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ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1890. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IAMPTON TO HOMIE FOLKS, HIS FULL SPEECH DELIVEtED AT TH COLUMBIA MEETING. Urging Good Will Among Detnocrats-Re senting the Insults to Bratton-The Sub-Treasury Scheme Denounced Vigorous Call for Unity and Straight Democracy. INews and Courier.] Ladies, and my fellow citizens of Richland and of South Carolina : The cordial greeting that you have given me has touched my heart so that I have hardly words in which to thank you. I have come in obedience to the call of the Executive Committee of this, my own county; that county whose people for years and years past have given me every honor in their power, and whom I have tried to serve with every energy of my heart, my arm, or my tongue; that I might come here to speak to you to-day on the grave issues, the gravest, I miay say, that have ever touched our State since 1876; that I might consult with our Democratic friends how best to pre serve, not only the Democratic party, but the welfare and prosperity of the people of the South. I have come to see those men, the survivors of 1576, those men whose heroism, whose de voted effort, whose courage, whose sublime courage, redeemed the State from a rule more disgraceful, humiliat ,ng and more ruinous than that to which a civilized people was ever sub jected. (Applause.) I have come to meet them again, to look into the faces of the men who sustained me in 1,76, to take counsel with them and to show them what we shall do, and to listen to what they may have to say. My friends, before I begin to discuss the issues, let me say that I concur heartily in what our chairman has said. I implore you to treat every candi date to-day in the most respectful manner for-I am ashamed to say that has not been done at some of the meetings in South Carolina. (Ap plause.) And when 1 saw in the pa pers the other day, that hero who had led South Carolinans into the jaws of death, and who bears on his body the honorable scars which show his devo tion to South Carolina. (Hert there was great applause before Bratton's name was mentioned.) When I saw that a South Carolina audience could insult John Bratton, (tumultuous ap plause,) I thought : Good God ! have the memories of '61, of 65, have they been obliterated and all that has been done by the men who tried to serve South (arolina -: (Applause and "No, no! Hurrah for Bratton !") Has it all been forgotton? Oh, my friends, let not that be said of Richland County. Treat all men with respect. This we are told is a campaign of education. May it be so, but how can itbe soun less all the speakers are given a respect ful and attentive audience. I ask for every one here and for myself that you will hear me for my cause; for my cause is the one that has been nearest to miy heart all my life. (Applause.) I have conme, my friends, to discuss measures, principles, and not men. It would be eminently improper for me either to advocate the claims of any candidate, or to condemn or to criti cise any one whose views, whose mleth ods, whose policy I do not agree with. It would be improper and indelicate, and I have no idea of doing it. Every citizen in South Carolina has a right to seek office. It is a laudable amnbi. tion, and if the ambition leads him, in. spir'es him to seek it by honorable wayt and honorable methods, I know of no higher cause in which a man may by enlgaged. (Applause.) But we are now confronted with the gravest issues we have had to meet for years past. I came here arid find divi sion amongst the Democrats of South Carolina. When I remember the scenes that were witnessed here on this very spot in 1876, when this vast space wa packed with the men who had gone through the campaign, of which the last meeting was here ; when I re member that all these galleries were filled wIth fair, devoted women, who had contributed so much to our suc cs;when I remember that even the - ittle children were enrolled in the ranks, and prayed for the success of the Democratic party ; when I renmem ber that we all stood shoulder to shoul der to meet the common enemy, I con fess that my heart sinks when I see this division amongst ourselves. Thlis 1s said to be only a family quarrel, hut you know that no (luarrel can be so b itter as a family quarrel when it is pushed to the last issue. We are told that both factions of the Democratic party are D)emocr-ats, are true Demo e rats. They doubtless are. In the ranks of both p)arties al e brave, honest, conscientious, patriotic ment. I recog nlize that. I know it. I appreciate it, and I do and give all honor to the men wvho are following their convictions: but, my friends, let me tell you that we need not look far to be taught wvhat can be the result of division in D)emo eratic ranks. Look to our old and great sister, the Commonwealth of Virginia. You all remiemlber that when Hancock was nlomlinatedl for President Mlahonle placed in the field an electoral ticket in opposition to the regularly consti tuted ticket. He and thley all declared thlat they were D)emocrats, and wvhat was the result ? The State was lost. [ahone became a Readjuster, aln Intde pendent. As an Independent D)emo. t >theL'ntedStates Seniate,ad i firstuteacinteenthesi that he was a better Democrat thati Hill; and you remember that he sold to hiiself to the Republicans and became gL the most bitter and malignant enemy fe of his ov-n people. (;reat applause. in Thank (oud ! the Old Dominion has ev redeemed herself and has consigned pa Mahone to the infamy he deserves, and to I pray to God that such may be the h: fate of all such renegades and Inde- U, pendents as he is. (Applause.) fo Now, my friends. that is a lesson we w should take home to ourselves. I tell n you that if we divide we shall fall an th easy conquest to our enemies. United pr we can defy all attacks from without gr and within our borders. But do you he not see that even now on the calenders to of Congress are election laws framed de by the bitter enemies of the South, I which, if enacted, will leave the elec- ol, tions practically in the hands of the st: United States supervisors, and our members of Congress will be certified fo by a Federal judge instead of by the lei authorities of South Carolina? MIy th friends, there is a frightful danger be- fo fore us-a danger not alone from the us division of the paity, but from the er: passage of these election laws. We ov must stand together, or we shall surely dc fall. p1 Now it is said there is a great depres sion in the farming interests of the ca South. It is not only in the South, pi but in the whole country. I know It that, m,y friends. I feel it, and I need th not say to you that I sympathize with an the farmers, for I have been a farmer as all my life, because it was the occupa- or tion most congenial to me. But, tell in me, n hat laws can be passed by a Leg- er islature, or what can be done by a Gov- Ii ernor, that will help that depression? p1 If any man will tell me that the Gov- sa ernor, whose functions are only ad- m visory, can pass a law, then he has st more power than the president of the ti United States. What lie can do to er help you, passes my comprehension. dIt We want good government. We want tl the laws administered equally and pl justice done to every man, and it can only be done by the people of South a Carolina taking the matter into their to own hands. I have heard the people G called serfs, slaves, but I believe that ar every nan here is as free as the air he ga breathes. (Applause.) So I say to you a that if you claim that there is a ring (A in this government or that conventions 0 are:picked, that you, the people, your- in selves are to blame. Take the county in convention. Who chooses the conven- ( tion ? The people choose the delegates ar and send them there, and you can in struct them to any convention; the constituents direct them hat. to do. Take the State Convention. The i county convention elected by you elects the 'l gates to the State Con vention and the county convention [1 can instruct its delegates. Therefore if the people do not choose good men in the conventions, or in the primary, it cy is because you do not take interest ro enough in the elections to do your its proper share of t he work. Now, I say i that the convention can be conducted in a perfectly prop1er and straight for- em ward manner. I would be p)erfectly b willing that every )emnocrat in the m State could express his vote directly at i the polls, but I say that the people of South Carolina have been free from rings, fronm all oligarchy, from ali aris- t tocracy; but what is aristocracy? God e knows, I don't know. I don't recog nize any peole as~ a "'conmmon'' people. th I recognize every true Democrat, and er especially if he is a man who stood byth me ini the war or if he is the son of a mlan. (Aplauseand h urrahs for Hamip- D ton.)If he is the son of a man that a fought in the war he is thbe aristocrat. s (Applause a::d cheers.) Talk of aris- bi tocr-acy in South Carolina! Mfy God, w; if there be a man here who followed m me through the war, I appeal to him m to say, to bear me witness that I treat ed the man in the ragged grey jacket ii, as well as the man with the stars on , his coat. (Great applausc. I regarded t them not only as mcy equals, but they to were mcy superiors, because the private thi soldiers were the men who bore more ot of the brtint of the hcat tle, and the pri vations of war, and got less credit for it km than the officers. b MIy friends, you have seen that they r Ihave proposed in Congress some mecas ures that they call the sub-treasury, mi the ware house system, and our dis tinguished Senator from (California, tv Stanford, introduced a bill the other e dlay by which he proposed to lend money to the farmers on a miortgage of a one per cenit. and then he very inno cently said.that the farmers could make to money by lending it out at six or seven b per ent. I hardly think that Stani f.crd, when he was a railroad p)residenmt' tu Iwould have coniducted his business on that hine. I hardly thcink the schemie is a goodl speculation. But it can not p):1s5 because both measures are abso-SJ lutely unconstitutionial. You wvould hardly expect that any of your Repre senmtatives should violate thle (Constitu- th tion, whch they swore to obey, bcy voting for th:ese bills. P Isyto you tht- if thiere has beenmi anything which hats dlepressedi the rie f troers~ above all others it is the tarifY. Ifj That is where the pressure is the hecav-i- b)x est on the laboring mcan, upjoni all the Iin indcustrial classes o~f South Carolinca. o (Applause and cries of "P)rotection:im protection:~ Yes, that is protection, ch~ but I am not ain advocate of free tlade-X tic That is impracticable, but I say t hat. al the farming interests aould receive all thme benefits. (Here there was a greait .1 confuisioni amd ncoise caused by tihe pacss age throughi the crowd of ihe Sumcter TI de-legatiocn andi. at thei-~r head Colonel tb E-arle. Whieii quiiet was restore.l G overnor or Hamcptonx continuedi: Ia I will n': detaini you much longer. tger I will finish, and you will be as il as I will be, I only want to say a w words in conclusion, and the true otive which brought me here. In ery canvass since 1876 1 have taken rt, and whatever the part assigned me by the Executive Committee I .ye worked for the supremacy of the nmoeratic party. It. was my good rtune to be your stand4rd bearer ten you placed the flag of the De ocracy on the State House. From at day to this I have felt- the su emt st interest in the success of that .trd old party and I have come down re to appeal to the men who listened me, who trusted me, who had confi nee in me-I have come to them as .ould to brothers, as I would to my 1 brigade when going into action, to md shoulder to shoulder. I implore you men of Carolina not to -get the past. I implore you not to passion or prejudice lead you, for cy are unsafe guides, which, when lowed, dethrone your reason. It is eless to contend that you are Deno its when you do anything to divide n, the Democratic party. (Treinen us applause.) Stand together I imrt >re you. [ have nn personal interest in this nvass. I can have none. The peo of South Carolina have given to me, ye bestowed on rme, every honor in eir gift, and that should satisfy the ibition of any man in this world; for 1 stand here under our genial skies my native soil I declare to you, on y honor, I would rather be the Gov nor of South Carolina than to be the esident of the United States. (Ap ause and cheers.) This people, as I id, have bestowed their honors on e, and much as I prize theni, I value 11 more than all the political honors, an all the good that has been show ed upon me, the kindness, the confi nee, the afl'ection -xtended to me by e people of South Carolina. (Ap ause.) My career must soon close. In the tural course of events I cannot hope be here much longer, and I hope to >d that when the time comes, and I .1 at rest forever under the soil that ve me birth, iy eyes may look over .appy, prosperous and united people. ,pplause.) I hope that a merciful >d will continue to shower His bless gs on this people, and I end my say rs: "God save the old State!" ild and long continued applause d cheering.) OPPOSING VIEWS OF IT. nw the Columbia Meeting Locked to wo Newspaper Men Who Were There. 'rom the News and Courier, anti Tillman.] CotrUiA, June 24.-Columbia's mpaign day is over. It has been a user. Not perfect, but excellen t of ikind, full of hope and encourage ent, replete with sound Democratic letrine and confusion to the Pretend .The weather might have been tter, Richland's voters might have ade greater demonstration, and Tjill an might havye been lassoed and com lIed to remain on the stand while 1. John C. Haskell scalped him, but en we can't expect everything. Ev ybody except the Tillmianites is eased, and they have retired from e field, so they need not be consid ed in summing up Columbia's sensa >ns to-night. It was a big meeting, ry enthusiatic for the straight out ~mocracy, devoted to the spirit of '631 d '763, and from an anti-Tillman indpoint was extremely comforting, t its pleasantest feature was that it is made a reunion for the best men of any counties who are opposing Till in ism. An effort has been made to secure a t of prominent men who visited the .y to-day animated by strong hostili to the Tillman heresy, but there are D many to name. Those crowded on e stand are mentioned. Scores of bers can not be. The crowd con ined a larger percentage of well iown Democrats than any which has en seen in Columbia for many years. te schedule of arrangements detailed sterday wvas followed with exact ss. The stand was a big and broad one, pical of Richland's Democratic ~ed. It was filled with chairs and nehes, which proved all too few to commodate the prominent men who tre invited to it. Many of them had stand. A drapery of red white and Le hunting decorated the front and les of the statnd, and the effect of the -isted colors was pretty and bright. It was a big Decmocratic host, with ibrellas for shields, which faced the eakers. The field was knobbed all er with umbrellas, which shaded the >Iders that many of them could not Sdistinctly and sometimes caused enm to applaud at the wrong moment. Somewhere about 11.453 a roar of ap ruse from the edges of the crowd ;alled a sensation. The cause was realed when a delegation of some ty Democrats from Sumter, headed Attorney General Earle, marched o the arena. Judge Hlaskell wvent t to meet himi, and side by side they .trched around the arena, the crowd( eering wildly. The excitement cont iued for several minutes until Gener Earle took his seat on the stand. 'roum the Charleston World, Tillman.] CLOLVmIA, June 24.-Tillnman again! ie biggest v ictory of the season for e farmers' champion! An overwhelming rebuke to the all -"lne policy of the so-cailled "regu The great big, whoop-'er-up, hurrah eampaign meetings held up to this time. The crowd of fi,.e thousand which was expected must have changed its mind, for not more than about fifteen hundred persons were present. "The tide has turned" in earnest, and it is not likely if the torrent could not be stemmed in the home of the "ins," that anything will succeeded in stopping it in other portions of the State where the sentiment is over whelmingly in favor of a change in the political methods which have pre vailed in South Carolina for so many years. Even in Columbia, where it was to be supposed that the others were strongest, and Tillman weakest, there were constant cries for Tillman while Bratton and Hampton were speaking, and when Tillman was introduced, there was a torrent of applause, which lasted for nearly ten minutes. Till man's remarks were interrupted every moment or two by outbursts of ap plause was only given at very long in tervals, when some particularly imi pressive climax was reached. It was a great victory for Tillman in that the crowd seemed to repudiate the noth ing's-good-about-Tillman sentiment which had been so assiduously worked up by the "Richland Democratic Club" to which any white Democrat is eligi ble to membership, withouit any ref erence presumably to whether he be a resident of Richland county or not. Scores of persons arrived on the trains this morning from all parts of the State, wearing these badges, and even little boys in the street had them pin ned to their coats. In short, every thing that ingenuity could devise or necessity suggest was done to manu facture some real old fashioned '76) en thusiasni for this occasion, when it was expected that Tillnan would be "sat upon" for once at least. The moral effect of this sitting upon, too, was "to be felt all over South Carolina." But 1. The sceine didn't work! 2. The programme was not carried out! 3. The enthusiasm (lid not materi:al ize to any great extent! 4. And when it did show up, it was in the wrong places. In short, it was an abortive attempt to create an impression that something was which really was not, and it de served to fail. It is generally conceded here to-night by persons who ridiculed the idea this morning that nothing can defeat Till man for Governor. It surprised Columbia to discover, after Tillman had got" the crowd work ed up, how many there, residents of Richland, who sympathized wifh the great reformer. The conduct of many persons, in fact a majority of those who were present at the fair grounds were disgraceful. It was probably the most ill-mannered crowd which the speakers have yet en countered during the progress of this camplaign. Not only did they insult Trillman, but they were as rude as amen can well be to Bratton and even to the old hero of '76 himself. General Hamp ton's presence did not produce the ef fect that was expected, and it is pretty safe to assert that the self-styled "Reg ulars" have never so fully realized the utter hopelessness of their cause as now. Trhey knowv now wvhat up to this time they had only feared that Tillmian will be the next governor of South Carilina, and their writhing and squirming under that knowledge would be amus ing to witness, if it were not so really painful. Rich Without Money. [Clay Manufacturers' Engineer.] Many a man is rich without money. Thousands of men with nothing in their pockets, and thousands without eveni a p)ocket, are rich. A man born with a good, sound constitution, a good stomach, a good heart, and good limbs and a pretty headpiece, is rich. Good bones are better than gold ; tough mus cles than silver ; and nerves that flash fire and carry energy to every function are better than houses and land. It is better than a landed estate to have the right kind of a father and mother. Good breeds and had breeds exist amiong men as really as among herds and horses. Education may (10 much herds and horses. Education may do much to check evil tende'ncies or to develop good ones ; but it is a great thing to inherit the right p)roportion of faculties to start with. The man is rich who has a good disposition, wvho is naturally kind, patient, cheerful, hopeful, and who has a flavor of wit andl fun in his composition. The hardest thing to get on with in this life is a man 's own self. A cross, selfish fellow, a desponding and coim plaining fellow, a timid and care-bur dened man-these are all born de formed on the inside. They do not limp, but their thoughts sonmetimies do. short-Lived liie. [Chattanooga Times.] 'rie Rev. Sam Jones' daughter, Annie, and Prof. William Graham, who eloped fronm Cartersville last Christnmas and were married in Chat tanooga by the Rev. Mr. Drumbell, rector of St. Paul's Church, have sepa rated. The couple went out to ride Christumas day, drove to a station above Cartersville, and took the train for Chattanooga, where they were married. They married in haste, and are now repenting at leisure. It is rumored that Prof. Graham will apply to hwa the marrina annuller. TILLMiAN AND HIS METHODS. The Conservative Opinion of Robert Al drich, of Barnwell-Tillman's Mistakes and Shortcomingi. (Fron the Charlestou World.] Col. Robert Aldrich of Barnwell was in the city yesterday, and was met at the Ciarleston Hotel by a World re. porter, whe addrested to him several questions on the political situation in Barnwell and the State generally. "Four-fifths of our people," said Col. Aldrich, "are for Tillman." "Is there likely to be any change in this condition between now and the election?" "Yes." "What'" "The other fifth will be for him by then." To what do you attribute the strong support the Tillman movement is re ceiving throughout the State?" " 'There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, ieads on tc fortune?' There has been a wave of popular discontent with our party methods gathering in the State for years. Capt. Tillnan has done a great deal to work it up, and at the oppor tune moment he -leaped upon its crest and it is bearing him into the guberna torial office." "Then you do not think it is dissatis faction with our State government or otticials that inspires this support of Tillman?" "Certainly not. We have had since P f76 a clean, economical government, and our offices have been filled by good men--I may say our best men-and there is no ground for discontent on that score; but our methods have been faulty, and it is against these that dis satisfaction has been growing for years, and Tillman offering the occasion, the people are responding with earnestness and enthusiasm to secure a change. "After all that may be said, the un derlying principle which controls the actions of our people is a love of liberty, and they are not not going to submit to the despotism of a party any more than they will to the despotism of a government, any longer than they can help it. For years our elections have been decided in Colunbia. I do not mean by the State officials alone, or by any ring-there is no ring that I know of-h-ut by p)ublic men from all parts of the State, who meet there periodical ly, and who 'shape up' and give direc tion to events, and under our peculiar conditions the people have been forced to ratify their actions. In other words instead of 'the people 'cho6sing 'heir own servants, they have had candi dates in which they have had little or no voice in the selecting, forced upon them with the alternative, 'take these or go to the Radicals.' "Now, Tillman saw this conditon o: things, and discerned the appropriat< relief for it. He has inaugurated policy by which the people will in fact as well as in theory, choose their owr servants, He offers to the people self government, pure and simple, and the3 seized the opportunity with avidity and hailed him as a liberator. "Ideas, not mien nor measures, gov ern this world, and it is this idea o: their rights and privileges beins brought within their own grasp that ih that is controlling the people of the State, and there is no power on eartL that can shake them loose from it." "What will he the result of it all?" "The immediate result will be thE election of Capt. Tillman. That is matter of small import. Men like him while bold and aggressive in the figh' for power, are proverbially conserva tive once they have gained it. He wil administer the duties of the office as they are prescribed by law; no more, n< less. "There has been one marked goot effect already; the people are mor< cheerful; they are working more hope fully; their farms and crops are in bet ter condition than for years past, and generally life has taken the place o stagnation. But the ultimate resul will be of the greatest good to the State Hereafter, when men aspire to office they won't go to Columbia to make in terest for themselves by the employ ment of the wiles and arts of the ma chine, but they will go to the people where the broad-guage principles o the statesmen tell in the long run. "Our young men will be taught t< cultivate these, and the people will b< elevated and educated. Look a Georgia, where the people themselves unaided by cliques and caucuses and conventions, have always elected theii officials, governors, presidential elec tors, congressmen and State officern after thorough canvasses under th< leadership of gr-eat men. Tfhe ordinary farmer in that State, al a cross roads store, can tell you mor< about the political history of this coun try, and understands the theory- of thE constitution, and the government un dler it, better thani half the lawyers ir South Carolina, and under the paralyz ing influence of our system over here hundreds of Crawfords and B3eriens Toombs, Cobbs, Stephenses, Hershe V. Johnsons, and Ben Hills have beer born, lived and died without anyboda knowing it, and without knowing it and without knowing it themselves." "You think, then, that hereafter al candidates will have to get down t< personal electioneering for the offic< they aspire to?" "I do not think it much of a desceni to get on the plane of the sovereigi people. Some men elevate themselvei uponi an imaginary pedestal and pre tend to look down upon the great bod of their fellcw men. But they havE always appeared very silly to sensibl< pnople. "If you mean that hereafter candi (lates will have to go out among the people and address public meetings, and visit the people in their homes,and present their views, and hear the views and opinions of the people on public questions, (which many of our so-called pnblic men could do, with much profit to themselves,) in order to secure pub lic favor, that is exactly what I mean, and the man who questions the integ rity of the people, or doubts that the people will do right when left a fair and unfetterd opportunity to do so, is unfit to represent a free people, for he has no confidence in free institutions. That the people will do right is the keystone upon which the who!e fabric of free government rests." "What of Capt. Tillman's charges against the State goverment and otfi cials?" "Capt. Tillman is an untrained man, and, of course, he has made and will make mistakes. The most adept poli ticians and practiced statesmen make them. What wonder, then, that a man fresh from the farm should do likewise. But I have noticed that whenever he is convinced of his errors, he has the manliness to acknowledge them and make suitable reparation. "He has made some very reckless charges, for instance, the one against Judge Izlar was shockingly and pain fully and totally unjustifiable. Senator Izlar took an oath to support the con stitution; that means he was to sup port it as he construed it, or understood it, and that his construction differs fromi Capt. Tillman's furnished ground for the charge of perjury is absurd. But, after all, how does that stand? Day after day, wherever you go, you hear men whose opportunities to know better have been equally as good as Capt. Tillman's, ascribing the conduct of others who don't happen to please them, to the vilest motives and most criminal inducements. The only dif ference is that they do it in a sneaking, cowardly way, and Tillman does it openly and above board. Hundreds, yes, thousands of the supporters of Till man condemn these things as positive ly as his opponents do, but-all the same, there he stands as the great champion of popular 'rights, and the people are going to receive him with open arms in his mission of bringing to them their own, with all his imperfections." UNION FOR TILLMAN. The State Delegates to Vote for Him as Long as He Is in the Field. -[Columbia Register.] Uslot, S. C., June 26.-The County Convention met to-day to elect dele gates to the State Convention and re sulted in the election of Tillman dele gates, as follows: John W. Gregory, John R. Jefrries, G. D. Peake, R. J. Betsill, W. T. Jeter, G. B. Fowler, T. C. Duncan and M. B. Kelly. A. C. Lyles was eleted County Chairman, and a strong Tillman ex ecutive committee. Major D. H. Town send, of the Union bar, announced his candidacy on the Tillman platform, and the delegates to the State Conven tion were instructed to vote for Till man and Townsend as long as they were in the field. Resolution endors ing the March Convention and its sug gest ion for Governor wvere passed. Townsend will join the campaign party soon. New York's Growth. By the census of 1880, the population of the city of New York at that time was 1,206,399. This year's census is ex pected to show a population of 1,675, 300. There has been no increase of geographical boundaries during the in tervening ten years. Putting the probable population of Ithe city 1 hIs year at 1,675,000, there are more people in New York than in any one of the following States: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Con necticut, Delaware, Florida,;(more than the total population of the last four combined), Kentucky, Kansas, Louisi ana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Ver mont, West Virginia, or in the four new States of North and South Dakota, Washington and Montana. No Longer a Man's World. [New York Herald.] Give a woman a chance and she'll take the earth. Miss L. L. Reed, of the Harvard annex, has carried oft'Har vard's pet prize-that for the best me trical version of an ode of Horace. Miss Ph ilippa Fawcett, who is twen ty-two years of age, has wrested the highest honors from themi in the com petitive June examinations, in Camn bridge University, England ? This is no longer a man's world. L.argest Flowers in the World. The biggest flower in the world was recently discovered by Dr. Alexander Schadenberg. It was found on Mount Farag, which is situated on one of the Southeastern Phillipine Islands. The native who accompained Dr. Schaden berg called the flower "bolo." The bolo in bloom is a five petailed flower, nearly a yard in diameter-as large as a carriage wheel. A single flower weighed over twenty-two pounds. The five petals of the .immense flower are oval and creamy white and grow around a centre filled with countless long violet hued stamens. Pimples, boils and other humors, are liale to appear when the blood gets heated. The best remedy is Dr. Mc Lean'a %arsnnarila THEY DEMAND PLEDGES. The Farmers' Alliance Proposes to Have Them in Black and White. [New York Tribune.] CHARLOTTE, N. C., June 1.-Col. H C. Jones, United States District Attor ney under Cleveland, and a candidate for the Democratic nomination foi Congress, to-day received a visit from L. M. McAllister, Secretary of the Farmer's Alliance, who handed the Colonel a printed card with six ques. tions to be answered and six pledges t< be signed. The document was headed "The demands of the National Farm ers' Alliance and Industrial Union as ratified by a majority of the sub-alli ances in North Carolina." The first demand is for the "aboli tion of national banks and substitution therefor of legal tender Treasury notes." The pledge under this demand, which like all the others must be signed in the presence of a witness, a special line being left for the witness to sign, reads : "I approve of the above demand, and if elected to a seat in Congress will endeavor to have it enacted into a law." The second demand is for a law to "effectually prevent the dealing in fu tures of all agricultural and mechan ical productions ;" the third is for free and unlimited coinage of silver; the fourth for a law prohibiting alien own ership of land by persons or corpora tions ; the fifth is that all revenue, na tional, State or county, shall be limited to the neceessary expenses of the Gov ernment economically and honestly ad ministered ; the sixth and last demand and pledge deserve to be given in full. They read : "That Congress issue a sufficient amount of fractional paper currency to facilitate exchange through the me dium of the United States through the medium of the United States mail." "I approve of the above demand, and if elected will endeaor to have it enacted into a law. I also approve of the bill introduced into the United States Sen ate by Senator Vance and known as the Sub-Treasury bill. If it is not shown to be unconstitutional I will vote for it and endeavor to secure its passage, and, in the event it is shown to be unconstitutional then I will in troduce and advocate a bill to abolish bonded warehouses for whiskey, &c., and also a billto abolish national banks in accordance with the first demands on this card." On the back of the card is this "in formation:" "This card is prepared for the purpose of pledging the candidates for nomination and election to legisla tive offices to support these demands, which have been ratified by a large majority of the subordinate alliances in North Carolina. Politicians have so often deceived us by their verbal pro mises, which they make and then deny having made, that we have de cided for the future to take their pledges in black and white." Col. Jones refused to sign the papex at all, saying in a letter to the Alliance Secretary that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination, and proposes to stand on the Democratic platform. Col. Jone's competitor in this county is Capt. S. B. Alexander, late President of the State Alliance, who is an en thusiast for the Sub-Treasury bill. THlE TROUBLE COLONEL JONES. BROUGHT ON HIMSELF. RALEIGH, N. C., June 24.-The Farmers' Alliance is unquestionably the greatest factor in the North Caro lina politics. Its State Secretary sent out, a fesi days ago, cards with certain pledges tc be made by all Congressional candi dates. This matter became very promineni by reason of the fact that Col. H. C Jones, a Democratic candidate for the Congressional nomination in the Sixtk: district, refused to make the pledge. THE FARMERS' ANSWER. This caused much stir. The Progres sive Farmer is the State organ of the Alliance, and it publishes an editoria oui Col. Jones' refusal to sign these pledges in which it says: "'We believe that a farmer will gc from the Sixth district to Congress. 11 the lawyer candidates are not betteu than the methods now being used tc secure their nomination, their election would be a calamity. Farmers and al] other people in the Sixth district, now is your time to show your hand. Ii you want a good farmer in Congress you can, by united action, put hirr there. If you do not, you may expec1 toil on and grow poorer every year. Take your choice." The above will apply to every district in the United:States. ADVICE TO COL. JONES. Now a word about Col. Jones. He says that less than one-third of the farmers of that district belong to the Alliance. That is incorrect. Nearly al. of the intelligent ones who are no1 members are in sympathy with it Hence the Alliance represents the wishes of a majority of the good people of the district. This editorial shows that the Alliance proposes to go actively into the cami paign and make an issue direct. SamI Jones Tells a story. [From one of his Richmond Sermons.] An old man came in to breakfast and told his young son tbat the doctor had brought him a baby brother. "Why didn't you bring him intc breakfast?" asked the boy. - "He hasn't got any teeth." "Well, tell the doctor to take him bhck and finish him." LET THE PEOPLE SAY. THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CALLS A CONVENTION. Democrats to Declare Whether they Want Election by Primary or Convention Action which Will Bring Matters to a Focus-Provision for Distri bution of Documenta. [Columbia Register.] The meeting of the State Democratic Executive Committee held last night proved as important as had been prog nosticated. The committee met in the Carolina Bank at 8.30 last night, and when ad journment was reached midnight was but a half hour away. There were present sixteen of the twenty-two members constituting the committee. Chairman J. A. Hoyt, of Greenville, presided and Colonel Wilie Jones acted as secretary, and the fol lowing other memoers of the committee were in attendance: R. D. Lee, ofSum ter, W. H. Brawley, of Charleston; W. F. Fishburne, of Walterboro; M. B. McSweeny, of Hampton; 0. F. Cheat ham, of Edgefield; E. B. Murray, of Anderson; E. B. Gary, of Abbeville; J. E. Boggs, of Pickens; N. Dial, of Laur ens; M. J. Hough, of Lancaster; C. S. McCall, of Bennetsville; C. A. Wood, of Marion; J. F. Rhame, of Manning; John C. Haskell, Columbia, ex officio. "The following resolution was adop ted, being proposed by R. D. Lee, of Sumter, but amended somewhat: "Whereas, There is a widespread de mand by the Democrats of this State for the election of delegates to theState. Nominating Convention by county pri mary elections: be it "Resolved, That a convention of the Democratic party of South Carolina is hereby called to meet in the hall of the House of Representatives-in the city of Columbia on Wednesday, the 13th day of August, at 12 m., for the sole and exclusive purpose of determing whether delegates to the State Nominating Con vention to be held on the 10th day of September thereafter, shall be elected by a primary election to be held on a certain day throughout the State, and for no other purpose whatsoever; and the number of delegates to be elected by each county shall be equal to double the number of Representatives in each branch of the General Assembly to which each county is entitled." Colonel Wilie Jones offered another resolution to the following effect, which was.adopted:.BeoL,ed,. ..That the call for a State Nominating Convention heretofore ordered to meet in Columbia on September 10th, be and, the same is hereby confirmed. Still another resolution was adopted as follows: Whereas it is the duty of the Executive Committee under the constitution to direct the policy of the party, be it "Resolved, That the several counties of the State be earnestly requested not to elect delegates to the September con vention until the question of electing by primary election is determined." The committee adopted the following resolution, offered by Mr. Lee: "Resolved, That in order to enlighten the people upon the condition of public aflairs and the administration of tbe government, that the special sub-corn mittee be authorized to prepare and distribute throughout the State such printed matter as in their judgment may be wise and proper, and that suffi cient funds of this committee be, and hereby are, appropriated for that pur pose, instructing the appointment of a clerk." The special committee referred to consist of Colonel Hoyt, Secretary Jones, and Messrs. C. S. McCall, John C. Haskell and J. E. Boggs. The state Campaign. Win,nsboro, Tuesday, July, 1. Chester, Wednesday, July 2. Yorkville, Thursday, July 3. Lancaster, Friday, July 4. Camden, Tuesday, July 8. Sumter, Wednesday, July 9. Florence, Thursday, July 10. Chesterfield, Friday, July 11. Bennettsville, Tuesday, July 15. Darlington, Wednesday, July 16. Marion, Thursday, July 17. Kingstree, Friday, July 18. Georgetown, Saturday, July 19 Conway, Tuesda;, July 22. Charleston, Thursday, July 24. Mount Pleasant, July 2.5. Manning, Saturday, July 26. Orangeburg, Tuesday, July 29. Barnwell, Wednesday, July 3). Hampton, Friday, August]1. Beaufort, Saturday. August 2. Walterboro, Tuesday, August 5. A pair of shoes is one of the most typical products of modern industry. To make them the Animal Kingdom contributes form the herds of the WVes tern Plains; the Vegetable, from groves of oak and hemlock or from the great forests still left to us; great factories supply cloth and thread; mines, fur naces and forges combine to furnish nails or wire. Through scores of pro cesses, thle forty-two pieces of a pair of shoes require to bring them together, the co-operation of fifty men and wo men, whose division of labor is so thoroughly systematized that every thing goes with the same regularity attributed to the works of a clock, until as a result, you, well shod readers who wears the W. L. Douglas' Shoe, can buy a pair from three to five dollars, that would have cost your forefathers from six to twelve. The most popular lini'ment, is the old reliable, Dr. J. H. McLean's Volcanic * Oil TLiniment