking two of the three cardinal principles of De mocracy, he is on record as favoring only a national currency, a currency having a tendency to congest at trade centres and leave rural districts subject to most usurions rates of interest. This was shown in Senator Tillman's efforts to incorporate in the Chicago platform a prohibitory clause against private banking. On the cardinal principe of "tariff for revenue only" where does Senator Tilian stand? Comparing Senator Tillman's record with that of Win. McKinley, whom Tillman calls "a lovable man," the two stand together, on protection, the class legislation of the favored few. He qnoted from a letter to Thos. F. Byron from Tiliman in 1895, and from The Congressional Record, in which he had favored protection, or McKinley's doe trin q. Strange that Senator Tillmnan, prof ssing to be a farmer, should bold ly declare his willingness to close the foreign markets to our consumers and to open them to our manufacturers. Senator Tillman is included by Gros venor of Ohio among those who have left Democracy on these cardinal prin ciples of feee trade and protection. Oa the race question we see him sid ing with the north rat her than the south. At Topeka, Kttsas, in 1896, Senator Tillmnan said that he concur red with Abraham Lincoln in his "dec laration of independence" making the negro the equal of the white man. He eulogised Lincoln in the United States senate. As to Tillman's loyalty to party, Col. Youmans charged that in 1890 he was a simon pure Edgefield Democrat; in 1892 a half populist; in 1894 a green backer; in 1895 in a letter to Thos. F. Byron-"I see no here of relief unless the southern farmers quit voting the Democratic tic-ket and the western farmers the .tepublican ticket." in his eulogy on Senator Earle, he said that the aristocracy before the war, gave this country as pure a gov einent as had ever been given. He stated at another time that South Car olinas credit prior to 1868 was unim peachable. The contention by the sen ator now is that if there is to be any stealing done, let South Carolina get her share. The speaker then disclaimed the desire of the people of South Caro lina to put money considerations above truth and honor. This unfortunate ut terance of Tiliman's classing South Carolina with rogues offended the sen sibilities of more than one southern senator. He accused Tillman of political per jury- not personal but political per jury. Tillman in the constitutional convention had quoted Jno. P. Patter son as saying that there was "five years of good stealing in South Carolina." He later said several times that there was good stealing going on in Wash ington, and he wanted some of it him self; he had earned it and was not ashamed of it. He arraigned Senator Tillman for his reONTIrUEn Os PiaG2 4.1 THE PLATFORM Adopted by the Democratic State Convention Last Week. A CLEAR CUT DOCUMENT. Chicago Platform Endorsed and its Reaffirmatien Demanded. Trusts and Imperialism Denounced. The following is the platform adopted by the Democratic State Convention in Columbia last week. The platform was presented to the convention by Senator Tillman, Chairman of the committee on platform and resolutions: Resolved, by the Democracy of South Carolina in convention assembled: First-That we reaffirm our allegi ance to the Democratic party of the United States and declare again our belief in the princirles upon which the party was founded by Thomas Jeffer son. Second-That we endorse in full and in particular the platform adopted by the Democratic convention at Chicago in 1896 and that we adhere to the prin ciples therein enunciated without qual ification or amendment and demand their reaffirmation by the convention which will meet in Kansas city on July the 4th next. Third -That we condemn as injurious to the best interests of this country the financial legislation of the Republican majority in congress. Its policy proves the subserviency of that party to the trusts and national bank interests. Fourth-That we view with alarm the power which the trusts, through the Republican party, are exercising over legislation and national policies and their ability to control the prices of the necessities of life without re gard to the law of supply and demand. We condemn the hypocritical attitude of the Republican leaders who abuse trusts and combines, while they use the money obtained from them and stolen from the people to debauch the ig norant voters of the country. Fifth-That we denounce the imperi alistic policy of the present administra tion under President William McKin ley, as contrary to the letter and spirit of the Declaration of Independence and the constitution of the United States, and as dangerous to the liberty and freedom not only of the people of the Spanish islands but of the citizens of this country as well. "The benevolent assimilation" of the Fillipinos has proven to be the benevolence of murder and the assimilation of robbery. We denounce it as an outrage to the con sciences of liberty-loving Americans. Our free institutions cannot long sur vive the destruction of those principles upon which they rest, and the spectacle of subject peoples held down by the bayonet and robbed by carpetbaggers but foreshadows the fate for our coun try unless the people are aroused to our danger. The unjust war of sub jugation now being carried on in the Philippines by President McKinley should be ended at once with definite and pacific declarations to the natives as to the intention of this country to aid them in the establishment of a free grovenment of their own choice, under a protectorate by the United States. Sixth-That, we demand a strict ad herence on the part of the United States government to the solemn pledg es by which congress promised inde pendence to the Cuban patriots, and for which this country waged a suc cessful and glorious war with Spain. Seventh-That we denounce and con demn the unjust and unconstitutional treatment of Puerto Rico by the Re ublican party, whose policy in that island is not only illegal but unworthy of a republic, and we demand a recog nition of Puerto Rico under the con stitution of the United States and on the same basis with the other terri tories. Eighth-That we endorse the course of those Democratic senators and rep reentatives who opposed the imperial istic legislation enacted by the Repub lican congress for the government of Puerto Rico. Ninth-That we heartily commend and approve the wise and conservative party leadership of William Jennings Bryan, the ablest statesman of the day and promise him our unqualified sup port for the presidency of the United States, believing that he will restore the lost prestige of that high office and execute its duties with a view to the good of the people ar~d not in the inter est of plutocracy or according to the dictates of any foreign power. Tenth-That we express our hearty sympathy with the two South African republics now fighting so valiantly for liberty against the immense armies of Great Britain. Her unrighteous course deserves the condemination of all lovers of self-government, and we denounce the coward iae of the present adminis tration for not extending an offer of its good offices to terminate the unholy war of subjugation. The utterances of the platform on the Philippine war were applauded as San ator T1illman read them. A Negro Riot. Eighteen drunken negro railroad hands and timber cutters went to the little village of Four Oaks, N. U., Thursday, threatening to kill evey white man. They were armed. The crowd commenced to curse and raise a disturbance. The town policeman at tempted to arrest a negro for disorder ly conduct, whereupon the negroes mobbed the policeman, who was named Sanderlin, and beat him insensible. His face was badly disfigured and he was bloody from head to foot. Some white men attempted to aid the police man, but were- knocked down or shot at. Much mischief would have been done by the negroes, who were all drunk, but for the action of the white merchants and railroad employees of the town. Several negroes were wound ed, but not fatally, and several white men injured. Atrocities in China The Pekin correspondent of the Lon don Time3 says: "There has been a serious anti Christian outbreak near Pao-Ting-Fui, province of Pe Chi Li; 73 native Christians were murdered, including women and children. Many w-r buned alive. TIlE CROPS. Weekly Bulletin Issued by Sec tion Oirector Bauer. HOW THE CROPS ARE DOING. Review of the Situation and Summary of the Outlook for the Year. Warm Weather. The following is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops of the State issued Wednesday by Director Bauer of the South Carolina section of the United States weather bureau's climate and crop service: The week ending Monday, May 14th, had a range of temperature from a max imum of 92 degrees on the SLh to a minimum of 40 degrees on the 11th. On the 10th and 11th there were light frosts in Cherokee, Colleton, Greenville and Spartanburg counties. There were numerous, and in places boneficial,.showers on the 9th, over the central portions of the State. Along the immediate coast *the rainfall was very light, and the extreme western portions had no rain. Following the showers came cooler weather and high, drying winds; both conditions proved harmful to crops. Clayey lands are baked and hard, and break up cloddy. Rains are needed over the entire State and for all crops except rice; it is es pecially needed to germinate recently planted corn and cotton. Damaging hail occurred in portions of Orangebarg county, where in places stands of corn and cotton were destroyed. The weather conditions during the week were very favorable for farm work. Early corn has generally good stands, and in the eastern sections is knee high and receiving its second plowing. Cut and heart worms are damaging stands. In the western sections bot toms are being prepared and planted, where the ground is fit to work, but considerable areas are yet to plant. The cool weather yellowed corn and checked its growth. Cotton suffered from the recent cool nights which caused it to turn red, and on sandy lands the plants are dying in places. Early planted cotton has good stands and is being plowed and chop ped. Recently planted cotton needs rain to bring it up. Planting is not finished over the western portions. Some complaints of grassy fields con tinue, but to a less extent than last week. Some fields have been plowed up and replanted on account of the grass. Sea island cotton has excellent stands, but needs rain and warmer weather. Tobacco is practically all planted, and very good stands have been se oured. Rice was severely iDjured by the freshet in the Combahee river, but re ceived less injury from high waters in the Georgetown district than had been anticipated. The cool nights were in. jurious. Planting continues. Wheat has not been seriously injured which is decreasing. It is heading well, but the crop as a whole is not as promising as it was a month ago. Oats are ripening in Hampton county. This rop needs rain badly. While potatoes have poor stands in places, but generally are doing well, except that bugs are very numerous. Large shipments are being made from the Charleston districts, where, how ever, the yield is below the average. Sweet potato draws are plentiful and some have been set out. Gardens need rain. Melons and Eugar cane look well. Fruit prospects continue promising, ex ept that apples and pears continue to blight. Berries of asl kinds promise to be very plentiful. Cupid Enjoined. A dispatch from Milwaukee says the wedding of Henry Monson, Jr., and Minna Olson, which was to take place Thursday, was stopped by an injaunc tion issued Wednesday afternoon by Judge Pereles, of the probate court. Tne injunction was issued at the re quest of the father of the prospective bridegroom, who also asks for the ap pointment of a guardian foe the son, who is forty years of age. The father charges that his son is iacoop3:ent to manage his affairs and says he is about to marry a widow with four small chil dren. A marriage certificate has been secured and the marriage has been set fr May 16. Judge Pereles granted a temporary injunction, and ordered that the ceremony be deferred until after the argument on June 5. The judge said that before he would grant a per manent injunction he would have to be fully convinced of the necesity of one. Fatal Fire. Three persons were killed and fifteen were injured in a fire which early Thursday destroyed the Hotel Helena, at 110 to 114 531 street, Chicago. Five of the injured will probably die. The dead are: Charlotte Peterson, dining roon girl, found in her room burned to a crisp; Lena Pearson, found bnrned almost beyond recognition in room with Miss Peterson; S. G. Mc Haddin, flesh partly burned, died the same evening. Wants His Share. If Mr. Ro~kfeller is really holding his millions in trnst for his fellowmen we assure him we are quite readIy to re lieve him of any further trouble about our share. Just express it along, Mr. Rockfeller. The Czar will attend the Paris Exposition in September, and as he is France's best friend now in Eaz rope, Paris and its Exposition will do their best at that time.-Newport News Herald. He Was Lynched, Sam Hinson was lynched last Thurs day in Nesoba County, Miss., by a mob of white men. Hinson was employed on the farm of Mrs. Eliza Adams, near Cuhtusha, and attempted to murder her. He was prevented by the arrival of neighbors who heari Mrs. Adams screams. The negro fled but was - captrd and Jynched. XURDER;ON SHIPBOARD. One Nan Starts Out to Kill!Every One On a Steamer. A dispatch from Koping, Sweden, reports that as the steamer Kaping last night was passing the Prinz Carl a man sprung upon the deck of the latter vessel And shouted: "If any one comes near I will shoot," at the same moment a woman was seen hanging over the ship's side shrieking for help. The man escaped in a boat. When the Prinz Carl was boarded it was found that 12 men on board had been shot, six uf whom, including the captain, were dead. The rest were found locked in their quarters. One of the wounded has since died. The murderer is being pursued. The wounded say they were playing cards in the smoking room about half past 11 with other men when somebody put his head in the room and exclaimed: "Look out, there's a mas sacre on boArd." At the same moment shots were heard and all sprang to their feet in order to leave the cabin; but they found the door fastened on the outside. While they were trying to force the door a shot was fired through the window and hit one of them, a man named Karlson, who fell to the floor. The other three, Schneider, Konditor and Lindquist bust the door. Lindquist, who was the first to step through, received a bullet in his head, Disregarding the wound, he ran after the assassin to the steering room. The fugitive shouted down the speaking tube: "Full speed ahead." Then en gines were already at full speed, ani the engineer replied: "Is that the cap tain?" receiving the answer, "Certain ly. Drive her to the devil." The engineer put the engines at fall speed estern. The assassin then ran down to the engine room and threaten ed to shoot the engineer if he did obey. The engineer barricaded himself in the room. At that moment the Koping came along and the murderer fled in a boat. Farther details from Koping show that the man suddenly started shutting all the doors of the cabins and saloons and the man with a revolver in either hand and with a dagger and a knife in his belt, he began firing at every one he encountered. He stabbed the captain in the back and a lady pas senger in the breast with the dagger and hacked a boy with the knife. He also shot the mate through the shoulder,rand of four gentlemen who were playing cards in the smoaking room, one was shot in the temple be cause he moved when the murderer warned him not to stir. The Prinz Carl was stopped at Koping and the mur derer seized the opportunity to jump into a life boat and row away as fast as possible. Search of the steamer dis covered seven dead and five wounded. The Prins Carl proceeded to Stockholm where the police officials took chaige of the victims. The tradesmen of Arboga, Sweden, report that a man giv ing the name of Gronkirst, of Stock holm, yesterday secured two revolvers which he fired several times to test their qualities. MURDZRED A PILIPINO. Captain of a Monitor Shot Him From the Deck. A court of inquiry has been ordered to meet in Washington May 21, com posed of Admirals Rogers, Cotton and Terry to investigate the circumstances attending the shooting by .Capt. Mc Gowan of a Filipino on the United States monitor Monadnock in the har bor of Cebu on Nov. 21st, 1899, and also the alleged failure of the captain to report the matter to the commander in-chief of the Asiatic squadron. The facts in the case as they are re ported to the navy department that the officer was on the deck of his sh'n at the noon hour when the regular officer of the deck was at dinner below. Ho vering about was a native boat which had been warned away before only to return. It was not conceived that the Monadnock was endangered by the presence of such a little craft, but the commanding officer had been havmng much trouble in preventing the natives from smuggling.rum aboard to the sail ors and had given orders that no un authorized native boats should be per mitted to approach the Monadnoek. So when this particular craft failed to make off as required, the captain him self taking revolver sought to frighten the crew by firing a shot across the bow. Unfortunately the shot, striking the water was deflected so as to pass through the body of one of the Filipi nos. The wounded man was hauled aboard the Monadnock, and after being given first-class aid was shipped off te a shore hospital where he died in the course of a day or so. This incident was referred to in the press reports from Manila and after waiting a reasonable period of time to be informed the navy department made inquiry of Admiral Watson to learn the facts. Ihe admiral responded that the matter had not been reported to him and this omission on the part of Capt McGowan is one of the matters into which the court is to inquire, the other being the propriety of the action of the commanding dfcer of the Monadnock in taking into his own hands the exe ction of an ordsr to fire instead of call ing upon a marine or sailor to do so. A Sharp Trick. Senator Clark seems to have outwit ted his persecutors. The committee on elections reported that inasmuch as it was apparent that he had bought his seat, he was not entitled to hold it. The Governor of Montana, who is anti Clark, being absent for a fortnight, and the Lieutenant-Governor, acting as governor, being a strong friend of Clark, the Senator resigned, while sena torial proceedings against him were pending. This left Montana without a senator and necessarily the proceed ings against Mr. Clark are at an end. Under the constitution, it is the duty of the governor to appoint senators to fill out unexpired terms. Acting Gov ernor Spriggs appointed Mr. Clark and he accepted. This brings on a compli cated situation Clearly the proceed ings instituted against Clark in the be ginning must be dropped. The ques tion of his holding his seat turns on the point whether the acting governor had authority to appoint a successor to fill a vacancy caused by resignation. That is the problem the Senate will