The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 09, 1893, Image 1
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VOL. VIII.
ITS HISTORY TRACEDAL1.
ABOUT Till: OKItilN OF
Til IS CO AT-OF-A IOIS.
Found in Pii^iou's Memoirs, by
Air. Tlico. I>. .Jorvoy Fxeoed
in-Iy Interesting K? ading
tor Soul 11 Cnro* in in tis.
Tli? State.
Governor Tillman has Imsn trying
for months to got an accurate history
of the coat of arms of South Carolina.
A few (Jays ago Governor Tillman
hemd that Mr. Theodore I). .Torvey
couhl giro hint h great deal <>f the
information he was in search of, and
he accordingly wrote to him requesting
hi in to send him whateior data
he had secured. Yesterday the Gov !
ernor received the following reply:
CHARLESTON, S. 0,, Oct. 28,
1803.
His Excellency. 13. It. Tillman,
(lover nor South Carolina Columbia
S. C;
Dear Sir?Your letter of 27th was
receive ! by me today, and I answer
at once.
I a volume 2, Drayton's Memoirs,
page 372, appears the following account,
wich 1 quote:
"So soon as the government under
the constitution of March, 1 77d, was
organized, the necessity of having a
public seal became evident and on
motion in the General Assembly in
was resolved'That IIis Excellency
the President and commander it
chief, by and with the advice and
l* . e A l * *
i"iMiscni oi ino privy council may,
ami ho is hereby authorized to design
ami cause to ho mado a great seal of
South Carolina, and until such an
one can he made to fix a temporary
public seal.'
"In pursuance of this resolution
William Henry Drayton and some
of the privy council were charged
with designing the great seal and
causing ;t to be made; and in the
meantime a temporary public seal
was adopted by the President and
privy council for purposes of tho[
Sta'e.
"Tim first use of this temporary
seal (which appears to have been the
seal at arms of the President) was
for commissioning the civil officers
of government and for a pardon
issued by President Hut lodge, dated
1st of May, 1770, in favor of a person
who bad been convicted of manslaughter
before Chief Justice Wil liam
Henry Drayton, and his associated
justices at a court commenced
in Charleston on the 23d of April,
1770. Ln these commissions it was
called his (the President's seal, but
in pardons and other instruments it
was afterwards called the temporary
seal of the said colony or the temporary
public seal, and it was used
throughout that time of the year
1770 until about the 22nd of May,
1877, and on that President Hutledgc
issued a pardon under the seal of the
said State,'omitting the word 'temporary,'
whence there is reason for
believing the greHt seal was then
made; and from that time the torn- j
porary seal does not appear to have i
been used. (GovernorJohn Drayton
remembers seeing tho die brought to
liis father in Charleston.)
"The (levic.e for the armorial
achievement and reverse to the great
seal of the State of South Carolina is
as follows: Arms, a palmetto tree
growing on the seashore erect; at its
base a torn-tip oak tree, its branches
lopped o(T, prostrate; both proper,
.lust below the branches of the palmetto
two shiolds pendent, one of
them on the dexter side is inscribed
'March 26/ the other 011 the sinister
side 'July 4th.' Thirteen spears
proper are bound crosswise to the
stem of he palmetto, their points
raised; the band knotting them together
bearing tho inscription 'Quia
Separabit.' Under the prostrate oak
is inscribed 'Molioreni I/ipsa Lo
caivt,' below which appears in largo
figures, '1770.' At the summit of
tho exorgue are the words 'South
Carolina,' and at the bottom of the
same'Anim's Opibusque 1'aratt.'
"Reverse: A woman walking on
the seashore over swords and daggers;
she holds in her dexter hand a laurel
branch and her sinister hand the
folds of hor robe; she looks towards
the sun just rising above the sea; all
proper. On tho upper part is tho
sky, azure. At the summit of tho
exergue are the words 'Dum Spiro
Spero' and within tho field below tho
figttio is inscribed the word 'Spes'
The seal is in the form of a circle
four inches in diameter and fourtenths
of an inch thick. It was not
designed until after tho fort at Sullivan's
Island had defeated the
Hritish Hoot, as all of its devices
will prove. The fort was construct
oil or the stems ot tho palmetto treo I
which grow abundantly on our sea
islands, which grew on Sullivans',
Island at the time tho fort was made,
grow there at tho present time.
' The arms were designed by \Vm
Henry Drayton, and the original,
when tho battle was fought, and
which executed by him with a pen,
bearing a great similitude to what is
represented or? the seal, is in the
o
possession of his son. It, however,
i contains more devices, but this is
easily reconciled by supposing all he
designed was not deemed by the
President and the privy council necessary
for the great seal.
The explanation of this side of
the seal is the following: The pal(tin!
lit I I'OA nil Ki?!i eltr\i'a Vn?\rn
, sonts tlio fort on Sullivan's Island, 1
the shields hearing March 26th and
July hhallndo to the Constitution
' of SouthCarolinu which wtis ratified
on the first of those days, and to the
Declaration of Independence, which
was made by the Continental Congress
on the second date. The thirteen
spears represent the thirteen
States which acceeded to the Union.
The dead oak tree alludes to the
British lleot as being constructed of 1
oak timbers, and it is prostrate under
the palmetto tree because the
fort constructed of that tree defeated
the British licet; heuce the inscription
of Meliorem Lapsa Locavit' is
appropriately placed underneath it, 1
under which 1776 is in large figures,
alluding to the year the Constitution
at South Carolina was passed, to the
bottle fought at Sullivan's Island, to
the Declaration of Independence and
of the year when the seal was ordered
to he made. The reverse of the
arms is said to have been designed
by Arthur Middletmi; the woman
walking along the seashore strewn
with swords and daggers, represents
Hope overcoming dangers, which the
son just rising was about to disclose ,
in the occurrence of the 28th of
dune, while the laurels she holds ,
signifies th? honors which Col. (
Moultrie, his officers and men gained (
on that auspicious pay. The sun
rising in great brilliance above the (
sea indicates that the 28th of June ,
was a lino day; it also bespeaks good ,
fortune." ;
I trust this may help you. I think j
it is the book to which Oapt. (,'our ,
tonav alIn les. There are not many ,
copies, 1 believe; but having one I ]
copied it and send it at once, and }
will be pleased to have been of any ,
service to you, but will now close as (
my letter is long. Yours truly, |
TI1KO. I). JERVEY. ,
'Chis iuformation will doubtless j
load to a r< commendation by the ,
Governor to the Legislature, looking |
to the preparation of a correct coat of
arms of the State, to be kept at the ,
capitol. ]
What Seigniorage Is.
Strictly speaking, seigniorage is |
the charge made by any national ,
govorinnent for coining bullion or. |
private account. It usually takes
the form of a certain porcentago, j
fixed by law and deducted from tho
metal brought to tho mint.
In other words, when an individual
brings to a goverment mint a
quantity of one of the precious metals
to be coined on bis private account,
be will receivo a weight of coins
equal to the weight of pure metal
brought, less the percentage deducted
as compensation to the govern
ment for its services and incidental
expenses of coinage, and plus the
weight of tho alloy.
At the present time the United
States government makes no charge
for coining gold, and does not receive
silver, copper or nickle for coinage i
on private account. Therefore the (
term soignorage is not strictly appli
cable to any transaction that takes (
place in connection with Federal ]
mints. ,
However, as used in current dis- i
cussious of tho silver question, the ,
tertn is taken to mean the nominal (
profit made by tho government on
iis purchases of silveFaml the coin- t
age of the same. To illustrate: The ,
present market price of silver is al- (
most exactly 70 cents an ounce,
while its "coinage value" is precisely {
$1.29 an ounce; so that on every ,
ounce of silver bought and coined |
there is an apparent profit of 59 (
cents. For reasons that have been (
more than once carefully explained, {
this profit is rather apparent than (
real, seeing that the "coinage value" |
is rather technical than actual. q
When it is proposed to coin the (
seigniorage silver now in the Treas- \
nry the meaning of the proposition is j
that all the silver bullion purchased
under tho act of .Inly, 1890, common f
ly called the Sherman act, not already (
coined and over and above the amount
that would be needed to furnish
standard silver dollars to match each
dollar represented by Treasury notes '
issued under tho law, shall be coined *
into standard dollars. '<
A Lady Cure*! ni'tcr .llaliy Years I
Suft'erlng. f
"I've been a sufferer from dyspep- \
sia for twenty years. Was in such a
fix I had to use the same care with
my diet as a baby. Used Tyncr's
I )yspepsia Remedy and can now eat ,
Anything without iticonvonience. It *
is truly a great remedy." Mrs. An- [
tony Duncan. Try it for all stom- '
ach disorders. It never disappoints. .
Price 50c per bottle. For sale by .
all druggists.
"I cannot say enough in praise of '
your valuable medicine, Dr. Thach* t
er's Uiver and Blood Syrup. I cannot
afford to be without your medi- (
cines. "J. W. Ncwson, Casborn, (la. 1
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ON WAY, S, ('.,
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THK SIC A I SLA NI > SUllKlt-i
KKS.
Memorial of The Red Cross So
ciety to Congress.
In the Semite last Wednesday
Senator Hoar seno up to tlie clerks'
desk a bill and a memorial which ho
asked to have read.
Senator Turpie objected, retalia
tin it unon Senator Hoar for a fimilari
objection yesterday.
Senator Hoar appealed to him to
withdraw his objection, but Senator
Turpie insisted upon preserving the
"parity of courtesy."
Senator Hoar said that the bill,
provided for an appropriation of
$5,000 for the relief of the sufferers
of the recent storm on the sea
Islands on the coast of South Caro- |
Una, and that the memorial had boon
prepared by Miss Clara Karton, of j
the Ked Cross Society.
At the request of Senator lJutler,
Senator Turpie withdrew his objection
and the memorial was read.
Senator Hoar gave notice that he
would call up the bill to morrow
morning.
Washington Star, November 1.
A memorial was prosouted in the
House and Senate today from the
Hed Cross Society in regard to the
Southern storm sufferers. The me
uiorial savs:
The American National lied Cross,
an organization national and inter
national, official in other countries
and semi official in this, taking
charge of tho relief work unprovided
for by law, other than the marine
hospital and life saving departments
af the Government takes cognizance,
3f, respectfully presents this mom ? '
rial in behaif and in the name of ,v
30,0()0 destitute and suffering p
pie of the sea islands of our co>
On the petition and at the enriJU
solicitation not only of South C''01,1
Una's Governor, her senior So' u> ''
and most prominent citizens, bu' .H
_ r . 1 i i i ?i V6 it.
some or me leauing nuuianti:
jf the country, the Ited Cross
to the field of calamity, and afti *ur(
careful, thorough and pninst?'
investigation, we, the presidetd. 181
the itod Cross and her field ofi.d tha
find this condition of affairs to toe 1'
lu a district 145 tniles long, ?d as
the islands on tho boundary lino'accn
South Carolina and Georgia to CJIn. vi
leston on tho north, and from 11i 1 to
Head, Folly and Morris islands to a
piont inland twenty miles or where
the tidal wave had spent its fury,
there arc 80,000 people, suffering
for the hare necessities of life, hun >
u;ry, naked, sick and homeless.
Thirty thousand people to feed,
clothe, nurse ami shelter for seven
months or until next year's crops can
he harvested. To do this we have on
hand scarcely $30,000, or one dollar
head with which to keep every
mar, woman and child alivo for seven
months with food, to say nothinir of
clothing and the other necessities of
life.
Just to feed this multitude, and
keep anything for tho future needs,
we are obliged to make this standard
ration: One peck of hominy or grits
and one pound of pork.
Six thousand houses will have to
he built entirely, or repaired as ne
ueasity demands.
Wo have already purchased 500,i)0()
feet of lumber, the generous
lumber merchants and railroads
making it possible to get this large
unount {it $5 a thousand feet delivered,
with the privilege of duplicating
the amount if necessary.
The people can raft this lumber to
their islands, but saws, hatchets and
nails must be had to build the lious;s.
The soil on tlie islands is wet and
lour, the drains and ditches choked
up and useless and vegetation will
thrive in but comparatively few plaJos.
The people are living on this
lamp ground in tents, under sheds
md trees and the storm of tine 12th
>f October that swept over this district
found thorn defenceless and left
them in a more pitiful condition than
ivor. Malaria in acute form is there,
yphoid, typhus and pneumonia will
n the near future be epidemic.
The condition of the district is as
dated. The remedy we suggest is
;hig:
TUB ItlaiKDY.
The sum of $50,000 bo intrusted
:o the lied Cross, upon good and
nufficient bonds, in double the
imount named, to bo used wholly
md solely in the employment of
abor in putting the islands in proper
lanitarv condition, ilrjiininrr fhn ijinrla
10 that crops may be produced and
louses built for the people who are
low helpless; through no fault of
Jieirs; strict account to be kept and
- ouohers made for every expenditure,
md if a balance remain is to ho re
urned to the treasury of the United
States. The lied Cross will undertake
to feed and clothe these people
Irotri the funds and provisions given
>y our generous citizens if it can bo
elieved in tho manner prayed for.
Free rations must not be given, as
that demoralizes and pauperizes.
If the lands are uot drained and
litched no crops can be grown,
vhich will keep tjhe people in un im
I
ryoor^ this minute in <
'~A |? token of the
four Word, Your Work, ami
THURSDAY 1
poverished condition.
W'c pray your favoraldo consider - i
ution of this memorial and immidiate'
notion l>y joint resolution, for if:
icliof is denied the world will soon j
rinaf with the humiliating cry that a 1
famine exists in the 1 nitod Statot. of
Amorica. Clara Barton,
President of the American National i
Hed Cross.
ci i;m:i,ani>siiiNSTiii;mi.l
The Last Null Driven la Tlie
Cheap Money Collin.
Washington, November 1. Si 1_
ver purchases l>y the Government
censed to day. The purpose for
which Mr. Cleveland called Congress
in extraordinary session was accomplished
at 4 25 this afternoon, when
lie affixed his signature to the bill
to repeal unconditionally the purchasing
clause of the Sherman law.
The struggle in the House was short.
Only twenty seven men could be
rallied for the hist stand by the silver
leaders, Messrs Bland and Bryan.
Mr. Bland and his colleagues, knowing
that further opposition was futile
preferred to sacrifice the opportunity
for a few hours1 debate ottered by
Mr. Wilson in order to force the majority
to bring in the cloture and
concur in the Senate amendment by
puress. But even in this they failed.
Their small following might have
succeeded had they been led by experienced
and skillful parliamentary
tacticians, Neither Mr Bryan nor
Mr Snodgrass, his lieutenant, is well
versed in parliamentary procedure,
und when.thrown off their guard by
0, ^ { rni||isi raetion they exposed
j | and $!/htiiling to follow one
s, . w i
lu g,n- lion wnh another.
lurch I'oanufs'erwhelmcd tlieni by
bushol owing motion to Older
g.j COT'jP'stion. H was car*
Iviile, Grdinal'tr. The filibusters
r only ,jOW ''Ii<\I1,M)l)1,lS' ,uu* n?tn*
us if OooclT^honi to do except
> the ?Ijty minutes under
N K\V At,e r?dtle of oratoy,.
cost confusion and
jjj g* f its conclusion the
Sr? I ^f*on Mr Bland's free
v? ,,,, .
I /ltute. Lhe majority
^ j ' ( 'J Then came the !
^ ?\v" yoneurring in \ho Sen- j
jovi- Jj,l(h'?mits. The vote stood
1 ^',e 8ai\'is i'oirence and 04 against,
maw j fxeeuuoriginal hill passed the i
liter- I ty-tlii-August 18 tlio vote stood
.,'io 1 <)(), so that although the to
tal vote to day was smaller the proportion
was practically the same.
The final vote was taken at 2.50 IV
M.
The bill was engrossed immediate-1
ly, and twenty minutes later at 3.10 '
the formal announcement was made 1
to the Senate that its amendment i
had been agreed to by the House.
The bill was hurriedly enrolled by
Chairman lVarson, of the committee
on enrolled hills, and at 3.30 was
presented to Speaker Crisp for his
signature.
Bill for Government Telegraph
Sy~tem.
Washington. (let. 30. Senator
Butler this morning introduced a
bill in the Senate which has for its
object the establishment of a Government
system of telegraph lines.
The bill directs the organization of a
board to consist of the secretary of
State, Secretary of War and the
Post master General, who are directed
to arrange a system of telegraphs
connecting various sections of the
country with the city of Washington,
with connections along those
lines at such cities as shall best sub
serve the public good. This system
is to be carried on as a part of the
postal railway system of tlie country
and discrimination in rates is prohibited,
except that a lower rate is
allowed for press messages than for
current business. The carrying on
of the telegraph business by individuals
or corporations is not prohi
bited. The bill is voluminous and
deals largely with the details of how
the lines shall he constructed. An
appropriation of $5,000,000 is made
to begin the work.
Now for a New County.
The St tie.
G it kh swoon, 3. Cm Oct., Oct. 31.A
thorough canvass has been made
of the territory from which it is pre
posed to form a now county, with
Greenwood as the county seat, and it
is found I hat there is littlo or no opposition
to the scheme, unless it
comes from Abbeville Court House.
An enthusiastic meeting of free hoi
ders and taxpayers was held here tonight,
which adopted the plan unanmously.
The town of Greenwood
proposes to pay for all surveys ami
maps, nnd to erect tho public buildings
without cost to her country
friends, who ire, regardless of political
faith, heartily in favor of the
now county with the "Gate City" of
South Carolina as the county seat.
A prominent lawyer of Kugeliold
says that county will endorse the
plan, and those seen in Laurens
county are in favor of the new county.
Kditor "Bob" Hemphill is in
favor of the plan also, though ho is
tho Senator from Abbeville.
riCmj Mortgage Sale.
^ I'n-is'. I S4 ' A , OF s,,lTll ( A
|t'OLNTV OF IIOKKV.
-/???Kvirti,o of thopo
'"' " in, it
if our Coui i try."
NOVEMBER, i>
HAMPTON AT THE HELM!
IIH WILL HOLD DKMOCItA
< ' \ lO I T h i i t \ a itMpn iii
v 1 rx ii
ItATKS.
As Ghinf for South Carolina of
the National hoajrno of Democrat
ir (Hubs, llo Will
Organize lor Victory
if Democrats Wish
ItThe
Kditor of The State has re
ceivod the following letter from Gen.
Wade Hampton:
Washington, D. 0., Oct. 31, 1893. |
My Dear Sir: Seme days ago you
called attention through your paper '
to the fact that I was Vice President
of the National Association of Demo
cratio ('Inlis, and since then I have
seen in several of our Democratic pa
pers reference made to your statement,
and in one instance t he question
was asked why no action had been
taken by myselfI
have waited to ascertain the
\iew8 of the Democratic press of
South Carolina, for these papers represent,
in my opinion, the only true
Democratic sentiment of the State,
and this sentiment should be expressed
by what are called the (.-onserva
tive papers. My own judgement is
clear, that the time has come when
the line should he drawn between i
those who stand on the Ocula platform
and those who stand on that of j
the National Democracy. No man
who upholds the former can claim
properly to he a Democrat, ami
unless our people choose to support
the fallacies of the Ocola adherents j
or to he led into the Populist party,
tho true Democrats of the State!
should organize to maintain the
principles of the Democratic party
asset forth ui tho Chicago platform, j
If my Democratic fellow citizens
agree with me that this is the truOj
policy to ho adopted, I shall at ouco)
proceed to organ i/.c National 1 )otnocratic,
Clubs throughout ilie State,
and 1 .shall exert my utmost efforts
to keep the State where it properly
'belongs, in the great IJemocrutic
column.
I believe that this can bo done, for
our people will scarcely now, in the
hour of victory, forsake the Hag they
followed so steadfastly and so faithfully
when that llag went down in
defeat Unscrupulous demagogues
have, by false promises, misled many
of our most holiest men and they
| have brought shame upon our proud
State.
I still have abiding faith in the
men who followed the starry cross
through trials and carnage; who
bore, with the heroism of martyrs,
the sufferings of the reconstruction
era, and who, with a devotion and
pluck never surpassed, rescued the
State in '70. Those uien cannot
forget tlm past, nor can they forsake
the banner under which the victory
of '7b was won.
If I can once more give aid to my
State 1 shall gladly enlist in her ser~ '
vice, and I shall rejoice to join those
who seek to maintain her welfare, to
protect hor honor and to save her
from shame and disgrace. I am very
truly yours,
WADE HAMPTON.
N. < I. < Ion/ales, Esq.
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TK IIOI I'll or THIS T IC IJ'l'l 1.1
Silver Senators Surrender To
l'uhlic Opinion.
News mid Courier.
Washington, October 30.?At
7.28, by a vote of 43 to 32, the Senate,
after one of the most remarkable
and memorable parliamentary bat-!
ties of a generation, passed the bill
unconditionally repealing tho purchase
clause of the Sherman silver
law. The end was reached at the
conclusion of u continuous session of
fourteen days, after sixty.one days
of debate, during which five volumes
of the Congressional Uecord had
hecn filled with speeches amounting
in the aggregate to about twenty
million words, a stream of talk that
would stretch in cold typo from the
seaboard sixteen hundred miles into
the interior, from I libert y enlighten
ing the world in New York harbor
to tho foot bills <?f tho ltoclcy
Mountains.
The closing day of the great struggle
for the repeal of tho purchase
of silver was one ct intense excitement.
The galleries were packed to
the doors, every seat in the Senate
was occupied and tho walls were
lined with Ucprcsentatives from tho
lower hl'Atinh of ( V?iirrr/>ati THn
-* - " i?\a-gis
of Senatorial courtesy was no
protection in the last moments.
Gray-haired men, inflamed by tho
flery passions that always characterize
the close of a hitter contest, did
not spare each other. Senetor MorIgftn,
with words that fairly burned,
neaped Ins denunciation on Senator
Voorheos, tho leader of the Adminis
tration forces, and Senator Wolcott,
the (Colorado Hotspur, concluded a
fierce philipic against Senator Carey
with tlio Spanish proverb of Sancho
Panza, that it was a waste of lather
j to shave an ass- The silver Uepuh
! licans, Toller, Stewart, Dubois, Wo\|
cott and -lones, Peflfor, the Populist,
komna.j i j110 ()! >
; ' s BURROUC
anil Morgan, nml tho old war Governor
of Tonncsscc, Harris, each
inmlo his valedictory. Tho Demo
crats wore hot and angry at the do
sertion of some of their colleagues,
which made their defeat possible,
the I'opuliata admonished the Senate
that the doom of silver was the
doom of the old parties, but there j
was something tragically pathetic in
the despairing cry of tho silver Sena
tors. It meant, they said, ruin and
destruction and desolation to the sil
ver-producing States. Senator .Jones
III..... l : . II .1 11 I I
nun ill) t;iii|ilill>n lillill/ Will IIOVCT l)U
forgotten by those who heard him,
warned those about hini that the
oud of tlie light, marked but the beginning
of the battle that would bo
waged before the people. In tones
deep and tragic ho repeated Dundee's
famous ilollaneo of (lordon:
There lie hills bevoiul IVtland,
And friths beyond the forth.
If there he lords in the lowlands,
There he chiefs in the North.
Senator Steward had the last
word. When the white bearded
Nevadati, looking like an ancient
patriarch, sank back in his seat,
Yico President Stevenson, for tlm
last time, announced that the bill,
was before the Senate for amend
ineut. lie paused.
Senator Voorhocs, the tall syca
more of the Wabash, arose. The
decisive moment had come. The
\ ice President flashed his eye about
the chamber. The galleries leaned
over. The Hood of light, from the
glass-panelled ceiling poured down
upon the Senate. The chamber
was stdl as death. Not a soul i
stirred. lOvcry one seemed t.<> hold
his breath.
"If there be no further amendments,"
said the Yico President,
solemnly, "the clerk will call Llio
roll."
"Senator Allen," began the clerk.
The suspense was over. The Ibi-i
bb.nn I.K...... luiojAil Tlw. ....11 !
w;is ill last being called on tlu* filial i
passage of the bill. From all over
the chamber came a sigh of relief, I
Mr. Bland, the silver champion of
the House, stood like a statue behind
the Sinate desks while the loll was i
called. Senators Sherman and
Voorhees, facing each other, bolt
upright, did not move a muscle. I
Senator IVlTer stroked his beard.
Senators Mills and t'ockrell paced
impatiently up and down the area in
front of the Vice President's chair.
Senator 11 ill sat in the front row j
talking to liis late antagonist, Sena
tor Sutler.
It took almost ten minutes to call
the roll and arrange the pairs. When
the Vice President announced the ,
vote Senator Voorhees straightened
up in his full length. It was a personal
victory for him. "I now
move," said he, with a nolo of tri
umph in his voice, "that the Senate
adjourn until to-morrow at 12 o'clock."
Before the ipiestion could be put
the occupants of the galleries were,
jostling each other in their attempts
to crowd out of the doors. The Sena
tors Hod from the chamber. In sixty
seconds none but a few employes remained
upon the scone. The long
battle was over, the Hold deserted.
KICK CANNING.
A Progressive Farmer's New use
for Lands on the Waocaniaw,
('ounty Record.
The Savannah Morning iV< irs says
thai on the Waccarnaw river, in South
Carolina, a large rice planter has determined
to abandon rice and turn
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111? ricu iiuiii!) in iu irucK minis. no
will ship "fresh" such <?f his products
us ho can and put tho balance i;? tins,
lie has erected a cannery on the
plantation and has this year put up a
quantity of okra, tomatoes and rieo.
Tho canning of rice, by the way, is
something comparatively new. The
grain is cooked ''in tho Southern
stylo" and put up in one, two and
three pound tins, and, it is said, finds
ready sale among Southern people in
the North and West, where tho art
of cooking rice as it should be lias
not yot been acquired. Tho planter
referred to calculates that his rice
acreage in cabbage, cucumbers, cay I
etine popper, okra, sweet peas, etc.,
for canning, will give a return two or
thrco times as large as it would if
planted in rice.
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Miulc 11 i in Vint
Tho State.
Governor Tillman was yesterday
asked what ho thougnt about the action
of the Senate in passing the repeal
bill, lie said he was too mail to
say anything, "but," said ho, "just
go got my speech at the St. Louis
convention, take tho moat out of it j
and you will have what I think of
tho action of tho Senate. '
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Uovernor Tillman hus tho taculty
of doing surprising things at the
most unexpected times. llis latest
move is quite a remarkable one. He
has jumped upon tho notaries public
of the State, and bringing his official
axe around with ono long swoop,
takes olT the official heads of all
those now holding commissions as
notaries in tho State. The head of
every man whoso commission dates
further back than 18SD fulls in the
basket.
The Governor puts his surprising
action on tho score of a desire to purify
this branch <>f the Government
but there is a practical result whi h
will follow that will net a good revenue
to the State Treasury, which
tho CJovornor mayor may not have
considered. Kvery man who re
ccivcs a notary's commission lias to
pay $3.12 for it, and when the largo
number of applicants that arc certain
to come, appear, the State will of
necessity reap a revenue of several
thousand dollars out of the action of
the Governor.
When tho Governor whs asked
yesterday for a statement of tho re.v
sons actuating hint in his action, lie
saiil that iiis proclamation fully explained
everything that Jinlluonced
liim.
The proclamation i ssued yesterday
is as follows:
u Whereas the olllce of Notary Public
is one of responsibility requiring
intelligence and good character for
its proper administration ami whereas
the tenure of the ollico has had no
limit under the law other than "During
the pleasure of tho Governor,"
that all those who liavo at any time
received the appointment are still
holding and exercising tho functions
of olllce, notwithstanding many of
thorn havo lost their commissions;
and whereas there have been charges
of unfitness and maladministration.
"Now therefore I, 1?. K. Tillman,
Governor of the Slate of South Carolina,
in order to purify tho public
service, and make clear the title of
every person claiming this office, do
issue this my proclamation, and by
the authority vested fn me under the
statutes I hereby declare that every
commission as Notary Public issued
prior to .January I, 1889, shall expire
on .January I, 1891, and said offices
shall become vacant. Applications
for appointment or reappointment
must be made in writing by the applicant,
and must be endorsed by a
member of the General Assembly, by
the members of the bar, or by not
less than twenty citizens of the community.
Some of the tnon whose commissions
thus become null and void
after the first of tho year have hold
them for forty years.
Strait "Turned Down Two. '
Washington better Align ta < hronielo.
Representative Strait, of South
Carolina, who turned down ox Congressman
Hemphill in the last election,
anils himself with little influence
at the national capital, and
does not hesitate to express himself
about it.
lie has not received a single ap
point men t in his district since the
present administration came. "It*
they do not think ine a good Demo
crat, and refuse m? patronage on
that account, then they should throw
out tho other reform members of the
delegation, for we all have the same
politics. I shall insist upon the Republicans
in my district being removed,
whether they recognize my
endorsements or not. '
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The fact is tho ex representatives
from South Carolina have more influence
than those who defeated them
on the Reform ticket. Col. Hemphill
isthe thorn in the aide of Dr.
Strait. He stood very high in the
House, was chairman of the commit tee
on the district of Columbia, and
was an important factor in local af
fairs here, so that when ho was de feated,
the man who did it bears the
brunt of a good deal of ill nature.
Hemphill's endorsements havo con ? /
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