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- -.- - . -fame . .. %*, WINNSBORO S. C. JUNE 18, 1895.:ESTA ED 1844. TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WON BY THE STATE. JUDGE' GOFF TURNED DOWN. The 1testraining Act in the Registra tion Matter improperly Granted Judge Hughes' Individual Opinion. The celebrated South Carolija re gistration case was decided in the Uni ted States Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond,- Va. on Tuesday. The State wins, Judge Goff's famous in junction is dissolved, and the original bill 'aill be dismiised. The decision of the court was announced by Judge Hughes and an outline of the coutt's position was given. Judge hughes suomitted a strong indi vidual opinion, and the order reversing Judge Goff was znterea at once. None of the counsel who took part in the ar gument were present. Judge Hurhes, in announciug the court's decision, said: "This case was heard by the Chief Justice, Judge Seymour and my self, on Friday last. We thought it was of a character to call for an early decision, and it was determined, after adjournment on Friday, that the decision should be announced to-day and a. decree -entered. The case was exhaustively argued at the bar, and nothing. can be gained by waiting a firther time for the examination of briefs.. We are of the opilion that the injunction which was granted in the case ought to be 'dissolved and the bill dismissed. A decree to that effect will be entered at once. The opinion of the court on the important questions pre sented by the record will be prepared by the Chief Justice and filed and re ported as soon as practicable. Mean time, a brief statemept of the grounds of the decision prepared by the Chief Justice is now filed." The.Chief Justice expresses himself as follows: "The judiciary act of March 3, 1891, contemplates prompt de cision on appeals such as this, and as we;Cannot give extended expression to our views at this time we content our selves with a brief statement of our conclusions. "Under section 7 of that act, where, upon a hearing in equity in a Circuit Court, an injunction is granted or con tinued by an interlobutory order or de cree, in a cause in which an appeal from a final decree may be taken, under the provisions of this act, to the Cir cuit .Court of Appeals, an appeal may be taken fron such interlocutory order or decreegranting or continuing such injunction to the Circuit Court of Ap peals. "By section'five, appeali or writs of r may be taken to the Supreme - 'in any case in which the consti tution law of a State is claimed to be Sin.contra ention of the constitution of the Unite States,' but althouzh the constitutio' lity -of a State law may be drawn I uestion in the Circuit Court, yet if case may be disposed Of on other.ground , not involving the validity of such lawNwe think this couri has jurisdiction on appeal. Car ry vs. ~ailway company, 150 United - States 170; United States vs. John, 155 United States 109. -If in the instance of appeals from interlocutory orders on consideration -it strdald ap pear that the question of the consti tutionality of the law is controlling and must-be decided, the cause can be re manded to the Circuit Court that ap plication to the Supreme Court for cer tiorari may be made. American Con. struction Company vs. Railway Coin Dany,'148 United States, 372. In this case the bill of complaint challe? ged the constitutionality of certain laws of South Carolina, but the question was * raised on the threshold whether the case was one of equitable cognizance, and this being so, we sustain the jurisdiction and over-rule the motion to - dismiss. 3"The jurisprudence of the United 3 .States has always recognized the dis t inction between law and equity, as un der the constitution matter of substance as well as of form has procedure. Cater vs.'Allen 149, United States 431; M~issis sippi20i5. vs. Cohen 150, United States ~~*It iswell settled that a. Court of - Chancery is conversant only with ques - tions of property and the maintenance of civil rights. The court has no juris diction. in matters of a political nature, oi- to initefere with the duties of any de partmient of government except under special circumstances adwhen neces sary for the protection of rights of prop merely informal, which do not affect any right of property. In Sawyer 124, United States 200, Fletcher vs. Tuttle 151, 111, 41; Hardesty vs. Taft 23, Mary land 313; ex-parte Lumsden, South Carolina, 19 E. Rep. 749. 'The equitable powers of the court eaoly be invoked by the presenta * tio seof equitable cognizance, and there ca e no such case in the Federal Courts "th~ere there is a plain and adequate remedy2t law, nor does illegality alone afford g'ound for equita ble interference. Shelton vs. Platt, 139, United States 391. "Tested by these principles the bill *of complaint cannot be maintained, for it asserts no threatened infringement of rights of property or civil rights, and no adeqjuate ground for equity in terposition. Being of this opinion the restraining orders must be reversed, and the cause remanded with directions to dismiss the bill." The opinion filed by Judge Hughes is an exhaustive treatment of the ques tion raised in the case. The other judges who sat have not had an oppor tunity to see the paper, so Judge Hughes is solely responsible for it. JUDGE BUGHES' OPINION. Judge Hughes' opinion in the South Carolina case is in part as follows. The Judge gives a careful review of the record. and continuing, says: ~"There is nothing in -the record t, show that the comnphsinant is man of color, or that those for whom he sues -are colored persons. The bill contains no allegation that the provisions of law complained of were devised against the -complainant or those for whom he sues on account of their race, color, or pre vious condition of servitude. There is nothing in the averments of the bill from which it may naturally, or must necessarily be inferred that the com plainant and those for whom he sues are citizens of color. There are no averments in the bill which show that the case falls within the prevised of the fifteenth amendment of the consti tution of the United States. "r does the bil contain any a11e ;ations which raise a Federal question I under that clause of the fourteenth I ,mendment which forbids a State "to deny to any person the equal protection Af the laws." It charges that the ef fect of the provisions of the registra tion acts complained of is to give un equal faclities of registration to differ ant classes of citizens; but it does not point how this is so. It leaves the dis rimination, as to the privilege of regis tering, if there be discrimination, to in ference and research in sources other than its own averments. "It charges that the provisions of law complained of discriminates; but does not describe the manner of discrimination, or define the classes affected, pro or con; nor does itshow that the laws complained of in discriminating between classes as to the privilege of registering granted by them, violate the clause in the four teenth amendment, which forbids a State "to deny to any person within it, the equal protection of the laws." It confounds privilege with protection. The bill has no reference to a Federal election in setting out complainants case. The gravamen of the bill, con templates only a State election to be held for members of the State conven tion to convene in August next. It is not shown that any Federal election is to'be held in the State of South Caro lina before November, 1895. "To the bill, thus.described and to the orders of injunction granted by the court below, in pursuance of its prayers, several objections are urged in behalf of the State of South Carolina. In what follows I shall consider but one of these. In the ruling of the Circuit Court, readered on circuit in this case, it was heid that the court had jurisdic tion to restrain a county supervisor of registration in the performance of his duties under the election laws of South Carolina. "The division of our government into legislative, executive and jadicial departments, is a distinguishing feature of our American policy, and it is essen tial to its existence that each of these departments shall be independent of the other. The division is fundamen tal and organic. It would be just as dangerous to its stability for the judicial department to over-ride the others as for the legislative or executive departments to do so. Hence, while th" right of the judiciary to pass upon the constitutionality of the laws is undoubted, it has that right simply as an incident to its protection of pri vate rights. It has not that right as a mere means of settling abstract ques tions; and even in the enforce ment of private rights, it has not the power to interfere with the discre tion vested in the other departments or with the exercise of the political powers of those departments. It seems to me that it is a dangerous encroachment upon the prerogatives of the other de partments of the government, if the judiciary be ent-rusted 'to exercise the power of interfering with the holding of an election in a State. If the super visor of one county can be enjoined from the performance of the .duties im posed tipon him by the election laws of the State from whom he holds his com mission, those of the other counties can be also. Thus a single citizen in each county (and in the case at bar he is not even a qualified voter) can enjoin an election throughout the entire State, and thus deprive thousands of their rights to vote. Ifa court has power to do this, free elections are at an end. If elections are improperly held, there are appropriate means provided by law for questioning their results and remedying wrongs without the exercise of this dangerous power by the courts. A can dicate who has been defeated may con test; a voter whose right to register has been denied may proceed to compel the enforcement of that right, and these privileges give what the Legisla ture deems sufficient protection to the injured; but in my judgment, one citi zen cannot, under pretense of righting his own wrongs, disfranchise others.I do not think that a court has jurisdic tion to interfere by injunction or Mt~er wise -with the enforcement of laws by officers holding and deriving their pow ers from these laws; certainly not to the extent in which it is attempted to be done by this bill. "In arriving at this conclusion I have not considered the question whether or not the registration laws of South Caro lina violate the Federal constitution of laws. I prefer to rest my opinion upon the ground of the independence of the different departments of the govern ments upon the policy of interference by the courts in question which will re ult in dragging them constantly into the arena of party politics; and upon the general principle that each depart ment of the government and each officer thereof, high or low, has the right to administer, according to his best judg ment, the~duties imposed upon him by the laws creating his office. As illustrat ing these general principles, I refer to the following decisions: "Mississippi vs. Johnson. 4 Wall, 175; Gaines vs. Thompson. 7 Wail. 347; Louisiana vs. Jumel, 10.7 U mied Sta tes, 711; Hagood vs. Southern, 117 United tates, 52; Ayers in re, 123 United tates, 443; in re Sawyer, 124 United states, 209.. "It is useless to cite the many cases which bear on the questions arising in this case and so prorusely at the bar. "So far as the righ ts of t he individual :omplainant in the bill were concerned, it may have been competent for the ourt to grant individual relief. The supreme Court of the United States the other day, granted relief from the payment of an income tax to the in dividual complainant in the suit before it; but it went no farther. On the au thority of Mississippi vs. Johnson, supra, we may assume that it would not have entertained a bill for en joining internal revenue officers of the government from collecting in come taxes generally. The judicial power covered the right to grant indi vidual relief, but did not extend to the general power of repealing the law im posing the tax as to the entire public. I repeat that in the case at bar it may have been competent for the court to grant individual relief. But the bill asked more. It asked similar relief for all citizens of the county situated like the complainant. It practically asked relief for a numerous political party forming a portion of that people to whom the Legislature was solely re sponsible for its laws and to whom alone the genius of our institutions makes the Legislature responsible. Moreover, it brouight the court into immediate and acti've contact with party contesta tion. It made the court a controlling factor in party strife. "I can imagine nothing more per nicious than a direct participation by DolAtics of the peoDle. The bill asked >ractically that the process of registra ion under the laws of the State should )e suspended in an entire county dur .ng the pleasure of the court, and that al the citizens of a county, not then registered as voters, should be denied he right of suffrage during that pleas are. It seems to me that the mere ,tatement of this view of the case ;hows that the injunction was improv dently granted. "I think the bill hould be dismissed." "DOWN WITH TYRANNY." [he Latest Manifesto of Cuban Res olutionists. The following manifesto was circulated in he city of Havana. on the 11th inst.: "~Maimo Gom.:z. at the head of two thou and men. entered Camaguey and was joined y the Marquis of Santa Lucia with fifteer undred men. Twenty of the most promi ient men have followed the brave leader, [here is no hope for Spain. Remedios hao oined the expedition under Roloff. who i vell supplied with amunition. etc.. and flv< housand pounds of dynamite, which hav >een put in bombs of different sizes. Th< anding of the expedition under Jero anc erafin Sanchez is confirmed. They hav< vith them six expert powder makers and tynamiters. In Santa Spiritus. Province o' santa Clara, there are six or seven bands o: ifty to one hundred men each. 'The challenge extended by Gen. Garrich :hat the insurgents would get more provis ons. has been accepted by Maceo at the heac )f seven thousand men. Maceo is burnini owns and plantations and capturing all con evs that attempt to pass through thal ountry. The lives and property of all Span ards who love liberty. will be protected. pro iding they do not offer assistance to the overnment. "If Spain had looked for a general capabli f using her army faster, she could not hav ound one to exceed Martinez Campos, wh< ives his suffering soldiers no rest, who undei he burning sun of this hot climate are dyin )f hunger and are without clothing. Eve, :he home rule party say that an armed insur ection is indispensable to influence the gov rnment in favor of home rule. "The Mahon convicts are all joining tho ebels. The daily expense of the govern nent is $150,000. Martinez Campos admit, iaving lost 10.000 soldiers up to date. Thi oldiers are dyinginthe streets of Manzanil< )f disease of all kinds. The people of San ;iago de Cuba. Guantanimo and Baracoa ai lying of hunger. -There are over 18,000 well armed in surgents. Brave Spaniards, lovers of liberty lesendants of Riego and Pinto. Hurrah fo iberty! Hurrah for Cuba! Down with th< government and tyranny! Hurrah foi 9aximo Gomez! (Signed) "Cuban Revolutionary Party." A MILL THAT PAYS. [t Has Made 7 Per Cent. in Thre4 Months. At Huntsville. Ala.. the directors of th, Dallas cotton mill have declared a semi mnual dividend of 3 per cent on the commoi tock. payable July 1st. The Dallas mill were built in 1892 and aside from dividend iave a surplus of more than $100.000. Th marnings for the past six months were abou F per cent. out of which the 3 per cent divi lend is paid and the remainder-passed to ;he surplus fund. The directors have almos lecided to build a $600,000 addition Euntsville is the largest cotton manufactur ing city in Alabama. - EERPI 'TICKS. The KnoxvU!. Tent .. Iron Company ha posted notice of an inorease oi 10 oer cerj of the wage'. of all emp;oyer. The shops and round house of the Sant Fe Ralroad. at Arkansas City, with man; engines, were burned to the ground. Los $150.000 to -200.000. Eight brick stores, live frame stores. th Episcopald Church and two residences wer burned at Washingtou,. (i9.. Wednesda: nighr. Thbe loss it: $40.000. J. R. Holland. who embezzled some $95, 000 from the Merchants and Farmers Nationa bank o)f Charlotte. N. C.. of which bank hl was eashier, plead guilty and was sentence< to seven years in the Albany penitentiary with labor not too bard on account of hi poor health. Juidge Harmon. rhe new Attorney General arrived in Washington Tuesday morning an< proceeded to, the State Department where h took his oath of aiflee as head of the Depart ment o" Juistic~ h'iore justice Harlan. of th Supremet Cmurt. His' iiome was a heart: one from al! iarmds. At St. Loit. Miel:.. Mrs. Herman Becker aged thirty-"uc years. killed her two chil dren. a boy and giri. aged four and live, an< then committed suicide. It is elaimed tha Mrs. Becker was Dot ot sound mind. Sh< left a letter saying that she was sick and o were the cnildren: ami they must die. Presidenit Deb., or thex A. R. U.. has re ported to United States- Marshal Arnold a Chicago. for rem?~oval to jail to serve the r maindee of hw~ -rutence for contempt o Couirt. Keith,.r. Howard. Rogers. Elliott Burns. Ho;gan ani Goodwin. other A. R. U oflers aind dire'tor,. under. sentence witi Debs, also ocnorten o the marshal. in were placed Ija jail to :er'e their terms. At a mneeting~ of rh" exeetitive committee o! the Cotton Stat. ' ai'd International Exposi tio2 Wednetdaty, it was dealided. owing to thi very heatvy ina?, for space which- the w aag'nemo) a who.ly un able to til not withstandingthie lirge proportions of four teen buildings, to buIildl an annex to the manufacturers an~d .iiberal arts h'undiing. Notice was received from the secretary oi promotion of the Mexican Government that - ns were ready' for the Mexicam exhibit, .I asking that ak very large amount of space4 be set asido for 'bat :;orpose. THE ADVANCE iN PkIlC ThIs is the Feature of the Week Ac cording to Bradstreet's. Bradstreet's Commercial report says o: last week : The speculative spirit whici seemed to dominate both commercial and fnancial circles until a week or ten day: past is still less conspicuous in all lines While busiuess throughout the country may be characterized as quite raw, the tone o staple markets continues strong, and confi dence in a good demand when the fall sea, eon opens next month remains unabated. The feature of the week, as heretofore, is the continued long list of advances in prices notably those in Iron and steel, and the up ward mnovement of bank clearings. Higher prices are recorded for some cotton goods shoes. hides. leather, paper, pig iron. steel galvanized iron. black sheets, canned goods, hogs, wheat, corn, oats and some grades oj wheat flour. Prices for live cattle, wool, coa and lumber are reported unchanged and firm with silver, cotton petroelum and lard alone noteworthy as showing lower rprices that last week. Southern cites in most Instances report trade and collo(~ions fair, with no specia change from last week. A light gain in de mand is reported from Atlanta and Jackson vlle, where collections are also better. AJ mproved condition or business prevails a New Orleans. Failures in four weeks of May showed liabilities of S9,329,181, of which 83,401,871 were of manufacturing and $5.345,306 o trading concerns. Last year the total wa 9,787,921, of which $4.061,692 was of mann. facturing and $4, 281,886 of trading concerns Failures for the week have been 195 in the United States against 216 last year ad 25 ii lHARK, YE PEOPLE ANOTHER ADDRESS FROM FOUE TEEN OF THE FORTY. it Advises That the Action of Edge field and Aiken as to Equal Rep resentation be Followed and Compromises Made. Fourteen of the Forty met Thur day night in the parlor of the Graz Central. Hotel at Columbia. Thoi present were:, J. E. Ellerbe, Mario D. E. Finley, fork; T. J. Kirklan< Kershaw; T. P. Mitchell, Fairfiel, Louis AppeltClarendon;J. W. Hame Lancaster; Conservatives, C. E. Spe: er, York; F. H. Weston, Richlani George Johnstone, Newberry; J. V Ferguson, Laurens; B. If. Boyk Kershaw, T. H. Ketchin, Fairfield; I B. Richardson, Charendon; Henry Thompson, Darlington. . As can be seen from the above on] twelve counties were represented, bt letters had been received from ti members of the committee in near. all of the other counties in the Stat so that those present could act i: telhgently and with the sentiments the people of the State as reflected 1 the Forty well known of them. It was stated that the greater pa of their work was private. - All th was giv.en out was the following a dress: THE ADDRESs. I o the White Voters of South Carolina: the working committee constituted -1 authority of the conference of Beforme and Conservatives which met in Columt on the 27th of March last, commonly knoi as tha.committee of the Forty, in view of t grave conditions still confronting the pe pie of this State. deem it proper and expe< ent to make some recommendations in furt erance of the well knoyn objects and pt poses of its organization. We desire to cA attention again to the cardinal principles. s forth in the platform adopted by the conve tion, namely : The mainteance of whJ superemacy "by fair constitutionalmethodi and to earnestly urge upon every patriol son of South Carolina, without regard political faction, the importance In this cri of contributing everything in his power the attainment of that end. T6 those w have labored for a reunited Democracy a3 the restoration of peace and unity amo: the white people of the State, it Is a sour of gratification that a number of. count have already taken such action in regard the election of delegates to the Constitutio conveution as will obviate all friction amo: the people of our race, and willfinsure t selection of men wh9se undoubted qual - cotions and lofty patriotism eminently them for the important dutiestheyhave be called upon to discharge. 3 We cannot appeal too strongly to tic counties which have not yet actei in tl matter, to take immediately somesteps-tl will place them in line with this moveme: t and will render it general throughout t - State. The practical inethod ofrsoling ni (pr< t lem is, after'all. one that every county mi settle for itself. The time for action is v( short. The crisis that confronts us, it g< - without saying, is imminent-we believe t white people of South Carolina fully real this. It is now time to act and to act no Thos. J. Kirkland, Chairman Francis H. Weston, Secretary. WASHINGTON LETTER. The Grand-daughter of the Author S"Star Spangled Banner" in Hard C. Luck. ~Quite a little flurry of indignation has f lowed the discovery that among the nine 1nine clerks dismissed from the Pension I reau. in accordance with legislation enael by the last Congress. was Miss Elizabeth Key, a grand-daughter of Francis Seott K< author of "The Star Spangled Banaer." 3ll ev has been a clerk in the bureau six 1881. has a fair record for efficiency, and the sole support of her mother, who is biF A strong effort is being made to secure 31 Key's reinstatment and it is believed tha1 will succeed. for notwithstanding the p. pensity of the average American to sa "there's no sentiment in business." eve. body knows him to have a vein of sentim' Sin his nature, which once aroused thorous tly dominates his action for the time; and Sthe idea of turning out women descenda of thc author of "The Star Spangled Bann4 to starve, or exist on the charity of the wor doesn't reach that vein of sentiment its ou coating must be growing dangerously ha Attorney General Harmon agrees with Pr4 dent Cleveland on the financial question, Mr Cleveland probably knew before he me him a member of his Cabinet. Speaking the snbject Judge Harmon said : "In t present situation it seems to me mere fo to talk about the free coinage of silvcr. '1 only way we float the silver we now have by attaching an applied greenback to eve silver dollar-or, in other .words. by1 goernment promising to redeem it wit] gold doliar. ii necessary, to keep the t equal. Of. 'cource there is a very narr< limit to the government's ability to do th besides I know of no reason why it shoi do it. If there were free and unlimi coinage of silver the government could keep the two metals on a parity very lor and the result would be, by the law of mon that has been settled from the time that n had money. the gold would all disappi and there would be only a silver basi Needless to say the silver men do not ag with either the Attorney General's argumi or his conclusions. "Flag Day" was universally observed Washington on Friday, by a display of i National colors upon buildings public a private, business and residential, and up the persons of men, women and childri It's a good thing. and the Sons of the Re' lution deserve credit for their efforts to he the anniversary generally observed. It impossible for any people to love their f Itoo much, and not a few Americans hI shown a disposition to love ours too little The administratson is on the eve of a su mer separation. The last Cabinet meeti has been held and Mr Cleveland. having sued his anti-fillibustering proclamation. ready to join his wife and family at Gr Gables. In accordance with his usual pract the time of his departure will not be nounced until after he has gone-no bul tended : a mere statement of fact. of the cabinet in Washington, Secretary State Olney. Secretary Carlisle. Secreta Laont, Attorney General Harmon a Secretary Morton, on .a ednesday forma acceptedi the invitation extended to them he Atlanta committee to visit the Cott States and International exposition. . rsident Cleveland, however. will not u Atlanta to open the exposition, as was first planned, but he. with the members the cabuinet, will be there on Presider: ay-October 23d. In Brooklyn, N. Y., the trolley record 0 inled and more than 500 maimed. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY. State Commissioner Mlxson and a Con- PA stable Arrested. At Columbia on Wednesday morning EVI an interesting legal move was made in the matter of the dispensary law. State Commissioner Mixson and Liquor Con- Th stable Beach were arrested. The pro- TI ceedings were made under the special of la conspiracy act of Congress, which was ing referred to in the Debs case. They Car< are arrested upon a warrant sworn out It by two leading citizens, Messrs.Muller the A and Beck, before United States Com- 'Soui .d missioner Reid, of Newberry. They Com were charged with conspiracy to violate the : the special interstate commerce act of west 1890 in seizing some beer belongingto May the complainants. The commissioner seed also issued a warrant for the search and cam seizure of the confiscated liquor. The weal prisoners were taken up for a prelimi- favo nary hearing. Dr. Pope appeared for the: n the complainants, and asked that they low be bound over for conspiracy. The ther - Assistant Attorney-General told the Hig] deputy marshal to consider the seized the, Y property in his possession for the pur- repl poses of this case. in t] e The State maintains that the defen- Stat y dants cannot be held criminally liable who B under this act of Congre.s. imp - The hearing was concluded at the af- oegi Af ternoon session, Dr. Pope and Judge be r T7 Townsend both making lengthy well speeches, the former arguing that the ular rt commissioner had jurisdiction and the port t latter denying it. pool l- Dr. Pope's speech was a spicy one ove, The commissioner decided that the de- pro' fendants were- in enntempt of Judge sati' Sinonton's order of inkinCtion, which, wor >Y. he said, was now the law. and bound tion fMixson over to appear before trial at A m the November term of the United States ther ie District Court in the sim of som 0 $1,000, making the constable's bond wesi - only half that amount. ~whc HARMONY IS ON TOP. Iton et to b t The Peace Faction Is Winning in the deci Fight. F ic A dispatch from Columbia says: the t Laurens county isthe fourth county to haV to take action in the direction of "peace wha 1o and harmony." The executive com- the id mittee of that'county has passed resol- ver c utions recommending that such dele es gates be sent to the constitutional con to vention as pledge themselves to sub- T " mit to the will of the majority of the Mit e white voters of Laur ens county, with- mi d- out regard to their past factional has k affiliations. ten e1 Since Senator Tillman has advised rd: se- the democratic executive committee of trot is Edgefield county to see to it' that the tael at delegates to the convention be divided aM i equally between the two factions, all pat doubt as to his pasition has been re fi6 ved.~Before he so advised it was 't generally noised abroad that he would ty, e kick out of the agreenient made at the he Hemphill-Barnwell conference. His wat e action has given much strength to the eat W "peace and harmony" faction, and the lish fighting element has been put very are much on the defensive. There are to f some who say that this element has to do much talking to keep its courage up, but there is no disguising the fact 0 G of that it is backed by fighters of ex- Ie perience with goodly numbers of cn voters behind them. Richland county is considered the headquarters of the 1fighting element, but many of the lead-Jnc - ing politicans :2f the country, among ber ,- themSenator Sloan and Representatives *Patton and Weston, have signified N their'iintention of comin"' to some s. A 7' equitable *agreement wi the refor- froi *mers. int id. AN AGREEMENT.. i's r iss9- --- put it What Governor Evans Says About the . 0 Seizure of Liquors and the Causes. SIn speaking about the seizures ofSt h-liquors which are still being made de if spite Judge Simonton's order of injunc ts tion. Governor Evans on -Thrursday 2 r" remarked ihat they had an agreement an Swith the revenue authorities whereby the ed. they were to seize and hol all liquors Co: s shipped in for private or other use' sta dwhen the package was not addressed in cee on the name of the party purchasing it. cor he In regard to the cases brought by ref, Iy Dr. .Pope before Commissioner Reid, are he Governor Evans said be would have Dr .. by y" Pope or Reid's deputy, or anybody ani he else arrested as soon as they stepped miu a inside the dispensary to search and we; * seize property there in. He held that the at. they had no right under the law to go 189 id that far, and he would arrest them the the ed same as an ordinary citizen gigin als< g. there to take up something and walk seis s. out with it. prl an. ... -. nar "To The Convention,.h Q* Gov. Evans Appoints Delegates for be n the Big Memphis Convention. Ade in South Carolina is to Ibe represented de he at that big bi-metallic convention to be prc odhl n Memphis on the 12th an d 13th P4 n. -Gov. Evans was requested to appoint ar *- ten delegates from this State and this da ve he has done, announcing the following un( aappointments: Tlantera .ve State-at-Iarge---Senators Tila Io -and Irby and W. D. Evans. "-First Congressional D i s tr icet-- ape s Thomas Talbird. ~ icat is Second District-W. J. Talbert. bt ay Third District-A. C. Latimer.' T eeFoith District-Stanyarne W ilson. i Fft District-T. J. Strait. - Si Sixth District-Jno. L. McLaurin. he Seventh District--J3. Win. Stokes.M it Three Boys Drowned in Lake Erie.th Three boys were drowned in Lake ErieDi s Sunday afternoon near the life saving sta- $ "Ition, Cleveland, Ohio, two of them in an at- oni U tempt to save thekr companion. Thiey were ad iehael Sheridan, 11 years; Patrick Morris, y 12 years; Emmett Sweeney, 11 years. They T by were bathing in dix feet of water, all being 0n good swimmers. Morris was taken~ with eramlps and Sheridan went to his assji.ance, acc be but his strength gave out. Sweene then 1 at atte.upted to reoe them, but all three be- in1 ot came locked in a helpless and frenzied grip a t'$ nd were drowned. Reports from cotton planting show a re is duced acreage in Texas, Mississippi, Louia. ...d emese. thi LIETTO POINTERS T NTS ALL OVER THE STATE. L e Cotton Crop of South Carolina. a] te New York Financial Chronicle n at week had the following regard- u ;he coming cotton crop in South g >ina v common with a large section of n cotton belt, planting began in v h Carolina later than in 1891. o mencing in the coast section about a st of April, it gradually eitended ward and was finally completed tl 20. On some low and sandy lands E germinated poorly, but as a rule it d a up well. At the same time the e her conditions have not been d rable to the best development of n plant, temperature having been too g much of the time; at intervals k e has been an excess of moisture. I i water, frost and cut worms are a yanses mentioned, rendering much vting necessary. It is stated that f ie more northerly portions of the n e, along the North Carolisa border, s Le fields have been replanted. An d rovement in the weather since the . nning of the last week in May is to t oted, and the crop is now doing p Stands are reported very irreg- i , being exceptionally good in some ii ions of the State and ic others very f . The crop, however, is a late i: and may soon show much im - ti 'ement under the prescot more I Sfactory conditions. Outdoor t i has been retarded, but cultiva- e is now rapidly prdgressing. yreage-Contrary to expectations e have been additions to acreage in a localities, bat these lie in the :ern portion of the State. - Else re the tendency has been strongly ie op osite direction, the re(tuc-. s being much more than sufficient alance the ains, the aprarent net case reaching 10 per cent. ertilizers-It would appcar that takings of commercial fertilizers b heer but little more than half of t they were in 1891. Furthermore, use *of home-made manures has largely increased. I ~ ZZ -_40 me Phosphate Miners.Strike Over. e trouble at the Bulow Phosphate e, which grew ot of a strikeof the er against a reduction in wages, beer. quieted. The sheriffarrested of the leaders of the strike on Sat iy and rcpaired to the scene of the ible with a posse composed of a de ment of cavalry. Two. men were sted. Wo further trouble is antici .'elon Bug!inf e:Aingten ). T. Roof, of Lexington Coum well-to-do-farmer, hag a few sam of bugs wvhich are infesting his armelon vines. He says that they the vine, and thinks ihat by vub ing the fact, that he and others who troubled by the bugs will be able nd some remedy. Executive Clemency. overnor Eva l; ned Whit detvof mansianghter in Green county. -He killed Wmn. Gary. pardon was rec~:mmendied by the ge, members of thzejiury anda num of citizeos.. A Dispenser Short. special to the News and Courier a Laurens says: Expert Serpuggs ~sigated the local dispensary here closed it up. A shortage of $1,500 portd, and a new man wi!.f be BARGED WITH CONSPIRACY. teCommssIoner Mixson and a Con stable Arrested. Lt Columbia on Wednesday morning interesting legal move was made in matter of the dispensary law. State nmissioner isison and Liquor Con ble Beach were arrested. The pro dings were made undei- the special. spiracy act of Congress, 'which was rred to in the Debs case. They arrested upon a warrant sworn out two leading citizens, Messrs.Muller Beck, before United States Corn sioner Reid, of Newberry. They e charged with conspiracy to violate special interstate commerce act of 0 in seizing some beer belonging to complainants. The c~mmissioner >issued a warrant for the search and sre of the confiscated liquor. 'The ioners were taken up for a prelimni y hearing. Dr. Pope appeared fot complainants, and asked that they bound over for conspiracy. The. istant Attorney-General told the luty marshal to consider the seized perty in his possession for the pure es of this case. h State maintains thai the defen. ts cannot be held cri'iinally~ liable [er this act of Congre.,s. 'he hearing was concluded at the af ioon session, Dr. Pope and Judge asend both making lengthy ehes, the former arguing that the missionr had jurisdiction and the er denying it. )r. Popei's speech was a spicy one Scommissioner decided that the de dants were in contempt of JTudge~ Lontons order of injunction, whkiet said, was no.w the law. and boundl :son over to appear before trial at November terra of the United State. . trict Court in the sum of )00, making the constable's bond r half that zimonut. Breaks is Arm in Throwing. Tilliam H. Soper, a '96 dental student n Greenburg. Wis., met with a curious ident on the baseball field at Ann Arbor :h. He was playing in a class game, and aking a throw home from the outfield 'e his arm a jerk that broke it near the Lt. The doctors are much puzzled as to, r the fracture could have occurred. The total consuu.ption of cotton in Sworl is 12,00,00 bonales a yer. HARMONY IS ON TOP he Peace Faction is Winning in the Fight. A dispatch from Columbia says. aurens county isthe fourth couMtyto Lke action in the direction of "peace Ad harmonv." The executive com ittee of that -county has passed resol tions recommending that such dele %tes be sent to the constitutional con ention as pledge themselves to sub it to the.will of the majority ,of the hite voters of Laui ens county, with at regard to their past . factional Since Senator Tillman has advised ie democratic executive committee of agefield county to see to it that the elegates to the convention be divided jually between the two factions, all oubt as to his pasition has been re toved. Before he so advised it was snerally noised abroad that he would ick out of the agreement made at the [enipbill-Barnwell conference. His 2tiou has given much strength to the peace and-harmony" faction, and the ghting element has been put very inch on the . defensive. There are :me who say that this element:ii to o much talking to keep its courage p, but there is no disguising the fact at it is backed by fighters of. ex-. erience with goodly numbers of oters behind them. Richland coiquty considered the headquarters of the ghting element, but many of the lead ag politicans of the country, among emSenator Sloan and representatives 'atton and Weston, have signified ieir intention of coming to some quitable agreement with the refor ers. Camden's CottOn M.lL. The Charleston News and Courier'sa orresnondori at Camden writes as ollos : About three years ago~the [ershaw Conuty Manufadtaring Com any was orga\ized with a capital of 100,000. The'MacRae: place, -about wo and a half miles from the city, on vhich is one of thesest water powers o be found anywheit. was purchased, md the erectio 4f, a mill building mad the construcion of a canal were :ommen.ed and pushed to a success ul completion ;At a coast of about $80,000. At a recent meeting ol the board of airectors -it was determined to issue bonds to the amount of $125,000 and to mortgage the entireplant and prop. rty of-the compiqy. to .secre the lebt. -. This was-sanceessfully aeompy 5hed by the enfergeticpresident, Dr. . . Zemp, the two loca banks ese taking $12,500 of Londs. PresiQgt Ze~mp haa ust ret, su from a triNoith Where he.placi Sfl rder 'wi-".Y-New Engaud?1;JE" ivery in August. He says 1that, the mill will be fully equipped and in op eration by the latter-part of Sptel be. The mill will have a capacity of 10,000 spindles and-300 looms, and will manufacture 40-inch ffne goods. The Camden Press Brick Company, a corporation organized'about two months ago, with a cyspital stock of $10,000, for the purpose of manufac 'L~ng press and ornament brick, has its p osition and- began .work on Monday. -The Five Gallon R A dispatch from Columbia The complications which seem to re slt to the claimants oc.certain liquor over the agreement. of the State and the internal revenue office are being gradady explained away. It appears that there ivas a misunderstanding.,as to the ofilial' position of Deputy Richardso and his positionia regard to certain shipments. -He explains the status by statingthat under the in structions received from 4the . com missioner of inter:.l revenue regarding seizures made by State conlstables of packages of distilled spirits containing less than five gal.ons of fermented spirits that are slapped uiidr some other name than that known to the trade is as follows: 'nternal rivenne ofyl:-.fare.dire~ted not te intercerc 'wt'aaieste aefao to believe that the spirits contained in the packages were notdawn fromi origind~l tax paid packa'es. Also. .wheni packages- con,. tihin live gallensqad upwards,. anid .are not tampd, the G..vernmient clairas the tight to take posession of same." As requested I herewith inelose-a copy og-Seoetion 3,449, Revised] Statutes: - .. "Whenever any person ships, transports or fem"v-eS any spirituot's oc ' ermented iquor or wineOs under "arry othibr 't1ha 'the pro'per name or brand krio''vzi o the trade as desguting the kind and quality of the con tents ot 4the en.sks or packages conlamning same. or causes such act to be done, ho shall fqreit sa3id liquors or wines and casks or packages and be subject to pay a fineof five huned dollarks." So .it will be seen under what law the Federal- Government seizes the packages of this class. -Under the agreement between the detmeot ansl the dispensary in ases where the package is less than five gallons thec liquo~r is tui-ned over to the State, and in casds where the tax is ujaid' and the ainonuit of* liquor, is five gallons~orovei it goes t'o the Fed eralautiintes'. The New P'arniament The new1(orim'anariamnent .pened with more than usual display. .The Queen was enthiatically dheered .upokvhe& 'arrival. All the minisers, a large um fw eas Smd the entire diplomaiccorp~~esent. The King's spede~h apnel"ed --p~ejatriot Ism of the mnembers-of all-parties.to, assist in epeiditng :the budget, -ad~prefeized the' pa ut.omhiane metdods. 'ffblievedia ta.pliyof love. before force of iin,-and t nune e ing m reobetk T Sj onszana nyier 3(en. Thoe ltun ogthe -frog siiver,.ampaign in Luisian was.ta at: No Orleans when the Bimetallie Conventda was opened in Wjsngton Vtillery jgZ.U.fhe ilt was thb ormation of the Iioumsiana tietahieo League, which-has undertaken .6'anz the silver forces-of the Smspior'~ U The - conveiion consjsted 60 25D):4e'ies of all parties: State and city5%~l hastened to deard~ their allegilipe, to t.. ' '~stand ird. CleeadadarliseWeeu~ced