The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 11, 1896, Image 1

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U'ov. ft VANS ThXIA ABOUT TI1K WIIISK KY KKHATKS. Ho 91?kcH an Kmphatlo l>onlal of tlie t?}mrKo That llo Hud Maligned nitmaii.-- l(o Oivc-ft the l'ublto What lie Known. Governor Evans has made a diroct tX-;iial of tho charge that ho had said uhat "Tillman had lined bis pookcU with Dispensary profits." The state ment us mado by tho Governor himself is fta follows: Editor Register; In your issnoof the ttd instant an editorial headed "Tho Second Primary," after dismissing fully tho ohargea proferred against mo by my enemies, yon exonorato mo from all. but givo ptirticular prominonee to i-bo Dispensary muddle, in wbioh .'Mixson, IliyVibwll and other# are in- 1 solved, uycl clear mo of that, but you ^ wind up lyy stating that I hsvo been "hurt V(6ry xnuch by ray failure to specifically deny that ho (Evans) made the aoe aoaliou against Tillman with which ho was charged by Duncan," whic'j, an I understand. Is that I had Hai<\ to Mixson that ho (Mixson) had ro <"">ived no rebates but that ho knew /.bat Ben Tillman had lined his pockots. j -fori propound to mo this question; I "Did you or (lid you not, Govornor Evans, fia,> to F. M. Mixson at any time that Tillman had accepted for hi? own uso rebates on whiskey purohasod for tho Dispensary, or words to that (effect? By answering this question you <oii7i placo yourself upon a higher plane Aba n you now occupy." I liavo received letters from soino of my personal friends informing ino that my enomif.s were making oapi tal out of my failuro to deny thie charge. In the first place, it is a surprise to mo that any porson should believo that 1 i on Id havo been guilty of such an Ut for/uice, when it is remembered that 2 icunvafisod the f^tate with Senator Till man two years ago and defended him trom such attacks macio by Butler and others. My reason for not noticing Duncan was that. I received the fol lowing letter from Sonator Tillman: Trenton, S. 0., July 26, 1896. Co?ifideutial. Hon. John Gary Evans ? Dear Oovep.nob: Much to my surprise and ?disgust, John Duncan came here yes terday evening and .bored me nearly to death. I gave him cold comfort and scant courtesy. ? ? ? ? Now I think you lmvo tho fight won, and you need only act with common prudenoo and nothing can efTeot the result. But i Atop noticing or alluding to Durban in I Huy way or anything he says or does. Tguoro him utterly. Ignore his charges and insinuations; don't allude to him or Earlo by name. We are all well and send you greetings and good wishes. Yours truly, B. R. TriiLMA.w. Besides this, I was requested espeo islly by such frionds in Barnwell as Senator Mayfield, Col. Itobt. Aldrich and Solicitor Bellinger not to notice Duncan in tho flightest mannei, and tlioy congratulated me upon the fact when I left the stand. Not a friend in the Stato had suggcBtod to me that ; my coursc did not meet with public j approval until after tho first primary, j MJXSON WARNED. I I now doiiv ompbatically that any j such remark was made. The only i foundation upon which to construoi such a fabrication is the following in cident : After Mixson - was eleoted Commissioner I took him into my pri vate chamber and looked the door as I j desired to thoroughly impresB upon j him the importance of his position j and to outline to bim my policy for , conducting this bra .eh of the govern ment, I b tut inl to him that I desired I to cearto purchasing whiskey from tho ! Mill Crocu Distilling Company for the ' reason that General Butler had gone * c over the State obargiug tfyat Governor 1 Tillman bad received robatcs from j this company and the State and other j Ami papers had oommentod upon the f tie t of his laud purchases and every j other privato and pnblio aot until his ! enemies believed it. That they had j also charged that I was indebted to ! Tillman for my election and he knew j tho close relations 'existing be-! tween us and , I desired to show that we were entirely inde- j pendent of this company. Mixson j replied to roe that he thonght I wai ) correct. Shortly after this it was re- I ported to me that a whiskey house had ! made Mixson a present of * desk and , that his two sons were aoceptiagpreg- j enta from whiskoy drummers ib*the ; shape of diamond pins, gold-head&i.j oanes, etc. I sent for Mixson again | and warned him of the danger and ' impressed upon him th6 importance ol ? keeping aloof from such influences and also keeping his boys from temptation, j It old bim that t^g Piapeiisary law would be killod if a toandal was evef ? connected- with its manageme nt. . X tent , .? for Beoretary Tompkins, who was Mi*- j flon Vittfimate friend, and whom I knew oonld influence him, and asked bim to warn him also, and he replied that h? wouTiTTBhortly aTlerwarfts fllr.TSernggB, tbe bookkeeper, reported to ma that fr<y*n letters ho had received and open* ... Ml id Mixaou!a abaenoain tkecourae ofc baainess and othor suspicious circum stances he was satisfied that Mixaoo was dealipa with certain whiskey bonnes exclusively aod was obtsining reoates im consideration therefor. . kow tnn RBBATM. I rsplfsd to him that ha was a Btats oftoer as well as Mixson and Tonsp - kins, and that if ha saw anything go Itf wrong that it was bis duty , to infoTM iVic a nd to Roouro tho! I vvidctico tu convict them. Mr. ; ; Scruggs repotted to niu that ho \mu j ?atiBlicd ho could eoeuro tlio evidence ! to convict these men if ( would allow ; l?iu* to leave tho State. 1 rcpliod to him that ho could (jo wherever ho pleased on such u mission. lu the i meantime, Mr. Hubboll, of tho Mill Crook Company, called upon mo to know the rouHon why ho could not do ' any business with tho Dispensary ; that i he had been informed that tho' trou I bio was with tho State Board of Con trol. 1 stated to him my roasoua and ho oxnrcssed t curst that h? should bn i inavte t < suue.t oii luvoiiiil ot lu .?> upon HUman. llo stated to me that the Qommitviioncr wa? paying from 5 to 13 eenta per gallon more for whis key th <n ho coi. hi mi |* ply tho sumo brands for and he wa no' s'ied iob?t'o | were being paid for it. 1 replied to him if that was true I would f ee that Mixson cither purchased from bin company or mudo bin houses come to j Ida prices, I oidorod Mr. Scruggs to furnish mo with n prieo list of pur* ; chases rnado by the DispenMr<"y. ! lie did ho and I untiled it to A i i . : Hnhbell. Hq returned it to :ne in the j following letter: I ; Mill Crock Distilling Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, June '20, 1895 Ciov. John O. fcvans, Columbia, S. C.: Dhau Stn: Yours of tbi I3t)i in t. hand and contents noted with cans. \V? will soli you cash in !i;to. u >r t-venty day* from date of ? li i ] :u- ut ??t tho fojlovi iug prico.H nud g: vo you goods equal in evorv wny to those formerly ! sold tho Dispiuis'i ' y : X Bourbon, lttO proof, Sl;37. I X live, 100 proOf, 31.41, j .XX Rye, 100 proof, S1.C2. ; XX Bourbon, ?l.f>3. Old Velvet, XXX Rye, 100 proof, I ?2.10. W ft would bo very glnd to huvo I your business or oven part of it und J any time you desire I will go to Co > Inmbia. Hoping your State wili have a fav orable decision in the case now pend ing nt Washington, and with best wishes, I am, Yours truly. Grq. llUBBIir.T.. mixson rrRPHi>iANi?nD. i Shortly afterwards J had occofdon to send for Mixson r.nd reprimanded bim for dealing with a man who ho had told me had ottered bun a bribe. This man then repri nted tho Live Oak Distilling Company. Mixson ic plied that ho did not believe tho old mun, Mr. White, intended it. I then sboweit him Hubbell'ft prices and be btated tome that Hubbell was na gni'.ty us White and that be, Hubbell, bad offer- j ed a bribe also. I then replied to him Hint ho was right and not. to purchase 1 from Hubbell or any other company j whose agent was so corrupt. Mr, Hub- j bell returned shortly afterwards and | madotlio statement to mu a? published I | in tho papers. 1 could not a?k Mixson i to purohaeo from liubbell in view of i hir, (Mixsou'n) statement. And not a ; ! gallon was purchased from bim. But ! after tho law was changed I advised [ Mr. Hubbell to state to tho New Board : of Control what ho bad to nic. llo j did so, and nsa result the Board ga\o , him an order It wop, also, reported to mo that, a ' son of Mixson had gono to Cincinnati j an rl was being entertained by the j whiskey dealers and a marked copy of ; a newspaper whs sent mo from that city j jiving an account of an interview with j him. I sent for Mixsou and told him that if this did not cease ho would also 1 bo conviotod by tho public of getting I rebates whether it was truoor not. A CONKfctiSlOM. The boy afterwards colled upon mo ; ind endeavored to explain hiscouduct, j statiug that ho bad gone on a business trip, something about bicycles. It ; turned out, however, that ho was not ; the bicycle boy, but tho stenographer j ot tho Sixth Circuit. But to return to the efforts of Mr. J Scruggs to catch the guilty partieB. Mr. Scruggs proceeded to Cincinnati ! ind reftirned with ovidence, aa ho as sured me, to convict Mixson of having received rebates from tho Live Oak Distilling Company. Upon hie return j be paw Mixson and Secretary Tomp kins before ho did mo aud they imino- j diately camo up to the mansion and I itated to me that Scruggs had been to : Cincinnati and returned with evidonoe that Mixson's 60u had received thou ?anda of dollars from Peebles Co., ?nd the Live Cak Distilling Company, aud asked me what to do. I told them that if Scruggs bad told them that he had evidence to nubKtantiHte it, tho best thing tv> do was to eeo Mixson's iod and get him to toll the truth. They left with this determination, and the i next morning Mr Tompkins camo into my office and wrote on a slip of paper that the boy confessed everything, and had gotten the money. Mixson called upon mo and stated that the boy ha<l confessed, but that he (Mixson) was us 'iujioceUt a? a lamb. He produced n letter from tho boy In which ho con* fes#ed and deplored the faot that ho had brought- disgrace upon hit father and family, and had left home never to return. I was moved with aym pathyfor them and told Mixson to sec the boy *&d not let him run away. That if Mixson was innocent the boy had been overreached by whiskey drnmrnero. I wae called to New York en b'ueinese for the State and stopped in Washington and tola everything to Senator Tillman. Tillman suggested that Mixson should resign. 1 return e!i and told Mtj ! Tom {Mdi what Sen ator Tillman had eai IP And we agreed npon that policy bnt thought it best to wail until further development!. Mix eon esme to me afterwards and etsted thai he was innocent, and his friend* had told him not to resign ; I replied to him that tho Board of Control conld only remove him for cause, and that if he eould show his innoeenee that we eould not remotf him. I saw Mr. Tompkins an! he agreed with me in H to me thai Mixeon'i .? mends had advised him not to resign. I told Mr. Norton Unit I feared thai 6omothing was going wrong at tin-. Dispensary and I wanted him to Maud by mo in my action if the issuo oanic. Ho repliod "that ho would do ho. Mr. Bciuggs has never handed mo tho writ ton evid<jiioe hut ttio boy's confession made it unnecessary to require it. tub new no Ann. The meeting of the Legislature eume on and I determined in tho absence o( proof direct against Mixson to drop thu taut tor, but to take ft way from him any chance of temptation and rccom m ended thnt theeutiro control be taken from bin hand., and from the hands of Btate House orticora, and place it in the hands of a Boai?i consisting of fise members elected by tho General As sembly. Thin offended Secretary Tompkins, who stated that in view of tho oharges made it would look like kicktntr hirn out by Vinson thereof. I replied that no evidence had bcou pro 'lueod against him, but that if he felt that way T would change my reoom -ru ndation and leave the old Board, t would rtbk lor two additional rneiu to he elnctud by tho Legislature. Ho replied that thin would be tuitisfao lory. Mr. Efird, Senator fic-iv. L.-xii: U u, had consulted mo and h ?v,r-. >? yil!' m? fully and offered to see M r. ; l\?ni| k;i.a. and ondoavor to git In m to withdrn v h a objectii jm, llo did tfot facet oil hut tho Legislature took Ellrd'? vie* and changed tho Board, tiking thi* 1 ' ' ? ? chasing power from Mixaon a band. Mixson and others oiganized to kill too bill in the Legislature and Mr. John T. Duncan was to lead the liuht, Hun can was kicked out befero the bill camo up and he accuses ni" to this < :<y > or unseating him on neco-nl of his oppo sition to this -ill U- ? ??' Mix*i;n u ho did not fct.-p oppo-iu ,1. i would in dicntu to the 1" girl .tiire his ptohahle cmisoof opposition rtnd he cear.od to op pone it. 1 had no, direct evidence against Mix son and could neitlur pi otu'Oute nor ! discharge him, ta\t I am sure every one v ill tu?> tho reason of his opposition to ! mo. Now what do we see? Duncan i t-laled t'u>d his only cause of enmity to 1 mo was my ohango in tho Dispensary ' Ihw. Mixson stated to tho newspapers ! that a da lie horse would enter against me in the Senatorial race. Young . ix* ! son, I understand, groomed him and i filed Duncan's pledg" with ToropKiUB, | ob chairman of the Democratio party. I Mixson and otlu-ts have organfaert tnc i opposition to me and have circulated ! thia report to injure me with Senator i Tillman and his friends. This is not 1 all. They have told HUman stoiy ! upon story to *ain bin enmity to me, i but Senator Tillman knew the reason ' rind assured mo that it wont into one 1 car and out of the other and to ptiy no | attention to them. 'Lillman knows who tho guilty partita are and m> do those I members of the Legislature who were in Columbia and heard the reports and ? videuce. 1 may have made a mistake in not giving this expose sooner, but I have been deceived by these people nnd badly advised by uiy friends, who assured, mo that tho public took no f-tock in their ^statements. I may be criticised for not replying sooner, hut 1 have injured no one save myself. It is with fcreat reluctance that I do this now becanso T know how it will bo ubciI by the enemies of the Dispensary law and tho Reform movement. But in justice to my friends who requested and the pnhlio are attempted to be do coivcd I rnako this statement. Tho particR connected with this mat-< tor ure not interested in this primary election, but have unoibov tribunal to which they cau and must appeal. Joan Gaky Evans, atjphnpom. Accompanying tho interview is a comparative statement giving tno priceB of liquor as paid for by tho Dis pensary aud the prices that were quot ed by Hnbbell for the same brands as above. ? Corn? 20,616.15 gallons, per gallon SI 23 value 525,030.24; X Bourbon, 5 832.61 gallons at SI. -40, value $8, ! 2?1 GO; XX Bourbon, 5,834.03 gallons at 31.57, value 80, 160.20; X Rye, 14 J185.50 gallons fit SI. 45, value, $20, ?123.99; XX Rye, 10,606.45 pilous at 81.60, value $17,619.24; XXX Rye, j 5,533 gallons at S2.20, value $12,143. OOMMISSIONKH M1XHON . Commissioner Mixson, of . Dispensary hss given out \Uo ~ * v *io? ! for publication in reply to Govern | Evan's charges of. corruption; ' "To the Public: 1 have 1 J. W. T. J. ^ was at that I tithe about twsntj-tbr so years obi, w. T. about twenty-one. Soon after I had entered the race my son. w. i., told me that Mr. B. B. Evans, the Governor's brother, and himself wer talking of goinc into a deal to mak something off of the whiskey in case I was elected. I told my son ; that he could not afford to have anything to do with such a deal: It would bo rum our and I would not buy from any house that they tnadd arrangements with. "Ho informed mo afterwards that he had given up ibo matter and bad : bo informed Mr. Evans. I bad no | reason to think otherwise. Some time in January, after my election, Mr. HuUbell, of the Mill Creek Dis tilling Company dropped into see me. This was the time I >t?kod him for the ?amo whiskies or better, sarau prices or less with 5 par cent, off, and which he so indignantly refUHod to give. As J stated in a former letter, however, I j did ordor one car of whiskios by wire, j Haying: same price; sumo whiskey, 5 i per oent. off. Sbip twenty-five barrel* j X Bourbon and twenty- five barrel* XX , Bourbon. /This is the only order ever I given Mr. Hobbjill by me. THAT TILLMAN STATEMENT. "Only a few days after assuming the duties of Commiwrionor, I was ia Gov ernor Evana'e ofBoe and i?e there and then told me ia nnmietakable lan* guage: " 'Don't bny from Mill Creek. The Mopla a ra aayina that Tillman and ' 1'rsxlor got rebMos (torn tho.ro, A?d it must bo so. else how could Tillnmu moi t tho cxpouseH with oho daughter in Virginia at school, a boh ut Clonison . uiul liv H?g ,lb 'l0 "Mnul, now, thiri took place only tu February, when wo wore Ml elated over our success. 1 went direct from Govornor Evuus'b oflice 'o that of J). Muv field aud tbenco to that of I>. II. Tompkins and told them of thiB convolution find can furnish their affi davits, which will disabuse tho minds of tho pooplo that 1 rondo thio up and ? tola it on Governor Evans after I had reasons to be mud with him, ?? ?? said by Senator Tillman. '"Senator Tillman al?o aaya: "Mix^ j j, on h.?B never had tho manliness to . either affirm or deny.' I must usk the Senator if ho or Govomor Evana either j had tho manliness to ask of mo a oou- j formation or deniwl. Ho (the Senator) wan in possession of thin ohargo against htm for mouths beforu it wan mndo at Baruwell. Ho hae UdVor asked mo to j confirm or deny. Things moved along | smoothly lor somo time. About Juno 1st my two boys entered into a oopait* ; airship niiv'.or tko firm name of J . ^ . , Mixson .t Co., bioyolea, and tho latter ??urt of that month J. W. wont to Gin- ; oiunuti to keep an appointment with a j bicycle manufacturing firm. RF.nATB MATTKlt llEl'OHTRD TO EVANS. ^ j Some littlo time after this Mr. S. W. Seruggs, who was my bookkeeper, asked permission to go up to Greon villo for a lew days. Ho remained away longer than 1 expected, but ro turned, I think, on Tuesday morning, lie did not report to the office. I saw j ; lion. 1). II. Tompkins during tho j morning. He told me that Scruggs b.ui sent Tor him eraly and informed j I him that ho had bcou to Cincinnati ; ana discovered that rebatoa were paid j my boy and wanted to see me at my : house. 1 went immediately to seo him < und was informed th?it such wan a fact. 1 returned to Mr. Tompkins, and nR soon ob wo could, on tho seme evening, we went to tho mansion and i repotted tho whole matter to Governor . Evans, the chairman of tho State Board i of Control. Ho stated then, euiphati- j cally, that ho knew nothing of Sorugg's j i visit to Cincinnati and put this qnes? j tion to ub: "Why do yon suppose tho damned ! scoundrel went?" ? "Governor Evans told ub to ray ' nothing of tho matter to any one, but keep quiet and see if Scruggs would I report his fiud and, bosides, he would j tako action when necessary. Colonel ! Tompkina went to my home with mo 1 and there wo found the boy. We ask ' cd him about tho matter and he ao ! knowlcdRcd that it ^as truo, but i stated that ho had dono no great 1 wrong, ao Colonel Tompkins and I saw it? only in deceiving me. This I reported to tho Governor on the fol lowing morning, which placed him in ? possession of all tho facts. >Tho boy ! aaw how badly I was hurt; ho went up town and wroto mo a lotter. Tho Governor c, ays tho meeting of tho Legislature enme and in tho absence of : proof ogaiust Mixson 'I deoided to j drop tho matter, but to tako away i from him any chauce of temptatiou i and recommend tho entire control be , taken from his hands,' oto. "Tho Governor hod probably for gotten when ho wrote this that he sent I bis dispensary message to the Logisla ! iuro on tho 10th day of February, and ! I told him of Sorugg's trip on tho night i of the 17th of February, seven days j after his message had been read to the j General Assembly. W hile my boy did j get 8omo money from tho Live Oak I people, I never got u cent of it, and ? knew nolhtogof - 1 v.nti! tho wofley bnex ! all been squandered, and I have uever i received a cent sinco I have been in 1 the Stato dispensary other than my i salary. ACCUSES THE OOVKRNOn. I "And now, since Governor Evans : accuses mo so lavishly of getting tho ? public mouej', will ho toll us how ho i ran up hie espouse account against tho | dispensut y under the following circum* ; Btmcea: In March, 189,'), whilo he I waB in Washington I sent him by ox ; press papers to go before tho internal ' revenue collector to havo twenty bar i rcls of whisky released which had been I seized by the United States govern j ment. On .his return ho made an ox . penso account of SI 50, approved it ! Viuiself and received w^rraut for Ham?. ! The reco- Is <u tho dispensary show ! this. P. F. Mixson." - | GOV. KV A Nfl SPEAKS AOAIN, t When Gov. Evans was shown Mix tion ftatemeut, he replied as followi concerning the Washington trip: "So far at my expenee account ia oonccrncd for going to Washington : and New VArk to save to the State about $2,01)0 worth cf oontraband ? whiskey, i am prepared to furnish an ! itemized statement us it was made out : at tho timo. I piomiso tho public that i they shall know nil, let tho chips fall i where thov may. Tto animus of this ; pereccutiou of m? shall he known. Jonx Gary Evans." Secretary of State Tompkins, B. B. Evans, brother of the Governor, both have lengthy letters on the subject, but ns our . npnee i? limited we only givo tbo controversy between* the two leading li^hu ? Governor Evans and Commissioner Mjx6oo. Jf. WILIj HKIil' McKlNLRY. That's What If anna Says of the Indan spoils Convention. tfnttonat Republican Chairman M. A. Han* Da In an Inturvlew 2t Cleveland, Ohio, on the Indianapolis Democratic gold standard con* ventlon Midi "The action of the convention' wlfl be of ?aalrtanoe to uf. BenMor Palmarlaastrnng, reliable roan and ban a heavy following among the Democrat* of Illinois. His nomi nation, following that of the gold-atandard Democrat for flovdroof in tbst State, will Shaken the fore** of trio other Democrats in In'ols vary materially. ,T "How about Mr. Bticknar?" ? "UU nomination will also do ur^iood. He la titrontf In Kantuclry and throughut lha 8omb, and will help na vary mudh. The ra> ?c'.t oi th?5 Verrpnj# olectlon makes it appear thnt ih?? iifKrpfo~ uxBTAUcd sound, sober ewnse Jr, dcnllnij wub ?b^ ?in Mulleins at Issue, and a* ? ?kAi< will (m>. ;*i? ib? Ohicaao olatforaL* STATE NEWS ITEMS. ' T1IK.Y ISOli II' AliAlM. l'Uo Dispensary and Agrtcutl ui*?l llllll t'llM'H, It has boon ho long since tho public has hoard anvthng about tho Pispen eary being hi tho courts, that tho peo ple had almost forgotten that Micro had over boon an.\ trouble that way. Hut tho law is hull in tho con ltd and , may bo during tho lifetime of some now living before a decision on its merits will bo rendered. ' Attorney General Harbor went to Washington lust work to pvrfoct the hearing of arguments before the 9u preme Court of the United Statos in cuuca which wore made several months ago. He reocivod notice from tho ? Clerk of Court that the ?>H??ea had been advanced and sot for a heating on October 14, The eases all como I'rom i Charleston, l i in^ brought by l.t>< b, i ])?.<nald, Snyder, Eherhftrdt and Whol era, all of whom are represented by ?' i P. K Bryan. The cases involve the j right of the State to icizo liquor on dor tho Interstate Commerce Act; ' whether it can be sold in tho State by sarnplo and tho right of citizen* toim- ; port liquor for personal use. Soma of theso eases come under tho t law of 1895, but ono taken iu the law ' of 189G, and Judge Towuseud believer that thore will be no dodging of tho real issuo behind techuieal points of j law. Another eaRO of great importance to j tho Btato will also ho heard by the : court about the sumo time, TLmt in the famouB Agricultural Ilall matter. It. will bo remembered that the Court of ! Appeals decided adversely to the Mtate j in this caeo, but the State took it up to ! tho Buprotno Court on a writ of cor- j tioi ari. Judge Melton is a- meiatid with tho j Attorney General in this easo. TO IU'IM> A TOWN, Northern Capitalists I5uy Valuable j j Property In lauirens County, j Iu Laurens county Col. J. II. Moun- j | tain, representing Northern capitalists, j ] has bought a tract of 8,000 acres, and j ; it is proposed to put about 200 of it j i into a town oit,o and tho balance is to | bo divided into small farms from five j to 100 acres each. In addition to vino } farming and stock raising the land will I bo utilized for growing other crops. Fruits, hops and a large portion will bo used for vegetable gardening for tho Norihern markets. There will be a canning establishment, largo cream ery and other industries located at .tho town site. Tho name of tho town vrill be Darlington and the colony known as tho Garlington Colony Company. Tho colonists will oomo from tho Northern and Western States and will bo piincipally American ? Amorionns who desiro to come to this section on account of the climate. Workmen will commence at 6nco laying out tho town and Bub-dividiug tho property, making roads, eto. It is proposed to linvo a good sohool and chinches and a largo number will live in town on this ac* count and own a small farm ner.fby, The company cxpoets to bo ready for immigrants within a short time. Tho toivn will have a population of 2,000 within twelve months. There is a largo scope of countty whioh will bo direotly tributary to tho new town. The rail road company will build a dopot aud a postofllce will bo established. In addi tion to the 8,000 acres Colonel Moun tain has secured options on over 4,000 acres adjoining tho ahovo which will mako 12,000 acres in the colony. ? ! HOW TO BIND TIIK IIAT^KS. llore Aftlfftl l"n fjooking to tlie Mibtli tutlou of Wh o. lor (ho Old Tle?. The wire tic hn.n bobbed np again. A test was m ft do iu Char-lesson some weeks ago, hut the new eroj> which is eouiiug in every day ia bound with the old flat ties. The compress companies in Georgia have refused to teat the now wire tie, and say that it will not work satisfactorily. Col. Nesbitt, commissioner of agriculture in Geor gia, iu trying to havo the matter in vestigated agaiii, gnd mys that if it is tuccessfnl thou'samls of dollars will he saved for the farmers nil over the South. The compress men claim thut the wiro tie will cut the bagging around cotton, and that it will not take the place or the flat tie for several othor reasons, tho principal one of which is that the tio cannot ho handled conveniently. The compress men in At lanta say they do not object! to a change, hut look atitfroma busincHHhtrindpoint, and that the now schemc is not the proper thing. Tho men who aro try ing to knock tho Tio Trust in the head have atrivon to get a substitute, but many obataoles aeernto confront thorn. In tho meantime the farmer* claim that tho Tie Trust is making them pay double price for ties over last year's figures. At Mocksvillo, near Winston, Bishop Duncan, of South Carolina, last Sun* day dedioated tho now Methodist Episcopal Church. TUB GOLD DKMOCRAS, A Brilliant Prog ram ma for Notifying tba Candidate*. Toy Holcoao, of Main*, baa been oddod to tbe exacatfve oommlttee of tho National Democratic party. Mr. Holman will ha*a charge of tha literary bureau of the party. L. 0, Krantboff, of Mlaaonrl, wtU take charge of tboajwakar'a buraaa,lf.he e an arrange bfa tmstaea* at St. Lonta. tTnlted States Sen ator Caffery, of Loatai*oarwiU dollrer the notification speech to Oenerftl Palmar at LottievlUe. on September IX On the same day, In tba aame city, John B. Fellowa, of E[aw York, will notify ^JaoeraJ Baoknerof w nomination for ?Ioe>pre?i(Ieney. ATWf tho notification of both eamlMatee, a abort ?oar will probably be made by tba candidate# through one or two Sontb?ro Btataa. Zf ar rangvmenta are agreeable to the candidate*, tba party will go to Nashville on September 14, tbanea to Memphis on J*tb. Mr. Fellows will be of ths oart w. ?' f SEWS OF THE WORLD. ! AUHANIHCD t'AI! V(Ht AIMUCALliV roii Ttli: Ul.'SY IIISADICIX. Ib-th Homo and Forotgn j Kh rtikeu Krom 1 1? o luitosfc I >la p.l t <? !l 0.1. Nolo# from 1 ho South. Arthur Urtvno, .! 0 years of ago, was hanged in Atiautn, G.i., tot the mnr dor of Will ft} inks, hist Friday. At Yorkvillo, ft. C . , a torna to un roofed Morrow 'a lollor mill no t i-low do\Sli ll \ o t cH Olid did givat >{;U)l n{50 to crops. Cbttrlo* H. >T il lor, tv momlwr of tho Naval Ketervo*, wrtft fhct and killed by tho Hotehkisa gun at tho armory at Clou h-sh'ti, ft C , winlo its operation was I >t nifi explained. A hholl had by 111 i !>t :i 1? i: Ih'0'1 1 1 ? j.s 1 1 1 U 1 o? I >01' ll dummy. At Savannah, t?i\ , Kawoett i'ob. , wl,o!('s:t l<< j;ini)i im, ht?vo foiled. I heir oM 1 1 ' ii t < i nubilities nm $<>5,000, with ! flf'M I .. 1 nk'U i\Vli. Tho OIlUHO of tho fail : mo )rt | our coiliu-tionn oud failure t<> j secure returns from advances made to ) fur mors. According to Iho returns to tho fttato ; \ p! razors of ( i coi'j.' i ii, tho taxable prop- j oily io: tho i ><> -? t > . it l amounts to ?,11L ; dOO.OOO t *JM 10, 000,000 during ! Iho | rovinu* Vc.ii. 'J ho returns by ; countio* show that- 7 t5 huvo iuereu&od , i u taxable j ropet ty. A torriblo boiler explosion o^ou rrcd , at l'V.mvillc, Vu , Hour Willi*) Monn- i tiiiu, liui'kit.jfhiiiu oonntv. Iho boiler j was 1 1 1 1 for runniox a Raw mill and j vim being tired I .y t he proprietor's son, j Thomas K. Iiw'k??. Ho was blown m u >i v feet uniiv ironi tho place where j Inn body wan ul ter ward* picked up in j mi unrecognizable condition. Tho fa- J the r wan aho badly hurt by Hying pieces of iron. A horrible fit or y comea from tho j moonshine country ok tho famous Hun- , not. Hag Creek in Fiuuklin county, Va. ; Hook or Drogan, a noted tnooushiuor, j wan standing near his distillery with his 5-year-old boy at his aide. In some way tho boy foil iuto a boiling caldron of whinky mash und wan scalded to death. While tho father mid two other mon woro carrying tbo ; body homo United filatou revenue of* ; floors approached uud deitroyed tho il | licit distillery. Throughout 1 ho North W. L. Doolnck A Co., diamond ! dealern, of Now York, liavo beoomo financially ombfirruaod. Liabilitieo $220,000. > Tho J. 13. Wnlkiufi Jjand and Mort pago Company, of T-?nxireucc, Kans., is in tho h>uuls of receivers. Liabilities 84,500,000. An opidemio of typhoid fever, oon trueted from tho mflk delivered bv a niufdo dealer, liaa broken out at New Haven, Conn. J hero are GO oases. At Grand Rapid*, Mich., the Miobi gon Masonio ^Jutual Life Aenociatiou, organized in l?7o for tbo lxuefit of the Manouio fraternity, has applied to tho court for a receiver, Arkansas has gone Domocyatle. Jo neo' plurality iH 45,000. The Ke put)licanf> bad no ticket in tho Hold, tho opposition bfriog an independent tioket composed of mon, tho majority of whom w<?re but little known. ? John Stark Newell, tho commander of tho United fttrtia a-ruored oruiser Detroit, i* dead. Death waf duo to privations niiMf*i{;<>n,% while investiga ting tho m iiM^iie i * k ??i ilio iniKsionaries af, Kiepein, Contrtil ('hina. Lorenzo Fowler, tho ominont phrenologist, lecturer and writer, whoso numn ami fnme have bridged the Atlantic, died in Orange, N. J. Ho had only landed in this country from Eugland b.Kt Meek, in company with his two daughter?, when lie was seized with a fdight illnesp, which speedily became most serious in character. Mliccllaneous. The Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Jibs ratified tho notion of the Board of Control, allowing hoira of tncmbei ? of tho endowment rank who commit suieido to reoeivo a portion of tho Hum f >t which life was insured. Chairman W. D. Bynnm, of tho National Comrmtteo of tho Sound Money DomocrAtie Party, announces lllnt tho betulqimrtcrfl will bo located in Chicago with a brunch in New York. This decision v, an reached *t ?? oon fcrcnoo of leudera in tho movement held in tho 'fjiwivtwrH of the National Committco, in tho Grand Hotel, at Xn riihimpole, Ind,, Friday of last week. NVhnt tho Cuble Firings. The Egyptian cotton crop promise* to ho tho iAr#c&t over known.' It is ee timated that .it will amount to 8,000, 000, or 570,000,000 pounds. A dispatch to tho London Central News from Shanghai says that the gov ernment at Peltin is disposed to s gree to tho conditions proposed by Lord Salisbury -that in exchange for the in crease of tariff by Chin* that govern ment bhall conccde the abolition of transjt dues 4nd permit freo trade with* in the empire. do wall Will Not Withdraw. ? The New York Oommereial Advertiser prints the following dispatch: "Bath, Ma., Sept. 4.? Editor Commercial Advertiser: Any vtjktemont or l?tw?ow? thai I propose to withdrfcw.frocn the Deroocrstio National ticket are without fonadaUoa. I have never bad tb? remotest Intention of <lo U|M, Aavwom Sswau." ????' i Vtatbto tnipptj efOottra?. ? Tl*W?i vMMo ? apply of eotton for the world tiMftiifeto!*, of wM* M?4S& are American, atrafns* tad M# respectively last year. Receipts of eottoa for the past w?*efc at all Interior towae were M.4M baMf.' Receipt* from the ptaata'ioo* { imjM Met. fit op in rt*ht I 'T WASHINGTON HAPPENINGS, UJWAM otr TIIIC NICWS AS CULfiKD VltUM THK5 DAILY i'KHSS. Which Will Ho of More or fioas iutor oat to t tia (ionoial ICoudor. Theflocrotary of Agt loulturo hn-"* awarded thosoed contraots for tho yertr. Tho ftwnrda ?ro made uu?W a now plan, by dividing tho eouutiy into six *octloiis, ;?o nr. to t n o i 1 i t n t o distribution and also to seouroseod* adapted to tho several localities. Tho Awards lor tho six soot ions tiro an follow*! South AMantio States, T. \W Wood *V Son*, Hlchuioud, Va. i South western Stat<\\ Uliathorn^ flood Company, Memphis, Tvnn, ; Puoiflo States, not awa'rdrid yet ; MM?iio YW.U-rn Stoles, John A 8:i?'#h?r $u?d Comtlrh.y, La Crosse, Wis.; Eastern :W.( fl, W. AtT^* Dm po?\ l'lilla* dolphin, r<i. : N >i th western State.}. I . I,. May 6 ' o., Si. Paul, Minn. Tho bjda from tho Paoiflo ooast wore late and will be eonsldorouv hereafter. Tho department is highly picnsod with tho now plan, which yields a much v larger number ofseoda at a smaller coat than luft year. It is catlinutod that each Senator. Ueprcsonlattva and Delegate in Congress will receive 80,000 paokagea of soed*, or uhout twico u&many atthodid Inst year. It hna hoort found that no lundR are available for tho purohaso of trees. shrubs, oto.,ati tho $20,* intended for tlda purposo will bo required for tho oontlugont expenses ot tho eocd bureau. V ? ? Tho Turkish Legation has reoelvod from tho Sublime Porto tho following telegrumst " IMio linporlal government has decided to proceed with no delay to tho tilal of tho Ar menian revolutlonista Implicated In tho re? cont disordnra of Const. mllnoplo a 8 woll as of tho Individuals who without motivo havo allowed themselves to kill and plunder peaceful elll/.ona, Tho severest pounltloa will be liifllotod upon them. Tho agents of tho police who wore present and did not pro vont tho orimos they snw will bo tried and puolfthed in au oxoiuplary way. Afj, howov or, I ho trial of all these people would bo lougthy if they wore to bo submitted to tho ordinary courtu, an extraordinary court linn beon instituted aololy for tlio.no eases whteh will bo tiied jiublioly and will: no appeal. Tho moBt past of tho misdeeds committod durliiK tho recent disorders having been per petrated by Individuals of dilTorent classes wbo came from abroad with seditious and crimlnul Intont, tho polleo received tho order to expel them Irom tho Turkish territory." i> * * ? Tho Interstate Commorco Commission has under consideration commu'deft'lons re ceived by It charging that the Southern Hall way Cotnpauv, now engaged in a cut rut? war with the B-iaboard Air Lino, ha i violated tho fourth. section of the Inter*! a'. o C jrnmerco Aot prohibiting a great or ehu^m fur a nliortor than for a longer. haul, Au lltor Smith of I tho Commission ?ays tho Southern l-iuo.tainly | Using rates greater lor Intermediate points than for long distances while tho Seaboard , Air LUie'a rate? tiro uniform. Should tho \ Commission formally investigate the matter It will be p.?me time before tho eaao could bo J disposed of, aa on September 17, tho Commla* ? Blon lia?i buslnosa lu tho We it which will re i qulr??ltp presouoo. I Tho Blate Department hna received tele grama from Deputy Consul Oonontl Vails at 1 Nuevo Laredo an t from Vice Cons ul Bielen* bor^at Mntamoraa, Mex., nunoitncltig the ; death of the Am or lean oonanl, John 13. Oor ; man, at the latter place. No Infoi motion la : Klvon iim to tho cause Of the death. Mr, Gor man, who was appointed from Georgia, Jiaa j boon tit his post for two yi>nr.?, and I1113 E roved an exceptionally due oflleer. Hecontly o saved tho crow of a stutill American ves : eel that was ovurturned by uryclone outsldo i of the harbor of Mutumotn* at the risk of : hid own llfo. Tho State Depot uncut tolo 1 prnphod Vico Consul Diolctiborj,' to proparo 1 tho r?maios forshlpmunt homo. ? ? The FostofTIco Department hna Icauod In ?truotlons to all omployoeu in the railway mail aerylco oalllnir attwutioe to tho Roiioral Order iaausd Inst winter requiring ompluycea to fvport cases of irrngulurltles and miscon duct of any employees which cotnc to their knowledge to tho city clerkn of divisions Jo bo forwarded hero In every case. The ln struotlous give warning that omlkalon to ob serve the provisions ol the old f^rdor will bo followed by prompt disci plino nnd iiaserts olorks are not obeying tho or^er strictly, The spuciflo irregularitlesoited are gambling. Intoxication and diwobedieuco of roiway mail rules generally. # ? ? Tho magnlflccnt silver servlco for the bat tleship Iadlana, a gift from the State, after which sho is named will bo presented by Oov: ornor Matthews to tho vessel at Tompklns *Ul?, N, Y., on tho 21st luvtunt. Captain Evans, commanding the Indiaoa, has invited Assistant 8sar?tnry MeAdoo to roeelvo tho (,1ft. Mr. MoAdoo tins promised to do so if he can get away from tho Navy Department. If he oan he intends to glvo Governor Matthews end his party a cruise around Now York and the bay In one of the small vessels, probubiy the Dolphin. Dr. Brown Goode, secretary of tbe Smith sonian institution, and in c.hnrgo of tbe bu tionnl muBOum in this city, died of pneumo nia *t big residence on Lancer IR-ighta, a ftuburb of Washington. Ilia death wn? en tirely unexpected, although hu had heen ill for spme time. Dr. Brown Gondii wns a mem ber of the government executive board for ?be Now Orleans. Cincinnati and L'ouisvlllo Exposition* in 1894. Tho Stat" Department hea hie services in 1877 as statistical export in oonneotion with thn Halifax tlstinrlea com mission. Ho represented the (Smithsonian Institution At the Columbian Exposition and was a member of tho board of awards at tbe Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta last year. ? ? ? The will of the Into Kate Flold, who dlod at tbo Sandwich ? Islands recently, jbas' beob found Id a box loft by MfftA Field with tho manager of tbe Shoreham hotel, prior to hor departure from Washington. It uames J. Aaoford Beatty nnd If. II. Koblsaat as exec utor*. Mr. Beatty is understood to be the oblef beneficiary. Tbe will request* that the body be brought homo anfk^j&mate;]. The estate 14 said to be small, mainly constating of book* and personal Articlee aeoumulAtts) by Vis* Field during her Ufetlmo. ? * ? ? Tbo Populist party, following In tho wake of the Bepubliean, Democratic nnd Silvei parties, have decided to organlzo clubs lo atrasy precin^ In the United State*. . ' - The Ui The Convention of tho National Assoclu* Uon of Demooratlo Club* ?a Herd to meet Bt. Louie on September 6th . will be postponed until the ind of October and will laat through ~Ui<5 Jrrt. Tfttofsdoiwto ftwro the MUMI - onoe of Messrs. Bryan end ftww*U wbo: would not ha?e been able to bo ermtoe the deto first mentioned. At the headqnar .Mr* of the association of this city II Jo said ItKftWtnrvHy mm<m to bal lata. ibera wi . tboneandelutiu^jN^ tbe **??<*>* jfJaU ln.trhlcb tbe p. , yj.? jt,vt. eo^ress tUm wa* ^ .