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C, E'TAB LISHED 18WC05. sT- EWBERDr , S C., WED-NESDAY,_JANUARY2,192IRCI1.0AYA CALL FOR THE STATE CONVENTION.! The Basis of Representation and Instruc tions for Reorganization In the Counties -Rules to Govern Formation and 1Memborship of Clubs. [Register, 16,tb.] In accordance with the resolution adopted at the recent meeting of the State Democratic Executive Commit tee a convention will be held in May for the purpose of electing delegates to the national convention. The following call has been issued by Chairman J. L. M. Irby: To the Democracy of the State of South Carolina: Whereas, The Constitution of the Democratic party of this State, adopt ed September 10, 1890, provides for the calling of a convention to be held in the city of Columbia on the third Wed nesday in May of every Presidential year. Now, therefore, . John L. M. Irby, chairmin of the State Exevut ve Com mittee of the Democratic party, in obedience to the constitution and a resolution passed by the State Demo cratic Executive Committee, do hereby call a State convention to meet in the c~ity of Columbii-at 12 o'clock w., on the third Wednesday in May next [the 18SMdayl in the hall :of the House of Representatives, for the following pur poses to-wit: To elect delegates to the National Democratic Convention to be held in pursuance of a call to be made by the National Democratic Commit tee, and also to elect a member of the National Democratic Executive Com mittee from this State. Representation in said convention shall be double the number of the members of the General Assembly to which the respective conuties are en titled,Ahe apportionment of the House of-Repreaentatives by the last Legisla ture to govern the representation based upon that House. (Signed) JOHN L. M. IRBY, Chm'n State Dem. Ex. Committee. (Signed) G. DUNcAN BELLING ER, January 14, 1892. Secretary. REORGANIZATION. ke following notice has been sent to airmen of the committees of the nt counties: .County Chairmen of the Demo tic party of South Carolina: tant to the order of the State ratic Executive Committee, the ive County Execive Comr ough their chairmen, wil issue or the reorganization of the epary~ in their respective by calling the subordinate eet at their usual places of on the second Saturday (the of April next, for the purpose nizing said clubs and for the f electing delegates to the county conventions. These s will meet on the first Mon ~cond day) in May next, to the party in each county, w County Executive Comn lect delegates to thbe Stale which meets in Columbia Wednesday in May next, et such other business as er under the constitu tation o~f each subordi aid county conventions legate for every twenty d one delegate for each n thereof. Only such s as were in existence of August, 1S8C, shall Provided, however, in each ward in the on, Columbia, Green burg may be formed. formed or organized y of August, A. D). ion of an old club or recogn.~ized. pectfully, o. L. M. IRBY, mocratic Executive CAN B3ELLINGER, Secretary. PRIARY. regarding memn fication of voters, ries are self-ex ball govern the erenit subordi- I fthis State, the t the primar.1 arty, the con ions to be held :30th day) of ~e second pri ter, if cue be1 n for memx club of the State. or for larv, shanll plicant ftor be twenty I becomee gen'~eral crat, r ampIton Demo Everv I .or a result t. the n for I in a med ] stic 1 ar uis ri* ( offerivg to vote in a Democratic pri mary eiection, must produce a written statem.ent of ten reputable white men who shall swear that they know of their own knowledge that the appli cant, or vot-, voted for General Hanmpton in 1876, aod has voted the Democratic ticket continuously since. The said statemnent shall be placed in the ballot box by the managers and returned with the poll list to the Coun ty Chairman. The managers of elec tion shall keep a separate list of the names of all negro voters and return it, with the poll list, to the County Chair man. The managers of election shall keep a separate list of the names of all negro voters and return it, with the poli list, to the County Chairman. Rule 3. Each County Executive Committee of the Democratic party in this State shall meet on the second Monday in July of each election year, and shall appoint three managers for each primary election precinct in their respective counties, who shall hold the primary election provided for under the Democratic constitution, in ac cordance with the Act of the General Assembly of this State regulating pri mary elections, approved December 22d, 1888, the constitution of the Dem ocratic party of this State and the rules herein set forth. The names of such nanagers shall be published by the Chairman of eachCounty Executive Committee in one or more county papers, at least two weeks before the election. Rule 4. Each voter in said primary shall vote but one balloton which shall be printed or written-, or partly printed and partly written, the name or names of the person or persons voted for by him for each of the offices to be filled, together with the name of the office. The tickets to be voted shall be in blank in the following form, with spaces to suit the different counties: - Delegates to the State Conven tion ; for Congress, -- District . - for Solicitor, Judicial District ---; State Senator --; -- House of Representatives --; -- Sheriff ;:-Judge of Probate Clerk of the Court County Commissioners Coroner School Commis lioners- ; Treasurer ; Auditor Trial Jus tices . -Rule 5. The managers of the election shal open the polls at eight a. in., and shall close them at 4 o'clock p. m. After Labulating- the result, the managers shall certify the same and forward the ballot box, poll lists and all other papers relating to such election by one of their number, to the Chairman of the respec tive Democratic County Executive Committees within forty-eight hours after the close of the polls. Rule 6. The County Democratic Ex acutive Committee shall assemble at their respective court houses on the morning of the second day after the election, at 11 o'clock a. in., to tabulate the returns and declare the result of the primary, so far as the same relates. to delegates to thbe convention, members :f the General Assembly and County >ficers, and shall for ward im mediately to the chairman of the State Executive Comnmittee at Columbia, S. C., the re suit of the election in their respective Conuties for Congressmen and Solici tors. Rule 7. The protests and contests. except in the election of Congressmen md Solicitors) shall be filed within five says after the election with the chair enan of the County Executive Commit :ee, and said Executive Committee sball hear and determine the same. The St ate E xecutive Committ ee shall bear and decide protests and contests is to Congressmen and Solicitors, and ten (days shall be allowed for filing the ~ame. Rule 8. Caudidates for the General Assembly and for county officers shall en days previous to the primary elec :inn file with the chairman of the :ounty Execu tive Committee a pledge, n1 writing, to abide the result of the ~rimiary and support the nominees of he party. Candidates for other offices *hall file such pledge with the chair 'uan of the State Democratic Executive lomittee. No vote for any candi late who has not comp'ied with this -uie shall be countedl. Rule 9. In the primary elections 1erein provided for a majority of the :~otes cast shall be necessary to nomi iate candidates and to elect delegates o the State convention. A second Irimary, when necessary, shall be held wo weeks after the first as is provided or uinder the constitution of the party-, mnd shall be subjected to the rules gov ruirg the first primary. At said econd primary the two highest candi lates alone shall run for any olice, but f there are two or more vacancies for nuy p)articular office, then double the iumx'r of candidates shralt run for the -acancies to be filled. For instance, in ,race for Sheriff, the t wo highest shall -un. If no County Comm nissioners are iominated, then the six highest shall Ru:e 10. In the event of a tie be weein two candidates in the second irimary, the county chairman, if it is .co'unty ofli ce, and' the State chair nan, if it is a State otlice or for Con :ress or for Solicitor, shall order a third r:mary. The quest ion of a majority te shall be determined by the num 'er o& votes cast for any- particular fTiee, and not by the whole nu:r'ber of otes cast in the primary. Rule 11. The credentials of the dele ates to t.he State Convention shall be ertitied to by the chairman of the re p)eetive C.ounty D)emocratic Executive omnmui tees wanlin five days after the mediately to the chairman of the State Democrative Executive Committee at Cliumbia, S. C. (Signed) JonN L. M. IRBY, SA.MPSON POPE, IRA B. JONES, Special Committee of the State Execu tive Committee of the Democratic Partv. THE FATE OF AN INCENDIARY. The I.aurens Firebug Detected and Killed In the Act by J. Oswell Richardgon The Killed Justified. [Special to the State.] LAURENS, Jan. 14.-The inc(ndiary met his end at 11:30 o'clock last night. Lawrence Thompson, a twenty year old negro was caught almost in the very act of firing Mrs. Richardson's house and was shot to death by her son Oswell Richardson. Last Thursday night Mrs. S. P. Rich ardson's boarding house on Harper street was set on fire, and the evi dences of incendiary origin were un mistakable. Since then, Mrs. Richard son's son, J. Oswell Richardson, a young man twenty-two years old, has been keeping guard, staying up pretty much all night. He had placed a breech-loading shotgun loaded with buckshot under the back steps, where he could get it conveniently if it was needed. As it was raining last night, Richardson concluded not to stay up, and a few minutes before 12 o'clock went out to get his gun. When he reached the rear of the house he saw a negro go around the side of the house and enter the cellar. Richardson went to the step and got out the gun, but in doing so made some noise. He went back and without being himself seen, saw the negio peering from the cellar door. The negro went in again, was gone several minutes, came back and stood for a minute or two looking back. Richardson fired too shots with his shotgun, and then thinking that he heard some one running behind, went back a little to look for them, knowing that the negro whom he had seen could not escape on account of the high fences. Coming back in a moment, he advanced thinking the negro had gone again into the cellar, but came on him standing behind the cellar door. Rich ardson then opened fire on him with his pistol, five times, reloaded and tired three times again. It v as only at the last that he recognized the negro as Thompson. Policeman Winters arrived before the firing ceased. Thompson died immediately. Winters found just within the cellar a quart bottle containing about % tum bler full of kerosene oil. Some of the plank enclosing the cellar were wet with oil. Matches were found on Thompson. An inquest and autopsy were held this morning. The verdict was that the killing wasjustifiable. Richardson surrendered immediately. Thompson has always been a vaga bond worthless boy, and has often fig ured in the mayor's court, but was not considered dangerous. Richardson in charge of the sheriff and accompanied by lhis counsel, B. WV. Ball went to Columbia to-night, and a -motion for bail will be made before Judge McIver to-morrow. The unanimous sentiment of the community justifies Richardson andj the verdict of the coroner's jury. RICHARDSON GETS BOND. Last nii t J. 0. Richardson arrived in the city in the custody of Sheriff B. W. Ballew, and accompanied by his at torney, Col. B. WV. Ball. Mr. Richardson told the story of the occurrence to the State's representative. He said the house had been fired last Thursday night, a week ago, and since that time he had been on the watch, determined to capture the firebug. Wednesday night Thompson had sat urated a portion of the house with ker osene and was about to light it when he was discovered. Mr. Richardson then shot him with his double-barrel gun, and the negro leaned against the door. He rushed to him, and the rascal, al though wounded, grappled with him, catching him by the arm. In tue strug gle Richardson shot the negro -five times with his pistol, killing him. He was forty feet away when he fired the first shot and it was within 17 minutes of midnight. Richardson said he whipped the negro on Monday night last. His mother had raised the rascal, he being a son of an old slave of the family and it wvas as if they bad warmed the adder which was to sting them. Last night Col. Ball took the young man before Associate Justice Pope, the attorney general appearing for the State, and it appearing that the killing wa justifiable the young man was granted bond in the sum of $1,000 vhieh will be given is: Laurens to day. Mfr. Richardson is a quiet, peaceable looking young man of good adldress. Too Late. Perhaps Tennysou has written noth ing which appeals to the hearts of all who read his poems more than the lyric of "Too Late.? The burden of tbe sad refrain comes home with tell ing force to the hearts of those who have lost friend. - b that dread disease -cosumpltionl. They realize, "too late," the result of neglect. They feel that the dear one might have been saved if they had heeded the warning of :he hacking cough, the pallid cheek, and weakening system. They feel this all the more keenly because they see others being rescued from the grasp of the destrsyer, and they think what is saving oth:ers might have saved their l~ved one. WVhen the first rignal of danger is seen, take steps to avert the catastrophe. Be wvise in time. Dr. Piere's Goblen Medical D)iscovery will away ennPAum ption. D,, not wvait until too'late before putting its wonderful emaey to the test. It succeeds where "REPAIRS, IMPROVEMENT, INSVr. ANCE AND LIGHTING." rhe Esthetic Taste of our Governor-The Executive Mansion Should have Flowers and Flower Pots and I*ic#ures Why not? rEditorial in The State.] Please bear in mind thac this is a "Reform" Admi6istration. It will be very necessary to have the fact always with you when you consider its per formauces. The Administration of Governor Till mad was to be one of "tretrenehinent And reform." That was promised. That was what the people understood when they voted it into office. It was not elected as an every-day, go-as-you please Democratic Administration. -It was chosen to upset the things which had gone before, rearrange ever:thing in accordance with "reform" ideaf,. One of the most interesting of otlicial documents is the annual report of the Comptroller-General. The most inter esting feature of it is statement No. 9 of "Repairs, Improvement, Insurance and Lighting for the Executive Man sion." The satement before us shows the expenditure on account of the Ex ecutive Mansion for the fiscal year end ing October 31, 1891. They are very, very interesting. The expenditures, be it remembered, were for "repairs, improvement, insur ance and lighting." The appropriation was $500. The disbursements were, up to September 10, $511.51. Under the date of February 19, 1891, we fird the item: "R. L. Bryan & Co., $2.25." Bryan & Co. are stationers and book sellers. Wc would like to know what they furnished to Governor Till man in the way of "repairs, improve ment, insurande and lighting." Will somebody kindly tell us? February 11, there is a charge of $7.05 for "flower seed." Where are the flowers? We have seen some cabbages in the gubernatorial domain, but not seven dollars' worth of flowers? March 7. "Paid express,$3.65." Where was that "frank," and why was it not used for the benefit of the State, as it has been alleged that the free passes were used? March 7. "Peter Henderson & Co., $25.00." For flowers, evidently. Do flowers enter into the "repairs, im provement, insurance and lighting of the exective mansion?" If so, why and how? March IS. "Flower p.-ts, $3.00." We really do not see that to gratify his pas sion for flowers, never seen by the vul gar multitude, the Governor should have spent the great sum-from his previous economic standpoint-of $3 for pots to hold flowers. Is this the bam boozlement of estheticism? March 19. "Pictures, $76.48." Let us admit that Governor Tillman has a taste above his associations. Let us ad mit that to that esthetic taste pictures are necessary. Let us ad mit every thing which can be claimed, and yet we see that an cifcer who draws $3,500 a year from the S-tate for his salary makes the State pay, besides, $76.48 for pictures to delight his eye2N The extravagance and wastefulness of previous adnministra tions is plainly revealed of this measure of economy and reformn-$76.48 for "pictures." "LelRoi se amuse." Coesar must be titillated. March 19. "Hanging pictures,$l0.50." Lord , save us! " A pennyworth of bread to so prodigious a quantity of sack!' One-seventh of the cost of the pictures for hanging themt! The dates are the same. We may either conclude that in the delicate work of banging the pictures of his delicate fancy, Gov ernor Tillman paid S10.50 for one day a higher rate of payment than that ac corded to any circuit judge on the bench-or we may decide that he paid an ordinary darkey the ordinary rate of wages-one dollar a day-and that it took that darkey ten days and a half to hang the pictures approved by the Governor and paid for by the State. Which was it? At twenty pictures a day-a very light task-the darkey must have hung at least 200 pictures. Two hundred pictures at 40 cents each must have covered all the walls of the executive mansion-kitchen included -at a cost of $80. But did the Gov ernor really spend $7G and $10 in chro mos, and the hanging thereof? If so, his taste would need be reformed. A pril 6. "Freight on pictures, $4.10." Where was that express frank which the Governor accepted for the benefit of the State? Where, oh! where was April 14. "Flowers and express, $10 85." Very indefin ite, truly. How many flowers, and how much express? Flowers to wreathe the brow of Cosar, of course. Where froLl, though? And why didn't the express frank come in to save the state the cost? April 20. "Joggling bor, .0." Csar needed a shaking up, evidently. But why, witbia salary of $3,500, should he make the State pay for a "joggling board?" As far as we can remember neither Johnson Hagoed nor John Peter Richardson reouired a "joggling board" to sha': up reform thoughts.1 Possibly neither had children of the "joggling board" age. But if they had< they would hardly have shaken them 1 up at the expense of t!.e State. Sup pose the next Governor to be a bachelor -of wLha use would the 'joggling board" be to him? Or of what use to the State in any event? June S. "Flower pots, $1.50." What June 18. "Flowers, $.3.(0." Flowers after the pots! A prov'ident man, our "reform" Governor! July 1. "Combs, $1.50." Is not a sal Governor to buy his own combs? Can combs be considered "repairs, improve ments, and insurance or lighting?" May-be Governor Tillman purchased them in full faith that they would be wanted and utilized by his successor in offiee. But will we not have a Gov ernor this yaar who can afford to pay for his own private combs? We hope so! July 31. "Chair and lounge, $16.50." Poor Benjamin! The velvet seats of the ante-reform chairs were not enough. For the complete rest of the horny binded there must be a chair and a lounge for 16.50! "How we apples do swim!" And how quick is the prog ress of luxury, and the development of taste! Sept. 10. "Dish pan, 50 cents." Evi dently the Governor desired that his dishes be washed at the expense of the State. Natural enough! But it would seem to an outsider that out of a salary of $3,5(10 enough could be spared to buy a 50 cents dish pan! Of course, how ever, itis to handed down to a dishpan less successor! So much for "reform." How do you like it. HE NEVER USED A "FRANK." [The State.] Governor Tillman ridicules the report that he has been using his express "frank" to send his butter and other farm products from his Edgefield farm to Augusta for sale. He says the story was manufactured to suit the occasion, and even if he wanted to use his "frank" it would cost him more to do it than otherwise. "Why," said he, "our place is nearer by two miles to Augusta, than to Trenton, the nearest railroad station and everything is sent by wagon, as it is easier to haul it there than to Trenton." A NOVEL POINT OF LAW. Justice Farley Decides a Wife Cannot Eject Her Husband LSpartanburg Herald, 15th.] Trial Justice Farley rendered his first decree in a big case yesterday. Nearly all of IVednesday was taken up in the arguments of counsel for and against a motion to set -aside proceed ings interested in his court, which in volved the delicate question as to whether or not the wife could eject the husband from her premises. Several days ago Mrs. Emily Bishop went before Justice Farley and gave notice to her husband A. J. Bishop and Joseph Finley a tenant under him, to show cause on Jan 15th, why they should not be ejected from the plaintiff's premises. The defendants moved to set aside the proceedings and Johnson & Thom ison and Bomar & Simpson appeared before the Trial Justice on behalf of the plaintiff. R. K. Carscn and Dun can & Sanders appeared for the defen dants. It appears that Bishop and his wife were married some 25 years ago, and had raised several children. They lived together on land given Mrs. Bishop by her father near Cherokee. Sometime back Mrs. Bishop, for causes which she considered sufficient, left her husband and went to live with her father in this city. The husband remained on the premises as he had done before, culti vated the land and rented part just as he had always done. The plaintiff contends that under the laws of this State a married woman can own land and exercise the same control over it as though she were un married. On the other hand, the de fendants contended that until a decree of some court making a legal separation. the husband had a perfect right to possession of his wife's property and could not be considered by her a tres passer. That he was not a tenant at will and if he could be considered a tenant at all he is a tehant from year to year and entitled to three month's notice. There were other technical grounds, but Justice Farle- decided the case on its merits. His decree is as follows: After hearing argument and investi gating authorities cited by plaintiff's and defendant's counsel this court is of the opinion that in the above stated -ase the proceedings to eject Joseph Finley and A. .J. Bishop should be setI iside for the following reasons: 1st. Thbat the said A. J. Bishop is not m tenant at will as his affidavit clearly indicates, and that he is in possession >f the premises as the husband of the plaintiff Mrs. Emily Bishop. I fail to ind anything in the statutes to war ant a wife ejecting a husband from the iomestead. I am also of the opinion that this ac ion shouldl be brought in the court of ~quity and is beyond the jurisdiction >f a Trial Justice. Justice Farley has been compli nented upon his dicision, but as the >laintifl is not satisfied, the case will >robably go the rounds of the higher ~ou rts. A Chance to Make S~,0-or Better ! A slim chance, you fancy. WVell, ead and judge for yourself. You have atarrh. $~>000 is offere~d for an in urable case of Catarrh in the Head,| y the proprietors of Dr. Sage's Catarrh' Remedy. SnwPTOMsOF CATARRH.--Headache, >bstruction of the nose, discharges fall ug into the throat, sometimes profuse, atery and acrid, at others, thick, ten ~cious, mucous, purulent, bloody, utrid and offensive ; eyes weak, ring ng in the ears, deafness; offensive reath ; smell and taste impaired, and ~eneral debility. Only a few of these ymptoms likely to be present at once. r. Sage's Remedy cures the worst :ases. Only .50 cenits. Sold by drug :ists everywvhere. $500 or a cure. Other wu-nl he accentable. GOVERNOR TI.LMAN'S TAXES. Amusing Facts and Figu,.- Gathered by an Inquisitive Contemporary and Some Editorial Comments. [Special to the State.] EDGEFIELD, Jan. 1.-The following are the tax returns of B. R. Tillman. He returns property in two townships Meriwether, where be lives, and Cooper, where he owns a plantation. I leave off some machinery that he re turns. Meriwether township: 65 cows.............................. $ 700 00 4 mules, $75 each............. 30) 00 15 hogs................. 20 00 1 watch.................. ......... 40 00 1 piano............................. 20 00 2 vehicles........................ .50 00 Household furniture.............. 200 00 765 acres land ............ 2,71001) 3 cows.............................. 30 00 3 m ules............................ 150 00 75 hogs................. 7.500 10 hogS............................. 10*0) 1 wagon........................... 30 00 1,125 acres land.................... 3,800 00 The Governor, notwithstanding he was so anxious to raise tax money, and would not approve the resolution to extend the time, has not yet paid his own taxes. TILLMAN'S TRIBUTE. [Editorial in the State.] Now that we have a veracious ac count of the tax returns of our distin guished Governor, we know how much to expect of him as a taxpayer and a maker of issues. How impregnable is the position of our Governor! How magnificently he responds to the call of his State for funds! How gloriously he sacrifices the interests of B. R. Tillman to the good of the oppressed people h'e rules! The State has the largest daily circu lation in Edgefield. That inay seem strange for an anti-Ad ministration paper, especially when Edgefield is the home of the Administration, but it's so. "When you see it in the State, it's so!" We knew, when we made an ap peal to the people of Edgefield for the true figures of our noble Governor's tax returns, that we would get them. We have not been disappointed. Let us analyze.those returns! Item No. 1 is "6.5 cows, $700." This means that each cow was worth $10.77, according to the Governor's sworn statement. He sold twelve of them to the Lunatic Asylum for $442.40, or $36.86 each. You, can decide whether he sold them for over three times their value to an institution under hi! direct control, or whether he returned them for taxation at less than one-third their actual value. You deposit your faith, and take your choice. Which was it? "Four mules, at $75 each." Mules have fallen in Meriwether township, evidently. Who wouldn't like to buy the Governor's mules at the Governor's price? "Four horses, at $02.50 each." Horses are awfully cheap in Meriwether town ship! Would that we could buy the Governor's horses at his own valuation! But we couldn't! "Fifteen hogs, $20.00." Certa'.nly our Governor must be the cheapest hog raiser in the State. Would that we could learn his secret of raising hogs not pigs-for $1.33 each. At that rate we would all be rich. "One watch, $40.00." How econom ical a man, our Governor! Has any body seen him in possession of a gold watch? No, indeed! Silver it is, at the best. A Waterbury movement, at that! Forty dollars! A Spartan, truly! "One piano, $20.00." Please note how our Executive combines an esthetic love of music with a devotion to econ omy! Twenty dollars for a piano! What make is on the market at that fgure? We read of great bargains at 300. Can we not all get the Gover nor's "bargain directory," and save ourselves cold, hard cash? "Household furniture, $200." How many "pictures, flowers and joggling boards?" "Seven hundred and sixty-five acres of land, $2,700." What an admirable farmer our farmer Governor must be, when his home estate, which has re eived the benefit of all his industry and intelligence, is worth, house inclu ded, $:3.52 an acre! Let the nations wonder! M1ore cows at $10 each, more mules at $50 each, more hogs at $1.00) each, a wagon at $:30, and, finally 1,125 acres of aud at $3,800, or $3.:;7 per acre! Prodi ious! What a farming success! What athrifty agriculturist! What a vera ious tax payer! With mouths agape we stand waiting for additional evidences f B. R. Tillman's integrity. "Finally, at last." Anxious as lie vas to squeeze the taxpayers out of heir taxes without an extension of ime, the recipient, as he was, of $3,500 salary for the year 1S91, it appears that ur patriotic Governor l'as not yet paid is taxes-not even on $20 pianos and 3 land. Surely, if the Executive, so ixed, could require this extension, the >eople-the poor, comimon people, ,ith pianos worth more than $20j, and and worth more than $3 an acre-must lave requiredl more: After all, does it not show how a latukent "Reformer" can reform every hing but himself? Does it not show~ ow cheap and scanty the basis, upon which men stand who pretend to im rove everybody besides themselves, by aw and ukase? If, after this exhibit, B. R. Tillman ~an still summon effrontery enough to emand double assessments of banks nd railroadi; if he can still pose as a epresentative of honest people against be encroachntents of greedy corpora ions; if he can pretend to a reputation f even average honesty, The State will e v,e mur.h surprised. If such things can happen the "age of brass" will not have been passed. But, until we see what he will do, every taxpayer should memorize the figures of Gov. B. R. Tillman's tax re turns. TILLMAN'S TAXES. LEditorial Greenville News.] There are one or two points in the tax return made by Governor Tillman to the auditor of Edgefield County which deserve the attention of the pub lic. In the first place a total of sixty-eight cows are returned at $730, an average of $12.64 each. It so happens that twelve of these cows were sold to the State lunatic asylum in October for $442.20, an average of $36.86 each. Governor Tillman says, however, the asylum had the pick of the herd. With the twelve cows worth $442.20 the remaining fifty six were, according to the governor's return of the herd for taxation, worth $287.80, an average of a little more than $5.13 each. That is a pretty low price for cows and indicates that the gover nor's herd must have run very irregu larly. About the same time the lunatic asylum sale was made, however, the Columuia Register, which is probably good administration authority, an nounced that Governor Tillman and Senator Irby had met "in conference" at Ninety-Six and that the governor had sold to the senator fifteen cows. Now a good many harsh things have been said about Senator Irby, but no body would accuse him of going to Ninety-Six to buy of the executive head and commander in chief of the military and naval forces of this State fifteen cows at $5.13 a head. The figures and facts indicate that when it came to returning to his be loved State and for the relief of the over-burdened and oppressed taxpayers those cows for taxation our governor valued them at $12.64 a head; but that when it came to selling them to his be loved State and the over-burdened and oppressed taxpayers those cows were worth any where from $25 to $37 a head. When the banks and rail roads re turn their property for taxation at two-thirds of its value that is declared to be an outrage. Comptroller General Ellerbe said they should not only be required to pay on full value but that all other classes of property should by force of legislation and executive power be required to do the same. Some months ago we advised the banks, in supporting their contention that pro perty in the State was not returned at two-thirds of its value, to put the gov ernor and comptroller general on the stand. It seems we were right, as usual. Cows returned to the State for taxation at $12.64 and sold to the State for cash at $36.86 are eloquent. They cry aloud and the governor's seven mules at an average of $64 each, his four horses at $62.50 each and his even 100 hogs at $1.0.5 each join in the gleeful chorus. One thousand eight hundred and ninety acres ot land with all the governor's practical farming thereon at a total of $6,500, or an average of $3.44 an acre, add to the refrain. There is yet another poir.t. The gov ernor's total assessment is something more than $12.000. That would make his State tax in the neighborhood of $70. He has not paid it. When the legislature passed the tax extension re solution last month be would not sign it because he wanted the tax payers left in doubt so that they would hurry in to pay and put enough money in the State treasury to meet the interest on the public debt. He is drawing $3,500 a year from the State. A little more than one week of his salary would have paid it. Three weeks salary would have more than paid all his taxes. Yet he d.id not put in his part to help fill the State treasury. He made hundreds of other tax payers pay, but he knew the resolution would be allowed to become law and lhe did not pay a dollar. We think a good many people will agree with us that reform like charity ought to begin at home, but Governor Tilman does not seem to look at it that way. So for as his personal inter ests are concerned he does not seem to reform worth a cent. He used free passes and, they say, express franks; he has held to and drawn every dolar of his pay and every dollar allowed for expenses at the executive ruansion; he sold his cows to the State at a good price and returned them to the State for taxation at a poor one. But he thought it very wrong and corrupt for other people to use free passes, he thought expenses and . expenditures should be cut down when others were in oficee, he thought everybody else should return their property for taxa tion at full value and he was willing to scare other tax payers, less well in formed than himself, into paying. Not a Trojan Hors. [Walhalla Courier.] Newberry has a member of Congress and an Associate Justice of the Su preme Court. The Herald and News* wants to know how Hon. J. A. Sligh, f that patriotic county, would do for overnor. Very well, but Mr. Sligh s not a Trojan horse. There are said to be more widows in New York city than in any other city n the world. London excepted, Paris omes third.I Philadelphia is pre-eminently a city f homes. It has 23.5,000 houses as gainst 128,090 for Chicago, 11,2 for New York and 52,599 for Boston. The absolute wealth of the United States is put at $62,610,000,000, or about 1,000 per capita, as against $870 per NEW STYLE LITERARY CLUB. Its Principal Place of Business at Peake, with $2,000 Capital. [The Register 15th.] Mr. Wilson, of Peake's spent yester day in the city. He called on the Sec retary of the State and asked if that official would charter a club for literary and social purposes. The reply was affir mative. Mr. Wilson then stated that on Tuesday he would file an application for a charter for the Peake's Literary and Social Club. The principal place of business of the club will beat Peake's. The capital stock of the club will be $2,000, in 400 shares of $5 each. This is a somewhat new style of literary club. The recent decision of the Supreme Court in the Columbia Club case has opened a new avenue, many think, for the escape of the liquor law of the State. At present- no :xatter how much money might be offered it is impossible to obtain a licer se to sell liquor outside of incorporated cities, towns and vil lages and in many of these prohibition prevails. Such being the case it is very convenient to get a charter for a Lite rary and Social Club and start the "dis tribution" of liquor among its mem bers. There seems to be no other interpre- - tation of the effect of the decision of the Supreme Court until the meeting of the next General Assembly. PRACTICAL WORDS TO FARMERS. Who Should and Should not!BuyF*rt11i zers- Comparative Returns From Corn and Cotton.. [Carolina Spartan.] Several farmers last week asked the Spartan two very important ques tions: "Should we buy guanoat the present price of cotton?" "What should we raise as a ready money crop?" In reply to the first question we do not hesitate to say that 'if you have allowed all your lot and stable manure to wash away, and could not scrape ap enough to manure an acre well, you should not buy an ounce of guano. You are lazy and thriftless and no such m should buy anything to be paid the future. If you are pushing ling and getting your condition and have piles manure, then by all mers it-with the best article of guano or acid phosphate you can buy. A two hun dred pound sack of good guano will give you 250 or 350 additional- pounds of seed cotton to the acre. It will about double the corn yield on upland. When corn is worth 60 cents ja bushel one sack of guano will add about $5 to the value of the crop. The plan of clearing new grounds and wearing out the land in a few years and turniing it out to grow up In old field pines will not do in this day and time. All lands not subject to wash, should be gradually. improved. This can be done most rapidly by a judicious use of commer cial fertilizers. We would advise our readers to buy good tested kinds and, with clean culture, get all the benefit possible from them. As to the second question, the money crop should depend, on the quality of your land'and your6locality. If one is near the* city, or one of the large cotton mills, vegetables, melons, potatoes, chickens, butter and milk all bring ready Icash. Those who know how to raise and market such things can make mere clear money than they could,on cotton at the present prices. If your soil is not adapted to cotton, then raise those products which grow best on it. But the average farmer, living too far from towns and factories to market vegetables and the like, can not do better than to raise cotton even at 6 cents. Take two acres of land that would raise thirty-two bushels of corn, ten bushels of peas and 250 bundles of fodderj and ; you would get about $32 20 for the crop, if you sold corn and peas at 60 cents ahbushel. The same two acres ought to make 1.600 pounds of seed cotton. That would give yon 533 pounds ot lint and thirty-two bushels of seed. Putting the cotton at 6 cents and the seed at 15, you would have $34.38. After paying expenseslfor gin ning, bagging and ties there would be left $32.38. The mear.ing of this esti mate is that corn at 60 cents and cot ton at 6 cents, there is little difference in the money value. The advantage in raising cotton is that it is ready sale, easily transported and not lis'le to waste. Then our advice remains as it has been for the last tenl years, and it is this: Raise all the supplies you possibly can, so that you will have an abund ance of corn, 'neat, syrup, potatoes, fowls, wheat, milk and butter, with a little to spare now and then t'j keep the family on a cash basis, .then make cot ton your surplus, or money crop. In the long run that plan, and no other, will pay the farmers o-f the P'iedmont. The Giant Wheels of Journauism in Texas. [From the Galveston News,) Mary Jane Cox of the Merkel Mail is out on a hunt. Brother A. J. Rich has severed his connection with the Kosse Cyclone. It is said that Methodist Jim Davis will soon start a third party paper at Cooper, Delta County. Jim Davis, no matter what party he belongs to, al 'ways gets up a paper that flies avoid. John Murray of the Crosby County News always says what he thi..ks, even if he thinks dammit. Orion Proctor of the Aurora Chron icle is said to be on the verge of mar rying a pretty girL