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"HONOR THE 3AOEED DUST!" ORANGEBURG'8 TRIBUTE TO HKR The Confederate Monument Unveiled Wild Appropriate Ceremonies?Gen. Hampton's Letter ol' ^te?ret?Ora tion by Col. James i. ^irunir, of Charleston. The unveiling of tho monument to tho Confouorato dead on the 18th lnat. was a memorable event in Orauge* burg's history. Ovor four hundred survivors partiolpatod in the cere monies, while an immense coacourau of peoplo wero in attendance. The monu ment is located on the court house square, and is carvod from native gran ito furnished by tho quarries noar Winnsboro, surmounted by a bronze flguro representing a Confederate sol dier at parade rest. The ontiro monu ment is 38 feet 0 inches high. A long procession marched through tho town, and whon halted at tho pub lic square tho exorcises began with a prayer by Kov. S. P. rr. Elwel 1, of Co lumbia. Judge Izlur was tho prosiding offleer, whilo Hon. Samuel Dibble was tho chlof marshal. Tho following is copied from Tho State: Judge Izlar announced that General Hampton had boon prevented by sick ness from being present, and ho called upon Col. Dibble to read tho following letter : Charlottes ville, Va., Oct. 12, 1893. Gontlomen : Whon tho ladios of the Memorial Association of Orangoburg honored mo by an invitation to spoak for them at tho unveiling of the monu ment dedicated to our heroic dead, I felt 'hat thoir call was equivalent to a command, and that the thomothey had given mo was tho most sacred that could appeal to a patriotic heart. Feeling thu? I accepted the flatter ing invitation given to mo. and I look od forward with pleasure to an occa sion which would givo mo the oppor tunity of showing my respect for the fair and devoted wora< n of the Stato, and of mooting such old comrados as tbOBO in whose hearts the momc**- of tho past was still held sacrod. %\ It ia, thorofore, with groat regrot that I am forced to forego the gratifi cation of boing with you on the 18th, but I am not woll enough to tako part in ti ? coromonios of the day. For nearly thi e months I have been con fined to the house by indisposition, but t honed that tho chango of the climate would restore my health, but in this hope I have been disappointed, and^J^ \ can only oxpress my regret at not bo-*;, ing ablo to join our friends, and to as sure them that.I am in full sympathy with tho sacred object they havo in ?Viow when they dedicate a monument to our heroic dead. They died fov South Carolina, and whatever vovdiet history majf render.<as to,tho'cause in hkjh^Airjy it mil, their patriotism and r heroism will illustrate tho bright pages of American history for all He to corao. it is well, then, that wo should honor ' aoir memory, and it is peculiarly touching and appropriate that the no y>lo, devoted women of tho State Pthould leave to future exonerations an ; mduring lnyiuorial of love, of pride .ud of reverence for tho men who gavo thoir livea for their Stato. Tho monu ment to bo dedicated to these men symbolizes these feelings, and it will tcacli ourchildron to cherish the mem ory of their patriotic fathers as long as its spotless shaft points to heaven. " And yon granite minstrel's voiceless stone Tn doathloss song shall tell When many a vanquished grace has flown, Tho story how thoy fell. Nor death, nor wreck, nor winter's blight Nor Time's remorseless doom ,Can rob ono ray of holy light That gilds their glorious tomb." With my slncerost good wishes for tho success of tho contemplated meet ing, and my groat rogrot that I cannot participate in it, I am very truly, your friend and follow citizen, Wade Hampton. Theso sympathetic words from Gen. Hampton olicited great applause. col. ARMSTRONG'S oration. After this had died out Judge Izlar introduced as the orator of the day Col. James Armstrong, of Charleston? the ever gallant, eloquent and witty Armstrong, whose patnos brings tears which give place the noxt moment to peals of laughter at his brimming Irish humor. To-day he made no draughts on his wit, but, in tolling the matchless story of the Private Soldier, he fed bis hearers from a fountain of oloquence that electrified and thrillod tholr responsive hearts. Col. Armstrong said that among tho difficult duties ever assigned to him there was nono so trying as tho ono which ho was to-day expected to dis charge. Great as was tho disappoint ment at tho unavoidable absence of the iliuatrions and Knightly soldier who had boon oxpected, it was equalled by 1 tho embarrassment he experienced in uttompting to speak in Wado Hamp ton's stead. ,4 There is," said ho, " an oloquenco in tho simple mention of the namo of Wado Hampton. Ho is ono of tho con tral stars jn tho firmament of Caro lina's fame in whoao lustrous rays aro aeon patriotism tho purest, a courago that has never boon excelled, a heroism as high as tho causo for which ho so splendidly fought is holy. " I did not stop to consider tho re sponsibility involved in tho request of i your worthy committee to address you. I The invitation ao graciously extended , tliroe days ago, and accepted wit'< a dcop and duo sense of gratitude, con fers an honor which thrills me with pride. It has awakened in my untu tored breast emotions so stirring and profound that language is almost lost to mo, and It ia with difficulty I try to sylloblo words to express my thoughts and feelings. " I shall try to spoak to you in tho language of tho heart ?a heart which throbbed with patriotic pride beneath tho gray jacket of a Confederate sol dier, and upon which is indelibly stumped tho grand momorios and glo rious recollections which beautify and onnoblo and Immortalize tho causo, to uphold which tho men of Orangoburg and of tho other districts of Cai.lina fought as men soldom fought beforo, and in defence of which ho many of tho bravest and best of soldiers marched dauntlcssly to doath." Tho orator said that the childhood of most of tho survivors present was passed amid rural sconos. Thoy im bibed the lovo of freedom with thoir oarliest broath, and in pioturing this his eloquonco fairly surpassed Itsolf. Said ho: "It was wafted to you on tho wings of tho wind, the swoet songs of birds woro liberty's lyrics, tho fair fields with their woalth of golden grain, sparking in the sunlight like ' erried spears, instilled martial ardor in your breast?, and when the call to arms was sounded you were among the first to rplly at tho post of duty. You served on tho coast; you wont to Vir ginia, whore you gavo proof of your unswerving fidelity In ono continuous chain from Petersburg to Gettysburg. "You followed the fortuuo of the armjr of the West, and, were at Shiloh, "HONOR THE 3AOEED DUST!" ORANGEBURG'8 TRIBUTE TO HKR The Confederate Monument Unveiled Wild Appropriate Ceremonies?Gen. Hampton's Letter ol' ^te?ret?Ora tion by Col. James i. ^irunir, of Charleston. The unveiling of tho monument to tho Confouorato dead on the 18th lnat. was a memorable event in Orauge* burg's history. Ovor four hundred survivors partiolpatod in the cere monies, while an immense coacourau of peoplo wero in attendance. The monu ment is located on the court house square, and is carvod from native gran ito furnished by tho quarries noar Winnsboro, surmounted by a bronze flguro representing a Confederate sol dier at parade rest. The ontiro monu ment is 38 feet 0 inches high. A long procession marched through tho town, and whon halted at tho pub lic square tho exorcises began with a prayer by Kov. S. P. rr. Elwel 1, of Co lumbia. Judge Izlur was tho prosiding offleer, whilo Hon. Samuel Dibble was tho chlof marshal. Tho following is copied from Tho State: Judge Izlar announced that General Hampton had boon prevented by sick ness from being present, and ho called upon Col. Dibble to read tho following letter : Charlottes ville, Va., Oct. 12, 1893. Gontlomen : Whon tho ladios of the Memorial Association of Orangoburg honored mo by an invitation to spoak for them at tho unveiling of the monu ment dedicated to our heroic dead, I felt 'hat thoir call was equivalent to a command, and that the thomothey had given mo was tho most sacred that could appeal to a patriotic heart. Feeling thu? I accepted the flatter ing invitation given to mo. and I look od forward with pleasure to an occa sion which would givo mo the oppor tunity of showing my respect for the fair and devoted wora< n of the Stato, and of mooting such old comrados as tbOBO in whose hearts the momc**- of tho past was still held sacrod. %\ It ia, thorofore, with groat regrot that I am forced to forego the gratifi cation of boing with you on the 18th, but I am not woll enough to tako part in ti ? coromonios of the day. For nearly thi e months I have been con fined to the house by indisposition, but t honed that tho chango of the climate would restore my health, but in this hope I have been disappointed, and^J^ \ can only oxpress my regret at not bo-*;, ing ablo to join our friends, and to as sure them that.I am in full sympathy with tho sacred object they havo in ?Viow when they dedicate a monument to our heroic dead. They died fov South Carolina, and whatever vovdiet history majf render.<as to,tho'cause in hkjh^Airjy it mil, their patriotism and r heroism will illustrate tho bright pages of American history for all He to corao. it is well, then, that wo should honor ' aoir memory, and it is peculiarly touching and appropriate that the no y>lo, devoted women of tho State Pthould leave to future exonerations an ; mduring lnyiuorial of love, of pride .ud of reverence for tho men who gavo thoir livea for their Stato. Tho monu ment to bo dedicated to these men symbolizes these feelings, and it will tcacli ourchildron to cherish the mem ory of their patriotic fathers as long as its spotless shaft points to heaven. " And yon granite minstrel's voiceless stone Tn doathloss song shall tell When many a vanquished grace has flown, Tho story how thoy fell. Nor death, nor wreck, nor winter's blight Nor Time's remorseless doom ,Can rob ono ray of holy light That gilds their glorious tomb." With my slncerost good wishes for tho success of tho contemplated meet ing, and my groat rogrot that I cannot participate in it, I am very truly, your friend and follow citizen, Wade Hampton. Theso sympathetic words from Gen. Hampton olicited great applause. col. ARMSTRONG'S oration. After this had died out Judge Izlar introduced as the orator of the day Col. James Armstrong, of Charleston? the ever gallant, eloquent and witty Armstrong, whose patnos brings tears which give place the noxt moment to peals of laughter at his brimming Irish humor. To-day he made no draughts on his wit, but, in tolling the matchless story of the Private Soldier, he fed bis hearers from a fountain of oloquence that electrified and thrillod tholr responsive hearts. Col. Armstrong said that among tho difficult duties ever assigned to him there was nono so trying as tho ono which ho was to-day expected to dis charge. Great as was tho disappoint ment at tho unavoidable absence of the iliuatrions and Knightly soldier who had boon oxpected, it was equalled by 1 tho embarrassment he experienced in uttompting to speak in Wado Hamp ton's stead. ,4 There is," said ho, " an oloquenco in tho simple mention of the namo of Wado Hampton. Ho is ono of tho con tral stars jn tho firmament of Caro lina's fame in whoao lustrous rays aro aeon patriotism tho purest, a courago that has never boon excelled, a heroism as high as tho causo for which ho so splendidly fought is holy. " I did not stop to consider tho re sponsibility involved in tho request of i your worthy committee to address you. I The invitation ao graciously extended , tliroe days ago, and accepted wit'< a dcop and duo sense of gratitude, con fers an honor which thrills me with pride. It has awakened in my untu tored breast emotions so stirring and profound that language is almost lost to mo, and It ia with difficulty I try to sylloblo words to express my thoughts and feelings. " I shall try to spoak to you in tho language of tho heart ?a heart which throbbed with patriotic pride beneath tho gray jacket of a Confederate sol dier, and upon which is indelibly stumped tho grand momorios and glo rious recollections which beautify and onnoblo and Immortalize tho causo, to uphold which tho men of Orangoburg and of tho other districts of Cai.lina fought as men soldom fought beforo, and in defence of which ho many of tho bravest and best of soldiers marched dauntlcssly to doath." Tho orator said that the childhood of most of tho survivors present was passed amid rural sconos. Thoy im bibed the lovo of freedom with thoir oarliest broath, and in pioturing this his eloquonco fairly surpassed Itsolf. Said ho: "It was wafted to you on tho wings of tho wind, the swoet songs of birds woro liberty's lyrics, tho fair fields with their woalth of golden grain, sparking in the sunlight like ' erried spears, instilled martial ardor in your breast?, and when the call to arms was sounded you were among the first to rplly at tho post of duty. You served on tho coast; you wont to Vir ginia, whore you gavo proof of your unswerving fidelity In ono continuous chain from Petersburg to Gettysburg. "You followed the fortuuo of the armjr of the West, and, were at Shiloh, Franklin, Chloa.mauga. You shared In the glorias of'Socesslonvllle, Morris Island, Sullivan's Island, grand old Su inter, during that incomparable da fence of Charleston. You fought at Fort Fisber, at Jonosboro, at Greens boro, where the last ray quivered on the dial of our nation's doom. "THE CONFEDERATE DEAD!" "How brief tho sentence, yet how sublime the signifloanee! What a host of hallowed memories it summons up? memories with which are interwoven tho sweetest and saddest emotions that ever thrilled the human heart! "They wero our comrades. We shured with thom the fatigues <>.' the ruareh, the trials of the winter bivouac and tho terrors of battle. Though uoarly three docades have dawned and departed siuco tho close of the war, they are over present to the mind. " Standing hero to-day beneath the boundless blue of heavon?in the pres ence of many who wero among the first to throw themselves Into tho breach when Carolina called upon her sons?boforo hundreds of our gallant citizen soldiers?tho scone made doubly attractive by tho charming women who havo gathered horo to show to us who wore the gray, that they are proud of the principles for which we fought? I unhesitatingly assert that higher re solvos, purer principles, nobler devo tion than that which actuated the peo ple of tho South from 1800 to 1805 are unknown to manklud. "Toll mo of Leonidas and tho Spar tan Three Hundred, of tho Tenth Le gion of Ctesar, of the forces of Mil tiades at Marathon, of tho Old Guard of Napoleon at Waterloo, of the Light Brigado at Balaklava! They wore grand, and I would not tear a loaf from tho laurels with which famo has onelr clod their brows. " But, my friends, nolthor Spartan courage nor Roman fortitude, neither Grecian valor nor Swiss heroism, noi thor French daring nor British brav ery surpasses, if it equals, that of tho 111-fod, poorly-clad Confederates, whoso intrepidity, rosplendent heroism, sub limo self-sacrifice was as bright as tho stars aud as stainless as the cross which they followed over a hundred Holds of famo." "ONE OF LEE'S MISERABLES." Pointing to tho monument, he said : " Look at yo.'Hor figure that so grand! v typifies one of tho soldiers or Lee a laurelled legions reverently, regret fully standing by thOigrave 01 his dead Colnrades.ovho have' pas-ed through [jbh^'Mp9^,??-.tb?'world to tho glory of ,Wie^^o?e-i-cm? nigh, whore they i*est from Ufo's labors alongsldo tho crystal fountains that flow through tho gardens of Paradtso. Althogh that familiar figure Is as inuto and motionless as are the dear, dead lips of the slain com rades who had stood by us in bivouac and battle, and Is silent to tho senses, It speaks to tho soul. It tolls us to guard the memories of our fallon comrados, ever to havo faith In tho righteousness of our cause, that inspiring, imperish able faith which has breathed into ovory infant along with a mothor's lovo and a mother's blessing?that cause which tho brokon shiold of the Con federacy resting abovo tho pulseless broast of our Prcsidont Davis, Is as stainless as a star. "Oh, tho troasurod memories that this silent soldier conjures up; tho blanket which ho shared with a com rade in bleak bivouac; the old haver sack out of which ho took bis last morsel of bread to divide with a hungry messmate ; the canteen that furnished a refreshing draught to tho thirsty soldier, and which we have seen placed to tho pallid lips of those who were ly ing fatally wouuded." In tho course of a glowing tribute to tho memory of tho genoralsof the Con federacy, Col. Armstoog said : " Their fame is as dear to me as is tho rod lifo curront which warms my heart, and when I cease to honor tholr memory, when thoy no longer live In my lovo, my lips shall be sealed and my heart pulseloss in death." THE PRIVATE SOLDIER. "Great as was tho sacrifice made by tho leaders, Col. Armstrong said It did not equal that of hundreds of their *ol lowors who sacrificed everything th^.t was dear to thom to respond to tholr country's call. In eloquent words he recalled to memory tho time when a son of the South enrolled himself as a soldier?when ho tore himself from the loving grasp of his bosom companion, and showed that duty to country was greater than dovotion to home. In closing his oration, ho said : This monument is intondod to per petuate tho virtue and valor of tho ' Men in Gray.' it is coramomorative of tho cause to which South Carolina gave tho noblest of her sons, more than twolvo thousand of whom died in do fence of principles ingrainod In tholr nature, a cause which, though lost, lives in tho hoarts of a chivalrous peo ple. "When tho last of thoso who fought beneath tho Southorn cross of tho Con federacy havo followod that cross abovo tho stars, this monument will convoy tho lesson and impress it deeply upon the heart that tho Confederate soldiors who fell In battlo or died from sickness wore not forgotten by thoso who sur vived tho strugglo, that thoir names aro among the proudest memories of tho Southorn people, that tho princi ples for which they valiantly but vainly fought are inscribed inlottors of living light in tho eternal temple of truth. "Comrades, for this monument wo aro indobtcd to our noblo women. It is another proof of thoir nnselflah work, thoir inestimablo worth. Oh, that! could mold my thoughts intomolo dy and measure fittingly to toll of tho goodnoss, tho gentleness and tho dovo tion of our Southorn women. In ovory vision of memory, every rovorio of tho recollection, there rises tho fair, swoot face, tho fond, familiar form of the angel of tho household. " Of tho women of tho war how shall I speak ! Thoir moral heroism, un swerving lovo, unexamplod fidelity, silont self-suffering has oliclted un bounded admiration and univorsal praise. Tho voices, so soft and sweet, that foil upon tho car of tho sick and wounded soldiors us igontly and sooth ingly us 1 the benediction that follows after pray or.' " I soem to soo thom, tenderly and lovingly, thoy bond abovo oach Buffer* or's couch, place tho cooling draught to tho parcnod lips and bathe tho burn ing brow. Tho wasted soldior cannot in words express his thanks to tho ministering angol who has nurnod him as oaro fully as if sho wore his sister or his mothor, but in the tears that coursed down his chooks wore mirrored tho gratitude of his heart and he kissed ho shadow as it foil across his pillow. " Tho women of tho South havo not 'orgotton our dead. God bless these noblo womon\l They are tho sleoploss watchers at tho tomb of our doparted hopes, and they keop the lamps bright ly burning in tho Southern soldier's sepulchre. The recollection of their faith in tho success of our cause while there was hope, and their constanoy when tho ' angel of hope carriod tho Southorn Cross to tho spirit land.' shines liko a bright star on .tho sad brow of memory. " We have been brothers in arms. God grant that the spirit of brother hood and benevolence may ever keep bitte rnosss from our breasts, hatred from our hearts ! We should aid as far at our (means will permit a comrade in distress so that his final hours on earth may be spent peacefully and con tentedly. When I hear of tho passing; of a comrade I am.reminded of tho sweet and sad lines of Thackeray, touching the death of Col. Newcome, the finest male character in the realms of romance: " 'At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to toil, and Thomas Newoome's hands outside the bed fee bly beat time, and just as tho last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his |face, and lifting his heud a little he quickly said, 'Adsum,' and fell back. It was the word we used at school when names wore called, and lo ! ho, whose hoarl. was as that of a little child, had answerod to his name, and stood In the presenco of the Master I? Col. Armstrong was abundantly ap plauded and whon ho concluded tho feelings of tho audience found vent in a thunderous hurrah, in which the band joined by playing " Dixio." the: dispensary penaltiks. Governor Tillman Discusser the Re cent Unfavorable Decisions?Ho IdxpecUt the Legislature to Remedy tho Defects. Since Judge Hudson rendered his decision holding that a man could not bo prosecuted under tho dispensary law, asido from all quostionB as to tho constitutionality of tho act, becauso there was no punishment provided in tho act to bo inflicted upon a man found guilty of its violation, Judges Gary aud Izlar havo fallen into line and havo turned mon looso upon identically tho same grounds. Three of the circuit judges agreeing on the sarno question it is reasonable to pre buuio that all others will act llkowise and that tho peculiar condition of affairs will exist in the noar futuro, that no man can be punishod for tho violation of tho act, making it practi cally a dead letter. The Governor's attontion was callod to the matter yestorday and ho did not hesitate to express himself In his usual emphatic manner. What he said indicates that when tho General Assombly moots, much time Is going to be devoted to the work of remodel ing" tho law so that it will cover ovory possible contingency of this kind ; so that he will havo power that he has not now to enforce its operation; so that thei*e will bo nothing in it to in torforo with the operation of the system according to Iiis ideas. In regard to the matter in hand he said : ?'Well, I can'l help it If tho judges and solicitors don't know the law. That section which Buchanan quoted to the public the other day, providing for punishment of parties convicted where no othor punishment is providod, soems to mo to cover tho caso wore thoro nothing else. As far as this Is coucorned thoro Is no specific punish ment provided for a felony ; the law simply fixo8 a limit and leaves tho punishment to tho discretion of tho presiding judge. But thoro is this slat section of the dispensary law. If it covers anything it covers any con viction for tho soiling of liquor under tho dispensary law. When it was put in tho act it was put there with that intention and its meaning Is clear onough to any one. Read the section : ?* 'Section 21. Evory person who shall directly or Indirectly, keep or maintain, by himself or by associating or combining with othorsj or who shall in any manner aid, assist or abot in keeping or maintaining any club room or other placo In which any Intoxica ting liquors are received or kept for the purpose of barter or salo as a bevorage, or for distribution or division among the members, of any club or association by any means whatevor, and every person who shall barter, soil, or assist or abet another in bar tering or soiling, any Intoxicating liquors so received or kept, shall bo doomed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thoroof, bo punished by a fine of not loss than $100 nor more than $500 and by Imprisonment In tho county jail not less than ninety days nor more than one year.' " One must strain himself to try and confine this section to clubs. Why ho would have to split hairs and then get a microscopo to find tho hairs in order to do it. Tho docision of a circuit judge is worth nothing till tho Supreme Court passos upon it. "We intend to havo this matter test ed, however, as soon as posslblo in tho State Supreme Court. We havo al roady appealed from Judge Hudson's docision, but tho constitutional ques tion is primary thero, and wo want a simplo tost case of this. Accordingly wo havo just instructed Solicitor Hough to tako an appeal at once from Judfiro Gary's decision in ordor to get such a test. "But this will not bo necessary for tho final successful enforcement of tho law, no matter how tho Supremo Court decides, for tho Legislature can, when it meots noxt month, declare tho meaning of that section of the act, and (leflno Its purpose so cloarlv that no circuit judgo can got around it. This will not bo an ox post facto law and consequently can apply to all thoso partios who havo beon roleased or who will bo released between this and tho time tho Legislature meots. " I would say, too, that whon tho Legislature gets through romodoling tho Jaw it will bo strong enough and full enough for nnything and any ono. Thoy will mako it so plain, and closo, and tight, that a flea won't bo ablo to hop through Its meshos, much loss a man."?Tho State. ?The Chicago Herald in speaking of the formal oloso of the exposition says : " That tho fair will bo open for a lew days aftor a fashion, has novor been denied, nor has It boon questioned for ? moment that tho work of destruction would commonco at onco. Visitors will bo allowed to come in after Novom bor 1st just as thoy wero before tho oponing on May 1st, but thoy will not see tho exposition in a perfect stato. Thoy will see thousands of busy work men taking down puvilions that a fow days bo fore woro jammed with dis plays. Thoy will seo tho fair as it was late in April, not as it appeared on Chicago day. 'The exposition will run several weeks in spite of itself,' said Prosidont Higinbotham last evening. ' Wo could not bring it to a sudden close if wo wanted to without offend ing thousands of visitors who havo not seen enough of it, but tho gates will he formally closed on October 31st.' " ?A numbor of dorolicts aro afloat on the Atlantic coast as tho roault of the big storm of August 27 and 28. A dereliot is a vessel that has beon wrocked or deserted by its crew, and which continues to drift about the sea to tho great danger of other vessels. The government has dispatched from Now York tho dynamite cruiser Ves uvlous to destroy thoso derelicts. The Vesuvius will carry a, largo quantity of gun cotton, and will blow tho de relicts to pieces wherever they are found. IBBY DRAWS THE LINE. CLEVELAND DEMOCRATS AT A DISCOUNT. The State Chairman Deelare? that tho Free Stirer Advocate* are the Only True Democrat*?He Will Not Submit to Coercion and Threatens Its volt Against Tariff Revision. The following is the full text of Senator Irby's speech on the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act: Mr. President, I am the only fnrmor in the Senate, the only member of this body whose sole occupation is farming. I represent the farming element of South Carolina ; but I can also say. for I feel, that I represent the farming and producing element of the entire nation. I bsliovo that it will not be denied that the farmers of this country have a deep, vital Interest in the great question now at Issue before the Senate. That Interest is not something now. Thoir rotations to the monoy question, while they huvo always boon close, bo uamo vory 'prominent and came homo to them in a most practical and sub stantial manner whon the demonetiza tion of silver was effected in 1873. That was to them a now ova, not unlike that in many respects of tho new con ditions with which they wore confront ed at tho close of tho war. Whon tho war closod the soldior of tho South re turned to a land which had lost every thing. Tho difficulties with which he was besot have pften been described, but I believe never with adequate force or detail, nor shall I attempt it now. I could perhaps sum it all up in the statement that he came out of tho war without money, without homo and without hope. Ho loft ruin in his track as ho left his homo, and ho found it there on his return. His fields wore abandoned for years, the soil had de teriorated, dobts had accumulated, his homo was in ruins; there was uttor desolation at homo and in the fields. Tho returned farmer, and even those who woro not soldiors, began lifo anew, opposed by obstacles such as seldom fall to the lot of an industrious people. I could draw a picture of the mis fortunes, tho terrible struggles mado by my pooplo to restore their fallen fortunes ; of the heroic sacrifices mado, of tho long and patient ondurancc of want, self-denial, and all the ills of enforcod poverty ; but, us 1 liavo said that has all boen vividly depicted in tho history, written and unwritten, of our country. But through all that trying period our people remained, as they woro from tho beginning, Demo crats of Democrats. Although bank rupt in fortune, thoy clung with devo tion to thoir political heritage, and by tho indomitable courago which thoy oxhibited on tho field of battle they had to a largo extent recouped their fortunos in the period from 1865 to 1873, whon tho Act dostroying tho money of tho plain people was passed. From that time to this the farmer has grown poorer and poorer, but through it all he has stood like an iron wall in dofonso of tho principles and doctrines of tho Democratic party, hoping through this agency to bo allowed to make un honost living and get pay for his services as a laborer, a toiler and producer. His main reliance for this end was the restoration of tho Democratic part- to power in both branches of Cong jss ; but it has been vain, for now that we are in control we are asked to yield to tho forces which always and persistently opposed us. As the representative of our pooplo I would bo derelict in my duty woro 1 to fail at this time to voice thoir souti mentsNaud to uttor in this prosonco their solemn protest against what is now threatened to be enacted. Our people aro Democrats from principle. The Democratic party i* their party. Thoy do not propose to bo driven out of it by the President or any of tho self constituted loaders of tho Democratic party of this nation. A party is what the people who belong to it make it and demand that it shall bo. My pecplo wcro honestly opposed in tho first placo to tho nomination of Mr. Cleveland. I am now opposed to tho proposition under discussion. I am opposed to it because it is wrong and undemocratic. I am opposed to it as a man, as a Sena tor and us a Democrat. This country is now supposed to have a Domocratic majority in the House and Senate and a Democratic Execu tive, and I wish to say that no man in this honorable body, or out of it, has tried harder to reconcile his ideas of duty and responsibility with tho wishos of tho Executive and his friends, who now propose to coerce tho Sonato, than I have. I come, sir, from the cradlo of true Democracy. It has producod some of the greatost and best Demo cratic statesmen that over lived. I bolievo as firmly in Domocratic princi ples as I do in my Biblo, and I always will contend that tho only way to stoor tho ship of State clear of tho shoals and rocks of socialism and anarchy is by a return to truo Domocratic princi ples in tho administration of affairs. It is this lovo and foalty I bear to tho cause of Democracy that has prompted mo to keop silent and strain evor^ nerve in an effort to conform, if possi ble, to tho wishes and policy of tho powers that bo in tho Democratic party ; but, sir, whon I see the mantlo of Domocracy used to covor Republi can monopolists whilo thoy rob the groat common people, this gamo sonti mont that has prompted mo to silence and obedience bids mo imperatively to call a halt and revolt against such an imposition upon Domocracy and justico as is now proposed. I cannot keep my seat and see the banner of Domocracy submerged in tho cesspool of Wall street greod, nor can I remain silent and soe it polluted to tho basest uses by tho protected hand of monopolistic avarice from Now England. Call It what you will, I propose to staml for truo Domocracy, so truo, in fact, that I will donounco those who propose and follow Hopublican methods while masquerading in Domocratic clothes, no matter who thoy may bo oven to tho President himsolf. I am dooply grieved to say this, but honesty and truth compol mo, and boforo I shall havo finished rny brief remarks ?for I shall only occupy a fow minutes I proposo to draw tho lino of demar cation botwoon tho Domocracy and tho Administration methods of to-day so plainly that novor again in tho history of th is country need they be confounded. I am opposod to this tnenBuro as a man because my manhood rovolts against tho idea of sottling a groat national question by tho physical on duranco of tho Senators. It Ib both humilating and futile. Humiliating bocauso it is an effort to apply cloturo by physical force in order to shirk tho moral responsibility ; and is a moro makeshift that must oxcito the. con tempt of thinking, docent and honest Kopie throughout the world. Futilo cause the minority can not, will not, yiold while life remains. I mean by this that knowing as I do that a large majority of tho pooplo of South Caro lina aro not in favor of tho repoal of tho Sherman law without substituting some provision that will improvo the financial system of tho nation, it is my duty and tno duty of a'.l who beliove as I do to resist any and all physloal opposition to us in the discharge of our obligations and responsibilities as long as there is breath of life in us. We have no alternative compatible with honor ; and should we die at our posts I have no doubt that our ooustituents would elect others to fill our places who would do the same. Hence tho barbarous effort to coorce by brute force must in the end prove futile. I am opposed to it as a Senator bo cause it is incompatible with the dignity of this honorable body. This is the highest deliberative body in the nation. Here we have many of our wisest men, and questions presented are weighed by men of tho most mature judgement and experience; aud to admit that any question oannot bo decided by reason and discussion without a personal conflict of physical force and endurance is to reflect* upon the sincerity of the members of this honorable body. It is contrary to tho laws and usages which have always governed tho deliberations of tho Senate. Every law and usage of this body from its foundation lias boon based upon tho presumption that hero Sonators would engage in mental con fict only. It is contrary to tho Con stitution of tho United States because according to that democratic document tho three bronchos of tho Government wore supposed to bo co-ordiuato and independmont of oach other, and this effort to coorce this body at tho bidding of tho Executive is a bold and flagrant violation of tho spirit of tho Constitu tion which, if now tolornted, will bo a precedent for the future prostitution of tho Senate to tho comploto and absolute domination of tho Executive. I have said that my poople were op posed from tho first to tho nomination of Mr. Clovoland. They ontorod their protost, violont as somo people would say, in May, 1892, opposing his nomi nation. For this they have boon con demned, but unjustly so. They oppos ed him through their representatives to tho vory last at Chicago, but, truo and loyal Democrats as they havo always been, they supported him at the general oloction and gave him 50,000 majority over Mr. Harrison, thereby giving practical demonstration of their dovotion to the Democracy. Thoy believed ihat tho Democratic party of this nation would bo truo to tho promises of its platform, and with this understanding thoy supported Mr. Cleveland. For myself I have always been a Democrat. I have never voted othor than tho Democratic ticket. I havo tho honor to bo tho Chairman of tho Democratic party in South Carolina. By the Democratic party I was olectcd to tho high position which I now hold ; but us a Democrat, true as I sineeroly beliove, to all of its principles, I must demand that a halt bo called upon this unusual, irrogular and outrageous pro ceeding by Senators favoring the un conditional ropoal of tho purchasing clause of tho Sherman law. If tho Democratic party aro respon sible for tho laws which aro onacted or repoaled during this administration, the Democrats alone should decide the poiicy of our- party. I would be willing to submit this or any other question tu the caucus of tho Democrats of this Congross, und if a majority decide against my opinions 1 should yield ; but I must and do now most solemnly pro test against the right of a minority of tho Democratic Senators to use Repub licans to coerco into submission a ma jority of the Democratic Senators and to enact laws to which tho Democratic party of this nation aro opposed. Wo believe that it was unjust, un fair and undemocratic for the National Convention to use the representatives of Republican States to foist upon us a nominee that does not represent us, but it is also flagrantly wrong that that nominee, aftor his election, should use tho Republican party to pass laws that mean ruin and destruction to tho plainer and poorer class of the South and West. Wo are told that it is all right for tho minority to desort tho platform and uso Republicans to enact this law which a majority of Demo crats oppose, but that it would bo treason for mo to dosert the platform upon tho quoBtionsof tariff reform. the Administration forces, by allying thomsolvos with Republicans to enact measures in tho interest of the wealthy and favorod class and opposed to the intorest of tho massos of tho people, establish a procodont and place them selves in an attitudo which not only justifies us, who I truly bcliovo re present tho peoplo, but makes it in my opinion our bounden duty to oppose such tariff laws as may moot tho ap proval and bo presented by this unholy alliance. If this great orime against tho peoplo is perpetrated by thom in regard to this, tho most important of all tho legislative question now before tho peoplo, I dare to not follow thom, and my people will sustain mo upon other questions of lessor importance. And when I say that I will not fol low them upon othor questions, I moan to convoy tho idoa that tho peoplo of South Carolina will no longer follow tho leadership of men who assume that thoy are tho Democratic party of tho nation and reflect and give utter ance alone to truo Democratic princi ples and doctrinos. I mean to say that any tariff law, any rovision of the tariff which shall boofforod hero under tho samo auspices as thoso which now propose to commit tho crime against silvor, will be open to such suspicion as to preclude any Democrat from lending it his support. A tariff law, sir. proparcd by tho hybrid political allianco now marshal ing its ranks for the suppression by force of tho voico of tho pooplo in this Chamber must inovitably bo rogardod by tho rank and fllo of the Democracy of tho United Stateo as a part of tho conspiracy against silvor dosirod to bo consummated bore. Such boing tho case, when I assumo tho attitudo that I havo indioated, I boliovo that I speak for tho peoplo of my Stato. As for thom and mysolf, there could novor bo a desertion of, any withdrawal from, tho Democratic party, so long as it pursues tho policio? of its pi at form. Tho Democrats of the United statos, sir, prefer to follow tho platform of tho Democratic party than that contingent of tho Domocraito Sonators who havo plainly nbandoncd tho platform on this question, and who, sustained by tho Executive, nro ondoavoring to commit a crime which, in my judgment, could novor bo oxpiutcd oxcopt by tho utter overthrow of tho Democratic party at tho noxt national election. Tho pooplo of my Stato want a ro vision of tho tariff, but they are willing that theso questions shall bo relegated to tho roar for a quartor of century rather than to seo tiio financial ques tion solved in the manner proposed by tho Administration. I know that I ropresent my people when I tell you that with tariff revision and the de monetization of silver they would be still hopelessly wreoked ; for what good would the rovision of the tariff do them if thoy wore so poor that they could not reap tho bonefit? 1 know that I ropresont them when I tell you as a Democrat that I wl 11 not bo coerced. I doepiso tho patronago which has been so ruthlessly withheld from 90 per c?nt. of too honest and genuine Demo crats of my State. If it is found necessary to overpower us with Republican votes in thin Son ate. I dare to tell you that you cannot revise the tariff. You may call thut treason, but I answer if that be treason make tho most of It. I desire, how ever, on this point to be distinctly un derstood, and to make myself perfectly plain to tho minds of every Senator present and the country at large in making this statemont. I do not make it as threat nor for the purpose of coercing or introducing any elemeut of violence into this discussion. I make It with reluctance and deep regret, and would gladlj avoid the responsi bility of taking this position, but I bollove It a solemn duty to tho pro ducers of this nation in every State, and especially to the noble, patriotic and liberty-loving peoplo of South Carolina, to raise the hand of warning and place those who seem Intoxicated with power upon positive notice that if they ruthlessly, and by the aid of Re publican votes, override our wishes in this, tho most important of all ques tions of public policy, I for one will not follow their load another stop. I do not wish for a moment to bo un dostood as wavering in my allogiuuce to tho importance of tariff reform, but this measure I deem of tlie greatest importance, and I firmly bollovo that it has tho unqualified Indorsement of a majority of tho peoplo; but this measure, when presented in this body, if it ever is presented for a vote, will be decided by a strict party vote, and I am unwilling to follow a fraction of tho Democratic party that will prepare that measure after thoy have depended upon tho Republican party to assist thorn in carrying a measure of more importance than oithor of thorn?the repeal of tho purchasing clause of tho Sherman law. I mean by this to say that tho pre sumption is clear and conclusive, on ac count on the present attitude of tho Administration and its friends toward tho Republican contingent in Con gress, that thoy havo uiudo concessions and agreements in regard to tariff re form and the retention of Republicans in otneo in oxchango for Republican support of tho ponding measure. Bo lieving this, I conceive tho position which I now and hero take to bo the only one compatible with true Domo oraoy and personal honor. Tho Administration may coerce, command aud control ono branch of Congross and perhaps some members of this body, but it cannot and will not control mo or my peoplo. As for my self, I am not ono of tho silver men who ask for or will accept any compro mise short of tho froo and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 1(5 to 1, or tho complete rehabilitation of silver as a money metal. This question is broader and deeper than tho mere dollars and cents in volved in tho solution of tho silver question or any solution of tho money question. It goes to the very bottom of the foundations of this system of government, and calls for a decision upon tho possibillity of tho perpetua tion of Democratic institutions. A free government, such as this, can only exist while it commands tho patri otism, love and foaity 01 Its subjects ; and it can only reach a higher develop ment and a more glorious achievement by bestowing its greatest rewards and honors upon wisdom, merit, integrity, honesty, virtue, frugality and industry, thcroby encouraging those virtues and stimulating tho youth of tho laud to strive for thorn. On tho other hand, whon political sue, cess is known to bo the result of low cun ning or tho suppression of principle, and tho highest gifts and honors of tho nation aro bestowed as a reward for a pliant conscience, the premium is placed upon corruption, and it would be a thousand times better to swoop away all semblance to popular govern ment at onco and resort to a monarchy. Despotism crushes, whilo corruption dobnsos. Of all things, corrupt prac tices and mothods, which depend upon tho corrupt uso of powor for success, aro most to bo dreaded in this form of government. It is bettor, sir, for tho prosent Ills to continuo until we can agroo upon a just and equitable solu tion of them than to submit to the youth of this nation tho sad and humili ating spectacle of a Democratic minority combining with tho Republicans undor tho whip aud spur of tho Executive in order to logislato In opposition to tho wishes and financial interosts of tho great masses of the peoplo. Again, I bid you of the opposition halt! Halt before it is forever too lato. We havo now como to the forks of the road, and I, for ono, will perish beforo I prove recreant to the high trust re posed in mo by the truo Democracy of South Carolina. Apply tho torturo you propose, if you will, but tho proud spirit of American liberty will no more hoed such taotics than tho chasto moon hoods the baying of a mangy our./ This proud, this grand, this trid' American spirit of puro Democracy v/. , I pass on to highor and grander achieve ment based on absolute truth, equity aud justice From tho very moment you vote to perpetrate this proposed act, which I believe to bo a crime against tho pro ductive interests of the nation, neither my people nor I will longer follow your load. Again, and in conclusion, I bog of you as you love your country and its glorious history, halt! As you lovo tho Democratic party and its pure prin ciples, halt! And as you lovo the priceless boon of civil* liberty, and would transmit it as an unstained her itage to posterity, halt! I havo given you fair warning, and if tho Democracy be now divided tho entire responsi bility must rest upon you. [Applauso in tho galleries.] ?They aro tolling of a woman in Washington who gavo tho Senators a practical illustration in physical endur ance. Sho appeared in the gallery at an early hour of tho afternoon whon tho test began and sho remained thoro throughout tho night and a groator part of tho following day. At first it was supposed that sho was Interested in Senator Allen's spoeoch, but as sho lingerod on after ho had concluded, her persistent presence occasioned con siderable curiosity among Senators and others about tho Senate chamber. Karly in tho morning sho left hor seat for a few minutes, but soon returned, and remained there until lato in tho af ?tornonn. If ability to sit up all night is to becomo a prerequisite for Sena torial honors the women will Lo en titled to consideration. ?Some of tho negroes who wore im portod into Kansas from tho South to tako tho piaco of striking minors thoro aro not deporting thomsolvos In a way to gain tho good will of tho people among whom they expect to live. They cling to their old habits of spend ing their money for whiskey and debauohss and last week three of them at Plttsburg, Kansas while on a spree, driving about town in a buggy, opened flro upon a white youth and wounded him in four plaees. Tho negroes were I capturod and put into jail, and at last accounts a mob was assembling to I lynch them. NO SIGN OP COMPROMISE. Tho President Stand? for Uncondi tional ltepeal?Voorhees Iutroduoee a Cloture Iteeolucion?Van Allen Confirmed as Minister to Italy. special to the Atlanta Journal. Washington, D. C, Ootober 20.? The press associations and correspon dence, with singular unanimity, sent out a story last night to the effect that nie silver tight was settled and that the administration had accepted a com promise. There is not a shadow of a founda tion for the story. Tho "steering'' committee called on Secretary Carlisle and submitted a proposition, but, or. being questioned by him, they admil mittcd that their own proposition had not evon obtained a majority. It is undeniably true that the South ern silver men now regret having taken a stand against tho Voorhees bill, and are willing and anxious to vote for un conditional repeal to take ofToet a month hence. They have signlflod their willingness to the administration, but are unablo to bring into lino popu list and Western silvor dummies they havo boou following. Thus tho matter stands. Martin. Irby, possibly Butler, and the Western .nine owners of tho Senate aro tho only obstacles in the way of a vote. A set tlement is undoubtedly nearod, because of tho chango of front on the part of tho great majority of Southerners, but that settlement can mean nothing but unconditional repeal. A concession iu the shapo of allow ing the law to go into effect a few months hence never hue boen objected to and is not now, but, as repeatedly stated in the6o dispatches, uncondi tional ropoal is the only measure now proposed for which a majority of tho Sonate will vote. Washington, D. C, Ootober 20.?No agreement has yet beon reached re garding a compromise upon tho silvor repeal bill. -Many ropoalers beliove that It is a mistake to mako any con cession whatover on tho evo of what appears cortain success. Voorheos has refused to liston to compromise and Hill and Murphy decline to ngroe to anything but unconditional repeal. Hill has 41 Senators already plodgcd to support cloturo und needs only two more to mako an ubsoluto majority ol tho Senate. All 20 ropoal Republicans are ready to come in line and nearly all tho Democrats. Gray, of Delaware, is opposed to cloturo on principle and Gorman still holds off. If' tho assurances Hill has recoived from tho Republican side are well founded, Gorman and his col leaguo, Gibson, holds tho key to the situation. Cloture within tho next ton days is the program of tho repealors if tho silvor mon don't come to torms quickly. Mr. Voorhees gave notice of an amendment to tho rules. He said it was substantially the amendment pro posed by Mr. Hiil, with some additions. It provides thut whenever any bill or resolution is pending as unfinished business and nus been debatod for thirty days, any Senator may ut tho *:a.nc time nice to fix a- Mino for a vote, such motion not to be amendable or debatable and to bo put immediately, and, if passed, a vote on the bill or re solution and all pending amendments shall be had ut the dato fixed in tho original motion, without debate or amendment, oxcept by unanimous con sent. While tho motion to tix the date for a vote is ponding and also at tho time fixed by the Senato for the vote, no motion of any kind is to be entertained until tho bill or resolution is finally votod for. Washington, D. C, Oct. 20.?A variety of rumors aro hoard ns to tho action of the cabinet today on the streets. Tho meeting lasted two hours, all the members being in attendance. Two directly opposing views said to have bocn derived from cabinet officers were afterward put in circulation. The first was that tho President had become convinced that it would not do to oppose any plan of compromise which delayed the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act no longer than the first of November, 1895, and ho was willing to approve this plan. The second story ran to the effect thnt the President expressed his intention to disapprove any bill which did not provide for tho immediate repeal of the Sherman law. Between these two oxtremes gossips indulged in a wido diversity of stories to suit their individual wishes. None of the cabinot officers when directly ap proached would say anything for publication as to what had occurred. Tho interest in the oxocutlvo session to-day was centered in the dobato upon tho nomination of J. J. Van Allen to bo ambassador to Ituly. The matter was culled up by Gray, of Dolaware, and a 'ebate was soon precipitated, but tho entire discussion was good-natured. George, of Mississippi, and othor Democrats opposed the confirmation. Hill said nothing, contenting himself with a simple vote in tho negative Gorman, it is said, defended the Pro* sident from tho criticisms cast upon the nomination by tho Republicans. A motion was entered to recommit to tho committeo on foreign relations, but it was promptly tabled. Sub sequently the vote on confirmation was taken by yeas and nays, us follows : Yeas?Aldrich, Bate, B?rry, Black burn, Butler. Caffory, Camden, Came ron, Coko, Davis, Dixon. Faulkner, Fryo, Gibson, Gorman, Gray Higgins, Jones, of Arkansas, Jones, of Novada, Lindsay, McMillan, McPhorson, Mills, Morgan, Murphy, Pulrucr, Pas co, Quay, Ransom, Roach, Smith. Stewart, Turpie, Vilas, Voorheos, Waithall, White of Louisiana, Wolcott?.'10. Nays?Allen, Caroy, Cullom, Dolph, Dubois, Gallinger, George, Hansboro', Hawley, Hill, Irby, Kylo, Manderson, Martin, J'effer, Pettogrow, Sherman, Stockbridge, Teller, Vance, Washburn ?Cashier I. II. Faust, of the First National Hank of Salisbury, N. C, is a dofaultor to the amount of $10,000, which ho lost in speculative invest ments. Ife refused to run awnv when oxposure came, but made tho shortage good by turning over all his property to tho bank, including his private res idence. Faust is a prominent Presby terian, and no man stood higher in the Confidence of tho community. ?Wright Mills, a loading farmer of Coneouh County, Ala., was convicted in the Circuit Court of sending a challenge to fight a duel and tho jury fixed his punishment at two years in tho penitentiary. ?Mrs. Julia Soymour Conkling, wid ow of Rohcoo Conkling and sister of the late Governor Horatio Seymour, died on the 18th inst. at Utica, N. Y., aged sixty-six years. ?The firm of William Campbell & Co., wholesale manufacturers of wall paper, New York, lost $2,000,000 by tiro on the 18th inst. Othor firms also lost hoavily. ?Mrs. Lucy Stone Blackwoll, tho well known woman suffragist, died last Wednesday at h,er home in Dqrchoster, Mass., after a protracted illness. THE PHOSPHATS ROYALTY. The Minor? Appeal lor a Reduction to Last Five Year*?Oover nor TU I man Decline* the Proposition and He tune* to Make Any Change. COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct. 20.?The phos phate troubles In this State are gottlng more pronounced and the Indications are that mining will bo suspended on account of their great losses by the storm. The State board offered the companies a temporary reduction of the royalty to 60 oents per ton. In a long letter to the Governor to-day the phosphate meu sav the total reduction offered them by the board, Including the amount of the rock on hand whon the storm came, would be only $70,000, while It will cost $200,000 to restore the plants. Even had the storm not oc curred thoy could not have continued at that price and would have had to stop. Thoy say that they are compelled to moot a tlorco and increasing com petition from Florida, which State only charges 50 cents a ton royalty. The lotter concludes by a proposition to the Governor and thoStato board of phos phate commissioners that the royalty bo reducod to 50 cents a ton for tivo years, tbo contract to bo sanctioned by the Legislature. Governor Tilhnnn has sent the phos phato men a breezy answer In which he regrets that tho river companies " soem disposed to drive a hard bargain with tho State and demand concessions which we cannot give." He concludes, " I may as well say, ouco for all, that tho board considers that it. has made all tho concession possible or propor and it is unreasonable in the miners to ask more. Wo will not enter into any contract reducing tho royalty to fifty cents a ton for five years, nor will we ad vise tho Legislature to make any such agreomont. Tho royalty in Florida has nothing to do with the royalty hero, and their river rock cuts a very small figure in the market. Wo were under the impression, from what we saw in Beaufort in September, that some of the dredgos should be put to work in thirty days, and that by Christ mas, at least," half of thorn would bo mining. 1 do not know what has beon dono toward restoring the industry or whether it is intended to resume min ing a* all, but the board is not respon sible for any delay and any attempt to drive tho St ate into yielding more t han it already has will inevitably fail. We had just as well leave the rock in the river as to give it away. The condi tions offered by the board at Beaufort are as liberal and just as wo feel war ranted in making and unless they are accepted at once and written notice given, roya!' ;?-the rock on hand August 27th will bo collected at the rate of $1.05 a ton. If you chooso to go to tho Legislature and make your plea thero wo have no objections, but tho board will not mako any change in the propositions already submitted to you." STATE NEWS IN BRIEF. Interesting Note? from Various Sour cos. ?The open season for shooting part ridges commences November 1st and lasts until April 1st. ?The Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina will convono at Clinton on Tuesday, October Hist. ?Mr. A. F. Culp, of tho Fort Mill Timos, has gone to Washington to take a position in tho government printing office. ?An agreement has beon reached between counsel for both sidos to have tho hearing in the Swan liquor caso take place in Washington before tho Supremo Court on November 6th. ?The school trustees in Laurens have elected Mr. Scaife, of Hock Bill, to fill tho vacancy caused by the death of Superintendent Odom. Mr. Scaife i6 a native of Union County, graduated a} the Citadel some years ago, has been teaching in tho Rock Hill school for several sessions, and has very high tes timonials. ?Governor Tillnian is going to send out circulars to tho boards ol tho city and town governments of tho* State asking for corporative figures on drunkenness before and since the dis pensary law wont into effect. He will probably use tho figures in his message to the Legislature, as he believes there has been a marked decrease in drunk enness. ?Mr. Reuben IS. Gauutt, who was living on Mr. T. F. Harmon's place near Newbcrry, dropped dead sud denly on the 10th inst. while picking cotton. Mr. Gauntt was a Northern man and a member of tho Union army, and drow a pension. He has boon liv \ ing in Nowberry County sineo his dis i chargo from the garrison in 1872. He loaves a wife and one child. ?Tho fifteen-yoar-old son of Mr. John H. Buchanan, of Chester, who left his home last November and had not beon heard from sineo, telegraphod his father on the 7th inst.. from Michi gan City, Ind. Mr. Buchanan adver tised for his son extensively last, fall, but this is tho first definite news he has had from him. The boy was ex pected to return home last week. ?W. B. Moore, of Vorkville, chair man of tho dispensary board of control for York County, was in Columbia last week for tho purpose of consulting the State board of control about tho ad visability of closing the only dispen sary in York County?the one located at Blacksburg. It appears that tho dispensary In that place has been a failure and the county board wishes to close it up. .-~mmW- - ? * ???? The Dispensary Law Provides Punishment.?Tho Columbia State says that Attorney General Townsend was asked his opinion of .Judge Hud son's decision on the point of there be ing no punishment provided for a man convicted under the dispensary law of limply retailing liquor. Ho said it was a very strange thing to him that Judge Hudson should so hold. That tho twenty-first section which people generally suppose applies only to the Keeping of clubs, was as plain as any thing could be to his mind, as provid ing punishment for cases in point. It Bald that a person convicted should bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and he said that the section had a double purpose, for while it says '"any keeper of a club," etc. it. goes on and says " or any person," Which makes the punish ment provided general in its applica tion. Major Townsend fails to compre hend how any one should not under stand tho section. No reference was made to tho fact that .Judge Gary and Solicitor Bellinger hold the same views OH that point as .Judge Hudson. ?Governor stone, of Mississippi, has addressed a lotter to the editor of the Now York Sun, denying in emphatic terms the reports of the burning of ootton gins by whltecapa in Mississippi, which appeared in tho Sun and other Northern papers. Tho Governor says that since these outrageous stories began to bo published, he has emploV* ed ovory means in his power to find out what foundation there was for thorn and bus found that there is none. Not a singlo gin has been burned by whltocaps or any othor kl nd of mob ainco the season of 1903 co m menced.