The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 24, 1895, Image 4
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.
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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. PADGETT,
B Broad Street, Augusta, 0*.
Makes 4c. PRICES, even on
PIANOS & ORGANS
TY/'AMT be discouraged, but
a-J Vw/ IN 1 write for our grejt
Bargain List and Wonder;
Easy Installment Terms.
4c. PRICES.
A new Kathnahek Piano #50 lea then
ver belor "
ire aoia.
#40 Saved on a Sterling Plano.
Twenty Nearly New Square Pianos
at New York give eway Price*.
Fifty New Uprigbtt—from Beat Mak
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