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C«MMkUrabi« Marlt In « PrlvNta Lattar to Clark Hawaii—Waak aa State Baak Tax Repeal. ^ N«w York, Jan. 18.—The New York papers Recorder and other papers will pub- Hah tomorrow a letter from Senator David B. Hill, o£ New York, written nearly two years afro to Mr. Clark nearly two years afro to Mr. uiarit Howell, of the Atlanta Constitution, to whom Senator Hill authorized its publication some time ago. The letter was written just prior to the assem bling of the extra session of the pres- eni Congress in the summer of 1803, and beaming directly upon the next National campaign and the develop ments of the past two years, becomes a document of national interest. It is as follows: Albany, N. Y., July 13, 1893. Absence from home and profession al engagements have prevented an earlier reply to your recent letter, ask- Identially, my views on cer- it ing confidentially tain questions. First: As to theppproaching session One of those who session of don- n called in April the President in rview I have seemed bent on of Congress, believed that gress should fast, and I so the first and only'] had with him. II having one in September, which J thought was a mistake. I believed then that whatever |iolicy in regard to the currency and tmitf tliat was de- sijed to be adopted, could 'batter be dotie in the spring, before the patron age had been distributed and before party differences should augment. The President thoughtdiffereniiy, but has finally yielded to outside pressure, said has called the session for August. I fear that it is a mistake. 1 fear that we shall be in session until Decem ber. I do not like the prospect of having a Democratic Congress in ses sion during the fall elections. I an ticipate many differences and much bitterness will be developed. All of which will tend to district the party and give us a set back in the - fall. 1 hope I am mistaken in all thifrb)$ .fpar I may not be. So long as Corigress mtudmeet, I hope it will only boi« session thirty days and adjourn. Tne extreme silver men can prevent it; the Republicans can prevent it; and gen eral cussedness can prevent it. All the chances are that shall l>c in session until December. I would not take up any other Legislation than fi nancial, if I could have my way. Second -As to the repeal of the Sherman law, I favor the uncondi tional repeal of that law. I have al ways been opposed to it. The true friends of silver make a mistake in at tempting to defend it. It should be aban doned hy general consent. My views were partially expressed in my rei'ent Tammany letter which you undoubt edly have seen. Personally, Lshould prefer not to repeal the law until an acceptable substitute was provided in ' blfc*l le order to render more prohah adoption of such substitute ami. ifyt because I approve at all of- the man silver law. But from a party point of view, the wisest course , is un conditional repeal. The country ex pects it and the party will be found fairly well united in favor of it. Democratic \ which passed the House and which were refused con sideration in the Senate. Whatever bills the Treasury department may re commend, I think are likely to be passed. ’We must make a little tariff reform go a great ways. The condi tion of the Treasury will not admit Of much reduction, except in those cases - - frlflcel where a reduction is likely to produce more needed revenue. I do not think we need lie awake nights at all antici* paling trouble from the tariff ques tion. I doubt the policy of restoring the sugar tax. Our people have come to regard sugar as one of the necessi ties and comforts of life, and they want it as cheap as possible. Let the w w _ . _ tariff be retained on those article* I hands'have bee» p‘l^^ , mgf-r'quS^°^w A g atprt gLg* has arrived, and thus-beUevingT which come m comjieUtioii with our tlons as to the significance of the m the Soutli, we must pay 84 to *4 50. shall not longer stifle my convictioi se- own workmen if it is necessary to cure more revenue. VSA'dZXK V1“ TV B od and, of course, always subject to modification after consultation witli party, friends. Wliilc I like to adhere to my own views as well as any one, in party affairs, I believe in ttte okl doctrine: “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; and in all things, charity.” I remain, very truly yours, ' ‘ David B. mac, To Mr. Cl ark Howell,; Atlanta, Oa THE WOMAN'S COLLEGE. How NupL N«>wl IntondM to Complote tlio iiuiniiiiK- n ' Columbia, .Ian. 17.—Everybody in tlie State is now very much interested in the completion of tbe Winthrop Normal and Industrial College at Rock Hill, and are anxious to see its doors thrown open to the young women of the State by next September. As all know, at the last session of the Legis lature an act was passed providing for the economical completion of the build- iKMird decided to have the work completed by Superintendent Neal of the penit entiary with convict labor. And on Monday last tbe trustees formally turned over the buildings and all mat erials on band to Col. Neal. A brief report of this meeting was published vesterday. However, the following details of Col. Neal’s plans taken from the Rock Hill Herald, will lie read indicates that Col. Neafis starling out with tlie dehrmina on tihf^ to I'omplete the buildings time. xl’he Rts'k Hill Herald says: We had some difficulty in ascer taining wnhitoeoommittee did during the day and it seems that it really did nothing but go over the grounds and buildings on an inspecting tour with Superintendent Neal of tlie peniten tiary, who, under the law, if die under takes to complete the building%xis re- ouiretl to assure the State Trea&Hrer ., that be can finish the work now itK J t hand, i. e,, the main building, the north side dormitory, the power nouse, ’ li the |in),(H)0 kitchen and lartflidrv, witl apjiropriaUnl for that purpose, before any jiart of the appropriation will lie available. “From information in his possess ion Col. Neal felt that he could make such a guarantee to the State Treasurer SWIr-stated to the committee, when tbe work of completion was turned over, to him and he is now in control. CaTNoal was J before ■ the committee for several hours. * * * * * ' Therefore it is unwise while agreein: agreeing A substitute pending the repeal. made st once snd let -7- — -• us differ as to other financial matters. I am in favor of bimetalism os the is sue of the future. We should seek to keep that issue to the front; we should not strive for temporary success or compromise measures. Wo should be for free coinage under an internation al agreement u it is possible to procure one, and for which every exertion should be made—and if not itossible, independent himetaliam.. is the great goal for which we should struggle. It cannot be done at once. Our friends must uot be im- it. The country must be educa te unexpected action of India i and general sentiment of the money ed classes conspire against us at this time. I do not believe in the Bland bill, or any other measure which guarantees anything less than unre stricted coinage for gold apd silver alike, as pledged in the Democratic platforn National platform, ijet us prepare, not for resent victory, but for victory upon that issue in 1896. The repeal of the Sherman law will not give the relief which is anticipated. It will aid business temporarily, but in a year, times will be hardandtlie demand for permanent financial relief will be ir- resistable. We should contiaue to hold out free coinage, as the goal which the country must ultimately reach. The triumph of the mononie- talists will be but temporary. Third—As to the repeal or the 10 per cent, tax on State banks. Thitf tax cannot be well defended. It is an un democratic tax. Ostensibly it is im posed for revenue, but it does uot, in fact, 1 ’ NORTHERN MOVING SOUTH. More Favorable Law*, Cheaper Aabor aaA Longer Hear* than In the Korth-Maa? Other A* vantage*--The Climate U Milder. r—* Bobtom, Mass, Jan. 16.—The entire manufacturing population of New England, employer and employee, has been startled the last week oy the ap pearance m the Massachusetts Legis lature of three of the largest manufac turing corporations in Lowell asking l>emus*ion, under amended charters, to do business in the South. On all the mills eSfem^uiliieff of Lawrence, Nashua and Manchester, on the Merrimac, and Lewiston, on the Androscoggin, etc, hy wfter power. ^ r'" “ And finally comes the lost' freight cost on waste, the dirt and useless pore tions of the raw material. These lat ter considerations are strongly affirma tive in influencing the establishment of mills in the South for the coarser lines of goods, and for many of the preparatory processes for fine grades, prooably. . LABOR BIDE. Elliot Clark, treasurer of tlie Boott Company, said to me today: “The fact is we can no longer make plain sheetings and drills at a profit in the movement. sequence of ideas, many inod tliat the whole textlb Following the natural have iiuag- e operations J**® 4 of the North using, cotton were to be arco transferred to tlie borders of the sunny fields tqhereili the fibre is grown, and that the industry was to be revolu tionised;' ' '■* X:'-'- ' It is hardly that, however. The in dustry is not to be revolutionized. It is simply to advance. The movement meaus change, but it means progress, Cheap labor,, long hours, wholly or quite restricted by legislative control, proximity to the staple, are the influ ential elements in the change. It is by no means a new thought. North ern manufacturers have, for the last half dozen years, been watching the development of the cotton manufac turing industry in the South. From a fewmilliithastaken trpde.In- to it have been put relatively unskill ed btb<H*»ml cheap-raw- 4ttateriaL-^H^ could turn out gray cotton in coarse numbers, coarse ginghams, drillings and siuplar fabrics, much cheaper than Northern mills—che&per ia fact, by so much mniroximately as was ‘- igk,hi represented in railroad freiglit, higher wages and shorter hours. It began to get control of Southern, i Lowell, where and in ixjwell, where the movement is just now most in evidence, of the export market. With even the frac tion of a cent per yard the Northern mills could not stand the comnetition. Some of them nut their lianas down and abandoned the market. All of them 'prosecuted with new energy a duct of Northern mills for twenty years, viz, the preparations for making iuier fabrics. In the mills of Lowell, Lawrence, Manchester, N. H.. New Bedford, Fall River, Chicopee, Lewis ton and elsewhere today hardly a yard of the products of twenty years ago is how made, J CONDITIONS REVERSED/ They have reversed the conditions. Formerly, as in the South today, the rod up t represented about 40 per cent ubor, Ctiper cen^. cotton. The per centage of labor in the product of the Massachusetts Boot and Merrimac mills rtxpow upward of‘70 per cent. iere is money in the Sound* Like Siberia. Columbia, S,.C., Jan. 16.—A case of kidnapping and cruelty, which ri- vaTs me Wes -oFSiTierhtn cruelties, came to Dr. Lester's attention yester day and all will doubtless agree with him, when he says it is a case wjiich the autliorities should sift to thA bot tom without delay. Dr. Lester was called to attend the victinrat the cor ner of Blanding and Pickens streets yesterday morning. Tlie patient was ind idle Northern ca a, _ ^ if Nevtrtheless^ tl coarser goods, ital is only too eager to confide itse to the skilful hands that have devel ojied these vast enterprises on the banks of the Merrimac, bf Blizzard’s and Narragansett hays. 'x Of the Lowell corporations', the Massachusetts wasfthe first to ask thp Legislature for an increase of capital. This company was incorporated, in 1839 and had in 1893 a paid up capi tal of *1,800,000 and a property worth “After the adjournment of thecom- mit,tee \! ° clrcb more, located at the junction of hurriedly interviewed t'a!. Ncal as the Concordmid Merrimac nVers."~For wel to his plans. He informed us that he had appointed Messrs. W. H. Stewart and James Smith to take charge of the work and had given them instructions what to do. lie also stated that an effort would be made to resume 'work next week, and preparatory to this he would send up Saturday from the pen itentiary 22 convict carpenters, brick masons, and plasterers, some of whom are excellent workmen. At the same tli timelie would remove 45 of the present convict force to Columbia anu leave 40 at the stockade. Mr. Mendenhall and his force of guards, will be con tinned here. The convict force will was &'■ fact, bring in any revenue and never intended for that purpose. From a Democratic staudpoint its im position in an abuse oi the taxing power. 1 should not like to go upon record in favor of such a tax, nor do 1 desire to refuse a repeal of it. I re gard the tax question as an independ ent one, which has little bearing upon the main great question of the free coinage of silver, and they should lie kept apart as much as possible. While that tax cannot be approved from a Democratic standpoint, I fear the con sequences of a repeal. As I under stand it, it has been held that Con"- E has not power, directly to n State banks from issuing tii }>ro- issuing their notes which circulate as money, al though they cannot be made legal tender and are not money, in fact 1 do not like such wild cat currency and never did. I do not think we ought to become the Whili :.b _ ____ champions of it. ue perhaps we should take tlie und that the Senate should be at iberty to issue such notes if they de sired to do so, yet such issue should not be encouraged. We should not be switched off from fhe gold and silver issue upon anysuch sidetrack. I fear the experiment of wild cat State bank currency will not be a relief. It may »temporary relief, but in tlie end will be disastrous. The ^nk notes of so many States would be so worthless mat while in New Y ork or Georgia they might be perfectly good always, y«t m so many other States they would be so bad that the whole circu- lation would be discredited. You will observe from what I have stated that I adrLe we should move cautious! v in regard to the State bank tax and not mix it np with the legal tender question. ' : As to the tariff reform. I v ■■ ■■ . - Jillfe J be boarded and the guards paid out of penitentiary savings. That has not been dent heretofore. “Col. Neal believes he will be able to complete the buildings designed, by September, but in order to do this he will employ a small force of skjlled workmen, at greatly reduced wages, however. Mr. H. A. Brown is to be bontinued as heretofore. “Ool. Neal’s plans do not look to the continuance ofMr. T. C. Thomson as superintendent nor Mr. W. W. Dunlap as secretary and treasurer - in fact none of the present “bosses” ex cept Messrs. Smith and Brown, who will have charge of the brick work and painting, respectively, as we un derstand the arrangements. The work of Mr. Dunlap's office will lie done in theollice of the penitentiaryatColum bia, whence all orders will come. “Mr. Thompsort who has hadcharge of construction, claims arontracf with .the board, until the first of March and is not disposed to permit Col.* Neal or the committee to annul that contract. He will report for work every day un til the first of March, and if his ser vices are not accepted, he will then at tempt to collect his salary, neverthe less. “A number of skilled carpenters, plasterers and bricklayers who came here from other States and have been at work on the buildings for months, after waiting two weeks for work fb l»e resumed, left last night for their homes, as they saw ho prospect for further employment.”—State. - - Lynched Man now I.tveth. • Lebanon, Mo., Jan 15.—Word reached here last night of tlu\hanging of Reuben Gamer by 'a /mob of indignant neighbors in 'Dal las county last Thursday. Garner was accused of robbing the store of Fowler at Celt post otlice hist week, and a crowd of ten or 12 neigh bors went to his home and took him out and strung him to a tree and left him suspended. Ids feet a short dis tance from the ground. A friend of Garner’s who was present when the men called, followed them to where they hanged him, and he succeeded, after vigorous efforts, in resuscitating Garner, who.may recover. A Grewsome Side Snow. Chattanooga, Tenn., Ilah. 12.—Un dertaker J.G. Franklin, Jr., was on trial to-day on the charge of conduct ing a museum without a license. The- bodies of the two negroes. George Mappand Buddie Wooden, hanged yesterday, were placed in coffins and carried to Franklin's establishment, where he exposed them to a gaping crowd of negroes at Scents admission. The chief oivpoiice stopped the show and arrested many years previous to three years ago this Company enjoyed almost a monopoly, as far as American manu facturers were concerned, of the Chi na maket, for which the staple was brown cotton, — Seriously pressed by the Southern mills, the company went to the Legis lature in the spring of 1893 and asked for and olkained permission to in- crease its capital stock-to *3,000,000. Henry liing, a very small colored bov, an orphan, who hail lived with friends of his parents at the corner of Bland- ing and Pickens streets ever since he became an orphan, up to the day that tlie circus showed in Columbia last October. On that day the lad went down to see the circus, tents, and dis appeared as completely as if the earth had opened and swallowed him up. No one had any idea of what had be come of him. He was seen no more and nothing was heard of him, until yesterday morning, when the little fellow, a hor rible sight to gaze upon, staggered along tnl he got in front of his erst- while home and .his strength gaye out. Tnhc^ he was found and taken in doors. \The child was starved nearly to death. He was a mere shadow. He li is feet and legs* were in q fearful condi tion. Both had Been! frostbitten and were hornjbly swolleffii seeniing about about to burst open, rf^iv^ral of his toes were about to drop ofi. \I)r. Les ter says he will have to amputate them at once. Dr. Lester, as soo Rights for this stock were eagerly tak en up. The avowed oWjeet was the es tablishment of a plant in the South to take the company’s coarse work. Meanwhile the machinery in the Lowell plant was changed for finer work and fancy material. The Boot Mills,, incorporated in’ 1835, with a present capital of *1,200,- .000, is next tfoor to {he Massachusetts. Its officers have appeared profoundly, impressed by the example of its neigh bor from the start. The Boott, also, until within a few years, enjoyed a steady and profitable trade on staples and medium numbers, but, like their neighbor, £plt the force of Southern competition. At its executive head in charge of the mills it had an excep tionally able man, one familiar with the works from boyhood, and also en dowed with a keen apprehension of ibilities of its pro- hni- the commercial possibil its ducts, aMwell as a thoroughly tec! cal skill in its manufacture. Jt was largely by A. G. Cumnock's advice that his company—tlie Boott—peti tioned the present Massachusetts I .leg islature for permission to follow the example of tlie Massachusetts corpora tion. /_ Then followed the Merrimac Com- pany v with a request to be ajjowed to increase the capital from *2,500,000 to *3,500,000. The latter capped the cli- of the almost dramatic effect of max the movement. The Merrimac is the oldest great ^ cotton manufacturing corporation in America. Tncorjiorated in 1828 it was the first to demonstrate the commercial practicability of the power loom. It shaped the policy and laid the plan, thought out and worked out a system of manu.fcturingoperation in cotton that is to a greater or less , extent in vogue in every cotton mill in America. - MANY ELEMENTS IN THE PROBLEM. In tins-problem there are many ele ments. Primarily, for the establish- mqjit of any new industry whatever, superintendent, overseers, second hands, trust-worthy and skilful and who are willing to go South, are neces sary. There is no superabundance of them. Skilled, operators are another factor. Twenty years ago in the Mer- riiiiafc one girl could run . seven or eight loonis on plain work. On some grades now made there she can only ru n one or two. The element of atmos phere. its moisture or dryness, is im- portauL The liest conditions admitted ly prevail in England. In the whole region from Long Island Sound to the Penobscot River, the problem is oae of varying difficulty. Except in funda mental phases it is almost wholly un determined in the South. On the other hand, in Lowell, Fall River, New Bedford, Manchester, etc, labor is expensive; legislation, accord ing to the corporations, restrictive, of ten oppressive. To the inland places the railroads' tax on coal is burden some. The mills of Fall River and New Bedford, for instance, are at tide- The climate down there is milder, and it does not require so much coal to there can buy their cotton off the mar ket wagon. We must pay freight and brokerage, giving them an advantage oForie cent per pound on the raw cpt- •y itself is a fair profit for per fwL whieh py; a mill making coarse yarn goods. The labor, too, costs 60 per cent of what it does here and down there the taxation is not quite one-half what it is in Lowell. “These are some of the main reasons why we cannot manufacture the sheet ing and drilling in the North in com petition with the South. “The labor there, while cheap, is of a very fine class. All the female help in the mills down there are farmers' daughters, who are glad to work for small wages, . which seem large to them, as uiey are not accustomed to ve are here. As the negroes do not work in the cotton mills down there, the white people are quite will ing to take up that form of work. ‘These Southern girls are strong, quick to lern and glad to be in the way Of earning “Reports of production from good Southern mills show that the machin ery as a rule is run a little faster than in the North, and the goods are of ex cellent quality, which is the best proof of the efficiency Of the labor in .thfe South.”—News and Couirer. he saw the child, had him removed a' once to the colored hospital. The lit tle fellow said he did not run away last October. He says while he was looking at the tents a blgTisffo'wcP man came up and seized him, taking him with her over in the country in He says she has h V h Lexington. He says she has kept him there ever since making him work and starving him nearly all the time. He says she did not beat him much, but would starve him instead. He had tried to escape many times, but had not been successful till Monday night. Thep he made for his old home How he was found at the end of kis journey has been already told. The little fellow does not know the name of the unknown woman, but, Dr. Les ter savs, if the boy lives, he can doubtless take the law officers to the lace where she lives and recognize ler. The physician says the child is tn a serious condition.—State. • Cowliidt'd by ■ Lady. Charlotte, Jan. 14.—A very pretty and neatly dressed young woman went into the racket store of Williams Hood & Co., here today and inquired for John DeLane, a clerk in the estab lishment. Confronting him in the pre sence of several traveling men, she produced an anonymous letter of an insulting fiature,- which she accused DeLane of writing, at the same time she took a cowhide from a bundle she car ried, and applied several smart and vigorous-blows to the young man's head, before he made his escape by jumping over a dry goods box. The tongue fiislung the young clerk receiv ed is described as being more severe than the cowhiding. The young lady & ung lady was Miss May Hirt, formerly of Char leston, S. C., at which city Mr. DeLane met her and became engaged to her. She followed him to Charlotte, her family coming along with her. Here the engagement was broken off by Mr. DeLane and at ofie time the youny lady threatened to bring a breach of iromise suit against him. The clouds, lowever, rolled by and everything' seemed serene until the sudden storm which burst in such fury in the racket store today. Miss"IIirt accuses Mr. DeLane of writing many unsigned in sulting letters to Tier, which however, he strongly denied. Miss Hirt caused the arrest of Mr. DeLane accusing him of writing the . slanderouf letters and the mayor will hear the case^ tomor row. A Deadly l>uel. Walhalla, Jan. 11.—Robert Moore a revenue officer, andll. T# Thrift, a moonshiner, shot and lolled each other today about iifteeiua»les from Walhalla in tlie mountains. It seems tha? Thrift was arrested last night for illicit distilling by Moore and, posse. While on the way to Walhalla today, Thrift tried to make his escape hy shooting Moore, who returned the fire; each shot struck a vital part and both died in a few minutes. Only one wit ness, by the name of Lee, another of ficer, witnessed the shooting. This is the sixth murder for Oconee in the last seven months. Coroner Crisp has gone to hold the inquest.—State. CONGRESSMAN /TH Riddle* Mu it be Whirred Sentiment*. Manly Washington, D. C., Jan. 13, 1895. To the Editor of the Register;' Dear Sir: As there seems to be a lull in/State politics, and without a posi tive knowledge of what is doing or going to be done* I submit herewith my own peculiar opinions of the sit uation. The time for action, it seems to me. 11 , ^ convictions, but shall speak frankly and unreserv edly as I think the necessities of the situation require; and sbftfe the conse quences, whatever they may be: The general poverty and depression naified in the country'at large Jain local conditions. by local conditions No one expected the “movement” of 1890 to divide our people into two absolutely hostile camps. And the whole thing can be largely traced to the abandonment of the primary elec tion principles last summer to pro- m6te the interests of ^jertain individ uals. The Constitutional convention is upon us, and, with it and our inter necine strife, the “nigger in the wood pile” is reviving. “Not dead, but sleepeth,” is written over the attenuated corpse of the De mocratic party north of Mason and Dixon’s line, and even in our own section and among qur, own people signs of decay are visible - Our old allies will not help us and can no longer be relied upon. Let us help ourselves. The interests of ninety-nine out of every one hun- A convention of a faction, no.mat- ter how able its membership or good its work, pull be disastrous and drive us further apart. Everyone admits that, but unfortunately we have * be come such astute politicians that each of us is afraid to move for fear of in juring his chances of securing some office, from that of county coroner to President of the United States. We are- breeding-- tyrants--and- political cowards in South Carolina. Too much Kilicy and not enough of patriotism. iVhy, my dear sir, 1 came within an ace of ruining my flattering political prospects last summer by a few inno- cenf and kind observations made to “My Dear Appelt. ” But whatever the rota It. I ha\*e the satisfaction of knowing that I coined at least one or two apt words and phrases, which, if they did not enrich the English lan guage, will live for some time des ert ptio personae. Ever since I wrote that letter (in which, God knows, I was hon«rt+ I have been magnified, misrepresented and misquoted. Every time 1 opened my mouth I was charged with being in league with “Butler/' but that can be done no longer, as Gen Butler is out of politics and will soon be a pri vate citizen; while we differ on some things politically, he will carry with him mv undying friendship and ies- pect. Had it not been for the miscon struction which true friends, whose opinion I value, would have placed upon my conduct. I would have died a thousand political deaths before sub mitting to what I did. The people have honored me, I love them, and have studied hard and tried to give them value received. I have come to the conclusion that 1 do not care whether I ever hold an other office or not, if it involves the least sacrifice of dignity, honor or principle, and I do not propose to oc- bqpy any equipuriirdVancertain ppsi- tiobL I am in favor or hamionizing the factions, if such a thing be possible } but in onler to do tliat we must destroy ‘ a “Ring” mbre autocratic, more un scrupulous than yver dominated the State or controlled the destinies of a free people—I defy them! Let them take the office I hold, iKthey can. They cannot muzzle my tobgue nor stifle my manhood or independence.' They fire how making prepration control the Constitutional convention" and thereby perpetuate themselves in power, ami if necessary to accomplish this, white men, as well as the negro, will be ruthlessly disfranchised. The baveinade indi- which met with such approval throughout the State. I hope and believe tne matter will won consummate jn definite action, all thoee who ain- cated by them, general appro \ and thereby unite cerely want “peace and unity.” Men who possess the courage of their convictions must confer in the near future and adopt such a line of action as will subserve the best inter ests of the State. It is a fight against “boosism and ring rule,’ which seeks to prostitute every principle of popu lar rights to selfish purposes. Let those who believe peace can be obtained without an effort deceive themselves no longer. Peace has never been puecbased without a stern battle to secure its blessings. Yours respectfully, Jno. L. McLaurin. HAPPILY RELEASED. The FI*—iwt KapWluMo** of * -Maw -U* ciu«4l Chmb Twit Kvll HoltiU. J. W, Whipple; a well known liter ary man of St. Louis, who was cured of both the whiskey and morphine habit writes as follows:, A well-known literary mqn who was cured of both morphine and liquor writes on the thirteenth anniversary of his marriage: It is in many respiects an improve ment on its preceding predecessor, if that is a correct way to put it. Then I was in the bonds of physical enslave ment to a great sin, and in the gall <>f mental iniquities, which controlled and repressed my better and nobler and truer nature. Now. I rejoice in a renewed and regenerated body and brain, and exult, as a bridegrclbm ov- freedoni-fc the dominion of those things which embittered my own life and the lives of those I loved. To Dr. Leslie E. Keeley I owe more than any mortal man can repay, even though he lived to the age of our ante diluvian forefathers, ami so lean only yield to him, and to my ever dear phy sician, Dr.iR. Broughton, who minis tered to me so faithfully and. bore with my faults so patiently, the grate ful andloving homage Or a purified DELAYED PAYMENT. NEVER COMPROMISED CLAIM. NEVER HAD LAWSUIT. Such Is the record of the STAUNTON LIFE INSURANCE \% heart and life And so to-day, although an elderly bridegroom of thirteen years'standing and with aijarger supply of “funeral baked meats” than wedding cake in my possession, I still rejoice and look forward with hoi*e to happier days to come. Thirteen is an unusually unlucky number, anyhow, and the demon who presides over such things in the nether world seems to have ‘•hoodooed” it for me in a most skillful and scientific manner. Nevertheless, it saw me cured of the morphine and liquor habits perfectly and permanently, and altogether I bear it no especial malice, and, with a spirit of manly resignation, I uncom plainingly take the bitter with the sweet. To those now in line 1 say, ‘ Take heart and keep up courage." and I feel that I am somewhat justified in as suming to speak so encouragingly. I have been completely cured, and mine was, perhaps, as difficult a case as any one now at Dwight. Very few at Dwight suffer as much aa they do before- gedftg there. - TV me it was different, unfortunately, but it was not all the fault of the rem The new “Coupon Policy” of the Ataon ten Life L a modol of simplicity- la addl* tloc to all the best features of modern Ufa insurance it provides for the payment of tbe ‘coupon” IMMEDIATELY after death, without notice or tlie formali ty of proofs. The “coupon” covers 10 per cent, of the face of the policy, and is in ad dition thereto. Agents wanted. Liberal Comml<alon. Live men can make hi { money. AddlCvi edy or the treatment. Antis/’ one part are cowed and whipped, the other part too mad to have any sense, and while a part of the “Reformers" who want fair play have been silent, an arrogant minority held together by the cohesive power of spoils, runs rough-shod over all. Of fices are multiplied by-the thousand to prevent “kicking,” while the hands of-the executNre are strengthened by unlimited patronage and the towns in timidated by the threat of depriving them of the precious heritage of local self-government. The Alliance has been destroyed or Simply coverted into an adjunct of tlie political machine by methods that would make the stripes of the Tammany tiger pale with envy. Men are afraid to speak, or speak with bated breath. ’ Pretended salary reduc tions, on the principle of cutting every body else’s salary except their own. While the patient, toiling masses are in debt and straining every nerve ’ to keep the “fvolf from the door,” their attention is led away and centered up on personal and local issues, that no matter which way they are decided will benefit no one except a few in dividuals. What in the name of heav; en can the people expect from such purblind statesmanship; Where do they come inEvery man, woman d child in South Carolina knows that I am‘ telling the truth and many good Reformers see in the ugly picture the finale to tlm beautiful dream of 1890. ‘ Our only hope is to get together in this convention, and if possible, pre vent the “Ring” from controlling it, fra; and frSmea Constitution which will command the respect and confidence of the whole people, thereby uniting and placing us in a position in 1896 where we can avail ourselves of the most favoothle opportunity that Na tional politics may then offer. It is useless to temporize; if we be men, let us act, and, at least purchase, an hon orable defeat. For what I have already said and done along this line 1 have been the subject ote'vituperation, slander and abuse and I shrink (no one knows how much) from offering myself as a further target to the foifl pen of hire lings and slaves. If doing my duty manfully and con scientiously relegates me to private life, I welcome it. Let the phalanx put all of its spears into my body, if- thereby the cause of liberty is con served. J # . , If any of you, my friends, walk the nights, and for the day are confined in chains of worse than fire, remem ber that others too have done so, and that not so long ago* If at night the pitying stars look down and glisten in dropping tears,, and the murmuring night wimL sweeping gently by, see sights all un seen to known eyes, ana hear the sound of sobs all unheard by mortal ears, remember that thev have secit such sights and heard such sounds be fore, and that not so long ago. And if at times some one, worn and weary and despairing, seeks the soli tude of their room to kneel by their ide and weep like a little child, remember that others have done solie- fore m. those same rooms, aiid that not so lohg^ ago. But those^who so lately wept now weep no more/Aud those who sobbed now laugh a meriyGaugh, and so it will be with you, my\friend, if you will but be true and faithful, and that at a tinie,that is - not so far The Keeley Institute at Co'l>»iiit)iii, S. C , is still in successful operal * Three Men Killed, New York, Jan. 12.—Two men were killed and a third so seriously in jured that he will probably die by a south-bond express train on the New York Central Railroad, opposite Thorn’s dock, Riverdale_, at 10 o cloqk last night. The three men were Itus- sian-Poles, and they lived in Elizalieth- •rt. N. J. They had been to Hudson Y., to obtain work at cutting ice on the HudsoiLRiver, and, falling in their quest, were walking back on the track. ; ■ Ex-Secretary of State Foster, on his way to China to advise the Chi nese as to the best way of coming off their perch before it is.cut beneath them, is really the attorney of China in this country; so, China's'offer of *100,000 supporting her Macedonian cry was more or less as a matter of course. It is none the less one of the handsomest fees ever received by an American lawyer. He received an advance payment liefore leaving for China. . > ’ . RICE MILLS. We f.ffrr a cortiol-te Itxv YID in one n acbine Th* rciii<h rice Is placed in hopper hu:) eomvs < cleaned ami polished ready Ur ta ble use. Machine can he operated with horse power and vvfll clean 100 bushels of rough rice per day.. CORN MILLS Of tbe latest dtsipr*, vertical n J horizontal,double and smgl-toai. oiler Mills, • Saw Mills, Engines, - Gins and Presses, ~ Wood working machinery. . ?■ f» •IMAM* COLUMBIA, 8.0. COMPANY, Numb its of Baneflcl utea Testify to Ita Promptness aid Soundneis. c Natural Preaim u Insurance on ths mos Approved Plans. Jai. S. Rsyailds, Genera! A^ent, tfiti.tmiii t. n. €. This Handsome Rattan ROCKER, Worth the world over $5.00, will ba seat to any person who will send me ILSS/X* Six CaneSeftt CHAIRS, finished light, worth *1.00, s nt 65c. each. 40 yards of Straw ]£ fatting $3.90. $10.50 for an Oak Bed/JJureau, and Wash Stand to matclL Send for Catalogue of Fumitars^ Cooking Stoves, Baby Carriages, Sew* ing Machines, Buggies, Lamps, C*eek* •rj.etc. L. F. 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