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ff g I '-' I T/~v t IWLj. IX. ADDBESS TO THE PEOPLE. the campaign committee ISSUES a strong appeal. A Call Upon the "White People to Vote lbr a Constitutional Convention?Removing the Ncn;ro i'rom Pol ivies on the Mississippi Plan. Chairman Irby of tbo State Dornoeratio Kxemittorn P/immlUnn l<?? ? UW5 Ji|V mulgatod in bolialf of the Democratic L campaign committee the following important address to the Democratic L voters of the State : To the Democratic Votors of Carolina: m ^'he executive committee boing ?? eharged with the wolfaro of the party and the success of its policy as outlined in its platform, which policy ! carries with it tho wolfaro of a majority of the people, wo feel constrained to direct the special attention of tho necessity and importance of the plank I in the platform adopted by tho rocent Democratic State convention urging B every Democratic voter to sustain tho 9all for a constitutional convention. m It is well known that thoro aro great difforonces existing bctweon tho white factions in the State, ouo of which has yielded rolutant oliodlonce to the will of tho majority. Tho strainod relations which have existed since 1890, with tho factional bitterness displayed by that portion of tho State press which has opjjosed tho governing majority witl^u malevolence and factional spiri^ilmost uuprecedental, point inovitaoly to a permanent division in tho ranks of tho white pooplo, for which this minority alone must bo hold responsible. Confronted ftH Wft havn hnnn hu n onlni-n/l voting popu^tion 40,000 in excess of * v, the whites, since the revolution of '870^^^^ supremacy has been almost ?****" ?* Democracy, and its 6 comI)e'^nK motive vupon after tho party had ' jy the conventions and prifiiut there aro many evidences ties which have ix>und our ||fcogethor aro being systematlf. ^on asunder and the public Ming educated to appeal to this t, debased vote to restoro to power those who have boon unable to 0P" command a majority of tho white L' vote. Tho State newspaper, thq organ I which was started by tho Independents in 1891 and which has recently exhausted all its expedients to bring about another bolt and defeat of tho party nominees, has time and again ridiculed and sneered at the possible danger of an appeal to the colored ^ vpfe. Tli is newspaper, backed by a I largo number of other papers, is now ljfi urging the organization of tho soW called "true Democracy " and boldly W announces tho purpose to ignor tho present party machinery and tho executive committee as at present comBjsod as being representative of tho emocratio party. Theso facts aro known of all men and thoy can have but one meaning?tho purposo on tho part of tho minority to appeal to tho Ii negro as tho arbiter of our politics in the campaign of 1898. During the I past spring and summer stronnous efforts have been mado ostensibly at " tho instigation of the Republicans to overthrow tho registration law. We have reason to known that tho Indo\ pendents, as shown by tho columns of certain newspapers, have instigated and sympatlzed with these attempts. I So that it cannot bo reasonably disIputcd that thoro is a desperato faction In the State bent on regaining power at any cost. Wo doom it unnecessary to direct attention to tho inevitable conscquonces which will follow division of tho whites into anything liko equal factions, and tho bringing in f of the negro as the balance of newer. I The only reason why wo arc not now in the throes of a political agitation, with contending factions mobilizing the black army of voters, is that the movement was considered hopeless. It was a question of expediency and Mb not one of prinoiplo or patriotism with many. Wo are glad to 1 Jow that the i . failure of tho plot whicUi|ytmo to the v surface on the 21th of Assist is duo to s . tho patriotism and self-control of the Vargo body of conservative men who, j while voting with the minority in the J campaign of1892, submitted gracefully to its results and were unwilling to \ jeopardize the public wolfaro by such ' 1 a desperate venture. Fortunately the \ opportunity is offered the white people of tho State in tho coming election to obviate all futuro danger, and fortify Anglo-Saxon civilization against every assault from within and without, Vv and that is the calling of a constituted' "tTSh'dA convention to deal with the allm important question of suffrage. By a g strange and unaccquntable change of g base that class in tho State which has always '-stood for qualified suffrage, and denied the capacity or the right of the masses to participation in tho government, are UVJuv loud-mouthed in their declaration* that they are y chainplor. ^of the poor white man whoso vote is threatened, as they say. Pv 1 Every newspaper controlled by this Va class is teeming with all manner of f sncciouH and false artrutnenta airalnnt. / voting for a convention. They say 1 that the white voters who are ignorant and poor will have cast their last ballot if thov vote for a convention. They dwell with pathetic concern on the injury to the free schools and by every devioe known to sophistry are trying to throw dust in the eyes of the masses. Plain speaking is best and wo shall not mince words. We propose to show that there is deep-dyed treachery to white supremacy in this antagonism to a new constitution. In the so-cntfuitj convention composed of self-appointed delegates which assembled on the 25th of September for the avowed purpose of qomiuatiug an Independent tioket and appealing to the negro, the following resolution, which betrays the wnol9 damnable scheme was passed and the opening gun for *96 thereby fired: " Resolved, That while this convontion desires to avoid doing anything likely to oause increased strife among our people, we believe that the principles of Democracy, the safety of every interest in the State and the instinct of self-preservation demand that a hard and earnest fight be made against the proposition to call a constitutional convention to oreate a new' fundamental law Involving the rights of ovory inau in the State without providing for the submission of its work to the people. We tef der to the opponents of this iniquitous, undemocratic, tyrannical and dangerous proposition, the sorvico of the organization heroin provided for and invito them to join with us in fighting it at the approaching general election." What does this resolution mean ? Its purposo is shown by the fact that at the time of its passage thero was in the hall a negro roprosontativo of the Republican party, whllo a half a dozen colored and white loadors of that party were waiting in the lobby of the State House roady to join hands with tho Independent movement as soon as it had l>een launched. Now, who aro the "opponents" of this 11 iniquitous, undemocratic, tyrannical and daugorous proposition V Who aro invited 14 to join with us in lighting it at the approaching gunoral election ?" None but the negroes of courso. This is shown by tho olfor of the notorious ex-Congressman Smalls to canvass the Stato in opposition to tho convention. Why do thesosolf-appointed guardians who havo been repudiated by tho peoplo appoar so solicitous for the negro's right to voto ? Plainly because they want to be benoficiarios of that vote two yoars from now. Why do they want to proServo to tho ignorant and debased negro his ballot? Simply because their fell purposo is to cover tho ballot of evorv poor white man with tho ballots of two ignorant negroos and therobv rostore themselves t.n ofllco and power. While charging that it is the purpose of tho predominant faction of the Democratic party to disfranchise tho poor illiterate white inon along with the negro, does not any reasonable man know that that faction being largely made up of this class would not disfranchise its own followers ? What political party ever committed suicide or relinquished voluntarily tho control of public affairs ? Tho poor whito men of tho Stato have never recoivod recognition until within the last four years. They are now tho arbiters of their own fortunes, and, if thoy miBS the opportunity of taking guarantees in the new constitution of the continued supremacy of the Anglo-Saxon in South Carolina, we predict oonildently that, commencing with '90, our pol.tical campaigns in this State will witness a return of more terrible and demoralizing conditions than over confronted this pooplo, oven during tho days of Scott, Moses and Chamberlain. The reckless, dosperato men, whoso Machavalian cunning is now playing the double game of bidding for tho negro vote, and claiming to be tho guardians of the poor whites, are bent on regaining control of our affairs at any cost. They are oblivloiis of tho fact that tho vast horde of ignorant negroes, once organized and disciplined to ovorpowor the white majority in each other being once destroyed, tho negroes inevitably will solzo powor for their own benefit. We say to the whito men, who are threatened by the Independent newspapers with disfranchisement, that Mississippi with a colored voting 1 At jjupumiJiuu mrKer tnnn ours mis adopted a constitution, which, without disfranchising a single white man, has reduced the registered negro voto of that State to 8,000. What Mississippi has done South Carolina can do. South Carolina alone of all the reconstructed States still keeps tho constitution forced upon her at tho point of the bayonot hy scalawags and aliens. The cost of a constitutional convention, whilo of no importance in comparison with the benefits to be derived, nood not under any circumstances cxceod $50,000. There are many benefits other than the regulation of the suffrage to bo secured by changes in the organic law. Whilo these might bo obtained by the slow and unsatifactory process of amondmont, wo candidly ask any sensible man what hope there would be for securing tho adoption of a new constitution involving the regulatin of suffrage, if it had to bo submitted back to tho people. It has boon tho settled purpose of thb trusted leaders of the Democratic party for years to call a constitatlonal convention, and obviato tho dangers which have lurked in our midst so long, only waiting for a division among the whites to rear their horriod heads. That division is now more than apparent. Thoroality is upon us. Thopoople through the ^representatives in tho Legislature and in Democratic conventions have time and again demanded thats uch a convention be called. Those newspapers which claim to be Democratic and which antagonized this great reform are oithor blind leaders of tho blind or the servile tools of tho conspirators. Wo warn the white men who lovo HftrnHna a*wl 1.1 ? - wuu n U14LU ODD iV UUU* tinuation of good government, and the rule of an intelligent white majority, to thrust aside and pay no heod to the arguments of those who seek to blind them to their true interests. After long years of struggle, the opportunity is presented to them of fixing this thing forever. All questions to bo Sassed on by the convention can be isoussed when the election of delegates is to take place. It is a slander and an insult to say that the people have not the patriotism and intelligence to elect men from among thornselves, to frame an organio law better suited to our wants than that imposed on us by the carpot-baggor and alien. The wisest and best of our citizenship can ohoso to perform this delicate and patriotic auty without regard to faction, once theconvention is ordered. The point which we would urge with all the vigor at our command is that the opportunity is now here. It certainly is not likely to soon recur. If the people fail to seize it and the evils of mongrel ism, governmental debauchery ahd political demoralization shall descend upon the State after the next election, they will have none to blame but themselves. Let all true Democrats and patriotio | white men go to the polls on the 6th of November and vote for the constitutional convention. J. L. M. Irby, Chairman, Willie Jones, C. M. Efird, d. k. Keels, O. R. Lowman, J. A. Slioh, \ Campaign Committee of the Staid I Do moo ratio Executive Committee. ' - .' ' . : \ . \\ ' CONWAY. S. C? AWFUL RAILROAD WREOK. A FREIGHT TRAIN RUNS AWAY. Four Moil Killed and One Injured 011 the Spartanburg and Ashevllle Railroad?Tho Mad Rush Down a Mountain. Bpnrtnnburg Ilorald. Melrose, N. C., Oct. 10.?-Melroso, ill-fated Melroso, has boon tho scone of anothor disaster which makes the fourth in hor history. At this littlo station in tho mountains thirteen souls have porishod in railroad wrecks. But nono has over approximated tho horrors of tho last. There wore eight persons on oxtrn No. 559, which was bound for Spartanburg fiern Ashovlllo on Tuesday morning. Their fato is as follows : Enginoor Ira Broom, killed; body burled under twolvo car loads of coal and not recoverod at 8 o'clock tonight. G. I. York, fireman, klllod ; probably by suffocation. I). L. Allun, brakoman, killed; body horribly mutilated. Noill Ewing, a railroad contractor for rock work, who was stealing a ride from Ashovlllo to Spartanburg ; killed. W. W. l'atten, conductor, log crushed and amputated ; head bruised. Brakoman John Miller, was knocked off the train and foil in tho ornnlr nom tho tank. Sustained Blight bruise on shoulder. Flagman Painter and a stockman named Daniel Owings, who had a load of cattle on board, woro asleep in tho cab, and escaped without injuries. Tuesday morning at 3:30 this extra train, consisting of sixteen cars, twolvo loadod with coal, two with bacon, ono merchandise and ono cattle, started down tho Melroso grade. Tho train had not gone far before it was found that throe of tho chains which operate the brakes wore broken. Tho rain had mado tho track slick, and without brakes tho train soon bocamo unmanageable. Down, down, faster and faster, until ?] at the foot of the inclino where tho sharp curve was reached, the ongino could hold the track no longer, but plunged into tho bank, und the cars piled up on top. No stretch of the imagination could picture the scene more torrible than this. Whore tho engine struek tho ombankmont the cut is about thirty foot deep. Tho debris from a dozen box cars filled this completely, tho cars having piled one on another over tho engine,one heavily loaded being thrown twenty feet over tho ongino. The cab and ono box car woro unhurt. Of the others not a whole plank could be found, many being so thoroughly splintorod as not to be recognizable. But beneath it all wore thoipoor, unfortunate men. All day and night cables woro placed around tho splintered cars and thoy were draccod hv ?mrlr??\a nnt nt cut. It was most touching to soo the ] mothers and near relatives of the missing raon watching this search, ex- j pec ting to find the mangled corps of a j loved ono with each stroke of tho , shovel as tho hands banked up the , coal. The tender was turned immediately i on top of the ongino and a loadod box car shot thirty feet over both. Tho ; wreck of tho ongino was as comploto as if it had boon purposoly torn up. . Not a vostago of the tender could bo found. The ontire front was gono, i smokestack, wheels, trucks and every- . thing oxepet the naked boiler and . drivers. Although the accident occurred at 3:30, it was 7 o'clock boforo roliof . reached tho Scene. A negro train hand was thrown . from tho cars as they came down and he escaped with slight injuries. A cattleman, who had a car load of cattle ' aboard, was in the cab asleep and was awakened by the shock, but was not , ovou scratched. Theso two men, with the assistance of some of tho neighbors, extricated Conductor Will Pat- j ton, who was pinioned beneath a shattered box car, with his leg broken, his skull fraotured and intornal Injuries. , He was suffering intense pain and his log had to bo amputated. There is some hopes for him. <. From the position of Conductor Pat- * ton, it is evident that he wont on top j. of tho cars in tho effort to work the _ brakes. If he had remained in the cab he would have escaped. Although the work of clearing the ? wrock began oarly Tuesday morning, , when " The Herald " man reached the . scene at nightfall, fourteen of the . sixteen cars wore still piled on the engine. togother with twelve car loads of coal and one of dead cattle. But * saddest of all was tho thought that down in that pit, beneath the debris * and wreckage, were at least live hu- , man beings and possibly seven. The conductor was first found. Then y the mangled remains of a rock mason y from Ashevillo named David Ewing, . who was on his way to Spartanburg and concluded to " beat his way," not- t withstanding the fact that he had $7.50 ; In hie pocket. Ho loaves a helpless 1 family at Ashovllle. It was a sickening sight to soo the t bodies dug out in this fashion, man- : J;led and torn. Every effort was put : orth to get the body of Eng!r?oer ; Ilroora. IJis two brothers were there ^ all night long, expecting as oaoh oar was dragged out that it would unoover . their preoious doa<l. For twenty-four | hours these men watohod, and while j they saw these bodios removed, and t the coat sleeves and part of the trou- t sors of their brother at 8 o'clock tonight, although all the cars have beon taken out. there is no other trace of Engineer Hroom. At 6:30 the engine was removed and the forco of hands put to work laying f track. The first train to cross from the Ashevillo side was that in oharge , of Capt. dense, and the passengers one and ail were ready to offer a vote j of thanks that their delay, if delay . must oomo, should have boen on a train commanded by such a kind and , thoughtful oonduotor. The grade . where tho train ran away is four miles ! long and averages 100 feet to the mile. , The runaway began half'a mile from J the top. Let it bo remembered in this connection, that of all tho mishaps and accidents incident to this 230 feet grade to the mile, no passenger train has 1 ever yet sustained an injury. 1 o THURSDAY, OCTOl THOUGHTSOK A.N OLD KOUY. I used to think when I wan young, And my heart wns free from guile. That there was grief in every tear, And jov in every smile, llut thinking now of what I thunk, I think I thunk a lie. I used to think about mvsclf, And think that I woul.l be, A Governor or a President, Or a General like Lee. Rut I have waited long in vain. Whilst vears rolled slowly by, And thinking iuw of what I "thunk, I think I thank a lie. The honest tiller of the soil, When marketing his crop, Takes pains to put the ripe and best, Always upon the ton. 1 used to think those honest men, Would never cheat, or try. Rut thinking now of what 1 thunk, L think I thunk a lie. The dry goods men are honest too, They'sweo- they sell at cost, I used to think they told the truth, Ami nil their profit lost. I thought a yard was full three feet, Don t ask my reason why, Rut thinking how of what'1 thunk, I tlunk I thunk a lie. The editors, a lordly set, Who live on milk and honey, They've nothing else on earth to do, Rut write and rake in money. It was that way 1 used to think, Rut now it makes mo cry, To think of what I thunk," And now 1 think I thunk a lie. The lawyers too. 1 used to think, Oh ! God, forgive the thought, That their convictions of the right, Could not by knaveB bo bought. That they would not a client rob, Or " sell " him on the sly, Rut thinking now of what I thunk, I think I thunk a lie. The nigger, too, I used to think, If once they were set tree, Would make good honest citizens. bike white tolkn i'hki? to be. Hut they have wandered far from grace, The chickens still roosl high, And thinking now of what 1 thunk, 1 think 1 thunk a lie. THR LEXOW INVKBITGATION. Tho Police Scandal In New York? The Revelations Continue to Show Corruption. New York, Oct. 10.?For tho third Llmo since tho Loxow investigations ;ommenced, Chief Counsol GofT to<lay jroduced ovidenco to show thut throats tiavo boon made to put an end to witnesses who havo appeared before tho senators conducting tho examination. Samuel Kaufman, a otuilor's salesnan, was tho first witness called durtig tho day. Ho gavo tho substance [>f a conversation which he elaimod ook placo on an olovated railroad -rain, just aftor Policeman Corcoran oft the witness stand Monday. Corcoran was alleged to havo assorted that io would 44 mako thoso witnesses as lead as a door nail " and that ho would ' lay for them soino dark night." Tho witnesses supposed to bo reforrod to woro Qulnn and a friond. Hy those persons Corcoran was accused of being i 44 clubl)cr." Tho policeman with Corjoroan had advised him not to talk ^o oud and told him to wait until tho Loxow committee had tlnished its investigations before making the atLornpt. Patrick Kolloy, an iron Worker, roated a story of going through his pockets. Tho name of tho officer, ho .hought, was Thorow. IIo accused tho policoman of abstracting 60 cents, but ,ho oflicor only laughed at him and >ushod him along, tolling him to 'moveon." Ho reported tho matter jO the polico station, and ho assorts ,hat a day or two aftor this ho was as ml ted by the policeman, who finally vrrosted him. lie wus fined $T> on the .estimony of tho police. Since the L*)xow investigations had commenced ihe captain of the Kighty-oighth atroet itatlon had sent for him, ho alleged, ind told him that there was a job waiting for him at the station. He lid not go to boo tho captain about ho rilattor. i Vonron H. Hrown, tho general agont if the Cunard Lino, admitted that ho lad paid $10 Weekly to tho officer in ihargo of tho Cunard wharf, but he iluimcd that ho had novor paid addiional sums of monoy to tho police. John H. Lemon, a young man who ( ittendcd the French ball, testified that luperintendent Byrnes and a number d police oflloials were present at tho iall. They did not make any protests , .gainst the lewd conduct of the per- ( ons assembled there. ( William H. Jamouroau, president of ho Alvin Manufacturing Company, estiflcd to paying Detective O'Conner , H00 for the recovory of stolen goodB rom tho pawn brokers. Vincent Majowski who conducted a H>lioy shop, testified to the tribute oxiotod by tho polioe. Majewski oxilainod that there wore seventeen or dghteon backers in the city and that hey arrangod with the police for the orritory tnoy should work. All tho )ackors except Cornelious B. Parker vere in the combine at the present ,ime. He was working alone, but was 10} allowed to have many shops on he Went Side. Asked who had' that erritory, Majewski replied " Al \dams, 4 the king.' " Letters were read whlch'aro alleged >0 have passed between Majewski and he police captain, Weetervelt. In heso letters there wero oonatant referincos to the dangers of oxposuros by ho newspapers. Maiewski was troubl>d by opposition policy which did not >ay tribute, and fake letters of com- \ >lalnb were mailed to Superintendent iyrnos, but no attention was paid to ; he complaints. Majewski olalmed hat four of tho policy shops oomplalnsd of wero still running. Tho investigation closed for the day vith an examination of Lieber Freenan, who claimed that he visited Silrer Dollar Smith to secure immunity rora arrest for his brother-in-law, Joteph Frankol, a Hester street saloon Keeper. A man named Solomon olaim>d to represent Smith, and $200 was inally paid to secure tho release of jYanlcoi from prison. The arrangenent was that Smith should find bail, nit he scoured a discharge for Francel. The money was raised by Max tloeensohweig, and as Smith did not ?rocure the bail as arranged upon at irst, Kosenschweig has brought'sult in ihe oity court to recover $200. ?William Waldrof Astor is credited nrlth being bothered to count an $8,>00,000 yearly inoome. A BER 18, 1894 Wllili NOT BK TOLKIIATHD. Governor Tillman Hays He Will Now KiiAirw th? Dispensary l<aw Willi Vljcor?Hloratce 1*luces fbr Contraband Whiskey Will bo Searched, lOvon if Private liesldences. Columbia Register. * Governor Tillmau baa announood his determination to proceed to onforoo tho Dispensary law with vigor and to put a summary stop to resistance of otllcers Tho Governor also declares that all places suspected of being storehouses for contraband whiskey will he searched, no matter whothor they are privato residences or saloons. The Chief Executive's declarations were brought aliout by the persistence of reporters in seeking an interview from him on tho dlcision of the Supreme Court on tho Disponsary law. The Govornor was busy during the day and refused to be interviewed. Tho roportors went to the ElxOOUtlvO Mansion afterwards and tho Governor talked to them. What he said is brief, but bis utterances will rank as among the most important ever spoken by him. lie suit!: " I propose to make everybody got out of tho road aud obey the law. I urge all good citizens to frown down all resistance to tho law aud toco-operato with the constituted authorities i carrying it out and preventing such unseemly and disgraceful exhibitions as wo bad at Grcenvillo. Tho town _ ? * uuupie wno aro opposed to tho law have nothing to galu and ovorything to lose by such behavior. 1 have no desire In tho world to employ any force and would bo glad to have tiio co-operation of tho police and tho municipal authorities but I have all tho militia I need and can concentrate 2,000 good men at any point in the State inside of forty-oignt hours, and, whllo I would hato to resort to any such measures, no resistance would bo tolerated. Tho constables are going to work now and going to search all places whore thoy have reason to know that whiskey or liquors are kept, and private rosfdonces will not be exempt when we have reason to beiiove that they have been made depots for the storago of whiskey. The constables will not bo allowed to harry tho peoplo or do anything to provoke collisions and any reasonable complaint against thorn will bo promptly investigated. Sheriffs and police will bo expected to co-operate, and those municipalities which provo derelict will receive no share of the profits, while it is almost inevitable that a system of metropolitan police will bo provided for all such places wiiuu mo legislature niootH." "Docs that include Columbia and Charlouton ?" was linked. "Of courso, ?pool Heal ly," was tho answer. i "Trial Justices who don't do their i duty will likely be rolioved of tho bur- : dona of office and if juries fail to con- i vict change of venue will be tried. The , law has come to stay and the sooner that fact Is rocogni/.od by tho whiskey men and those who have opposed it heretofore, tho bettor it will, be for all i concerned." There vas not much talk on the streets about tho Dispensary decision. ] Tho public has expected that tho con- i stitutiouality of tho law would be bus- i tained and was not surprised. Saloon i mon had nothing to say of what thoy intend to do. They have boon bold in their violation of tho law up to date nrobably because thoy know Governor ( Tillman was cautious in the onforco- ] mont of tho law until the Suproroo i Court had expressed itself. When tho < Governor says ho is going to enforce < tho law to tho lottor they know ho < means what ho says, and will look out 1 for themselves. Those who have boen advising re- I si stance to tho law, ponding the dools- i ion of tho court, now have no bottom i to stand on. It is not believed that ] there will lie any repetitions of the < Darlington or Greenville troublos. i Tho Governor has tho law lirmly behind him and resistance will not be wiiat it would have been a few weeks ago. No announcement has been made as to what will bo done by the attorneys against tho State in tho wuy of taking , tho Dispensary law to tho United , States Supreme Court, but there is lit- < tie doubt out what it will go up. En- , couragoment is lent to this step by , Chief Justico Mclvor, in his dissenting | opinion. He practically advises that j be done. The liquor dealers will put j up mo money to get the law passed up- j on by the United States Supreme , Court. m m , Solid Prom South Carolina.? i The Washington correspondent of < the News and Courier says. Itop- < rosentatlve Shell had another talk i with Secretary Gardner to-day at De- 1 mocratlc headquarters and he con- < veyed the encouraging intelligence to ] the members of the committee that * South Carolina expects to send a solid i Democratic delegation to the next 1 House of Representatives. i He says tno fight will be mado on the lines drawn between the white i and the black men's party, and, there- ] fore, the full Democratic strongth will be called to the polls. It was expected 1 that the first six districts would bo l Democratic, but there was some doubt about the 7th district. If Capt. Shell's I prediotlons hold good Col. Klliott will ^ come back to Congress again. ! Cant. Shell also assured Mr. Gardner tnat there is not the slightest pros- j peot of any member of the South ] Carolina delegation breaking away [ AI T\ * ... * iiuui wo wumuorAiio party to loin with < the Populists in organizing the noxt. rhey will all come to Washington as 1 Democrats. They will participate in ] the Democratic caucuses and sustain ; Democratic principles. J ?The Independent Democrats of ' New York have doolded to put the * following tloket in the field as a re buketoHlll: For Governor, Everott J P. Wheeler, of New York city; Lieutenant Governor, Daniel M. Lockwood, of Buffalo; for Judge of the Court or Appeals, Charles F. Brown, of Orange t County, N. Y. Wheeler has announo- i ed his acceptance of the nomination. | ?The Department of State has re- < ceived from the Chilean government ' the full amount of the awards made to < Americans by the recent Chilean i claims commission aggregating more ' than $2/>0,000. The commission ad- ? journod July Oth, and the Chlloans have exhibited remarkablo promptness in settling tho claims. WOMKN I IGIIT TAMMANY. Lcadt>rN of Oolham Society to Kntc tl?o <'ampnign ntul (tattle AkhIid Corruption. Nkw York, October 11.? If appeal uncos are not altogether deceitful, tit Tammany organization will have t light a life and death struggle in th campaign now opening in this elt> Not only are tho opposing forces c long standing bettor united and there foro more powerful, hut an entire!; now element has boon introduce) which threatens to muke the wigwam' fight harder than ever before. Thi is tho female element, including man; of the most prominent society wouiei of the metropolis, who have dotormir. ed to enter actively into the light fo tho overthrow of the great munictpa olllco trust. Many of New York's most fashiona bio, most inlluential and richest wo men have boon enlisted in the cause A stronger list of names could hardly have boon sot forth. Perhaps novel in the history of a municipality havt women, occupying tho position thai these do, taken such a stand before ar election. The announcement of the awakening of the women comes in the most com mon-nloco and business-like manner ? tbo plain notice of a meeting to bo belli on Friday at .'1 p. m., at Association hall, where Dr. l'arkburst will dollvei an address. This is the work of .lose phino Shaw Lowell, tho woman whom I)r. Parkhurst declared is tho best fit ~i -II ' iuu im hii i/O niKo ine leadership in the uprising of tho women. Not nn authoritative word hu8 come from Mrs. Ijowoll or from Dr. i'arkhurst, but Inith tacitly admit that alio has taken tho burden upon her shoulders. Dr. I'arkhurst will sound the slogan of tho women. It will bo a universal cause of women, rich and poor, lowly and intluential, banded together for their common good, it is proposed that tho light will bo carried on with all tho vigor, intelligence and activity at the command of New York's highest, most inliuential and ablest women. They will opon thoi'* homos, their luxurious and splendid homes, for meetings when tho spirit of women may bo aroused. In tho upper part of the city another uprising of women, which had its beginning at a public mooting hold last Thursday, has crystal ized in the organization of tho Woman's Anti-Tammany Society. A meeting was held at tho homo of Mrs. " llrlck " l'omoroy, No .r>0 West Ninoty-slxth stroot. It was docided to widon tho scope of tho society from an assembly district organization to a city ono. Mrs. l'omoroy was made president, Mrs. M. F. Keely vice-president, and Miss Anna M. Hong corresponding Boorotary. Mrs. J. J. GliTord, Mrs. A. ,!. Shrievor and Mrs. L. Noah wore made an oxccutivo committee, it is hoped to secure ono hundred women from each assembly district in this ly.uy, uiamui; at 1 flirtL MircO thousand In till. Mrs. Cyutbin Leonard, who is the mother of Lillian Russell, made the only spoooh ut the meeting. She spoke L>f the relation of women to the movement against Demooracy. Many working women have already become members of tho society, in tiie Tenderloin district women have decided to work for purity in municipal politics. A number voted to do so uta meeting of tho Young People's Social Culture Club. At tho conclusion af tho regular club program Mrs. Urannis explained that she wished ull Lho young women present to stand up who would influence their relatives und friends to vote at tho coining election for men who would agroo to remain unpolluted by tho environments of politics. Thoro woro about thirty prosant, and two-thirds of that number responded by rising to thoir foot. A DECLINE IN CONDITION. rite Cotton Crop Fulls Off In Kvory State Kxrepi Texas. Washington. Oct. 10.?Returns to the statistical division of the Department of Agriculture for the month of Uctober make the cotton crop show a decline of .'1.2 points from September condition, which was Ho.O as against 82.7 for the present month. Tho condition of cotton In June was 88.8 in July 89.6, rising to 01.8 in August. Tho lessened prospective yield in the States af North and South Carolina is due in part to tho storm which occurred in tho latter part of September. For tho most part however, tho decline in tho condition through the cotton belt is due to continued rains that begau ubout the middle of August and extended into September. There is much af shedding, rot and rust, etc., reported as a consequence, and in addition there is no little loss from insect ravages, particularly by tho boll worm. Texas is the only exception Lo tho genr._?i #..ni 1? i- ?j'"1 - -- uiui itiiiiuK uu in conuiuon, That .state having gained four points, notwithstanding excessive rainfulll in some party of the Btate. Percentages by States aro as follows: Virginia, 89; North Carolina, 11.3 ; South Carolina, 79 ; Georgia. 79 ; Klorida, 71.9; Alabama, H i; Mississippi, K) ; Louisiana, 89 : Texaa, 88 ; Arkansas, 79; Tenneaaee, 79; Miaaouri, 90. 3tato averages for September were: Virginia, 100; North Carolina, 88; South Carolina, 88; Georgia, 84; Florida, 82; Alabama, 80; Miaaiasippi, )\ ; Texan, 84; Arkanaaa, 89 ; Tennessee, Hi ; Miaaouri, 93; Ixiuiaiana, 85. The indicated yield in hundredthaof bales pur acre by Statea ia aa follows : Virginia, 18.5; North Carolina, 13.4 ; South Carolina, 35 ; Georgia, 27 ; Florida, 20.3; Alabama, 30.7 ; Mississippi, 35; Louiaiana, 43.2; Texaa, 40; Arkansas, 39.5 ; Tenneaaee, 29.4 ; General average, 34.7. Indications aa to irield are merely preliminary and subject to future revision. ?Rov. Lansing Burrows, 1>. D., ol Augusta, Ga., who was recently named in the assistant corresponding secretary of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, has destined to accept the position. At a meeting of the officers and members of his cnurch last Thursday evening, resolutions were adopted, urging him to remain with the church ant to withdraw his proffered resignation. In deference to their wishes the resignation was withdrawn and Dr. Burrows will continue to serve his old congregation. NO 13 UTATK NKWH IN BHIEF. ,1 InteiHMit lug Note? from VarlouH Source?. .. ?Charleston is about to organize a ' Young Men's Business League. ?The high water knocked the Port ? Itoyal and Augusta railroad bridge e over the tiavunnah out of plumb. r. ?A coin in ission hus been issued to if Messrs. W. A. Courtenay, Jno. It. London, Allen Jones and T. C. Robertson to form the Lundsford Water*Power f Company. Capital stock $50,000. B ?Capt. Lawsoti I). Melton, of Co^ lumbla, hus been nominated by tho Republicans of the Fourth South Caro,j lina Congressional District as their candidate for Congress, lie Is a son p of Judge Samuel W. Melton. I ?Tho Cou 11 lotto family of Clarendon County have received information of a . big windfall that has cotno to them . from tho death of a relative who rc. contly died in Florida and left an osf tate valued at ubout $75,000. i* ?J. 1*. Carey, Esq., made applica! tion to Judge Watts in Walhafla for t ball on behalf of L. K. Childress. It i was granted and tho sum was fixed at $.'1,000. L. E. Childress gave bond and f was released from jail on the 6th in stunt. ' ?The P. It. ?fc W. C. railroad author* 1 itloa have discontinued tho depot at ' High Point, Laurens County, which is now nothing more than a flag station. The business done at that point was 1 not sufficient to pay tho expenses of an agent. ?Wihnor Woodward, who has been connected with tho Alkon Times for some time, has joinod tho stall of the ' Savannah News. Mr. Leland Smith Is in solo charge as editor of the Times now, with Jas. C. CJulmby as assistant in the business department. ?The book dealers in Laurens have refused to soli school books at prices sot by tho publishes, and tho Teachers' Association has asked tho Superintendent of Education to request the pub- , Ushers to appoint some man who will sell the books at agreed prices. ?Now students continue to matriculate at the South Carolina College and the number enrolled is fast crawling up to 150. Tho number of now stu1 dents enrolled up to Thursday was nearly 100. The work of tho college > is going along smoothly, and professors and students are in good spirits. ?The Governor has commuted tho , sentence of Edward Dargan, colored, who was to have been hung in Chos1 tor Hold on the 12th inst., to life im1 prisonmont in tho penitentiary. Such action was recommended by the judge and solicitor. Dargan had killed another negro. ?Tho Orangeburg Enterprise hus suspended publication indefinitely. Th? hard times and poor collections wore tho cause (if its failure. It is rumored that Mr. B. P. Kollor, tho former editor and proprietor, will resurrect another paper and publish it under the old name, "Tho Enterprise." ?Mr. W. C. Mauldiu. of High Falls, Oconee County, has sold one thousand pounds of tobacco to theOhalga Tobacco Company for 10 cents per pound. This lot was raised on one and one-balf acres of land. When one hundred dollars can l>o made from so small a patch of tobacco, it beats king cotton even in its palmiest days. ? OKMEItAL NEW8 SUMMARY. Cutest Hems and Curious Notes from Our KxchnngcH. ? David 11. Hill will stump New York and make it a lively campaign on the aggressive from start toliuish. ?George Gould's expenses this season in connection with the yatchs Vigilant and Atlanta have been nearly $400,000. ?Isaac N. Stevens, formerly chairman of the Republican State central committee of Colorado, has gone over to tho populist party. ?It is stated in Berlin that China has asked Germany to use her good ofllces with a view oi terminating the war between China and Japan. ?Tho University Press of John Wilson & Co.. Cambridge, Mass.. one of the oldest and largest printing concorns in the country, has assigned. ?The mother of Broto Harto wan a handsome factory girl, tier husband educated her, and she became one of the most cultured women in Detroit. ?Mrs. William Waldorf Astor owns the celebrated diamond comb which was a present to Mme. do Montespun from Louis XIV. It is valued at *100,000. ?New Hampshire cotton mills have a capital of over *50,000,000, and pays *15,000,000 annually in wagos. Over 300,000 yards of cotton cloth are produced daily. ?Georgia has a female mail carrier who is only twenty-two years old. She makes a forty-mile route three times a week on her pony, and manages a large farm as well. ?The British government has begun to export young women to Western Australia for wives for the settlors there. Those who wish to go are sent freo of all expense. ?The only American in the Chinose navy commands tho Chen Yuen, its finest ship. He Is Philo N. McGiftin. Ho entered the Chinese service because when he was graduated from Annapolis, in 1882, there was no vacancy for him in ours. ?Secretary Carlisle authorized the absolute denial of the report from Frankfort, Ky., that ho would be a candidate for the Senate. It is understood that at the end of this adminisi tration the secrotary will open a law office in New York. ?G. W. Jessup, of Falrvlew, Ky., has in his possession a dirk over a huni dred years old. It was carried by his father in the revolutionary war, and it was made in a blacksmith's shop and . is ten inches long. The handle is inlaid with silver. , ?Ex-Senator Edmunds, whose aui thority may be depended upon, thinks the Republicans entirely too sanguine regard lug the roeult of the November . elections and the control of the next . House. There are y things that i lead him to bellove that the Douio[ crate will elect a majority of the mem* bers of that body.