The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 03, 1897, Image 1
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VOLUME VIII.
CAMDEN, S. 0.' FRIDAY, S'ICl'TEMBKU 18!>7.
jJSfli' '
i Hill aim.
Candidates are Stumping the State
for Earlo's Place,
A SUMMARY OF TH^ SPEECHES.'
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Irby Says Ho MadeEvuua CioYOrnor?
Molmurln Not Present 0>n Account 01
Illness ? lCvans on MeLaurln.
" The following is a brief summary of
the Sonatorwl campaigu speeches from
day to ilny.
The Williamsburg Mooting.
Tho meeting today, after - that of
yostordayv was liko a calm aft or n
storm. Tho two speakers oxhaustod
their supply of invectives at George
town, but ha^l'fin hand a few jjow ones
for today's meeting. Thoy wovo lis
tened to 1>3' about *200 men, who were
quite undemonstrative. Both speakers
wero mildly applauded when they con
cluded.
Col. J. Ii. M. Irby began:
"This campaign is unparalloled in
tho history of tho Stato for taking un
(lerhaudod advantago and for dirty
tricks of dirty henchmen. I cannot
speak of Mr. MoL-aurin's record while
he is on a bed of sickness, for fear of
doing him an injustieo, but 1 can speak
of tho infamous light that is boing made
against me. " ...
Col. . Irby hero vohornontly denied
- tho roport that, ho va? running as a
. "loose horso" to olect JCvaus.
"They have established a lyintr bu
re?^ over there in Columbia, 'l'hoy
juo seiVding oii'oulars nil over tlio^ State
*uud they aro flying, about as thick as
enowflakes. And to add to the infamy
of the act, tho circulars aro not signod
-by anyone. They are anonymous, and
there is no ouowhom lean hold rospou
sible. In addition to being lies, the
circulars aro writton by a pack of cow
ards. The men at tho head of that bu
reau in Columbia are liars and cowards.
Horo's ono of tho littlo darlings. " And
Col. Irby took from his pocket a circu
lar containing remarks' ho and Governor
Evans worn said to lmvo mado about
? each other Ipst year, v After reading it,
Col. Irby tdVo it up aud denied that he
,e vol' said any of tho things attributed to
him. ' .
He then wont over much of hisspoech
of yesterday concerning tho Murphy
load, but failed to bring out anything
new.
His rocord as a Democrat and his op
position to bolts wero ropoated. IIo told
how lie mado ISvans Governor and muz
zled Tillman to carry out tho scheme,
liill Meal, over hero in Columbia, came
on to Washington with Tillman to hoi
muzzlo him. Bill Ncal, who hasn't ten
cents worth of sense, was trying to dab
bio in politics then, as ho is now.*
Col. Irby (joncluded by warning the
voters of the dangers of tho suffrage
clause.
Mr. 3ohn Gary Evans opened hit
speech with somo pleasantries about
Col. Irby being bin political daddy, and
then passed on to a defense of tho suf
frage clause. I
"But," said ho, "I do join him in
ono thing, and that is tho way this
campaign is being run. Follow citi- '
Kens, you know tho low campaign
that was waged against mo last sum
mer.' But the newspapers havo held
up in their abuse this year, and in
stead havo put two guttorsnipo3 in
charge of a bureau in Columbia. And
? i Kavrhoro that unloss Mr. McLanrin
openly and publicly denounces thie
v bureau I will liohl him personally re
_ sponsible. JrbyJias. shown you ono ol
'these circulars, and this morning I got
ono giving uiy supposed rocord and
putting .words in my mputh that J^nevei
said.'' >>>.;
"All the papers of the State are sup
porting Mr. MeLaurin, but, not satis
fied with that, somo of liis friends have
resorted to this guttorsnipa practice ol
sending out circulars to slab Irby and
myself in tho back. "
After this denunciation of the bureau,
Mr. Evans took up tho tariff, and said
all farmers should be freo traders, fox
tho roason Hint they sold their products
in freo t ratio markets but could only
buy their goods in protection markets,
Farmers should also favor free raw,
materials Sbecauso tho manufacture
could /hakoHiinvaroodfj cheaper and the
farm or s couV.*.li thoioforo buj' tnon)
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Mr. Evans concluded with his argu
ment on tho tariff. Ho was applauded^
The Meeting at Manning.
With tho exception of a declaration
bv Colonol Irbv that Ito cheated in tht
March convention of 18U0 to securo the
nomination of Tillman, the candidates
inado their usual speeches, without va
j ml ions. Tho crowd numbered 000.
Mr.'Kvana, rtt the outsotof his speocb
repeated much that 'llo said yesterday
about tho dishonorable warfare thai
was boing Avagod against him. He
compared the sending onfcjof ciroular
to tumblcbug tactics, and taking up a
circular entitled "Evans's Evil JKecord
Unrolled," ho hastily read the sub
heads and denied the allegations until
ho canto to tho bond deal charge, lie
Jiatl. he deelarod, eXpJntnod last yoar
in this very court-houso his connection
with refunding tho Htato debt. Hie
explanation sathsfiod tho peoplo thoq/
and after lie had finished, Mr. McLau
i in c?mo to him and said ho shewed
conclusively thai his transactions in
Uia Matter had l>een honorable.
Pear Appelt" has said that' lie
190 votes Jin Clarendon,
out Appelt doesn't carrv the voted of
ttxt* comity in hts pocket. Ho made
several other allusions to "Mr Dear
ArtpelV' which woro received with
?7?lls and hurrahs for Appelt. Home
oo# iu tbeaudienoe asked Mr. E van*
if the constables returned to thoir
. homes last year and, worked for h?w
rr -taflUr hli Wlw ~
V- Mr. EvaiQ- ' 'How da yon know they
was
Col. I rby said ho wasjdoligbtod lo l>o
I prosont, for ha wauti/d to <so*? "My
barling Appolt," wIVotu ho had not
I soon since lie run tujj^ away from
I yliuvjoatou.
r Col. Irby then announced that ho
would not attack Molmurin's record in
his ubttouoo; denied ho was running as
n ' 'loose horse'" to oloct Evans; told his
"stud colt" joke; gave his reasons for
not uAuning last year, and dououucod
tj^/campaign bureau in Columbia for
? tfu> circulars which it was sending out. i
flo oxplainod how ho made Evans (?ov
jruor, and Raid ho wan tho daddy ami
jrand-dnddy of all tho politicians, bi^j
md littlo, in tho .State, ox<H'l>t Tillman,
mt ho hatched him. "Tho truth of
ibis wholoi, matter is," said Col. J rby,
"that Tillman and 1 joined teams in
lM8(t, after his agitation in IKS;>, for tho
purposo, first , to establish an a^ricnl
tural college in South Carolina. As !
romombor, tho counties of Clarendon,
Marlboro, Marion, Now hurry, Chester
%nd Laurens responded to tho call frOm
Edgofiold. Homo of tho representatives
from those counties even HuSiked ami
on tho question of collego or no college
wo wfero defoatcd.
"Tillman bocanio disgusted with any
fittompt to organize the farmors^of tho
tho State, throw up tho spongd, Jwroto
\ long lotter to tho people of thNwStato
expressing his contempt, androtived to
his homo among tho liillsof old Kdge
I field. I didn't surrender, howover,
and kopt up tho fight in the logislaturo
along tho lines of reform in tho admin
istration of tho State government. Tho
Tho college seems to he hopelessly
gono; hut Cod came to tho rosouo by
putting it into tho heart of Mr. Clom
son to make his bequest . A fresh hold
was taken, tho fight was ronowed ami
fhb college established. Hut Tillman
was out, voluntarily out. To get him
back 1 originated the March convention
idoa a yoar before tho convention was
held and gnvo him tho nomination on a
silver waiter. On the question of nom
ination or no nomination in that con
vention we woro defeated by ono voto.
I cheated vtho question of nomination
which savtfd Tillman, who was to bo
tho noininqo,^ Tho end justified tho
means becauso a person opposed to
nominations had not been invited to
that' convention, nud they had no right
to control its deliberations.
Tillman is tho last man in (lie world
to raiso his hand against mo, for up to
, lastycnr I hud beon a bettor friend and
closor to him oven than a brother.
Without ino ho would have been on his
plantation today, an liumblq farmer and
a busted politician. Ifo says lie's hands
off in tho fight. Cod tgrant it! 1 ask uo
man to bo my political godfather. If I
can't mako tho fight with my ownhcolfl
I am not fit to bo senator. "
Colonel lrby closed with an appeal for
the factions tc? got toeothor and save tho
democratic party in this stato.
Both ho and Evans wero applauded.
Chairman Bradham announced^ that
ho had been requested to read tlio ad
dress of Senator McLaurin to tho voter*
of the state, which wus published m to
da3''s newspapers. On account of being
toounwoll to do so, he asked Mr. Appolt
to read it. Mr. Appelt Complied, and on
concluding tho address was applauded.
The Florence Meeting.
At Florence Col. Irby ..declared wru
against Til Iman. In tho most remark
able speech ho has ma^lo in this cam
paign he reproached Tillman for ingrat
itude and vehomently doulated: "I'll
strike back if it defeats mo." As one
liery denunciation after another rolled
from his lips the crowd would yell,
"Hit him again," and break into ap
plause. t4 -
Hesaid:JTho Hoforaiers ?'nerificcd mi
lOTt vear because lvyas a Domofcr'atT I
am tiio only one who has stood by the
out Democrat id ship of {State sinco 1870.
I don't expect. Tillman's support in this
light, though 1 was the best friend h<
over had since 1880: 1 stood by hire
until I saw him seated in the Jjighest
ollico in the gift of the pooplo. "Up tc
then 1 was the "bully boy with the
glass oyo;" since then ho lias pone bach
on mo. *
Tillman says he's hands off, but ho
is mouth ,.ou. Ho has been prec&linp
mo in thi3-<ianvas8. He was in Abbe
ville before I reached thero; ho was in
York, where 1 have friends, and now J
hoar of him being in Union. What
right has he to go found in my section
of the State making speeches if he'f
hands off? I'm getting tired of llm
[ ^MTlg. It has got to stop. I'll strike
back illtrslttfoats mo.
(lo says nC Union that McLaurin is
with him for tho good of the Soutli^
What does Tto mean by that? He
meaus, "Voto for McLaurin; he's as
gpod a tool as I want." it means Me/
Huaurin will voto with him for protection^
and this is the good of the South lit
talks of. Vet this comes from the man
who snid ho would voto for tbo l>in?m.\
bill were his vote neoded. What cloot
he say about Kvans? "Oh, yes, h<
would be with mo too if ho was there;
but I havo nothing to do or saj
about tho election for United Statee
Senator."
? Evans interrupted and said: "Till
man can't control mo. "
Irby: lam resenting an instill tc
you that you ought to havo rosonted
vonrself. It's a nice thing after, yon
have made such an able campaign in
defenso of Democracy and tho people
of tho Stato to be told by Tillman thai
when you got to the United Stales Sen
ate you will be all right to voto with
him for protecti?mvi?nd fJiog ley bill fc,
In othor words, if you vote for Mo
lyfturin we aro togethor; vote for Kvana
and I'll have him all right. If you elect
MqLaurin, Tillmanis hnppy. If you
eleut Evau a Tillman fa happier, 'i'ifl -
maw made (.hits statement in answer to
?f1<lWt0TiHBtreadr prepareil. I've bewtin
Klitics and I kno<V, but what did he
ye to say of Irby? NotVjyord! It'e
strange that he's going around only in
my section. Why don.'t he come down
hare in tho Sixth district to make
apetchaa? He only speaks around in
the Piedmont section, and its stratoger
stKl tt tH BOtion iAo?kl strikf t1*h? a>
this time to eo tfcereand makosiwfche*
to save the dispensary that i* hung- be -
t M0B hemvan and bell. . .
But I'M five bim to understand I II
1?# BOM of hispoodlo dog if I go to the
U*itadJState? SenaU, If he atrik?a
moTllatriko b*ak. I'll five you pao
si# to wdarataad that rilba?eu*>n?i
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THE RAIIROIS TO BE SUtl).
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A Sensational Act on the Part of tho
State.
THE "OHlGiK'ALS" MUST STOP.
<?ov. Kllerbo Talks Very Kninkly j
About tho imponsary -Situation, and
C?(vcs ?5ut?o Opinions.
( I o vera or IHlorbo, in conversation
wilh n representative of tho < 'otumhia
Register, on the'Mth, hatl tho following
to Kfty on tho dispensary situation, etc. :
Ho said thai tho State would begin pro
ceedings at once against those railroads
whioli luul hanlod original package
liquors into tlio Stato under tho follow
ng Hoelioa of tho dispyusnry law;
"In all purchasos or sales t?f intoxi
cating liquors niado na oontomnlatod in
this aot, tho Stato JJoard of contiol
shall eanrso a certificate to bo attached
to each and every packago containing
said Hijuovh whon tlio Rtwno is shipped
to tho Stato commissioner from tho
placo of purchase. or by Stato commis
sioner to tlio comity dispensaries, cer
tilled by their official signatures and
Heal, which certificate Khali state that
liquors contained in Raid packagos
luivo boon purchased by tho Stato
board of control for sale ami uso with-,
in tho State of South Carolina, under
tho InwH of oaid State, and shall also
cause to bo attached to all such liquors
tho certificate of tho chemist of the
South Carolina Collogo that samples
of the samo have bcon tested hh 10
qairod by this act; and without such
certificates any package containing li
quors which shall bo shipped from
placo to placo within tho Stato, or
delivered to tho consignee by any rail
road; ox press company, or other com
mon carriers, or bo found in tho pos
session of any common carrier, shall
bo regarded as contraband, and may bo
sci/.ed without warrant for confiscation,
and such common carrier shall bo liable
to a penalty of $500 for cach oft'euso, to
bo recovered against said common car- I
rier in aiiy> court of competent jurisdic
tion by summons and complaint, pro
cecdinga to bo instituted by the solici
tor of any circuit with whom ovidonco I
may bo lodged by any officer or citizon I
having knowledgo or information of the
violation, and any person attaching or
using such certificate without tho au
thority of tho State board of control, or
any counterfeit cortficate for the pur- J
poso of securing the transportation of'
any intoxicating liquors within this
State in violation of law, shall, upon
conviction thereof; bo panishod by a
lino of aot. less than $/?00 and imprison- I
ment in tho penitentiary for not. less
than 0110 year for each ofYouso. "
TI16 governor was asked how ho
could proceed against the railroads
under Judge Simonton's decision. Ilo
replied taut the decision reforrcd to
individuals aud not to railways. lie
said proceedings would bo commenced I
' 'forthwith if not sooner. "
Continuing, tho governor said: "1
am anxious to hoo tho dispensary' I
sound and given a fair trial, if it
pans out it will be all right; if not tho
people can change it. J beiievo it tho
best hquor law and a mujonty of tho
people j'avor it.
"f am glad to hoo," ho continued, I
'that a good many townu opposed to
the dispensary law aro requiring li- 1
censes or demanding half of tho pro
fits iu keeping- with tho dispensary
law. " {
Tlio governor was asked to name
theso towns but ho said that he did
not think it necossary now. J
Askod as to what he thought of tho
prohibition movoniont t*lio Governor I
said: ' [ don't think it will amount to
anything, liotwoen it high li
conso tho people will voto for prohi-1
bit ion, as under a high llccnso the!
law could not bo % onforcort. ^It woulrfj
bo loo much like the old barroom sys- 1
toin with eo many temptations to I
inako money and no many wavs to
evade the la\iv"-- j
A r to the,4>osnibio action of tho legis
lature the (taycrnor said thai, tho pro- |
babilities woroMhat some amendments 1
wouid bo made to tho dispensary' law. ]
What they might bo ho did not care to
suggest, but ho Raid that ho would
make somo recommendations in his I
message. As to what they would bo
no did not caro to speak. !
It etu ruing to tho subject of tho suit
against tho railroads it was stated that
the suit would ho brought in tho State
courts and should an attempt bo made
tocarrytho enso to the United States
court, the charters of the rogds would I
ho annulled under a statute passed bv I
tho last legislature.
(jttJAIt KYMKN <S'0 OUT.
OpWnrd of Forty IjCuvo tlic 8tt5\vftrt
Quarry on a ^(flhe.
Although it waif not*# question of wa
gon, Homo tb irly or forty of the iaborerB
-employed by - the Stowavt Contracting
Company at their quarries in Columbia
quit work and went out last week, the
men marching up town through Main
street. in a bo.dy? attracting considerable
attention. The cauf<e of the trouble, it
is ascertained, was an expressed dissat
isfaction oil the partof Mr. Htewart frlli}.
"Hho way nbmo of the drillers wore doing
thoir work. A 'drilling team in bud-.
posed tc do exactly or very nckrly
exacily no -much" drilling^ fir~ ttr^
courso of a workir^j day. /Several
teams were falling far below tha aver
Age'" ' Mr. Htety'afl, il appears, told
them that hqneeforth (bat if they did
not come up to the average %they would
he paid in vroi>ortlon to the atnottnt of
work dono; or therVwould be discharg
ed; Mr. Btewartsaid that ooe or.tiro
of the most unsatisfactory men, who
votfltf havertFren discbargert itf iny
event, managed to influence the r?*t
into concerted action on the matter and
I he result was a refusal on the pari of
about SO or 40 of them to go to work.
Mr. Stewart $ays that the company
Will have no trouble in DUfeg tbe
places of the men who wevt oat. The
attfas qaarrKi now lit
of abo?V.m n?a when steam drills are
not in P?e Oifr-jltilllrig : - :?J_
T " ? le la LttT
There were 40,000 (tmt* im liae it
tkA Orand Army^ parM&W IWEdo, M.
m at U?
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CONDITION OK CO I TON.
South CartiHna Weekly Crop Itulte
l?nt
'I ho following is a bi iof summary of
t ho Weekly Crop Bulletin, as issued by
Section Diieetor Bauer at Columbia:
llui condition of crops tiro les? uui
form than lu'iotoforo, especially of cot
ton, which remains unimpaired in llio
western and noi thorn Rootions of tho
State, but deteriorated rapidly ovor
llio central and eastern section*, owing
to au excess of moisture and absence
of Munshiuo, which caused open
bolls to sprout, cracked bolls to rot
and the plant-, generally, to shed
young bolls and squares. Practically
110 picking was possible during the
week, and but few bolls opened ex
cept in places where it is repotted that
cotton ia"oponing rapidly, ltust is
common and reported from nearly
every county. Blooms aro still numer
ous except on light suils where the
plant is uppnrentlv dying.
Sou Island cotton remains in good
condition, generally and is heavily
fruited, but is shedding alarmingly in
places.
Tho condition of corn lias steadily im
proved and the estimates of yield are
increased by correspondents, except on
somo bottom lands where it is too wet
arid w hero it is turning yellow.
Fodder pulling made slow progress
and much fodder was spoiled by tho
rains before it could bo cured and
boused.
Late corn continues to look very
promising and will soon bo mado.
Tobacco curing practically finished
except very late fields. This crop is
reported to be of high quality, gener
ally; the yield was large and sal<js sat
isfactory of that portion of tho crop
which has been mnrbotod.
Rico harvest was delayed both on a<'
count of unfavorable weather and slow
ly ripening grain but will soon he gen
e'ral. Lato rice shows improvement
during th?j week, especially ovor the
northernly sections of tho rice holt. "
Peas were injured in places by tho
heavy rains, but generally aro very
promising. Pea-vine. hay euttiug will
begin this week.
Sweet potatoes aro looking well ami
digging bus begun with 'excellent
yields. This'^crop promises to bo a
largo one.
Turnip sowing continues and tho seed
is coming up to good stands.
Much grass for hay was dostroyod by
worms in tho southwestern counties.
Pastures continues in oxcellont con
dition. Pall ve^ot?hles aro being plant
ed in tho trucking disttiets. Late
fruit scarce, except i ears which aro
plentiful and of lino quality. Grinding
cane and boiling syrup is in progress.
Tho cano is said to bo too nappy. Minor
crops generally aro very promising.
ALMOST A ltlOT.
Ofllcors and Negroes Clash at
Charleston.
A special to the Columbia Stato from
Charleston, dated 25th, says: A seri
ous riot was narrowly averted thin
afteriiooa/(jojn' tho cotton factory which
gave rise to the wildest kinds of rumors
on tho sweets to the offoct that the
ox reeled clWh between tho white and
uegrc opacutertfa liad at last taken
place. Tho trouble arose by Police
Officer Walton ordering a number of
negroes to clear off tho sidewalk. Ono
particularly impudent negro rofusod to
oboy tho officer's order and was im
mediately placed under arrest. . Tho
negro resistod crrost and when th6 olH
cor brought his club into action a num
ber of negroes jumped upon hi in. Kx
JLioutouuut.of Police Fvrdham. a bravo
and very Respectable colored citizen,
who now has a position in the mill,
poizod his rifle and came to tho assist
ance of Walton, His action saved tho
officer's life and had the effect of sub
duing tho bltyod-thirstiuofls of tho
negroes. '
The riot call tyul in tho meantime
tfeen sent in mid in a short while (.'apt.
Alrfrtin, Lieut. Ogilvio. and a>?juad,-6f
mdieo had arrived upon tho^cona../Hix
of, tho ringleaders woro immediately ar
rejfted and sent to the station. The
charce entered on tho books is resist
ing oirest and assaulting the officer. It
is provable Jlwit iho charge of rioting
will also tJS preferred.
Capt. Martin, in speaking of tho
trouble, said that from what ho hail
learned, tho offonding parties were not
mill operatives. Thero seems, ? how
ovor, to bo sonio doubt on this point,
as several havo been found who say that
the negroes were employed at the mill?},
Tho white oporativos, wno still frequent
tho neighborhood had no hand in tho
disturbance. (
, It is said that the oftlcors of tbo mills
aro thinking about doing away with
negro labor and coming back* to the
whito, and this report probably ac
counts for tho goncral impression that
tho negroes, fearful of, losirig their jobs,
are . disposed to create troublo, as a
number of mill hands from Langloy
aro in the city, which seems to give
color to tho rumor that the 'nays of
negro labor aro numbered.
Chargort With ?nibcz7.Iem?n(,
Thomas M. Arrington, of North Car
olina, for twelve years past an omployo
of |ho postofllce department and re.
cently in charge of the Washington d>
' vision of postofllce iuApKtors has been
. .(MTfifstad at VVaahingtoa^X). C, , charged
withfembezzli.ig government moneys.
An ^investigation of . Arrington 'h nc
roimtH has been in profess for-nom*
"tlfffe atid, it'is saicfj resulted in the dis
covery of a shortage of about $3,000.
lie was roleased ou $2,000 bond.
MoKlnley la Cleveland.
President MoKinler was the guest of
'the- American Bar Association at its
bau<vu?t FrMtjr erouinjr, plough the
fact that be w?* to ' be tlM#' was kept
very qniet, The Presid^it^entered the
beoqaet hall after the speaking began.
He wsis jaccomjpanierf by Secretary Al
fcer and Henalor Hanna. - A seat had
Men i-eserved for him between the new
and retiring presidents of the associa
that the e? native J
ledtha. election to
>ipinM>* -neaoeia
? _ WCialey.ofObw
aaa<eanigat waa gteeted wHfrj
'to rer
Ho Has a Considerable Majority
Oyer,' Evans and Irby.
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THE LATTER IS BADLY LEFT.
A Ik t Volo Was l?tillpil--Mcljuiirlii'a
M?,|oilt,\ lO/iriSi -Hiicli Ulsii lvl He
Immin Woii'l C ut Any
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( 'olumbia, S, Aug. ill, (Spccml >
From all returns reooivod tip 1 1> Id p.m.
tonight Mcl.iuuin will bo nominated
for Heimtor by a considerable majority
over I'jvaaH and lrl?y. Li vans will
double Irby's voto>
A li^bl \ (>to w as polled in tho fcona
torial primary, probably nol oxemulinj;
?>0,000. T,hh(. year, in tbo con t oat bo
tweon .hulgo Karlo andtlovernor I'.vans
.mi, 000 votoHTvero polled.
Tho I n tost returnn, covorinf; nil ftccos.
eiblo points tonight, give. McLanrin 111,.
853; Llvnna ti, Irhy .S,r>70, a majority
for ifi'ljiiiinii <?f t(i,?.V?. Tli in may n < > |
l?o materially iwrea-jed. but it is t?><!
groat to 1 ><> possibly absorbed by anv
rot u in.) from I bo hack districts yet to
OOIIIO.
liAitOK I iIC A DICKS AT S t . IiOl'IH
A Calllo Mlnoi'^ to ((>iil( Work- Debs
Heartily Cheered, {'<?'
Tbo convention of labor lendorB in
session at St. Louis, Mo., adopted ros
o) ut ions denouncing thoSupremoCourt.
Eugene \r. Dobs dolivored n strong
speech boforc tlio convention, which
was heartily choered. Patrick Dolau,
of Pittsburg, followed in u speech, say
ing tlio injunction business was a gi
gantic fraud. It was agreed that the
basis of reprosontat ion at. th a Chicago
convention should l>o quo delegate to
each local labor organisation, and two
for each congressional distviot, nud
ovory man to bo a wage-earner. ? The
chair appointed Million, l>obs, Sover
eign, Donnelly and O'Connoll a com
mittee to arrange for tho Chicago con
vention, and informed tho convention
that any money intended ns contribu
tions for the striking minors should be
sent to Secretary Poarco, of tlio LTliligJ
Mine Workers, at. ( Columbus, -O. ? -
Mr. Mnhon, of Detroit, introduced a
resolution calling upon tJio minors at
work in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Ken
tucky. and other fields to quit work
and denouncing them as enemies oi
human liberty as long as thoy contin
ued their present course. Notwith
standing tho convention had declined
to acton President Kutehford's resolu
tion requesting President McKinloy to
convene Congress for tho purpose ol
defining tho authority of judges to is
sue injunctions, u resolution to thnt
efl'ect, requesting the chairman of the
convention to ask President McKinloy
to&r.l in that direction, introduced b.y
\V. D. Jlynn, 'the miners' organizer,
went through with a whoop, ^
It was decided to hold another con
vention Sept. 20th, unless the strike i?
settled, and the convention adjourned
si no die.
MOItK *111,1,8 kic.su mi;.
Factories Startup at St. Iwiwrciicc,
I'rovldenco mid Lowolli
At Ht. Lawrence, Mans., operation?
wore resumed at llio Atlantic Mills
Aug. <%th, after a shut-down of font
weeks. Thin will givo employment to
nbout I , '<?00 hands. Work wan also ro
mimed in tho weaving department ol
tho Methuen Company's m i 1 1 h at Me
ill lion . Noarly all of tho 450 operative*
employed in theso iiiiIIh are now al
work.
At Providonce, 1?. I., Iho Hariii
Mills Marled after a shut-down of two
weokfl.. Tho mills employ about iM>r.
Hands.
At jHomorsworlh, N. II., tho Great
Fnljij Cotton Manufacturing Company's
itiIIIh resumed operations on full
after having been run forl^i. hours T
week since May.
At Lowell, Mans. '/ tho La^onco Cot
ton Mills started after, a shut-down of
four wqptfts This is tho last mill in the
city to resume operation*, and in ntl-of
thoin it is said sufficient orders have
beetle received to insure* a prosperous]
season. - < -- ?
?Tlic Colored iJrand Army.
Tho colored (Jrand Army of tho He
public held a jubilee in Charleston, 8,
C. , last weok. Posts from different
aectious of the 8taU? and' Georgia as
sembled in a gran<\,re-union.
Wheat P#yl?K f n Knits**.
At Great Bend, Kan., tbatonnty re
[ corder has reported the release of oyer j
S*>(T,'boo in chattel and real eatato* mort
gages since August 1st,, and half of tho j
wheat crop has not bean threshed. tt
fa predicted that b f the new year thai
U to better;
financial conditio* than ever be/or*. _ j
Gotexnor 0'Fa*tall7af ^ Virgin to,
dec liaee to a?f?pori tba iremecratia
1C N ( IIAM IXii I, \ \ l ?, |. 'AUKWKIilil
ICa 1 1 1> I On v Id M a r \ W i II os of 1 1 Is V l*H
To ?? l lu- lmud of Hie Miy."
It is a robot In leave tho busy hiiiuds
of mvu; tho citios orowdod with ho
inanity,-, sweltering b.moath tho bur
sun a tut won 1 1 our oou'.*-o to tno ii>nv
Hummit of mountain.
How invigorating are the btvo/.os that
ram bio through tho cloud kissed re
gtODS, SV. oot with tho tt ttirn taCell^o ol
irosh leaved fore Is. The soul tinder
goos transformation. A now freedom
poKsoRscs body ami mind. I'ho voices
of tho mountains .stir to tho (ptick every
latent energy; and nature, unfolding
withm, broathoK mow lifo.
"Hand of thb .skv!" Whoever named
thee ho, spoke no idlo word, hut truer
wore tho thought: "(iatoway 'twi\t
earth and hoavon. "
This region is most charming. Volmn
is not piled on ( )saa, l>ut banked against
each other; like the huge waves of ruf
lied sea, mountain succeeds mountain,
dense with luxuriant foliage, until lost
in the ha/iness ot the distant hlno, a
veritable sea of lnonnlauis threatens to
engulf tho verdunt valley that nestles
below ns, quietly resting, securely
guarded by its hoary sentinels of thiek
veined clilVs. Here earth looks to
heaven with smilim; countenance, and
heaven rejoices at tliogluduess of earth.
I ho very clouds, that ' Vino I ike exhala
t ions' lroin the valley, and uninvited
enter our apartments, wear an air of
fellowship. rhantoiniike, as a brenth
they pass and array their lull talinns of
cumuli to glorify the departure of the
day's sua.
And w hen night majestically spreads
her alar .studded mantle over the besom
of earth, and One by one tho many
pointed constellation;* twinkle with
ros.; tush friendliness, how much more
brightly appear these silvery decora
tions from our mountain retreat than
whan obscured and dimmed by clotidu
of valley or mnoke of city.
? ? * *
Hero the lover of natural scenery
ttuds undying satisfaction. Kvory atop
idiifts tho slides of the marvoloua pano
rama apd thrown before the eye a (lis
solving view of blending shades, color,
outline and background, ail ontranciug
mctnro, a view that is never tho name.
More nature charms by Jior eroativc'
powora. \\ ith unflagging zeal she cm
IiOubI.v rotouehoH her handiwork, lest
the eyo grow weary and tho soul become
satisfied. Hero heaven and earth meet
in a kiss of such gentle tenderness thai
vision cannot discern tho touching of
their lips.
Softly, almost unconsciously, a spirit
of prido outers our heart, and with tJ<B
boastful noas of a school lad, wo chnm
partnership in this grand conn try. A
pntriotie impulse soizes us. Our BGul
liarmoni/08 with naturo. Our hein^
Mir ill a with a new love for thia "sweet
liberty. "
Ah wo wend our way over roads
carved through stubborn rocks, wc
marvel at tho works of man and confess
our obligations toward tho skillful and
daring onginoers and purveyors who
have wrestled from naturo royal high
waya.
Gratitude and recognition are due
those whoso brain aud brawn doviood
aud accomplished the wonderful wind
ing mazes of these mountain paths over
which wo travel with case, comfort aud
pleasure. Neither man nor. beast seems
to tiro as mile upon milo of labyrinth
ian county pike is covered.
What a wonderful necromancer is
this gaunt old mountain. Kvory bond
of tho road juggles with our Honscsand
"tho graud orchestra of nature- -plava
suitable accompaniments to the dex
terity of the conjuror. A low niuruioi I
as the riiilemoiiH and Ihtucises vow to
one another Jove eternal; tt soft rustic j
of the lowly plantti, eager to make their
presence known; a soothing sound from
the contesting waters that in gentle
rivalry precipitate each other over the
steep, rock clefts amidst tho plaudits of
their moist friends, destined to fall
into the rock-hollowod basin worn by
conturion of battering? all tlioso sweet
melodies of the mountain hymn a
pican to tho Makor of all, a glorious
Houl-slirrintr hallelujah. They lift the
soul of man above tho worries and
burdens of life. The nebula; of cares
am dissipated by tho gentle wooing" of
naturo, beautified by tho land of deity.
? ? ? ? * * *
Beautiful mountains of North Caro
lina, so calm and inajosticj so lofty ami
inspiring! Would that mankind might
behold ye. noted in the tints o / wood
lard, tho hazy blue of atmosphere, tho
soft shadow <A clouds aud tho benign
radianco of heaven ! Upon 'your sunvv
mils, the king of day smiles with warm
hearted geniality, "and tho full-faced
orb of night she her sofest beams of
silvery brightness. Round you play
tho storms of lxjavon, terribly majestic!
Amongst you dwell tho p6aco of sun
shine and the graoo of beauty!
With rogretf wo leave your" hallowing
prOaenco and'the abode of your hardy
sons filling tho steep slopes of your
I stout ribbed sides. .Back to tho
haunts of mon wo wander, our vacation
ended. Tfomoward wo turn our reluo
tantslop, but with a new born strongth
to assume th* duties of life; richer in
liealth; woalthior in activity- noblor in
? . >' ^JJavid Maiix.
Constitution, Aug. II.
PITH V N^WS IT KM 8.
David R. H'yV3r, .7r. , (.0 j-oaiH of age, J
wfc* at nng-io /death \>y at White-'
N. Y. , /While hiving boos.
VA" Rovcro p iuil alorm In Chicago "did
CV^ft 1 1 1 or ft t>t<l damage to buildingB, kill
ingVfwe won\au and injuring three other
people.
"/fcaler" Hcljlnttor, trho ia in. Chi
cago, III,, deniea tho report that he
married Mrs. Ferris, widow of tho For*
ri* wheel ipvontor. - --
__The AmoricAo. FbArmaceiitioal Ajmkk
ciAtion in session at Mioneap^Tt,
Miim.y decided to moot noxt yelrfo
Baltimore. J. H. Bobbltt, of North
Carol tu a, ivaa chosen secretary, Price
cutting w?e denounced. - -rf7
Chief Htata Constable W. N. Bahr, of
80a tb .Carolina, has been a upended
from the force indedniUlf by the
flnwanr Cat being -ton tallraH?a>~.Aa4
in vestigation wiU follow to m# if Ute [
f order will bo myrfo - | ?n^ 0a
EDPE nil i ii
Alt Consular Ofllcos 011 the List Havo
Boon Promised,
Wil l RLMAIN IN WASHING! ON.
"Hlov .Mall l>Hlvory~-Pro8pcoto.s |?
Alaska Impendent on Charity? .
<>l !?<??? Noway Items,
1 f< ( "
? down recently
. iu AUomoy (lonoraUotho effect
tint opuly I 11 (tod SI nl os Marslmlti
?? bo oo?Hi(ioroii us t!ovorot, , ;;;;;
that tl'i \S\i VV,i ,v luuson ?f<tllo fact
hut tho Marshal is oompullod' Wivo
iVo1?/:0.1 0,ilv ,un,rlf' b,it fm hi.Mn
?ni loi in i\ luiH called attention to (ho
f. . that deputy eollootora of inton.nl
o onno n.o m precisely the same eatu
h> In MJ* decision was called
a ?,? ?. ,',10U,c,,f Aoti"K <'onunis
\, ii . lijforual Hove 11 110 Wilson, tho
latlor admitted that thoriwiaion was an
1*' ? "nportuni one, and could
J , r?" w ,v il ?ho?W not apply
!..... 1 ?nipl?voH t?f tho internal rov
s i. I?'8 T M1?" Ihoseof tho United
of . . ? ?lnr?lmlH. "Deputy collectors
inl< inal rej-onuo," naid Acting Com
n ?.su,uor \Y 1 loon, -are h?p,?,hi5 to l,o
, he civd uprvico. J n realty, how
! tw.n'if | ?,v "orviee is a fifth wliool, so to
f' talc. >oputy commissioners of intern
; , n/? "I'Poinldd at tho coin
uoucowent of the Win of the now col
nl fnm'1!! hoW 'Jwir offlco for ii poriod
t toni jeai/t, I ho collector of in(oriial
sEa" V?. T t i0 ?^? wilh t^tlnitod
'l ,f l, }, gtvos nn indemnity
in U ' i employes of his oflico,
n. in,- ? d?l>?r meiit has hold that,
uudoi those conditions, it is only riuht
Tirr 1 u" V" "|'?"|<| i'?voVuiii!!..
!.'??! f ??loot his own assistants. it,
, Homcply |^o ren8o?nl)lofora now
toll tu tor to bo ooni polled to felv npon
uiiphj.ye8 whoni ho did not I- -o'w, and
1 'I'linu ?r'^r lo Jho onposi on party.
J eso ofhcoa.uro vory differed J(om tho
t horo fm' l>H n" . ?? *? Tho idon,
f,.? f that tne oinpJoyoH in' the in-'
to at loyoimo oillees aro under* tho
... Her vice rooiiih to bo a follaoious
no. i lio civil Horvieo sola only a (Iftli
"heel and ia olastio as the collector
>nay uosiro.
? ?
In coi^oetion with tho coming French
exposition, Secretary of Agriculture
" UMon hopoi) to dovolop a plan by
which brooding of horses for uso in cav
alry of Jjmronean urmiotiwill bo oncour
| sgod. I'ho demand tor horses for aVmy
i "H0 18 very groat in Uuropo. Tho
I* reach goyernmeiit oont an army ofllcur
to the United StatoH to learn iiow fur
j hoi koh eon Id bo drawn from this coun
try for tho Irenoh cavalry and artillory.
I I no roporfc wa? most fuvorablo to Amer
Kvn brooding autl as to abundant sup
ply. J ho jioods of England in her mil
itary operfttiortu in Africa and Aem
havo Iod her to look-ttf South America
for cavalry horses and tho flrstooniiiirii
inont of r>uo Argentine horsos loft Huo
nob Ayroa last month for the British
military florvico, at Capetown. Thus far
I no stopa iiavo boon t&ou by/thia t?ov
crnment for tho ^tfailo !xv American
hoi boh, but tho d^pai^mont of ajjricul
turo will consider tiio' advisability of
f ending abroad an export, who will in
vostigato Uio neoda of tho cavalry of Eir
J'opo with a view of mooting thie need
l>y Ainoi icau-brod horaos, It will doubt
Iobb at i rn til at o horse broediug at a tfhio
uIiph that biiflinoBB has- flnltemtminTlr
through tho inroads of electricity and
the bicycle.
? ?
, Several eohViVl aiii la Have ieaoliecl tho ~
1 1 oaaury JJopartmont- recently tlmt
iiumbera of men bound for tho
Kioiidiko country, but without pro
viHioiiB or money, are now. being landed
at.jt. Miohaela, Aluaka. Nono of tho
I regular linos of steamers, itiaaaid. will
I book pai ties for .the Klondike who aro
not provided with a suflloient amount of
provisions aHd money to maintain thein
relvoa for a reasonable time without
danger of suffering. Homo of the tramp
linoa of ateainors, however, aro said to
ship any one who can pay for his pas
aage. without rogard to tho futur?. Tho
result is. said to be that a considerable
crowd is accumulating in tho vioinity of
St. Michaels, who are bocouiing de
pendent upon tho charity of others for
thoir food. 'J'his unexpected situation,
it is feared, will lead to trouble boforo
tho winter is over, and tho Treasury
Pepartinent^has been askod to interfere
to pre/ent vessel ? from taking to
Ajag.ka poraons not proporly provided
j with aubsistenco.
commercial tiiilUri
The r*porl iiit*al^
Department upo? the
M'.Mp.b>U4iq(?^
Consular applicants will bointerostod
to learn that ovory consular ofHco in tho
jfift of tho administration has bpen .
promised, hu<1 the names of the fortu
nnto ones ar? now on file opposite the
post to which they will be designated
whon tho l'rcsidont gets time to make
the appointments. 1 his information i?
vouchsafed by the State Department to
a gontlemon who called QiJ^bohalfof the
Hepublicftn Nation ftl Coroju>itt??J&toQ[ .
a place fixed for one offtenator Hannah
friends. J
rmv?zz???!!i'
Tfio trusteofl antTelderjp "of the First
Presbyterian Church areyery positive
that L)r. T. DeWitt Talnm?*4ias not ao
repted any call from PlymoutnCburohy
Chicago, or anywhere else. They state
thai tuev have roc?ived no word front ?
'1M Talmage expressing any Change
from hisavowed mt^tlon or Yeturuing"
to them in September and that they*?
imro he Trould inform thi?tt
hav3-?Tfy^^irT^tortorlttrfntn?r7-~-~
, -T, -? ? "? ? ? um ?
iMist A HsiHUnt Potiruaeter General
Heath hfte> issued special instructions
to postmasters throughput the CoOfatry
providing tor ?(