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'rilF AGiiRICULTURAi D,EiAiRTMENTi.
l.utler'" leply No. 'S to Tiilstuu'. N,. 't.
'To? the Ed.+litor of the News and ('-u
rier: I have just read Iapt. BIt. Till
imt's eharges against the departnient
of ag.riculture and aainst nii y lf, rntadle
in, his Greentviile speech. As he took
the trouble to write thei out for the
relporters, there is no p hssiblity of hi
saving hereafter that lie was uns
o(u>ted.
For the past four or five years i have
been compelled to mieet and expose his
charges, and have endeavored in all
that time to keep within the bounds o?
decency. Mv ellorts have been to treat
lhim courteously under strong provoca
tion to do otherwise. If I now depart
from that rule I trust the people of
S)uth Carolina will attribute it the just
indignation of a mian and a public ser
vant who feels himself persi-tently,
maliciously :tnd wilfully slai(ierci.
His first and second statemeints that
"the bureau has niade no hotst efiort
to protect the farmers against being
swindled by buying guaiio ioo"low the
guarantee,'' and that "it has not enh
forced its own regulations," are simply
false, as the reports of the departnient
will show. These are general state
ments that eaii only be answered ini a
similar manner. When a specific state
Iient is Made it will be anhswered as it
de:erves.
His third statenienit, that "'although
the law is known to be defective, and
the punishment inadequate, no at
tempt has been made by the board or
colmilissioner to have it aiiiended, ex
cept that the matter was mentioned inl
one of the department reports several
years ago,'' lie likewise knowis to be un
true, but being more specific can be
met in a more positive mauner. At m
request several bills were introduced im
the Legislature at different timtes. Two
of these may be cited: One by (o1. E.
R. McIver, at the Sesion of 185,
which passed the House and failed in
t he Senate, isee House .Journal. Session
1s-, pages 1:t, 15t;, :15 and :40, and
another at the Session of 1S 7, intro
duced by Senator Younans. but failed
in the Senate. I think. This latter bill
I have not had time to trace through
the Journals. These two are suthieen t
to disprove the charge that the corn
iissioner has not made an etlort to
have the laws ameuded where, in his
opinion, aniendments were required.
So many of Tillman's charges are
made in a rambling way that it is on ly
possible to answer them generally. and
this I will do as iearly as possible inl
the order in which t'.ey are made.
I have not contended that all naint
facturers uere honest. If that were
true, analyses might be unnessary.
Some have attempted to defraud, and
have been punished with all the penal
ties the departuent could impose. o
niuch for that.
INFOiCIN\( 'HlE ERTII.IZEIR Laws.
With an earnest desire to visit the
severest penalties contemplated by law
upon any manufacturer who attempted
to defraud the farmers, I requested
Attorney (eueral Miles to informi me
if an analysis of any brand of fertilizer
sho,ved a deficiency front the exatiina
tion of a sample drawn out of a parti
cular lot, whether the department
could seize and condemn any other lot
of the same brand not found to be deti
eient. He gave his otficial opinion that
only the particular lot inspected would
he liable to the law. To make this per
fectly plain, suppose that a lot of Baltic
fertilizerci, samipklod at G reeniville, was
shown byV analysis to lie defieient.
When the comisulsionlier undertook to
seize and conidemnut that lot, he found
that it had all been hauled away and
put in the ground, but he knew at the
time there was another lot of the samle
brandl at SpartanbuiLrg that had not
been inispected iir analyzed. He could
nmot seize anid cond(emnti the Spartaniburg
shipmnent, because, in the opimion of
Attorney G;eneral Miiles, it had not
been analyzed, and indeed, an analysis
of that lot iinight, as is fret;uently the
case, show higher results than tl'e
G4reenville sanile5 gave. This is why
the law cannot be enforced. T1hie parti
cular lot analyzed has, ini every case I
have ever known oif, been hauled away1
before the contiscatiion could be at
tempted. All ot these-defects have timhe
and again been brought to the attention
of mn:mbers of the Legislature, by me,
and I have urged that they be corrected
but, as I shall presently prove by one
of Capt. Tilliian's own witnesses, the
members of the Legislature wvere not
without reason ini thinking that otur
"italicizing oif biraiids was sutbetient
pu nishmrent.
But Tillmian is fmutch concernied about
the farmxers who nmay have loist sonme
thing while the farmiers generally re
eielvfull valuxe. This isini replly to umy
statemlent that the average coimmiercial
value of fertilizers exceeded the manu
facturers' guarantees. To show hiow
few farmers lost amnythiing as far as
commfier'cial valne is conxoernied, take
the report for iss4u which lie has <juoted,
and it will be fotundi that out of over
two hundred brands analyzed only
three were below the guarantees ini
commercial value...
* As to the general supervisioni of
fertilizer sales, it may be stated t hat ini
ISSI our analysis showedi that the
Cubani Bird ( uano was deficien t. 'l e
farmers refuised pavymient and the ana
lysis cost the nmuactturers betwecen
.8-1,t)I and -:910,O00. MIr. Rt. 31. Aiiiler
soin, of this city, c:un subistantiate this.
:Atlemieiits based on the .lh-part
menit's analysis are coiistanitly being
xxi:tle. Uponi the analysis of a biraiid
Iounid to be defticienit last year. thec
fairmers who purchased the fertilizers
have recent ly settled with the dealer,
Mir. ( . MI. (' vintontui, of Florence, at
abiouit oiie-fioutrt h of the pric-e chiargedl
a settlement perfect ly sat isfactiory to
I le puLrchiasers.
Again, lit says that thle farmers, or to
be mlore e'xa't noi t ione iin fi ty. everi
saw the reports eonitaiing th'' anxalyse-,
and4 soleminily assuresc his hearers thiat
ronly 1,5:00 of ithes' repor:'s were pub
lished in lS5'. I)uring~ the year lst all
of thease analysves were' polishe ni mx.hl'
S>ai ly and I\ Wek ly News andi ('.:xmner
F-or tlihe .sake of economyii\ this was not
doniie ini 1-. but the anIaly'sJ weor'
piubliohed a- 'soon as. mad'* m the
mon,mthliy repoirt- of thet depai:rtmtent.
A bhoiut 14,nun oif thie'se repiohits 'onitanin/dO
:aalves. of "dt.cial s:nnhijeO', and' ini
.odditiuin thiereti f,n .ii prhecial hmn!letmxi
were issned, makinig a tuital dist riutioni
of the anai:ly-es of 1:i5iiIl '.'"Pios- 'li S$'
facts ar'e futlhv 5..: forth im the ainnual
report and were known to M1r. Tillmian.
Tius is on lv an add it ionax:l ev identce oif
*his int.entioni to miire'pre'sent regardless
(of facts.
As to th:e letter of Mrr. ( ionnouir, ii
)rangeb'hurg., the' depa rtmrienit doeits no t
wvant a beitter wit ue..5. If, as he~ states,
h le call Ic thle at t exition of' one of ou r
s.xiiplers, tii ai lit of fertilizers th:at hxad
* ieen iixp~eted :nd' fouii o'fielenit, it
wva- ce'rilyl tIhe dxuty of the coinmiis
sine to ha:v.' aottmptedl to en1forcet the
hias ino r,.c4 oet iion of thle nitter, andi
it:, .... ,... tiai ov'.-r' brouxgh;t to myi
..ttcent:on. Mr. 4 iainor des not s:y 1
that he e-a:led the sampler's attenti' 1i
to the matter, and I would be glad to e
know the namle of his informant. and s
when1 the information caie to AIr. 1
('oner's knowledge. But if it was i
kiu n to Mr. Coinmor, lie might easily
have repwrted th e ii atter to this oftiee
and thus secured action inl the matter,
or have conclusively sihown that I diI
not enffor-e the law. As it stands it is a c
o,ncestion between Mr. Colnor or his p
i'itoriant and the sampler, and cannot I
lie satisfactorily settled. But 'Mr. (connor e
fulIv and amply justilies the depart- 1
tefit and the Letislature in another j
wav. le says: "No notice, however,
was taken of the same by the depart- i
Im'Init, and 'Mr Copes sent the guano t
away, as lie was comiupletely boycotted I
and could not continue business."
Why was 'Mr. Copes boycotted? simp- a
lV. as M1r. ('onnor writes Capt. Tillnan, i1
Iieause the department italicized the $
de"ieic"nt guano. Was it no punishlment
to Mr. Copes to be boycotted and have t
his business ruined? Was it no injury t
to the manufacturers to have their s
(roods returned to them? C'opt. Tillman, s,
-;aV.,; that "not one iarmer in fifty" a
sees these publieatiis. Is Mr. onnor
a farmer? If not., why was Mr. Copes
Ioveot tel: \e know that the opera
tioii :nd the result of our Iiethod of A
italizing deticien t brands was as 'Mr.
('onnor stated, but we had no hope of
proving it so clearly by Capt. Tillman
or his witniesses.
A UtlcTloN FOn .IIR. CONNOI. S
Mr. ('onner hias been a member of T
the Legislature for t he past two years. *
Will lie now, since lie has entered this
tight, explain what elibrts lie has made
in the Legislature to cure the defects in
the law, or what he hasdone to protect
lie falirmerls agamist swindling fertilizer Ii
com11panie". But since lie has proven o
himselfsogood a witness for tlhedepart
ent. I will not insist on his explana- e
tion if his constituent s are satisfied. ti
Mr. S. W. Gardner, .Jr., comes to the N
front to help his friend Tillman out ofa d
tight place. He bought guano that was a
short in weight and then his friend re
miembhers that hep, too, hadi doine thle a
same thing, and like sutfering lambs tl
they bleat out their tale of woe when pi
the friend wants office. Iid not Mr. 1
(ardlier, like ('apt Tillman, buy his p
riuano in the State of (Georgia: Should p
he not lodge his complaint in that o
State? In any event I will be glad if e<
he will shew me any authority in the le
Act creating the department of agricul
ture that would justify tme in suing a S
nianiufacturer for not putting full :Cu is
pounds in each sack of guano sold n1
either in this State or inl Georgia.
As well ask me to sue a grocer who it
gave Gardner three pounds of sugar for ti
five pounds. 'Th,. renie-ly for that sort in
of swindling is, as every sensibie ma p
knows, Posecution under the common tl
law in every State, and every purchaser tI
has his remedy. P
TILLMAN BUYS IN GEORGIA. P
h
This charge is on a par with another a
made some time since in the presence b
of Mr. J. E. Tindal and Mr. W. A.
Ancrum. Capt. Tillman then charged w
similar failure to discharge my duty t
because he had bought cotton seed
nical adulterated with r<.sin and his 3
neighbor had purchased cotton seed ,
adulterated with hulls. At the time st
the charge was made Capt. Tilinan r
knew that both lots had been purch- tc
ased in Georgia, and yet lie endeavored
to injure the department by a charge tl
that lie knew to be utterly unjust and r
untruel
Now, Mr. 0. F. Connor, this time of
Lancaster. says oiie of his clerks told( 3'
hinm that "when the phosphate comupa- se
nies failed in comiing til to the analy. ge
sis requtired by lawv they would beg h
ofl." What thme clerk probably said to re
MIr. Connor was that they tried to beg a
oil. And the clerk was right, and Mir.
Coiinor is right. But whether the an
alyses are below the guarantee, the re
suilts are published in spite of the beg- a
ging, uinless it is conclusively shown
that the analysis or the inspection has
doe injigr.ce, andl such cases are ex
ceeingy rre.Forthepast ten years t
they can benamed on the fingers.
So munch for the certificates. Itl
sholuld be noticed, however, that thecse t
are dated M1ay 81, Jun me :- and .J une S
respectively-all since ('apt. TIillZmanl st
iiadhe his charges at Anderson. There
fore his charges at Anderson were not
based on these certificates, aind lie has
ald beyond(disputte to prove that lhe
hdayevidemnce of any kinid upon th
which to base his original charge at
the time lhe miadie it. TI'his also ex
pla is why imy letter has not been an- of
sweredl before.
I regret that I have not a copy of Q
Tiliua n's bill which lhe had intro
dticeid and says provided fine and ima- i
p)risoinienit for nmanufactturers of ferti
lizers, but I have a copy of his bill (.
lroposing to turn over the analytical
wvork of the State to his Agricultural ~
uollege, and in that bill no such pro- 't
vision occurs. 3My friend Younians t
andc imiyself mzay have killed his little t
bill, we were so) influiential, without t
knoiwinig its good points. If so, it was~
through ignorance, and not thirnoughi
mnal ice, as I twill try to show ini re
gardl to another imatt er. n
(Capt. TIilhuman has been for yearsi'
talking about reorganizing the depart
macnt of agriculture. Finially, the mienl T
w hose influence lie dreads so) mu tch (Ie
cided they would help him in thiis
work. Col. Youmrians dlraftedl the biill,
andl all who had anlything to do with
it tried to ptit inlto it ever~y good~ sug
gestioin that anybody, including (Capt. s
Tilman, had miadle. We adopted ten
memibers, as Capt. Tillman suggested, TI
we took in Farimiers' institutes, we pro- at
vided for State farmirs' conventions w
anmd we kept everybody but fariiers oIl' C
the boardl. The Legislature didi ever~y- fi
thiing it was askedl to do, and weh
thotight Capt. Till mian had every st
chiange lie wished. (Onmlv one fatilure of
from his standpoint eouhl be pointed nm
o'-hie failed of election on thme boardl b
-and( that was stlicienit to pult a liank p~
in is March platform abolishin mg the v
department. H-Iis silly charge that the a
departmen t is cnrolled by lawyesv
iii'., is abisolutely auntrue. There is not! u
a pirofessionial mian on the ibiarid, or la
connie'tedl with it inl any way. Thie pi
li'gish:mire, to plea-.e (alit. Tillmandl n
poii-sibly, liut al1 farmers on the bioa:rd, o
buiti they refulsedl to '4tlti fy thiemnselves ti
lby p'mting ('alit. Tillimn on it, and so e
oif i'ouri se lhe is not happy. St
ILet us foillow (Capt. TillhuanI to Ihis d
secioid at temp 1 t at specific charges, andmi p
answer them iln order. ii
Fi rst, "'Why o did rot the At torniey a
Genieral (conduzet time phiosphiate lit iga- S
tion?IThis~ is so old a qunestionl and( ii
has been aniswveredl so ofteni that it o
miighot we'll have been left alomie. But it
it shall be anlswered again, for fear tha:t ti
~omie mani livin1g ill a remote part of
time State mnay not have heard it. The C
iaws did not,. at thle time this litigation v
was beguni, make it tihe duty oif time ti
At toirnie (Gen'leral to do this work for n
tIme odepart men t, anid lie board emi- v
ipi yed lawyvers, amnd sulbsequenitl I V
nudeoh the part iew stied pay them. Wa ' ns
:n., injulstice donie the State in that b
mater? If so, where and how? But p
i.neetl the Attorney (;tenlral was
indte the adviser of the department,
xcept in this litigation. and that was
perially exempted from the am(ndltl
te: ts to the law. This shoul be sat
;factorV to the most rabii Till ianiite.
I.' 1'S 01' 'TiI E i'H1oPli'TE s5tiT.
.t"tontd. "Julgients with costs fr
7;,74 was obtained against the Pa
itie (uano Conipany wheln the coin
any failed, w"hich was probably a ru.,e
; get some legal advantage. Its prop
rt v was then attached under the judg
je'n t, when a comtpromuise was made
v which the Pacific ('omipanyr paid
il,249 and costs. The amoutil turned
ito t he State t rieasury w:s ":1; and
lie department kept S12,l62 to repay
lie cost of lawyers' fees, etc., miakiig
,55. This is -7,69u less than the
imiouit received." Then follows the
isinuation that somebody got that
,,()+I who was not entitled to it.
The statement of the settlement of
e phosphate litigation, furnished by
le Hon. A. '. Simythe. leading coun
l in the case, is as follows, and an
vers the charge and infamous ininu
tion without further cominient:
tuuunt. receivel in stt tle3nent of
i':aeillii( e:e .........I....- ..19 :;
ruount receiv'd for tistbursetiits
On tte-Itunt Pae iif ic case................... 1.111 11
tnout,t received In Pinckiu'ny cast... I."us
T t : a 1............................................... : W
,un n..e fe&S P:ei tie iast....................5 9,01. nU
.uttsel fees ii Davis atid ek e'yit-kiy
C r.."*................................ ...........- .......- d t t'
11t 1 1'3' Citsit e'Xpe e ........................ u;
rnee over to State tteatsury for
St:3te pU 'rposes......... . ...... .. .. :;,:j I 9
irn< over to -tate Treisurer for
delpari rn n ...................................... 12 lid 5
'otil as abo'e ............................. ."i:' 2 lu
If ('apt. Tillman can distort these
gures again so as to show -,,O0u or
ie cent short he is welcome to do so.
This phosphate litigation has ex
ted so much interest and comment
tat I may be pardoned for saying that
lien it was begun it was exceedingly
aubtful if the State could ever recover
iytling. The conclusion of the case
*as the recovery of' property valued
about $10 ),00iI, and cash turned into
ic treasury w31,;.79, without the ex
nditure of one cent of the people's
oney, for every dollar expended in
rosecuting the ease was recovered and
tid hack into t.he treasury and a part
it is now being used to build ail
uip the Clemson Agricultural ('ol
ge.
Third. "In 1S9 the Experimental
tations cost $5,641', cost of the chen
t and laboratory and sundries $1,::7,
This statement, charge, or whatever
is, is set up without comment, so
tat I am in the dark as to ('apt. Till
ian's particular objection to the ex
:nditure. I cannot conceive of any
at he has, because he expects to do
e same thing at the Clemson College.
ossibly the anticipation of similar ex
mnditures there caused him to change
is mind and forbear comment. At
iy rate I will wait until he makes it
fore anstvering it.
The 15,O0 Hatch fund, as Tillman
ell knows, was given to the Universi
, and I know nothing whatever of
d disbursenent. Perhaps I)r. J. M.
ch'ryde, the president of the Univer
ty, who is also the director of the
ations, will explain or give any infor
ation the public may desire inl regard
that.
Fourth. "The net expenditures of
e departments as set forth iii above
e .:30,427. This includes for State
,ricultural Society $2,5U0, making a
.t expenditure of $27,4 7." ('apt.
lman theni follows with a statistical
ttemnent charging that there is a dif
cenice between the amounts saidl to
tye beet disbursed according to the
ports of the Comptroller General, lie
ate Treasurer, and the dlepartimenti of'
riecult ur1e.
The figures given in the first two re
rts are identical to a cenit aiid
iount to 9:;3,699.915. So far this charge
without truth. According to the
partment.'s report the amiount dlis
rsed was .$:1,272.61 less than the otheri
'o reports show. This is easily ex
ained. A t the close of every year a
rge number of wvarrants are drawn.
is possible (I say p)ossible because I
I not care to stop now to verify this
itement) that many of these wvarrants
are carriedl over from the previous
ar and paid within the fiscal year'
ider discussion. This would easily
cotint for any differences between
e two oflices and my own, atid was
u.btle'ss the case. It is a matter easi
settled, however, with time to check
I warrants drawvn and unp)aid last
ar, and will be done whenever it is
cessary.
U..nder his fourth charge Capt. Till
an again resorts to insinuation in
ying that prior to ]S87 no vouchers
are showvn. Thlere has not beeii a
ar, nor a paymienit, for which the
partmient has not vouchers, so that
is charge is malicious and base. With
e excep)tioni of the first year, when
e departmieint was only inl operation
r iite months, and the form of pub-.
hing financial statements was unfa
iliar to ime, a complllete summiiary of
I disbtirsenments, and itemized state
ents in adlditioni, have been published
mnually either in our reports or those
the ('omptroller (General, as Capt.
Ilman well kniow?. These vouchiers
e now on file subject to invest igation
any timiie by Capt. Tfillmiiaii or any
her citizen of the State. So miuch
r that base insinuation.
tELL's RECORD VERSt'S TILLAAN's.
This, I believe, disposes of all of Capit.
lnian's specific charges. I will not
tempiht to replly to the othters, save by
itnesses whose honesty aind integrity
1lpt. Tillmian will not doubt. In the
st Farmiers' or T1illmian (Conventioni
'kd, this phosphate litigation was the
tject of invest igation byX a commliittee,
which Capt. G. W. Shell was chair
an. Aftetr t heir investigat ica had
'en imade, aiid the otlicials of' thle de
rtmnent examiinedh in the open ( on
in g thle departmien t from thle charges
id comiitieniding the oflicials were
innimiously' adopted. At the Leizis
ive .-es-ion of' 1S8~> a 'ommnit tee a p
intedl by what is known as the Eco
onie Caucus, wvith D)r. Sampson l'ope,
-New berry, as chiair'mani, investigated
Ie deptmII'tenIt, and( agauin we were
iiimendiled for onur wo'k. At everv'
ssion (If the Legislature, fromi 18s0 t'o
ite, the department has mladle its re
>ts, and has been ready' for offieial
I vest':gal ionI. I t is ready~ to-day' or at
iy other time. WVheni ('apt. ( . WV.
bell and D)r. Samipson l'ope can find
otiung to condemn in the depart nient
'agric'ulture, wve feel justiliedl in say'
ig that it does tnot dread an investiga
on by ot hers.
As t~o Capt. Tillman's statement that
ol. D)onaldson was defeated because lie
as a TIillmanite and I w"as not. I beg
say that, uinless 1 am very miuch
iistakeni, ('ol. D)onaldson's friends
ere at somle pains to prove thatt he
as inot a Tilbrianite. But in this
atter if ('o). D onaldson was defeated
eause lie was a Tillmanite, I may be
ermitted to say that I think the Leg
,lauim ae ver wie.
I believe that I have at great length11
covered all Capt. Tilln:n's cb:1r:.s. I
ami n,'t thron_Ih with him. hvowever,
atil mutst h,er the iduiu lnce of tle
puldi for a while Imnger.
For ne:rlv five \'ears I h1e sul"
n1itted to this sor"t of thune, :and when
ever f have had to appear lin print I
have ende:'ored to say nothing that
would of-Wild the 11o51 stenSit i'e reuaeir.
I h:ave conceived it to be rukv 1 dutv to
act courteously even inl dealing with a
hlackguard, but fortiearance has alost
eased.to be a virtue, and it is : <p-s
tion whether I (-anl lon.er submnit to)
abuse without relaliatioii. Tiis 111:111
Tillman has posed before the people for
all this tine as a reformer. Iet us see
if his prote. sinns are to be trust ed. It
is generally believed that at the tilie
he Professed to be a supporter of ( ov
etrnor t'Shepp ard's he was endeavor ing
to get Capt. W. C. ('oker, of Iarling
tol, to ofler for the s:ane pa1-e. If this
Sheppard say so. It has liteii stated
and Tillnan has never denied it, that
he wr6te ('apt. Coker (who, of course,
did not e'coura ge such t reason.; t let
ter promising his supp11'ort it' the would
enter the r:1-rF. lit' was instructt-d hy
his County ('ouv'ention to support
".heppard, vet in the State ('olivelnt lonl
lie endeavored to c:tuse a break to
('oker, wchiclh. if it h:l sncr"eede(d,
would have <h-et:ted th1' rut:n h1e was
pledged to supp}ort. Woul suc"h a
titan do to trust ini olliiial positions-"
1f( rc(<( 1r rae' his i /riot i1i' profi(d
hia to (10 So.
Agaiii I ask Dr. Sampson Pope, of
Newberry, one of ('ap,t. Ti lianl's
strongest sulorters, if he did not have
'rood reason to expect all the sup1mirt
Capt. Tillmlan could give himt ini his
race for Speaker of the Hus. :nd if
after that lie received it'? No miore
hionorable man than Dr. Pope walks
this earth, and while we ditffr widely
in some matters I have no doubt of his
perfect integrity, and therefore appeal
to him to say whether or not Capt.
Tillman betraved him.
When Titlnian first hegra" his career
as a public critic, I attributed many of
his erroneous statenen ts to ignorance,
but he is an iiitelligent ian-not a
fool, and I have reluctantly reached
the conelusioi that he is ieteri iii ned
to accomplish his purposes, if possilde.
by any means within his power, and 1
that he believes that "a lie well s;tick
to is as good as the truth." His recenti
statements can be explained ini rio other t
wav.
('apt. Tilhnan, knowing that lie cin
not justify himself, lacks the itia1iIness t
to make a direct charge of oflicial dis
honesty against me, but covertly stabs
with the poisoned dagger of innuendo
I can, therefore, meet his insidious and
unwarranted attacks upon my charae
ter only through the public prints.
A. P. BUTLER,
Conmnissioner of Arriculture. C
Columbia, S. C., June 12, 1S90.
DR. POP'S EXPLANATION. (
To the Editor of the News and ('ott- I
rier : Col. A. P. Butler has seen fit to V
bring me into his controversy with
Capt. Tillman by calling upon me in
an article published inl your paper this a
morning as follows: "Again I as1: Dr. a
Sampson Pope, of Newberry, one of c
Capt. Tillrnan's strongest supporters, if e
he (lid not have good reason to expect
all the support Capt. Tillman couldI
give him in his race for Speaker of the
House, and if after that he received C
it?'.
This strikes ie as being unusual, as t
it has no connection whatever with the 11
controversy between Col. Butler and
Capt. Tilln'man, but as it has been asked (
I shall try andl give as full an account.
of the matter as niy menmory at this
late (lay will adniit of. I wrote Capt. V
Tillman in the fall of 18 tellinig him
that I would lie a catndidate for Speak
er, and saying to himii thait my only ob
ject in making the race was in ease of
myv election to appoint proper 'ommitit
tees on agricultutre, on education, andi(
oin ways and( mieans, and I furthter
stated1 that unless there was a changie
in these committees that wve could not
have retrenchment noir could we have
an agricuilturat college. It w-vs not ex
pected that he wouhll answer this letter'
nor did lhe do1 so.a
Oni the day before the Lecgislaturte t
met in Novemiber, i18';, I was at the s
hotel in C'olumbhia con versing wvith sev-t
eral frienids, and we were examkining r
the Augusta ( hlroniele's statemrenit of
the pro~bale vote fon Speaker. C'apta in i
Tilliian joined us, and1(, on being shiown (
the stateentt, reiniarked that if that (
was correct "we have got themi," 1J
or words to that efleet. TIhis was allr
that ever inducedl me to believe that lie r
favored my electiont. I was relialyv in- t
formed afterwards that Mr. Sinmons L
sent for hinm that niight, and said to V
him i that the agriculturists should have 1l
r'epreseiitatives of their own choosing (I
on the commnittees above mentioned.
And after thle elect ion a caucus of those t
memblers w:is held, and thle names
wvere agreed iiuo for t lie (different ('om.1
mlittees' and11 wXere senlt to Mr. Simkons,
all lit whtomi wetre appointed excepit s
Col Irbyi, of Laurens, who was not i
given the places selected for hiiiu. Th'le
reason of' this was suppoised to b)e the C
faict that lie hamd placed miy name in
inoinaii~tion for' Speaker anid had voted C
for tie.
I have given it all, and thle public '
mtust blaime C'ol. Butler for it aiid not
mie. I had writ teni ('apt. TJilbnan mtvt
object ini running; lhe seured the saine
thing without running any risk of dle-t
feat. Hie represeitts a cause that is (lear
to mie, and I shahl support, him and if'
necessary will take the stum np for him.
lHe is an h oniorable geintIemiain and a
true patriot, and is tmakinug this can- -
v'ass as the selected rep)resenktative oif
the people. W\hen lhe is abused anid
mialigned Ithose who hiitle repr'eseits ts
are abiusedl ailndtailignied, but than k
Goil lie haus thle courage of his con vie
tihons aindl is armited wit h right.
Newherry, S. C., .June 14, litl.
Captain Tillnuan on thre Tariff.
T1hie following is sent thet G reenilile t
News aus an1 auithiorizeid expression ofii
"1 kmnowv free' trade or anyvthin ui~:p
prioxiiiiatinig it is aL 'barr'len ideality' .
utterly impoiissihble whtile we hlave thlree
and1( four mkilliins of' dollatrs to iraise to
earry oni tile Goverinimint. 1 favor
tariff reduction ats muitch as anty mani
oin thett necessaries of life', anid ~'ouild
put oin the fre'e list any clommnodity
which is ownedI( hvy a truist orn monopiilolv
like .ja: e ba:gginug for intstaince. Req u ir
ig so mnutch miontey for ihe (Govetrni
mieiit and( to pay penisionis, I w~ouihl
fav'or such a taifl ' as woulId rai:e it
without r'i umng Ithe Amtericain manut
facturci' out of the butsines's 01' giving
him i a mlonoolyl 5o Ibe col d roh thle
comnsuinier. In other wordls a tairi f for
r'evenuie wit h inient'tat prnotectiont.
(Cenmsui Infiorrna;tion.
(Cenlsus Enumtieratolr ;to the P're'si
detnt i-What relatiniship idi v'nu biea:r
to the~ head of thie faumily'
CONsTITU'TION OF THE DEMOCRATIC
'AITY OF NEWBElitY COUNTY.
Prepared by the County Executise Cotn
niittee and to be 'ropo.wd for Adop
tion at Next County Convention
June 2s, 1s90.
A wr. 1. Tlhere shall be one or more
Democratic (lubs organized in each
l'ownship, each of which clubs shall
have a distinct title and shall elect a
President, one or more Vice-Presidents,
t Recordin rg Secretary, and a Treasurer,
tmid shall have the following working
untlittes of not less than three inem
.ers each, viz: A Committee on Regis
ration, an Executive Committee, and
uch other committee as to each club
nay seem expedient.
Awr. 2. The meetings of the clubs
hould be freqjuent after the opening of
he canvass, and some iiember of the
lub or invited speaker should deliver
in address at each meeting if p ractica
ale.
AmT. :;. The President shall have
>ower to call an extra nteeting of the
-lub and mem bers of the club shall
!onstitute a quorum for tlte transaction
if business.
Apr. 4. The clubs iu each Township
,hall be held together and operate un
ler the control of a County Executive
otnittee, which shall consist of one
netitber from each Township, to be
omttinate'I by the delegates of the re
pective Towvnships to the first conven
lion held at the opening of each cat
)aign, and confirmed by the County
onvention. lhe Executive Comntittee
vheit elected shall appoint its own
tflicers and fill all vacancies, which
nay arise when the convention is
tot in session.
The tenure of ofliece of the Executive
:otttittee shall be until the next
eieral canpaign, unless sooner re
noved or suspended by the County
.'onvention.
Ar. >. The mode and manner of
totintating candidates for county ofTi
es shall be by Pri mtary Election as regu
ited by the laws of the" State.
"ro.cilcdl, 'That i'i such Primary
Ilection a majority " of the votes
ast for candidates fur any oflice
hall be necessary to nmtinate.
ART. G. The County Executive Com
ittee shall call a CouIntv Convention
vhetever they shall deem it necessary,
r whenever they shall be requested to
0 so in writing by six clubs, provided
bese clubs are in different Townships,
nd provided the clubs requesting such
otiventioIl shall also state int writing
he object for which they desire such
onvention called.
The County Executive ('oninittee in
ailing a County Convention shall state
a the call the object for which the
onventiot is called, but the County
onvetttion when called shall without
revious notice act upon any matter
f detail or any unforeseen exigency.
Awr. 7. The County Democratic
'onvention shall be composed of two
undred and twenty-two delegates,
lected by the clubs in the several
'owsltips. The delegates from the
.weral '1ownslips shall be apportioned
inong the clubs of such Towuships
ccorditg to the membership of each
lub. Prorided, That no club shall be
utitled to representation in the County
'onvention, unless it has ten or more
tern bers.
The Chairmen of the Executive
ottimittees of the several clubs in each
'owuship shall constitute a cornntit
ee for the purpose of apportioning the
umber of delegates each club in the
ownship is entitled to in the County
'onuvent ion.
Each Towntship shall have the follow
ig representationt int thte Coutnty (Con
cittion]:
'Townlship) No. . c1)lgts
Townsh~lip No. 2 1
Township No. .
T owns'.hip No. 5 1
Townsthip No. .1
Township No. 71
Tow nship No. . i
1 o~tlStipNo.1(....... "
nvTownsio
the dleaelegamte
Txocnsip o.1t......e "hl ec fii
ony ownshiri read towhen appor
'overay c( s 'neteot samensi shallfrd
> caled ot oetion f'ott aus
xtave whommittl ee~ hl e onventio
~andy for business, anid immediately!
tereafter a teimporary Presideint shall.
e elected by the Coniventioni which|
rill, after the temtporary o)rganlizationt,
roceed to the electioni of permanent
tricers.
AnT'.10i. The perimanent officers of
te ('ourtty ('onvetntion shtall lbe a Pres
leitt, two Vice-Presidents, an Assis
nit Secretary and( a Treasurer, and the
ecretary of the Executive Committee
tall be Secretary of the Coutnty (ont
enttiont.'
A iTi. 11. When the C'oinventtioni has
onicluded its busitness it shall adjourtn
inc; dic, and whlen a ('ottventioni is
alled byV the Executive Commtittee
itch Convention shall be composed of
ewly elected delegates.
Au'r. 12. Anyv aittndmentt or altcrar
oio to this conistituttiotn mzay be made
y a C'outyt ( onve ntion by a Vote otf
wo thirds of' the menmbers p)resentt.
TiIE STATE ALIANCE.
.rrangpeents Madle to P'urcht-''i atllt the
t;ggintg Needed for thte P'resent~ Crop.
( aEENxivt-LE, Junite I S.-The( ih:ee
irs of the State Exc'hangert of' the Far
ters' Alliance provided for b:igging for
very mtemtber of the Alliance int this
tate at a mteetinig here on Tuesday
fterntoon.
The purpose of [lie meetinig wvas to
take arra ngemtenits for supplying bag
inig for the preen t crop of cotton of
lie Alliance mtemtbetrs. The State busi
ess agent was authorized to contract
b'ith large anlti-jute firms for thIe
ceessarny antountts, whtich is ex petctedl
a lie 2,Uitt,OU yards. Anty kinid of'
iibstanttial bagginig. si it is itot jute
vill be takein.
TIhte board recommitends that neither
ew or second'-hantd jute bagging be
sed by Allianee mtembe irs uinider any .
onsidleratioin. 'The purchiaste of ba:g
ittg is to bie madtte on1 te samte prini
iple as5 oIlier tratisactionis of the State
:xchlange'. It is to li'e dli veredl in in
talmtieints front thle I15th it Aurguist toi
lie 15th of November.
llThe couitty busintess agents will re
eive orders fromt Sub-Alliances for so
nanty yards(I o)f baggingL. Thiese torder's,
te'ompt1anmed bliifry per cent in cash,
vill lie senit to .\r. Donaldson, wllo
vill then sendl in thte motney and ordler
he amtount of ba:gaintg wanited in each
'tintiy. The bagging will be s'hipped
athe c'oiinty atgent ordering it, and byv
int will be distribunted. By the time
h'e last i nstalmeint of biaggintg is re
-*i veil the Alliance mem Iibers will have
1 CONsT[TUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC
l'A1ITY OF NEWBEiI:Y COU-NTY.
'reparedi an<l l're.-nted by the Execu,tive
Co:,,nii ttee to the County Conven
tion for Adoption July lath.
18 S-Alopte-i.
There may be as itany Club: as may
be desired, except that, with the excep
tion of ('IuIbs now in existence, no
Club shall consist of members who are
residents of different Towiships, and
that no ('lub shall consist of less than
fifteen members. No person shall be a
niember of a (lub who will not at the
election next succeeding his admission
be of the full age of twenty-one years.
Clubs shall adopt such Constitution as
they may desire, not inconsistent with
this Constitution and the principles of
the Democratic party of this State.
E:x:C:'tri\: CoMnr IEE.
There shall be an Executive Com
mitte- consisting of eleven members,
one of whon shall reside in each of the
Townships of the County. The Extecu
tive Committee shall hold their offices
for two years and until their successors
are appointed. They shall be elected
by the County Convention that first
meets after the first day of May in each
sueceeding % wo years, berinning, with
the year I ss, which said date shall be
the period from w"hiclh their term of
office begins. Any vacancy in the Ex
ecutive Committee shall be tilled by
the County Convention meeting at the
tune of, or next after, the occurrence of
the vacancy. The Executive Commit
tee shall select its own Chairman. It
shall elect a Secretary, and may re
move him at pleasure. The Secretary
of the Executive Committee shall be
the Secretary of the County Conven
tions.
The Executive Committee shall have
a general supervision of the affairs of
the party, and shall call together the
County Convention whenever they
may deem it necessary, or whenever
requested to do so by any five Clubs.
It shall provide for the taking of rosters,
and shall direct all matters connected
with the organization and management
of the party and the conducts of the
campaigns not otherwise expressly
provided for in this Constitution or the
County Con veiltiolls.
A Co unty Treasurer shall be elected
by the County Convention at the samle
time as the Executive Committee. He
shall hold his oflice for the same period
and dating front the samie time as the
members of the Executive Committee.
A vacancy in his ollice shall be filled in
the sanw' manner as in tIhe Executive
Commit tee. He shall Collect and pay
out all mioneys on the order of the
Chairman of the Executive Committee.
CotNTV CONVENTION.
Tile County Convention shall not be
a permanent body. It shall be called
together for the purpose of nominating
candidates for oilice, for sending dele
gates to State, Circuit and Congressional
Conventions, &c., and for the purpose
of considering the condition of the
party, and its decision on all matters
pertaining to the affairs of the party
shall be supreme. It shall be called for
a specific purpose or purposes, which
shall be stated in the call, but it may
without previous notice act upon any
matter of detail or any unforseen exi=
gency. In considering all matters
authorized to be acted upon by it by
this Constitution it shall have full
power to adjourn from time to time as
convenience may reqauire.
Except tile officers now ill existence,
andl( with the exceptionl of tile Secre
tary, each Conlvention shall elect its
owln oticers, whlich shall b)e a Presi
dent, ai Vice-President anId an Assist
alIt Secretary. The County Conven
tionl shall be composed of~
DELEGATF.S FROM THE DIFFERENT
TroWNsl Pis AS F*oL LOWS:
Tlownfshlip No. 1, 22 dlelegates.
" , Ifi "
" 1, In "i
"11, ]2
No more thani tih nlumiber of dele
gates shlall be admiltted to tile floor of
tile Convention. Each dlelegate shlall
have one vote: no mtore; no0 less; but
ini the absence of a~ delegate or alter
nate from a Club or Townlshlip tile
members from that Club or Township
shall be allowed to cast tile full vote of
tile Club or Townshlip. Tile different
Clubs iln tIle same TownIship shlall
agree amlonIg thlemselves as to tihe nlum
ber of tile Township delegation thlat
each Club shlall send up or elect. Each
Club shall regulate the term of office of
its ownu dlelegates.
.Anieiidllilts and1( alterations may lie
mIade to t his (Constitution by a County
Convention byv a vote of two-thirds oIf
the memunbers.
Little Lor-d Fauntieroy D)yinig.
[F'romt tIhe Phliladelphiia Recordl.]
Poor little ( edric Hodgson B~urniett,
tile b)lue-eyedl, curly-haired son of the
authoress of "Little Lord F"aunutleroy,"'
is slowly but surely passing awayv
amlonig tihe leafy glades andI beautiful
dells oif pictures<lue Wayne. The
strickeiini mother, wh o madtie her (dar
ling btoy tihe type upon wich! shle
formed the character of the enltranlcing
little lord(, whlichi broughlt 1her so mllucht
fame and fortune, has left no stone tun
turtned to try aiid snlatcht her loved one
fromi tihe jaws of deathl. M rs. Burnett,
having settled thle lawsuits imn England
ill conniectionl with hler one great work,
travelled as fast as her boy could safely
b)e brought to Phfiladelphia, whlere she
hoped to get someC satisfacetorv treat
mtenlt from tile great specialists of tile
City (If Broitherly Love, and1(, if possi
ble, nurse her only child back to hlealthl
and vigor. The result was for a short
time satisfactory, butt as tile hlot
wveathler set ini thle poor boy semed to
get wea'ker and weaker; andi thle an x
ious mlothier took hliml ouit to peacefl,
bireezy Wayne ill thei forlorn ihople (if
puttinlg (ofIthle inevitable as long as
possibile. TIhe little lord dirives about
tile leafy lanles withl his plarenlt watch
ing over him, lovely as ever is lie,
wit hI his large, bright eyes and pensive
10ook, but wvastinlg disease gn aws with
inl, and as tile summner (lays pass byv
tile b,oy is drawinig imtpercepibly
nlearer andi n)eareLr tha ot boutrne front
wich there is~ no retur in. and 1 f1roml
whlichi his mlothIer il makinIg Such~l a
birave figh It to resene him l. Thte attend-i
ini a slow letl;ine. lieI mtay last for
yond all the poe of hiumian skill and
setai l *C.
SLIDING DOWN SALUDA.
A Terrible Railroad Wreck in the Moun
tains -Two Men Killed and a Num
ber Injured.
ASIIEvrA.:, N. C., June 18.-Per
haps the most destructive wreck, both
of life and property, ever known in the
history of the Western North Carolina
Railroad, occurred at Melrose Station,
at the southern side of Saluda Moun
tain, about thirty-two miles from this
city, on the Asheville and Spartanburg
Division last night.
The dead are: Engineer Smyra, of
Chester, S. C.; Engineer Lewis Tun
stall, of Yorktown, Va.; Fireman, W.
G. Taylor, of Morristown, Tenn., son
of V. P. Taylor, for twenty years con
ductor on the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad.
The injured are: C. Boweock, flag
man, thigh broken; George Ricketts,
conductor, injuries not serious, escaped
by jumping; William Hoe, fireman,
slight injuries, escaped by jumping.
Two colored brakemen, named Foster
and Greenlee, painful but not danger
ous wounds.
From the apex of Saluda Mountain
to Melrose, the scene of the accident, a
distance of less than three miles, there
is a fall of fully six hundred feet. This
fact Jas made the railroad authorities
specially careful at this point and an
engine is kept constantly there to help
all trains up and down the mountain.
The track was very wet last night when
the c"al train started down and soon,
after beginning the descent it became
evident that twelve loaded cars were
too much for both engines to hold with
all the breaks down, and the speed
gradually quickened under heavy pres
sure until aspeed of seventy.five miles
an hour was reached, when the tracks
spread and the entire train plunged
headlong down the mountain with a
terrible crash, burying beneath broken
cars, crossties and earth the brave -fel
lows who had stood to their posts.
The loss to the company in engines
and cars alone will reach $75,000. A
train containing Superintendent V. E.
M1cBee and surgeons left this city im
mediately on hearing of the wreck and
returned to-day, b.inging the bodies of
Engineer Smyra au d Fireman Taylor.
Flagnian Bowcock i" receiving the best
medical attention. Both engineers
have families, Smyra's wife being at
Moorehead City, where she was notified
by telegraph of the disa:;er.
This is the fourth wreck on this road
within a week. Trains will not be able
to run on schedule time before to
niorrow.
MASCULINE WOMI:N.
Changes in the Most Lovealkle Thing on
Earth, the American Girl.
[Boston Herald.]
In New York the effort of women to
attain a masculine manner is growing
rapidly. It is a phase of our craze for
aping the English. Not long ago I
tx)d in a-small shoprin Fifth Avenue
selecting some gloves indifferently,
while the clerk lounged against the
:ounter and languidly examined his
nails. Occasionally he yawned. The
:lrowsy hush of the place was accen
tuated by the purringof a lazy cat. The
ethargy of spring pervaded it all, says
t writer in the Illustrated American.
Suddenly the door was flung open
tnd in stalked a gir of to-aay, her
ieautiful head held high in the air
md her face diffused with the ruddy
;low of perfect health. A bulldog tagged
at her heels. Trhe entrance of the girl
suas like a blast of chilly air:on a sultry
August day. The curtains fluttered.
"I say," she said imperiously to the
suddenly aroused clerk, "you reylly
niust have anothah fit at my shirts."
"Yes, miss ; what's wrong ?"
"What's wrong ?" Oh ! I say, what's
act wrong ? Bosom rumnply, sleeves too
~hort, and no end of things. Upon my
'ord, it's wretched."'
She was a magnificent looking crea
ure, and the prevalent craze for mas
~uline attire had permeated the very
Iepths of her soul. Her hair was
>raided and laid so close to her head
hat the outline was as snug and clear
is that of a short-cropped boy. She
~vore a shirt with a standing collar and
!ouventional cravat, and her two-but
on gloves were of a masculine cut. A
>outonniere and the tip of rather a
iorsey-looking handkerchief decorated
aer double breasted jacket. Her sturdy
ittle boots were covered by white gai
ers or "spats," and she swung a small
'ized umbrella in one hand.
"Shirts have no sex," she said short
"You fit all th' men of th' family
perfectly, yet nieither mxy sister nor I
:an get satisfaction.
It may be remarked in passing that I
had sunk into the limbo of the past.
The bull dog had fallen asleep on the
Iloor, the cat had resumed her doze,
and I leaned against the glove case, ig
iored and shrouded in oblivion. She
was a sup)erb creature, but how our
grandmothers would have stared aghast
at her affectations of mannishness as
she stood there in a public shop fitting
a shirt! She seemed altogether admir
able to me-at first. Then I felt unea
sy. Then came the sentiment of regret.
She spoke in a louder tone, and the
4illy "New Yorkian," with its comn
manding note and the affectation of
sta ble boy English, jarred like a file on
my nerves. Her errand being com
pleted,. she whistled to her surly bull
dlog and strode away with her head in
the~ air. I found myself thanking God,
undi'er my breath, that she had not
ligh.ted a cigarette. Of course, it was
no business of mine; but have we not
all a sort of prop)rietary interest in that
niost stupendous and lovable thing on
Larth-the American girl?
Whence the Flies.
Fronm the Terre Haute Express.]
So you want to know where the flies
comie from, do you Lucullus? Well,
the eyelone makes the house fly, the
blacksmith makes the fire fly, the car
peniter makes the saw fiy, the driver
miakes the horse fly, the grocer makes
thie sand fly, the boarder makes the but
ter fly, and if that is not enough for
you you will have to pursue your
future studies in entomology alone.
(One of the Penalties of Fame.
[Froii the Washington Post.]
The census enumerators will have a
sure thiing on those individuals whlo
have bcen writing certificates for the
pJatenlt miidiicine advertisements for the
past tenl yearS..
Two Florida Girls Drowned.
ii lIwu-:, FIA., June 18.-Whiile
bathiing ini a small lake near here this
1fternmo<m, Miss Nita McMillan and
M iss Naiinie C2alloway were drowned.
Thei young ladies were highly accoin
plished, oiie being the daughter of Capt.
Angus McMillan and the other a
d1-ughter of Con. .1 . (C11nu-ay_
Merely a Qusetion of Ofice.
[Augusta Chronicle.j
The campaign in Carolina is still ex
citing and bitter. We believe that
Capt. Tillman's apprehension about
assassination is unfounded. The speak
ing at Anderson yesterday was aggres
sive.
The danger is that this bitter warfare
among brother Democrats will leave
wounds that cannot be healec and re
sult in estrangements that will.: rength
en the common political enemy.
There has been no corruption i o!ti
ce among Democrats in South Ca.rolina.
There has not been- extra- .'agance
enough in the Democratic adrinisrra
tions of the state since 1876 to glue two
ants together.
All the present row, which threatens
the integrity of the party in South
Carolina, seems to be causV.ess and
therefore indefensible.
It is commendable in in; to seek
office, but when the peace o' the state
is endangered by the estri.ng-:ment of
neighoors and friends, when the
integriLy of the party u..n which
honest government depends is threat
ened, there is no justifieatiorifor the
warfare made by the "out" against the
Stripped of all sophistry, this is about
the oliitical situation in South Caro
lina. A new set of men, tired of wait
ing for office, scheme together for their
political preferment and make chargcs
o' inefficiency and extravagance
against the old officials. Boiled down,
there has been no corruption in the
Democratic government of South Caro
lina. The worst that can be charged is
that some of the present officials have
been in office long enough and that
they ought to give place to new aspi
rants who are anxious and eager for
their places. But this is no justification
for estrangements and antagonisms
among men whose political salvation,
whose interests and liberties depend
solely upon the unity of the Democratic
pa;rty.
A campaign of crimination and vitu
peration must result in great danger,
if not in positive evil, to the white peo
ple of South Carolina. Men should dis
cuss questions without misrepresenta
tion and detraction.
A Great Threatening Danger.
The Farmers' Alliance, of Kansas,
has addressed an open letter to the
Kansas delegation in Congress it says:
A single law firm in Southern Kan
sas has the contract for the foreclosure
of 1,800 mortgages. This means 1,800
homesteads transferred to capitalists,
either domestic or foreign. These fore
closures are in accordance with a pre
conceived purpose to people those
farms with a more servile tenantry im
ported from foreign lands.
Foreclosure and evictions are taking
place in many parts of our State, and
we need not go all the way to Europe
to witness scenes of cruelty in matters
of his kind. All over our State the
homes-of our people- are imperilled.
The people believe that the trouble is
largely dueto vicious legislation. Both
political parties have been tried and
both have been found wanting.
While the people have been compelled
to sacrifice their products in many
instances absolutely below the cost of
production in order to procure the
common necessities of life, their repre
sentatives in Congress are engaged in
the consideration of every imaginable
question except such questions as con
template relief to the distress of their
constituents.
There are measures which the farm
ers demand shall have immediate
attention. These relate to questions of
money, of transportation and of their
ownership of American lands.
The distress of the people is crying
aloud for relief. They believe that the
white citizens of Kansas have some
rights as well as the colored citizens of
the South. They believe that fallen
heroes, both white and black, in past
struggles for liberty, can afford to wait
for one moment until the rights of
living heroes receive some recognition.
Behind these demands are more than
100,000 Kansas ballots, and the time is
not far distant when legislators will
heed the the voice of their constituents.
Pimnples, boils and other humors, are
liable to appear when the blood gets
heated. The best remedyv is Dr. Mc
Lean's Sarsaparilla.
Mlany people habitually endure a
feeling of lassitude, because they think
they have to. If they would take Dr.
J. H.3McLean's Sarsaparilla this feeling
of weariness would give place to vigor
and vitality.
Farming in Georgia.
The Atlanta Constitution prints an
interesting tabular statement, the pur
port of which is tp show that G.eorgia
farmers are growing richer. Briedly
stated, the official records of the recent
assessment show that two thirds of the
farmers of Georgiagained ground hand
somely in five years, while one-third
lost a little. The gainers gained 30 per
cent, while the losers only lost 16 per
cent. The total gain by two-thirds of
the farmers heard from was $1,290,313
and the total loss by the losing third
was $384,601, leaving a net gain of
$3053,712 in the whole list of 1,901 far
mers. The list is a thoroughly repre
sentative one-not the rich or the poor,
but average farmers taken at randoia
and looked up on the tax hooks after
ward. The story .is simply this, that
1,344 farmers started out in ]884 with
an average property of $3,136, and in
five years gained an average of $9601.
At the same time 647 larger farmers
started out with an average property of
$3,72-> and lost 8.-9> eachl. If this ratio
runs through the 100,000 white farmers
of Georgia two-thirds of them have
gained $6;4,000,000 and the other third
has lost $19,833.000-a net gain by the
farmers of $44,000,000O in five years. This
means that out of an average list of
farmers starting five years ago two
thirds supported their families and
added 30 percent. to their capital-and
that capital only $2,1;3.
Louisiiana's Capitol.
RAr.is Rou(;E, La., .Jume 17.-Ey a
vote or nine to five the ways and means
committee dleciced to report favorably
on the proposed constitutional amend
ment, removing the capitol from this
city to New Orleans.
Sick headache is the bane of many
lives. This annoying complaint may
be cured and p)revenlted by the occasio
nal use of D)r. J. H. McLean's Liver
and Kid ney Pillets (little pills).
One of Dr. J. H. McLean's Little
Liver and Kidney Billets, taken at
night before going to bed, will move
the bowels, the effed will astonish
you.