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NSALSEDI . EWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNt ,19.PIE8.0AYA RICHMOND'S GREAT DAY. The Whole South Honor'R the Memory of Lee-The Unveiling of the Statue of the Confederate Chieftain. RICHMOND, VA., May 2s.-The city is crowded and everything seems to be in readiness for the great event of to morrow, the unveiling of the Lee statue. The principle streets on the line of march, the side streets and private residences are gaily decorated with Union, Confederate and State flags, bunting, banners and shields, while here and there, residences and business places in various parts of the city are adorned. The street cars and vehicles, have, also, caught the decoration fever. Detachments of military and vete rans camps are constantly arriving all of whom are met by details and es corted to their places of rendezvous. The patriotic airs of the bands of mu sic and the steady tramp of soldiers through the streets create considerable enthusiasm. The majority of the pri vate residences are entertaining invited guests while the hotels and boarding houses have all they can do. The crowd will be largely augmented in numbers by all the early morning trains. It is estimated that at least 50,000 visitors will be here by noon to morrow. General Longstreet arrived to-day with the Washington Artillery and was given a most cordial welcome by the Howitzers, who met their guests at the station. Many stirring and affecting incidents have happened during the day between old veterans, and there have been many hegging matches. Two were observed to go through this perform ance on a principal street. Both had been in the army as boys and they had not met for a quarter of a century. One is now a minister of the gospel, the other engaged in mercantile pur suits. The following is a complete list of the veteran organizations who will be in the line of the parade to-mgrrow: Fourth Cavalry, Wickham's Brigade, Pegram's Battalion Association, Com pany G, 3d Battalion, L. D. T.; Sturt evant's Battery, Mexican Veterans, Grand Commandery of Virginia, R. E. Lee Camp Confederate Veterans, Geo. E. Pickett Camp Confederate Vete rans, Otey's Battery, Parker's Battery, Wise's Brigade, Tenth Virginia Cav alry, Army of Northern Virginia Be nevolent Association Louisiana Divi sion, Rowan County (N. C.) Veterans' Regiment, Clinton Hatcher Camp Con federate Veterans, Pickett-Buchanan Camp Confederate Veterans, Stonewall Camp Confederate Veterans, Maury Camp Confederate Veterans, Lee Camp Confederate Veterans. Members of the army and navy of the Confederate States from Maryland, Confederate Veterans Camp of New York, Camp Garnett Confederate Veterans, Win chester Camp Confederate Veterans, Louisa County (Va.) Confederate Vet erans, Frederick County (Md.) Camp, .Thirtieth Virginia Infantry (with their old flag), Washington (D. C.) Confed erate Veterans, Randolph's 31st Vir giniaInfantry, ex-Confederates!Pearsonl County (N. C.) Veteran Association, Cabell Graves' Camp Confederate Vet erans, Ninth virginia Cavalry mounted, Henderson (N. C.) Confederate Vet erans, Shepherdstown Camp Confed erate Veterans, Stewart Harriston Camp Confederate Veterans. Members of the Legislature who may be in the city will hold an informal meeting at the State capitol to morrow and arrange to participate in the un veiling ceremonies. AN IMMENsE AssEMBL.AGE. Splendid Decoratlons-The Great Parade South Carollas Accorded the Place of Honor. RICHMOND, May 29.-A remarkable spectacia of enthusiasm was presentedl in this city to-day. On every hand were flags and decorations, and im mense crowds anxious to view the great parade and unveiling of the Lee statue. Stars and stripes were min gled amicably everywhere with stars and bars. Everyone was in holiday attire, and bright uniforms lent color and brilliancy to the scene. Hotels and lodging houses of every descrip tion were packed with visItors. Re viewing stands wvere gay with decora ttons of bunting and greens. To-day's trains brought in guests by thousands, and the ceremonies were witnessed by perhaps the largest as semblage ever gathered in the South. All business was suspended for the day. By 9 o'clock this morning the various - organizations began to prepare for the parade. The New York delegation arrived this morning on a special train and marched to Broad street, accompanied by a band of musie. They madt(e a splendid appearance and were heartily cheered along the route. A bout twenty commands arrived to-day. An incident of the (day created a good deal of feeling amoug somec of the non-Confederate elemnt. A young man elimbed to the top of the Wash ington monument and plaed a Con federate flag in the hands of the stat ute, which was widely cheered by the crowd. It wvas looked upon by all as a very thoughtless act, and several pro tested, but the tiag was ellowed to rc manin. A significant indlication of the gener al feeling here is manifested by the display of a large sign in front of the Stata newspaper otme. bearing the wvords, "Robert E. Lee, Amnerica's Great st Man." The sentiment of love and1 veneration for Lee is so strong here that the niemory of nVashington is for the time entirely supplanted. The re-union of so many Southern veterans has aroused a strond feeling, whicn, however, is chiefly displayed in a profusion of Confederate flags and praise of Confederate soldiers. Several of the commands, however, carried the stars and stripes in procession. All private hoises along the line of march are splendidly decorated. The old Lee mansion has a bust of Gen. Lee displayed in a conspicuous position on the front porch, surmounted with a wreath of laurel and placed in a bed of flowers and evergreens. The great procession began its march at 12:30. At the head of the procession rode ex-Governor Lee on an iron-gray horse. In the first carriage were Gov ernor MeKinney, Col. Archer Ander son, the orator of the day; Gen. Jubal A. Early and Gen. Joseph E. John ston. In other carriages were Capt. R. E. Lee, Gen. W. H. F. Lee, Curtis Lee, Miss Mary Lee, Governor Fleming, of West Virginia, Senator Reagan, of Texas, ex-postmaster-general, of the Confederacy, and Hon. H. H. Walker, of Morristown, N. J. As the leading carriage passed down Broad street it was greeted witti wild demonstrations by the enormous crowd. Fair hands flung roses from windows, banners were torn from the fronts and tossed high into the air, and as the band struck up the familiar air of "Dixie," gray heads bowed low, and tears coursed down furrowed cheeks. As the veteran cavalry passed, the volunteer troops-infantry, artillery and cavalry-fell into line behind thenm, followed by the Farmers' Alli ance. The state troops were arranged in the order of secession of the South ern states, South Carolina being in the lead and Virginia bringing up the rear. Each of the state contingents carried a distinctive banner. It was nearly 12:30 when theToces sion started. It was headed by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, chief marshal. The as sistant marshals were Gens. John L. Cooke, chief of staff; A. P. Colquitt, P. 31. B. Young, Robert Ransom, Jr., Joseph L. Anderson, Cadmus M. Wil cox, James A. Walker, Robert F. Hoke, L. L. Lomax, W. B. Tallifferro, William R. Cox, Thomas L. Rosser, William H. Bate, Eppa Hunton, Wil liam P. Payne, James H. Lane, Wil liam McCoombs, G. 31. Sorrell, J. M1. Logan, E. M. Law, C. A. Battle, M. C. Butler, W. P. Roberts, Joseph Wheel er, Colonels William A. Morgan, Wil liam P. Palmer, Hilary P. Jones, Thos. H. Carter, N. H. Dulanrl, F. M. Per kin, H. K. Douglass, H. T. Douglass, William E. Cutshaw, Thomas Smith; Majors W. J. Johnston, J. Van Holt Nash, N. V. Randolph, Percy Hawes, R. Taylor Scott; Captains E. J. Levy, John Cushers, Charles M. Williams, Thos. Pinckney, A. W. Gorber; Doc tors S. A. Goodwin, J. S. D). Cullen', J. B. McCaw, George Russ, C. WV. P. Brock; Privates John,Gill, WV. J. Bin ford, Phil Sutton, Thos. Walker, Jos Parkinson, N. F. Vaughan, H .Clay Chamblin, John Giilliam, J. Libscomb. The military from South Carolina in line were as follows: Gen. T. 31. Huguenin ini command. Washington Light Infantry, Col. Gil christ: Gordon Light Infantry, Col. Jordan; Governor's Guard, Lieut. Cal yo, commanding; Edisto Rifles, Capt. Bull; Richland Volunteer Rifle compa nly, Capt. Neunbaumn; Palmetto Rifles, Capt. Hall; Cataw ba Rifles, Lieut. Reid commanding; Jenkins Rifles, Capt. MIoore; Volunteers, Capt.MicLain; Butler Guards, Capt. Hewitt. The parade occupied two hours in passing a given point. The display of infantry and cavalry was specially fine. The New York Southern Society and veterans marched in company in front headed by Beck's famous Philadelphia Band, and were greeted with wildest applause. Generals Longstreet, Early, Sewell and Johnson were also in line. It is estimated that 4,000) veterans were in line. The procession, augmented by late arrivals, wvas swelled to 10,000 men. The best of order prevailed throughout. The parade was concluded at 4 p. in., when the exercises of unveiling began. Of far more interest to the throng were the tattered and smnokc-begrimied war flags carried by the veterans. Wav ing handkerchiefs and ringing cheers from thousands of throats greeted themi as they passed. The students of the WXash ingtoni and Lee Unsversity carried a handsome banner bearing the combined coat-of arms of the families of Washington and Lee. Each student wore a univer sity cap of white and blue and carried a cane ot white and blue streamers. The faculty of the university, includ ing the president, (3. WV. C. Lee, and Hon. J. Randolph Tucker, rode among the invited guests. TIhe students of the Williami and 3Lary College carried a standard that was thbe ting of Virginia whlen she was a British colony. The surviving members of the cadet corps who took part in the battle of New MIarket carried the banner around which they rallied in that memorable fight. The pasg of the procession was a contonued ovation. Its progress was much impeded byv the crTowd, and it was nearly :2 o'c!oek when the mionu ment was reached. An enormous crowd was in wvaiting there. The large stand in frontof the monu menit had been reserved for distini guished guests, the orator of the day and women. When Governor eNIcK nev, Colonel Anderson and other distinguished places on the front of the stand the procession passed in review before them, the Veteran Infantry leading and the Veteran Cavalry and Volun teer Infantry bringing up the rear. The infantry organizations were massed as rapidly as possible in front of the grand stand, the mounted veterans on the left near the monument. The artillery took a position in line west of the in fantry and facing the statue. The vol unteer cavalry formed facing the grand stand. The arrangement of the mass of people occupied full half an hour. When something like quiet could be had rovernor McKinney, as president of the Lee Monument association arose and called the assemblage to order. After a brief invocation by Rev. Chas. Minnegerode of the Episcopal church, Gov. McKinney introduced Gen. Early as chairman of the meeting. He was greeted with prolonged. applause and cheering. Gen. Early announced in a few chosen words the orator of the oc casion, Col. Archer Anderson. "Fellow Citizens-A people carves its image in the monumentQ of its great men. Not Virginians only; not only those who dwell in the fa'r land stret ching from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, but all who bear the American name may proudly'consent that posteri ty shall judge them by the structure which we are here to dedicate and crown with a heroic figute. For, as the Latin poet said, that wherever the Ro man name and sway extended, there should be the sepulchre of Pompey, so to-day in every part of America, the character and fame of Robert Edward Lee are treasured as "a possession for all time." And if this be true of that great name, what shall be said of the circumstances which summoned us on this day of solemn commemoration? That at the end of the first quarter of s century after the close of a stupendous civil war, in which more than 1,000,000 men struggled for the mastery during four years of fierce and bloody conflict, we should see the Southern States in complete possession of their local self governments, the federal constitution unchanged, save as respects the great issues submitted to the arbitrament of war; and a defeated party, while in full and patriotic sympathy with all the present grandeur and imperial pro mise of a re-united country, still not held to renounce any glorious memory, but free to heap honors on their trusted leaders living or dead. - All this reveals a character in which the American people may well be con tent to be handed down to history. All this, and more, will be the testimony of the solid fabric we here complete. It will -recall the generous initiative and the unflagging zeal of those noble wo men of the South to whom, in a large measure, we owe this auspicious day. It will bear its lasting witness as the voluntary offering of the people, not the governments of the Southern States; and standing as a perpetual memorial of our great leader, it will stand not less as an enduring record. of what his fellow-citizens deemed most worthy to be honored. What kind of greatness then, it may be fitting in this spot to ask-what kind of great ness should men most honor in their fellow-man? Strong and natural as is the inclination of those given up to in tellectual life to exalt triumphs of im aginat ion and the reason, such is not the impulse of the great heart of the multitude. And the multitude is right. In a large and true sense, conduct is more than intellect, more than art or eloquence; to have aone great things is nobler than to have thought or ex p)ressed them. Thus, in every land, the most conspicuous monuments com memorate the great actors, not the great thinkers, of the world's history, and among these men of' acting, the great soldier has always secured the first place ini the affections of his coun t rymen. Millions of our countrymen, p)resent here, with us in their thoughts, and echoing back from city and plain and mountain top the deep and reverent voice of this vast multitude, will this day confirm our solemn declaration that the monument of George Wash ington has found its only fitting com plement and companion in a morm mient to Robert E. Lee. The orator then went into an elabo rate biographical review of the life and character of Gen. Lee, and after lead ing up to the period when it became necessary for Gen. Lee to make his choice of which side he should fight on in the coining conflict, Vol. Anderson said: No more painful struggle ever tore the heart of a patriot. He had served the whole country in a gallant army which commanded all his afl'ection. He, better than most men, knew the great resources of the North and West. He knew the Northerni men in their homes; he knew the bravery of the Northern soldiers who filled our regu lar regiments in Mexico. He was above the prejudice and taunts of the day which belittled Northern virtue and courage. He knew that with slight external difference there was substantial identity of the American race in all the States North and South. He was equally above the weak and passionate view of slavery as good in itself, into which the fanatical and un constitutional agitation of the A bolition party had dIriven many strong minds in the South. He regarded slavery as an evil which the South had inherited, and must he left to mitigate, and ,if possible, extirpate by wise and gradual measures. He, if any iman of that time, was capable of weighing with calmness the dluty of the hour. With him the only question then, as at every moment of his spotless life, pointed. Against the urg'nt solicita- t tions of General Scott, in defiance of J the temptings of ambition-for evi dence is complete that commhiand of the United States army was offered to him 1 -in manifest sacrifice of all his pecu- t niary interests, he determined that duty bade him side with his beloved Virginia. He laid down his commis- r sion, and solemnly declared his purpose never to draw his sword save in behalf of his native State. The orator then carried his audience through the battles of the late civil war in which General Lee's army partici pated, and after a brief reference to the remainder of Lee's life, passed in the discharge of his duties as president of e Washington college, the orator ended c his address as follows. c Let this monument, then, teach to f generations yet unborn these lessons of r his life. Let it stand not as a record of t civil strife, but as a perpetual protest r against whatever is low and sordid in c our private and public objects. Let it c stand as a memorial of personal honor that never brooked a stain; of knightly e valor and without a thought of self; of c far reaching military genius unsoiled by ambition; of heroic constancy, from t which no cloud of misfortune could a ever hide the path of duty. Let it t stand for reproof and censure if our people shall ever sink below the stan- s dards of their fathers. Let it stand for patriotic hope and cheer, if a day of 4 national gloom and disaster shall ever r dawn upon our country. Let it stand as the embodiment of a brave and vir tuous people's ideal leader. Let it stand as a great public act of thanks giving and praise for that it pleased Almighty God to bestow upon the Southern States a man so formed to i respect His attributes of power, majesty and goodness. General Anderson spoke with em- 4 phasis, and held the attention of the vast audience until the close. He was frequently interrupted by applause. A pause for a few moments, and then came the great feature of the occasion. i At the conclusion of his address a wave of applause swept over the crowd. When silence had been restored Gen. t Joseph E. Johnston arose from his seat behind the orator's stand, and leaving I the platform walked toward the monu- i ment. On either side walked veteran f Confederates from the Soldier's Home, Joseph Marion White and J. J. O'Neill. < His progress was greeted with contin-1 uous cheering. Reaching the foot of t the monument he took in his hand the end of the long rope which held the great white veil about the statue. A gentle pressure and the veil parted, and fall ing on either side disclosed the statue. As it came into view a shout went up from the assemblage in volume so great that it almost drowned the boom ofcannon. The scene that ensued is indescriba ble. Every man, woman and child participated in the cheering; hats, handkerchiefs, canes, Confederate and Unmon flags filled the air above the people. It was a sea of color and a sight never to be forgotten-a climax of all the enthusiastic scenes connected with the event. A page in history was made at the moment. Some of the veterans cried for joy. .Dignified matrons and stately belles acted as if mad. The sight of the statue seemed to rouse enthusiasm beside which even the excitement of the early days of the war was tame. After the enthusiasm had subsided to some extent the people crowded around the statue to inspect every point. The statue is pronounced re markably natural by old soldiers and Genm. Lee's former comipan ions. As the covering was removed from the statue a salute was fired, but the1 noise was hardly heard in the yell which arose..1 Several large stands which were erected, contained hundreds of ladies, arid nearly every Southern soldier of note. Governors Richardson of South Carolina, Gordon of Georgia, Fowler of North Carolina, Jackson of Maryland; Lieutenant-Governor Mauldin of South Carolina, and Generals Lee and Long street, were among the dignitaries on the speakers' stand with Governor McKinney. A fter the ceremonies a big barbecue was served to over 6,000 veterans at Sam Jones' tabernacle. To-night the city presents a gay ap pearance, with festivities of a hundred sorts. . The ball of the Virginia Institute ca dets, a brilliant society event, took place this evening at Belvidere hall. It was attended by over 500 people ini-( eluding many visiting ladies of Wash-C ington and Baltimore and visiting mi litia companies. Sanger's hall was alsoi engaged for a banquet at which over 2,000 participated. An elaborate display of fireworks was also given this evening at the mion ument site, many thousands witness ing it. Besides these there were several private social events. Many visitors will remain ovor night, but the festivities close to-night, andl the great event in Virginia's history was over at midnight. Critics declare the Lee monument equal if not superior to any equestrian work at Paris. It is forty feet high, forty-one feet across, and weighs eight tons, and is the result of four years'a careful study. The horse alone was a3 year's labor. The statue was cast inI eight sections, and was six months in 1 the foundry. The pedestal is twenty- I one feet high, making the total heightt sixty-one feet. It is of granite, almosti white as nmarble, four columns of pol- I ished blue granite are on either side. Th.e base is designed for the statues of hree selected at present are Stonewall fackson, J. E. B. Stuart, A. P. Hill. Gen. Lee sits erect upon his favored | var horse, Traveler. His cavalry loots touch the stirrups lightly, after he manner of Southern horsemen. -le has just come upon the field of xettysburg. His orders have been niscarried. Horse and rider seem to t eel the stab of an unloyal hand. e BRATTON IN THE RACE. t; ormal Announcenent or His Candidacy 1 for Governor. 'I I [Greenville Daily News.] r FA RrIrGos, May 25, 1890-Be kind | nough to allow me the use of your v olumns to reply to those of my fellow t itizens who have expressed a desirej or me to be a candidate for the Guber- s atorial nomination of our party. In c he expression of these wishes as they each me along with the high personal ompliment conveyed there is the ring f f a call to duty. e I accept both, and will give my best fforts to deserve the one and meet the 0 ther. This is perhaps enough. But that here may no misapprehension so far s I am concerned, permit a word as to he present status, as I see it. I trust and believe that we are all t till a unit as to a common sentiment tmd desire for the best interests of the state and its people, and the great con non purpose to guard and promote ;hem, and all agree that our Democratic >rganization is the only agency hrougli which this settlement can be ?ractically operated and this purpose ffected by us. Our differences of >pinion are confined to the ways and neans to be used by our party for their tecomplishment. When such differ !nces exist some of us are certainly in rror and possibly none of us are ab iolutely right. In this emergency, our Democratic tuthorities have arranged for the can 'ass of the State ; certainly not to fo nent a family quarrel or that partisan trife and personal scramble for office, vhich is alleged to prevail in conven ions of politicians, but for the fair and iquare submission of our differences reely and frankly stated to the people heniselves for final adjudication and tdjustment. If they can be submitted calmly and] lispassionately and the people bring to bear on their public business that prac .ical business discretion which they mxercise in their private affairs the lecision reached, while it must neces sarily overrule the views of same of us, will be worthy of a free people and comm'and the respect and cordial sup port of all. But should it be otherwise, and be come involved in partisan strife and allow passion and prejudice to take possession of our reason and judgment, the decision will still be the best that we as a people are for the time capable of and it must be sustained with un animity. Any clean cut division of us will surely result in graver consequen ces tban unanimity in even error for a season can bring upon us. Hedged about by unprecedented danger and difficulties, we must sink or swim together. We must stick to the ship, for it requires us all to even con trol her steering gear; and as long as we do that we retain the power, if we will exercise it, to rescue her from dangers to which we ourselves may inadvertently or recklessly subject ber. I shall attend as many of the meet ings appointed by our cornmittee as practicable, and direct my efforts to the discussion of the situation in its bear ings on our common interests, and in the hope that I may contribute to that national agitation which will help to throw the light of truth upon it and enable us to perform intelligently our duty as sovereign citizens. Yours re spectfully, JonN BRATTON. Miss Bisland and Miss Bly. 1 [Eliza Putnam Heaton's Letter.] Now that pretty Elizabeth Bisland: bas gone off again to Europe for a holi-< day, people are admiring her head fori business and contrasting it with the rocket-like career of the young womani who came in first on that round-the- i vorld scramble. Miss Bisland started ~or San rrancisco on the afternoon of he day on which the proposition was unade to her, but out of the few hours tt her disposal for preparation she found I ime to send for her lawyer and take I hat gentleman to Mr. Walker, at the f1ice of the Cosmopolitan, and have a :ontract drawn in regular form and igned, giving her a position at $3,000 a rear for two years, whether she lost the ace or won. With this in her pocket he packed her trunks with an easy nind, and now, her task accomplished, E oes off for a tour on the continent, ( >lanning to "return to London for a ~ ortnight occasionally to keep her work n hand." A nd her rival ? She brought ~ ome a monkey and cbarged it in her 2 xpense account. The World refused a o pay for it, she refused to interrupt t er lecture tour to testify in a suit gainst the World for libel, and now I thmere is Nellie Bly. t (Aiken Recorder.] | The death of Samuel Salter occurred Lt his homie near Trenton, S. C., on |8 sfonday night, after a brief illness, a {e died from the effects of the sting of| t >ees inflicted two weeks ago. His E torse had knocked over a gum, when |3 he bees covered him, and Mr. Salter, r n attempting to rescue the horse, wasli atally stung himself. The horse died |$ day :or two afterwards- Mr. Salter|0 vas seventy-t wo years old and a good a nan. [a THE COST OF GOVERNMENT. [r. Ellis G. Graydon Shows How Our State Government is Economically Ad ministered. [News and Courier.] The call for a convention issued by lie executive committee of the Farm rs Association has.a great deal to say bout the necessity for economy, re renchment and reform in the admin itration of our State government. 'he demand for economy and retrench ient presupposes the existence of cor uption, or at least mismanagement. LS the latter charge seems to have been Irtually abandoned, as that count in be "indictment" of the executive com littee of the Farmers' Association -ems to have been nol prossed, let us onsider the former. ABSOLUTE ECONOMY. Some weeks ago I wrote an article >r the News and Courier in which an ftort was made to show that this tate has, relatively to the other States f the-.Unien, an economical govern ,ent. Let us see, if it is not positively conomical, if it is possible to reduce axation so that the reduction will be alt appreciably. The school tax is fixed y the Constitution at not less than wo mills. The experience of fourteen 'ears has shown that in Abbeville ounty (which is taken for conve tience) an annual levy of at least three aills is required for ordinary county >urposes. In some counties a higher ate is necessary. Very few have a ower. The State levy for this year is five .nd one-fourth mills. About two and bree-fourths mills of this levy are re luired to pay the interest on the State lebt, requiring (in this county) a levy f about seven and three-fourths mills, nay be called fixed charges, in which to reduction is possible unless the >tate debt can be refunded at a lower ate of interest. All the other expenses f the State government are paid out of he remaining two and one-half mills evy and the phosphate royalty, and if ny reduction can be made it must be nade here. What are those expenses? LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT, .bout $60,000, about $38,000 for salaries, nd the balance for printing and other )urposes. We d' not suppose any vell-informed man thinks the salaries iere too high. Those who have been nembers of the Legislature know that t involves a sacrifice of money as well is of time. EXECUTIVE DEI'ARTMENT, bout $65,000 for salaries and the bal ince for other purposes. The bill which passed the House at the last ses ;ion proposed to reduce the Governor's alary $500, and the salaries of some of he State officers and their clerks $300 ac1. I have not the bill before me, _ut according to my recollection of it, t would have eff'ected a reduction in ~his department-of only $3,000 to $4,000. The most ardent economists did not ant to go farther. THE JUDICIAL DEPART3MENT, mnder existing law, requires about, 65,000 per annum. A bill passed the louse at the last session reducing the ialaries of Judges $.500 each, or $.5,500 n all. Many think this reduction yught to have been made. I confess I im not one of the number. Before the ~var twelve or thirteen Judges, with ggregate salaries of $36,000 or $39,000, tttended to the business of a litigation population of 275,000. Now eleven udges, with aggregate salaries of 99,000, attend to the business of a liti ~ating population of over a million. ['hey have nearly twice as much work , do and their expenses are heavier. ENAL AND CHARITABLE INSTITU TIONS. The next item is penal and charita 1e instItutions, including the Peni entiary, the Lunatic Asylum and the sylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, o0 which may be added for convenience he Catawba Indians. These require or this year an appropriation of $133, 25. The Penitentiary supports its own >fficers, and no reduction in the others s possible, so far as anyone has shown. The next is the health department. some contend that this department is iseless. That is a question of policy. ['he appropriation, $13,600, is certainly ot excessive. The next is the tax department. The ppropriation for this is $2.5,400, $22, oo for salaries of auditors, and $2,5300 or printing for auditors and treasurers. 'he salaries of the auditors are low nough, and the printing is absolutely, ecessary. COST OF HIIGJHER ED)UCATION. The next is the appropriation for' ducational institutions, including the ~outhi Carolina College $42,000, the itadel S20,400, Claflin College $1.000, he Winthrop Training Schtol $5,400, nd the Clemson College $43;000, total 115,800. Some persons are opposed to ny ap)propriations for higher educa ion. It may be taken to be the settled olicy of the State, however, that these istitutions shall be maintained. If bey are to be maintained it is hard to e how it can be done on less money, nless it be in the case of the Southb arolina College. The next appropriation is under the eneral head of miscellaneous. The ppropriations under this aggregate for is year $177,950 02. T wo items, the tate House and pensions, amount to 111,200. Then thaere are expenses of ilroad commission, $7,sSKo; expenses 2cident to elections, $20,200; claims, 1.5.000; transportation of conviets, $~>, E0; leaving a balance of $12,750 02, only bout $6,400) of which are permanents nropriationis. The State House ap Next we will take up public printing RPINTING. Comptroller general..............$ 200 00 Superintendent education..... 600 00 General assembly.............. 1S,000 00 State board of health............ 50000 Tax department.................... 2,500 00 Advertising election.............. 2,000 00 Deficiency printing............... 2,959 92 Books, blanks, gen'l election. 300 00 Registration certificates........ - 500 00 Note to American Bank Note company........................... 1,013 97 Total.................................$28,573 89 w$ After carefully reading over these items, does it not strike any man that a reduction can be made in the expen ses in other places than the State uni versity? What could the house of rep resentatives want with a contingent fund fund of $2,500? What could the senate want with a contingent fund of $1,300? And the goverdor of South Carolina with a contingent fund of $6, 000? These are small items, it is true, but an aggregation of small items make large items-more hereafter. SAMPSON POPE. Newberry, May 24, 1890. - A RICH SOUTH CAROLINA BABY. Little Francis Marion Whaley, of Edisto, and His Fortune. [New York Sun.] Two lawyers, three laymen and a referee, appointed by the Supreme Court, put their headsgravely together on Wednesday last in order to find out whether an allowance of $5,000 a year should be granted to a two-year-old baby for his proper support. The little chap is heir to at least $600,000, so that even if he should have $5,000 a year pocket money he would be able to lay up something out of his income. Oddly enough his father is a poor man, unable through business reverses, to look after the maintenance of the boy. This remarkable baby is Francis Marion Whaley, only son of Lawyer, William Whaley qnd Louisine Mc Cready Whaley. His grand father was Nathaniel L. McCready, who left a large fortunc to his daughter with power to use the income from it during her life, and to appoint any other - children as heir to it upon her death. By the exercise of this power she made Baby Francis her heir. Just how large the estate is cannot be told as yet, but is certainly not less than $600,000 and may be more. William Whaley, the father, is a lawyer. Mrs. Whaley's sister, Mrs. Marie Whaley Chisholm, has been appointed guardian of the person of Baby Francis, and the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company is guardian of the estate. Mrs Chisholm lives at Edisto Island, about thirty miles south of Charleston. Re- -<< cently she petitioned the Supreme Court here for an order allowing $.5,000 a year to be withdrawn from the in come of Franci's fortune for the proper - support of the child in his early infancy, and for $3,750 for his care since his - mother's death. The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company was somewhat surprised at the amount asked for, and the result was a friendly suit to deter mine just how much the baby requires. Lawyer William H. Willis of 117 Broadway was appointed referee to as certain the facts. Lawyer Edward Kaufman of 154 Nassau Street appeared for Mrs. Chis holm, and Mr. Austin of Turner, Mc Clure & Rolston for the Trust company. : Testimony was first taken to establish the wealth of the grandfather and the style in which the mother was accus tomed to live. Then the petitioner claimed that the sum named was needed because .Edisto Island is an unhealthy place to live in the summer, and it would therefore, be necessary to take baby to Saratoga in the season. It costs agood deal to live ina first rate hotel in Saratoga, even for a baby, and then the guardian would have to go along and a nurse, and there might be need of a doctor. All told, $.5,000 seemed to be the right figure. - Charles Holnmes, a former resident of South Carolina, and an Englishman named Adams, testified that Edisto Island was a place where no white man could live with safety between July and November, and that it would be especially dangerous for a Northern baby. Tiavel in their opinion would be imperative in the warm months. The trust company was not disposed to dispute the necessity for travel, but suggested that Asheville would be just as advantageous as Saratoga, and less expensive. The witnesses replied that board at Asheville is $5 a day with other things in proportion, quite equi valent to the expenses at Saratoga. The only added expenses would be for railway travel. Referee Willis wanted to know more particularly about the expenses of sum mering in either place, but the witnes ses could not tell him. It was therefore agreed that a commission should be sent to Edisto Island to take the testi mony of Mrs. Chisholmi in detail as to what she wants. The commission started last night, and as soon as it returns the hearings will be resumed. The matter will be pushed to an im mediate conclusion because it is nearly time now to get the baby away from the unhealthy island. & Nomination from the Old North State. [From the Tarboro Carolina Esnner. For President in '62, John G. Carlbsle >f KentLucky. DJo you like him ? A Womnan Knews Every Time. [From the Atchison Globe.] A man never becomes so wise that bie can tell which is worst in this world love without money or money without propriation will finish the work, unless the Legislature sees fit to complete the outside. The salaries and expenses of the railroad commission are paid by the railroads. It is plain that any reduc tion under this head is impracticable. CANNOT BE FOUND. Where then is the great leakage we have heard so much of? Notwithstanding all the talk about the necessity for economy and retrench rnent, where can it be effected, unless by a reduction of less than $10,000 in the salaries of the Judges and State officers, and about the same amount in the appropriation for the South Caro lina College? This would effect a saving of about $20,000, or one-seventh of a mill, about fourteen cents to a man paying -taxes on $1,000 worth of prop erty. If the appropriation for the militia, $14,000, be discontinued the reduction on the three items would be only about one-fourth of a mill, or twenty-five cents to a man paying taxes on $1,000 worth of property. LOWER TAXES NOT POSSIBLE. Is it true, then, that our people are burdened, oppressed, ground down to the earth with unnecessary taxation? Is it possible to make a reduction that will be sensibly felt, unless and until the State debt can be refunded at a lower rate of interest? . The State Government is on trial be fore the people of the State. The "indictment" is preferred against every. department of it. Having been a mem ber of the committee of ways and means in the last House, and knowifig how earnestly and faithfully it labored to bring every appropriation down to the lowest point consistent with efficiency in the administration of the Govern ment, I feel it to be my duty to the other members of the committee, as well as to myself. to plead not guilty to the charges pre'erred in the "indict ment." ELLIS G. GRAYDON. Abbeville, May 19, 1890. SOME FIGURES FROM M. S. POPE TO SHOW THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT ECONO ICALLY ADMINISTEBED. [Charleston World.] I have read the article of Mr. Gray don in yesterday's News and Courier, and I am sorry to see that my old friend cannot see that the appropria tions have not been extravagant, and that they cannot be reduced except in the case of the South Carolina Univer sity. When we remember that in 1880 the appropriations were only about $652,000, and when we compare this with the appropriations of 1889 which amounted to $1,040,278.02, we natural ly enquire, how is this? How is it that the government in 1889 is $388,278 more costly than it was in 1880? We must remember too, that the interest account in 1889 is $7,200 less than in 1880; that the lieutenant-governor's salary, $1,000 in 1880, is not paid in 1889; that the penitentiary is self-sup porting in 1889. Now, per contra, we must, to be fair, admit that the uni versity proper only received $2,500 in 1880 as against $42,000 in 1889, and for fear that I shall forget it, let your readers remember just here that the university gets several thousand dol lars in addition to this sum in 1889; it must be remembered that she gets the tuition fees, which amount possibly to $5,000-$47,000. No wonder that my friend says that this might be reduced; $47,000 of the people's money for the tuition and room rent of 213 students --pretty expensive tuition that. Why, the Citadel academy gives board, tui tion, etc., to her students and does it On an appropriation of $20,000. I think this appropriation unconstitutional, yet I must, in all fairness, admit that I believe that a better, more practical education is given at the Citadel than at the State university. Mr. Graydon makes a mistake when he puts down Clemson College as re ceiving $4:3,000 out of the money aris ing from the 5} mill tax; of this she gets .$18,000, and from the tag tax she gets $25,000. But for the phosphate royalty, which amounted, I believe, last year to $238,000, the tax would be over 7 mnstead of 5} mills. In 1880, without the royalty, the State tax was 5 mills, and this raised an amount of money sufficient to pay the expenses of government on a lower basis of tax able property than in 1889 with 63. mills, supplemented by a phosphate royalty of $234,0( ). And yet men say that the government is not an extrava gauat one. First, we will take the contingent funds appropriat.:d in 1889. CONTINGENT FUN.JS. Governor's contingent fund..$ .5,000 Governor'secivil contingent fund 1,000 See'y. of State's contingent fund 250 C:om~Pt roller general's contin gent fund................... 3 State treasurer's contingent fun d............................ 0 Superintendent education's con tingent fund.................... 200 Adjutant and inspector gener al's contingent fund........... 150 A ttorney general's contingent fund ....................----... 150 State librarian's contingent fund 125 State house keeper's contingent fun .............--------------- 100 Supremre court's contingent fund ............................. (650) Senate's contingent fund....... 1,300 House of representatives' con gent fund................... ,0 Rail road commissioner's contin gent fund.......................3->0