The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, June 27, 1895, Image 1
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T5PHE _Co LEs JO U R NL
VOL. .O . PICKE-.NS, S. c., THURSDAY, JUNE 2,~
__--O ON2DLARAYER
Benefit of Good Reading.
n1Y nioni.nrT POOK. ,
Composed of imany thoughts, possessing,
each,
Innate and underived vitality;
'Which having fitly shaped and well ar
ranged
In brotherly accord they builded up
A stately superstructure, that no wind,
Nor wave, nor shock of falling years
could ilote;
Majestic and Indissolubly firm,
As ranks of veteran warriors in the
field
Each by himself alone, and sinly sceh
A sea of valor, dread, invin cibo
Papers like this. or sacred or profane,
Which virtue helped, were tilled not
aliss .
The im'dicine of the mind: who read
them, read
Wisdom and was refreshed ; and on his
Path
Of pilgrinage with healthier step ad
vaneed.
SAVING 'THE EXPRESS.
By ..lAMES HUCK11AMl.
Well, Kent, I guess we can spare
you for a couple of weeks, if you would
like to take a vacation," said the
General Manager of the C. I). and P.
railroad.
Kent Ballard was night telegraph
operator for the C. D. and P. road, in
the big terminal station at Chicago.
lie was eighteen years gid, and as
bright, capable and faithful an em
ployo as the company had in their on
tire system. As the General Manager
came And leaned over the window shelf
hf the telegraph office, with his pleas
ant announcement, Kent looked up
gladly and gratefully.
"I would like a little outing, sir,"
he said, "if it Is perfectly convenient.
It's been pretty steady work the past
year ; -and I must confess that I am a
bit tired. When can you spare me,
sir ?"'
" Day after to-morrow, if you wish.
We will have a man at our disposal
then, and can' put him on your work
!, r a couple of weeks. Have you any
Idea wlhal you would like to do, or where
you would like to go-any vacation
plan in which I could be of assistance
to you ?"
Kent hesitated a moment. " I have
had a plan in my mind for some time,
sir." he said, at length, "' but I hardly
dare to mention it, even now. It
would be asking a great favor of the
road."
"Out with it, my boy !" cried the
General Manager. "If it doesn't in
volve us too deeply in financial em
barrassment"-and he laughed good
humoredly--" I can promise you it
will be granted."
" I want to maze a trip over the
road in a locomotive," said Kent. " I
should like to go clear to the Pacific
coast. if there is tine. If I could ven
ture to. ask you for igrmission to go
out and back with the engineer of one
of the overland expresse s"
"%hy, of course you caln, my, boy !"
exclaimed the Ueneral iManager.
" Say no more about it. Make all your
preparations, and come to my office to
morrow for your pass and written
permit, in case anybody should dis
pute yoar right of way. You may
start on Thursday's out-bound trip."
" Thank you, sir-ever 0* muihm !"
cried Kent. " It will be a great pleas
ure to me, and I shall never forget
your kindness."
Kent Ballard told his mothot' next
morning that his pet vacation pro
ject was to be realized. " I've always
longed to cross the Rockies'and see
the Pacific," he said, "and now, if you
can spare -ime a couple of weeks,
imother', I amf off. Fred and Geor'ge
will take good carec of you. They
have had thoir vacations alr'eady, you
k now.*"
On Wednesday, Kent went up to
the General Manager's ofilce and got
his pass and puermiit. ".1 have also re
'served section twelve 'in the sleeper
for' you," said the Manager. "You will
want a good, comfortable bed at night,
you know. Here is your tioket. And
as.S" your meals, get them in thtf
bumk,,, car', regularly. The steward
understands."
"Oh, sir ! you are too k ind !" cried
Kent.
" No, I am net !" laughed the Mana
ger. " A man can't be too kind-it's
imnpossible. You must remember, too,
that you have served us faitflily in
a diflicult and responsible position fomr
three years. You dcser've a favoi' now
and then, accor'dlng to my way of
looking at things., Well, good-bye to
you, and a pleasant tripl !"
The mid-wecek overland express
pliled out at toln o'clock on'Thur'sday
mnoining, with Kent Ballard in the
(cab of tile big mogul locomotive.
" Our irst r'un will be expr'ess for
fifty rmies," said thme engineer to him,
"andl you will hatve~ a good chance to
see how No. 312 behaves."
It was a ily full of profit, and de
light to the young telegraph operator.
He was very fond of alhl kinds of
machinery, and the imechanism of the
engine proved a most fascinating
stuldy, as tht y'whilrled along over thme
r'alls. Then the ever-changing scenery;
the bustling cities and towns along the
routes; the big rivers over' which they
sten1med on s pider'-web steel bridges ;
the wide level prairies, across which
they raced at whirlwind speed, oc
casionally sighting ,a herd of d'or or
frightening upl a flock of prairIe
chickens-all these things made an
endless program of interest and p leas
ur'e for Kent Ballard. Then what a
thrilll passed thr'ough him when at
last they came in sight of the tower
in g Rockies, with t me terraced foot
hills, like natui'e's doorstep to thme
threshold of the mighty range.
So far the overland expr'ess had
whirled on its long western tr'ip with
omut the sligh'test adventui'e. Thei'e
had not oven boon an hour's delay.
Trho train was sharp on time, and, If
everything wont well, its journey
wouldi be completed Ia twelve hours.
Thmey had now recached the ascending
graval over' time foot-hills, and were
slowly crawlIng up~ward( toward( the
pass' between the great snow-capped
peaks, through which they were to
gain the PacIfic slope. Th'ie scenery
was indescribably grand, and K ent
eyes never wearied of feasting upon
It. "Oh, il' mother' could only see
these grand mountains !" lie thought,.
"And if I ever get promoted to a good
salary she shall !"
.Nine hours passe,d, and at length the
great engine, with an almost human
sigh of relief, stopped panting, on
a side track at the Summit Station
of the "divide." A train of flat-rars,
loaded with stone and drawn by two
lodomotives, Was slowly pulling up the
west&Ih *grade. The express had to
wait on the siding until this freight
train should pass and leave the main
track elear. While they were waiting,
Cent Ballard left the engine, and took
his seat on the rear platform of the
last ear, where he could look back at
the grand snow-capped mountains they
had just-passed.
Tihe heavy freigh t train struggled up
the grade, until it bad passed the
lower end of the slaing, and then
stopped at the water tank on the main
track. A few minutes later the ex
press pulled out, and the switchman
again set the main track open. Kent
remaiued on the rear platform of the
tralin, looking back at the mountains.
Presently ho saw the Nieight train
endleavor to start up again. The
engines backed a trifle, and then, as
the car brakes were released, went
fov-ward with a jerk.
Kent Ballard suddenly jumped to
his feet. What could it mean ?-the
freight train seemed to be backing
down the heavy grade after the ex
press, instead of going straight ahead.
But no! the engines and the main part
of the train were going the other way.
Then the startllng truth flashed upon
the young man. The jerking' start of
the heavy engines had broken the
train in two, and the rear part of it,
without a brakeman aboard, was run
ning wild down thesteep grade after
the express!
What was to be done ? Fortunately,
Kent Ballard was not one to be easily
confussed in an emergency. He was
noted for always "having his wits
about him." Plainly the first thing
to do was to warn the engineer of the
express. But this must be done with
out alarming the -passengers and
throwing them into a panic. Some
persons would have been just foolIsh
enough, on making the discovery
which Kent had, to run back through
the train, crying: "Get ready to jump I
fo.r your lives! There's a runaway I
freight train on the track behind us !" 8
But Kent did not even hurry through t
the cars, on his way forward to the I
engine, lest he should thereby excite
the suspicions of the passengers. Even
the brakemen did not suspect any f
danger from his actions, as he passed I
through the train. But as soon as he
reached the baggage car, where the
conductor was sitting, he motioned the
latte' to follow him. Rushing t' the
forward platform he c'imbed on top of
the tender, and shouted -
" Faley !"
Tihe engineer did not hear him at
first.
" Faley !"
The man turned quickly.
"Crowd on steam ! The freight
train has broken in two, and is chasing
us down the grade !"
" Terrible !" exclaimed the conduc
Lor, who had followed Kent out on the
platform of the baggage cat'. " Laet
out Faley ! I will go back and signal
you from the rear car."
The conductor disappeared, and C
Kent crawled over the tender into the
engine cab. Laley had already " let
her out " as much as he dared on so
steep a grade. Presently, however,
cane the clear signal of the conduc- t
tor's' bell-"' More steam !" Paley's
hand was on the throttle ; but he
hesitated. "It's worse to jump the
rails than to get overhauled on the V
track," he muttered. " But here I
goes! I'm in this cab to obey orders."
He threw the throttle wider open,
and the grea1 engine rocked and
plunged at more terrible speed( down
the sharp incline. "' TJhose stone eat's
must be terribly heavy," exclaimed I
Kent.
" Yes ; how many of them broke
loose-do you know ?" asked lValey.
"Not exactly," replied Kent ; " but
I should say four or live."
"lEnough to smash the whole ex
rssto bits !" muttered the engineer'.
' tscurious how much faster a
loaded, freight car can travel, ont a
down gr'ade, than a locotnotive, even.
Seems to be a greatet- momentum.
Good heavens ! he wants more steam !"
The conductor's bell clamored its
signal twice. lMaley throw the throttle
wide open. "' There." hc oxclailmed ;
"'if that don't save us, it. will, smash
us !"
Kent Blallard had been th inking
very hard for a few miinutes. A pro
ject was formning itself int Itis nin d.
Suddenly he grasped the eng inerm by
the sleeve, and asked, cagerily:
"How fat' ahead Is the necxt station?"
" About five miles."
" Sid ing there ?"
" Yes."
": Telegraph operator ?"
"Good ! I have a plan. Let mne
work the whistle I'll signal them
What is the name of Lhe station ?"~
"Mineville."
Kent, Ballard gr'asp)ed the whistle
cot'd. In sounds corresponding to
those of the Morse code when ticked
out by the instrument, Ito sigtnalled,
"M ineville ! attention !"
Aftetr a few seconds' pause, he repat
ed the call. "' How fat' are we from
the station now ?" lhe asked.
"Between three and four miles,"
answet'ed the onginoer. " You can
calculate a little more than a mile a
minute."
Kent r'epeatedl the call once mor'e, atnd
allowee a paulse of ton seconmds. 'lThen
lhe telegraphed, by sounds
'"Open thet sidlinig, qu ick !"
'hen a pautse of temn seonds, and
again
"Open the siding !"
The station was now int sight. Men
wore running to and fro In frotnt of it.
''I've telegt'aphed them to open the
siding !" shouted Kent in Valoy's ear',
for the train was roar'ing and thtmnder
lng en at a terific 51)eed.
",And sure enough, they've done
it ! exclaimed F'aley, shutting off
steam and setting the air br'akes.
"The signal says 'siding open.' Y ott'vye
either killed us or cured us-depends
on how close behtindl the freight cars
are ."
It was a minamte of terrible suspense.
The express, its speed siackened just
in time by the powerful alir brakes,
glided on the siding. Would there he
time to throw Opnth mant'e
again before the runaway freight c
came on ?
"Jump !-we've done everything
can,'" cried Paley to Kent and the li
man, as the exIress. t0p1)ped on
siding. Even as they jumped, th<
was a roar like a peal of thunder
the right side of the engine, and
dark shadow passed with the sw
ness of lightning.
It was the runaway freight ea
thundering by on the main trac
The station master had thrown op
the switch rod and closed the Sidi
just in time.
It was not long after this experioa
that Kent Ballard got his promotik
and the next time ho vislt'ed t
Rockies it was as Assistant Gene
Passenger Agent of the C., D. and
railroad. On this trip he brought I
mother with him in a IPullman car.
TILiLMAN'S DEC[AltATION.
Ile iteputliates the Tillmain-Iai
well Coni'erence--Thinks Ho
Absolved I1om its Pledges by 1
Action o' Conservat Ives.
The following interview with Set
bor Tillman was printed in sever
3ewspapers on his returni from Meli1
phils.
"What effect will the reversal
Judge Golf's decree have on Stato po
ics ?"
"It simplilles matters very much
said Senator Tilliman in reply, "al
celieves us to what was daily becoi
ng a more threatening situation. '
.lustrate. Those Conservatives w
meemcd to have the greatest follow in
nstead of pleading, as heretofore, f
&m equal. division of the delegatA
Ver0 using a hectoring and tlratC
ng tone, while nearly all of the C
ervative papers were urging the
actions not to go into the 1)en
ratic primary. General llamnpto
und Butler had advised the sume th in
tnd while the News and Courier d
lot counsel this courso, the rece
lenonstration in Charleston ov
Ieneral Hlampton left little doubt
o whose leadership they would folk
lIess the Rleforers surrendered tl
ontrol of the convention to them. A
his is now changed, aqd in any even
to amount of persuasion from al
ource can now induce tihe Refora
o trust the Conservatives with on
kalf the delegates.
You will remember that in the i
erview published just after our co,
erence with Mr. Barnwell and other
said that it would depend upon ti
,ttitude of the Conservative pape
Lnd a general agreement on ho
ides to cease their bitterness. wheth
dhe scheme could be successful
.arried out. When .ludge Gotf w
mported here, with his scandale
lecree already written, had the Co
iervat-ive editor s and leaders acted
>atriotic Carolinians, denounced I
miwarranted interference, and offter
o join hands with the Reformers
naintaining white su pranacy, it wou
lave it once obliterated all faction
ines and good feeling and confidon
VoulI have been restored. The It
ormers cannot now forget, nor wi
hey soon forgive those who so plain
howed their purpose to overthrow ti
vhite majority by negro votes: lea
f all can they trust them, nor can
dvise our people to trust them.
I went into the agreement Wit
lessrs. Barnwell and the other gentl
nen in perfect good faith and ha
hat agreement been generally a
opted by the Conservatives and e
lorsed by their newspapers, it wou
nevitably have been carried out I
Aimost every county. A golden o
)ortunity was lost and the Conserv
,ives have " again "-to use the wor
>f the Newberry Herald and News
'(done the wrong thing at the rig)
,ime '' for the good of the lIeformem
l" DI understand that you nowv r
mudiate the agreementI ?" was aske
"By no means, although by cvei
ule of morals, I could claima to
thsolved fiomm it. I wvould still like
ace a non partisan convention coimpos08
>f our best men from both factiorl
tnd I take this opp~ortunity to urge 01
people, and by that I mean those wvl
have supphortedl me. to be generous alm
cot treasure up in their hearts i
boo muchl bitterness the recent, tauri
Intl threats made by the "'Antis.'" V
hav'e got to Ilive herce togethber; our 1
Lerests are identical :the futurie pr<
perity' of the State depends latrgely
a bettor state of feeling :I can see
harm and much good that, will mothI
if the lI eformercs vol untarily schk
mnen of the best hrains aund charact
among the Conserv'atives to come
the convention. I would only give t
caution that no mian he~ allowved
come who dluring the d'wrk days
Gofl's tyrannical usurpaation, show
any gratifleation or made any threa'IL
such men cannot, be trusted and b
bettor be left a~t home.
"There is one other poinmt that, I f
should lie Ofmplhasized anti that is th
There must be some h iddlen or see
p~urpose in the almiost insane desi
which has showvn itself aumong1
"Antis," to control the Constitutio
convention. having votedl almost a
idly against' it, I have never end
stood why they have been so anxi<
to have equmal represen titioni in
when by ail rules of fairness and
the principles of Democracy tI
would not, be entitled to any' represer
tion at all except in the counties wh
they control.
".Wh1 len the Barnm)well con ferei
met, ther'e applearedl to be' lit prosp1
of an agreenmont being reached boca
of this demand for half, anti it
only accepted by the lteformers pa
ent after imposing condiititlions, wh
are famillair to tihe p~ubl ic. These e
ditions ar'e still vital, and no Conser
tive should lie voted for' at the i
mary who does not discuss those <p
tions before thme peoplsi antd sati
them as to his attitude on them.
" There is one other vital feat
which our peopl)e m ust hot overlo
It is the constitutional prov'isionus
thle conltrl'i of corpor'ations andt
quiestions and the question tof ta
tion. Corpoiration attorneys, th
known to be in the employ of corpw
tions, had better be left at ht'
whethoer Refor'mers or' Consor vatii
unless from their characters antd g
oral course of conduct, as amen it is
lieved they ear. he tiusted.
"I mulst believe that the strenlu
offorits to obtain half thle delegat
were nsrdbyhedesire to puti
the n0w costttinsomething t
woutld( have either hamne-.i
tra Logislaturo or tied its hands in somi
wuy."
wo " What about the action iI E'dge
r.e- field ?" was asked.
he " I saw by the papers that thu
ire action was credited to my Influonet
on I Itad nothing to do with it, and oni,
a happened to beat, the court house tha
ft- day on private business."
" Do you think the plan of the Eldge
rs, field committee will be carried out ?
IC ! " I doubt it very mueli. Our peopI
On have always been strong advocate
ng for the primary and tlis return to tLh
convention system of nominations I
not likely to give satisfuetion. .1 thini
cc the county will soud some Conservit
n; Oves provided they satisfy the peopi
he on the AtumL)."
'al "It scons that while claiming t
P. stand by the agreement you are advis
I1s ing against its being carr ied out ?" wa
suggested.
"I am only standing by its spirit, no
its letter. The Conservatives haiv
stood by neither its spirit nor letter
I. t would bo sluicidal now for tho lo
formners to give one-half rcepresentatio
he to their opponents. We called th<
Constitutional convention, and we are
reponsible for It. We must control it
and I an ver y sure that we eannlol
make a Constitution whieb will in any
way, do injury to the rights either of
Oferson or )ro)erty of the o0lher side,
which will not equally bear on our
selves. The Golf incident lhuts raised
the veil and shown too much of hatred
and a fall purpoIse to rule or* ruin, foi
ic to ask the lReformers to do imiore
Lo than I have iidicated, and if I were to
ask it, antad stumlped tihe State county
by cotyit', the people would go thei i
owl: way.
A- .()OVICNOR iHVANS TAIlAlS.
ii
I'he ietil is (onveit ion Was a
(iren Success-ite Will Stali by
~ lII s I"leuiges In t ire iintan- i .liarnit
is. Wvell Cn'rne
95 Governor lVians was iite.v iewed oin
id his return from Miemphis, and lie gave
It his imIllprcsiois as follows :
r ',The con ventioni at Metmplis was
One of the largest ever held inl the
v South and most eniitlisiitstlc. It was
not composed of muillioailes 1101 poli
ticians, but of inen who.,e faces showed
t, that they earned their bread by the
13 sweat of thcirl brows. The eLtbushisim
Vs with which the speecles were receiv
led, and especially that of Senator Till
man, showed that the people of the
West an11d South Ya hound to C0110
together. Their interosts are identi
cal and they now realize the itter
I hoI)pelessIess of ol)taiiiiI ng any relief
IS from Congress, so long as it is con1
trolled by the last anld the imoney
pjower1. l'oputlists, ltepubIlicans lland
13 Democrats all joined1 in, perfeet hart
1I, monly in the demands so forcibly put
in the relolutitions aLoptvd by the eon
- venition.''
ts - 'I-low will they coie togetllher'"
" This is a matter of mere detail,
They are already together, but inl my
i 0n)11ionl the DeiocratLic party will de.
IL are for the free and unliItedl coi.l
al age of silver at the ratio of it; to I by
tlan oorwheliing mnajol ty, anld thc
Northern and Eastern Democrats are
as sure to secelo and bolt the con
:y vention as if it were already done.
e The Populists inl my opinion ouight not
It to mIake any nomilinatiionI for r'residenit,
anld the silver lRepublien ns will sulp
port the Demlocratie. nloineel. Thelise
h 10publiauis are like our people in
South Carolia Prepared to go aty
whore to obtain relief from the burdens
L- that 0)prss our rmr1L s-1(-. They are
obliged to come to us for the reason
d thatthe lIepublican party will not de
' lare for free silverl and they know it."
" What about the reversal of J udge
G 'olf's decre ?'"
Is Well, I ieceived 1he news imme
~- di ately upon1 1my3 arrival at, the hotel
it in Me'mphis th rough telegrams. 1
- have never seen four face~s of worntout,
3~ travelers, who had had nioth ing" to eat
.or drink for twelve hours, brightten up,
Sas did those of the four aolegates fronm
e Southi Ca~rolin 1 11upon0 read ing tihe news.
LoIt was very' gratifying oif course5 toi
Iiknow tat the Stat'e had tiumipned,
~'and I congratulate the peop1le of South
SCorelina, iad our friends oif the nation.
onti victory' for State's rights and
guarantee oif white supremacy in the
South. I wais congratulated by eve(ry
ts proinient imeimber oif the con1venitioni,
0among thbemi I epubl icans. Theli p)o(
n- plo of the Southwest seenm to take as
l ively ani inmterest in thais iliht, for pirin
)IeiplIe as our owin people ini South Caro
30 lina.
" As to the resu lt thiero need lie noa
et' fear oif an1 appllii to the nlegroa. The
er- I teformners have a miajoritly sullirient,
to to oivteomev the Conservatives and1(
enegroes coimbi ned shioul d thet issuec
t~O (01m1 to this, but, as I have alwaye'
f |nmaintai ned, no considerable following
(2(' whethber Conservativye or lI eformnet
sicold~ ever he lcad in this dlirectioni."
iL " iesire t~i correct, the false stat~e
mients and mnisrepreasen tationis coin
mI tatiied in ant ed itoiail ini the New:
'and Coiurier (If to-day1, which has baeer
-et called tai my attetion. Wh ileI miana~
Ie, oif the C onser-vatin-(' we -e inl syminpa
he thy w ithi the State amamini strationm ii
izal its cetforts to reverseCLi his l(2 decsion,1 3e1
ol- tile jubilant tone and thbreats tai usa
er- the negro and( thei al v ice tao stay3 41ul
6 of the Demnoe'atic1 1 primaIZry, byv mrosh
it,, of the Coinservativye pr-es oif t he Stati
atli and LI)he it rv Iews aof thmelir elebrs,
icy leaves no4 donaht, af Ithe tait that Itha
Lit'- whole schemett( origi iated in) tiheit
Itre tranks. Iliad it. not bee a soii~- the inasti
gatalrs aaf it waiulad ttr. I havet lheer
ce( tolerateal ini Saoutlh I'arm1ina. A-a ts
ict' the mnatg,.mnt oif thet (cas tooi mtuel
se5( (1redit cant he )4 gi ven tli tbe State'z
as1, Attairney Geniral and ha is arsistnts
es- wie ha'Lare ni oaf the Consea5rvati v
elh law~yers wias appec(aited thte sutccess
on- u tiL ritiit oni~ hones(2t,1y belotigsa La
va- tito A ttornuey' Generali.
ari- ' 'vernor, whItat, at tidea will yoai
"i Inltis houri (if trtiumph~ii I waitih
n'O no)1 tave you lthintk thai. I hatve ie
Uk- ceded( air intentd La) recede from any
for thaing I h ave said or alone hteretofora
,he ook inmg toi a harimioaii oas settlement 1,
xaLs out di ference i(and111( secuiing for Lth
iSt State a Constituiiion basedl on Li
ra- piiples of (tall coniferenace. TI'ia
tmi I )emnocrati e patty is the onily ariito
t'n- forea'staIl the noine es11( of Lhe peop
be-voul d ha' presum iptious and1( res.ulIti
failuet."
Les A lov'intg, 5symat Ihetiaci ntuire Is lik
m0t0 sunshaiine, whtich brightens all IIt Louel
fiat, 's. WI thout, chtarity we acan ala naith
. The ltei'Smers Will Conitr'oI thle (,on1. I
stit u lo4114 Con Ivet Iont.
t The 'iedmont 1leadlight has Inter
-View Congr'essmnIII Staniyarne Wilson i
r sinceahis r-ceent visit to Washington,
t antid onl political topies he speaks as
follows :
- Now what about polities ? Well, h1
I don't think I ever saw <quito so much w
of thei and in such variety. The bi
I most, iastidious cannot Complain of an H
insulicient assortmunt. If a man can si
not now get the kind that he Wants, h1
lhe was never imade to be happy. The b
- mto.st striking feature to m1e is that the '1
peoplI are on top, and everything in
dicates that they are going to stay
there. Thor cani ho no0 butter condi- al
- tion for any State than that, for the lH
j people or the State. Judg1e G1 olt has
cometi and goie. but the people are still t]
in the middle of the road, and are no d
iuoro affected by what he did, of at
t)ipted to do, than by the reprovings t!
of some of the littIc tom-tit. inconso- M
qu ential, featherweight editors of this o
State, who tin Iuk they a're shaping e
pblic sentitieit, but whoso inilucitee h
s contIinled Within theilr own imagina
tions. d
" My belief is that. if the inlluenitial a
conservative newspapors had submit
ted to the Democratie doctrino of let- a
ting the majority rule, instead of Con- 1A
stantly inflaming- their conservative t<
readers by bitter appeals to their pas- Y
sils and pirejudices, none of 1,hat, 11
tat-ge class of our citizens would ever N
havc thouglt of cutting themselves oil 'I
fr-omti their race and of aLpeal ing to tl
the negro. The only deplorable thing 0(
about .1udge Golf's decision is that it si
disclosed to the people some of lhe.- w
citizens vho were so hent onl rule or' vi
ru in that they g lad ly rushed into the in
atrtm1s of the negro to m tkO Common at
cause with tbui against thir own th
people. It, was a sad spectacle, but vi
otte tIhat our State can tever see again, It
as tIC opportunity will not atgaiti be C(
pr-eented. el b.N
" TIhe election f w delegates to the th
convintioni, in August, will be con- cC
lin ted to those wv ho haIe registration in
tickets. The ioneticos for that elec- et
tioni will ble selected hi the white et
man's :rinm tary, whicli will he hold oi itt
the 30th of July. At that election v(
ev'etry white man can vote, and no man rC
will be Imade to go with the nogro, W
except of his own choice. The Con- I
servative leader are very persistenitly of
leterinitied ini thi' Issortions thItt so
they will not go into tha1t, pritiary, and m
I don't sli)pose they will. They refuse th
to recogn ize the organized I)emocracy af
of the State. although 1,re ilas never 01
heent aly question of its legality. sIt
lvery voter at, that, primary Will so- it
leet his- own seven favorites, and the pI
seven noiminatoed Will ho elected. il
There will he nm attempt to agrie re
iion any comiplomltise oi- division of 81
delegates. I do not believe any tian ti
Ibns the rigzht to make any contract or u
igtrment, about his neighbor's vote.
ly opiniiol is that, this county will bo- w
lect men u1pon whomt . the people are eI
coiulident they can rely on represent- p
ing their iinterests and political sonti- d:
m1ents. si
"1 Thom is on)e iatter of especial fim- C,
I)ortance '.ha1t I will muentlon. It men p(
of eertai.' 'ideas get control of the
coil vent iol, they will most vertainly ti
adopt an educational and)1 popelrty w<
qualificattion, either or both, in order in
to disfranmuchiso the negro and the poor' eo
1:niedicated white m1an. There are in
menii Who ire un lit to votc. But there w<
is 1,o wilite ian inl this State, not I a I
pILtapir or con viet, who shol Id be do- it
nied his vot.-. l ie and his people have
rendered too great at service to the g:
Statte in her struggles of 18ti-'65, and ti,
in the cause of loeform since 1890, to !iI
have the halot-hox closed agaitist co
Lthem1. ie
a I hav e b)een tatlking longer thant cc
I intieie, liut wvill say this: My at
judgtnent, is just whiat it, wais last aebi-, fe
ruany inl CoI lmbia, antd the results ti
have justi lied whtat I then stated. We al
wvill have the primary, every mani iit hi
vote as lie please~s (except ini somel tI
coun ities ivhtere 00omprIomhises hiavo er
bee( n made) and the cotnvention -will
1)0 ina control of tihe fleformiers, by a ii
goild maiijority, aind thle State couldl si
not desirie any thing better thani that. sI
TJhe lIoformi muovemuent has dlotne a iv
grealt decal fotr Siuth Carol ina), buit its Li
blest, anld mtost enduiring aclbiivemient ti
iiill be the constitution whIeb It wv ill hi
firaimenext, fall. . m
-A ii accidetnt, (100c1rted not1 far froiti wV
Aubhtin, Ala1., ont the I18th iinst.,* at tel
l'erry's mniI lt pnd, wiveb rl is greatly ii
tdeplored in thtat cotniununiii ty . At i. I owvis al
Cmix, a driii uimer fr'omt Tlusk eger, AlIa. s
antd .\liss( Cornel ia 'l'orrence, agfed Ilu, ti
the helleIt of hier ineightwhoodl, and aIv
remar'kabiy prnetty girlI, iieret ouit boa)t iv
r'idinig otn the plond, when iunexpctely~ 1i
hoth. Th'e ehii bilren playvingi ntear thte at
scente of the aiett hieard their it
to aid( tlbemi. ','hei pond1 is very dttOop vi
ait, tbe point, whtere the acient (oe- h)
enenre d, andu thte bod11ii.t hiave not been W
re covered il. Th le wh ole comm iiunity Is Ith
cov'ereald with gi ic f over' the unttimely 1
dmen oif thu plariii young ctoupleh. ft
C
-Th'e exeitemott o)ver the gold a
fever' in Oiklahtoma iamoiuts now to a b
the fa'tt that the veins haIve been t,
tested for aL length of forty iiles andi a
that they growv rielcr in ore the
fur'thier upt they are openeId. We have a
In consequence the failia spe1?'51ctaelto s,
oIf men going well nigh inisanett leaviing s'
thi r Iland clao ims and1( homes10 and ml
hi ng to the locality wvhero tho gold t1
is3 supposed0( Lii be. 'i'housandhs wviii ho Li
dilsappointed. Even If the tinds prove'
aLS rich as i'iportied the Ilanid wvill soon1 N
be in the hands of a fowv syndiicates, t,
wvhich will employ thio mi's by the 1
*-Th'e synod~i oIf the lieformed I'r-es
blyter'iani Clhurchh oIf No~rth Amiferica is r
very br'oad ini its demandili tot' a.a i'e
cogn itioni of Godt ' In the nattinai con-a
sti tlutt'o. Its resotluttionis adopiltw.. at
i)cinver' last, wvek demand "a A clear'
ant explicit acknowvledgetment of Al- I
mighty God as the soc e of al poe ;ii't n
j oIf .Jesus Christ as the I'r'ince of Kintgs
Sof the ear'th, and the Hihble as the
51 supreme r'ule 1inal1 alfairs."'
-C. M. Mills, for'mer'ly of Tr'myoni, N.t
C., has b)een arrested (In aL cbarge of
C emibozzlig mtonety or-der funds of the I
(Jovet'rnment, to the amlount of $5(00,.
anid wvas held till the lVeder'aI eourt In I
bond of *10,000.
"Y (oui)rse would havo been left themb,
ut tu go into the primm'y. All the
onservtivet, who did not approve ol
he 'conference' plan-so far as I could
idge from the published acts of the
Porty Convention, ' and the inter
low, withl others confilrming the ac
on of the forty-sconed bound to go
Ito the Denocratic primaries, though
do not know w Ihat reservationa there
ero among the members of the con
3ntion. Sooner or later, however, I
lieve there would have been an
lual division of delegates. I cannot
ieak for other counties, but had the
heme of equal division boon carried
it amongst the Reform counties I am
we Charleston would have been will
g to do her share.
Governor Hamlpton was invited to
iarleston by a committee of ladies
id tie young Sons of Veterans, and
larleston honorod herself when she
(I honxor to his magnifleent services
a soldiler and his services to 'the
,ate in 1871 and in the United States
mate Many of those who were fore
ost. in doing honor to him were not
:epared 'to follow him in his view
mtt the Conservatives should not go
ito the priiairy.
"'l'hen came the revorsal of Judge
oWs order of injunction, and with it
as comie what was to ho expected, the
vinug of the pendulum to the other
de. It skuis to have carried Senator
illman along with it. My advice
0ild be that the Conservatives go On
ith their work jusit as hofore ; that
icy do not abandon the attempt to
cure an unpartisan convention ; that
icy go into the primaries and agree
abide by the result of the election,
ld that the Conservative counties
ive reprosentation to the Reform 0le
Ont, if the Rleform counties give re
'esontationl to the Con3ervative.
*" or nseIlf I do not see how those
lit) mi vocated the move of the 'Forty'
n consistently refuse to go into the
i nou-y, but men look at political
ittters froni ditforcnt stand points and
suppose they can see the dilforence
tween iordering an executive con
ittee to work under the State execu
ve eominittee and vet say that doing
is not, slubmi ting themselves to the
trty rules. So far as I aimi porsonally
meiied, I do not, ii any respect ire
'et the actioin which I took in sign
g the agreoment.
I did not ontor into any alliance
ith Sonator Tillmani or Governor
vanls. I never for at mi1iiont gave up -
y lrinaciples as a Conservative. I
preiSsed no contrition, and was not
ked to express it, for any act, politi
I or otherwise, that I had ever taken.
liI not, iudertake to guarantee that
r agreeoonit would be carried out by
matnior Tilimnan or by anyone but my
1f. I d id agree to advocato a truce,
>t an offensive and defensive treaty,
id I ami still prepared to advocate it.
have never said a word but in com
mndation of the 'lorty' or anyone
Ise who seeks peace. That thd ' con
wence' did good, and a world of good,
I staying for a time at least the waves
f political animosity, has been fresh
aCknowledged by Reformers and
onservativos. Whether the good
lects will be done away with the
3w move of Senator Tillman I am un
'Cparited to say ; results must prove.
vective will, I in convinced, do no
uod oither against the Reform lead
s or against the Conservatives who
I n1ot happenI)II to agree with me or
ith each other.''
A CHANGE OF VENUE.
ie urawil Jury or Charleston County
Ialls to IPinl True Bills In Dispen
siary Cases.
The dispensary law cane up iII th6
aurt of Sessions -for Charleston Coun
on the 18th inst., and during the
erninig the grand jury were given a
itch of bills by the solicitor. Among
aese werie six against parties for the
iolationi of the dispensary law. On
ioso J1udlge lHuchanan said that the
arors should carefully consider the
vidence against the accused and
.iaer prcsentment accor'ding to the
vidlence. The~y should not permit
icir prejudico, If they held any
ainst thc law to iunflence their
ordict. if the lnw was an obnoxious
Io the strict enforcement of It
ould be the HUrost means of enlisting
ibl ic son timnent and thereby causing
S repeail. (On the contrary, if they
wmiittedl their prejCuidlce to influence
.e r piresenitment, it w.ould redound
l-tvor of the law.
Ii. a short while the jurors returned
id rep)orted that they had been un
)ie to lind Indictments against the
Illowing parties, against whom bills
tid been given theni .lFrltz Mollen
suer, Henry Hlemme, George F.
tenicken, M. L. Clark, W. J. B~owen
iidBarney Lovatt. Assistant Attorney
enerl Townsend, who was here to
onduct the dlispecnsary cases, of which
Laveral hundred are pending, said that
c was totally surprisodl at the
ction of the grand jurzy, as the evi
ce( in the causes above mentioned
rep onderated against the accused,
uit lhe dIidl not care to have anything
say (on this score. As to what move
e would take he could not say unt~il
ie niext morning. Ito was to have a
in forene with Attorney General
ownsn l501I arbor anud would agree upon
>mue line of action.
in the Court of Sessions the next
torninig, th ,Assistant Attorney Gen
'al moved or' a change of venue for
me trial of .venty- live alleged viola
ons of the l)ispensary law. This
scion wats brought on account of the
ilure of the grand jury to indict the
x parties already named against
howu the State claimed its strongene
uses. Counsel for the defendlants op
>)sed the maotion, claiming that it was
mneonsti tutional, unprecedented and
us anf impealitch men~tIof the grand jury,
asides doinig a grave injustice to the
>tmmrunity. The alidav it of the trial
.sticc who held the preliminary ex
mninations of the cases was read, in
'hich lie said that the State llad made
at Its cases and the failure of the
rand jury to indict was cdue to pro
id ice against the Dispensary law
udge Buchanan side6 with the Stato
ind granted a change of venue and
rans ferred the, eases from Charleston
o Orangoburg County. The Dispen
am y law was amended at the last
legislature so as. to allow the State
he special privilege to move for' a
iange of vepue. The constitutioni
ility of the amendment .will be tested.
-The right kind of education will
develop chracter.
BARNWP8LL'S PLAIN TALK a
IS STATIMNICNT OF T11iI. ( ON- L
*FIEitiNCHC AGIECMEN1', t
- ji
v Ieviews the Sit uia ton inl tIhe State '
ani Givea 11s Viows ol'tho he Fantous v
l'ent'e Conli'ereneco.t
Tho Charleston News and Courier is
mi Interviewed Nir. Josopi W. Barn- 1
(11, as a meliber of the confro-once- w
>twe i Sonator Tillman and other v,
OfOrIlte's 'an1,11d IIImtbers of tit) Conl- bi
'vativo palty, wit) consented to give e<
IS vieWS of teli sittulatiOl as a tffetO s
t bh late declaratiol of Senaitor' bt
illimlan. 01
" NI v. ti'anwell," asked the repojrter, sk
do you conshiter your agreonient at Iln
I Ind owilg to tle witldrawail of tle
oformter's who signed it ," C
" Inl thle irtplace, I do not knIow aL
ad. all the lIeformt'ter14 have with- C
rawn) from it."-replied Nia'. i arnwell. ti
Governot iKvants, I see, 11.tilltlains ,
lat he is still in favor of It, and it S
ould lot ho fair to treat him or. 1,m 1
her' iembers ait havin g repudiated n,
ither its letter or spirit unt1il they p
Iv satid so." L
"Then what will the Conservative's it
1) upon G"Ovor-f10l' Tilliiiln's withdraw
I?"! askeld thle reporter'.
I have no ittithority to peaik for h1
13 iebilerl except llyself," s1id r. s
arnwell. " but I amil1 I)erfectly Vill ing I
Say what I think should be done. '
ou tmulst rletIembeiilr that Messrs. A
empllhill, Mloses, Sloanl, Ml1,owanl ami %N
ower, Who, witl mie, mttet Senator tL
illm and IsI. friends, acted unlder s4
ic terns of a resoliion which insist- tV
I upon only one cond itionl-that there t(
louird bi) an ev(enI dI vision in the a
hole conveItiont between the Co1nser- g
tives and I uforilers. All oPhoLr ml
atters wC'e considered stbsidiarI4y, pI
d it is violatintig nto confidence to say3
at tljhe term11s requ(ji~jjri l an equall di- wv
soll were mltore strontgly inlsisted enk
RIn 11m1on1011g tt getitt0ema whom the Il
mserlvatiVO COI ImI LteO repr'esettd, an
the, ltym1tien tII byN' the11 latwye's, so I
at sO fara' 1as those gettleAme e btII M li
nieranud Snoator Tal n is entirely mla
errol il Saying that the Interests of ti
rI'Latiols dilectled the dtnalind fo' sc
u1al repre.senitationl. The arlgiuent pI
ed for ati eliltl representation wits eo
ry siiple i and obvious; that it gi
tidered the convention a hotly which il
its t i taive of neiLeter fac
r )f the IDeaInoa'tiicL party it otte, but w
both : tiatt wlen it met it sholid do K1
as 4.'tibreslt of it compromise ald m1
I its the creatlre ol (le faction or' 0
0 oIthet which had beln victorious It
ill' a4 contest at, tie polls. If tabus oun
ewd it would not, he necessaryI to I 4
bmit its wo1kbak to the peoplle. 1as Ou
repret'(nSated t1mil ill, and inl all] S
ohability it woilI bi at body bent so
1on1 doing all tha, Was possible to nI
gulate th dll ie ( uhi,4.lt qutlestiol of Lllt at
irage in uh a Ilntiller as to sece1110 I
e State from the dtngers of ignorant it
liversal stiffi1ragre.
" 1T4. triermi ially agreed uipon f<
ere th only ones, after long and il
Ltrlest d istlissiol, Which it seamlled 0
assible to obtitni . The I {Uform'tilers I
stinetIy said that tey cOUl 1ot, C
Ra.k for thei' hIolV 1 party. The el
) nseaVti i ves tquilly disclailld any Il
IVer to speak for the Conservatives. pl
I ThO view tia ken by the Cofserva- It
,,es was that atilready tmere wias a gk
ati-doveloped sentimeatL, inl the State er
favor Of having no contest over ti (f
atVentiot, and tbat, if Senatort' Till- W
,11. GOvernorI NIaLs 1nd th Oil' frieIIs
mld pronoun t ce)l also in favort of suc
nioveient, it Voild cortaL inly be ca.
!d Out.
SWhei the other side asked what
atranitee we had 1.hat thte (Conserva
res woild consent to ILI eqauil divis
'1 Pour Ieply wits thit, we couald not
111ee iVe Of ttny la.tge numbe o11111 Of tIemii
fuisinlg such an otfor', althoulgh oftl
urseat it, was jimlpossi blea to say whItat, bi
I woPuldI dot. I still tinkl I waIs per11- L
etly aceurtaite in liy jutd gmen~ t, flat 'If y
0o I efor'mers (n te commtlllittuu ha~d
I (arnstl'ty tiuetakent aL can.1vas on1
dhalf of Lthese termias tad eveni now, if r
Ito mtllLter' wIere0 pushead, anl agrteaeent a
m'or be 0 reached.dIL tu
cetingtl~, nor11 hats anuy 'iCnsevattvo a
Iggettted sinea, that theo contttion y
ould r'eglte thte su Ifriag' Ina such ~a
113 asl t~O bet in v iolattion oft the Contsti- sy
Liion or thae lIni 1ted States ot' sancition y
lo excilusiont of voters thraotaght fraud, it
it, I haive al ways malinitaned, and. dlo
Lidntaina toda~y thtat te termas i'aed 1,
>OnI, tlhoutgh not, iall of tithemt, w hat I e
'feumastances, n1or eaxceOpt asl a4 iomlptro- t
ise, yet fuitsh aHt~ 4 pr'joer basis8 al
>0n wVi ihicbotith ((lformersiI' aind Con- it
r'vaiL~ves mtight agree2 ; cer'ta~ily Ii
014r Wl wat oting dishtonoale (or sub11- h
r51iva of anyl3 1princwiplue whautevr', fotr s
ekedi as it may4.3 sc01m, 1 dto not be- ~
ava in the dlvinte rilgh t of an I gno r,
nt, atnd barb'har'ous maltjority to aontr'ol ~
wats eaxp~tetead that the agr'eement
mId be lercely attackedi from the a
rty two. ( quaterstI fromr wichlo it, hasL' d
en(ssale, butt thbe cui'outs sight
as pres8 etd oPf thle Conlservative VO
3 ig denoun acedi nPt the oneI ha tnd by t
etmbet's of LIheir' lparty ais antytIIbigh
'011 weak and silly diipois ta 'unrin'1- g
pied1831( t12 ' schemer and wiro-pu11ller's ' and11 a
L tho same011 timet that Sanattor Tilhna ttyui'
nd G;over'nor' i~vans shouldt he as0 sailed 134.
y their' paty ats weatkly gi ving atway
>~ the Iithince ad bliiadishm aeats of a
aoa Conser'vtativye miembt ers, bult in thet ei
ta at largo thte tmajor'ity of both tI
formeraots iatnd C~onser1vativyos felt tIhat't, l
lonlg steop'had 1ben1 tikaen to~wardcsa
one basis, atnd in a411 tOnbera of ioun- ti j
cs the fool intg wats 5) sit'ong thlat, w
tmy hatd alreadaty detoarmtinaedl on the ei
armats of dl ivisioin. p,
"lThenI 2411 cam Judlge (Gol's dOcisionfl. u
o contlitutionlt law~yer' for a momnenit II
mulghat tat it cotuld bte uphecld, and1( bl
S (1h(ctt, if acqu( 1iescdi in, wouldi e
31.1all ave pre(veted iany r'eglation ji
'hateve'r (Pf the( sulratge ina the futur Ie.
'01 a timae the lieforamer's s(eemed2( to
214.1ize tile dliager of ana anigry (200
38t ovea' tihe control of th1( lonvenltiont, g
nd1 14 gratt 1impetus wvas givont to the j
r'owinlg belief itn someti ompromIi'lse.
''It waLs, in miy otpiniont, ai grt, op- a
ortuinitv for all Capons'va:,ives to at
neO( a4groto thait thtey woul como1 to
'ether' and1( over't(I row Judge GolY'sa
ecision) and( joPina hamds with the Reo- i
rarmerals, even2t if circumsatanc~ies stoomfed
o show that fot' the time being theI
,d vata4ge) wias iIth the Conservativos.
Jndoublted ly a4 numbn er oif the Conso'
iativos wor'o elated by the fooling that
0o' once, atL least, fortune sleemned to
nelinnW to tham.it but I dl) not a that