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VOL. XI. , LAURENS, S. C, TUESD?V, FEBRUARY 4, 1896. NO. 27 itroDolii CHARLESTON UNDER THE BAN, Govornoi Evans Has Appointed Commis sioners to Diroct the Polico Departrnonl? How Charleston Roceivod tho Nows. Charleston is under tho metropoli tan police. Governor Evans bus ap pointed a board of polico commission ers, and tho commissionors havo met and appointed J. Elmqro Martin chief of polico. No other changes bavo been made us yot. By an act of tho Legis lature passed in 1804, tho Govornor of tho State was empowered to placo any city undor metropolitan police whon over It was deomod necessary to tho onforccmont of tho dispensary law by a Stato board of commissioners, con sisting of himself, tho Secrotary of State and tho Comptroller General. Tho people of Charleston arc blttorly opposed to tho metropolitan system and thoy beliovo that Governor fcvans is prompted in his notion simply by tho determination to kcop a personal friond and follower in office. In De combor u nov municipal administra tion wont into office. When tho tlmo for appointing a chief of polico camo, Mayor Smyth appointed lngraham Ilasoll, who had been opposed to him politically, but a man in whom every ono had great confidence. J. Elmoro Martin, who had boon ohlof of police undor the previous administration, was a personal friend and follower of Gov. Evans and ono of tins very few Tillmun itcs in Charleston. His opponents claimed that ho had been a bitter par tisan and for that reason ho was un qualified to hold oflloo. Martin has made a good police ollleer outside of political considerations, and ho had strong friends in tho city. Two of tho aldermen soloctod with Mayor Smyth being sick wheu ho appointed ilasell, his opponents had a majority of ono in council and refused to confirm tho ap pointment. It was after this that Govornor Evans began to threaten that unless Martin was rcappointcd ho would put tho metropolitan bill In force. This ho did by appointing J. M. Bason, T. S. Wilbur and Edwuid Anderson as tho local board Of commissioners. This hoard met and organized, and their only action besides the transaction of routine business was to appoint J. Kl moro Martin, the man whom Governor Evans is accused of trying to keep in a job, marshal or chief of police, of tho city. Tho city council mot ami Mayor Smyth again unpointed Ilasell chief of polico. The appointment was at oneo confirmed, a Smyth alderman having recovered from his illness and 010 of tho opponents of tbo administration voting with the mayor. Mr. Jarnos M. Bason, the president of tho board, svus asked about tho situ ation. Ho said that Capt. Martin had been appointed chief, and further than this pothing had boon done at tho po lice Station, Tho other officers and members of tho force would remain as they wcro for tho present. Tbo board, ho said, had full power to romovo any or all mom hers of tbo force, but had not made any removals or appoint ment) us yet, exoept as stated in the appointment of a chief. Chief Martin had taken charge, and a communica tion to that c fleet had boon addressed to tho Mayor and city council by tho board. At tho meeting oi the city council, after Mr. Ilasell had boon ro-uppointud and confirmed, und olllcial notices had boeu road from tho board of polico commissioners and tho chief of polico, Mayor Smyth said that ho had soino correspondence that he would liko to lay before council, and requested the clerk to road tho following letters. Ho said ho would call particular attention to tho dutcs of the letters : Charleston, s c, Jan. 10, 1800. Hon. John Gary 13vans, Chairman Stato Hoard of Police Commissioners, Columbia, S. C. Sir : It camo to my knowledge yesteiday evening, through a telegram received by Gen. Edward McCrady from Mr. Thomas W. Ha cot, that it was in your contempla tion, or that of tho State board of po lico commissioners, to so fur insist upon tho appointment by tho Mayor of Charleston of Mr. J. Klmoro Martin as chief of polloe of that city that in tho ovontof his non-appointment tho law providing for a metropolitan polico would be put into etToct against the city of Charleston. 1 was, of course, naturally quito sur prised and concerned at the grave and extreme alternative which might bo brought upon this community so sud denly, and therefore requested Gen. McCrady to telegraph at onco to Mr. Hacot, asking tho latter to say that parties hero wore uow in conference, and suggesting that any action bo de layed until you could bo further com municated with upon tho subject. Fully Impressed with the gravity of the situation I was arranging to soo if I could, with your permission, have an intorviow with you aomo timo to-day or tomorrow on tho subject, but unfor tunately 1 am tins morning ill in bod at homo, with every apparent likeli hood of boing so for ono or two days if not longor. Undor theso circumstances I deem it best at onco to write and soo whothet yoursolf and the gentlemen of tho board of polico commissioners uro willing to accord to mo a conloronco, either as an individual, or as tho Mayor in his official capacity, so that we could freoly talk over what sooms to bo a threatening and certainly is a most unoxpectcd condition of affairs. H you and tho gentlemen of tho board desiro'this Intorviow, thon I shall ask a favor at your hands, name ly, that you will do mo tho courtesy to permit this intorviow to bo made at a somewhat doforred dato, ?0 bo arrang ed with you as soon as tho improve ment in my health will onablo mo to make an ongagoracnt with certainty. This, I hopo, will bo In tho courso of the next day or two. In thO meantime, of course, I.he situ ation here in Charleston would roraaln unchanged, or If there was any neces sity or purposo to chango It you will bo duly notified in udvanco. I can not but feol that an intorviow with you an 1 tho gentlomun composing tbo board of polico commissioners could not fall to bo productivo of good rosulta, or if not of that, at least of a dofloito and clear-cut understand ing of our re speotlvo positions, and I trust that you will find It In your power to accord tho - same to mo. Of course, howovor, if you and tho Jontlemen composing the board do not osiro any Intorviow, (which I scarcoly apprehend will be. the CUSO under the circumstances), v/e shall submit to that decision, although I should much reg rot it. Awaiting a prompt reply, I remain with very great respect your obedient, Aixjkr Smyth. Columbia, January 21, 1806. Hon. J. Auger Smyth, Mayor, Charleston, S. C.?Sir: Your commun ication addressed to mo, as chairman of the State board of polico commis sioners, has bad my attention. I beg loavo to state that tbo State board has had no meeting to consider this ques tion mentioned by you, and so far as insisting upon any action on your part as Mayor of Charleston,! fool that I can assure you that the board would not bo so presumptuous, whatever might be its feelings or desires. We have nothing whatever to do with tho Mayor's appointments, and if tho board seos fit in its wisdom to place into operation the metropolitan polico law, it will do so from a sense of duty as contompla^od by tho statuto, and not to protect tho otlloial head of any individual. 1 cortainly, as an Individual, havo no objection to a conforence with you, oithor as an individual or official, to froely discuss tho public wolfaro, but you must pardon mo for rofuslng to cull tho board togothor to hoar you upon, as you state, a threatening con dition of affairs, ovor which tbo board has no jurisdiction. I shall bo glad to confer with you as an individual, and 1 fool suro the other gontlomon composing the board WOUld likewise he. With groat respect, I am truly yours, John Gaky Evans. In connection with this oorrospon donco tho Mayor said that council and tho community woro awaro of his con tinued sickness, und that yesterday was tho first timo for ncurly two wooks that ho hud boon ublo to leave his homo or attond to any business. It hud boon his purpose, as indicated in his lettor to Covornor Evans, to havo gono to Columbia as ooon as pos siblo uud conferred with tho Governor und tho stale bourd of polico commis sioners in reference to this mat ter und tbo enforcomont of tho luws, und ho had folt confident that tho board would take no action at least until they hud uccorded him un oppor tunity of appearing before them. In this ho had been disappointed, us there hud boon no communication from tho bourd to him whutsoover. Governor Evans in his lettor praoti eally states that no such action would bo caused by the failure to nominate. Capt. J 101 moro Martin. On the other bund, it could not huvo boon caused by uny failure un tho part of the present administration to carry out tho law, us Capt. J. Elmoro Murtin had bcou in charge of tho police department ever since the election. Hcsidcs this, as soon as ho assumed control} tho Mayor hud given instructions to Capt. Martin that ull the laws should bo onforccd without fear or favor, und it was his purpose to executo impartially this und all other luws upon the statute books. Ho hud expected that his ud m In Istration would bo tested bofcro it wus condemned, und that judgment would not huvo been passed upon it and this community unheard. Ho placed tlto papers now before council und asked what disposition (?hey desired to make of them. Upon motion of Aldormnu Gudsdcn tbo entire mutter was referred to the Mayor, with tho understanding that council should bo culled togothor when he should desire to bring tho mutter iig-'ln before it. A LOSS TO TUB STATE. t\ Prominent Citizen of Nowberry Who Was an Inspiration lo Young Men. Col. Robert Li. MoCaughrin, of Now berry, died on tho 27th of January, of ({right's disea-o after a long and pain ? fill illness, lio was president of tho National Hank and of tho Nowberry cotton mills, from tho organization of il.ee, corporations. His health hud boon failing for a year, and ho hud not actively discharged uny of his public duties forsovorul months. Ho wus born in Columbia Sopt. 3, 1834, und was therefore just a little more than 01 years old. Ho attended tho schools of Columbia, hut when a more boy ontorcd tho world of business, und Elfter clerking for a timo in Columbia be went to Charleston, whoro ho was engaged In tho mercantile business. In thut city Mr. McCuughrin, at 14 yours of age, took employment in tho mercantile house of Caldwoll, Hlakoly i Sc Co. In 1851 ho was appointed book keeper in tho Hunk of Newborry, from I which position ho rose to thut of < 3asbier. In 1850 ho loft tho hank and ] engaged In mercantile businoss in Now- j berry, in tho firm of Carwilo Sc Mc paughrin. Early in the war hounllistod in tho 1 Ith regiment, 'S. C. V., and was solccted by Quartermaster C. El. Subor for his clerk. On tho transfer of Major Suber early in 1803, Mr. MoCaughrin. was luadc quartermaster of tho rogi mcnt. In 1801 his services woro de manded in tho treasury department of tho Confederate States. At tho opening of tbo campaign in 1805 ho rcsignod from tho treasury, and was appointed adjutant of tho 14th rogi ment, S. C. v., McGowan's brigade, and was on duty at tho surrender at Appomuttox. After tho wur ho engaged first in mercantile business at Nowberry. In 1871, on tho organization of tho Na tional Hank of Newborry, ho was elect ed president, which ollico ho hold to tho duy of his death. In 18811 ho was largely instrumental in establishing tho Newborry Cotton Mills, of which has been prosidont over stneo, being also troasuror for a numbor of yoars. Ho was for years boforo his death an oldor In tho J'resbytcrlan Church of Newborry. In his youth ho laid tho foundation, of his success In lifo. Ho wus not yet 21 yours of age when ho was clectod to tho position in tho State Hank in 1850, yet ho thon showed that ho was woll fitted and cupablo as a financier. Tho prosperity of tho National Hank of Newborry and tho Nowborry Cotton Mills is duo to him, und on nil sides whorovor wo look in his community cun be scon the inlluoncoof his power as a safo advisor in business affairs. Ho possessed a wonderful mind and an oxcollont heart, ayd ho used both for tho good of tho people of his town and tho county at lui-go, and no ono has ovor dono as much as ho to advanco their material prosperity. Ho was twice married, first to Miss Klrkpat rlck, who died In 1807, and then lator to Miss Laura Nunco, daughter of C ol. Dray ton Nanco. who died several yoars ago. Several children of oach union survivo him. __ ?The rabbit in Australia has deve loped from being a serious inconveni ence to a question of gravo importance. In Now South Wales alouo ovor 7,000, 000 aoros of land have boon abandoned because of the impossibility of keeping down i he. c rapidly Increasing pests. Thlt colony has spont ovor $5,000,000 in waging war against tho rabbits, and in ono yoar paid for 27,000,000 rab bit skins, r'ifteon thousand miles of wiro nottlng bavo boon ereoted, and thus far nothing olso has boon Invented that seems to do any good. Poison, wholesale slaughter and inoculation have all boen unable to kcheo the in crease. The importation of the domes tic oat, who, it is gratifying to learn, did good service, .proved another palla tive of tho evil. The Dispensary Report. ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE COMMISSIONER Over a Hundred Thousand Dollars Net Profits for Eleven Months? Better Facililios Wanted for the State Establishment. Stato Liquor Commissioner Mlxson's annual roport of the South Carolina State dispensary for the year ending December 31et, has just boon publish ed. It 'contains a full account of all the work dooo by the dispensary and shows that It has boon doiDg a good business. The roport is as follows : To His Excellency, Governor John Gary Evans, and Hon. O. H. Toinpkins and Hon. James Norton, State Board of Control. Gentlemen :?Horowith I have tho honor to present to your honorable body my ilrst annual report of the con dition and operations or tho Stato dis pensary. As the constitution recently adopted iixos January tho first as tho beginning of the fiscal year, this report must of necessity compriso only eleven months ?from tho lirst of last Febiuary, tho day I assumed obargo as State Com missioner, to and inclusive of Docoin bor tho .'list. Hy reference to my quarterly roport made to your honorablo body for tho quarter ending April 30th, you owill bo rcmindod that I called your atten tion to tho unsatisfactory system' of bookkeeping which I discovered had characterized tho former management of tho business, and for tho purpose of recapitulation 1 havo doomed it best to include in this roport tho introduc tory of my lirst quarterly roport. 1 also include in this report the four quarterly statomouts of tho assets und liahilitios and pi oil tu and losses which I havo from timo to time presented to your honorablo board, and also tho purchases and sales mado by me, and tho sales mado by the county dis pensors, and tho prorits accruing there from. On assuming ho duties of Commis sioner on February 1st, ex Commis sioner Traxlt-r turned over to mo a statemeut of the assets and liabilities of the Stato dispensary to January .'list, 1805. In that statement, which is included in this roport, ex-Commis sioner Traxler placed his not profits at $151,21)5.50, when, as a matter of fact, his net profits to December .'list is only $110,348.00-$40,040.71 less than Le claimed. Tho error was made by ex-^Commissioner Traxlor computing tho State's prolit on goods remaining unsold in tho hands of the county dis pensers at the oxpiration of his term of otlioe, and his failure to schedule all liabilities contracted by him and out standing against the dispensary on January 31st. Candor and a souse of fairness impo'> mo to stato that I do not believe tnis misleading and erron eous statement was intentional on tiio part of ex-Commissionor Traxlor, but was clearly the result of his systom of bookkeeping. Tho balance sheet whioh ho turned over to mo at the eloso of his term of ollioo contained tho following entry i under tho head of " Assots : " '' Stock i us per inventory, $02,216." In tho con nection in whioh tho word "stock" , was used, it was open to a false con struction, as tho average- roidcr was most likely to construe it as meaning a representation of that amount of whiskey, wine and malt goods in hand in tho State dispenpary. But from t .1 if section it was shown that only , 145,190.07, inclusive of the $2,071.23 of contraband goods in band at tho timo, represented the amount of liquors, ? wines and malt goods "as per invon- < tory." And this amount represented i the goods at a greater than not cost I price, as ho added Ufty cents per^gal- 1 Ion to tho original cost of all 'case i t*oods, to cover cost of preparing them i ior tho trade. My objections to this t method of taking stock woro tinally 1 withdrawn, for reasons which have < beon fully sot forth to your honorable i lioard, and whioh can be found in tho i introductory to my lirst quartorly i statement, which statement is mado i part of this roport. Tho remainder jf the $02,240.43 represented tho valuo >f tho bottles, corks, machinery and >ther nominal and fixed assets, as , diown by tho following : Wines, liquors and malt goods $45,100 07 I tot t Ich,barrels,demijohns,corks and other supplies. 14,UH! 7!) Machinery and office fixtures 2,680 !)7 liorsc and wagon. 60 00 $02,24? 48 The cash balance from Mr. Traxler's dtatomont called for $45,548.40 in State Treasury and in safe. Tho result of tho Legislative Committeo's examina tion showed that there was $105.22 less than claimed, which reduced tho balance to $45,443.58. His liabilities for whiskoy purchases were 934,280.02, and additional liabilities not scheduled by him, tho amount of $3.314.81. Deducting tho amount of his liabilities, as revised to date, from his not cash balance, would leave a cash surplus of $7,842,75 on February 1st. It is gratifying to mo to bo enabled to btate that tho operations of tho Dis pensary havo boen profitable for the period of my incumbency in otlice ; a not profit of $133,467.77 having accrued from tho sales of tiio past eleven months, whilst tiio unearned profit out standing, December 31st, Is $25,571.85, making a total earned und unearned prolit for cloven months of $150,030.02, on $003,055.03, total sales by me for tho corresponding period. I have saved to tho Stato on ray purchases of merchandise for tho past eleven months tho sum of $20,030.07 in dis counts. I would state, that there havo boen on an average 81 sub-Dispensaries in operation in tho Stato for tho past year. Tho sales from theso Dispen saries for tho past oloven months ag gregate $1,070,030.05, or a not prolit of $100,131,28 to tho towns and coun tios. Some of theso Dispensaries located in tho smaller towns ha?'o boen operated through tho dull season at a loss to the counties in which they are located, and I would rospootfully sug gest that your honorablo board tako suoh Bteps as are necessary td provont a recurrence of theso undosirablo re I suits during tho coming summor. I am impressed with tho necessity of an adoption by your honorablo board of stringont rules and regulations for tbo govoinmont of the sub-Dispensaries, and a rigid enforcement thereof. I would respectfully suggest that tho county Dispensers bo required to sign their monthly inventories under oath or affirmation, as well us all otho monthly and quarterly reports. I would respectfully cat! tho atton tion of your honorablo board to the fact that dlvors complaints have been mado by various Dispensers on account of my inability to All their orders in several lnstanoes. Your honorable board will, doubtless, remember that I foresaw this annoyance early Id the past spring, and to provide against this contingency, I suggooted the im mediate erootlon of a suitable building I on the line of the railroads, that an loorease in tbd working force might ' be made advantageously, and handling of goods greatly facilitated. And as a provision against tho impracticabili ty of the immediate adoption of tho above suggestion, I also suggested, as an altornativo, that your honorable board empower tho Commissioners to purobase in sufficient quantities to stow away a large stock through the dull summer months, to meet the heavy demands of tho fall and winter trade. But at the time Htigatlon was of suoh a naturo (and for othor causes, of which your honorable board is fully advisod), it was not deemed expedient to carry into execution either of my suggestions ; and, as a consequence, I was forced to moot the heavy demands made on mo as best I could. Stationed as I was in inadequate quarters, with a stock on hand far short of the de mands of the increasing trade, it was a physical impossibility to keep abreast of tho demands, although I had a full force at work night and day, and every foot of available lloor space was utiliz ed for storage purposos. That I may tido against a recurrence of those diffi culties next wintor, 1 would suggest that your honorable hoard tako some stops looking to tho construction of a largor building near the railroad line, and that tho Commissioner bo vostod with tho power to purchase supplies and merchandise in qualities sufficient to moot tho fall trade. It is absolutely necessary to provide iucroased facili ties to moot tho requirements of this growing trade, and if the suggestions thrown out by mo arc not adopted, it will ho impossiblo to measure up to tho expectations of tho public. Your attention also is. respectfully culled to tho boorsalo privilege grant ed certain parties, i urn unalterably of tho opinion that it is a fruitful sourco of illicit trufllc, and would respectfully recommend that your hon orable board withdraw all privileges thus grunted. On uccountof a ruilroad wreck, a shipment of tinfoil was de layed in transit more than two wooks, und for twe days I was forced to sond OUt case goods without tin' foil, or leave many of tho county Dispensaries with out stock in tho busiest season of the year. I would recommend to your hon orable board that you rccommond to tho General Assembly that tho b.)ok keep jr's salary bo raised. His duties uro very Intricate und exacting, and ho is required to do an immense amount of work. I would also suggest thut tho salaries of tho Commissioner, book keeper und clork of tho Stato board of Control bo paid on warrants issued by the Commissioner, us other liubilitios uro paid. Tho adoption of this sug gestion would obviutu the necessity of depending on the books of the Comp troller Gunoral und State Treasurer for these particular Items of oxponso. I also would recommend that the Commissioner be required to furnish the State Hoard of Control a quarterly statement of the assets und liabilities and profit und loss accounts of the Dis pensary, and that tho same bo furnish ed the press for publication along with tho Legislative Committee's report of its investigations, and that the Com missioner ulso be required to publish an annual report of tho transactions of tho Dispensary. Tbo " personal accounts" item of this reports represents $4,520.43, shortages lue by county Dispensers. Hurt of this ieflolt is in process of settlement, whilst tho othor part is now in the courts. $212..'10 of this amount is due by tbo p?nal and charitable institu tions of the Stuto und Clemson and Winthrop Colleges for alcohol, whis key, and wines. The Asyium owing t>he amount of $1811.50 for goods pur jhased by order of toe Board of lic rentS. $900 is owing by the suspended banks of Chester, and Snow it Co.. of Kingstrco. These suspensions trans sired before I assumed tho duties of Jommissioner. Tho remainder rep resents advuuecs made by mo to pay he government tux on whiskoys at ocal distilleries, In order to remove It from tho bonded warehouses, und uuounts due by distillers und whole sale liquor dealers for empty barrels ?oshipped thorn. These accounts,inn.st, )f necessity, uppeur in oach report is med from this otlico, us outgoing ship ments and incoming payments for sumo ire utmost dully occurrence*. There fore, It is not to bo assured that these " personul accounts" wholly represent t>ho contraction of worthless debts, or a ?vanton disregard of tho law in tho contraction of uny cluss of debts. Hut l um plainly within the pale of tho law in the opening of these particular ac counts, and i think the corroci,noss of my position will lodge itself in tho minds of your honorable board at first thought, when 1 state that these ac counts aro absolutely accessary to a proper and satifactory management of tho rapidly increasing business of this institution. All of which is respectfully sub mitted, P. M. MlXSON, Commissioner. Statement of sales, gross uud not profit of sub-Dispensaries for elevon months, ending December illst, 1805: sales by the County Dispensers for eleven months to Decem ber .'list (commuters' prices).$1,070,003 (V> ('oat to counties of above mer chandise. 876,580 20 Gross profit on above.$ 207,883 46 Total expenses for n months.. *. * ? ? ? *?? * 17 Total net profits for 11 months.! i%i;ii 28 Steel Roadways.?New Jersey has been one of tho active Statco in tho good roads Improvement, and yearly appropriates $100,000 from the Stuto funds for road improvement.. The amount is trivial, und tho applications for State uld for roads in various por tions of tho Stute cannot be mot for yeurs to come. Tho Stuto aid system is only tcntativo, but its popularity ap pears to bo growing, and Govornor Worts urges upon tho Legislature tho careful consideration of the question whaiher a largor appropriation should bo made for this purpose. Tho lload Commissioner, among other sugges tions on this subject, recommends a system of Stato stool roads for experi mental purposes. The cost of a good Macadam roadway 10 foot wide is about $7,000 per milo, while the cost of a single track stool road is only $2,000 per milo, and it is claimed for thu stool roadway that a horso can draw ovor It twenty times as much us upon u dirt road und live times as much as on a j Macadam.?l'hlladclphlu Ledger. ?Whon ex-Senator Hansom was ap pointed minister to Moxico, an old colored man In North Carolina who know him said : " And ho dey has p'intod Mars Matt a mlnlstor, has doy ? Well, I'se 'stonished at dat. Ob cose do gon'rnl am a good man, and I ain't got nothln' to say against htm, but still It boats mo to think ho'd turn preacher in his olo days. Hut he's a Kowerful talko'.*, Mars Matt Is, and I'll ot all do cotton - I raiso dls year dat he'll oonvort a wagon load of sinners ober time ho gits Into de pulpit." Johnson's Oriental Soap is far super ior to all other so-called medicinal soaps for cleansing the skin and beauti fying tho complex ion. Two large cakes, ,?5 cents. i f Tiiiman Prods Cleveland HE USES THE FAMOUS PITCHFORK. Cloveland a " Besotted Tyrant" and Car lisle tho " Judas from Kentucky "?Repeal of Ihe Shorman Law a " Damnable Plot." Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, made his first speech in the United States Senato on tho 2Uth ult. Ho took tho floor on the pending silvor bond bill, and*as it was known that ho would speak on that day, the galleries wore quiokly tilled and he was accorded the closest attention. He wont down the aisle from his soat in tho roar to one in the front row, iimnodiatoly in front of the presiding otlicor. Ho was provided with manuscript, but spoko extemporaneously at the beginning. Such a torrent of invective has sel dom been heard in the Senato as that in the speoch of Mr. Tillman. Vete ran members of the body character ized tho speech as ono of the most re markable in the history of the upper brunch of Congress. It abounded in statements of a sansational character, arraigning President Cleveland, Secre tary Carlisle and other men in high places. There was a directness of statoment and a dramtic manner of delivery which awed lloor and gallo rios. Tho gestures of the Senator wero used frequently in acting his words. At ono point he mado a profound sa lute and "tipped his hat to Sherman ' as tho financial victor of a quarter of a century. Tho gallorics wero moved alternately to applause and laughter. Pausing for a sip of water, amid roars of laughter, ho remarked, "I soldom wot my whistle while 1 speak: you can't ruua windmill on water." Tho next moment there was a hush through tho chamber as the Senator applied such names as "Judas" to a member of tho Cabinet, or character ized tho President in superlative bit terness. At times tho Senator's voice sunk to a whisper, as for instance wheu ho gave warning of the approach of a popular revolution and commun ism and the marching on Washington of a host with ritles in their hands. Again his voice resoucded through the chamber and tho outor corridors as ho called Senators and members "cowards" for not resorting to ini peaohment. Mr. Tillman took tho lloor at 2 o'clock. Tho gallorios tilled quickly and tho Senator was accorded close attention. Ho moved down from his rear soat to ono in tho front row imme diately in front of the presiding of ficor. Although provided with manu script, ho began extemporaneously. During Mr. Tillman's bitter criti cisms of the President, ho laid aside his notes and put Senators and gal leries in roars of laughter by tolling how, as Governor of South Carolina, ho hud como to inaugurate tho Presi dent and hud stood four hours out in the snow and sleet until ho was nearly frozen to death to do honor to this President. " And," concluded the SjnaWir, " I ask God to forgive me for doing it." Senator Tillman, in his introductory remarks, referred to tho so-called Sen atorial dignity which does not permit , applauso from the lloor or galleries. He was a farmer pure and simple, ho naid, accustomed to speaking in tho open air, upon the hustings, where men I wore free to applaud if they felt so I disposed. Iu the Senato it was con sidered undignilied to applaud, the ' galleries being reprimanded and tho Senators confronting tho orator with 1 " a Senatorial star which turned him I into stone." Senators got up like school hoys and read assays in a mo notonous tone to empty chairs. Where was the purpose of tho founders of tho country when they inado the Senato the greatest deliberative body in tho world ? It was nover inteuded that tho speeches of a Senator should bo buried 1 iu tho archives, which was now tiie case. " LIow much of this, Mr. President," exclaimed Mr. Tillman, "is duo to self complacency, to the feeling among you?I hardly feel prepared jot to say among us?that you are tho Sen ate? How much of thisso-called Sena torial dignity, of which wo hoar so much and see so much, is worthy of preservation V It hangs over this chamber like a wet blanket; it smoth ers down independent, action ; it, oblit erates the man and we are here tho puppets, the cogs in tho wheel of party, to do tho bidding of tho manipulators of the party machine." Those words, uttered with much energy, provoked tho lirst manifesta tion of applause in the galleries, which tho Sonator hardly soomod to notice. He returned to tho assertion that ho wasthooniy farmer, pure and simple, in tho Senato, although out of seventy million people, thirty-live million wero engaged in agricultural pursuits. As a farmer ho had broken tiio barrier and forced his way into the Senate and ho proposed to givo utterance to tlioir wrongs." " Before I got through," said ho, "you will realize tho fact that 1 speak plainly and bluntly and use tho langu- I ago of tho common people, for I am ' ouo of them, and I expect to tell you I how they foel and what thoy think and I what thoy want." , " Mr. President," tho Sonator began, "it is not saying too much and I feol warranted in charging that tho de rangement iu our finance:, and all this cry about sound money and maintain ing tho honor and credit of tho United Statos are all part and parcel of a dam n a I ile scheme of robbory, which had for its object, first, tho utter destruction of silver us a money metal: second, the increase of tho public debt, the issue of bonds payable in gold, and third, tho surrender to corpora tions of th<> power to issuo all paper monoy and givo them a monopoly of that function." Sonutor Tillman referred to tho Sherman silver law of IHiM), and in this conned ion said : "Tho silvor Llopublicans of tho West who had dosortod the silver Democrats of tho South and accoptcd the com promise offered by Sonator Sherman, may tako warning as to what faitli or trust they can put in the utterances or actions of the Sonutor from Ohio as to legislation in regard to our tinances. The timo for another Presidential election approaches. Thoy must un derstand that tho election of any man to tho Presidency who would veto a free coinago bill moans dofoat. It moans more; it moans continued disaster to our Industries and increased poverty to tho massos of our people." " Under tho Sherman law," he d n tlnucd, "there was a diminution <f the amount of free gold in a gradually decreasing scalo, hut not onough to cause any alarm. During tho entire year of 1801 and tho entire year of 1892. there was approximately as > much gold as thoro was during 1884 and 1885. WALL ST?BET DICTATED NOMINA | TIONS. "If the beeret history of tho year INK:!-ha I ever be written it will dis close the fact, whiob caunot bo proven now, but of which I havo not tho slightest doubt, that the gold ring Ol New York, which ombruces nearly all tho bankers in the custom and middle' States and the stock gamblers of Wall j street, controlled tho Presidential 1 nominations of both the U.uiociatic I and Republican parties arfd had an J understanding with tho managers or with both the candidates themselves in regard to what policy should bo pursued towards our finuuecs. Thoy contributed money for the booming of Mr. Cleveland, as the only available Democratic candidate and thoy abused and ridiculed ovory other Democratic aspirabt. " Thoro was plain ovidonco to show that tho President himsolf had weaken ed on tho question of tariIT reform, and tho linancial plank was cunningly d rafted so us to satify both gold and silver men, with the intention that it should bo interpreted, if Cleveland wub elected, as meaning tho cessation of silver coinage and the forcing ol a a gold standard upon the people. Whothor tho scheme was agreed to by tho President in person or not, and whothor he hound himself in plain terms or not will, perhaps, never bo known. His course has boon unswerv ing in the absolute contradiction of his public professions und letter of ac ceptance." There had boon no trouble with the gold reserve, tho Senator asserted, aud no hint of any loss of confidence in the national credit until about the time of tho lust Presidential eleotion. Then for tho lirst timo wo got u glimpse of tho conspiracy which he hud referred to before. OKICIN OP THE COM) SCARE. Secretary K?ster gave tho holders of greenbacks and treasury notes the option of having government paper cashed in gold or silver und as they all demanded gold, the gold in the treasury rapidly ran down. I he finan cial papers took up tho cry ol the country goiug to a silver basis, und the lirst premonitory breezes of the panic of 1893 swept over tho land and tho conspirators fomented it by every possible means. The Seuator quoted from President Cleveland's response to the committee that notified him of his nomination tho last timo and declared there was nothing in it to warrant one to expect that tho lcador of the Democratic party would ignore the platform and treat with contempt the trusted lieu tenants whom the people bad sent to the national capital to assist in shap ing legislation. Tho language would lead us to expect tho very reverse. How many, he asked, of these reason able, expectations have been met? "Whose advice has be (the Presi dent) recognized V None but that of the boot-lick.-- and sycophants, who have crawled on their knees for the crumbs of patronage and betrayed their constituents for tho offices in his gift. fn the entire history of this country tho high oftice of President has never been so prostituted, aud never has the appointing power been j so abused. Claiming to be the apostle of civil service reform, he has de bauched the civil service by making appointments only of those whoso sponsors would surrender their man- ' hood, and with bated breath walk with submissive head in Iiis presence. CLEVELAND A "tlESOTTED TYRANT." "With relentless purpose he 1ms 1 Ignored his oath of otllco, to uphold end obey the law, and has paid out Hold instead of coin, and issued bonds ? to buy more gold, by both actions overriding the law, and giving no ' heeJ. to the interests of any but money- ' ed friends?I might say his own part- 1 ners. 1 " While to this besotted tyrant coin I has come to mean gold nlone, he can not by his mere 'ipso dlxit change the lav. of this land and pervert the plain meaning of the English language. . "The repeal of the Sherman law, it was asserted, which was the first point of attack, of this 'unholy alliance," was only accomplished through the aid und in conjunction with u majority of the Republican Senators. '"This 'Democratic' President ac complished what was not possible for any Republican executive under tho circumstances to have brought ubout A chungu of the party in power hud left u largo number of ollices in his gift with which to buy votes." In discussing the " honest meaning " of purity of gold and silver in the Sherman law. ho suid : "The object was to have them assi.-t euch other, to hold silver Up by hold ing gold clown, und an honest secre tary of tho treasury who should huvo resigned his olllco rather than submit to the dlctution of a besotted chief, would huvo paid out silver to protect tho treasury from tho gold gamblers and bond gamnlcrs us the law and bis oath of olllco required. No wonder the Senator from Massachusetts feels warranted in twitting us with the decay of Southern statesmanship aud charging us with dishonesty. He charges, however, in another connec tion and us aiding und abetting this Judas from Kentucky, who, after a brilliant career of twenty years arid more, us louder und champion of the silver forces, has in his old ago come to this pitiful puss. "And then to think that the indict ment thus brought against a winde section should have so much color of truth and of fuct to back It up in the apostuoy from their principles of the two other secretaries from the South in tho cabinet of a Prostdont who basso disgraced the name of Democracy. "Tho South bows its head in shame at this exhibition of moral cowardice and despises tho renegades." SIREN SONc: OP TARIPP REFORM. The Senator contended that if thoro has been one idea more persistently and prominontly presented to the American people by President Cleve land than any other, it hud been the iniquities of the tariff und the demund I for its revision. In seuson an lout of souson with " damnable iteration " he had sung his siren song in the curs of tho far me i. . In this connection the Senator quoted from messages of the Prosidont of 1887 and 1888, and said he did it for "the purpose of pointing out tho evolution of a tyrunt und showing the t i aie-it ion from u conscientious, luw-nbidlng chief magistrate to an arrogant und obstinate ruler who Ignores tho law und issues the bonds at will, and issues them under u statute that la 'subject to the suspicion' that It. was intended to ho 'temporary and limited in its application instead of conferring a dlscrotionary authority.' Ho not only issues thum but docs It secretly, with his law partner as a witness to tho contract, and has created tho suspicion in the miuds of millions of his eountrymon that a President of tho looted States can uso his high \ olllco for privato gain. % "Ho dilTors with tho Republican iparty only In tho ono particular of tho UarlfT, and on that he has blown hot ii id oold, and will go down in history as tho most gigantic, failuro of any man who over occupied tho Whito Houso, all because of hid vanity end obstinacy." To make good "this ehargo," Mr Tillman argued that when President Cloveland cuino to power in March, 1893, and could havo cailed the Senate and Bouse (both Democratic for tho lirst time since the war), to carry out his policy, ho did not call an extra session to give tarilT reform to tho peo ple, but instead called Congress togeth er to stop the coinage of silver. SHERMAN LAW REPEAL. Discussing tho repeal 01 itig clauso of tho Sborman law which followed, he said: "Democrats aud Republicans vied with euch other in tho furtherance of tho policy which had been formulated and steadily pursued by tho Senator from Ohio. Wlun tho Senato mot there was an acknowledged majority of men open and outspoken in their determination to stand by the white metal, and who wero oleeted on that issue. But the process of debauchery begau, and slowly tho Senate yielded. In niuety days the deed was done, aud tiie ebains wero riveted on tho wrists of the toiling millions. Did the raid on tho treasury stop?" Discussing then the tarilT bill which passed in the regular session following, be said : "It is true lie (the President) did not sign it aud allowod it to become a law without approval. But here again we havo a spectacle of charlantry and hypocritical assumption of superiority to his partj which has always marked his career. Tho tar ill law which hv> repudiated as unworthy, involving ?party pcrfidj auJ party dishonor,' is the sheet anchor Lo whioh heelings."' And again referring to tho Presi dent, " it iie was honest at the stui ;. (and 1 am willing to grant that much) his association with Wail street and his connection with wealthy men had debauched his conscience and destroy ed all sympathy with tho masses." WHY IS CLEVELAND Not IMPEACHED V "The responsibility of providing revenue ant! looking alter thesolvoncy of tho treasury which rests with Con gress, has been usurped by the Presi dent. Why is he not impeached? " The encroachments of the Federal judiciary, and the supineuess and venality?corruption 1 may say?of tho representative branches of the government are causes of deep con cern to all thinking and patriotic men. We are fast drifting into government by injunction in the interest of mono polies and corporations, and tho fc>u premc Court, by ono corrupt vote, an nuls an act of Congress looking to the taxation of the rich. 'The struggle from ISCil to 18(15 which drenched this fair land in blood was to emanieipate four million black slaves. We are fast approaching a condition which will place the collar of industrial bondage around the necks of ten times that many white slaves. A day of reckon ing will, come unless there is no longer a just Ciotl in heaven, and when it does UOtno, woe be unto those who have been among the oppressors of the people, The present Struggle is unfortunately boo like that which preceded the late ?ivil war, inasmuch as it is sectiona'. i'oe creditor ami the manufacturing States of tho North and Fast, those which have grown inordinately wealthy it the expense of the producing classes )f the South and West, are urging this policy with the besotted blinilne?s of uolsha/.zar." It was easy to see, the Senator saiil In conclusion, that the struggle for the lew emancipation hail begun. There wore millions now on the march and fcboy tramp, tramp, tramp : tramp the iidowalks hunting work and the hhrh ivays begging bread, and unless relief ;oines they will some day take a notion jo come to Washington with rillcs in ihoir hand to regain the liberties stolen from them or which their re presentatives have sold. OH ItlSTIAN KNDBA.VOK. \ Circular Letter Regarding (lie State Convention of this Society. Mr. F. F. Whildon, of tho Charles ton Society of Christian Fndenvor, lias issued the following circular letter in regard to the State Convention to l)o held in March : "The South Carolina Stato Conven Lion of Christian Fndeavorors will be held, this year from the 10th to tho 12th of March at the Congregational Circular) Church, in Charleston. A large and enthusiastic attendance is uxpected and desired. Keep a good lookout ahead for special attractions and reduced railroad rates. Choose full delegations early. Fntertainment will be provided for delegates to tho Con volition. " Tho lirst Christian Endeavor Society, designed to train young peo ple in Christian activities, wnsorgoniz cd less than twelve years ago, in the Will is ton Church, Portland, Maine, by its zealous young pastor, llov. F. E. Clark, lie is now known tho world over as 'Father Bndoavor Clark.' The growth of the movement has been unequalled The Christian Endeavor Societies of the world now number 42,174, including 9, HO junior societies, with a total membership of 2,531,440. As compared with reports of last year tho gain in the total membership is over 600,000. Organizations exist in every English-speaking and in nearly every foreign country throughout the world, ami t hey embrace societies for young people, mother, parents and sailors, bosldcs junior, intermediate ami senior societies. "The formation of a world's ChrU* tlan ICndeavor Union, thisyoar, aims at closer fellowship of Christian En doavoroi'S everywhere, and its two classes of membership, general and certificate, embrace past and present Christian Endeavoreis, and young or old members of any evangelical church #1:0 desire to he enrolled. Triennial convent urns ..ill ho held in commotion with the annual national conventions, the lirst being in ISOO, in Washington, D. C."_^ _ ?Twenty-five years ago one of five hoys, while wandering a long the banks of the Elizabeth Kiver, in Elizabeth, N. .1., found an old stocking tied at each end and full of something. Ilo threw it down and all the boys in turn picked it up anil played with it until it broko and some rags and ribbons and $755 in money rolled out. The money they finally turned over to tho Chief Of Police that he might find an owner for it. No owner, however, over ap peared, and then a dispute arose among the boys as to which of them had a right to tho money. The matter was carried to court and finally got into cha"cery. Last week Vico-Chancellor Emory banded down a final decision ordering that the money, which had increased to about $1,200, be equally divided among all live claimants. English Spavin Liniment romovos all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from horses, Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Swoonoy, ".King-Bono, Stlflos, Sprains, ail Swollen Throats, Coughs, oto. Savo $50 by ibm of ono bottlo. Warranted tho mosKwondor ful Blemish Cure evor knowyi. THE POCKET PIC NIC. Tho Concealed Weapons Bill is Finally Killvu by ?tue Houso. In tbo Houso of Itopresontatlves, a largo portion of tho day was takon up in discussing tho conooulod weapons hill, which was dually killed, after tho Houso had oneo rofused to kill it. Mr. Mario's coneoalcd weapon bill wus taken up again, Mr. Ilderton's amendment to add tho following proviso being tho ponding question : "Provided, further, The county supervisors aro hereby authorised to grant a lioonso to individuals who are known by him to bo poacoable and sober men. Said license shall bo granted for th i sum of thirty (30) cents. Any person so licensed who shall upon any demonstration, what ever attempt to or do uso any* of tho within named weapons shall forfeit said license unless said porsons aro defondiug their lives. Such fines shull go to tho general county school funds." Tho hill us the House had loft It the day beforo read as follows, tho portion roforring to informers having been stricken out: "Section 1. That section 2472 of the gcnoral statutes of this State, appear ing as section 120 of the revision of lbl>;{( volume II, be, and tho samo Is hereby, amended so as to road as fol lows : Any person carrying a pistol, dirk, dagger, slungshot, metal knuck les, razor, or other deadly weapon usually used for tho inlliction of per sonal injury, concealed about his per son shall )c guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof beforo a court of competent jurisdiction shall be sentenced to the county chain gang or the State penitentiary at hard labor for a period of not loss than six months nor more than two years, or pay a fino of not less thut $100. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall ho con strued to apply to peace officers while in the actual discharge of their duties as such Officers, or to persons carrying coneoalcd weapons whilo upon their own premises." Mr. llderton spoke In favor of his amendment. He said this law was to give tho gooii peaceable people of tho state a way to protect thotuselvon e id their families. Tho dispensary law had never been enforced with tho con stabulary. In his section unarmed gentlemen woro in danger all tho time. Mr. Cooper moved to recommit tho bill, but that wus voted down. Mr. Ilderton's amendment was then killod. Mr. Fred Williams made a massive shot for the sido pocket of the bill, when he offered an amendment to pre vent a man from carrying a weapon "in any pocket attached to his cloth ing." When tliis was presented there was general laughter. A pockot kodak would have gotten In good work just then. Mr. Williams went on to explain thut the object of this was to make persons who carried weapons carry them in a belt about their wa'sts, so everyone would know they were armed. Mr. Hatten wanted to know if any thing could be a pocket, if it was not "attached to his clothing"?if it wouldn't be a bag? (Loud laughter.) Mr. Williams said there were many ways of carrying pistols. The amendment was killed. Mr. Bacot wanted to insert in the clause relating to the penalty for carry ing concealed weapons the words : "and sha 1 also b disfranchised." Ho wanted to make the law ellective. This was a home thrust and caused quite a flutter. An effort to kill the amend ment wus uiado but failed. Mr. Cooper suid thut this was a dan gerous amendment : it would open the door for the prosecution of innocent parties. There were circumstances which might cause tho conviction of' an innocent man and nothing could then save his vote. Mr. Bacot said if they were going to stop this great and rapidly increasing evil this was the only way he saw to got at it. Mr. Ashley was opposed to any con cealed weapon law at all. They all knew that nearly every member of tho Houso even carried concealed weapons-. Mr. Hacot and Mr. Harper denied that thoy ever carried concoulcd weapons, the one since '70 and tho other since tho war. The roll cull wus then demand on tho adoption of the amendment, the House refusing to adopt it by the following vote : Yeas?Adams, Ashley, Hacot, Bark loy, Blackwell, Burns, Carothers, Crum, Davis W. C ; Deveruux, Doth age, Duncun, Ladens, Elder, Gadsdcn, Goodwin, Hammott, Harper, lliott, Hollis, Hough, Humphrey, llderton, Johnson, Kennedy, Lofton, Magill, Manning, Mehrtons, Mullard, Mo Keown, Nunnery, l'attoa, l'ickcns, l'yatt, Saundors, .lohn G.: Sturkie, Warr, Weston, Whitmire, Williams, Kred; Wilson. Wolf?Total 41. Nays?Bowman, Breazeale, Broeland, Bramlett, Brown, Hunch, Carroll, Caughman, Connor, L. S.; Cooper, Edwards, Einklca. l?loyd, Fowler, Gar ns, Gary, Gaston, Haselden, Johnson, Lancaster, Leverett, Love, Mellott, Mishoo, Mitchell, j. W.J Moore, Mc Intosh. McSweonoy, Otts, Phillips, Pollock, I'rice, I'rince, ? Hainsford, Hast, Skinner, Tatum, Thomas, Thomp son, Town8ond,|Thurraon?. Watson, j. Helton, Welch, Williams, T. S.; Wil liams, L. j.; wInkier, Wyoho, wyman ?Total 50. The roll call was then demanded on too adoption of the bill, the vote re sulting as follows, the b'll being killed: Yeas?Howe- o, Breuzcalo, Bl'ov i, Carothers. Caughman,Connor (L. s.j, Crum, Doth ago, Edwards, Rider, Good win, Bammelt, lliott, Hough, Humph rey, Johnston, Lancaster, Leverett, Lofton, Love, M?hr tons, Mitchell (T. I'.), Moore. Mclntosh, McSweonoy, Nunnery, Otts, Phillips, l'ickcns, I'rice, Hainsford, Sturkie, Tatum, Thompson, Towns??d^ War, Watson, Welch r7 ill iahis(L. j.) W HI lams (John G.) Williams (Prod), Wychc?4"|. Nays?Adams, Anderson, Ashley-, Hacot, Hlacksvell, Hreeland, Bramlett, Bunch, Carroll, Cooper, Davis (W. C), Duncan, Kadens, Kinklca, Kloyd.Kow le'r, Garrls, Gary, Gas ton, Harper, Haselden, Hollis, llderton, Johnson, Kennedy, Magill, Mcllctt, Mishoo, Mitcholl (J. W.), McKcown, Hatten, Hollock, I'rince, I'.vatt, Hast, Sandors (A. K.), Saundors (John G.), Skinner, Thurmond, Weston, Williams (T. S.), Wilson, Wyman?II. ?Mrs. Dlrumiok, who Is to wed General Harrison, married Walter Dimmick, a brilliant young lawyer, fifteen years ago. Ho died while thoy woro on their wedding touf. Kor eight years she woro mourning for him. ? Whilo doing a slight-of-hand trick, Albort C. Walters, a Klndlay, ()., college students, swallowed asilvor dollar which lodged below tho wind pipo. It required tho sorvlco of two physicians to removo It. Whon tho children need Castor Oil, give thom LaxoL?it is palatable.