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EiSeUWeLI4I) tL T b tAS ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWERRY, S. C.~ HRDY SEPTEMBER 3, 1891. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR DEFECT. PF THE UEMANDS. A Dispasloaate Discussion of the Ocala Plat:'rn-.-Some PracticaI Suggestions it Would be Well for the Peo ple to Conside- for Themselves. [Prof. R. Means Davis, in the Winnsboro News and Herald, August 25.1 I have read with interest the Ocala platform, printed in youar columns at the request of the Blythewood Alliance. As you say, it raises burning questions, and shbuld be read with the greatest care, not oaly by all voters, but by all who have a cent of property or an iota of patriotism. It will not do either to accept or reject these demands as a whole without earnest study of them. Some of them raise issues that have been mooted a long time and are still unsettled problems among the leading economists and statesmen of the world. I propose simply to ask some ques tions in order to attract attention to the signiflcance of these demands. Each reader of your paper can answer the u for himself. (A.) After all is not government a compromise? There is scarcely any good measure without its attendant evil, a truth that becomes more apparent the more it is studied, %nd the wisest legis lation is that which secures as much good with as little evil as possible. More than this cannot be expected. The statesmen who is cock sure on any measure often meets with disappoint ment when theory is put into prac tice. National banks have their good points and their bad ones. For those who de sire a redeemable bank currency, the system of national banks is the best that has'ever been devised in this coun try. It was copied from the New York law, and it might be applied to this State, if Congress would abolish the tax on State State bank circulation Its power to control the money market is rather an incident of capital than of special form of banking. The repeal of the tax on State banks would destroy the monopoly, without closing the banks as banks of deposit. The redemption of United States bonds is rapidly reducing national bank circulation, so that their bills are even now but a small part of our currency, and will probably ere long practically disappear, thus removing the obnoxious "feature" altogether. Then arises the oiiI A - tI-e m, guarded ' rot rs' Minstre s, ent laws, et ,UPrimrose & West, -and House. This orgauc _scou-n..11 A-k i ccess away before good State bank3 -qpeut at' tablished? For it must be rememnt-<t that those people who are not so fortu nate as to come in under the sub-treas urV plan must have somewhere else to borrow from. (B.) Can the Government loan money at 2 per cent. when individuals cannot without loss? Who must bear the loss? The pec pie at large? But the people at large are not allowed to borrow. Must they bear loss where they reap no bene fit? Why then not let everybody in the land borrow on the same terms? If I have a gin factory full of gins, ought not I to have the righ t to raise money on them as well as on the cotton that gi.es through them? Ought not the merchant be allowed to borrow on his stock of goods in order to tide over a tight time instead of pressing pay at 10 12per cent. when the Government, or which is his Government as much as anybody else's is supplying his neigh bor at 2 per cent? If I teach school, or sit on a jury, and receive a warrant on the county treasurer which is empty, because the people are not ready to pay taxes, ought not the Government to discount this public claim as well as advance money on private property? Is a "plan" that does'nt cover all these cias ses of persons consistent with that fun damental and best plank of the whole platform, "Equal right to all and special privileges to none?" Is the privilege of borrowing at 2 per cent., when an Kequally estimable neighbor has to pay 10 or 12for his loan, a special privilege or not? I ask nothing about the practical working of the sub-treasury plan, for I have not been able to learn exactly what the plan is that is now advocated !instead of the bill. (C.) Why should we demand $50 per capita in United States currency? Is this to be in addition to the $1,000,000, .000 advanced through the sub-treasu ries? How shall all this money be kept in circulation after the farmers pay back their loans to the Govern ment? If, as is claimed, the price of commodities depends on the amount of ni circulation, will a cow be ~rth $100 in the fall, when all this money is afloat, and only $50 in the spring, when half this elastic curreecy has been covered back into the treasury? This is a very pretty question. If England, the richest country in the world. gets along with about $2 a head, why do we need more than twice as much? Why should the relation any how be between dollars and men, in stead of between dollars and business? I)o 9,000 colored rice hands on our coast need as man~y dollars as the same num trd In Charleston or New York? *~ Whatalloancem ybe made for the use of bank checkF money? Is it true that only 3 per en of trade in England, and 8 per cent. inethe United States is transacted in montjaand the rest of the checks and book settit>ment? D)oes this teach that, iL'stead of much more Government money we need many more good banks in which peo ple may miake deposits and cheek against them, allowing one check to pass through several transactions, by which means the people can regulate their own business without calling on the Government to stretch its powers to a very dangerous extent, and can secure practically that elastic medium w.-ch the Government cannot furnish, it seems, without going into the broker age business? 2. The trade in futures has been car ried to a great excess and has often injured business. So far as it is used for purely speculative purposes, it is a great curse. But is the evil inheren in the system itself, or is it but an incident? What special harm is there in a farm er's making a contract with a buyer to sell his crop to him in the fall at a fixed rate? Shall a farmer be prevented from securing advances in Charleston on the promIse of shipping so many bales at such a price, and then, if he prefers, pav ing the price instead of delivering the cotton? Shall a manufacturer not be per mitted to contract to deliver a certain number of bales of cloth to China in six months? These are in principle pre cisely the same as the transactions on Wall street. There may be a sharp set of rascals in Wall street, but may there not be an' equally sharp set of rascals, perhaps, with antagonistic interests to watch them? Each crowd has its corrospond ents through the land gathering crop statistics. Between the two most accu rate reports are obtained. And the Fairfied farmer can, if he inquires, learn as much about the crop as any body else. The price, after all in the long run is regulated by demand and supply. Sometimes the yield baffles all calculation, as, for instance, this year; but it can easily be seen how much wider the speculation would have been if there had not been this systematic collection of statistics. Years ago there was at least fifteen cents a pound differ encein the price of cotton at Winns boro and New York. What is the difference to-day? When we choke off the "gamblers" we throw the burden of collecting facts on the Government, or on the producers thcmselves, who have other work to do. It costs money to get crop reports and the people must pay either directly by tax or subscrip tion, or indirectly through prices. Fur thermore, in view of the present great glut of cotton, is it not probable that the price is kept where it is only be cause a lot of speculators have been caught in future and are bulling the market to save themselves from ruin? Otherwise, there is no special rew, >. why cotton now on hand should be sold at all. Here is proof again, it seems that even an evil often has its compen sating good. - To prevent the sale of futures alto t['er would be to paralyze all credit A-, .tions, for unless the law be so abs .ly bombproof as to prevent all future '.3 whatever, it will find some loophole -*scape. It is a dangerous stretch of po -,in a government to tell a man he shall . t buy anything for future delivery. t too, may be imperative, tot unless Zd - pub li opinion, juries will not enfo. Would it not be better to ende to regulate such sales tban forbid them? 3. The present Silver Act of Congress doe's these things: First, it keeps the silver dollar on a par with the gold dollar, when the bullion in it is 25 cents cheaper. Second, it adds about $70, 000,30 a year to our currency. Third, it uses all the silver that is mined in this country. Fourth, it gives the Gov ernment, that is the public at large, all the profit arising from coining 75 cents worth of silver bullion into a dollar coin. What is there in all this to "condemn?" Suppose the free coinage of silver, which is "demanded" would take the profit of coinage from the pubIc and give it to the silver miners, and allow Europe and Mexico to "dump" their surplus silver over here at a big profit and then run the risk of having our gold leave the country, a lot of sil ver dollars remaining with us, which the world refuses to consider as worth a dollar when we go to pay for our im ports, would this be a much better law than the one that has been "con demned?" This is what very many of the world, even of those who are not "goldbugs," believe would' be the effect of free coinage of silver in the United States. 4. Alien ownership of land is becom ing an evil, that is to say, ownership of large tracts of land. We may consider whether it is better to have Bo market for land or to sell it to some foreigner. For instance, is it better to leave the Catawba water power undeveloped or sell it to an English syndicate? Had we rather do without a railroad in Fairfied than allow foreign caDital to build and own it? If an Englishman comes along and offers you ten dollars an acre for a farm which you have been, unable to sell to a fellow-citizen for fie dollars would you think the law forbidding alien ownership of land a good or a bad thing? A fter a syndicate had developed Catawba Falls would you be willing to tax yourself to enable the State to acquire it by sale from alien owners? Do you desire to in crease your taxes to enable the General Government to "take possession" of millions of acres of alien and railroad lands in Colorado and Wyoming? This is what the fourth "demand" means. It is well to understand it. 5. The fifth plank is admiiaole in general and in detail. It condemns class legislation, the fostering of one in dustry at the expense of others, and a high tariff; and it demands agraduated income tax and economical govern met. The only objection to an income tax is that people will not tell the truth to the tax-gatherer, and cannot be caught at their fibs. This is a very deplorable charge, but is almost fatal to the plan. our incomes truthfully? If there is any cheating, the biggest rascal gets off tue lightest. 6. The demand for Government su pervision of railroads is ajust one. They enjoy great privileges and owe a proper service to the public. The value of all the railroads in the Union is put at about $9,00J,000,000 this year. The cen sus of 1880 gave the value of all in the Union at $10,000,000,CO. Their pres ent value I have not seen stated. It can be seen, however, that to purchase the roads, therefore, would require al most the full farm values of the coun try. At 3 per cent the interest on this purchase would be $270,00,000. Would the railroads after paying all costs of management, return this? How many railroads pay dividends to-day? Would they bring more money to the Govern ment than to the stockholdors, when the object of owning them is to make rates cheaper? Would the Government appoint managers for business or po litical reasons and change them with every election? Would the South Caro lina Republican leaders manage our roads better than Inman, McBee or Andrews? Which of these would Har rison appoint. 7. Why should United States Sena tors be elected directly by the people? To prevent bribery and corruption, of course. Will this evil be prevented by throwing the electi;n into the hands of the people? In what way? When Stanford or Jones or Stewart wants a seat in the Senate, it matters little to him whether he buys enough votes at the polls to elect him directly or enough to elect legislators who will elect him indirectly. If a voter will send a bribe taker to the Legislature, what will pre vent him from sending a bribe giver to the United States Senate? The elec tion of Harrison, it is claimed, came through a purchase of voters at the polls, not of Presidential electors. Stan ford must now control the whole State of Calfornia. It would be easier and cheaper for him to be able to confine his efforts to his own election alone. Is it not easier to corrupt a State nomi -mating convention, whose members as semble for a day and then di.solve, than to corrupt a Legislature? Where public opinion san.-ctions corruption does it matt!r in what form the elec tion comes? If any one examines the Constitution and the debates of the Constitutional Convention he will see that the pro vision regarding Senators is a funda mental feature of our Government. The Senate represents the Qtate in its~ corporate capacity, the House repre sents the people. The State elects through its Legislature, the people choose their representatives directly. The seventh demand of the Ocala plat form would wipe out this recognition of State rights. Is it worth while to make this change when there is no cer .nty of attainining the desired end, which is to secure a purer form of elect ing Senators? - understood as oppos ing es to which I have shown objec i But since there are so many orators en w.ged-1 portraying the brightest featurest of the Ocala plat form, it is well for sc{me one to call at tention to some of itst possible defects. HA1RISON ON T Hn SOUTH. The President Prepares to Wave the Bloody Shi,:-.-/A Speech to the People os? Vermont. MONTPELLIERJ Vermont, Aug.26 President Harri 0n spent the night at St. Albans an<( reached here at 11 o'clock this mo:rning. He was intro duced to the A sembly, which was in session, an 'soke briefly in acknow ledgmentf L welcome. He spoke at greater i( Mo:to an open air assem The ro,iing is an extract from his speec '~ "It is rest thing to be a citizen of the Unitea'States. The association of the States is a geographical necessity. We can never consent that ho.otiIe boundaries shall be introduced with all that such divisions imply. We must be one from Maine to California, one from the Lakes to the Gulf, [applause,], and everywhere in all that domain we must insist that the behests of the Federal Constitution and of the laws written in the Federal statute book shall be loyalty obeyed. [Applause.] A statesman of one of the South'-n States said to me, with tears in z.as eyes, shortly after my inauguration: 'Mr. President, I hope you intend to give the poor people of my State a chance.' I said in reply: 'A chance to do what? If you mean, sir, that you shall have a chance to nullify any law and that I shall wink at the nullifica tion of it, you ask that which you ought not to ask for and that which I cannot consider. [ Applause.) "If you mean that obeying every public law and giving to every other man his full-rights under the law and Constitution they abide in my respect and in the security and peace of our institutions, then they shall have so far as in my power lies an equal chance with all our people. [ Applause.] "We may not choose what laws we will obey. The choice is made for us. When the majority have by lawful methods placed the law upon the statute book, we may endeavor to repeal it, we may challenge its wisdom, but while it is law it challenges our obedience." [Applause.] "Some years ago Ayer's Cherry Pec toral cured me of asthma after the best medrcal skill had failed to give me re lief. A few weeks since, being again troubled with the disease, I was promptly relIeved by the same reme dy."-F. S. Hassier, Editor Argus, Table ~Rok, Nebr. BUTLER HITS BACK The Senator's Plain Talk About Dr. Stokes -Strong Denial of Statements About the Prosperity Speech-Doubled Teamed in Spite of an Agree inent to the Contrary Dr. Pope's Mistake. [Charleston World.1 ASHEVILLE, N. C., August 24.-Sen ator Butler arrived here yesterday evening from the North, where he has been since the day after his Prosperity speech, in attendance on the session of the naval committee of the senate. Supposing he had not had access to the South Carolina papers, your represen tative sought an interview with him toucling the echoes"of the Prosperity meecing. Senator Butler was asked: "Have you seen a copy of the Cotton Plant with a criticism by Doctor Stokes, the editor, of your speech at Prosperity ?" "No, I have not, but a gentleianon the train from Washington yesterday, told me of it, and promised to F-end me the paper, which I hope to get on my return to Edgefield to-morrow. From what tiis gentleman said of the edito rial I should say that Dr. Stokes could easily and successfully aspire to the position of prince of-well I will not say liars, because that would not be parliamentary or decorous, but I will say an adept in perversion and mis representation. However, I will be better able to speak of it after I have read it." "Here is a letter from Dr. S. Pope copied in the Charleston World of Aug. 22, from the Cotton Plant in which he says amoG, other things: "General Butler begged the question. He was told by Captain Talbert, when he was referring to the appointment claLse of the Vance bill, that it was a bill doctored by Governor Vance after it was sent to him in order to make it unpopular and that it was unfair to refer to it as the sub-treasury bill. Gen eral Butler replied that be took it as he found it and insisted on presenting it as the bill. General Butler also referred to men who wanted to borrow money at 2 per cent. per annum as men who desired to borrow bat did not intend to pay back-and yet the government at Washington is to-day borrowing - 'ney at 2 per cont., the great State of Ohio at 2.65 per cent. and the State of New York at 3 per cent. or less-yet when individuals at the South desire to bor row money from the government at 2 per cent. based on cotton as a security they are told that men who desire to borrow at 2 per cent. on this security don't expect to pay what they borrow." "Is that a fair representation of what you said in your Prosperity speech?" "Let me see the whole letter," said the Senator. After reading Doctor Pope's letter, Senator Butler said: "Now, I am very, very much sur prised to see such a statement from Doctor Pope, for I have known him most pleasantly for a great nulmber of years, and while I have always re garded him as an earnest advocate of whatever he thought right, I had the opinion that he was an honorable, fair man; and-wouild strike right out from the shoulder; but this letter of his shows that he either did not hear or comprehend what I said, or has wil fully perverted it. I should be very sony to think the latter, and shall, thereforeinquire of him if be is correct ly represented. "As to the sub-treasury bill from which I quoted, having been 'doctored by Governor Vance' to make it unpop ular, Doctor Pope will pardon me if I say I do not believe one word of this accusation against Governor Vance. He is an honorable man, and would not be guilty of such a trick. But Governor Vance is able to take care of himself, and doubt less will do so if this charge should be brought home to him " 'General Butler also nL ferred to men who wanted to borrow money at 2 per cent. per annum as men who desired to borrow but did not intend to pay back.' This is what Doctor Pope says. Well General Butler said nothing of the kind; nothing that could be dis torted by any fair minded, man into such an expression, and no man in that large audience ought to have known it better than Doctor Pope. I must, there fore, conclude that he misunderstood me, for I am not prepared to believe that he would intentionally misre present what I said. Fortunately, I have preserved the~ notes from which I spoke, and I believe full stenographic notes were taken of the speech, and in due timne I will refer to them. "As to the other portions of the letter of Doctor Pope, I have nothing to say. I have no knowledge of any 'applause' having been manufactured for one side or the other. For myself, I care very little for such things, especially if I have anything of a serious nature to say; and I thought the introductory remarksof Doctor Sligh on that subject timely and appropriate, and I so ex pressed myself in the opening of my remarks." "Is there anything furtheryou would 'like to say in regard to Doctor Pope's letter?" "Well, let me see; yes,"here is a re markable and startling announcement: "But Captain Talbert in the after noon utterly demolished the arguments of our distinguished Senator. Yet, strange to say, there was not a news paper reporter there to report his speech nor was General Butler present to hear it, although the general and some of the reporters returned to Co lumbia on the same train with Captain Talbert. Why was this? Were they afraid that the captain's speech woulsi mar the glittering generalities of the general? Gentlemen of the press, tote fairly.' "Now, the less said on that particular 5ubject the better it will be for some of Doctor Pope's immediate allies. Let iie state what occurred at Doctor Langford's house, whose hospitality I njoyed the nigh c I stayed at Prosperity: %fr. Hardy, chairman of the committee )f arrangements, called on we at Doc ;or Langford's the evening before the peaking and informcd me that Doctor stokes and I would be allowed an hour Lnd a half each; that Doctor Stokes would open the debate in an hour's peech and rrserve a half hour of his ime to reply to me. I readily assented :o this, whereupon Mr. Hardy re narked that the three hours occupied >y Doctor Stokes and myself would ake up the time before dinner, and hat after dinner W. J. Talbert would leliver an adddress on alliance matters. [ asked Mr. Hardy if he thought it ntirely fair, after inviting me there to pea z, to give two advocates of the ub-treasury the opportunity to reply o me, and that if Mr. Talbert referred :o my speech I should claim the right ;o have a half hour to reply to him. Ur. Hardy assured me more than once hat Mr. Talbert would make no re 'erence whatever to the debate between )octor Stokes and myself. "After this assurance, officially made, : did not remain to hear. Mr. Talbert's ;peech. Possibly Mr. Talbert was not Lware of this assurance and agreement. Possibly Mr. Hardy may not have been Lble to control or direct the character >f Mr. Talbert's remarks. One thing is rery certain, the agreement was vi' ated but I do not know that I should iave referred to it but for this talk and )alder dash about my 'running away', ny 'arguments being demolished,' etc. Ohey must mean this part of the per brmance as a joke. The next time I nake an agreement of this kind, it hall be in writing, and the next time correspond with Doctor Stokes I will eep copies. He read his letter to me o the Prosperity meeting, but neglected o read my reply. He also gave his etter for publiction and refused to ive my reply, as I was informed by e reporters, so you see it stands me n hand hereaft2r to preserve copies." General Butler is looking well, and will be in full trim for the speaking at 3atesburg which is on the card for eptember 18th. He leaves here to norrow for his plantation in Edgefield, where he will spend some time, and will probably remain in Edgefield until he Batesburg meeting takes place. 'he General's family, who have been iere for some time, leaves to-morrow or Highland, where -they will spend he rest of the summer. ENATOR BUTLER'S STINGING REPLY TO TIE COTTON PLANT. [Special to News and Courier.] EDGEFIELD, August 26.-On Senator utler's return to-day from attendance )n the naval committee of the Senate our correspondent handed him a copy >f the Cotton Plant of the 8th instant ~ontaining Dr. Stoke's editorial criti ~ism of his ProsDerity speech, and also he Cotton Plant of the 15th with the resolutions of the Snell's Alliance, and nquired if he desired to say anything n connection therewith. After reading both Senater Butler ~aid in reply: "I have lived1;o very little purpose r something more than half a century n South Carolina if it is necessary for ne to vindicate myself against such lisgraceful falsehoods as those con ained in these two papers. I had never net Dr. Stokes until the Prosperity neeting. He appeared to be a well nanered, fair man, and I treated him is such; but this performance of his ,hows clearly that he is devoid of prin iple and honorable qualities. He nows full well that I did not utter the ientiments he attributed to me, or any bing approaching them. He heard very word of my speech and had a alf hour to reply to it. Why did he 2t then and there in my presence *ebuke such sentiments? Why did he tand mute and permit the farmers, whose special champion he assumes to >e, to be villified and denounced in his way? Why does hie sneak to his sanctum and ten days after deliberately pen this editorial, bristling with per ersion and falsehood? Why all the ircumstances convict him either of elf-stultification or, what is worse, wilful falsehood. "I never uttered such sentiments or mything approaching them, and Dr. stokes knows it. "As to the Snell Alliance resolutions have nothing to say, further than :hat they do me gross injustice. They >ear the ear marks of Dr. Stokes, and, f course, are predicated upon the false formation he deliberately palmed off nl the members of this Alliance. It is itiable to see a man, who claims to be ntelligent, guilty of such disgraceful .ethods to carry a point, but he shall aot practice them upon me if I can each the ears of the people he is seeking :o influence and poison against me by alsehood and mi-representation. If here is anytbing the people of this state detest and despise it is a sneak rd a liar." Senator Butler will be at Batesburg rn the 9th of next month, t.he day of the public diseussion at that place, and will be glad to meet Dr. Stokes and repel his accusations face to face. Sufferers from indigestion, loss of ap petite, liver or kidney complaints, rheu. matism or neuralgia, would do well to give Ayer's Sarsaparilla a trial. For all such disorders, no medicine is so effective as this, when faithfully and perseveringly used. An Ohio lady was so frightened by a snake that her glossy black hair turnied white as snow. It was soon returned to its original color by Hall's Hair Re APPALINGRAILROAD DISASTER.L A Train Plunges From a High Bridge Fifty Feet Below--Twenty-Three Per sons Killed and Twenty-Five Others tE Injured. CHARLOTTE, N. C., August 27.-A dreadful wreck occurred on the S Western North Carolina this morn ing, two miles above Statesville, at le 3 o'clock, at the long high trestle over the Catawba River. A rail had been removed at the entrance of the bridge, precipating the whole train into the river. News from the scene is meagre, g but it is certain that between twen ty and thirty people were killed and others injured. Auditor Sanderlin of this State is reported among the pas sengers. The bodies are being taken to J< Statesville as rapidly as they can be re- tj covered. Much anxiety is felt in this pi city as friends and relatives cf many tj here are returning from the mountains 01 every day. of RALEIGH, N. C., Aug. 27.-Eighty- N five passengers were on board of the b( train wrecked at Statesville. Killed es already brought to Statesville are re- la ported as follows: Percy Barnett and Charles Barnett of Hendersonville, qi Sam Gorman of Asheville, William p] West of Salisbury, a fireman, a lady m unknown, Julius Phifer, a drummer; n< a porter unknown, Charles Webber of L Carson, Conn.; a colored man, un- L known; an old lady, unknown; Mrs. if Poole of Williamston, N. C. ; W. J. ot Fisher of Campobello, S. C.; a white a, man, unknown; W. S. Winslow of of Asheville, N. C.; William Houston of Greensboro, Wm. Davis of Statesville, te J. B. Austin of Hickory, Rev. J. M. to Sykes of Clarksville, Tenn.; Doe Well, tb (porter) of Loi'isville, Ky. ; Mr. Mc- s1 Cormick of Alexander, Buncombe tj County. ul State Auditor Sanderlin, was badly fo hurt. But few of the people on the bt train were saved. The Asheville fire ar company, returning from a convention tL at Durham, was aboard and it is sup- a, posed many of them were killed. fo A LATER ACCOUNT. O CHARLOTTE, N., C., August 27.- ir One of the me -t disastrous rail- h( road wrecks known in the anna's of w this State occurred this morning cc about 2 o'clock at 7os'on1s bridge, two ti4 miles West of Statesville, on the West- m ern North Carolina read. Passenger re train No. 9, known as the fast mail, W which is made up at Salisbury pulled c1; out on time (a. m.) loaded with pas- hi sengers. It was composed of a baggage tr and mail car, second and first class fu coaches, Pullman sleeper and Superin- u] tendent Bridges's private car. This m sleeper, which comes from Goldsboro, si: usually contains a good number of passengers from NortherD points, and P, last night was no exception. The run T to Statesville was made on time, a m distance of five miles ; but just after of leaving Statesville there is a high a, stone bridge spanning Third creek, and . down into this creek plunged the en- a tire train, a distance of eighty feet, ~ wrecking the whole train and carry ing death and destruction with it. , Twenty passengers were killed out- a right, nine dangerously injured and f about twenty badly bruised and shaken T up-.b The scence at the wreck beggars de- t scription. The night was dismal, A and to add to the horror of the situa tion the water in the creek was up. It o was only through the most heroic b efforts of those who had hurried to the 5 scene of the wreck that the injured ~ were not drowned. The accident la was caused by the spreading of rails. The bridge was not injured di and trains are running on schedule time. The dead bodies are now lyirg h; in the warehouse at Statesville. The it injured are having the best of care at h: private residences and hotels. Follow- n ing is the list of the killed : al Win. West, engineer, Salisbury, N-.t C.; Warren Frip, fireman, Hickory, . N. .C.; H. K- Linsler, baggage master, Statesville, N. C. ; Win. Houston, d Greensboro, N. C.; P. Barnett, Ashe- d ville, N. C.; W. E. Winslow, Ashe ville, N. C.; Charles Bennett, -ender- h sonville, N. C. ; WV. J. Fisher, Campo-n bello, S. C.; J. B. Austin, Hickory, N. C.; T. Brodie, drummer, Newt York ; J. M. Sikes, Clarkesville, Tenn.; v Mrs. Poole, Williamnston, N. C.; Jule Phefer, traveling salesman ; Doc Wells, d colored Pullman porter ; John Davis, Statesville, N. C.; Mr. McCormick, c Alexandria, Va.; A. S. Lind and wife, Lexington, Ky.; B. N. Estes, Jr., t Memphis, Tenn.; John Gage, Ashe ville ; R. E. Johnson, newsboy, S. C,; Conductor Spaugh; Sleeping Car Con ductor, H. C. Cleeper, and Flagman Shoaff. i Among those who escaped with inju ries more or less serious are: Cole B.y Cameron, Northampton County, N.(C.;f Otto Ransom of Norfolk, Va.; Wortht Elliott of Hickory, N. C.; Geo. B3owleIa of Atlanta; Col.O0. W. Lawson of Louis- I ville, Ky.; Miss Lewellan Poole of Wil- n liamston, N. C.; Mrs. R. C. and Miss c' Ophelia Moore, Helena, Ark. Mrs. tl Poole was drowne:1 before aid could a, reach her. Three bodies have been , identified. One of these these is an old ti lady; another is a lady with a ticket in tl her pocket which reads : "Mrs. Georgce ] McCormick and mother, Elmwood, N. S C., to AKexander, N. C." The third is b also a lady. UTpon her finger is a ring t: engraved "T. H. WV. to M. R. R." If t is thought that all the bodies have not o been taken out of the debris, which is y 'piled up so high that it is impossible to u make a thorough examination. Crowds s< have flocked to the scene all day and o the accident has cast a gloom over the a entire community. Not a -jul came g out of the sleeper alive. Miss Ophelia sa Moore of Helena, Ark., died after being r takn out of the wreck. A 3ITSSIO.NARY A.ONG TILE SLAIN. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 27.-Among ie killed in the accident on the Wes rn North Carolina Railroad to-day as the Rev. J. M. Sykes, a graduate the Southwestern Presbyterian Uni rsity, of Clarksville, Tenn. Dr. ykes had just been assigned to mis onary work in China and was to have ft for that country on September 26 !xt. He was married. SLIGH AT SARDIS. e is A tnused at the Newberry Editbrs and Boom . the Subtreasury. LClinton Gazette, August 27.1 At 10.30 the chairman, Capt. J. Andy >nes, came forward and announced tat Dr. F. M. Setzler would open the -oceedings with prayer. This done, [e chair introduced as the first speaker the day, Rev. J. A. Bligh, member the House of Representatives from ewberry, a widely known agitator in half of the oppressed farming inter ts of the State, and a much and popu r gazetted orator and Allianceman. Mr. Sligh's address was lengthy, elc :ent and full of soundness of princi e. He by way of prelude, made some ost flattering remarks respecting the >ble qualities of the good people of urens County. He said: "You of urens County have done as much, not more than the people of any her county in the State to redeem id uphold the fair name and welfare grand old South Carolina. Instead of my coming among you to ah you regarding the situation and lay before you the issues involved in is great warfare against the wrong, I ould be at your feet learning more of e source of this great revolutionary )heaval that is now quaking the undation not only of South Carolina, it of the whole country. The people e beginning to think and to act for emselves; the people are learning fast d are the faster asking for more in rmation, for light, for truth: and you ight to do it for your own benefit. It a revolution, it is on us, it is in our arts; and it must, it shall come. It ill not be smothered until it has ac mplished its purpose, as sure es na )ns have their rise and fall. Mark y words, it will end in a peaceable volution and then, and not until then, ill there be peaee at last. There Is no ss of men under the blue canopy of aven, superior to the farmers in pa jotism, loyalty, honesty, and truth Incss. And when we as a class rise ) in our might and majesty as one ighty man, restless, and will not be Lenced, thsre is a cause; there must a remedy. There is a cause; cause oduces effect. The opposition blame liman, Shell and others including yself, for the entire restless condition things in the State. Well, Tillman d others did start the ball rolling at opened the eyes of the oppressed id set the people to thlnking for the iblic good. I am right well amused at the editors, pecially those of Newberry. They ways cry out against a man when the rmersput him forward as their leader. tiese same cd.tors, you see, wants to ss the job ihemselves. They want e high placs . ond the fat of the land. Western speculator will say, it's an rerproduction of corn, or wheat, that tuses low prices. Over one million of des of cotton are on hand yet await g bett"r prices; but who bnows? It .ay be caused by underconsumption, a ck of business to take up and con ime the cotton that causes the present spression in prices. Myself and famlily ould use more of cotton goods if we ad the money, but how shall we get ? The Alliance wants the farmers to ave more money; there is not enough Loney in circulation. Others talk yout what the farmers ought to do avoid overproduction of cotton. I ant to know whether or not the resent state c" things came of overpro iiction. Whoever heard of overpro ction coming from a lazy man? The rmers are often dubbed "lazy" when e goes to .town. The far mers lost iuch more time last year attendirg >litical gatherings and learning about ie condition of things than in any prc ious year, and they made last year the .rgest cotton crop of record. Imme. lately after the war there was plenty money; cotton sold at from S to 20 mts per pound fifteen years ago. There was no trouble to make money len; but now we are growing rapidly om bad to worse. Property was 'orth more a yes - ago tbar it is to-day, -ith cotton selling at 6 cents. Nc ioney in the country, money becom' ig scarcer every day, no property -anted, no prosperity in the country, ur home mortgaged, and that to bE recosed giving the shylock leader a tIe. And a general 1'r8 of confidence .1 round. ery few men, including our Congress Len, know much about the financial ndition or problem. Aft3r the wa] iere was about $50 per capita; more ioney in circulation in '06, '67 than in 1. The population has doub!ed since ien and there is less money to conduct e business transactions of the people 'ho remedy for all these evils is the ubtreasury plan. It is called a hum ug and its friends are called fools by e opposition. The Subtreasury bil 2at we want and must have is not the ld Senator Vance bill, but a better one. 7"e want relief, if not by the Subtreas. ry, we must have relief from some )urce. The farmers have hit the nai n the head by suggesting something s a remedy for the evils, and if thi ubtreasury is not what we want, it i: >ething like it. There are 3,50( ational banks in the United States; er. cent. of the ponle, have the privi lege of enjoying the fruits of the na tional banking system, while the other 95 per cent. suffer the consequences. The national banking s. stem will be a thing of the past if the Subtreasury bill passes. They know i' tis why the enemies of the bill kick against the measure. The Alliance - wants to issue $50 per capita, and will do it if we press on to success. The Democracy of New York is in sympa thy with - John Sherman of Ohio be cause he is for the national banking system and against the Subtreasury. The speaker declared solidly against the third party movement. "Don't go out of the Democratic party," said he, "you can't do it and look your wives and children in the face. Stay in the grand old party tltat redeemed South Carolina in '76, we cannot afford to leave it for all time to come. There is no third party in the State. Mr. Has kell and a handful of followers tried to institute a third party last year-they went to the bottom neveragain to rise. No third party, no, never!" We would be pleased to publish all of Mr. Sligh's speech, but knowing at the time that there would be a lack of space in our columns, we only short handed a brief synopsis. It was abun dantly instructive. PRESIDENT POLK'S DILEMMA. He Must Fight a Duel or Lose His Influ ence in the Alliance. RALEIGH, N. C., August25.-There is open warfare between the Democrats and the Farmers' Alliance. The Dem ocratic machine leaders have been of the opinion for several months that the speeches, acts, and deeds of President Polk were rank treason to the Demc cratic party, and so expressed them selves, but, as a matter of precaution and to prevent the organization of the People's party throughout this State, the Democratic press and politicians have refrained from making attacks on Polk and the Alliance. In Polk's paper, the Progressive Farmer, of this week there appears a cut representing a Confederate soldier on one side of the bloody chasm and a Federal soldier on the other shaking hands across the chasm. In the centre are the words: "People's party." Right unde the Confederate soldier these words: "A solid South for fear of ne gro supremacy." Under the Federal soldier are these words: "A solid North for fear of Rebel brigadier rule." At' the bottom of the cut are these words: "Anticipated twenty years ago by Hor ace Greeley. Taken up now by the Farmers' Alliance." Then follows a long extract from the speech of Polk at Ocala. Because of the appearance of this cut the general belief is that the People's party is here and has come to stay. The same issue of President Palks paper makes a bitter attack Ashe and Jernigan, editors of the News and Observer, and publishes a circular letter sent out a year ago by Ashe, which stated that the News and Ob server advocated the sub-treasury bill. Polk then denounces A.she and Jerni gan as guilty of a wilful attempt to de ceive the farmers, because the News and Observer holds the sub-treasury bill to be unconstitutionaL. He says that such conduct shows that Ashe and Jernigan are totally depraved and are unworthy of the confidence of any honest and respectable person. In reply Polk is denounced as a cow ard, a traitor to the Democratic party, a failure and humbug as a farmer, as dishonest in his transactions with sev eral individuals, and a "feather-leg" in every particular. J. L. Ramsey,, an assistant editor of Polk's paper, is also denounced as a vulgar coward. Messrs. Ashe and Jernigan intend to force Polk and Ramsey to resort to the Code for satisfaction. If they fail they will try to break Polk down by making him contemptible by holding him up every day as a "feather-leg," whien is a miserable, abject coward, a pitiless scoundrel, and a poltroon of the most disgusting character. No one believes that Polk will fight. Ashe and Jernigan believe in settling disputes according to the Code. Ram sey is absent, and his friends say he will show fight as soon as he returns. Several offers to act as seconds have been made Lo both parties. Polk arrived here yesterday, and to day he held a council w'th his friends. 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