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ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1892. PRICE 1.50 A YEAR
THE $AGE OF ENOREE
Writes of Tillman and the Credit of the
State.
To the Editor of The Herald and
News: Tillman, the first year of his
administration, has seriously impaired
the credit of the State, as the following
facts show:
The bonded debt of the State due
July, 1893, according to the report of the
Comptroller-General, submitted to the
last General Assembly, amounts to $5,
952,916.20. These bonds must be paid
or refunded on or before July, 1893.
The time for doing it is near at band.
When Tillman was inaugurated the
bonds of the State commanded a prem
ium of about 5 per cent. What is the
condition now? W. T. C. Bates, State
Treasurer, in his last report to the Gieu
eral Assembly, says: From the State
ments or exhibits given in this report,
an idea can be found of the condition
of the financial affairs of the State.
No one can say that they are in an
"eminently satisfactory condition."
An investigation clearly shows that
they are in an eminently unsatisfactory
condition. The State Treasurer, speak
ing of the act of the General Assembly
authorizing the refunding of the bonds,
says: "I complied with instructions
given me in the act, and had proper
notices inserted in newspapers, I also
had circulars and copies of the act
printed, and notices given that they
could be had upon application by par
ties desiring information, and have sent
out a large number of copies. Copies
of the circulars and notis are furnished
with this report. I also had prepared
with much care the necessary books in
which to record all transactions under
the refunding act, and duplicates of
these books for the offices of the Gov
ei-ror and Secretary of Statr. An
agreement was entered into with the
American Banknote Company to fur
nish the necessary plates and to en
grave the bond and stock certificates as
needed." The Treasurer goes on and
tells us he ordered and paid for hun
dreds of thousands of bonds and stock
certificates. He says he has been able
to exchange only $29,369.70 of new four
per cents. for an equal amount of
Brown Consols. He.acknowledges he
has failed to refund the debt at 4 per
.cent. Georgia refunded her debt at 3
per cent. It is clear a Tillman admin
a i istration cannot refund it at all. The
above facts are taken from the report
of the Comptroller-General, a book
Tillman promised us two years ago be
-Seiee List Leatme pisit-toi
thousand copies, and would distribute
them among the people that they might
know what is being done.
This, like all his other promises, he
failed to keep. People who have money
to invest have no confidence in such an
administration-one that promises, but
p never performs. We are in the hands
of a gang of trading politicians, lead by
Tillman, who have parceled out the
offices. They promised any and every
thing to be elected, and fulfilled none.
They will promise any and everything
to stay in. They have no care for us.
All they want is to feather their nests
and have a good time. They have
ruined the credit of the State. They
have threatened us with the~ breaking
up of the framework and general disin
te gration of society.
Citizens of-the State, what shall we
do to,ayert the calamity? We must get
-.-rifdof Tillman, or siuk to the bottom
and live in the dregs, while he and his
gang feast on the fat of the land at our
expense.
Tillmnan, by his acts, has clearly
shown he has no knowledge of our pop
ular form of government and laws. He
is domineering, dictatorial and tyranni
cal. His conduct hias shown he is
dangerous, aad utterly unfit to hold
any official position. He has involved
the State in lawsuit after lawsuit, in
.every one of which he is wrong, except
that of Coosaw. It was based on the
opinion of Attorney-General Connor,
given in 1877, and concurred in by
every Attorney-General since that time.
Tillmnan's administration is entitled to
no credit for gaining it; but deserve
censure for its bad management,
whereby the State has and is losing~
large sums of money.
Farmers of the State, we elected Till
man, we did not know him two years
ago as we know him now. Then hei
was suggested by a convention of the
farmer's movement men, the champior
of retrenchment and reform. Now, he
thinks he is the movement, and de
clares himself a candidate for re-elec
tion, and after denouncing as "rotter
drift wood", our farmer members of the
Legislature calls for a Legislature o1
men who will obey his orders. The
Legislature acted wisely in taking his
free pass from him, and refusing to en
act into law his absurd propositions, all
looking to concentration of power intc
his hands, for his own benefit.
Tillman and Elierbe have well nigi
ruined the State financially. Anothe:
term will finish us. Think well on i
and vote them down and out when the
time comes.
Government is business of the higbest
order. No man's personality is wort!
anything. Common sense and honest'
are badly needed, particularly among
our officials. We want principles sus
tained, and our measures carried t<
.success. To do this, lay aside prejudice
and personal preference. Look ove1
and scan closely each conmmunity and
select for the offices capable, hones
and successful business men. We havy
them in every community. Elect then
and tell them the country demands thei
time and success. Those who declar
-their candidacy, as a rule, are dead fail
-ures and un worthy of conifidence an<
ways been a failure in the ni:wgemient
of his own aflairs.
Farmers of the State, let me ask you
a question. Suppose one of you had a
patch of beautiful cotton, and it was. the
last of July, ready to'be laid by. A fiue
season comes, you need a plowman.
An able bodied man conies along and
offers his services, telling you he is an
expert with the plow in giving the fin
ishing touches to a cotton crop. You
employ him andt give him a good horse
and plow, and send him to lay by the
patch of cotton as with a smoothing
iron. Having business elsewhere you
depart. Returning in the afternoon
and going to the cotton patch, you find
he has plowed up every stalk of cotton,
what are your feelings and what will
you do with him?
When election day comes give Till
man the treatment the ploughman de
serv-d and got at your hands, for Till
man has injured the State financially
more than the ploughman injured you
by ploughing up your cotton. The in
jury the ploughman did you was small
and temporary. The injury Till:aan
ha.s done the State is great and lasting
Citizens of the State, one and all, Tiil
man is the cause of our greatest trouble.
He has destroyed our peace and har
mony. Let us come together and get
rid of him and his gang of trading poli
ticians and work for the common good.
There can be no peace and prosperity
in the State as long as Tillman is in
power. He is all the time stirring up
strife. Farmers, Tillman knows he
has destroyed the peace and harmony
of the people. He knows his adminis
tration has been a disastrous failure.
If he is as anxious for the success of
the principles and measures of the
farmers movement as he is to fill his
pockets with gold and silver rocks and
have a good time, he will quietly retire
and advise the farmers to look for an
other leader. But no, he thinks we be
long to him and he can do what he
pleases with us. He does not wait to
know our wishes. He has declared
his candidacy for re-election. He as
denounced our farmer members K the
Legislature as "rtten drift wok" be
cause -they took his free railroad pass
from him, and refused to enact into
law his absurd propositions giving
him aimost absolute power. He in
tends to be elected whether we say so
or not. He has the count. He calls
for a Legislature of slaves to obey his
orders. I have heard all my life, you
can lead a horse to water but you can't
m=.ke him drink.
Farrpers. relying on Tillman's prom
ises, and anxious for the success of our
cause, we took him up from nothing
and elected him Governor of the State.
He now laughs at us, and tells the coun
try he was "blowing." Let us brush
him aside, and move on, and never
pause until we get. a man who does
what he promises, and carries our
measures of relief to success, or does his
best to do it. Without capable, honest
and loyal leaders our cause is doomed
to defeat. If we fail it is our own
fault. Alliancemien, we all know Till
man last year fought the chief de
mands of our order. He did all he
could to divide us and ruin the Alliance.
Ne,ver trust him again. We cannot
afford to be again deceived. Our con
dition demands immediate relief. If
we are to get it we must put men clean,
able and loyal to all our demands in
all the offices you can from the Presi
dent to coroner-require all to speak
out, that we may know what we are
doing.
In China there has not been a bank
failur e in 900 years. Why? F.ecause,
if a bank fails, ever' officer of the bank
loses his head. If a public man, to gel
office, makes promises and fails to re
deem them, he ought to lose his head.
If this was the law, and enforced, w(
would have a government righ t. Let
us all speak plain. The writer intend:
to do his full duty. He stands for the
rights of the people where Wash ington
stood. He knows no party or man it
this great contest. He is fighting foJ
principle, and measures, and the comn
mon good, and will do so to the end
Carolinians, if you would be free met
and have the country prosperous, yot
must be true men and tight like.brav<
men. If your sires had not been heroe.
you would nowv be slaves. Shiow tha1
you are worthy of their best eftorts.
Respectfully,
EtursoN S. Ku-:rT.
Enoree Plantation. S. C., MIarch Stb
The MiiUs of the Gods Get There.
| From the Hartford Courant.]
"G;enial Mfike' Nolan, the bright
eyed and red-haired author of "Anni<
Roonev," was a prisoner in the rolici
Court to-day. The charge against bin
was theft. He wvas convic-ted,'.fined iU
and sent to jail for thirty days.
Happy Home.
Thousands of sad and desolate home
have been made happy by use of "Ros
Buds," which have proven an absolut
cure for the following diseases am
their distressing symptoms. Ulceration
Congestion and Falling of the Wond
Ovarian tumors, Dropsy of the WVoml.
Suppressed MIenstruation. Ru pturea
Childbirth, or anry conmpl-nint original
ing in diseases of the reproductive or
gans: whether from contagious disease:
heredity, tight-lacing, overwork, ex
cesses or miscarriages. One l:ady wvrite.
u that after sufTeringi for ten vear
with Leuchorrhea or WVhites, thart onl
application entirely cured her, and' fur
thermore,,she sutlers no more pali
during tb menstrual period. It is
w.nderful regulator. "Rose lHud&" ar
a simple. harmless pre-paration, hu
wonderful in effect. The patient. e:
apply it herself. No doctors examiir
ation necessary, to which ai! mode:
women, especially youner unmnarrie.
Sladies seriously obtjec-t. Frm the tir
aplication you will feel like a ire'
w 'oman. Price $1.0n b.v mail. pos-t-pai<
The Leverette Specitle Co., :m Wa:,
UAMPTON FOR HARMONY.
The Old Chief Talks to the People-A State
Primary the Thing.
A week ago the editor of the State
ree.ived from ex-Senator Hampton,
then at his Miississippi plantation, a
personal letter on the political situa
ti,n, which compelled the belief that
if the views of this most honored of
South Carolinians could be given to
the public they would do much to re
move the barriers which had been un
'. isely placed between the Straightouts
and other-Demoe-ats opposed to the
present State Administration. Gen.
Hampton was therefore urged to make
a statement for publication, covering
the points touched upon in his letter.
Before receiving the. request, however,
ne had anticipated it by writing the
following letter for publication. It is
submitted with great pleasure as a con
tribution to the harmony and union of
patriotic Democrats of South Carolina.
-The State.
HAMPTON, Miss., MIarch 3.-To the
Editor of The State: I was glad to see
the pku of a primary suggested by you,
and as you are aware it is the one ad
vocated by myself as the only fair
meaus of ascertaining the wishes of the
people. If the "dominant party," as
as those members of the Ring like to
call themselves, refuse that demand of
those opposed to them, my opinion is
that the convention which is to meet
this mouth should have a primary,
and if the result shows, as I have no
doubt it will, that the opponents of the
present Administration are in a ma
jority, they, as the true Democratic
party, should assume control, not only
of the policy to be pursued in the ap
proacbing canvass, but of the State
itself.
But in order to be successful every
element of opposition to"the present Ad
ministration, which has brought such
shame upon theState, should be united;
and I regret deeply that, among those
who are honestly work!rg towards a
common end, some misunderstanding
a- to the policy to be pursued has al
ready risen, which, if not corrected,
will surely lead to dissension and ulti
mate defeat. All divisions in our
ranks must be closed if we hope for
succ ss, but this can never be accorn
plishA if the advocates of any one
policy express doubts as to the honesty
or the sincerity of those who, while
working for a common end, differ as
to the node of attaining it. Mutual
con cessions must be made,and all differ
ences must be left for settlement after
the battle. \Vise strategy, as well as
common s,-se, dictates this course, for
many a fight has been won under a bad
order of battle, but none ever where
there was dissatisfaction among the
leaders or in the ranks.
I see no conceivable reason why
there should not be harmony and con
cert of action amongst all who may de
sireachange in the government of the
Stt,ad my understanding of the
ac' - ss, which I with other gentlemen
signed, was that it was an earnest ap
peal to all patriotic citizens who felt
pride in their State to join in an honest
effort to keep its fame and honor un
tarnished and the interests of its citi
zens protected. It did not occur to me
for a moment that any Democrat who
desired to see a good government estab
lished in the State was to be excluded
from participation in the effort to
secure this consummation, and I can
not see why all such should not take
part in .he convention soon to be held.
Thbe call for that convention certainly
does not exclude those who are called
Straigzhto'mts, for without the active co
operation of those citizens, who comi
pose so large and influential a portion
of the Democratic party, it is hopeless
to look for success. Whatever opin
ion mai:y be entertained as to to their
action ini the last election no one can
doubt the sincerity of their convictions,
nor the honesty of their motives. The
predictions, made by them at that
time, of the evils which wotuld follow
the inauguration of the present Admin
istration have been fully verified, and
and they are now doubtless as anxious
to lprevenlt a recurrence of those evils
as they then were to avert them.
The recent address issued by their
former committee is a calm, conserva
tive and dligntified paper, but J hope
that it will not induce them to refrain
froml participating in the counsels,
whilch haLve for their object the welfare
of the State. If the coming conven
tion nominates a ticket, they should
certainly have a voice in its selection,
as their votes wvill be essential to its
sucess. All shades of op)inioIn should
be fully represented in our convention,
an hudthat body take any action
reugat to any of its members their
wihdrawval wvill relieve them from all
ob iiationi to be bound by it. I appre
hend no danger of this kind, for the
men who will form that convention
wil bILe actuated solely by patriotic
moies and they will be governed by
wse counsels, I am sure. No hasty or
inconiderate action need be feared if
coservative, honest and true Dleme
crats mecet to consult how the best in
teet of the State can be promnoted;
and this should be the sole motive
prm pting them.
CLet, then, representatives of every
class o,f our citizens be well represented
in the convention. andit especially do I
hop that our farmers who have learned
by betr experitece how grievousiy
they hatve bceen deceived by fah-e prom
iss w ill join their fellow-sufferers in
ideiring measures of reliefand redress
The Press of the State can exert a po
tent andl obeneficial influence in har
muiinen all discordant elements and
to be hoped that all papers favorable t
the movemenf of a true reform in tih
State will lena their aid to bring aboul
united, vigorous and determined effort
to secure this result. "E"nited wt
stand, divided we fall."
I should' not venture to obtrude mn
opinion on the public, but for the facl
that as a signer to the address pub
lished, I do not wish my position to bt
misunderstood. One other mattel
prompts me to do this. My deep so
licitude for that State, which, in other
days it was my pride to serve, and
though my services have been pro"
nouneed n ) longer necessary, I cannol
forget the past, as readily and as comi
pletely as many others have done.
Every pulsation of :uy heart is true t(
the State, and my dearest wi_h is t<
see its people happy and prosperous.
I am very respectfully yours,
WADE HAM'rox
RAISE WIIEAT AND IUILD MII..
Facts Which Show that South Carolio
Can Make Her Own Sread.
[From News and Courier ]
A dispatch published in The Sunda.
News last Sunday, States that Mr. .J
H. Johnson, of Blakely, Minnesota
who is described as being an arden1
advocate of Farmers' Alliance doe
trines, has published a letter to the far
mers, urging them to organize Far
niers' All.ance milling associations
which has excite1 a great deal of in
terest and comment in his neighbor
hood.
Mr. Johnson, who is himself th<
owner of a fifty barrel flour mill
maintains, as reported, that the far
mers of the Dakotas and Minnesota
alone, "have lost $2S,000,000 on whea
sold up to December S, 1891, of thi:
year's crops," and proceeds to sho%
the farmers "their folly in not buildin,
their own iills and thereby securinl
$1 a bushel for their wheat, with a tor
of feed per hundred bushels, togethe:
with some minor advantages. An
community that can produce 75,00
bushel, of wheat," he says, "can there
by keep a fifty-barrel mill running fo
a year, and such a mill can be built fo
$7, (100.
This is the testimony of a practica
miller, whose experience has been ac
quired in the heart of the chief whea
raising and flour making district of th<
country, and there appears to be matte
in it which is worthy of the considera
tion of some of the farmers in Souti
Carolina. The main points are as fol
lows:
"Any community, district or coun
ty," says Mr. Johnson, that can pro
duce 75,000 bushels of wheat can keel
a fifty-barrel mill running." Soutl
Carolina produced 992,000 bushels o
wheat last year, as that number is re
ported by the United States agricultu
ral departient-and probably pro
duced over a million bushels, if all wer
reported.
On this basis the State, or the up
per counties, where most of the wvhea
is raised, would support a dozen fifty
barrel flour mills, which would be;
notable addition to the industrial equip
ment of those counties, and of th
State.
No particular attention was paid t
wheat raising in this State last yeal
we believe. It is probable, then, tha
the one-million bushel crop) of las
could easily be doubled and if so the:
the wh'eat growing section could easil:
support twenty or more fifty-barre
mills. There is not a county in th
section probably that could not readil
grow 1.50,1000 or 200,000 bushels, at leas1
and this would give prosperous millst
each county.
The cost of constructing a mill of thi
indicated capacity, as stated by an es
pert, is 3700 This is much less tha
the cost of a cotton factory or even
cotton seed oil mill. There is not
"community" in the up country tht
can not afford to build such a mill, an
that would not be glad to build one
with or without pecuniary aid from tb
farmers.
The presence of a mill in any count
would be an inducement and a help 1
the wheat farmers to raise more whea
more farmers would go into the bus
ness; and a deversification of croj
would be effected in that region. Ti
"minor advantages" to the farmers<
having for use or sale all the by-pr<
ducts of their wheat-bran, seconds an
shorts-we take it are too fully unde
stood to require more than mere mer
tion.
The mills need not be confined1
four making. It was stated a few dag
ago by a business man of Charleste
that (;0,000O barrels of "grits," are in
norted inlto the State from the we
every year-our people paying thol
sands of dollars annually for this or
article which could as well be producE
at home, and getting a product that
inferior in every quality except whit
ness to the home-made article.
much may be said of corn meal, whit
is imported at a cost of many thousan<
more-the atggt'gate for corn and col
products alone running up into ti
millions annually. The local flour mil
co' supplement their w'..eat produc
with corn produacts equally to their ou
advantage and that of the farrme
who would thus have a new and val
able outlet f"r their corn crop)s.
Any community that can produc
75,000 bushels of wheat, says Mr. Joh
son, can keep a fifty barrel flour mi
running for a year and the mill can
built for $7,'000. Any agricultural
other community in South Carolit
therefore, that thinks such a mill a
its atiendants advantage worth t
having would do well to look intot
subject, consult Mr. Johnson, and ta
steps to have a mill built by the tii
"HELP FOR THlE P'ERISHING."
75,000 Persons Gathered to Wish God- P
speed to the Steamship Indiana which
Sailed from Philadelphia with
5100,000 Worth of Provisions
for the Famine Suf'erers.
[From "The Living Church."] r
On the morning of the 5th Sunday 1
after Epiphany, the Rev. Dr. Mcron- e
nell, rector of St. Stephen's church,
Philadelphia, after the sermon, made a J
short address to the congregation con- c
cerning the famine in Russia, and
stated that the offertory would be de
voted to a fund about to be collected in
the city for the relief of the distressed 0
inhabitants of that country. The good- c
ly sum of $600 was placed upon the c
altar in response to the appeal, and this e
amount was the nucleus of the inag- !
nificent fund of $100,00, which was e
collected and expended in provisions, 1l
and dispatched in the steamship "In
diana," which sailed on the afternoon f
of Washington's Birthday. To bid thea
great steamship a "Godspeed on her i
voyage, fully 75,000 persons were gath
ered together, and fitting services were e
held in the warehouse on the pier,
where short addresses were made by
prominent clergymen. On this occa
sion,were seen our own Bishop Whita- L
ker, a Baptist divine, the Roman
Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia, a
distinguished Presbyterian minister, 1
the resident Methodist bishop, and a
Jewish rabbi, all seated on an im- -
provised platform, and who in. the i
order named addressed the audience. t
Bishop Whitaker said: "The scene is I
unique, expressive of the precept, e
'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy- b
self,' while the higher law governing
our actions finds its most practical ex- t
pression in 'whatsoever ye would that
men should do unto you, even so do ye
also unto them.' " Archbishop Ryan,
quoting Bishop Whitaker, said th-at s
the scene was not only unique, but t
touching. He spoke of the flags under t
which the great ship sailed, our own t
starry banner, and the "red cross, red e
with the blood of the Great Deliverer," t
and he invoked the benediction of God a
upon the craft, her officers and men. c
Rabbi Jastrow based his remarks on a
the words of the Preacher, "Cast thy c
bread upon the waters, for thou shalt I
find it after many days." t
Everything connected with this "re- E
r lief" was donated. The Pennsylvania C
Railroad brought her 200 cars from the i
West gratis; the International Naviga- t
tion Company donated the ship; the t
cargo was placed on board free of
charge; the ship stores for the long
voyage of 4,200 miles, t'"e coal to make (
steam for the engines, the new set of
flags, the pilot's fees, were all free-will t
offerings of the people; nay, even the I
premiums to insure the cargo for,100,- i
000 were donated by the several compa- i
fnies of underwriters. The whole busi
ness exemplified the motto on the great
seal of the city,"PhiRaddlphia Macneto."
.HIeb. xiii: 1.)
THE PARTY CANNOT FAIL.
What Ex-President Cleveland has to say
- of 13emocratic Prospects.
BALTIMORE, March 11 .--Ex-Presi
dent Grover Cleveland expressed some
of his views about national politics to
tday to a reporter of the Baltimore Sun,
tat Spesdtia Island, MId., where Cleve
Sland had come to shoot ducks.
~"What, in your opinion," he was
1asked, "should be the main issue of the
eDemocratic party in appealing to the
'voters of the country?"
"All the evidence," replied the Ex
oPresident, "of what the people want
and what they expect of the party
ewould seem clearly to indicate that
-tariff refor'm must be the issue if we
are to go into a winning fig~ht."
a"What do you consider the best plan
of attacking the tariff in Congress?"
."My idea has been that a general bill
dwould be the best method, but I am
~willing to defer to those who are on the
eground and who have the battle in
Congress to fight. I hope the Springer
free wvool bill will pass, and am also in
favor of any other measure which will
;lighten the burden of taxation now
resting upon the people. In fact, I favor
sany measure in the direction of genuine
tariff reform."
If"What are the prospectsof the Demo
-cratic party's ultimate success?"
d"I have but one opinion on that sub
ject. If the party is true to itself, true
-to its principles and fulfills its pledges
to the people it cannot fail."
Col. Polk Has Joined the Third P'arty.
[Raleigh State Chroiele.]
C:ol. Polk, president of the National
SAlliance, visited Oak Ridge Alliance, of
w ~hich he is a member. on Saturday;
sspent Sunday with his fanmily, and yes
terday held a kind of reception at his
office, qu ite a n-imiber of parties calling
to see him. There is no longer any
doubt as to his political status. He is
an enthusiastic advocate of the Third
party, and believes it will sweep the
tWest and have a very large following
sin the S.outh.
nFali1ng oira Log.
~"As easy as falling off a log," is an
- old sayi ug. When it was uttered, no
body knows. Nothing is easier, unless
eit is'the taking of a dose of D)r. Pierce's
Pleasant PeXets. These act like magic.
No griping or drenching follows, as is
ll the case with the old-fashioned pills.
be The relief thot follows resem'cle the
r action of Nature in her happiest
ruoods'- the impulse given to the dor
'a nmant liver is of tihe most salutary
1 kind, and is speedily manifested by
e the disappearance of all bilious symp
etoms. Sick headache, wind on the
e stomach, pain through thbe right side
Sand shoulder-blade, and. y ellowness of
e the skin and eyeballs are speedily
remerdied by the Pellet=L
STAVING ON THE VOLGA.
itiable Condition of German Colonists in
Ruiia-Worse Otr than the Native
'eaEants-Neglected in the
Distribution of Keilef.
Lo_ 0oN, March 7.-The special cor
espondent of Reuter's Telegram Con
any who is visiting the famine-strick
n portions of Russia sends the fol ow
:g letter from Saratoff, under da:e of
'ebruary 2_, descriptive of the Gorman
olonists on the Volga.
"The German colonists on the Volga
umber about :30,0U,. They may be
oughly classified as i'rotestauts, Cath- 1
lies and Mennonites. With the ex
eption of the last mentioned, they all i
ame over during the latter part of the 1
ighteenth century in response to a
ianifesto issued by the Empress Cath
rine. In that proclamation Catherine ]
.romised thet certain privileges, the
uost notable of which were immunity
ro military service, self-government
nd religious freedom. These privi
?ges were granted 'na vek,' w lich
aans forever, but the phrase has re
ently been construed to signify a cen
ury only. There is just enough am
iguity about the expression to admit
f this interpretation, but it is a cuib
les.
"When universal military service on
he German system was introduced
uto Russia, the German colonists were
ld that they must either serve o: go.
lany of them, especially the Men non
Les, who are a kind of Quakers, chose
he latter alternative and departed.
'he next thing to go was the self-gov
rnment. The colonists used to be
overned by a sort of elective council,
vhich met at Saratoff, and was called
he 'Ottice.' This body controlled the
"agaries of the village commune. The
Dflice' has been abolished, and the
emski Natchalnik now reigns ii its
tead. The German colonists have thus
een gradually brought under the con
rolling influence of Russian institu
ions. Even their religion is threaten
d now. Fresh encroachments upon
heir civil and religious liberty are of
Imost daily occurrence, and their in
lepenlence may already be described
s a thing of the past. Tne steady de
line in the fertility of the soil, which
as culminated in chronic famine, and
he inhospitable attitude of the Gov
rnment have brought home to the
olonists the conviction that they :ave
n Russia no abiding place. They are,
herefore, emigrating in large numbers
o the United States.
"The advent of the Russian Zemski
S-atchalnik among these sturdy, honest
?ermans was quite uncalled for. The
Gemski Natchalnik is a sort of substi
.ute for feudalism. The Russian peo
le are sadly in want of guidance and
;uardianship. As serfs they had their
naster who looked after them, but
>ince they have been emancipated the
illage commune has led them a sorry
lance. It is no part of the Czar's poli
y to make the peasaus su educated
mnd indlependeni member of society,
aence it wvas found necessary, after
wenty-five years of bad management
Lnd thriftlessness, to protect the per.sant
gainst himself and put him under the
utelage of a Zemski Natchalnik.
Whenever possible the people selected
'or this office were gentry resident in
.he~ neighborhood and already known
md respected.
In the case of the German colonies
here was, in the first place, no neces
ity toappoint such officers, and ini the
eond place there was no gentry to se
ect them from ; consequently Govern
nent officials wvere appointed. The
tthori ties might have compromised
:e matter by selecting prominent col
mists. There are not wanting armong
:he German colonists men of er ergy'
md ability who have, by dint of per
severance and ind ustry, risen to we-alth
md influence. Thus the village of
Messr. together with the whole sur
counding neighborhood, is practically
Sependent upon Herr Schmidt, orig
ually a weaver by trade, who has be
ome a miller and a timber merchant
as well, and is gradually monopolizing
All the trade of the district.
"But it did not suit the Government
to appoint such men. The colonies were
1o be Russianized. Hence R ussiani offi
cials had to be appointed. The result
wvas fludicrous~ in the extreme. Trhese
officials, with salaries raniging from
?200 to CNA a year, arrived, armed~
wvith full powers, and commenced to
give themselves airs. The infhantial
colonists, however, passed the word
among themselves, and the Zemski
Natchanik were boycotted. They could
get neither lodging nor food nor any of
the necessaries of life, so they had to|
capitulate andl pay homage to the local
magnate, who then, in nine cases out
of ten, gave themi free quarters. an'1
thus was enabled to keep them in a
proper state of humility aind depen
dence.
"The German colonists can only be
described as so many nineteenthi cen
tury Rip Van Winkles. Imagine a
body of men taken out of the eighteenth
century, carefully preserved and kept
apart from the influences of modern
progress, latter-day customs and ideas,
and you have the German colon ists of
the Volga. They all look like f.gures
out of old G;ernmn wvoo:cuts, with their
solemn, sallow, obstinate. elean-shjaven
faces, their hair dIressed like a periwvig,
their gaunt forms and their curious,
old-fashioned garments. They ali wear
stoeks and they are all very dignified
and stately. They have still the same
furniture which they brought with
more than a hundred years ag), and
sleep in funereal four-post bedsteads.
Their women, when young, have the
pure and beautiful faces of the Gretchen
"Torcme amang the people in the
nidst of the Semi-Oriental Russians is
t 'great surprise to the traveller and fills
nim with wonder. Their cottages are
;ubstantially built and contain large
tnd lofty rooms, yet the family gener
tily sleep in one room, the heavy cur
:ain:d four-posters-of which I have
;een as many as four in one room secur
ng almost as much privacy as so many
;eparate apartments.
"The condition of the colonists is
'eally worse than of the Russian peas
tnts in other districts, inasmuch as the
:ormer have no natural protectors or
ruardians. The estate owners, to whom
he Russian peasants formally belonged,
;till take a sort of patriarchial interest
n them, and help them in their dis
ress. But the Germam colonists have
ao one to whom they can look except
few wealthy employers of labor. For
.undreds of miles you can travel in the
!teppes which bound the Volga with
yut coming upon a country gentleman's
;eat. The colonists have a feeling that
:hey are being left alone to die. No
sand is stretched out to save them.
Even the Government aid, scanty
ough in all conscience, has been
aieted out more grudgingly and in
naller quantities to them than to oth
rs. The Red Cross Society has passed
hemn by altogether. This is how it
3omes about that, while the inhabitants
)f the Rassian villages in Saratot are
:ed, the Germans are starving. The
noral the Russians point to is difer
nit. They maintain that the existing
tate of things is an argument in
avor of the Russianization of the colo
2ists.
"As you enter a German colonial
village you become aware of an extra
>rdinary odor, heavy and unpleasant,
vhich seems to pervade the whole
aeighborhood. This is the odor of
aurned manure, which is the only fuel
:he (German colonist is able to find. He
.s consequently unable to manure his
ields. It was touching on entering the
,ottages to see the industry of the in
babitants. All were busy, working for
:heir very lives. Most of the colonists on
what is called the mountainous side of
,he Volga are weavers, and by dint of
very great labor they are able to earn
about 6s. a month. This is not paid to
them in cash, but in kind. They are
all hopelessly in debt to their employ
ers or sweaters, and these, of course,
take full advantage of the circum
stance. The only educated people
among them are the clergy and the
schoolmasters, and these have not re
ceived any salary for years. It is sad to
see young children with pale faces and
glistening eyes working at the looms
like galley slaves. In one cottage that
I entered the owner, a man of 65, was
lying in a semi-conscious condition in
his bed. He had not tasted food for
several days, and his mind was wan
dering.
"In some villages I saw men, women
and children sitting almost naked, un
able to go out to seek work because
they had no clothes, and excluded from
the receipt of Government aid because
they had a handicraft. This is, in
deed, the worst feature in the admin
istration of relief. The Government
helps the absolutely'destitute, whom it
is scarcely worth while to save, and.
leaves those who are indufrious and
able-bodied to starve. In the Russian
villages tbis arbitrary arrangement is
tempered by the dishonesty of the Mir,
but ti. German colonists retain the
sterling qualities which they brought
with them from the Fatherland. They
are sober, honest, virtuous and indus
trious. Much of their present help
lessness is due to the fact that they
were originally handicraftsmen and
tradesmen and knew nothing about
agriculture. They consequently adopt
ed the methods common in Russia and
hence, instead of improving the Rus
sians, they are gradually themselves
sinking dowvn to the same level.''
A Big Loaf for Starving Russians.
[New York Sun, 11th.]
One needs to stand on the hurricane
deck of thbe steamer Missouri and watch
the forty or fifty burly stevedores pitch
ing sacks of flour and meal into her
lower holds to gain a notion of the
magnitude and the mean'ing of the gift
generous Americans are making to the
starving peasants of far eastern Russia.
Big bags of flour were packed in the
tour lower holds, which are about half
the ship's cargo capacity. Nearly two
thousand tons of flour will be stowed
away in them. Above these..lower
holds there is room for as many more
tons.
The rest of the cargo, including
1,500,000 pounds of corn meal from Ne.
braska, wvill be stowed away before
noon to-morrow. When a deck load
of cattle has been put on board the
Missouri will be ready for her voyage.
All this means that Americans are
sending to the famine-stricken pr.v
inces one big loaf of bread .3001 feet long,
40 feet wide, and :27 feet high. It will
feed the starving peasants for perhaps
two days.
Around the Wor]d in Eighty Davy.
Did Jules Verne ever think that his
imaginary Phileas9 Fogg would b4
eclipsed by an American girl, wh<
once made the circuit in less woat
seventyihree days ? But Phileas had
to take "second money." The fame of
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discover3
has gone around the world long ago
and left its record everywhere as
precious boon to every nation. In the
whole world of medicine, nothing
equals it for the cure of scrofula of th<
lungs (which is Consum ption.). Cough.
and bronchial troubles succumb to thia
remedy, and the blood is purified by it
until all unsightly skin blotches ar<
driven away. Don't be skeptical, a
this medicine is guaranteed to ever:
purchaser. You only pay for the gooi
you get
THEY LIVE IN TOWNS.
A Curious Way of Manlfesting Polit ica
Antagonism.
[News and Courier.]
The present State Auministration
was elected two years ago, as the choice
of the "country people," represented by
the Farmers' Movement. Where is
the evidence of any deep-seated preju
dice even, to say nothing of animosity,
on the part of the country people
against the town people in the compo
sition of that Administration? Gov
ernor Tillman lives in the country
when he is at home, although he has
always spent a great deal of his time in
Augusta, we believe. Lieutenant-Gov
ernor Gary lives in the town of Abbe
ville. Adjutant-General Farley lives in
the town of Spartanburg. Ex-Attor
ney-General Pope lives in the town of
Bennettsville. Comptroller - General
Ellerbe lives in the town of Marion.
Secretary of State Tindal lives in the
country. Superintendent of Education
Mayfield lives in the town of Green
ville. Speaker Jones lives in the town
of Lancaster. Only two out of the
nine highest officers in the State,
elected as we are informed by the polit
ical power of the country people, are
themselves country people. All the
rest live in town. Is not this a very
curious way of manifesting a deep
seated political antagonism or preju
dice?
We might go farther and investigate
the place of residence of the members
of the General Assembly and the va
rious appointees of the Governor, but
this would require too much space. It
is enough to say, simply, that the
great majority of Governor Tillman's
appointments, we believe, haye been
given to men who live in town ; that
the Congresional delegation elected at
the same time with the State Admin.
istration is very fairly divided between
residents of the town and of the coun
try ; and that all of these officers, from
first to last, so far as we know, were
voted for by the people of town and
country alike, without a thought as to
where they lived, the only question
being as to what political policies and
sentiments they represented.
ALLIANCE PLANS.
A Congressional Campaign Committee to
be Established.
WASHINGTON, March 11.-The Alli
ancemen In Congress have under con
sideration a program design to advance
the interest of the Alliance. They pro
pose to establish an Alliance Congres
sional campaign committee on about
the same bases as the committees which
look after the interests of the Republi
can and Democratic parties.~ The pro
gram contemplates the establishment
of a bureau to supply documents and to
have charge of the assignmentof speak
ers, also the establishment of a national
newspaper in Washington. These and
other projects were discussed at a meet
ing of the Alliancemen held at at the
house of Representative Watson of
Georgia. But before decisive action is
taken, a conference will be held with
Mr. Taubeneck of St. Louis, who is
-the. national representative of this
ANDERSON GET ETHE GIRL___
Her Bid the Best of Two-Trustees to
M[eet There in ApriL.
[Special to Greenville News.]
CoLmmIA, March 9.-The trustees
of the South Carolina Industrial and
Winthrop Normal College met to-day.
Two bids for the location of the school
were considered-Anderson, -$75,000
and a site; Columbia $12,000 and a
site.
The former was accepted and the
board will meet in Anderson, A pril
14th, to decide upon the exact loca
tion.
Perpetual Xotion.
[Progressive Farmer.]
During the discussion of the United
States Banking bill in Congress some
time in 183& or 1836, John Randolph,
of Roanoke, who was opposed to the
passage of the bill which was intended
to establish a United States bank, said
that he had discovered perpetual mo
tion, and it was very simple, being
that
"Paper makes money,
Money makes banks,
Banks makes poverty,
Poverty makes rags,
Rags makes paper,
Paper makes money,
Money makes bands,
and so on forever and forever.
How she Became Xissionary.
"I'm doing missionary work a good
deal of the time," was the reply of one
of the most charming women of New
York, to a friend, who asked how she
busied herself. "I see by your looks
you wonder what I mean by that. I'll
tell you. A few years ago life was a
burdien to me. I had been a victim to
female weakness of the most aggrar
vated character for a long time, and
the doctors failed to help me. Exis
tence was a long, steady, terrible tor
ture-a lingering, living death. One
day I '.aw Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre
scription advertised in the newspaper.
Something in the advertisement um
pressed mec favorably. I caught at the
glimmer of hope it held out as the
drowning man is said to catch at a
straw. Still, I did not dare to hope.
But I got the medicine, and behold the
result.! I feel so well, so strong, and
oh, so thankful, that I go about telling
other women what saved me. In no
other way can I so well show my grati
3 tude to Glod, and to the man who has
rproved suich a benefactor of women,
i and my love for my suffering sister