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(~,> ~ ~: - ~ AilIIiWPtt 4w/I,. ~ ~XWULL IVJ) IlK. ESTABLISHED NEWBERRY, S. C.~ JULY 31. 1890. 1863. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR THE STATE ALLIANCE. All Counties in the State but Three Itepre resented at Greenville-Strength of the Or,,er-President Stackhouse's An nual Address-The Place of the Alliance in Politics-The State Exchange. [Greenville News, 24.] The Farmers' Alliance of South Carolina was called to order in the Opera House at ten o'clock yesterday morning by President E. T. Stack house, after prayer by Chaplain Doug lass. Vice President D. P. Sojourner, of Barnwell, Secretary J. W. Reid, of Spartanburg, and Treasurer Taylor, of Chesterfield, were present. Secretary Reid has been ill for some time and got out of bed to attend the meeting. All the counties in the State were represented except Kershaw, Beaufort, Horry and Pickens. A complete sta tistical report of the secretary was not read, owing to his illness having pre vented him from preparing it, but a report is given in President Stack house's address as to the number of sub-Alliances and the condition of the order. The membership on the first of January, according to the sec retary, was 34,000. He approximates the membership now at 40,000, an in crease of 6,000 in seven months. The following committee on creden tials was appointed : J. E. McKenzie, W. McZimmerman and W. B. Rice. W. N. Hinson was seated as a dele gate from Charleston County, which has only one sub-Alliance in it. Un der a strict interpretation of the con stitution the county is not entitled to a delegate, but as Mr. Hinson was pres enL,. it was thought fair to let him rep resent his county. While the Committee on Creden tials was at work, Col. L. L. Polk, the national president, made an address on the condition of the Alliance throughout the country and particu larly in the Northwest, where he has lately been travelling. He spoke in glowing terms of the complete organ ization and harmony existing in that section and of the great benefit being received by the farmers who belong to it. Great enthusiasm was manifested throughout his address and the ap plause was frequent and strong. On motion of W. D. Evins, of Marl boro', the president of the South Car: lina Alliance was instructed to wire fraternal greetings to the Kansas Al liance, now in session at Cambridge, Kansas. The following telegram was sent during the day : "Hon. B. H. Clover, President Kansas State Alliance: "The Farmers' State Alliance of South Carolina, now in session at Greenville, S. C., sends greeting and extends the right hand of fraternal friendship to our brethren of Kansas and the entire Northwest. "E. T. STACKHLorse, President." The organization of the Alliance was then effected and the delegates seated on the report of the Committee on Credentials. The annual message of President Stackhouse was read, and was received with enthusiastic ap p)lause. The address is a strong and conservative one, and is found in full below : Brethren of the State Alliance.-In turning over to you the high trust which I have endeavored to execute for you during the two years since your organization, I congratulate you *on the growth of the order within the State, on the good your organization has already accomplished and and on the open prospect for future accomplishment. The report of your State organizer shows that the organi zation has now been planted in every county in the State. Your secretary -reperts that we now have 1,1)52 sub Alliances in the State, an increase of 298 since your last meeting, and an in crease of 17,500 mlemlbers during the year now closing. BENEFITS OF TH E- ORDER. The improved busi ness mxethodls in troduced by the order have saved hun dreds of thousands of dollars to the farmers of the State, but important as is this money saving to the farmlers of the State, the gain in information and * manhood is vastly more important. The Alliance has not only demon strated the practical benefits of unity, but that it has stimulated and has given direction to individual efforts, is the testimony of observers. both in and out of the order. The farmers of tile State are more cheerful and hopeful than they have been for many years, and it will not be denied by those whbo have observed and studcied the farmers' condition, that it is mainly due to the beneficent teachings andi operations of of your noble organization. In looking to and arranging tor fu ture operations, wve must be guided by the same declaration of noble purposes that .has enabled us to start so wveil. Thiey are founded on truth and equity. Let us study them and be guided by them. The safety and success of our organization is dependent on our fidel ity and dlevotion to these noble pur poses. EcoNoMnCAL ED)UC.ArIoN. The first declaration of purpose by our order shows that it lookedl to the education of the "Agricultural class" thlat they might be prepared to grapple with organized and entrenched mnonop o'y. I respectfully recommend a careful study of this entire first declaration of purpose to the brotherhood ini South Carolina. Trhe education of the "Agricultural class" is the most important work of the Alliance, not only in South C'aro lina, but in every State of this great imai i I reconunend that you e >n sider carefully the best methods for the accornpi'liThmielt of this great educa tional work. onopoly --- i ut renched nonopoly, with its mighty influence and power must be met and defeated. This is a task worthy of the supre niest eflirts of the toiling masscs of the people of the IUnited States. It is no escape if we would perpetuate free institutions and enlightened Chris tian government. The toiling mnasses of the people of this great nation are girding themselves for the accowplish ment of this task. The agricultural States of this Union are uniting for the accomplishment of this grand task. The great Northwest and the cotton States will stand together in the coin ing battle with the powers of monopo ly. The assaults of the first skirmish will be recorded in the election results of the National elections for 1S90. But the monster-Monopoly--is too firm ly established for to be defeated in a skirmish. It will require the great battle of 1:92 to decide whether the people or whethermonopoly shall rule this great nation. POLITICAL DANGER. The charge of our opponents that we have abandoned agriculture and gone into polities is sufliciently an swered by the statistical fact of in creased area and superior condition of the growing crops. Whence this fear of the farmer in politics? But we must ever remember that our politics are to be "strictly non-partisan." Any de parture-fatal, to the success of the re forms sought. The Alliance is in no sense a political party, nor does it look to the destruction of either of the great political parties, but it is a "strictly non partisan'' organization for the de fence and protection of the "agricul tural classes" against legalized spolia tion, and will wait for no change of ad ministration to present its demands. The national demands formulated by the Supreme Council at St. Louis have been considered and passed upon by the Sub and County Alliances. I recommend that these demands with the action taken thereon by Sub and County Alliances be referred to a special committee on legislative de mands and that all matters in reference to legislation, State or national, be re ferred to this committee. The great consolidation effected at St. Louis since your last meeting, and the unpre cedented growth of the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union inspires the hope that the demands of that grand organization, will-at no very distant day-receive respectful consideration by the Congress of the United States. THE AGRICULTURAL AND MECiANI CAL COLLEGE. I congratulate the farming and in dustrial classes of the fact, that since your last meeting, the State has made provision for the establishment of an Agricultural and Mechanical College at Fort Hill, and that the work of con struction is now p)rogressing. The report of your Executive Conm nmittee shows good and safe financial amanagemnent. They have enabled your State organizer, State lecturer and State president to meet, to the extent of their ability to do so, all demands made for their services. I recommend that the committees continue the same equitable and wise arrangement in ref erence to the work of the State lecturer, and that he be required to give his wvhole time to the work under their direction should it be demanded. And I suggest further now, that the work of organization is so nearly completed, that the committee impose the work of State organizer on the State lecturer. CONsTITUTr Io. The State Secretary, who has made you State's constitution a sp)ecial study, has, by request, prep)ared for sub mission to your body a new or a revised constitution, with the purpose to make it more systematic in arratngement, less doubtful of interp)retation and easier of reference. I reconinud that you take such action as will best secure a care ful consideration of this new, or re visedl constitution. ALLIANCE FXCH[ANGE. Thei plan adopted at your last meet ing for the establishment of "anm Alli anice Exchange" has been carried into active and successful operation. This rep)ort, submitted to this body as infor mationi will sutlicien thy explain its op erations. rts con tinmued success is di rectly dependent on the patronage of the Alliance brotherhood of the State. When the business world conmes to understand that it has "come to stay,' that the Alliance people of the State will: support it to the extent of their ability, it will surely prov'e a grand( success and benefit the Alliance miem bership beyond their most sanguine cx pectations. Yoca on(.ANS. The Cotton Plant, your State organ, is worthy of and should receive the sup lport of the brotherhood throughout the State. It should make its weekly visits to every Alliance home in the State. The fact that most of the State press is opposed to the demands of the Alliance makes it imperative that our people should read our State and na tional organs. The National Econo mist, your national organ, is comiibat-. ing with conmnendable fairness and great ability the evils and dangers ofimo niopoly. I reconii,nendi that the brother hood of* South ('aro'lina give a liberal pat ron~age. I respectfully sugcest the proupriety and. justice of increasinzg the salaries of your President amid Secretary, as thme tionh, are not fair compensation for the servi'-es rendered by those otlicers. I trust you wiil remain in sessiot long enough to give careful considera tion to all matters of interest to the order in this State. In conclusion, I want to say that the effirt to serve you has been, to me a labor of love. I have brought to the discharge of the duties imposed, my best eflorts for the well being of the order. I have been conscious ofiy inability to measure up to the respon sibilities imposed upon me. I invoke your indulgence to the deficiencies and errors in my oflicial administration. I want to record my grateful appreciation of the prompt and generous aid given me in their several departments, by those wlo have been associated with me in the discharge of my oflicial duties, and I congratulate the brother hood in the State on the wisdom of their selection. E. T. STACEIOUSE. The meeting then fixed upon the hours for business from 9 a. mt. to 1 p. m. and from 3.30 p. in. to ( p. m. Night sessions will be held if necessary. A number of minor resolutions w'-re introduced and referred to committees. One resolution condemning the course of certain newspapers in attacking the national oflicers of the Alliance at Washington, and pledging the support and confidence of the South Carolina Alliance to the national of-icers; ex pressing confidence in the honesty ant ability of these oflicers, and thanking President Stackhouse for his prompt defence of them, was passed after seve ral warm speeches,'in which the news papers publishing these reports were soundly denounced. Colonel Polk ex pressed his thanks for the Alliance's confidence in their officers, and advised that the farmers treat such newspapers in no lenient manner. A plan was proposed in regard to a mutual fire and life insurance concern to be operated by the Alliance for its members exclusively. It was set forth in the proposed plan that the State Alliances of the Northwest are operat ing mutual fire and life concerns with success. The plan was referred to a special committee of live. A committee of one from each district was appointed on legislative demands, This committee will consider the de mtands as to national measures made by the national body at St. Louis. At the afternoon session, before going into an election for officers, a vote of thanks was tendered President Stack house for the able and cons:ientious performauce of his duties, and to the other oflicers for their efficient work. The secret work of the Alliance was exemplified by State Organizer E. N. Elder. The election for officers was the next in order. President Stackhouse was disqualified from serving longer, under thte constitutiont of the Alliance. J. WNm. Stokes, of Orangeburg, the editor of the Cotton Plant, was the only one put in nomination for President and he was elected by acclamation. Thle old officers were re-elected, as follows: D). P. So journer, Vice President, J. WN. Reid. Secretary; F. P. Taylor, Treasurer; WN. J. Talbert, Lecturer. Mr. Stokes made a brief inaugural address thanking the Alliance for the honor conferred upon him, and pledg ing his earnest eff'orts for the upbuild ing of the order. The newly elected president is one of the youngest men in attendance ont thte Alliance meeting, but is one of brightest and most enthtu siastic Alliance nmen in the State. The following dlelegates were elected to the Nationtal Convention: J1. WN. Stokes, WN. .J. Tralbert, A. C. Latimer antd Dr. J. E. .Jarnigan. Alternates D)r. S. T. D). Lancaster and Dr. WV. B. Rice. Spart an burg was selected as the next place of meeting. Col. D). K. Norris, of Pendleton, made an interesting address arnd invited the ..lliance to visit Fort H-ill on Friday. The in vitation was acceptted, and as miany as possible will go. Colonel Polk installed the oflicers that were elected. A committee on mileage an(l per d iem wats appoin ted. TIhe following telegrani w~as received and a suitable answer will be sent: "The Arkansas Farmers' Alliance telegraphs fraternal greetings. They exhort their South Carolina brethren never to cease the fight for posterity until victory crowns our efforts." A tmeeting of the stockholders of the State Exchantge was hteld yesterday afternioon, the stock being well repre sentted. Thte report of the Board of D)irectors of the Exchange wats altoge thter satisfactory and encouraging. An itemized statement of the condition of the Exchange was given. The old omh cars of the board of dlirectors, as fol lows, wvere re-elected: President, J1. C. Coit; Secretary, WN. 0. Cain; Tfreasurer, J. WV. Ferguson. The following board w~as elected: From the State at Large, J. C. Coit and J. A. Sligh; First Con gressional Disttiet, 0. B. Riley; Second D)istrict, WV. H. Timmnermnan; Th ird District, H. W. Lawson; Fourth Dis trict, .Jno. R. Harrison; Fiftht District, A. H. White; Sixth District, .J. WN. Ferguson; Seventh D)istrict, J1. 0. Cain. Another meeting will be held this mtorning at eleven o'clock. NOTEs OF INTJREST. A conuittee was appointed by the Alliance to revise tho reports of a news patper correspontdenit before allowing hint to sendo them out to the press. A large numtber of Alliance mnembers in this county whot are not delegates, attendted the meetin:. yesterday andi listene.d witht initerest to thle p)roceed ings. A numiber of visiting Allianet nt wer also present. addlress on Alliiie topic to a lar;-e audience at the opera house last nigit. There were ru:any intere.-ted listeners preseti w1:( were no((t mlteulbe(rs of the Alliance. ('oloniel Polk left la:-t night for Greensboro, N. (., taking a sleeper from this city. Talks with Dlelezates. [News and Courier.] Giu.:Jxvui.:. Julv :.-Yu'r <((rr pondelt initerviewed a riiii er of drle gates as to various qlestiolis of iintpor tance connected with the Alliance. Mr. J. S. McKenzie, of Florence, thought the Alliance in his eountry in a flourishing condition. They will ue any substitute fo(r jute that canII he ha.1d for coveriiig theirt iton. The Allia ne is a non-political body and t:kes no stock in polities as an organizaliion. Mr. J. E. Pettigrew, Exchange agiit for the same county, thought the State Exchange all right, as far as his c"oulity was eoncerned. Most of the Sub-Alli anees had subsc-ribd stm-k. lie thought to chang its loratioin to ('har leston a good idea if the right man could he had to take charge of it. )r. J. E. .Jartigan. of Ialrion, thought the Alliance int a halthiy. strong condition. wtork;ng in full har mtony. His people will use herup aInl flax bagging as a suth litilte for jnte. In his opinion the Alliancc should not go into politics at all, hut of course -S citizens the mnembers had ti right to discuss political matters that touched their interest. His people believe in the Exchange. He thinks the Ex chatlge would have more advantages if situated in Charleston, providedt Co!. Donaldson orsome other good man had charge. He thinks his people largely favor the sub-treasury scheme. 'Capt. J. W. Wiley, of (olleton, thought the Alliance was Moving oil in his county. The people took a great deal of interest in it. They will use hemp and flax bagging for covering the cotton. The Alliance is taking no stand in politics. We do not look upon the Alliance as a political body at all. Our people have not taken as much in terest in the Excliainge as they should. We favor Charleston as its location. Major H. A. Seihels, of Lexinigtonl, thought the Alliance strong and in creasing in membership. His people will use hemp and flax bagging instead of jute. There is no such thing as poli ties in the Alliance. We were not or ganized as a political party, but to ameliorate the farmers' condition. He favors the Exchange being moved to a more central point. Col. J. H. Kinsler, of Richland, said: "We have but a few Alliances in our county, but they are all in a flourishing condition. Had sent their order to Business Manager Donaldson for flax bagging. Of course we would like the Exchange at Columbia. but are willing for it to be noved to the most advan tageous p)oint. We take no part in State politics as an Alliance at all, but we favor the sub-treasury bill as a na tional nmeasure. Dr. John H. Price, of Jranlgeburg, thought the Alliance in a very hope ful conditioni in his county. in fact, it was outstripping expiectations. The memibershipi wa nresn an iany had received substantial bienefits from a business standpoint. Our peoiple fa vor a sub)stitute for jute, and mianiy Al liaances hlad place(d their orders for hemp and flax bagging. Our body, of course, is non-political, exce'pt as to a few nlational questions, such as the sub treasury bill. -We favor tihe removal oIf the Exchange to Charleston oni accoutit of its superior freighlt anId market re port facilities. Mr. Orran B. Riley, of Orangeburg, who is tihe Exchange director for tihe 1st district, thlinks that as Columbia is a cenitral point it would suit the Ex change miuch better as a locationi. H ec says thle volume'Lof trade has been abou t $85, 0)10 sinice estaldishedi, less thlani a year ago. D)r. W. H. Timmnermlan, (If Edgefield, also onle oIf tile Exchange dlirectors, thought thle removal of the Exchange to a central point, say Columbia, wvould be of mluch mlenefit to tile Exchange anld the Alliance, Hie did hot tink the freight facilities of (Chiarleston would do any good, as thle goods are not ordered ini bulk. Col. L. P. Miller, of New berry, tin lks tihe Exchange should be mloved to Co lumbia, a central poinIt. ThIe Newvberry farmers are ginlg to use hemplh andi flax bagging. 31r. Miller favors tile stub treasulry schemie. (Col. .Jos. L. Keitt, of Newberry, says: "Our Allianlce is ini good order. Our Alliances are becoming better ae quainlted with the State Excilange and will patronize it more ini tile fulture than in tile phast. WXe favor mlovinig tile exchange to Columibia. We will use iio jute bagging. Our cotinty Alli anIce passed resol ut ions callinhg upjonI candidates for the Legislature to ex press their opinion as to tile measure stuppiorted by thle National Alliance and to sulpport none11 but those who would vote for a U nited States Senator who wvill support thlese demands. Thlere is ho such thinlg as the Alli ance going in to local issues. The bounds of the Alliance are very wvell defined. A few Alliances my have acted hastily, but you will finmd no0 County Alliance endorsinig local issues.!, TIhe Rev. J. A. Sigh, of Newberry, says: "The Alliance is ini splendid working order. The county is thlo rotughly organized. Our people are unanimous inl their oppositionl to jute, andl will use hemp and flax. TIhe Al liance as a body will not go inIto poli tics, that is, the Alliance is not a po litical miaebinie. Butl, of course, poli Order, especially national issues. We favor moving the Exchange to Colum bia. The general condition of the State Exchange is good. We have operated only six months, and six of the worst months in the year. The future outlook is very promising. The business has been good, and we have the utmost confidence in it." Col. R. M. Smith, of Spartanburg, says: "The Alliance is in a prosperous condition, growing in numbers. We will use whatever substitute for jute we can get. The Alliance does not work as a political body, but you cannot separate the Alliance from polities, as all of our people are members of the Alliance. But we will make no nomi nations. I am opposed to that. We prefer having the Exchange located in the up.country. We favor the sub tieasury very strongly." TIIE SIU n-TREASURY SCHEME EN DORSET). GREENVI LLE, July 24.-The Farm c rs' Alliance of South Carolina met in the Opera House at 9 o'clock this morning. The proceedings during the day were largelydevoted todiscussion on various topics. The committee which was appointed to prepare the reports to be given out to the press gave out the following: The committee on legisla tive demands made a number of rec ominiendations in line with the de niands of the National Alliance. The importance of pushing these demands was set forth, and it was urged that no candidate be supported who is not in full sympathy with the demands made. The Secretary of the State and County Alliances were forbidden from hereafter giving out full directory of the county and sub-alliance officers ex cept by permission of the president and chairman of the executive committee. An appeal was made to the Alliance mtiembers in the North and Northwest to unite with the South Carolina Alli ance in condemning the Lodge bill, and requesting them to come to our aid in preventing the passage of said bill, the intent and effect of which, we believe, will not be to benefit any class of citi zens, but will serve to break the force of our united brotherhood in our de niand for financial reform. Several amendments to the constitu tion were adopted. The sub-treasury bill was endorsed, and it is the sense of the body that no candidate for Congress should receive our support unless he favors that meas u re. The alliance was positive in its oppo sition to national banks, and demand ed the removal of all tax on all State banks. Sub and County Alliances were en joined to take more active interest in the schools of the coun try. The President urged upon the County and sub-Alliances the importance of having their individual seal. Trhe secretaries of sub-alliances are urged to press the claims of papers that have and will prees the demands of our order. The Infamni, of 1890. [Atlanta Journal.] Trhe people of the republic are seeing st range sights this year. They see a Republican Speaker set up a dictatorship in that House of Congress which should stand nearest the people, and upon which they should confidently rely for the preser v-ation of their rights. Thley see this same Congress, in time of universal peace and prosperity, at tempting to place bayonets beside the ballot boxes of the States, insulting the manhood of the country, menacing the freedom of the people, and inviting bloodshed-the only purpose being to outrage a section, to prejudice its good name in the eyes of the world, and to perp)etuate in power a political party. They see, under a decision of the Federal Court, that any State can force upon another traffic in whiskey in de liance of all local laws. A man sells Alabama whiskey in the streets of Dalton and appeals to the United States to protect him against the courts of an indignant and outraged pecople, who fondly imagined that they had local self-government enough to say whether or not whiskey should be sold among themi. These are the triple infamies of 1890. If such things can be, our boasted free doma is but a plaything. Let the peop)le wake up. Centrali zation is here. Whether or not there is p)atriotismn enough in the country to resist it we do not kuow, but the peo p)le of Georgia will fight it to the last. Congre,sm,an Tilh,nan Denounces the Sub Treasury. [Special to News and Courier.] S1eAWrasNB:RU, July 2->.-The Hon. Geo D. Tillaman came up on the Au gusta Road yesterday and went on to Washington. He denounces the sub treasury bill as the greatest htimbug in national p)olitics, and declares it to be both unreasonable and u nconstitu tional. The state Campaign. Hampton, Friday, August 1. Becaufort, Saturday. August 2. Walterboro, Tuesday, August 5. The most popular liniment, is the old reliable, D)r. J. H. McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment. If you feel unable to do your work and have that tired feeling, take Dr J. H. McLean's Sarsaparilla: it wil make you bright, active and vigorous No liniment is in better repute or more widely known thian Dr. J. H. McLean's \ olcanic Oil Liniment. It is a wonderful remedy. WHAT'S THIS? Chicago Already Demanding Money from the National Treasury for the Fair. [From the Chicago Herald.] There are intimations from Wash ington that an effort will be made to beat Chicago out of an appropriation n aid of the enterprise. The fact that :he Government assumes to take con rol implies an obligation to assist. chicago could get up an exhibition without the consent of Congress. It tsked the endorsement of the nation in )rder that it might have the help of the cation, as New York and Philadelphia iad it on similar occasions. Any at empt to deprive her of this advantage will be as unsuccessful as it will be des >icable. The pretext on which this protest is >ased is the fact that New York did iot ask for an appropriation. For that natter, neither did Chicago. It was iot expected that any city would ask or an appropriation until after it had >een chosen. But if New York had >een selected it would have put in the nost shameless demands for money of mny city in the country. Its celebrated )10,000,000 bill was an arrant humbug. A dozen wealthy and powerful people itood ready to enjoin the payment of ,be money, and as soon as that had een done New York was hoping and xpecting to wring the amount out of he general Government. Promises and Performances. [Greenville News.1 Captain Tillman began this cam >aign with a good deal of large talk of what he intended to do. He was to ;o to Sumter and tell John Dargan he 2ad come to Columbia with the kiss of udas on his lips; he was to go to :harleston and tell Joe Barnwell he was a perjurer. He half expected the :ampaign meetings as arranged by the Executive Committee would kill him >ut he had some thoroughbred blood n his veins and would be with Earle Lt the wind up if it was in his coffin, cheers and cries of "Hurrah for Till nan!") He was to plant the flag of 'eform on the battlements of the bat ery and he was to do divers other re narkable, heroic and desperate things 6nd deeds. Earle and Bratton didn' tpromise to lo anything. General Bratton is old mough to be Tillman's fkther, and he lidn't hint that the Executive Com nittee had arranged a schedule to >reak him down and kill him. Earle and Bratton have gone straight hrough this campaign talking to aud nces generally hostile. They did not iave a decent showing for a division of trengt h and hearers until they got be ow Columbia. Yet neither of them ias weakened for an instant or given >aek an inch. They went to Edgefield, laptain Tiliman's home county, to abbeville, to Marlboro, to Union where he county chairman opened proceed ngs with a warm Tillmnan speech. rhey have accepted the arrangements >f friends and foes and made no com >laints. They have faced all kinds of aunts, jeers and interruptions and iave stuck to their work. They have aken nothing back and modified nioth ng and have said what they had to ay in the heart of Tillman strong iolds as clearly and emphatically as hey said it among their own friends. Captain Tillman retracted and apolo. ;ized for what he said of John Dargan ong before he got to Sumter. At Winnsboro' he sat down because part >f the audience hooted him and had to e persuaded to continue. At Florence 1e refused to speak because the ar -angement of the order of speaking did iot please him. Now he refuses to ipeak in Charlesaton on the ground :bat the committee there has arranged :0 have the campaign meeting in the 3rand Opera House. The meeting there Is held at night >ecause city peaple are engaged with heir business affairs during the day. lonvenience, order and the comfort of ipeakers and hearers alike will be pro noted by having the meeting in a :>uilding which will seat 3,000 people. l'here has not been an assemblage of :hat number at any meeting in the State, except, perhaps, at Columbia. At all these other meetings Tillmn das been favored because the town people, who generally oppose him, yould not leave their stores and desks to attend. Now he kicks because one rneeting will be held under cover but with the doors wide open and admis iion free. He will not call Joe Barn well a perjurer in Charleston; he will not fight Earle into that city; he is out of his coffin, but he will not be there to plant the banners of reform on the bat tlements of the battery. Earle and Bratton went to the Tillman strong hold without hesitation. After all his boasts and promises, Captain Tillman will not go to the Earle and Bratton stronghold. It is from the Tillmnan side that all the talk has come regard ing the probability of their leader's assassination, to the scandal and injury of the State. The Northern Republi can newspapers have taken it up and are making much of it. If there was any personal danger, Bratton and Earle shared it. There are as many desperate and lawless men on one side as on the other. Yet nobody has heard a word from them er any of their friends indicating any such fear or be lief. Captain Tillman has acted like a spoiled child. He began with trump eting declarations of what he was going to do. He has left a great deal of it undane and he has sulked and refused to play at a game in which everything was in his own hands whenever he could not have all the arrangements and snroundings his own way. THE FORCE BILL. The Dangers and Injustice of the Measure Pointed Out in a Letter by Governor Gordon. NEW YORK, July 23.-Governor Gor don of Georgia writes the following let ter to the Herald : "I am in entire accord with the spirit, tone and practical suggestions of the Atlanta Constitution as to the use of the boycott as a means of self-preserva tion and commercial independence if the useless and infamous Force bill be comes a law. Moreover, that spirit will possess and control approximately every white man, woman and child in the Southern States. It may be permissible to make a per sonal allusion as illustrating the effect of such legislation upon our people. I have labored constantly and earnestly since April 9, 1S65, in public and priv ate, at the South and North to allay passion and promote unity. My high est political ambition has been to be instrumental in some degree in restor ing the real brotherhood of the people and the sisterhood of the states. Ever since this sectional and shameful legis lation passed the House, I have sought to cheer our people with the hope that some Republican senators would be found patriotic enough, broad and brave enough, to prefer the well being of the country to party ascendency. I shall hope so, and that popular demon strations at the North will uphold their hands, and give them courage to de nounce this effort to destroy the free dom of the election under the dishonest pretence of securing an honest count. But if this hope is not to be realized and the force bill becomes a law, I shall use whatever influence and abili ty I may possess to arouse the South ern people to the necessity of looking out to their own exhaustles resources. We will still welcome to our section and homes all our countrymen of the North who may wish to live among us and still protect all their investments and rights of property by impartial laws and honest courts, but we shall counsel the return to the old system of election of representatives by a general ticket if need be, or resort to any law ful, peaceful means in order to protect the right of choosing representatives and to resist the wrong of having them chosen for us by federal supervisors. We will still endeavor to keep the peace and promote good will between the races and sincerely hope that the. Southern negroes will not destroy their own prosperity by consorting with those whose mad policy threatens the well being of 1!i races. We shall still hope that after these years of apparent reconciliation and of restored confidence, we shall not see the whole current of national sentiment turned backward and downward by sectional legislation which has no pos sible justification nor rational excuse. J. B. GORDON." Gladstone and the Postal Card. [From the Chicago News.] Do you know why it is that the Hon. William E. Gladstone uses the humble postal card for the purposes of corres-1 pondence ? It is because he is the father of the postal card in Great Brit amn. He made a long and hard battle in advocacy of its adoption, and now he uses it more than any twenty other men in public life to prove his faith in its utility. Last month Gladstone was invited to be present at a festival given in be half of a charitable enterprise. He sent his declination upon a postal card. At the festival the postal card was put up at auction sale and brought the goodly sum of ?16-about $80. The Rev. Carrie Bartlett's Pulpit Garb. [From the Minneapolis Tribune.] Miss Carrie J. Bartlett spent yester day in the city visiting friends. As the pastoi of the First Unitarian church at Kalamazoo, Mich., she has been very successful, .and is deeply interested in her pastoral work. She has adopted a peculiar and very pretty ministerial garb of black which is very becoming to her. A 12-year old Murderer. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 23.-At Pikeville school house, in Tuskaloosa County, yesterday, James Hutchinson, a crippled boy 12 years old shot and killed George Houston, a boy nearly grown. Hutchinson had a fight with another boy about his own age, in which he was victorious. Houston, who was a cousin of the other boy slapped Hutchison. The latter drew a small pistol and shot Houston killing him almost instantly. The boy-mur derer is under arrest. Cleveland's Unearned Increment. [From the Philadelphia Ledger.] Ex-president Cleveland will serve as an "awful example" for the Henry George clubs if, as reported, he has sold "Oak View" f'r $149,"00, thus getting over $100,000 of "unearned increment" out of his speculation. A Southern Idea of a Great Democratic statesman. (From the Memphis Commercial.] Among the books in (Governor Hill's library at Albany are "The Art of Nursing," "Tobacco and Alcohol," "Cotton Fluctations from 18'76 to 1883," and many novels, standard and other wise. The Governor is fond of love stories. His favorite American author is Bret Harte, all of whose books he has rad and rerad. Summer Meeting of the State Agricultural Society. COLUMBIA, S. C., July 21st, 1890.-To the Members of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society. The usual summer meeting of your society will be held this year at Rock Hill, in York County, beginning Au gust 6th. Essays will be read by gen tlemen thoroughly familiar with the subjects that they will treat. The meet ing promises to be one of the most instructive and interesting ever held in South Carolina. The rail roads have generously granted the usual excursion rates to all visitors. Each year the attendance of these meetings, has been increasing and the great benefits growing out of them more apparent and more appreciated. Rock Hill is one of the prettiest and most progressive towns in upper Caro lina. The people there are noted for their warm hearted hospitality and they have invited all farmers, and others interested in the proceedings who can do so, to accept their hospital ity at this time and they promise to make this occasion memorable in the history of the Society. Knowing these people as we do we have no hesitation in saying that they will more than re deem their pledges. No member of the Society should be absent. They are specially invited and expected. The invitation, however, includes all who desire to attend the meeting. We therefore urgently request the farmers of South Carolina to come and, temporarily laying aside all business, join with us and the citizens of Rock Hill in the discussion of subjects that will advance and improve our agricul ture and elevate our calling. The First Congressional Gem. Col. D. K. Norris, of Anderson, ad dresses the following answer to Col. Jos. L. Keitt, Chairman Executive Committee District Alliances, 3d Con gressional District: Dear Sir-Recognizing the right of the people to my views as a candidate for Congress in reference to the proposi tions submitted by the Committee of the Alliance for this District, of-which you are Chairman, I would respectfully state that I was a constituent member of the Convention held in St. Louis, Mo., in December last, where these demands were formulated, and believ-. ing them to be moderate, safe and just, and that the welfare of our people de mands their enactment into laws, I -will on the hustings, maintain them, and If elected, give them my earnest support. Respectfully, - D. K. NoREIS. Farmer Johnson's Load from the Skies. [From the Globe-Democrat.] VERSAILLES, Ky., July 12.-Mr. Johnson Whittaker of near Oregon Bend, this county, was driving home last night, when a meteor flashed across the heavens, and the next in stant a huge stone, measuring about eight feet in diameter, came through the air, and, with terrific fcrce, crushed into the bed of the wagon directly be 'hind him, grazing the seat he occupied as it fell. The horses were wild with fright, but the heavy stone pinned the wagon to the earth, and, as they could not break the heavy chain traces, they were unable to run off. Mr. Whittaker says he heard the meteor whizzing through the air, but had no idea what it was until he was jolted out of his seat by the crash. A number of sight seers visited the spot to-day and in spected the wonderful rock. To Fight the Force Bil1. ATLANTA, Ga., July 22.-The Cham bers of Commerce of New Orleans, Bir mingham, Lynchburg, Augusta, Mont gomery, Savannah and other Southern cities telegraph the Constitution, favor ing a convention of the commercial South to consider the course to be adopted in case the force bill passes. Richmond telegraphs that it d<.es not deem anything like a boycott advis able, as does Charleston and Mobile. Baltimore and Chattanooga say their organizations are non-political, but they are strongly against the force bill. The Snow Plant of the Sierras. [From the San Francisco Examiner.] One of the rarest plants known to botanists has been brought to this city by E, L. Swartz, and is now on exhi bition in the windows of a down-town florist. It is known as the snow plant, and was found by Mr. Swartz growing near snow banks in the Sierras, 6,500 feet above the sea level. The plant is indigenous to high and frozen altitudes, and is a variety. It grows to the height of four or five inches, and when it blooms, which is soon after the spring thaw, it bears the appearance of a dark reddish pine cone set upright upon the ground. It emits an odor that is not unlike that of the honeysuckle. The value attached to it is on account of its rarity, and the plant secured by Mr. Swartz is doubtless the first ever brought to this city. What MfcGlnty Missed. Had Mr. McGinty lived, nothing wol have pleased him more than to hear Senator Blair on education. On the Co-operative Plan. Boss-You run the place for a few weeks and let me be bartender. Bartender-Whatjer want to do that foo? Boes-I'd like to have a crack at the