The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 25, 1894, Image 1
VOL. VIII.
WAHMIN'O FOR THF CONFLICT.
Setiuior h'b)' Spcahs Again?Tho Pur
posi-H ol i lie Itefurm Movement not
yet Accoiniiliftlit 0?Objects to being
" Assusstimicd In the l>urk."
The following reply by Senator Irby t>
a letter written him by the Hon. W
T. C. Bates, Treasurer of South Caro
linn, has been published, and manifesing.
as it does, considerable warmth ol
feeling on the part of the writer, am
Hnulling treason on the tainted gale,'
as well us using some frankly spok< i
worus, 11 win uo reau wiui interest n\
ull interested in the present aspect o.
politics in South Carolina :
United States Senate.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 10, 1894.
Hoi.. W. T. C. Bates, Columbia, S. C.
My dear sir: 1 have your letter o
the llth inst., in which you nniko in
quiry as to what 1 think should b
done in reference to holding a factiona
convention of tho He form party o
South Carolina, to which 1 answei
hastily, but frankly.
1 regret, as deeply as you, to seo di
visions in the Keforin movement of oui
State The purposes for which it be
gan have not been accomplished, am
cannot he, without the exercise of hur
mony, justice, common sense and fail
dealing. I have had hut one pur post
from the very beginning, and that win
to do my duty by it to the very best ol
my ability. Notwithstanding this. I
have been persecuted by men, suppos
ed to be prominent in the Re torn
movement, from the very beginning,
until 1 made up my mind that 1 wouh
not submit to it any longer, and appealed
to the true men among us t<
protect me against such political assassination.
It is not my fault that we have these
evidences of idivision in our State. I
furnished no excuse for every Reform
or who goes into Columbia from tin
rural districts to the State House to In
taken to one side and gr joined ami
prejudiced against "Irby's management
of the party," when even the
Antis themselves acknowledge that my
conduct as chairman has been perfectly
fair. I am unwilling that a Third
party leader shall take charge of the
Reform movement in South Carolina,
and thus dictate tho nominees of the
Democratic party. I am satisfied that
the people of the State will not submit
to it, and tho sooner he, and others
who expect to rout) ollloo under him.
find this out, the bettor lor him and
the movement.
I answer you frankly as to what 1
tliink ought to be done, so far as I can
seo. Tnore are six or seven other can- !
r.... i i... ;
vuvum.o ?\?? (;uwvi uuiwi Kli iiUIIUlPi.
These men have been true and loyal, j
and are all able men. They aro entitled,
at least, to a fair eon test and
the protection of the principles of th? j
lirst March convention, the most prominent
of which was the right of the
people to name their candidates, instead
of a ring in the State House. It
will be necessary, before the campaign
that to be led by me as Democratic
chairman, that those contests shall be
settled within the lines of our faction,
and that, after the people have bad !
time to weigh and measure thorn and
conclude as to their choice, the successful
one shall be given the colors of
our faction to meet the Conservative
faction in debate on tho stump before
the general primary election. This
cannot he done with an early convention
had and snap judgment taken, before
the people have seen or heard the
various candidates who reek tho endorsement
of tho Reform party. It
savors too much of old ring rule and
Haskollite methods, and the people will
not countenance it.
This is perfectly fair and all parties
will he satisfied : hut the people, who
believe in the theory and system of
primary elections, will not stand for
4 ll'/\ t li mwt trwivt Ann ?? lnn/lnn /?f l?n
Third party and the self-constituted
spokesman of the Third party, the
other a traitor to the Reform party,
who seeks, as an emissary from the
enemy, to ruin tho Reform party, and
other men who desire olfico?-to tlx up i,
a slate now, have it endorsed by a con- '
vention as early as March, and rammed
?|.(down their throats. I say this, bo
' cause if their scheme is allowed to go
through under the whip and spur of
the Register, the movement cannot
stand. Selfrospecting men in it would j,
rather go to the wall than to servo un- ,
der a traitor to his movement and to !
see themselves assassinated in the I
dark by men who have claimed to be j
their friends, and the people robbed of;
the benefits of the vital principles of I
the first March platform.
This has been written to you just as
1 to ink it and believe it. I have tried
to be true to every man in the State
House and subjected myself to abuse
and criticisms in 185)2 for leaving my
seat in the Senate to go to South Carolina
to work for them and their re-elec- I
lion. 1 do not intend now to be abused j
l>y them.
As you suggest, I, being tho State
chairman, have no right to call a fac*
tional convention.
I have never assumed or contemplated
any such action, nor could such a
conclusion bo drawn from anything
that I have said or written. Tho organization
last presided over by the
Hon. (i. VV. Shell is defunct, because,
when the crisis came in *92, wo failed
to havo seen or heard of any action
from him in behalf of the Reform
.movement, and, bosides its mission
was fulfilled as a political organization
ais soon as its object was accomplished,
to wit: thocapturingof the whole State
government by the peoplo. It. being
<> 4eivtnArumr nmrfint'/nt inn not
?k t,? Jl.j.WI ... J. V.V,...,, lJV/l,
exist, longer than after tho inauguration
of tho State officers. Ho, therefore,
cannot oaII and control a caucu->
or convention and the only way for it j
^ to bo done regularly within our party
linos is, as suggested by the Laurent*
Alliance resolution, to wit: That Governor
Tillman call around him the
leaders, draft rules and call a convention
if they soo tit.
In conclusion, allow 1110 to say that I
will do more and go further to heal
breaches and unite our foroea than perhaps
any man who has boon treated as
I have in tho house of my friends ; but
I will not submit to tho dictation of
Third party leaders and traitors to
<our movement, let tho consequences be
what they may.
J. L. M. Tkby.
- ?i ?
?Lady Abbott, of Montreal, Gdnada.
* accompanied by her son and theJVf isses
Abbott arrived at thh llobkirk Imi.
Camden,*, lust woek. Lady Abbatfris
thcvd^^c^t^U^e.Slr JoHu AbUrt$,
4"
WILLING TO HI. OOVEHNOK. j
l>i\ Humpsou Hope would CoilNi'iil to
Servo?His views on Current Mutter*
III I'olitics.
From preseut indications the lie- j
iinn oonventlou, whensoever held, will ;
u>t have any lack of gubornatoria i
uindidates to perplex them. Already 1
10 roster presents the names of \V. 1)
Ivans, of Marlboro : John Gary Evans,
f Aiken *. W. H. Lllorbe? of Marion ;
f. E. Tindal, of Clarendon, and \V. 11
rimmerman, of Edgefield, as anion;
those who ure not averse to serving
M\o people in tho capacity of chief
to'.gistrato of tho State. And now, aetriling
to a special from Newberry to
lie Columbia State of the lHth, nnothei
iiehmond offers in the person of l)r
Simpson I'odc. who publicly declares)
limself a candidate. In tho interview
ii wiitun lm\ t'opo ueclures nis in ton- i
ion to stand for governor ho also gives :
lis views on the political questions of ;
o-day, ns follows:
" Dr. Sampson Pope to-day to the
luestion whether ho would bo a can- !
lidato for Governor to succeed Governor
Tillman, readily replied:
" 1 am a candidate for tho ollico of
lovernor, subject to the action of the
Inform convention, which is to ho hold
onto time during tho spring or sum
tier. Permit mo to say that the other !
fontlemen, whoso names have been
nentioned for Governor, are all strong
personal friends of mine, and in the j
onduct of the canvass nothing will he
aid or done by me to interfere with
f.his friendship. The sneeosss of the
Reform movement is. in my judgment,
mramount to the success of any indi- 1
/ideal; and the success of the move- \
nent is what we arc all striving for. i
There is too much peace and unity
imotig tho Reformers to allow the haril
on y or success of the movement to be
listurhed hy quarreling nvor any par- j
.'ieular man : and the man suggested by '
tho Reform convention will receive
the individual support of all the Reformers."
"Have you any idea that Governor I
Til man will run for a third term, or j
will he make the race for the Sen- !
ate V"
" I do not believe that Governor Tillman
will run for a third term. 1 think
ho has made up his mind to run for the
Senate, and he has the individual .--upport
of tho members of the Reform
puny, wiuiimi regard lo motional < 111 rerencos.
lie is stronger with the pec*
t)lo than any twenty oth< r leaders in
tho party '
"What is Governor Tinman's position
on tho time for holding the eon- ;
volition ?"
" I do not ltnow what Governor Tillman
thinks to bo the best time for
holding the convention, hut so far as
he is concerned, the time makes no
dilTercno's and whether spring or sum- ;
mcr is selected, his chances for success
will not be alTectcd."
" At what time do you wish the suggesting
convention held V"
"So far as 1 am concerned, any time
will suit. I think, however, that a late
convention will be better for the movement."
" What will he the main issue in the
next campaign ?"
" I t nink tho dispensary not will he ,
attacked, and feci that Senator Hut lor
will make it an issue. Hut I am satislied
that the noonlo will sustain it "
" What, is your position in regard to !
It?" :
" I was in favor of a high license act I
being passed in 1N<)2. but after seeing
the workings of the dispensary act I i
have becomo convinced that it is one of i
the best laws ever passed by a Legis- j
tore of tbis State."
Dr. Pope seemed in the best of health !
and spirits, and to he very sanguine of ;1
being Tillman's successor. Ho ex- i
pressed himself as believing that what- j
ever sentiment seemed to prevail now. >
that the leading dailies of the State |
would crystalize all Conservative senti- ;
ment in Senator Hutler's favor in the >
next election.
lie would not bo interviewed con- '
corning the printing steal or Senator
Irhy's letter, but ho seemed to feel that
the former could be justified before the
people and that the latter was a mis- j
take. Ho scoffed at the opinion that
Senator Irbv was "tight" when he I
vvroto the Kohn letter, and said, "you j
can bet Irby knows what he is about."
THIS KIH GIVGKMI IP W.Alt.
Governor Tillinmi Going lo Washington
to Wage it.
I lie State.
There is now every indication that !
some very interesting South G ro ilia :
political matters will have their or gin
in the National Capital next week.
What they will be or bow they will
develop remains to bo seen. Governor !
Tillman will leave here for Washing- j
ton on Saturday or Sunday. There will 1
very likely bo other It iform loaders to |
strike Washington about the same time, j
The Governor stated yesterday that i
among other things he was going on
to push the matter of Congressional
legislation in toe receivership matter.
He expects to have a bearing on Ibis
mutter before the judiciary committee
of the House, and if he does, ho will
say some things that will make very
lively reading. It will bo remembered
that bis last annual mossago was devoted
to an arraignment of the United
States Courts and their railroad receiverships.
As an outcome of that attack,
the Legislature at its recent session
prepared a memorial to be submitted
to Congress, asking for relief. The
Governor is going to push this.
Then again ho soys ho i.s outdone at
the delay in Secretary Carlisle's department
in regard to the payment, of
the direct tax interest refunds, due ;
this State, and having already written :
tho Secretary a very hot letter, ho now 1
proposes to soo him in person.
Tho fliAt/i'lMtMU will ?. IT,v1_ I
??v ? IIUJ " ?* OK"j/ W?UI uo nur '
lin's Instituto. Virginia, and seo his
laui/htor who is pursuing hor studies
there.
in t io hint few days a ureal many of
tho Reform politicians who havo not
been seen about tho capital s neo tho
last campaign, havo bo? n dropping in
and going away. Nearly all of thorn
have seen other leaders and thero is a
general impression that the political
pot within the party is very much
stirred^up. As several of tho real
IchnIoth of Hie I to form party are in
WiishingtOft it is but reat-onublo to
suppose that a good many t.lings will
be nxod thoro next week. A very Interesting
questlou is whether Senator
Irby wiUnartielpa^Q in any confoivo^
tfcbt toptfTOi hwi to Wwfcingtatt
I I ll ?1> ?llWWII ?I???M?
CONWAY, S. C
A RACK RIOT.
N't'Ki'oos Kir** lYom Ambush on Officers
of the littw?Incitement Near Jackmill,
in. C.
A special to the Augusta Chronicle,
.luted from Jackson, S. C., January IT.
says :
There was u race riot at House 1
Bridge, seven miles from hero, last j
night. Three white men and several ;
negroes were shot, it was a tumult- I
?us disturbance of the peace on the j
part of the negroes who were resisting I
the officers of the law in making an
arrest.
After a short ride. Jackson Station, j
which is fifteen miles from ....
tho Port Royal road, was reached.
Chore was considerable excitement
hero among' tho fow residents, and the
people of Silverton and Catherwood.
neighboring towns, were also aroused
and inflamed. Tho eauso ??f the excitement
was an attempt of a gang of
about fifty or sixty negroes to murder
tho oflleers of tho law near Rouse
Bridge. The attack was sudden and
unexpected to tho oflleials. who. while
they fen rod opposition in making tinarrest,
never apprehended being rushed
against in a hostile manner, or
being compelled to engage in a bloody
huttlo.
Tho origin of the riot was a difficulty
which Mr. Knoeh Beaufort had yesterday
with .Jessie .lade, a dangerous and
notorious negro. A warrant was issued
for Jade's arrest, and last night a eon-table
ami several deputies went to
Jado's houso to capture him. So no
one who knew tho tho warrant had
been sworn out, warned the negro desperado.
Jade, upon receiving tho information
declared that he would not
bo arrested, and summoned ail the
negroes in tho neighborhood to assist
aim in tho resistance, lie is tho ringleader
of an association of negroes in
this vicinity who aro engaged in unlawful
practices. In response to the
call fifty or sixty negroes gathered sit
tho outlaw's house hist night, armed
to the teeth, ami determined to keep
.lade from being arrested.
When the eoristahles arr'ved at
.lade's place they surrounded tho house (
to prevent him from escaping, either
through the doors or windows. They
know lie was siieh a desperate eharae- (
tor that he would take tho most daring*
chances and run any risk to get away. |
.lade had concealed about twenty-live
of tho negroes, who had come to his
aid, in a deep, dark gulley. and hid (
others behind the thick hushes buck of
the house. Those skulking foes could
cover every part of the house with
their guns without being scon. Tho (
remainder of the negroes were stationed
at points of vantage inside of ,
the house, it was the intention to ,
walk the. ollicials into a death trap.
They left too door of tho Inu-eun- (
loi ked, and hid themselves in the ,
rooms adjoining the one the otllcors
would be likely to enter.
The room was dark, the lamps were
all extinguished, and the blaze that
had been horning in tho lire-place was l(
put out w th water, in order to darken
the way of those whose visit was expected.
The mob kept quiet. Not a t
sound was heard from the inside. The
otlicers thought Jado was asleep and '
that this was their time to make the ^
arrest. The constable nnd
Iiis deputies quietly slipped lip to the (
front door, easily turned the knob and
ripened the passage it)to the house.
They got inside the front room and ,
tiptoed lightly about the lloor. The
negroes esuld see the white men by the ]
light of the moon which shone ns bril- ,
liunt us tin are lamp through lite open
door. They did not stir or make the
U.'iist noise until their general gave the j
command to lire;, when they discharged |
their guns and pistols with a volley
upon the otlicors. Too bravo constables
drew their weapons and made
for their assailants. The negroes got
frightened and they were driven from
the house and put to flight. The negroes
in ambush next opened fire upon j
tho constables, who now attempted to s
surround the house to prevent their assailants
from escaping.
The constables returned tho fire in '
the direction from whence it came and
the negroes divided and made for an .
adjoining swamp. There is no toll ig
or estimating the number of shots that
wore exchanged, but tlio old roov? y
was badly splintered. Many a sky ig. t J
was made through the roof and sid< s .
of the house.
After the firing ceased it was found
that three men in the white party had
been badly wounded and all of the others
were slightly injured.
Mr. Pat Ohisolm was shot in the
arm. Mr. Khett Green was shot in the *
ye, which was put out. Mr. Paul (
Green was most, seriously wounded, n
the side and thigh, and his injur es ,
may result fatally. The numler of
negroes wounded could not be h arned,
as they were evidently carried olT by
their companions.
In the confusion that followed the
shooting. Jado escaped and has not
been seen since, but tho cit zens are
determined to track him down, and
get him out of tho way, for he is a tor
ror to the community.
A meeting of the white people in the
surroi ndingoountry was called to meet
to-day at Silvorton, b> decide what
steps should bo taken towards catch- (
ing the negro rioters and punishing l
them. There was talk of Ivnching ,
and further trouble to-night, out the
evening tho matter has quieted down
mine, and there is not like y to bo any
further disturbance to-n'gl t. Put the
row is not settled, and it will not be
surprising if there is an outbreak at
my time. On account of tho riot Juck- |
son Academy was closed, and all the
children sent borne. Tim negroes an
trying the game t1 ey pls-yed. and lost
lUfrt /lnnln ? ...
tv, ?wi W. uui ill. V liiK/iinm l mm.
seemingly forgett ng hew disastrously
that resulted to them.
Latek la.m.: ft i? renrrted crowds
are qui-t.y gathering, and that an at
tack will bo .nado before sunrise upon
tho negroes.
?It in said at tho pea ottice department
that no recommendations for the
establishment of free detlvory will be
considered until alter tho begiuning of
the next fiscal year, July 1. Nearly
ninety-live offices throughout the country
have attained tho standard necessary
toentltle them to froo delivery
hut tho appropriation for thin purposo
has long since boon exhausted. In
fact there is u large deficiency.
The nomination of Mr. Harrison
brother, of ex-President Harrison, to
be surveyor of customs at Kansas City,
ua.t bari,!***) Mjjubtltt bjyUJb dbowd.
- <v*w BMfco. p.
, THURSDAY, JANU
RAILROAD WKKCK AT CHI&TKR.
Six I'cmoim Injured?Wonderful
I'lticupe ofother t'MNHriigers.
The following account of a railroad
disaster ut Chester, S. C., is taken
from the Columbia Stato of Jnnuarx
1s * i i
The disobedience of instructions and
the infringement of the State law by a
railroad engineer yesterday morning
at 12:38 o'clock caused a railroad
wreck that was only by some miraculous
intervention prevented from
crushing the lives out of many passengers.
Tno engineer jumped before
the result of his deed was known to
him. for ho knew that under the circumstances
a ear load of poonlo must
be crushed to death. mul t.lm iu<t
of him ho was making his way across a
corn Hold and leaving for parts unknown.
It was just at the hour named that
the south hound Washington vestibule
limited train from Charlotte to Columbia,
running forty minutes behind her
schedule, while crossing the Seaboard
Air Line track at, the Chester crossing
just north of the Chester depot, was
struck at right angles by u freight
train on the Seaboard and running at
right angles to her. and the tail end
Cullman sleeping ear containing thirteen
sleeping people, was wrecked.
The news of the uccident was telegraphed
to Columbia ami Charlotte as
soon as possible, and relief trains were
sent out from this point. The mini her
of wounded and injured were exaggerated
at first, but even whon. later
in the day, the facts became known
it was found that six persons had sustained
painful injuries. Fortunately,
the uccident. occurred right at Chi>?.i?>i
mill tin' Richmond and Danville Railroad
Company's physician. Dr. Devayu.
was soon on the scene, taking care nl
the wounded.
All tlie passengers on the vestibule
train who were awake say thai the
train stopped at the crossing before
reaching it. as is required. by iaw.
The two road cross in deep cuts
When the passenger engineer. A. 10.
Williamson, started olT u^ain, to proseed
across the other truck, he opened
his online up and started oil at a
rapid rate. As his locomotive came
lo the cross cut, he saw the headlight
>f another locomotive bearing directly
down upon bis train, the train
evidently moving at thirty miles an
hour. In order to try and save tin
lives of the passengers on his train
lie jerked his throttle wide open am
ndeavorcd to clear tho coming train,
lie was literally llyinj;. but he could
iot clear the other track, as his train
ivus lontf. Tho last, sleeping ear just
had it forward trucks upon the cros
.rack when the freight hit it. Tin
ar was moving so hist and was so solid
Unit the freight engine did not erasl
tironirb. bet was turned round and no |
ip the Richmond and Danville track
ii tno uireeiioii the vestibule v\ a? j
;ninff for some dist inco. The I'ullman !
Mr was broken loose from the rest nl
.lie train and knocked way up on tin
inbankmcnt. where it rested on it
side, badly crushed and smashed. Mat
lie coach been an ordinary li^ht day !
(inch, the freight online would hav? I
;nne through it. and the toss of lift |
.vouki nave neon terrible.
All the glass in the Pullman ear
.vas smashed, and the tumbled inmab s
if the ear, all of whom were asleep
,vhen tho crash came, awoke in ah
tinds of positions and anions broken
rlass and splinters. Tho vestibule
rain was in churgo of Conductor T. W.
?ritchard.
Mr. Tnomas Cothran of Greenville,
.vas one of the passengers. His escape
rem instant death 'was miraeulous.
lie was sleeping' in the berth which
vas located just where the freight endue
struck the ear. He awoke in a
ihower of splinters and glass. lie re*
di/.ed tho situation immediately, and
tearing tho screams of tho lady pasicngers,
proceeded to extricate them
rom the smashed car. Mr. and Mrn.
ipeor of Pittsburg. lJa., wore sleeping
ust across the aisle from him. He
mlled .Mrs. Spoor out; she was bloodng
from u wound in the head. One
wissengor whs awakened by hitting
, io ground outside the car, bavin*/
eon thrown throug i a window. A
ady who was steeping in the rear
itatero >m did not wake until some
,imo after the crash. She had been
brgotten, and she raised a lively
aeki t to get out though she was
in injured.
The list of the injured, as obtained
iflicially. is as follows :
Mrs. F II. Spoors, Pittsburg, Pa.,
i itr111. scalo wound.
.1. II. ilotTman, New York, wrist
turned.
Mrs. M. K. MeCarty, Washington
i). oIImiws cut.
G. D. MeCarty, Wa-liington, I). 0.,
flight y bruised.
.1.'!'. Wilson, Pittsburg, Pa., back
iu rt.
Pullman Car .Conductor Davis, head
ilightly bruised.
The injured passengers are being
. a rod for at Chester by the It. & I),
railroad.
Engineer Gray of the freight train
vith his iii'cman, jump? I from hiingino,
and neither have been hearfrom
since. The hat and glove oi
J ray were found two miles up tin
track A warrant will bo issued for
liis arrest.
endorses Senator Irby.
Washington I) C., Jan. 17.
ivuior ltogistcr: I will ntato lhat 1
im not wining for tee impression t
prevail in S mth Carolina tnat I wii
ndori-o liny man who had violated i
nlcd^c to mo. Congressman Ci. VV.
3.mil pio lised mo that he would not
nuke any endorsement in my ui-.tr et
without first having nonsuited mo or
with my previous endorsement. To
my surprise I found that ho had endorsed
a Ilaskellito for postmaster i
my district in connection with ex Con
pressmen J. J. Homnhill. Geor^?
Johnstone and Senator M. C. Duller.
I am a friend to Senator irby aud d<
not proposo to move in this mutter s
oiix as ho is chairman of the Stati
executive committee. I do not propose
to follow the lead of any man whom 1
consider untrue nnd self-constituted.
congressmen Tulbert, Latimer and 1
endorse the lettor written by Senatoi
Irby and published in The Koglster today.
T. J. Strait, M. C.
?Marion
M. Ilutson, of South Carolina,
bus been appointed collet lo ol
for then district of DtaAkJort
^ or ifoa/ufcrt, [ t
.
ARY 25, 1894
SIU KDTAUY CAUMSLf: VCIS.
IIoihIn lo i lio A mount ul' $5(),()00,<)00
in he IskuciI?Knit Ton Vfurs li-oiii
rrbnuii'j', 1st ai I'lvo IV r CVni,
\V VSIUNUTON, Jan. 17.?The following
is the text of the clrculut' which
j Secretary Carlisle has just issued :
" fly virtue of tho authority contain
I vn 111 iin* uoi emitted *aii Act to Provide
for tho Resumption of Specie
Payments,' approved January 11. 1875.
the Seoretary of tho Treasury hereby
offers for public subscription an issue
>f bonds of the United States, to the
1 amount of $50,000,000, in either rejflsI
tercd or coupon form, in denominations
of $50 and upward, redeemable in coin,
at tho pleasure of the (iovornment,
after ton years from the date of their
I issue, and bearing interest payable
i quarterly, in coin, at the rate of five
I percent, per annum.
" Proposals lor tho whole, or any
part of these bonds, will be received
at the Treasury Department, office of
the Secretary, until li! o'clock noon.
; in tho first day of Kebruary, 1N)M.
! Proposals should state the amount of
bonds desired, whether r,
coupon, and the premium which the
-ubseribor proposes to pay : the place
| where it is desired the bonds shall be
delivered, and the ollice, whether that
>f the Treasurer of the United States.
[ or an assistant treasurer of the United
States, where it will be most convenient
for the subscriber to deposit the
' amount of his subscription.
" Failure to specify the above particulars
may can so the proposal to be rejected.
As soon as possible, after the
lirst day of February, 1894, the allotment
of bonds will bo made for the
highest bidder therefor, but no proposals
will be considered at a lower
premium than 117.211 which is the
equivalent of a three per cent, bond
j at oar. and the right to reject any I
; and all proposals, is hereby expres&ly
j reserved.
" hi case the bids exceed the allot-!
j incnt for the bonds to be issued, they
I will be allotted pro rata.
! " Notices of the date of delivery of i
i tho bonds will bo sent to the subscrib
i ers to whom allotments are made, as
soon as practicable, and within ten
days from the''date of such notice, suhI
ariptions must ho paid in United j
I States gold coin, to the Treasurer, or i
! -melt Assistant Trcasurer of the United
| Slates, as the subscriber has designat- j
d. and, if not so paid, tho proposal '
will be rejected.
" The bonds will be d tted February
1, 181)4, and when p.ty nent is made,
interest accrues on both principal and
premium front February 1, 185)1. to
late of payment, and the rate of inI
to rest realized to the subscriber on his
uvestment will be added.
' All proposals should be addressed j
| o the Secretary of the Treasury,!
Washington, and should be distinctly
iarki'11 '1'reposals for Subscriptions to
Five per cent. Bonds.'"
(Signed)
.J. G. Caklisi.ic, Secretary.
The action of Secretary Carlisle in
tu jouncing tt bond issue, was not genrally
known, even in Treasury circles. |
vhen the report closed toduy. Among
the olliaials who are cognizant of his
I intention, the opinion was expressed
that he acted none too soon. Treasury
.rold is rapidly on the decline. The I
oss today was $8(12,000, and since the
lirst of too month tho gold balance has
Inclined from $80,892,000 to $70,Oil-1.015, 1
with the present indication that it
will fall below $70,700,000 tomorrow.
The bonds are to bo purchased for
.fold only, so that the Treasury gold
will bo built up to the extent of the
bond issue. This, however, it is anti ipated,
may only give temporary roief.
Gold maybe paid into tho Treasf.,?
i..'...... .1... i -i - -
-? jf n/i imilim dim; iiujt, IIIKI till) III' X I j
lay the same gold may ho withdrawn
'?y presenting legal tender notes, or
:oin certificates. for redemption. The
ilTeet of the bond issue, however, will
he to give the Treasury more mom y,
whether gold or currency, is immaterial,
and case up Government finances
it least, for the present.
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(iutlieriug ol' Oeuei'uls.
1 JAfiTlMOKK. January 1(1. The annual
banquet of the Society of the
Army ami Navy of the Confederate
States will be given hero on Friday
next. All the great living generals ol
tne Confederate army uio to attend,
and the addresses will ho in the nature
if recollections of war scones. There
were twenty-one lieutenant-generals
n the Confederate army from first to
uist. Of these, Long->treet, Stephen
I) Leo, Harly, Buckn ?r, Whoolur and j
A. I\ Stewart are living, and it is believed
all will utU ml except General
Long trout.
Of t.no others, General M. C. Butler
;s down for an address, us are Senators
Gordon, Vest and Waif-hall.
The address of Colonel Charles Marshall,
ol General Robert L. Lee's stafT,
>ii " Tiio Hurrenoor the Army of
Northern Virginia," ut Harris' Academy
of Music, previous to the banquet, !
.vii: doubtless be worthy alike of the
-.object und the speaker.
At tiie Imnquec Mr. Stephen It. Mai
lory. Representative ill Congress frolii '
too First District 01 Fiorina, will respun.I
to too toast, ''Too Confederal*
Navy." Mr. Mmiory's father Stephen
it. Mahory, for many years a prom n. nt
member of the United States senate,
was Con federate Secretary of the
Navy.
Two daughters of General John It.
Rood, one of the conspicuous figures
>f the late tivil war, w >o are spending
ne winter in Rao.mo.'o, w.ll bo t.ie
quests of the society.
Tneolliciis oft..is n itional soebt.
ire : Vice-presi.lenis, George VV.
I tooth, Mason Morfit, H. Ash ton
Rauieey, K. If. Drown; recording
secretary, Augustine J. Smith; assistant
recording secretary, Joshua
IViormis; corr spoudiug secretary
Jo in F. Ll.iyu* u ; treasurer, F. M
UolstCD.
?Tho Charleston Figging Munufactoring
Company uro having the
repair^ to their weaving mill pushed
forward as rapidly a? p ??aiblo and expect
to start up their mills by tho first
of February. This will bo pleasing
n iws for tho three hundred employees
w io have been out of work for tne past
two months.
-?The first veto of this (Jongre.-s
amo in to the Mouse on tlie ITtu nit.
[ Toe President disapproved the bill for
> the relief of tmu-yuxra trf ettaw
?s?wV-.*?.^iNanav1i,,t,npprovca the bill for i t
the reliof of botrwtuvuj bf stood and 1i
IN Till: LAM) OF I'l.oWKKS.
Plenty or VisliMiN ami (iooil Pishing ?
Kill Ai|) is ttew Ihlercd at the Mngliitlcem
Hotels.
1 WW two itahorinen unloading n
cargo of suited tlsh from their bout at
Tutnpa. The barrels were all marked
for Charleston. I Interviewed these
llshormon and they told mo they
caught ?s many as 70,000 in a week
j down at Sarasotu bay. Now I am
' done with ilsh stories* ' loft my folks
lishlng at Clearwuter, hut they are not
' so wild about it now and will soon get
| tired. I saw a girl hang an enormous
trout and she held him and played
I him around until ho got tired and a
boat was sent out to see urn him i
i guessed Imj weighed lifteon pounds and
| others guessed twelve and ten, but
i when ho wan put on the scales ho
: came down to nine. An old llsherman
' remarked that it was a sin to weigh a
llsh, for they always fall short.
Tumpa is lively. The hotels arc 1111I
ing up. trade is good and money circulating
just like it used to before the
i panic. Most of this money comes from
abroad and isquickly scattered around,
i Evory otnor house is either a hotel or
la boarding house. The strangers come
from everywhere up North and many
from Georgia and Tennessee. 1 came
i down with a man and his wife, who
Were from north Michigan, and had
never been South. It entertained me
to see their ama/einent, for he said lie
had just put up ISO tons of ice before
he left home. They uro delighted with
tlx; country und with tho pooplo. He
said everybody was so kind ami naborly
and that lie Initl no idea of lludini? such
(food pcoplo down South. I think that
his wifo was almost afraid to como, hut
sho is in had health and she had just
as well risk tho Kebels in Florida as
death at home, and so sho eaino. She
has improved much within a week.
Tho Tampa Hay hotel, where tho millionaires
congregate, has not yet been
tilled up, but will bo by the middle of
the month. It is a magnificent house
and so bewilders mo that I feel solemn
in its beautiful apartments and don't j
dare to talk in my usual tone of voice.
Everybody else seems to feci so too for
it is not like a hotel. While you are
walking on velvot carpets that cost
$5 a yard, or sitting on chairs that cost
$.">0 apiece, and see paintings on the
walls that cost from $100 to $.">,000. and
the whole building in a blaze of
heavenly lights and delicious Imisic
charming the ear and delight ful odors
pcrfuminif tho air and the servants all |
in livery, avommon man feels like the
old woman at the circus for the tirst
time in her life. When tho ({fund procession
of beautiful horses, with their
riders in spangled ( armcnts, came
marching in, she said : ''John, Job >,
it's more iike tho kingdom of heaven
than anything I ever expected to see in
this world.M Now, with all that. I was
invited to lecture in the music hall of
this (fraud structure, and I did it. It
was just large enough for my audience
and I am pleased to say tout I was
ame 10 conceal my embarrcbsment.
Not tlnit I was afraid of the people
who Hat before me, but somehow I
never feel at ease in a house that is so
much finer than mine own. 1t is art.
not nature, that makes me timid. Mr.
I bant must ho a wonderful man to plan
such a grund system of railways and
hotels and parks and steamship lines
and yet ho makes no grout noise in the
world. For years and years he has
been perfecting this system, and every
branch of ik. moves along like clockwork
Thousands of men are employed
by him and his enterprises have alreudy
added pinny millions to the
value of property in Florida. This
beautiful city of 'l'ampa is a monuim ut
to his genius. More than half a century
ago Richard Henry Wilde wrote a
1 ttle poem, beginning u My life is like
the summer rose," and the last Vi_rso
was ?
" My life is like the pr'nts that fe? t
Have left on Tampa's desert strand;
Soon as the rising tide shall beat.
All traces vanish from tho sund.
Vet as if grieving to elTueo,
All vestige of the human race,
On that lone shore loud moans the
soa,
But none, alas! shall mourn for mo."
Mr. Wilde was an Irishman, who]
came over here after Kmmet's untimely
death, and settled in Augusta, and I
suppose ho had some reason for penning
such sad, sweet verses. I wish
that he could see Tampa now. I wish
that Rev. Frank doubling was advo to
see it. for it was here that ho located
that terrible devil fish that carried the
boat, and his children ("The Young
Marooncrs ") far out to s a. There Is
no desert strand now : no lone shore ;
no devil lish.
Lakeland is a little gem of a town
and I have not found a better hotel in
Florida than the Tremont. It is just
line enough and good enough for anylaxly.
It overlooks one of the prettiest
lakes I have yet seen, and the
town is surrounded by many others.
This is quite a railroad center and
might have been a city if Tampa was
father off. It will be a city yet, for
such beautiful locations and surroundings
are not common, even in Florida.
1 As old Father D >hbins used to say,
| " The Creator lias quit making land,
| buWilo keeps on making people." and
i Lakeland will bj found out before
! long.
I have boon to Bartow, tho center of
' tho phosphate region. Thirty comI
panics have organized within tho
1 county and millions of dollars invested
n land and machinery. There ia en pi
I till hero irom Huston. New York. Haiti
novo. Richmond. Pittsburg. Charleston.
Suvann> h, Augusta arid Atlanta.
Hut all is not gold that flitters. Of
these thirty companies only sixteen
are iti actual operation. Of these six'oen
only seven huvo made any money.
There is phosphate enough, but evoryj
thing depends upon management and
location. I visited one plant six miles
j 01 tile country that is being operated
i by a receiver. What a business this
has trot to ho! Tho receiver I There
ought to bo a book U[x?n it lust like tho
books l*.r lawyers and doctors and
I other professions. It should bo made
a textbook in tho schools. I think 1
would name it "Tho Lawyers' Harvest.
tho Creditors' Grave and the
Stockholders' Funoral." But this
phosphate business is yet in itsintancy
and ?"M>rov< d methods of mining and
washing will soon l>o invented. The
IV ruv .m islands aro exhausted, and
i now ii iture unlocks another storehouse
in Florida that seems sufficient for ecu
turits to come. "What is it V" I
i. aa&vd.,. iAeftfsVcfTrtolent for cenurits
to como. " What is it ?" I i
isxed. "Is it animal, vegetable or i
aiaarsl ^ f<i fao
NO 28.
say, but chiefly mineral. I found some
sharks teeth. Thoy abound In all of
it -sharks teeth from one-fourth of an
Inch to four Inchon iu length. Some of
those antediluviun monsters mint have
been as large as young whales, but
how in the world did they all congregate
on this peninsula when the great
convulsion came that upheaved it ?
Verily the world is full of mysteries,
and we know nothing hardly, fortunes
have been made hero by the few who
are shrewd and bold and who had good
judgment uud foresight. George W.
U 4 4 1- _ > > - - 4 . . - - -
oeuii nas soiu pan or tils holdings for
fabulous {turns. Hp owned miles of
phosphate lands on Poau river. Mr.
('odlngton, the genial, enorgetlp Yankee
Mayor of Boston, Isjught largely
at from %> to $10 un aero ami sold for
1 ton times that amount. I was his
Sliest. " I lit ag'in you." said ho, "but
have come down from Michigan to live
with you and I found a cordial welcome.
if tho railroads would reduce
transportation to I cent a mile thousands
of good, hardy people from the
North would como down, first to see.
and then to stay, and the result in a
j few years would ire perfect harmony
\ between tho sections."
What every town in the South needs
is a leader?a man of nerve and enterl
prise. Our people will follow, hut they
I fear to lead. Mr. Codington is a power
in Bartow and will soon have water!
works and an electric plant and street
{ cars and another railroad. He has
1 been a great traveler and lived some
years in Horn while Henry Meiggs was
j building railroads there for tho govI
eminent. He designed and built a gas
| plant near the apex of the Andes
I luiniuiui in iur i iiu soil! |)IU'|)UHU OI llgllti
ing the tunnel that Meiggs bored for
: his wonderful railroad ?a roud that
cost +-">.000,000. That gas plant is
10.000 foot above the sea level. Everything
for tho railroad and the pas plant
was carried up elilf roads on the bucks
of mules .'100 pounds to the mule, .lust
think of it ! Yankoo genius, Yankee
pluck was behind it all. They are a
wonderful people.
" When a Yankee is good he is very
good, indeed, but when ho is bad he is
horrid." And that is what they think
of us. I reckon.
1 saw a skunk yesterday as it cross* d
the road a few miles out of town. It
was a beauty. Our dog tackled it
forthwith, and then?but you must ask
the dog for further particulars.
Hill. A?ti\
now it is ui*:t i;ivi;i).
I'nrilier llosponses lo i he Slate Hoard
of Control?Charleston and Coliniihia
Iteply.
Answers are coming in to tho circular
sent out by the Statu Hoard to the
various muicipal authorities throughout,
the State inouirinu1 what ennrso
would bo taken by these authorities us to
tho enforcement of the dispensary law.
Wo insert this week tho replies of tIjo
mayors of Cnarlcston and Columbia.
Tho following Is tlio reply of Mayor
I'Mcken, of Charleston :
C'11aKi.r.sTON, Januory 15, 189-1,
To tlio Hon. II. it. Tillman, Governor:
tlio Hon. W. H. Kllerbo, Corrp'
t,roller General: tho Hon. O. W.
Huohanun, Attorney Gonoral, State
Hoard of Control?Gentlemen : Vrur
eommunieation asking our co-operation
and assistance in tho enforcement of
I that portion of the State law familiarly
known as tho Dispensary Act was
duly received and has boon carefully
considered.
Our self-rospeet compels us to state
that the inquiry made in tho said com1
munieatlon is not only vithout precedent,
but that it is highly objectionable,
in that it implies, in advance of
our action, a doubt as to our loyalty to
the laws of tho Statu which wo have
solemnly sworn to obey. Wo cannot
suiter this imputation to pass without
rebuke. Whilst vo make no pretensions
to infallibility, wo do maintain
i that wo have beyn, and shall continue
to be, actuated by an earnest desire to
j recognize and respect the law.
We aro compelled further to takeexI
ception to tho fact that of tho numerous
sections which compose the Act .11
question your honorable hoard has set n
lit to (jnote in detail only that secth n
relating to tho revenue which may
come to or be withheld from our muni*
eipality, according, as in the judgment
of the board, our action in respect to
the dispensary law shall or shall not
be free from censure. This reference
to the matter of revenue in connection
with tho interrogatory propounded is
in tho highest degree offensive to us,
as it mint of necessity be to every selfrespecting
official. We yield to 110
one in our allegiance to the laws of
South Carolina, but that allegiance
springs from a far higher motive than
pecuniary gain or any like sordid consideration.
Our single aim is to endeavor
rightly to understand our public
duties and to discharge thorn without
fear, or affection, regard loss of all
personal or sollish considerations.
A jealous regard for tho dignity of
our office requires this protest at our
hands, but as the communication of
your honorable board is an official one,
which deeply concerns the public interests,
it is entitled to and shall receive
a courteous reply.
In response to tho inquiry made we
beg to wtato that tho polico force of
Charlestion will be directed to disehiiri/o
the duties ImiviuoH niwm tKnm
bv tho dispensary law. The members
of this force are conservators of the
peace, and it is their bounden duty to
maintain, uphold and obey each and
ev?-ry part of tho statute law of South
Carolina. Respectfully yours.
Joun F. FlCKUN, Mayor,
The following is tho reply of Mayor
Fisher to tho recent cotnunication of
tho county board of control :
Columbia s. c.. Jau. 118W.
The County Board of Control, Richland
County," S. C.:
Gentlemen : I aw in receipt of your
communication of tho 11th instant,
and, in reply thereto, beg leave to sny
that our police force has been furnished
with the amended dispensary law,
and will be required to enforce this
and all other laws of the State and
1 city, and pro&orvo tho poa^e and dig!
nity of tho State a? well* as that of tho
city, as far as it is in its powor.
Very respectfully,
W. C. Fisher, Mayor.
?The daughter of the late
milliouuiro, Ja.v <;?>pi<i iw .roi?? * ??
?The daughter of tho lute multimillionaire,
Jay Gould is going to build