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T GnralAssembly CUTTING DOWN THE SALARIES. I -c pt hee v n; r theSis ')of The following is the bill passed by the House of lHepreeuntatives, which reduces the pay of otlicials In this State. The Senate ilay not agree with the HIouse, and henceo the imnMs ure Js not yet a ceortainty : See. 1. That the following officors in this State IIll receivO the following annual salaries and compensation, aad nto other compenswation, to-wit: The Governor, $3,000: Lieutenant Gover nor, during the session of the General Assembly, a per dicu of eight dollars and miloage of a member of the Gen eril Assembly : Governor's Private Secretary. $1,000 ; G,we'rnor's Mlessen ger, four hundred dollars: Seeretary of State and heeper of Stato House and grounds, 1,900; Clerk of Secretary of State. $1.200 ; Comptrol ler G;eneral, elt00: Chief Clerk of Compt-roller (;eneral, $1 .200 : Pension Clerk of 'ension Board anMd Bookkeoper of Comuptroler General, $1.200; Stato Trrenure r, 52.ou: Chief Clerk of the State 'T0rer, il,.0: two bookkeep ers in the ottice of the State Treasuer, each 1,200 ; ue rintendent of Ed uca tion. %o,8 ' .ame t o hundred dollars each year Aor trave ini.g expenses, if so mluch' he niec-a i : Clerk of Superii. tendent of ucatton. LI Adjutant and i n~peelctr1 Generial, $1 . 2.: C aerk, tivi : .\ttorney ie'nera I . 0 : AZsist ant Attorney htinera. I . - l Clif J ut.ice and A ociate J utitces of t)l Supreme Court . v ,ch . : ireit .1udges, each $:',I0 : Clerk of the Su prene Court. $-ko : .ibrarian f Su prene Court. "'00 ' : Mlessen get and \t tetait of Sur.eme Court, each. il ; tihe leporter of the Suplrenle Colt, $tlol: Siperintlcndent, of the li enitteni tiary, "I. : l'hy ib i amvi t'aptainl of the GuladslI at 'eniteIlntiiar, eachU 1.i I ": Ch alin of l'enitn ti iary, tour do!aitr 'er dielI eich tiay of at tendance on th tin of thd iBa'd and live e. n p r i. 1110-t direct route going :o ai rile !'tuin'' frorn sai elan of I.tillia .' .- . . ileih' her:- .f Ih-ard of i . touch. ft'ur dtiO..als Ji." i.eln'. ' t iti a ll Uay of a - tnIanc oni he metn- of 01 it' B-aid and live eenti peir i Ie bN luio- d i'eet route going to anld i-Cl'tni n from aidi meiietinig:,: So.ieitore, $l.:6'L t oah, ex-\ eLlit the Soliie'tor of tie Firt . rtLit, who shi ceve a *alary f -1, a .0 t :it i !'Ir (Gi''lli anWI '/ neInmhre(4f tilt, UeeIt"10"t .\-c'll. wvhile in a t ".tIane I ; ti i I I -a thereof ;State[. ilnraianl . . " d. Itr' p0. r d I,: i I l d I I an r a pt lassesitllan': b i' ent, C' virv Ulote' t e i l'ol!u~ 'I'ti- e travY o I.ll 'It i i '. l i I f . I i t to t hXcietI n FVVeitV tht . .\,,'i\ i.lit of Senate. 2.~ l'-ading t .'ri of dilli di ili l :- '''t i. ane i t':' ' i,.t: ..i ner ci lt y l a - \'n t a - ta.~ ty ' Ia _t IllV t e w'i' k f t Ier y- tit.-r ii td urettheri xeedin :to ulxl li 8vtj. aitir .'en -i- rtij' lli'i ( if ititi' . le ing1 til 'it-r ri o 'i-- L~~ ii e n the Hue o f t !i' b pr"t'iii ai'. . ' ir iienatei.C aoud ilit' j e r f itiei diil' the (.'itig ofI A'~oii tht(en r i~ t \ s.-,en t day t lori dollt' L lit:e Uit'a ioll i~ltill inln C lrkio ithI i iLi'je lueo i, pre Lllta riti vs I o f d h jit Ae' it''lid t'x un fit' stillems ao f he'ti'lrt ..en ~ .a .ul' til eta r- iv ' i 'll tax aon f eit\ wtrk fiai ter ) ~l the I l'u ' Lnt of ( t. r - f theini tot. Si jt o xti tli n otdarofl cleia ito the ett.f rofs t i ialtine nth eah b er t-i t ~i L da'.qi'a tit'n ... iones, ofc Ii l l i d , :t i l i iii .,I fni'i prov ie(1 tbe ttw i L i'vd l' hat m theOf Genianti imLyOt the Sreat al-Ains.o CothCi,.\so.-jt c'|ri. iand~ be-adingt Ch-r thed re'.civef the --Onti. ofiiuleas n of a V ntl mber Nof nale I eltal Aii IC i l y ; (f tio taCti' lin orte iiiaCP, tennc. o te ol. Thet lie i i na(u'(l.'hhra i amend tenfot il hof ewas a the ie ofributhiontton of h iighotax enr lurs. but liwepcl a frdo "tump that prithile jvge tax anrtld r thie' furebt emidollete Treaurer of the tate sgt oe Iorder of ti .lrt sof Trusteeo askin Chr ai Agrieuturav Cle o ogeuh Caro lin, to he ixl.nt1of thsee afutr tha lia he eesdar to acepta the $30 uporathemond tlo rtou the xtnt' an1an00n. H01 wotonc twend ti, ahountdob (15.00: d le freadb innin teanc fof the r~epot. .\hihnhonsa oferc astouigi tarmainn If th. here o they woatd Treastude afteh paymn ofthe about $100,000 a man sbelievto that tkerso that lioar< o rti the institution, fie rearn stuptha reuing theuprvnt tax pand . te'fnsItecll -oudb tuition of $10, yet not one student paid a nickel. No one could believe that all thoeso studets should be benefici aries. He closed by saying thut it was nothing but right that it should be divided with Winthrop. Mr. Tatum favored the Idea, but as Mr. Conner hai a bill which would re Hove the farmers of this unjust tax, he thought debate should be adjourn ed until that question wias settled. This was agreed to. Mr. Watson thought all Clemson College bills should ho postponed until the Clemsen investigation committee reported. Messrs. Bowman and Tatum hold that Mr. Connor's bill in relation to .he p)rivilego tax had nothing what over to do with Clemson and aftor some discussion Mr. Connor's bill was taken up. It providos that the tax ,;hall bo one-fourth of one por cent, of the commercial value of fertilizers. Mr. Coincr hCld that the tax ias primarlly in tended to protect farmers by providintig for an analysis of for tilizers. For tho last -lifteen years the tax has alonllitod to over *500,000, which was paid by the farmers. Mr. Connor made tiity an extended mrgu ment, in favor of the bill holding that the purposes for which the tax had been levied had been diverted front its original purpose; it is an unjust tax and should be taken off. Mr. Edwards expressed 'Sympathy with tlte objects of the bill, but thought it was untimely. Its paisagO now would increaso the t.ax lovv one miil and the matter hadl better stand as it is at. present. \iAr. Sturkie couldn't understand why the tax should be centinued if it was admitted to be unjust. Mr. Watson said if the bill was puassed another tax will have to be le.ied to support this -institution. Whore will the money come from ? The question shinply is would farmers rather have anl indirect o' direct tax ? If this hil1 pass es where gocs titis in stitutioln, the orgaization of the farm erz'e The peoplC have accepted the present arrangement, without dissent. Tle tax tloe not ppress iany body. 'Ti lestion s4imply is whIether Clem 11n ,nall he let stand or whether it must come every year and ask for an ippropriaitioil which mutist )) obtained by diri'ect taxation. t .%ll-. I i held that in, cet taxa- I tion was vieciolt an1d wronl This tax I 'ei*er -n ia il -I becauils it is borne ' siv' l hy fatilsI. . ot twenty 'r i'n -of ttie ipper e-'iss has tie l - i , ''I it at k im niSOn. The l ,li to ; 'd t. tax hetveen!I C!emson an(l iltir is blt, all e llrt tO pcl)e pet - t the Ii'deni. 'arme .s have borne I Lilo b'uuen for :':etrs anom years with .im im uu,111111 but in justice to themn ( 1 he relieved of it. He was a 'rind. of Cle'umson, but she should V i 4n the Saille footing with others. I. *'r cm1te here and ask for what I loe tld and get it directly from the ( a V. .\ r. Wilsonl thohlit-itt that the ri of the bill were right. A ax tbi'd iot he levied on any one atsfor ,Iheleeit of other.-. Clem- It n i op i 1) CO'ery professiton, except 6 rdr are forever closed against l) c'it a:a farmer. illegro '). Vie mieeded 42 2. -Ir inu luton" it all should i qn , tll, tin footing. Clemson V Ieedi n'1t m1n0 liere andL1 Ieg for mI- I ir .\ io- IbthaZ to do is to astk wihit , a It , di The iI imet. it. I I iv a v, ,f 11 to 'N the Iouse tre- t i . i to- , olt tie enacting words. \ \\ 1 idI thle fainemr~s llaI ne o t n-abo(litioni of the la av- ne i' demanded it 0: -. I t ia qumesticon for t .t amon t hemselves. They a ta tLat th' tax go to Clecm H I t n ht actionl should be de-. * I~u farm ilers say wvhalt they I A - ie f t e people iwhIo pay~ the i' iv r ~ce in-i the college. V:-t\\lie saidl that thiis iss'ue had ni er* bee nmd ltllte bfore the peop1le. HI ii wantell to vote iwitha the farmers. I f t hey want the tax abolished he woutld votte for it. M r. Blackell~e said the reason the farmte r.- diiidn't ask for thme repeal was heirauiMe thtey were niot dIissaltislimed. They were iiilling Lto pay the tax. Mr. ishnman said the Ilinso shtoutld gosow ont a measur1 ie thtat wold i crIipl lto coeii yearly antd ask for anl approi't No onett ant .say thtat aL future Geneiratl .\ sembliy will bie as friendly to it as this one. MI r. Ashley, interrupting, when the Speak er referred to a remtark of htis, said lhe favored Clemson. but wanted to siipport it like the others by direct Mir. Taitumi coutldni't see that the life o' dlealth of any13 institutionci wias imi pcierille by the bill. The~ friends of theF 'ill tare frii ends of Cl emIlson Col lege. A pin iplIe is inviolved ail shlould be nihdt on'. If legislation i., to tju done only thnoi ghI muemorials and petJit ions lthe cloi. wouldI be no use for minl h.e to '''me here. Mir. l'-nklea hithl that ( 'iemson bo I niiitt t evler itizen oif South Caro l ina anad iwhlere i-. the se nse in taxing ionly (ill .*ass toi Miupport it? Mr i. I. .. \V'illiaiuns said there were two <pietn'tions Iivoved -justice and xwdny. le held that thiere iouild be o inijhle legi.,!ation whtere equal 1101d exatt juLt' i, giviin to all men. -\1i t In e who iav Ilaxes to sup-i n' t the S atht Carim iiii Cille'ge don't .4t its 'avatages. H e iwanted to - h'gcs whiere it wou 11ld be least feit. L I . iare r fii i eii , wolt dii t dia p init the ~ ii- ftr lince , he wld~ 1n1 .\o i a l iit he w,.2 ~ a itpoth ii' but. tt. N4 A, rutt' h~e did miore tu preva~iiou ' ii. ie , -forie li \ltho-h he irstvotehadiientedru by i iite of ii Ii Pt as follows : ilas: A~le Iy, IHarot. liowmian, L.- (. Cner. .1. H. Connori, Cooper, Harpechr, Ii iott, Hun11tei', Hlumiphrey, I bler ton, .ilhnstont, \ inrd, LemmI~oni, Leverit~lett, NI i les, NI ishloc, T. L'. Mi tcheb, ' J1. W. MIitell , Mloor'e, Mc intosh, Otts, ilhill ips, ['ickens, l'rice, I 'rinte, R~ob ertson, A. K. Sanders, Jlohn G. Saun d'er's, Skinner, Sttuikle, T1atumi Tokdd, Tyler, Warr, ["red Williams, Willson. - Nays: Ilackiwell, Ileellad, Carroll, 3 Cart'othor's, Cauighmain, C. M. Davis, uW. C. D~avis, Devoereux, Madons, .ld t warIUd$, Elder, Floyd, G4arris, Good win, r I hiought, 'Johnson, Kennedy, L~esetno, El Lofton, Love, Magill Mannting, Mel e lard, Mellott, Millor', Mutrray. Mo it Koown, D). W. Mcbaurin, Nuney 3. Pollock, P.yatt, liainsfierd LShutnn to Singltar ,y Thompson 'I'o au Ii Watson. Welch, Whtimdro, T.w Le llame, L. J. Williams, John 0. Wil a liams, Wlliamseon, Wolf, Wycho.--50. TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONERS, What the Sonat)s Know About Working the Roads. Ju the Senate, an amendment was offored to tbo county government bill to the effect that each township should have only one commissioner instead of three, as at present. Mr Arc r favored this amend saat. Ono practically did the work already. As it Is each will wait on the other, and consequently very little Is done. Mr. Moses was opposed to rushing things. The three local members of s the township boards were a good re turning board, but the chairman al wayb acted as a member of the county board. In reality the county board Is composed of the several chairmnh of the township boards. Mr. Pettigrew's experience was, that In most cases, one man (lid the work. The others wore more of an incubus than anything else. Ono commissioner. together with the auditor, would be aniply sullcient to manago returns. M. Maty ield wanted the aiendinent to fail. Didn't, think one man alone should have power to pass on the assessments of his neighbor's property.y One man might have in his hands the destinies of hib entire township. It was putting too much, power into one mian's hands. He never wanted to see one-mahit power estabhlshed-especially L when the o11 man was appointed by an ofle Iolder. 1 Alr. FinIey said that the intent of fi the amendment was to get on11 muau to see after the roads. E'verybbdy's bus- 8 InCs Is n)bOdy's bUSiness ; therefo'e he wanted to try one man. If he C Wouldn't do, then wO should try a new 0 system. Mr. BarIwell said it did not affect ti his city ; but the present system is an 2Xperiment and he thought it should be thoroughly tried before we run of T i plan tha. looked like revolutionizing - he whole system. Mr. Archer said his pooplo had al *edy reached the -point where they 01 ;aw thatt three men (lid not work well Uld they wanted one uau. Mir. Jordan said his people also 1 vanted one nan-thought lie would e tecomplish more good than three. As P o the iatter of assessments, he said ,hat could easily be remedied by T >roper amendment. There wore, he aid, only two places in the entirC law S1 is itstands where the township boards V0rO r(ulired to meet. All the otheo' luties were devolved noon the chair- a non 2f the township hoards. o Mr. layfield was surprised that the o Oa(S are or'se'in some sections than A ndier the old systom. lIe asked NI r. lartrison if they were not better in reenville County. M r. H-iar'rison .-No, sir : they are in Lit eorse condition. Mir. Hatrnwell.-A gentlonian told me s o. They are decidedly botter in my ounty.ti I. 1'ettigre w noticed that all athose I'ho had experience ill county work, S .'erc oI oCne side of the question an c 11 the inexperienced ones on the other b ido. The roads in his county were . etter, but the chairmen did it. The t thers were a kind (if fifth wheel, an dit cubus. We should learn )y expo- th icCe, antd we Clni make changes when ecessarly. nT Mr. Mlaylield said lie could provo by ul ils fellow eitizens that lie had always e aken a lively interest inl road matters. t Ve are doing well and should let well as nough alone. The amendment was ost an~d the bill remains as it is. T1he t, ollow ing was the vote on the ameindl- al mcent :Ayes --Archer, Barton, lirown, ierhiam, IDouglass, Finlcy. Jlordan, i 'irkland, lil1ler, C)'Dell Pettigrew, oNal ker, Williams.-13. Nays--larnwellI, Brice, Hui1st, Den uls, D~ubose, IElird, F"uller, H arrison, tl auldin, May field, Mloses, MleCalla,a \laniel, Norris, IRagi n, Sanders, sloan, Stack house, Tlu rner.-- I SENATOR TILLM'.AN'S3 PROGRAM. i' An ev'ening papier' in WVashington n p~ulishes an article on the political A plosition ouf Senator' T1ilhinan, in wvhich p it says that since his speech In the p~ Senate, Senator Till man of South Care- e inma haso recei ved numerous letters t fromi Demnocrats appealing to him to stateO his pios ition, otherw'%iso hiis spcOJh \ iu the Senate would be of great harm b to thet party. I n r'eply to a letter from v a friend in South Carol inn, Senator fi Tillman writes as follows and puts n himliself on record without a dloubt: fi "I have your letter of ls'chruary 5, (1 andI aplpreciate very much your' kind e words of commiendation. In order to c precser~ve the unity of thicl white [Demo- t c'racy of South Carolina we canunot act t oi: your suggestion hot to sendi (1le- t gates to the natioinal eonvention at Chicago. "We have alr'eady capto red the State t .lomuocracy. We are the State .Domo- I cracy and we miust go to Chicago asr iuch, prepareii'd to bolt if :.ol be andl I ally ourselves with the free silver men c. of the West. It, would be aL f'atal blun- e dcir not, to seiud delegates to the na I tionail Demoeratic conivent ionl and 11 would only he putt11ing it in t~he hands( t of otuir g2oldbu~g entemies.t "If the nationaal conventIon does not ( iadopt ai platf!ormu to stilt us andm put on a manif abhove susp)iioni as to his loyalty, we can then leave the parity, but not heforo. The effort of every ti uo friendr of silver and fi nanclal reform should 1( be ~ directed to having (our1 Stato Demo- I er'atic convention compilosed lIidly of men of their way of thinking, so as to have it act asa uinit."~ The Mount Lebanon Shakers have rece'ntly perfected an Ingenious cure I for d3'spepsla. Their Dilgestiv' Cor- t dial consists of a food aulready dIigested andt a digester of foods happi!y com. h inted. Th'le impoirtaneeoof th I invion 1 will ( h5 aprciaiitui when we reo.alize what .3 a proportion of the community are I viactimis of somne form o)f stomach troui- r ble-. Thousands of pale, thin pleople have little inclInation to eat, and whatt they (10 eat causes them pain and dis- I This Digostivo Cordial of the Shakers t corrects any stomach derangement at I once. It mnakeso thin people p~lumpi. 1 livery one will be greatly Interested to read the little book whiich has boon I placed1 .in the hland1s of druggIsts for I free odistrihution. What is1Laxol ? NothIng but Castor OIl made as palatable as honey. Chil- I dre'n like It. -Congressman 11. ).'Money, who has been clocted to the Senate from MIss Issippi, wIll not take his seat.uintil 1899. l'he reason lie was elected so long ahead of'the time of the beginning of the term Is that under' the nowv Constitu- I tion of the State of MississIppi the Ihog islature will meet only once every four ( years. The next session of the Logisla ture will be held in 1899. Just thinik .1 of thecpeaceful tiimethey must have in hiississippi with a session of the Leg Islature only once in four years. -Credulity Is not fal~h; and fanat- I inm Is not eliin. : THE NATIONAL FARMERS' ALLANC, Tho Sub-Troasury Abandoni3 at a cr d --Joining in the Fight for Sdvor. Mr. J. W. Bowdon, of Anderson County, was recently in attendance - upon the annual meeting of the Nation al Farmers' Alliance In the city of Washington, and gives an interesting account of what took place while he . was there When asked about the National Al- I liance meetin , Mr. Bowdon replied : " Well, to be candid, the ineoting was much better than I expected, both in point of attendance and the general condition of the organization. Seven- I Leon States were representod and 0 several others reported, showing the treasury in good condition, which Is a good indicator of the life of the or ganization. Major Mann Page of Vir ginla, who was elected the now presi- e dont, is a strong man and well known to Alliancemen everywhere, as ho has been connected with the order since its incorporation. Mr. Southwortn, of Colorado, the new secretary, will also make a very competent ollicial. The majority of the delegates regretted very much to give up Col. D. P. Duncan f as score tary, as his ellicient work was highly appreciated, but it has been1 the unwritten law to divide the ofices among the various sections represented. " What about the politicalt signiti- 8 cation of the meeting ?" " I don't know that it had any special political signliicaice, but from the anxious inquiries of Washington re porters. it soemed that it wits expectod to crea'.o soma kind of ia hiatus or slap c somebody in the face. Of coutso n) political action was taken, and the only thing that showed a tendency to touch C politics was some small changes of the r domands. It scems very hard fo- some of our Iriends to understand how an organizaLtion can bo interested in poli tical a ffairs and yet tako no part in partisan polities." " What changes wero made in the demands ?" "Well, the only significant change in the demands was the'eliminatiou of the stib-treasury, and alo the (omaind i ror $50 por capita. Theso parts of the Jemands had come to be looked on ats letails of legislation and did not have ) place in the demands of the farmers >rgainizAtion. Tho land plank and 'ailiroad plonk were made to read as 'hey did originally. In reality, the ninancl demands of the Alliance per ectly .aecord with the views of all !urreney reformers." Did you attend the silver confer unco " Yes, I attended the sessions tiroug h ,he two days and was very much Yratifled at the earnest determination )f those present for a straighht, square ight for the white metal and govern Uent issue of currency without regard o party. The conference wias coi >osed of Republicans and Democrats, ,he organized I'opuiist taking no part n it. It was determined to organize a Iver light in every State at once. A iational convention was called to meet n St. Louis on July 22, the same date ,nd place of the meeting of the Popu ist-national convention, us the opinion s that there will be a joining of forces i hen. A national committee composed if one member from Ciach State was ippointed auna a chaianan, who is Dr. '. J. Mott of North Carolina, was put in charge of headquarters at Wash ington. This national conmitteo will ' snly act until the meeting of the na tional convention when one will be elected in its stead." Did the South C'arolina Congressmen attend the conference ? ci" None but Mc Lau r-in. lie took a very pro-minent part in the dleliber-a tions and was on the committee that' wrote the dechurution and resoluttions." Will South Carolina be organized ? "Yes, I was placed on the national committee as representing this State, and will proceed~ to get in touch with all those in sympathy with the objects of the movement. I will only act, however, until a State chairman can b)o selected ; when a chaiman is selected there will probably ho head qjuarters established and tbo work actively pushed. lFor the present I will answer all inqluiries froem my home ollce.' Mr. JHowdlen was asked what effect would thIs have on the May D~emo -cratic convention. "I do not know. We do not intenid to fight against, or try to interfere with that body in any way. We onily intend to build a house (of refuge for the lest sheep when they are turnedl out of the ,Cloveland pasture." 'Did you hear Senattor Tillman 's speech ? .No. l1.expected to hear- it but on going to .the galleries half an hour be [ore he was to begin, I found the men standing ten (leep around the door-s seekhn'g - Admission. Buefore my turn ':imne tho Senate hatd adjourined. 'There is no question, however, but, w hat that spCnCfl ctted thet ~ grate(st sensation that the Watshington public everi en joyed. ileart Disease Cured By Dr. Miles' Heart Citre. Fainting, WVeakc or llungry Spoils, Irregu lar og- itermiltte::t Puli!e, 1'lattering or Pal pit ation, Chiol:lug Ansait ion, Shortniess of hiroath, Swellinig of Feet, and Ankles, are symptoms of a disensed or Weak IHeart. MR.N.C MLE. OfFr/anIdwie nNv 9 84 and tort Wang, that, wrbe n ov weak and nervous I could nrot sleep. I was tre-ated by several physicIans wit houit, relief andI gave upoever being~ well again. About, t wo years ago I commonleid using 1)r. Mlle.s htemewdes. One bottle of the Iheart, Ciiri stoprled all beart troubles andh the liestor-ativeo Nerviino dId the restaatnd now I sleep sounidiy and ait tond to my houisehoild and social d utIes with out airy troubthle. Sold biydruigglsts. Jiookc sont free. Addross Dr. Miles MedIcal Co., Eiskhiart, ind. Dr. Miles' Remedies Rc8taro ilaai. amps Popo's Maoifesto ODRESS TO REPUIBUCANS AND OTHERS. General Conventiun of the Republican Factions is As ei t, Heal the Breach This is the Acceptei T.no for Victory. The following address has been is uod to the Republicans and their sym athizors in this State: 'ollow eCopublicans of South Carolina: There'is a condition of affairs in the topubilan party in this State which iust be met and met quickly or defeat Pill be the result. It is the factional isvisions in tihe party ; how they orig Mted, or who is to blame for their xistence, is not the question ; to heal bIomi and unify the party is the great uestion. Tle leaders of neither fac ion can Or will move the matter. 'lion it is left for some one other thab hem to do so. In the interest of ecac, harmony and unity I shall do so Imy humble way, trusting that my IfOrts in this direction will meet with ble approval of all concerned. Thero its never been a iprospect of accessions om the White mon of the State to the tepublican party until now. Misgov riment and broken pldges on the art of the leaders of the dominant ution of the white people, coupled ith fraud at the last election in this tatO, has done the work and done it Irecttually. I have recently had mcn the Iteform faction, who, in the last lection were bitterly opposed to 'mo, > come to wil aind say, " Y u werO ght ; we aro goinmg with you into the Opublican patI-Y." I am in a iosition know what, is going on all over the ate and my wurd i(o it, "the harvest ripe" from the moantains to the aboard. Will you throw this golderr )pOrtunity for success away by quar iling among yourselves and thus turn is tido away from us, or will you eet together and settle your ditfer ices amicably for the good of the ,rty and its triumpliant success in tisStato in November next? If the lttoe, accept my proposition. Lben looking to this end I call a con mntion of the party to Imcet at the ate [louse at Columbia, S. C., on lesday, the 14th day of Apt il next, 8 o'Clock p. mu. '1Xch county to n' double the number of deigates its representatives in the Genemral ssembly of the State, and that these legates may be elected at a mnasi keting (or convention) be held in the spective counties on Saturday, the th day of April, 18%, the meeting to --o placo at the respoective county ats. Lot the Stato convention so lied be a peace and harmony convon i to settle all differences and elect State chairman, vice chairman and a ate executive committee with poworI transact such other business as may necessary in the premises. Let the platform be " honest cloc ms and protectioc to American in strics and labor and protection to all e rights of thocitizen guaranteed by c constitution of the United States." iis is broad enough for all to stand on. If adopted by the general gov nment, financial relief to the coun y will follow. Mr. Lincoln was once ked about protection. He remarked at lie ditd not understand the qjues >n very wveil, but he knew enough out it to know that If a ton of rail ad iron was piurchnased in England at 10ngland had the money p~aid for and we had the iron, but if a ton was irchased here by one of our citizens at we had both the money and1 the on. So it is, we have purcased more >road than we have sold abroad, ence the balance of trade is against and we have been drained of our ild anid toi get It back the govern ent has in the last twelve months >ld an enormous amount of bonds. he only way to keep our industries toving andi to enable themi to pay .merlcan workmen fair wages is to ut a high tariff on everything in comn etition to us. The tatilf is not high nough to do this ; as an evidence of it nIC balance of trade is against us. Uponi this latformD all cani stand. Ve invite the Conservatives who have cen defrauded oif every righlt to come 'ithi us. We invite the bonest Re >rnmer, wh'io has seen every pledge inde by his leaders broken, more of cs created, higher taxes, places at lomnson and Rtock Hill which prop) rly belonged to the poor taken by the hildren of leaders who have fat ollices, hereby dliminishing the chances of hie poor to enter those institutions ; he oflices given to a few families, so inch so that the Legislature now in. ession has passed a bill to put a stop o it ; the pledg< that members of the itte socalled convention should only eculve two dollars per day brokoni by h nimnmbers voting themselves four .(ollarXS per day ;locali sel f-governmennt, o much prated about when suits were >ending in the United States: cou~'rt gainet the State, has by the prttors hieanselves been dlestroyedl in Charles onm, because forsoothm the pot (of the lovernor could not be chosen ebhief of olice of that city ; spies, some of honm pull oilY thmeir shoes and creep 1)pon yotur hioutiop)S to spy I ito your oims, have been appoi nted ;others inve openetd lad ies', trunks arnd oi.oirs tito searchdellet t ing1 houses at the (lead hour of night when only females ,nd childcen were occupants ; men, ,oung fellow citizens, have been in arceratedi in thu Statto penitentiary my somec of thbe judges in contempt iroceedings. Yet what a howl went ip from these pat'i'3s ini power' when mudgo (Gotf lined thme shecri Ias for con emapt. Tfhe decision iln the Dobes case ni tII( Unrited States courmmt was critl isedl imost, harshly by those leaders, et in the next, breiath they wvent even erthmer themselves. But, tihe (lay of eckoning is near' at hand, the' people vill pass upon all of those things in herir own good time. Tlhey are the nastors oif these meni in high plhaces.' t'ho ar'e now assuming that the ollces rolong t.o them and to their kith andl :inidred. Whenim it comes5 there w~tl be incarthed tings that wvili create ma ensatlin inot .onlly in thin State, but .11 'over thIs biroad land. Comie, then, top~ublican4, and help to speed the lay when we shall b0 (delivered, when >rejudico anid passion shall be east sidot and we shall have peace, prmos >rity and happiness undler a govern nent of thme people, b~y the peolo and or the p)eople. LLespoetfu'ly, SA MPSON P'or', - Noew berry, S. C., F'eb. 13th, 1896. -An original sentence was givon ately by a Western judge. A man 'hmo d11(1 not know how to read and,writo, onvicted of a slight offence, w~as entonced to imprisonment until he mad learned to road. A nother offende', wvho had had a good education, was entenced to keep him company until me had taught himu to, read. After hroo weeks they wvore dischsed, as hey had fulfillied tholr task to the "Honor Bright." on's Hierald. "Yes, mother, I will, honor bright I 'id you ever know me to break my roliise ?" "No, iy son, I never did ;" and Irs. Dunniug stroked the brown urls lovingly as she looked down ito the holiest eyes that never in all arry Duniing's litteen years had tiled to look straigtliforwardly back ito hers. "Well, mother, you nevel will. 'll be home by ten, sure. Now, I'm ff !" aid Iarry spranig downi the tops and was away like an arrow. His cluin, Alden Mayhew, had ivited hiiii to a candy-pull and general good time," and Alden's ivitatiois were always accepted by is boy and girl friends, for father iid iother Mayhew and grown-up ister Nell lad to perfection the knack" of making a "good time" or young folks. No wonder that Harry couldn't elieve his own eyes when, in the eight of the fin, he looked Ip and tw the hands of the clock pointilig ) quairf er of ten ! No one else look ii as though even thin king of going .ole. But 11arry's "honor-bright" romise imag iii his ears. Nobody Ilessed tle struggle tiat was going n1 in the boy's heart as lie iecihani ally performed his part iii the mer y ganme. "Why can't I stay until the rest 0? DoI't I work hard enoughi ? id I hiaven't had an eveniig out or weeks! It was all true. Very few and far itween had been his "good times" inice his father died, two years be ore, wien little Day was a baby, and oft himit to be the support and com ort of his mother. "It isn't late," lie thought, irrita ly. "Mother's only nervous." Then tis cheek reddened, and lie straight iied up quickly. Who had a better ight to be nervous I? lie thought ercely as though fighting anl invisi le foe. His sweet, invalid iiother ! nd he kiew little Day was not well. lie had been pale and fretful all ay. And lie had promised I Ab uptly lie excused himself, bade asty good-nights, and sped away cross the fields, putting on his rec er as lie ran. His mother met him t the door. "Day is worse," she whispered Ilskily. "It's croup. Run for the octor-quick !" And Harry ran--ran as lie had ever dreamed lie could, even wihen oe belonged to the "Nine," and its Lonor depended on his speed and urefootedness. And the old doctor, lectrified by the boy's breathless en rgy, harnessed old1 Jim, with liar y's help, ini an inicredibly brief time, mid dIrove off (down the lill at a uce that brought niightecapped heads romt darkenied winldows, and caused niany a conjecture as to who wnus ick down in thme "IIoller." ~The keen-eyed old man looked rery serious as he ben t over D ay; mut he was a skilled physician, and1( >efore lolng the littcle girl was breath ng easily again. "lBet let mue tell you ," he said, im ')ressi velyV, telln 1 miutes later it kvou ldn't haue been~t of much use to :al 1lIme or anyI Vone else.'' ILiarry l istened silently ; but wvhen they were oI'ce 1m1 e alone, lie dIrew his muother down by his side on the shiabby little sofa, and told her of the resistd templltatioi. "And, O) miother," lie conicliided, Imso glad I kept miy promise, hionor brgt"Ifel as5 though i'd jumst e's~acape bing a mu11rderer." 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The extreme size of this ves ol prevented it being docked at any Aher dry dock in the United States, ox ept the now naval dock at Port Royal, 3, (., which will be coiplete about the lirst of February, and all arran romnents mado to take in the Indiana. Ti to Gov rnor of Indiana and a large party from Lhat State will be present on that occa sion and every one should avail them selv'es of the opportunity to see this vessel and be present on that occasion. The railroads will make excursion rates from all points to Port Royal for that What is claimed to bo the largest sinrleo f pane of.glass in the country was receivedi at Hlartford, Conni.. fi oi.a Bl gium a few days ago. It is twelve and one-half feet wide, half an in!h thi3k, and weighs 1,800 pounds. OUTHERN RalLWAY. PIEDMONT AIR LINE. Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trains. Vag. Fst. MN Northbound. No.38 No J6 o2 Na. 18 Jan. 5, 1896. Daily [Daily Diby E Sun Iv. Atlanta, C. 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